Santa: I now realize that last year’s request for a place in the Celtic’s starting lineup may have been over-reaching a bit ( in fact, they never even called ), so I’ve scaled things back a bit this year. Here goes: I would really like Congress and the President to get along. Okay, okay, I’m pulling your leg – made you look! Compared to that, everything I really want is a piece of cake. I want this Cuba thing to work out. I know the Castro’s are a couple of silly politician

As I am fond of observing, Hollywood likes to hold most of their quality films ’til what is known as Academy season, on the theory that the 6,000 members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences have zero chance of remembering anything before, say, last week. Basically, any film can qualify by playing for a week in both New York and L.A.; therefore, some films get this so-called “Academy release” and then get yanked from the theaters, only to reappear early in the y

As I am fond of observing, Hollywood likes to hold most of their quality films till what is known as academy season, on the theory that the 6000 members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences have zero chance of remembering anything before, say, last week. Basically, any film can qualify by playing for a week in both New York and LA – therefore some films get this so-called ‘academy release’ and then get yanked form the theaters, only to reappear early in the year