Stone Cold Steve Austin: "Which one of these motherfuckers talked to God, and God said same-sex marriage was a no-can-do?"

Hey, if it's cool with Stone Cold Steve Austin, that settles it. That's the bottom line... because Stone Cold says so. In fact, I'm sure Jodie Foster herself took these words of wisdom to heart.

Happy Thanksgiving, movie fans!

As I have noted elsewhere: It's a melancholy fact of life that if you live long enough, you reach a point when you start to wonder: How many birthdays do I have left? How many Christmases? Independence Days? Thanksgivings?

For better or worse -- though I strongly suspect it's for the better -- I have no way of answering those nagging questions. But I do know this: You can enjoy all the holidays you want, any time of year you desire, at the movies. In honor of the day, here are two guides to notable flicks featuring Thanksgiving gatherings -- one from Time Magazine (including two personal favorites, Judd Apatow's Funny People, pictured above, and Jodie Foster's Home for the Holidays) and another from (OK, don't laugh) AARP Magazine (featuring a fave that, oddly enough, I had almost forgotten: Alice's Restaurant).

Happy Thanksgiving to one and all. And as I am wont to remind folks on occasions such as this: It's a miracle that we're even here and alive.

Attention Kristen Stewart haters: Jodie Foster would like to kick your ass

And I would pay money to watch her do it. For the meantime, I'll settle for sharing her thought-provoking and elegantly written essay on the downside of celebrity and the plight of her Panic Room co-star.

Few choose to view Jodie Foster's Beaver

Sorry, but I couldn't resist the single entendre after reading this indieWire report.

Beaver shoot

I'm very glad to hear that Jodie Foster finally is going to direct another movie -- she hasn't helmed one since 1995's Home for the Holidays, which we talk about in this '95 interview -- and I think she and Mel Gibson, who co-starred in Maverick, might once again make for an interesting on-screen match-up. But the title of this new project... Well, geez, were they actually looking for a way to inspire a lot of rude jokes, or what? I mean, I can just see the headlines: "Foster's Beaver Attracts Mel Gibson." Or, "Gibson Attached to Jodie Foster's Beaver." Or... No, sorry, I just don't want to go there.

Blast from the past: Jodie Foster talks about Home for the Holidays

"People are messy -- they're complicated." So says Jodie Foster, who amusingly expanded upon that insight in Home for the Holidays, the smart and insightful dramedy she directed, and we discussed, back in 1995. Unfortunately, she hasn't directed another movie since. Which is more than a little surprising, really, considering how much she obviously enjoyed directing this one.

Flashback: Jodie Foster in Contact

Since Jodie Foster and I are great admirers of Francois Truffaut, we couldn't help talking about the great French filmmaker at the beginning and end of our July 1997 conversation about Contact. But, hey, we also talked about Robert Zemeckis' movie, too.