* Australia is outlawing social media for those less than 16.
* Best movie I’ve seen in a while: “Nuremberg,” the dramatization of the 1945-46 Nuremberg trials. Russell Crowe is superb as Hermann Goring. Legal, moral and political issues are well delineated and seamlessly integrated with just enough archival footage.
* “Marty Supreme:” No lack of holiday marketing via Oscar buzz. It features an unlikable lead character, manic optics and loudness, silliness masquerading as humor and ping-pong metaphors. BTW, “Oscar buzz” would be more appropriate for rumors of the imminent arrival of the Weinermobile.
* Recently saw an interesting, uplifting PBS bio-documentary on the occasion of Dick Van Dyke’s 100th birthday. So glad it wasn’t an obit.
* Audiobook sales reached nearly 2.2 billion in the U.S. last year.