so eddie izzard was very funny on craigers last night, but he seems to do the same gag over and over again.. but no one is perfect. (this as he actually mentioned that slapping the bald guy routine of benny hill's was monotonous..) it's hilarious that so many of our talk show hosts are such giants when so many stars are such midgets..you'd think something would've changed there.. you'd think the stars would've complained or something. the other night nathan lane was on conan and it was like a mouse and goliath. freaky. for the past month i've been checking hundreds of celebrities' heights on imdb.com, which usually lists them. i'm obsessed. did you know angelina jolie is 5 ' 7? and amazon woman famke janssen is only 5 ' 11 when she looks more like 6 ' 3? i'm still hesitant to believe that one. ewan is actually Shorter than jude, which is interesting and unexpected.. 5 ' 10, 5 ' 11. hm. benicio is 6 ' 2. a glorious height. conan is 6 ' 3. craigers is 6 ' 5 and used to play basketball. whoda thunk it? white men can jump..

i've recently decided that ben kingsley is the greatest living actor. and i've thought long and hard about this. and it's definitely true. please please please catch him on inside the actor's studio if you can..he's wonderful and full of joy and life and education and wonderful shakespearean speeches - and he impersonates his past characters and past people he's run into and the voice is so immaculately right-on, just out of nowhere, it's amazing. i want him to be all male roles in my life.. i'm in love with him in a wife sort of way and in a mother sort of way and in a daughter sort of way.. it's very interesting. he is truly exceptional.

i watched To Sir, With Love last night, an old sidney poitier movie, and it was great. i like him a lot. he's a "man behaving nicely" as the oxygen channel keeps saying..or was it WE? i have a new show called the isaac mizrahi show on oxygen, and he's this gay man who's so funny and kind and he has these wonderful singers and actors and friends on the show..pretty much all women, and he's very fun to watch. it hasn't nabbed a secure time slot yet, i'll keep you posted.

in just a moment i'll watch army of darkness in film. for the first time. woo

lovemelo