Now that Democrats have retaken the House, a debate that had previously been theoretical fodder for midterm campaigns has become very real: should Nancy Pelosi reclaim her position as speaker of the House?

Did you know that Sotheby’s, as part of an auction that takes place tomorrow in Geneva, had some of Marie Antoinette’s remaining jewels on display in right here New York City, and that visitors could even touch them? I did not, and consequently, I’m going to be angry at myself forever.

It comes as no surprise that Sydney Pollack’s Amazing Grace is 87 minutes of sheer excellence. The long-lost movie captured the recording of Aretha Franklin’s landmark 1972 live gospel album Amazing Grace and remained unreleased (due to sound issues and then litigation on the part of Franklin) until its Monday…

Remember the time Patricia Arquette made Meryl Streep stand up at the Oscar and shout “Yes! Yes!” by talking about ending the gender pay gap in Hollywood? That was over four years ago, and producers are still giving Arquette poor deals and finding new and creative ways to pay her less than her male co-stars.

After an apparent gap since John Kelly first instituted it in April, the president now has “policy time” back on his schedule:

This week, newly elected members of Congress are in Washington, DC, for freshman orientation and look who came together like a crossover superhero franchise except for progressive women who want Medicare for All: Minnesota’s Ilhan Omar, Massachusetts’s Ayanna Pressley, Michigan’s Rashida Tlaib, and New York’s …

“Well, when the world blows up, I hope I go down dancing!” Gloria Bell says cheerfully in the trailer for the new movie of the same name, out in March 2019.

Jamie Dornan, an attractive man who somehow managed to make a movie about sex deeply uncomfortable, has a new skill to add to his résumé: axe-throwing. One skill to remove from his résumé: Sounding normal and not at all creepy when the subject of ax-throwing comes up in interviews.

Gearing up for what it seems will be yet another awkward, protracted firing, President Trump has told advisers that he intends to get rid of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen. This could happen anytime within the next few weeks or, sooner! Who can say!

Arizona’s deeply contentious Senate race has been called in favor of Democrat Kyrsten Sinema, who beat out Republican Martha McSally for retiring Jeff Flake’s seat by a margin of tens of thousands of votes.