BUT DOES IT INCLUDE "I'M SO RONERY?" Sure, it's no Amazon.com, but the official website shop of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (which is neither democratic, popular, nor a republic--discuss) can serve all your shopping needs if you are in need of songs or videotapes glorifying the Great Leader or the Dear Leader. Via The Plank.

THE ABRAHAM BENRUBI AWARD: A thought spurred by my last post--the Emmys recognize leading actors and supporting actors, but what about the "tertiary characters?" These are typically characters who are regularly on a show, but not billed in the opening credits--having a few lines every episode, or sometimes, a priceless reaction shot. Can we give them their credit? The two shows that immediately spring to mind are the brilliant ensemble of The Office (Mindy Kaling, Angela Kinsey, Oscar Nunez, Paul Lieberstein, and Phyllis Smith), and Scrubs (particularly Robert Maschio as "The Todd," Aloma Wright as Nurse Laverne, and Sam Lloyd as Ted Buckland). Any other tertiary characters you'd like to give some love to?

FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION: If I were trying to make a case for why Donald Faison deserves some love in the Supporting Actor Comedy Emmy category (after Rainn Wilson, John Krasinski, and Michael Cera), this would be Exhibit A. Nominations are a week away, folks. (Via Alan Sepinwall)

YOU'RE A MEAN ONE: As if the intolerable movie wasn't enough (though I have to give it credit for the production design), we'll be enduring Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas! -- The Musical on Broadway this holiday season. One interesting tidbit is that like the Radio City Christmas Spectacular (which I really ought to see at some point), Grinch will play 12 shows a week, doing 8 on weekends, meaning it's going to be quite a workout for the cast.

AS LONG AS IT'S NOT KINGSLEY: J.K. Rowling told a U.K. talk show yesterday that two significant characters will die in the final Harry Potter book, explaining, "One character got a reprieve, but I have to say two die that I didn't intend to die."

Let the speculation begin.

IF THE WHOLE PLANET IS WATCHING, CAN WE NOT SHOW THEM SOMETHING MORE INTERESTING? Based on the early reviews of Superman Returns, you will believe that hundreds of millions of dollars can sink.

Ebert:

Superman is vulnerable to one, and only one, substance: kryptonite. He knows this. We know this. Lex Luthor knows this. Yet he has been disabled by kryptonite in every one of the movies. Does he think Lex Luthor would pull another stunt without a supply on hand? Why doesn't he take the most elementary precautions? How can a middle-aged bald man stab the Man of Steel with kryptonite?

Dargis:

Every era gets the superhero it deserves, or at least the one filmmakers think we want. For Mr. Singer that means a Superman who fights his foes in a scene that visually echoes the garden betrayal in "The Passion of the Christ" and even hangs in the air much as Jesus did on the cross. It's hard to see what the point is beyond the usual grandiosity that comes whenever B-movie material is pumped up with ambition and money. As he proved with his first two installments of "The X-Men" franchise, Mr. Singer likes to make important pop entertainments that trumpet their seriousness as loudly as they deploy their bangs. It's hard not to think that Superman isn't the only one here with a savior complex.

More favorable: the Globe's Ty Burr and the Inq's Steven Rea.

SHAMEFUL AND INDEFENSIBLE: On the Phillies/Brett Myers situation, I agree with Tom Durso 100%:

The Phils have moved from being a laughingstock on the field to being morally bankrupt off of it. If I needed another reason to cancel my season-ticket package at the end of this season, I now have it. Underachievement is bad enough -- this weekend's behavior, from Myers to Charlie Manuel to Gillick, is unacceptable. I'm just glad my daughter is too young to read the sports page. I'd hate to have to try to explain this franchise's shameful and indefensible behavior to her.

More from Bill Conlin, recounting some local history, and the Globe's Dan Shaughnessy.