A List Of Things Thrown Five Minutes Ago

FIRST PRIZE IS A SHINY NEW CADILLAC: Well, at least it should be, in The Chicago Tribune and Chicago's Goodman Theatre's "Write Like Mamet" competition, which is open for another week. The contest is in honor of the Goodman's Mamet festival (and joins with the premiere of Mamet's network TV attempt, The Unit), and offers you the chance to try to one-up "Glengarry Glen Oz" (at the link above) or "Glengarry Glen Claus." In other Mamet trivia, did you know that Kristen Bell (aka Veronica Mars) had her first major movie role in Mamet's underrated spy thriller Spartan? She previously had had a tiny role in Pootie Tang, but I don't think that counts.