Predicting 2013

HALLIE EPHRON: Happy 2013 everyone! Today I am inspired to go out on a limb and make a few predictions for the new year.

• Tom Cruise and Sylvester Stallone will star as Ranger and Morelli.
• Lee Child will write a standalone.
• Anthony Hopkins will play the Wizard of Oz.
• Twinkies will be back in the supermarkets with flavored fillings and chocolate coating.
• Dennis Lehane will wear chinos and a Polo shirt in public but refuse to be photographed wearing them.
• Petitions will be filed and hazelnuts will reappear in mixed nuts.
• No one will remember Honey Boo Boo.
• Kalinda will be charged with murder on The Good Wife; she did it, but she'll get off.
• The world will not end.
• At least a half dozen thrillers will have as their premise a massive failure in "the cloud."
• There will still be books.
• I will finally get an e-reader just in time to discover that they are obsolete.
• Julia will run for school board and take up synchronized swimming.
• Jan will run away to sea.
• Ro will climb tall mountains and have exciting news.
• Roberta will discover she likes skate but she will not admit it.
• Kaye will get HER BOOK out there and continue to delight us.
• There will be reports of Hank complaining, but they will be unsubstantiated.
• Debs will get arrested during a guided tour of Scotland Yard.
• Rhys will have tea with Kate Middleton.
• My lemon tree will grow back its leaves.
• At Jungle Red Writers, the beat will go on!

 What about your predictions for 2013? Share!