Underwear outranks lifetime achievements

Flipping through the Style section this morning it struck me that Robert Redford's daughter has the same teeth as the alien of the Alien movies. Both CNN and MSNBC diss the honors by not featuring the award show front and center on their pages, instead opting for Tyra Banks' retirement and Victoria's Secret TV special.

In other entertainment news, Mary J. Blige begins preparing for her role as my favorite jazz singer of them all, Nina Simone. I doubt that Blige will be able to capture the raspy emotion put forth by Simone, but the troubled past of Blige gives me a boost of confidence that she can pull it off.