I wasn't kidding about Ellen Page and Diablo Cody

Here's a picture of me with the writer and star of Juno, Diablo Cody (left) and Ellen Page (right). Diablo has an excellent blog called The Pussy Ranch (she used to be a stripper, after all), and Ellen Page is surprisingly short. My one regret is that Michael Cera couldn't be there, but beggars can't be choosers, I suppose.

Overall, the movie is fantastic, one of the best I've seen all year. One of the other cool details about this was that I got to meet Roger Ebert at the press screening (this is after he helped build the Juno bandwagon in Toronto). You always hear that he can't speak but can still think sharp as a whistle, but you don't really experience it until you see him, throat bandage and all. It's still a wonder to see him, and it was great that he would even acknowledge my presence.