She put her money where her mouth was. I've never been to Dollywood, but I have close friends who have worked there. They tell me it's hard to exaggerate how poor that area of the country is. Dolly performed a minor miracle building that theme park and bringing economic activity to that area.

Die Another Day by Madonna. The most divisive James Bond song ever?

I guess it is stupid to tag a spoiler for a movie never made. My bad.

Rocky Horror was a huge part of my teenage years. I saw it at the midnight movies dozens of times. Almost every weekend for a few years back in high school. All my fellow Rocky fan friends hated "Shock Treatment", it was always dismissed as being irredeemably awful. I feel their reaction was for a few reasons other than quality. The plot is not related to Rocky Horror's plot at all, the only returning characters are Brad, Janet (both played by different actors) Betty and Ralph. Richard O'Brien, Patricia Quinn, and Little Nell are in it but as different characters. Charles Gray's character may be The Criminologist, but it's never explicitly stated. So, I think Rocky Horror fans felt it was sacrilegious to make a sequel but not follow up on the story, recast Brad and Janet, and not have Tim Curry in it*.

But... if you are able to look past those differences, I think it's a terrific film that's very underrated. The story about reality TV stardom was ahead of its time, the music is just as good as the music in Rocky Horror, and Little Nell has never been hotter.

*From what I've read, they wanted Tim Curry in a sequel and though he did not want to play Frank again, he was willing to return as a different character. >!As Brad Majors, believe it or not. But reportedly at the last minute Curry got cold feet about his ability to do an American accent and dropped out.!<

I hope you'll give the follow up a shot too. It's called "Shock Treatment."

I had a friend who was a professional bass player and it was definitely true for her. She practically heard nothing other than the bass lines whenever she listened to music. It was weird.

There's not a regulation or obligation for upping an extra to a semi-regular extra, or for promoting a day player to a cast member. It's all up to the producers to make those decisions. Colm Meaney is a good example of someone that started out as a day player with an unnamed character that was later given a name and promoted to full cast member. Sometimes it happens like that, but there's no official process for that to happen to every actor.

Hi. I'll try to answer.

I don't think they always change. On The Original Series there were several actors that were regularly in the background or used for playing small roles. Yes, there were even actors as redshirts that got killed more than once. And there are different types of extras. Most extras come in for a day or two on an episode by episode basis, and will just be put at whatever station that helps make the screen look like it's filled with activity. Sometimes there are a small core group of regular extras that will appear in multiple episodes throughout the season and get paid a little more. I worked a background office worker extra on a TV show for two seasons. On the show Two Broke Girls, some of the regular diner patrons pulled double duty and worked as stand-in's for the main actors during set ups.

Day players (actors with one or more lines) are different. But, like extras, day players are not under a contract, so their appearances are subject to their availability. Basically Trek has always reused actors and does put some effort into trying to retain them, though it's not always possible, and keeping them at the same stations all the time is obviously not a priority.

Not frenetic but upbeat and depressing: Alone Again Naturally.

Imho some of the mysteries in Lost don't fully pay off, but it was still a good show.

I think fewer is better. Imho 5 would be about ideal, and 10 should be about the maximum. In real life people change and move on. Also, you kinda run out of plots at some point. It's surreal to know some shows like The Simpsons are still on the air after so many years.

I want to get into scientific clown studies too.

I haven't seen it since the theatrical release, and as I remember it wasn't a great night out, so that may have colored my opinion. I'm glad it held up for you and was fun.

You can tell Austin Butler is really crying in Elvis in the scene in the closet after Elvis' mother's death. The edges of Butler's ears are red - a detail no makeup artist would think of adding.

This had one great line in the trailer: "Once we get out of the '80's, the '90's are going to make the '60's look like the '50's!"