Friday’s “Scarlett Johansson is Janet Leigh, no Viagra for Goldie Hawn and Minnie Driver has Lady Friends”

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Wednesday’s “White Van Man found, Allison Janney and Tony Shalhoub have dinner, Smash smashes and Mistresses okayed” news

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Monday’s “Borgen 2, Lilyhammer 1, musical Back to the Future, How To Live With Your Parents and the Columbine massacre” news

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Random Acts

Halloween Random Acts: bees, Russian aliens and old sitcom characters

Halloween is of course a time for Americans, and in particular American women, to get dressed up in random costumes.

Ali Larter, being the ‘Queen Bee’ of random round here, went surprisingly literal this year and dressed… as a queen bee.

Ali Larter as a bee

The always reliable Scarlett Johansson, although not off to a Halloween party as such, given she’s in Scotland filming a movie, instead dressed as someone pretending to be a Russian in a 1980s pop video.

Scarlett Johansson in Second Skin

Technically, she’s supposed to be a sex-mad alien at this point. Not sure the outfit says sex-mad alien, though.

However, the fabulously random Alex Breckenridge – presumably delighted to hear American Horror Story has just been granted a second season – has picked the most apposite costume for a TV blog to laud: she’s going to her party as Peggy Bundy from Married With Children.

Alex Breckenridge as Peggy Bundy

Not convinced? Well, she’s going with a gal pal… dressed as Kelly Bundy.

Alex Breckenridge as Peggy Bundy

I think she wins this year – although Ali came close.