Things that have pleased me lately

[delphipsmith]

1. Kenneth Branagh (squeee!) will be directing a live-action version of Cinderella. Helena Bonham Carter plays the Fairy Godmother (so, presumably, not a crazy hag -- surprise! Though she's also playing Miss Havisham, so maybe this is an anomaly).

2. Chickens: the Steadi-Cam of the animal kingdom

3. Miss Piggy wearing the Hope Diamond. Yup, the actual Hope Diamond.

4. The Secret Life of Bees and The Necromancer's House (yeah, I need to write a proper review, but trust me on this: they're both -- in very different ways -- fantastic.

5. New Pope rocks.

6. Queen + physics = Bohemian Gravity:

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Comments

[mimimanderly.livejournal.com]

How did you even read The Necromancer's House already?! I just ordered a copy on Amazon, but it won't be released until October 1!

[delphipsmith]

I contributed to his kickstarter to fund a publicity campaign for it, so I got an advance reading copy :)