(No, pepperlandgirl, this is not for you! But happy birthday in advance anyway.)
Haley Joel Osment is fifteen today.
Not much else to report, except that my wish for him last year—that he would get all the way to 18 without mishap, or a Culkin-style meltdown—is now 1/4 of the way to completion. And that he has a movie coming out in, I think, November, co-starring with Robert Duvall and, ironically, Michael Caine, who beat him out for the Best Supporting Oscar three years ago. And that, if you haven’t heard him speak lately, his voice has now changed for good and all. And that Mr. Rilch is looking over my shoulder saying, “Whaddaya mean, he looks eighteen? Look at him—he hasn’t even grown into his jacket yet!” And that I’m going to post this before Mr. Rilch hits the “sleep” button…