Juan Epstein, You Left a Mark on This Girl!

I mean that in the saddest way for the hilarious Robert Hegyes aka "Juan Epstein" of Welcome Back, Kotter has passed away. Dish spent hours and hours watching the show, drooling over John Travolta and fantasizing that Marcia Strassman wanted to get in his pants even though married to Gabe Kaplan. But really, this show had an ensemble cast and RH rocked! Blessings on his coming and going.

Such turbulence today. Pat Sajak admits to drunkenness while hosting Wheel of Fortune. I don't blame him one bit and I applaud him for keeping his sh*t together. It must be freaking boring to keep spinning the wheel for thirty years. Bottoms up! Another game show host, Drew Carey ended his five-year (red flag) engagement. Hmmmm. I won't make any guesses as to what happened to that relationship. Okay, I will! She couldn't deal with having to go to Cleveland. That would be a deal-breaker for Dish.

On the lighter side: Armie Hammer arrested for maryjane. How cute!!!

Julia Doesn't Go Full-British, Thank Zeus!

Nervous breakdown averted. At the bar last night, Dishbrother broke the news that Julia sports a British accent in Mirror, Mirror. After Mary Reilly, the idea gave me the shakes. I needed a Chivas, pronto! Then I saw this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpLVO396eHs. It's not British--or at least it starts out British then goes back to clipped American. Phew...She'll be perfect as always. Crisis no longer. We don't like the accents, Jules. And what did I say about Armie Hammer becoming a star? Here's proof. His voice is much like that of Brendan Fraser (where is he?).

Bee Gee Robin Gibb is suffering from liver cancer. He and Barry are the last Gibbs left. Hold on, fella! We like our music icons healthy and amongst us.

Desperate Housewives tonight. Here's what will happen: the girls agonize about the murder. Jonathan Cake torments Bree. Wasted because she's back to guzzling her Pinot like most Housewives, real or otherwise, Bree rallies the girls to continue charade. Vanessa Williams is slutty and sassy. Gabby has to break Carlos out of rehab because of some lame crisis. Tom starts to miss Felicity. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. I'll be watching Dexter instead (but will catch up via Hulu).

J. Edgar...

...could have been 45 minutes shorter. It's ponderous, acty and pacing-challenged. The content intrigued me but I wanted it to be over after the first half-hour. For me, Naomi Watts and Armie Hammer stole the film right out from under DiCaprio. I want Leo to succeed, I really do. He works very hard in this movie and it shows. He's like an angry little baby bulldog fighting for America. I'm not sure what I would have done differently. It just sounded like two hours of nagging and speechifying. There were many compelling moments. Watts just inhabited her part, as did Hammer who made me believe that he came of age in the 1930s and not the 2000s.

I could never watch it again, I'm a little over Eastwood's gloomy hues--adore him much more as an actor--though I will predict that Hammer will be a huge star and Leo will find the perfect part someday. Naomi had me at the film about cholera.