Things are simmering down here at the day job and the vapor trail from my in-laws plane has faded into the LA sky....sigh. Finally some breathing room; well, actually reading room. Let's get to it.

- David Lowery files an excellent piece on Terry Gilliam's DVD release of Tideland, Pretty Baby, and art that explores teen sexuality.

- LA is, indeed, an often goofy place. Radar checks their shoes:

"A valet takes the Aston as a thick Blonde with a clipboard plants a wet one on Lane. A butler with a tray asks us to remove our shoes as the wood floors are extremely delicate and shouldn't really be walked on. He hands us some good champagne and points to a shorter version of himself, standing guard before perfectly arranged rows of Manolos and Guccis and Tods and Jimmy Choos and Pradas and sneakers and trainers of all kinds and sizes. He's the Shoe Valet and takes his position quite seriously."

- Indiewire has info on The 19th Annual New York Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender Film Festival

- From the Wow! Department, Jeff Wells points us to what Kiera Knightly said:

Pirates of the Caribbean costar Keira Knightley has told the BBC that being accused of being anorexic has forced her to reconsider her acting career. "I think I just have to move away or give it up altogether," she said. "I couldn't have kids in the situation I'm in now. But I could just do something else. That's probably what's going to happen. I'm just not so hungry any more. I made a decision very recently that I wanted a life instead."  Well, it is a bit easier to make that decision when you have done gads of studio fare, but tell it to the young lady who just arrived from Muncie.