The Magnus Effect: according to Wikipedia, "In many ball sports, [it's] responsible for the curved motion of a spinning ball." Eschewing for now the obvious lines one could draw between "the curved motion of a spinning ball" and ping pong social club SPiN co-owners -- and reputed lovers -- Susan Sarandon and Jonathan Bricklin, it's also the tentative title of a new reality show being produced by BBC America.

The Magnus Effect will have a two-stranded narrative, "one that follows the top junior players who compete at SPiN on a regular basis (including 15-year-old Michael Landers, the reigning U.S. men's singles champion), and another that tracks SPiN chef Will Horowitz and his staff at Ducks Eatery as they send out dishes from a basement kitchen without any ventilation."

The delightful Sarandon will narrate in that Mrs. Robinson way of hers, discussing, one would assume, the velocity of flying ping pong balls, the fast-paced delivery of food at Ducks, and the speed with which a bullet pierces straight through Tim Robbins's heart, which is where many assume it's been lodged since rumors of Sarandon's dalliance with the much-younger Bricklin surfaced.