It constantly surprises Sean but I am a big Sade fan. Truthfully, musically it’s not my usual milieu (in as much as I have one), but it does fit my habit of liking the top 10% of every genre. Sade is by far the best at what she does. Plus, she is also given to saying things like this:

I only make records when I feel I have something to say. I’m not interested in releasing music just for the sake of selling something. Sade is not a brand.

New album Soldier of Love is out February 9th. The title track has been floating around for a few weeks. I quite like it – it almost sounds like a Bond theme.

Emily Blunt: [Laughs.] Yeah, don’t you just kind of love those? When I see them slamming on that lens, I’m like, “Jean-Marc, that is really close.” And he’s like [French accent.], “It will be fine. Don’t worry.”

AVC: How do you prepare for those kind of shots?

EB: Nothing. You do absolutely nothing. They’ll see every nuance that flashes across your eyes. Do absolutely nothing. That’s always my rule with close-ups.

The A.V. Club: You have a reputation for hating doing publicity interviews. Does having that out front help? Do you think it makes people approach you any differently?

Harrison Ford: I didn’t know that I had that reputation. I think that was something that—obviously you’ve done your research, but I think I was characterized that way early on in my career, and it stuck. I don’t mind doing interviews. I don’t mind answering thoughtful questions. But I’m not thrilled about answering questions like “If you were being mugged, and you had a lightsaber in one pocket and a whip in the other, which would you use?”

MP3: The Middle East – The Darkest Side
[Off The Recordings of The Middle East, out now. Stream It. Buy It.]

If you can see the phrase “Girls, girls, girls” and not immediately think of the below song, then, brother, you’re a better man than me.

“There’s a colon in the title. It’s rarely a good idea to trust a movie with a colon in the title.”

If you haven’t already read Zack Handlen’s hilarious dismantling of G.I. Joe: The Rise Of Cobra, then click here. Viewing beforehand not required.

Caught this via The Awl: Director Jason Reitman is keeping a video diary of his promo tour for Up In The Air, which apparently consists of illustrating the mundane day to day PR duties with hilarious juxtaposition of sameness and awesome tracks by The Clash.

File under: The Clash enhances everything.

Heard the Judy Collins track “Hard Lovin’ Loser” on the way into work and felt it deserved to be shared.

You can read more about Colter’s “making of” here.

One day I’ll be able to create things like that …