In the annals of the rich and miserable, Christina Onassis stands out, if only because she was so rich and so miserable.

Tobias Wolff is a hell of a writer, but you knew that already. His first memoir, 'This Boy's Life,' was a Huck Finn story set in the Eisenhower era - a story so rich and wounding that not even Hollywood could make a bad movie out of it.

When salaries skyrocket, budgets skyrocket, and then rigor mortis sets in: moviemakers turn out formulaic junk in an effort to hedge their bets.

When salaries skyrocket, budgets skyrocket, and then rigor mortis sets in: moviemakers turn out formulaic junk in an effort to hedge their bets.

Unseasonal clothing actually only stands out when it's visibly uncomfortable.

By now, we all know that Hollywood producers always chase after the same properties, that the sharks circle simply because the other sharks are circling.