A couple of miscellaneous notes.

Add another fun blogathon to the pantheon: Terry of A Shroud of Thoughts is hosting a 95th birthday bash for British actress Margaret Lockwood on September 15th. I’ve signed up to submit a post for this event, and am planning to write a review of the 1943 film The Man in Grey, in which Lockwood…

Happenings.

The past nine days have been busy and somewhat fruitful … well, everywhere except this blog. Carrie, Nikki, and I enjoyed a weekend in Birmingham (that’s Alabama, not England—though Lord knows we all probably wish it were) with some of our college buddies. All told, the seven of us had not all been in the…

Laundry list o’ bloggy stuff.

Unless you’ve been living under a rock (and haven’t been perusing Twitter like mad), you’re probably already aware that Debbie Reynolds’ auction of her seriously extensive Hollywood memorabilia collection took place this weekend. Angela over at the Hollywood Revue live-blogged the sometimes crazy auctioning action as it went on. Marilyn Monroe’s iconic “subway dress” from…

Baa baa.

That’s (apparently) LAMB-speak for “congratulations.” The final LAMMY tallies are in, and Mark from Where Danger Lives handily secured the award for Best Classic Movie Blog! Ivan, the den master of Thrilling Days of Yesteryear, snagged the runner-up spot. Kudos, guys, for the extremely well-deserved recognition of your respective blogging talents!

Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto?

Well, failed attempts at emulating Styx aside, there’s really no more appropriate way to express my gratitude … Thank you, Best for Film, for choosing my Psycho ‘ku as a runner-up. Check out all of the fabulous entries chosen as winners and runners-up for the “Hollywood Haiku” competition! And because I couldn’t resist—