I never previously thought that Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash had much in common about their lives.  Just watched on Amazon Prime the 2006  Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash:  The Road Show , featuring 30 performances of their early careers.  There are definite parallels. EP born in Tupelo, Mississippi, 1935 and lived for 42 years.  JC, Kingsland, Arkansas, 1932, 71 years.  Well, not so similar, but this comes later. Elvis Presley. Twin brother was still-born. Family moved to Memphis, Tennessee in 1948. Did not read music. Began singing for Sam Phillips of Sun Records in 1953. Made his only appearance in the Grand Ole Opry in 1954. Signed up with Colonel ( who was never a military officer ) Tom Parker in 1955.  Elvis was 20. First hit single was  Heartbreak Hotel  in 1956, after which he made his first film,  Love Me Tender .  Soon was playing in Las Vegas. In his second Milton Berle Show, launched into his famous exaggerated body movem...

Two bits of news before I traipse into entertainment.  First, the   House January 6 Committee at 1PM today announced that it will, after all, convene tomorrow, Tuesday, at 1PM EDT  for their 6th hearing.    Remember last week they said that the next one would occur in July after the July 4th recess? In the midst of this Rowe v. Wade brouhaha, they must have something crucial to share.  Why? No hint. Documentary filmmaker Alex Holder has something blockbuster to show? The FBI uncovered something incriminating in the stuff they found in Jeffrey Clark's home?  He is the person Trump wanted to install as the attorney general? Ginni Thomas, wife of Clarence? The modern day equivalent of the Butterfield Tapes in Watergate? Should be interesting. The second bit has to do with sports.  I predicted that the Tampa Bay Lightning would win the Stanley Cup.  I was wrong.  They  lost to the Colorado Avalanche .  While I'm at this, Wimbledon...

I saw two films this weekend:                      ROTTEN TOMATOES                                               Reviewers  Audiences  My Grade Mank                   88               72               B Citizen Kane      100               91              B- Mank , premiered on Netflix Friday, while CK was released just around the time Pearl Harbor was attacked today, 79 years ago.  The two films are similar in various ways.  First, one led to the other.  Second, both are in black and white.  Third, it is entirely possible that, like Orson Welles gaining an Academy nomination for Best Ac...