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Title quote brought to you by a rerun of last night's Colbert Report, p.s. YOU ARE ALL FIRED for not telling me David Hallberg was the guest! Except musicisbelievng, because she actually did tell me this afternoon. He is doing his best to be poised and articulate while Stephen Colbert accuses him of rekindling the Cold War by defecting from the American Ballet Theatre to the Bolshoi. (He is not; he is on time share. :)) And now, a performance.

David also appeared on screen in a trailer before --

Sorry, hang on, cracking up at Stephen Colbert in tights joining the performance. Oh God.

-- appeared on screen in a trailer before one of the EU Film Festival movies, encouraging people to come watch movie theater projections of Bolshoi performances. My poor movie companion got poked a time or two as I exclaimed.


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Is anyone else amused by Netflix's new (ish?) "Recommended For You" categories on the home page? In addition to the usual things like "Documentaries" and "Foreign Dramas," now there are these super-specific genres such as:

- Understated Romantic Movies based on a book
- Cerebral Comedies Featuring a Strong Female Lead
- Family-friendly Talking-Animal TV Cartoons

I guess I hadn't quite articulated my tastes in such ways before. Heh. Looking forward to what pops up next.