“We’re so alike.  Neither of us is that attractive.”
– Barbara Walters’ comment to Katie Couric, as revealed in the
Hulu documentary, Barbara Walters – Tell Me Everything.

Lies, Lies, Lies.  No, this doesn’t have anything to do with that bill (which sullies the name of Bill for us all).  It’s not even political.  It’s about those nefarious folks who run CVS.  Sure, it’s great to pick up a prescription allegedly 24 hours a day, 7 days a week – in theory.  But when I showed up at one such branch to pick up some medication for my ailing father, do you know what I was told?  “Come back in a half hour – we always close the pharmacy for lunch!”  So, I looked on Google, on their app, even on the sign at the desk.  You know what it didn’t say?  Closed for lunch!  It said 24/7, not 23.5 hours a day.  In fact, the app said, “Open Now”.  LIARS!

A dear friend claims that Meryl Streep has what he called a “Golden Rule” – she doesn’t do sequels.  But has she actually ever said that?  Because I can’t find any evidence of it.  She did say she isn’t particularly interested in sequels because she likes to create new characters.  That was clearly before she did the Mamma Mia! sequel.  In that instance, she claims to have done it because she loved the people and “it was so much fun”.  Maybe that’s why she’s filming The Devil Wears Prada 2.  Shooting began last week in New York.  We hear that Miranda needs ad revenue for the flailing Runway, and Emily is now heading a luxury ad agency.  Will Andy help broker a deal?  How is Miranda’s latest marriage to Kenneth Branagh?  And who exactly is Nigel sleeping with?  Stay tuned.

Proving anything is possible, Vin Diesel claims that the next Fast and the Furious flick will not only be the last in the franchise, it will also star Paul Walker!  Paul Walker, who died in 2013 (at the peak of his gorgeousness)?  We’re told he’ll come back courtesy of CGI.  If that’s the case, CGI me in the audience, ‘cause I’m not going.

We’ve all heard there will be another Fockers flick – but don’t count on Barbra showing up.  While she’s amused that Ariana Grande has been cast, Streisand was pretty blunt when asked about it by the convalescing Marc Malkin: “They’d have to pay me a lot of money because I didn’t get paid what the other people got paid and so I’m pissed off.  I was in the time when women were getting paid less than the men.  The head of Universal was Ron Meyer at the time, and he actually sent me a bonus check.  It was very sweet.”  I find it hard to believe Blythe got more than Barbra!

Here’s a reunion with a twist – literally.  Michelle Williams and Mike Faist have been cast in an off-Broadway revival of Anna Christie.  Now, follow this connection.  Michelle Williams was in Brokeback Mountain with husband Heath Ledger.  Heath’s love interest was played by Jake Gyllenhaal.  When Brokeback was mounted (so to speak) as a play in London, Jake’s role of Jack Twist was played by…Mike Faist!  Bing, bang, boom, Michelle’s latest love interest is the love interest of her deceased husband.  Kinda…