We needed our daily something to distract attention from the watching-water-come-to-a-boil experience of the SAG-AFTRA/AMPTP talks spectacle. Maybe there will be an agreement tomorrow, or then again maybe not, because they are either very close or have never been farther apart.
Time will tell if we don't all end up in nursing homes first, waiting for this to end.
So in the meantime: if you bet on Casey Bloys to be the next one in the hot seat, at 845-to-1 odds, yesterday was your miracle day!
It's always the ones you don't see coming, the alleged "nice guys" who provide the best scandals. This week we got to enjoy the revelations that perhaps the man with the most pristine reputation in Hollywood, the celebrated HBO honcho, had used secret accounts to harass TV critics who dared question the Lexus network's line-up.
Some thoughts on the scene in Mudville as mighty Casey stepped up to the plate: