Throw a Drink, Pick Up a 1970s Bestseller

And consider your Cruel Intentions.

First, a bit of housekeeping: There will be no Thursday newsletter this week, thanks to the Thanksgiving holiday (see what I did there?). We’ll be back in business next Tuesday as usual, but this seems like a good time for a heads-up about our holiday publishing schedule. Christmas and New Year’s are both on Wednesday this year — the worst day for any major holiday!! I had a plan for this in my presidential platform! — so our newsletter schedule will be a little funky the last two weeks of the year, because everyone will be passed out under the Chex Mix, including us.

Christmas week will have no newsletter, but you’ll get something that last week of the year — when and what is still TBD. It’ll be a holiday surprise! Consider this a needed rest and respite for everyone before awards season kicks off: We will be hitting the ground running ASAP after the holidays, because the Golden Globes are on January 5. As usual, we will have a live chat during the red carpet and the ceremony for pai…