We can't post too much here - we agreed not to - but we got the first three episodes of EMPIRE, including the pilot and the next two episodes. We're hoping to get more at some point, but for now, your wishes have been granted. Empire, baby!

While MAD MEN's true strength was its layers upon layers of character depth - such that there may be no end to what can be revealed upon multiple viewings - what won many viewers over was its frank, unflinching depiction of the sexism of 1960s America.

We were saddened last week to learn that Michael Blake, the writer of DANCES WITH WOLVES (both the screenplay and the original novel) died of cancer at the unacceptably young age of 69. I was even more saddened to learn what I didn't know about Blake.

In honor of today's holiday - and you do know what that holiday is, don't you? - we've got a treat for you guys: Swatches from Leigh Brackett and Lawrence Kasdan's half-typed/half-handwritten first draft of THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK.