You know how after you’ve broken up with someone, you start to romanticize the relationship?  It wasn’t that bad.  Maybe you shouldn’t have broken up.  After a while, you give the ex a call and get together…just to see.  And you know what you will invariably discover?  That you were right to break up in the first place.  That sums up the long-awaited Looking: The Movie.  Spoiler alert: HBO has found a way to unmemorably tie up the loose ends of a show that was unmemorable to begin with.  Only time will tell if this film will also (erroneously) be regarded fondly upon reflection.  But it reminded me of every reason why initial viewers tuned out in droves.  For the first half hour, I kept wondering, “Who talks like this?”  I distracted myself trying to figure out whether the problem was the writing, the direction, the acting, or (d) all of the above.  Then, after 45 minutes, something finally happened.  That oasis lasted 10 minutes.  Precious little has changed for these characters since HBO put them out of their misery last March.  But that didn’t stop the 30-somethings from apologizing for being out of touch.  Hello?  Is it 1983?  Perhaps.  After all, the best acting came from 1983 Best Actress Emmy Award winner, Tyne Daly!

One member of the Looking cast had reason to celebrate last week.  Daniel Franzese (formerly best known for his role in Mean Girls) got engaged.  The proposal took place at the same North Hollywood Starbucks where he met his beau, Joseph Bradley Phillips, over a year ago.  Daniel gave the barista a ring and had him put it in a cup labeled Mr. and Mr. Franzese.  Needless to say, Phillips said yes.  “Joseph has given me the best of his heart.  Finding my soulmate has made all the years I struggled with myself worth it,” says Franzese.  Congrats!