Morning Coffee (12/27/16)

Cybersecurity firm finds evidence that Russian military unit was behind DNC hack

Venezuela’s crazy currency swap looks like alchemy, not economics

Not that this should surprise anyone, but Trump is picking people for high-level positions based on how they look.

This was... quite something: CIA Director John Brennan tells the BBC that Trump's ideas are terrible

"'I told them I was here to see the president like everyone else.' Switzer said he instead went upstairs in Trump Tower, bought a coffee at Starbucks and came back downstairs."

Good for him: Resigning from Oracle

Canadian journalists who covered Rob Ford offer tips on Trump

On the Dangerous AIDS Myth of ‘Patient Zero,’ and the Book That Started It All

The Metropolitan Opera recently performed its first work by a woman SINCE 1903. Wow.

Ooh: 'Carol' Screenwriter Phyllis Nagy to Write Patricia Cornwell Kay Scarpetta Film

Anna Kendrick's By the Book is pretty delightful.

Truther Love

Morning Coffee (5/15/15)

Happy Friday!

Me elsewhere: Our final network fall schedule: The CW.

I'll continue recommending Todd's schedule analysis: CBS, ABC, FOX.

And here's his How The CW went from near extinction to surprising success

Eee, look at the trailer for The Magicians!

Anne Helen Petersen's celebrity features are always worth reading: Anna Kendrick vs. the Hollywood Type Machine

Find Out What Your Name Would Be If You Were Born Today is fun . . .

. . . but finding out what presidential candidates' names would be is better.

In case you also missed it: Downton Wars. And the fact that Rob James-Collier owns evilbutler.com is my new favorite thing.

I haven't had a chance to play yet, but this Where Is Your Gun Now, Mr. Chekov? game looks nifty.

Signs That Agatha Christie Is About to Murder You

Morning Coffee (12/31/13)

Happy New Year's Eve! I'll be around tomorrow so I'll probably post as usual, though it might be a bit later, if I manage to sleep in on my day off.

Carly Rae Jepsen is taking over as Cinderella in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Broadway show and . . . I don't know, maybe she'll surprise us and be great, but I'm very glad I saw it with the wonderful Laura Osnes instead.

This story is completely fascinating: The Welfare Queen

Finding Gillooly: What Happened To Figure Skating's Infamous Villain?

How To Tell If You Are In A Noel Streatfeild Novel

"Take it. Take the bagel and run."

Love In The Time Of Hollering: The Age Of Enthusiasm

Ballerina and YA novelist Sophie Flack dishes on dancing Nutcracker for years.

Here's Sutton Foster, Anna Kendrick, and others singing together at the Kennedy Center Honors. Happy New Year!