Just a couple of swells...

Since being introduced to them, I have been completely enamored of the comedy duo of Elaine May and Mike Nichols. So I was very excited to read May's answers to the Proust questionnaire in the Hollywood edition of Vanity Fair. Mike Nichols has long been one of my favorite directors. Can you believe he directed Working Girl, The Birdcage, and The Graduate? I know. It doesn't seem like those films have anything in common -- except for the Academy Awards. Which brings me to the exciting news that the Oscars are this weekend. Have you seen all of the Best Film nominees, yet? We're almost there...Right now, Slumdog Millionaire has my vote. Going to an Academy Award party? Don't forget to your Oscar ballot. I can hardly wait to see who walks the red carpet this year and what they're wearing. I wonder if the economic downturn will effect all the glamor and glitz. By the way, Turner Classic Movies has been showing Academy Award nominated films throughout the month of February in honor of the Oscars. I caught a triple-feature back-to-back-to-back of Double Indemnity, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, and Some Like It Hot on Monday. It just doesn't get much better than that. I also watched a bit of The King and I the other night in a wine bar. I couldn't hear the sound, but it looked fantastic! Made this glimpse of Jerome Robbins even more fun.

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• Tonight is the night! Top Chef takes a bite out of the Big Apple. I don't know about you but my New York City will always be Holly Golightly's version.

• Boxers, Silks Or Briefs...Maureen Dowd hits the target.

• Hold the popcorn. I can hardly afford the ticket and the parking. Hey! Can I get the senior discount? I still have my student ID...yes, it has been twenty years...

• Feeling a little blue? It's time for Puppy Cam. No seriously, you thought that Facebook was taking up all your time. I dare you to look away when these little guys start to squirm. And yes, you can watch in full screen.

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Cinderella is working overtime today, so I'll keep this short. Even though I'm looking at a twelve hour plus workday, I want you to know that I'm making time to exercise my privilege as a United States citizen to vote. Please make sure that you do too! You can be certain we'll be talking about the results of today's vote tomorrow.

• Did you have your lucky charms for breakfast? You can bet Obama and McCain did.

• A classic gets a little bit of a nip and a tuck here and there...

• Have you met Rachel Maddow? She's the new girl on the block on MSNBC.

• And she twitters!

• Just be glad you're not voting with these guys!

• We're either all going to be in our jammies by bedtime...or it's going to be a long night.

Cinderellavision

Here's the situation....I'm on the second week of a diet and all I can think about is candy corn. The country seems completely divided as we hurtle toward an election day that is less than a month away. We'll have to decide between an untested-but hard-to-ignore young challenger and someone's Pepaw. Sarah Palin's patriotic political games make me angry. We're stuck in the mire of a complete economic collapse on a global scale. And my own personal odometer is about to click over to register another 10,000 miles of road wear?

What I really need is a break. What we all really need is a little trip back in the time machine. Back to a place where things were simpler and...funnier. And we knew they were funny because Johnny Carson laughed at them. With all kudos to Flip Wilson..."What you see is what you get..."