Having tea with Gillian Anderson is a thoroughly pleasant business — a splash of muted glamour in a fairly drab London autumn. I thoroughly recommend it, as a more engaging companion it would be a challenge to find. [Source: The Spectator]

And it appears she is in negotiations to do stage work in NYC. Now there’s a reason to start thinking of a return trip.

Some of my favourite lines from the handful of entries:

I am in Dubai now, trying very hard not to fall asleep before my connection. The airport is a madhouse and, after a very short redeye, tough on the senses. It’s like being dropped into a bad mall — all Pinkberry and loud Katy Perry.

…

After the endless, ENDLESS ceremony, we socialized, played soccer, answered questions about our lives in the States, handed out silly bands and Starbursts, and hazarded the bathrooms. The boys made quite a show on the pitch and the girls fielded the usual, “What crops do you grow?” kinds of questions. So great.

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Aggie, a beloved family friend, made it her life’s work to travel to 100 countries. She wanted those stamps in her passport and, bless her, at the age of 80 was making visa arrangements for Guatemala to check it off the list.

Aggie, I will smoke you.

GA, DD and CC together last week (ohyarly) at a discussion type event:

He canz dans too:

And like a sucker, I’ll watch the eps that Ms. March will be on just because it’s Alex fucking Cabot. Because really, this show is beyond shark jumping and has gone on to octopus loop the loop at this point.

What I *am* excited about is the promotional appearances Smarch will do before the fall tv season begins. I’m hoping for more gems like the time on the Today Show when she got so excited talking about the shoot at the UN building (click to embiggen):

The simple things in life…

Finishing the books was coming to the end of a fulfilling alternate life. Watching the final movie will feel the same way, if we’re to be so lucky.

These are photographed by David Wise for an editorial spread in Fiasco Magazine. See the rest here.

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Watch the announcement here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-j6BpN0VTLI

EDIT: The charity is World of Children if you are inclined to donate.

And you’re not an after thought this time, Dan Dan… happy birthday to Daniel Radcliffe who is now finally legal in the USA. Can’t say I’m dying to watch the last two HP movies but I’m looking forward to them.

That dress is all kinds of unfortunate.

Wish I had more to report. The only thing I know for sure is that Smarch spoke to a CNN guy, a AC360 guy, and this is what he has to say:

“I talked with that former Law and Order prosecutor/actress, Stephanie March, some. She was friendly, but seemed to get a little irritated when after everything she said I went, ‘DUH-DUNHT!’” [Source]

Everybody thinks they’re funny after the Correspondents’ Dinner…

Bobby Flay thinks doughnuts are underrated lately. “Everyone is suddenly on a health kick, but doughnuts are a very important part of cuisine, in my book,” he said at the after-party for the new Tracy Letts play, Superior Donuts.
Even the play, about a doughnut shop in Chicago, “gives doughnuts a bad rap,” he said. “Think about it — they’re fried, they’re sweet, they have a fantastic flavor, a great contrast in texture. What’s better than a doughnut? And it goes great with a cup of coffee!”
Could health fiends add a few doughnuts to their diets? “Yeah, just serve it with yogurt,” Flay suggested.
So where do he and his wife, actress Stephanie March, go for a doughnut? “There was this Krispy Kreme that was really 200 yards away from our apartment. I’m sad it’s closed now,” March said. Flay went with a foodier favorite, Doughnut Plant, who catered the party: “They’re really good,” he said. “And they’re fried,” March added. “Let’s not forget they’re fried.”

http://www.nbcnewyork.com/around-town/food-drink/FOODD-Bobby-Flay-Asks-Whats-Better-Than-a-Doughnut-63423157.html

Twitpic by svumac [http://twitpic.com/imrh2]

Wang Lee Hom’s “Everything”:

*by the by, does anybody know the Engrish equivalent of geli? Not the literal sense of ‘ticklish’… Would ‘squeamish’ be even close?