Sleeping Muse and Falling Rocket

    Early in The Godfather 2, Genco Abbandando takes Vito to see a play starring the woman he has fallen in love with. That woman was played by Kathleen Beller. Kathleen Beller is married to Thomas Dolby.

Whistler (1879). Rothko (1968). Chatting.      

It is easy to forget that Quincy Jones' Soul Bossa Nova, most famous now for its use as the Austin Powers theme, was first used onscreen in Sydney Lumet's somber The Pawnbroker.

In 1964 Beckett wrote a short text called All Strange Away, with illustrations by Edward Gorey! How perfect is that match?

The use of Vera Lynn singing We'll Meet Again at the end of Dr. Strangelove was apparently Spike Milligan's idea!

     Paul McCartney and Roger Ebert were exactly the same age. Born June 18, 1942.

Just heard James Brown described as 'the founding father of funk in general.'