This could be good or it could be horrible. Scott Rudin just bought the rights to I, Claudius. Great book, great miniseries. Nothing is set up, nothing else is signed, but apparently Leonardo DiCaprio is sniffing. Claudius? Hmmm. Gauis Caligula, maybe. That could work. Either way, I'm excited! If you've never read it, I highly recommend it. I was surprised at how not-dry and very very accessible, fun, and entertaining the book was. Much better and easier than I thought it would be. And the miniseries with Derek Jacobi... once you see it you'll know where HBO's "Rome" came from. Apparently there's also a 1930s movie directed by Josef von Sternberg starring Charles Laughton. Must find that...

PS-- watched my very first Doctor Who episodes last night. The first ones, actually, from 1963? 64? Interesting, not yet all-consuming, but I'll keep going. Getting all the way up to the new Christopher Eccleston series (well, not so new anymore as there's now a later Dr. Who than him) is going to be a real treat and quite a journey through 40 years of BBC television. Woo-hoo!