For anyone who has lived with or been around mental illness -- and who has not -- "Melancholia" is a must-see movie.

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Moviegoers will have the chance to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the film version of the groundbreaking Broadway musical "West Side Story" with a one-night-only screening in theaters nationwide.(www.fathomevents.com)

I know its fall when the Walgreens flu shot reminder arrives in my mail.

As Tallahassees pols, pundits and power brokers gathered around the TV Thursday night to reinforce opinions theyve already formed about the job performances of President Obama and Congress, a far more uplifting show unfolded at Ruby Diamond Auditorium.

Its a good day for journalism when a governor with a 29 percent approval rating serves as the warm-up act for a Pulitzer Prize winner, so thanks, Rick Scott, for showing up at Saturday's Florida Press Association (FPA) plenary convention session.

Poisoning the Press is a favorite fantasy of politicians caught in the crosshairs of a dogged investigative reporter. Its also the title of a new book about Richard Nixon, Jack Anderson and the Rise of Washingtons Scandal Culture.

The author is journalist turned media ethics professor Mark Feldstein. The storytelling skills Feldstein honed over years of Peabody and Emmy Award-winning reporting make "Poisoning the Press" a scholarly work wrapped in a rockin good beach-read. For people trying to understand how our political culture got so ugly, Feldstein cracks the code.

MSNBC radio and cable talk show host Ed Schultz calls himself "The Nation's No. 1 Progressive Voice."

This week, he progressed to the Misogynist Hall of Fame with his radio reference to fellow opinionator Laura Ingraham as a slut. Schultz managed to use the word twice in one sentence, which is one time more than would have gotten past anybody's kindergarten teacher.

All the Legislature had to do Friday was pass the budget, drop the hanky, and smile for the camera. Instead we got an embarrassing episode of The Little Rascals, with Senate President Mike Haridopolos and House Speaker Dean Cannon starring as Spanky and Alfalfa.

Because of the required 72-hour cooling-off period, the budget vote could not occur before 10:16 p.m. That didnt stop Haridopolos from counting his chickens and taking public victory laps on Friday afternoon.

We're going to bring this in for a landing," Haridopolos crowed.

"Beating Justice: The Martin Lee Anderson Story," should be required viewing for Rep. Rachel Burgin, R-Tampa and Sen. Ellyn Bogdanoff, R-FortLauderdale, the sponsors of a misguided and pernicious change to Floridas public records law that seems to be on a fast track in the Florida Legislature.