Tom Cruise -- Victim Of The 'rock Of Ages' Curse?

Minerva's Starcast/Mailbag, 05/26/13 Starcast: That ultimate fun couple, Venus and Jupiter, do a last tango in Gemini this week. The name of the game is luck, abundance, possibly even love.

Minerva's Sunday Horoscope, 05/26/13 Aries (March 20-April 18) Do not ask for whom the bell tolls. Pick up the phone! Jupiter and Venus are a dynamic duo in your communications house. Also be prepared to make a money choice.

A reader wonders what percentage of my readers play in duplicate tournaments. My guess is 10 percent. Most readers of newspaper bridge columns are casual players. The U.S. has millions of players, but the membership of the American Contract Bridge League, which oversees tournament play, is 166,000. Nevertheless, duplicate players are prone to study the game's techniques intensely, so my estimate may be low.

I found the perfect man for Mother Mary: Uncle Sam. Why not? They'd be great for each other. Uncle Sam may be over 200 years old, but he's got plenty of life left in him. After all, we just found out that he sicced the IRS on tea party groups and spied on a hundred AP reporters.

Palm Springs and its residents play a role in new movie.