An unassuming and quiet treasure that we stumbled across on TCM. Part one act play, part after school special, and part thriller, this film is more than worth a look. Not only for a young, exceptional, and amoral Jodie Foster, but Martin Sheen appears as a genuinely creepy perv and there's a brilliant performance by Alexis Smith as his nosy mother and Jodie's landlord, who cackles great waspy lines like “Just because he's a poet, your father thinks he doesn't have to live like normal people” after she sees the furniture has been moved around her rental property.

But the most amazing character of all is Marco, the limping high school magician, played by Scott Jacoby, a character that I not only fell head over heels for, but one that Jim and I would have created for one of our scripts. Underrated and under seen, help pluck this sleeper from obscurity by renting it today, or watch for it on TCM.

No one wins in this ode to infidelity and bad behavior especially the “wife and children that need him just as much”. Ostensibly this is a sexy song full of passion and lust, but it is also depressing and Jim and I usually remark on how it makes us think of how much of a pain in the ass an affair would be.

Sure, it starts romantically enough in a hotel corridor, but sooner or later it's straight to “Why do you have to spend Christmas with your family? If you don't make time to see me, I'll call your children and tell them what we did last Friday night.”

But bad images aside, this is an artfully sung R&B classic that Luther tears into with the kind of zest that made it a number one hit in 1972. The song was sung by several people before including Rod Stewart and Percy Sledge but this is the definitive version.

This Lawrence of Arabia star is getting acclaim and notice lately for his role in Venus and TCM is playing My Favorite Year and Goodbye Mr. Chips in a row on Monday. So it seems the air is abuzz with the Irish movie star. He was married to I, Claudius villain Sian Phillips and was friends with Richard Harris, Richard Burton, and John Huston, just imagine the kind of trouble he would get into with those men! Professionally he starred in many top movies and has won numerous awards and had the honor of ranking on Empire magazine's 100 Sexiest Stars in Film History.

I became enthralled with the statuesque icon, as many of my peers probably did, as May Day in A View to a Kill. Her career began way before that as a dance club superstar with albums like Portfolio and Nightclubbing, making the scene at Studio 54 with good friend Andy Warhol before her transformation into the androgynous performer of the 80s with the help of lover and stylist Jean-Paul Goude.

Her influence is as immense as her demanding and stunning presence. In style: the box haircut, the power suit shoulders, in music: the Sprechgesang style of singing. And what could be cooler than a woman considered “too tough” by Arnold Schwarzenegger.

My family and I had this local cake in Australia years ago and I never lost the craving for its crisp on the outside, fluffy and lightly chewy on the inside deliciousness. It was a craving I could not satisfy until now. Even after a major online search, I couldn't find it in New York.

But as Jim, Dan and I ate some fresh fish at the fairly new Australian restaurant, Bondi Road (not to be confused with this week's restaurant pick), I had a happy moment — “Pavlova” was scrawled on the chalkboard menu at the back of the room. Pavlova, Pavlova, Pavlova! My own personal great white whale had finally come to me. Oh, and just so you know, this magical sweet consists of discs of meringue with passion fruit, kiwi, and other fresh fruits atop. Sounds simple enough, but the taste is other worldly.

Congrats to the curators of the Brooklyn Museum! Never have I heard so much buzz about the place and with three flashy, noteworthy and impressive shows up simultaneously, no wonder. Make sure you visit before the 28th, when my favorite of the three, Tigers of Wrath: Watercolors of Walton Ford, is taken down. This may be the least well known of the exhibits but the huge Audubon-esque watercolors are some of the most amazing paintings I have seen in years and nothing beats seeing them in person in their grand scale.

The most talked about exhibit is the grotesque and otherworldly Ron Mueck collection of large and small scale human replicas including twelve foot long new born baby and a 12 inch nude couple spooning. The lifelike qualities are extraordinary, especially the skin, which seems so eerily real that I had to look away at one point. The weakest but most popular is the Annie Leibowitz exhibit. I felt the structure of the show was messy and unfocused with a cluttered hallway of magazine clippings of some of the real photos on display, which I found an odd choice for use of space. Still many of the photos are striking, a very hot photo of Scarlett Johanson comes to mind. I hope the museum continues this excellency in curating.

My good friend Laura passed this travel tip on to me and I am passing it on to you. She has great taste, so I can stand by the recommendation even though I haven't had the privilege to stay at this charming inn. If you ever need accommodations in the Hudson Valley, head over to the exquisitely restored former convent of Dini Lamot and partner Windle Davis, two ex new wave musicians.

They and the adventure which led them to own and rehabilitate the once sagging and dilapidated building was recently featured in the Times and the slide show features breathtaking interior and exterior shots.

>A new true crime show on Court TV worth checking out. The nation's leading true crime novelists narrate their most intriguing and salacious cases, so (of course) these are the most entertaining and titillating stories you may come across on TV. Lisa Scottolini's is a particularly enthralling tale of murder committed by a psychopathic school principal named Dr. Jay Smith and a svengali charmer and English teacher William Bradfield.

One episode that I have not seen yet features James Ellroy and the Black Dahlia case. This is a worthy addition to the true crime television genre so, if you are a fan, this is one more to add to your DVR queue.

Fancy up some egg salad with smoked salmon and dill and slather it on a buttery croissant for a perfect, easy sandwich. I never get egg salad at a deli because nothing could be less appetizing than eggs and mayonnaise that have been giving time to sit under florescent lights, but when you make it yourself, the freshness of the ingredients makes you appreciate the salad's merit.