Angelina Jolie’s Latest Movie Role: Accent on the Inscrutable

The debate currently raging in Hollywood is: What is the accent used by snake-bedecked Angelina Jolie as the Macedonian mum in the movie “Alexander�? The critics have a variety of theories:

“An accent that seems to have been borrowed from George Hamilton in ‘Love at First Bite’ ... “ (Associated Press, referring to Hamilton’s Dracula role)

“Some sort of Germanic accent.� (Indianapolis Star)

“Some wacky Natasha Fatale accent.� (Long Beach Press-Telegram, alluding to the Russian secret agent of TV’s “Rocky and Bullwinkle�)

“Part Yiddish mama and part Natasha.� (New York Times)

There is, however, no disagreement over the accent of Irish-born Colin Farrell, the title star. He plays the Macedonian king with a fine brogue.

Write 100 times on the blackboard ... : A spy at one community college (not Natasha Fatale) relayed a spelling-challenged announcement (see accompanying).

More food for thought: “Where did they dig up that turkey?� asked Shirley Levinson of La Mirada, referring to a menu item she spotted (see accompanying).

Similar to a Big Mac attack? While visiting her family up north in Novato, Joan Thompson of Whittier came across this police blotter item: “An employee of a business on Redwood Boulevard reported there was a disgruntled customer waiting for him outside.... The caller said the customer wanted to beat the employee up because the business did not make a ‘Whopper with cheese.’ �

Who says clergymen can’t be humorous? Not so the members of a group discovered by Charlotte Lightfoot of La Habra (see accompanying).

Crimes of the season: The Saddleback Valley News said a Mission Viejo resident “reported his car trunk had been dented with a pumpkin.� The Huntington Beach Wave, meanwhile, said a resident “reported that someone took his inflatable turkey sometime during the night.�

Sour note? Did you see what the editors of Rolling Stone chose as the “greatest song of all time�? “Like a Rolling Stone,� by Bob Dylan. Gee, no self-promotion of their own publication, right?

I guess if the magazine founded by Henry Luce put out a similar list, it would choose “Time Is on My Side� by the Rolling Stones.

And, of course, if that other Luce magazine known for its photos had a list, No. 1 would be “That’s Life,� sung by Frank Sinatra.

miscelLAny: Dick Harmon of San Juan Capistrano saw a sign that read, “Smoking on Sundeck Only.� But even a three-pack-a-day smoker might think twice about heading up there. In this case, the sign was on a bus.