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Hey, luvlinsey! Great to hear from you again.

I watched part of the interview, which was odd to say the least.  I am also skeptical of the guy whose knee was allegedly grazed. The story sounds a little sketchy.

See, luvlinsey? I am on your side.

There is indeed such a film, but it does not come out until next year. Hence the lack of a poster, trailer, what have you.

The leads on that movie went through various iterations before Bullock and Clooney came on board. I think Natalie Portman passed on it at one point, and Robert Downey Jr was supposed to be in it, too, then had to drop out. A lot of this was about scheduling issues, if memory serves.

In any event, I am intrigued to see how it finally came together.

I have a vague, vague memory of this show.

Here, however, is proof of its existence.

YouTube really is the greatest.

Well, it wasn't, like, a requirement. But it was much more commonplace. Let's see if I can find evidence of such an interview...

Here's one of Peter O'Toole, in which he is smoking. He is not drinking, but may have pre-gamed before it started.

Stop spoiling it for me!

Just kidding, I'm now more excited to keep watching. i knew they sang for real but watching the mechanics of that is exciting.

I did watch. And it is very "Lost"-reminiscent, but not necessarily in a good way, at least not yet.

The shots of fuselage and people wearing backpacks and old computer screens relaying cryptic messages ... it was a bit too derivative for me. But maybe it will get better, so I am willing to give it a few more shots.

Never watched the Emmys? Oh, my friend, you are in for the ride of your life this Sunday (not really).

But seriously ... it's like most awards shows. Doesn't quite scream "THIS IS SUPER IMPORTANT" in the same way the Oscar ceremony does, but that is not a bad thing. There is usually a big opening, yes, and lots of awards. And, if memory serves, an in memoriam. So it does follow the awards show template.

Red carpet wise, I usually switch back and forth between E! and the network that broadcasts the Emmys, which is ABC this year. TV columnist Lisa de Moraes will be live blogging, and I'll also do some posting during the ceremony as well.

I'll tweet a bit, too, via my account @chaneyj. Do follow me, won't you? (Seriously, follow me. I need more followers.)

Wow, that sounds fantastic. I like him a lot, because of his own music, as well as "Once" and, of course, "The Commitments," one of my favorite movies ever.

Thanks for sharing that.

To be honest, I would not be surprised either.

I fear that merely by writing that sentence, I will be attacked by a horde of Twi-hards the minute I leave the Post newsroom.

I don't advocate smoking. But I can see where Poehler is coming from; watching people have a drink and smoke while they chat makes the whole things seem less formal and orchestrated, even if it was totally orchestrated.

One of the things I like about "The Graham Norton Show": He serves alcohol to his guests. Also, he makes them all sit together and cross-talk.

I won't, actually. And many Twi-hards are women my age. I've met some of them. They're actually very nice.

If "The Daily Show" wins best variety, musical or comedy show, as it has for the past jillion years, all the writers normally come onstage. So yes, you would get to see your friend up there.

A friend of a friend used to be an exec producer for "The Office." I remember seeing her walk up to the stage at the Emmys (or maybe it was the Globes? It was something) and thinking it was very cool to watch someone you know in that context.

Many people love the Karl Urban. At Comic-Con two years ago, people were going mad for the guy.

I would not get my hopes up too high. Dredd did not screen here for critics, which is often a bad sign. Not every time, but more often than not.

I fully expect him to be great. The trailer was a bit over-the-top, but DDL is always worth watching.

He's already got competition Oscar-wise from Joaquin Phoenix who is pretty phenomenal in "The Master."

That's a famous "Wire" scene. I remember it well.

You have HBO or Showtime? Because that will help satisfy these urges much more effectively.

Yeah, but that wasn't like, oh, let's chat and have a cocktail. That was, wow, this seems disturbing. Which I think most people don't really want to see.

And I too am sad about Fiona Apple. It's a shame. I don't think this is going to cause any damage to her reputation or anything. Most people probably assume musicians have pot within arm's reach. But it's a shame.

Well, there is certainly a culture of drug and alcohol use. I think that's common knowledge at this point.

Some people can live in that culture without becoming addicts, though, and others cannot.

I think you are less likely to be stalked on Twitter, especially if you give yourself an obscure Twitter handle.

I am not sure I can walk you through setting up an account, but once you have one, all you have to do is go to twitter.com/chaneyj and hit the follow button. Same process works for the Celebritology feed.

Daily Show already won an Emmy for writing, but the award for overall best variety, comedy or musical series will be given out Sunday night.

Re: your friending conundrum -- I say just do it. If the person is so "offended," they don't have to accept. If he see that your friends w/ several mutual friends, odds are good that he'll accept.

I can buy that they were/are a real couple, but I also think that even if they were/are, I think that has been leveraged for promotional purposes throughout the entire "Twilight" franchise. As I said in yesterday's post, that's something that Hollywood has been doing for decades, so it's not new. But I think people are far savvier about it than they used to be.

Yes, he does! Thanks for the reminder.

Meryl Streep was on with him lately and, per this item, was a riot.

Given the example set by people like Cohen, Jimmy Fallon and Craig Ferguson, among others, I think talk shows will eventually turn into famous people playing games with the hosts. Which is often far more interesting than the usual chit-chat.

Because every time he's supposed to go to jail, he's always "on the road again..."

Lord, that was terrible. I apologize for what just happened.

I don't know. Is there a doctor in the chat? We have a lot of attorneys, so maybe someone has a medical degree?

Agreed. It does sound fishy. But the reason it sounds believable is that we've passed the unbelievable threshhold when it comes to Lohan.

It did open in limited release last week, just not here in D.C. It opens more widely tomorrow, including here in Washington. Will be screening at a lot of locations, but the AFI in Silver Spring is the only one showing it in 70mm.

Oh yeah, I kind of remember that.

Norton's bar is pretty open, too, but I guess people demonstrate more self-control in the UK. That, or they can hold their alcohol better.

That's a great question. I don't know what the running time is on the new movie, but I am pretty sure that, even though it's faithful to the musical, it truncates things a bit so it won't run quite as long.

I don't know, I'm of the mind that if a movie is compelling enough, people will sit through it happily. No one thought we'd all spend almost three hours watching the sinking of a boat that we knew was going to sink. But we did, didn't we?

(I'm referring to the movie "Cabin Boy," of course.)

Me too. But then, I'm THAT old.

Absolutely. It definitely can. But neither Fox and Pollan nor Hanks and Wilson were ever used to generate so many headlines when they were dating. Granted, it was a different time. But even so, I don't think it's comparable really. Because so many people see Stewart as Bella and Pattinson as Edward, it has been advantageous to make them seem in love in real life.

And maybe they are, but that doesn't make it less advantageous to play up that angle in a way that is far more over the top than, say, Alex P. Keaton and Ellen.

I thought about that after I read about her hospitalization.

Same here, although I started doing stairs after about a week. It definitely takes a while to recuperate, but whether it's common for someone to go back in for surgery so soon is something I am not as sure about.

Either way, hopefully Spelling is feeling better.

Jackee is seriously one of my favorite show business names ever. Just say Jackee out loud.

You're laughingm right? Partly because you're thinking about how funny Jackee is, partly because memories of 227 are inherently funny and partly because the word Jackee is just the best.

Of course! To the previous chatter's point, though, Les Miz contains much, much heavier material than a lot of musicals, including those two. And it's longer, too.

Still, I think it can work. I am optimistic.

Thanks for this.

None of us knows what's really going on. Personally, I am not offended whether she got a tuck or not. Totally her business. Whatever the reason for complications, complications are scary and you don't wish them on anyone.

Let's let this be the final word on the Spelling matter since it makes an awful lot of sense.

Mmm-kay?

For our health, definitely for the better.

Seymour Hoffman may be my favorite living actor. I just love watching what he does. He fully inhabits every character.

As far as Scientology similarities, I am hardly an expert on Scientology. But a lot of the basics, especially the auditing process -- called "processing" in the movie -- certainly has some things in common.

The words Scientology or Dianetics or L. Ron Hubbard are never uttered in the movie, however. So it's fair for Paul Thomas Anderson to say that, technically, it's not a movie about Scientology. It isn't. Technically.

Willie Nelson is indeed awesome.

No, I totally understood what you meant.

Some would say we already do.

And on that note, I am going to sign off. As noted earlier, please join all the Emmy coverage on Sunday and plan to voice your frustrations/happiness re: what happens in the blog posts that follow. And I'll see you at this same time next week for another chat in which no one will be drinking or smoking.

See ya.