Thanks to Bessie for spotting this article in the Washington Post about recent developments in the life of Ashley White, arguably the most extraordinary little girl in Spellbound, who froze on the word "lycanthrope" and was eliminated on "ecclesiastical." Today, she's eighteen, a single teenage mother, and when asked, admits: "I would not have imagined that my life would be like this."

The article is ultimately hopeful, but undeniably sad, especially when you watch the footage of Ashley as a terribly hopeful thirteen-year-old girl who (according to the director's commentary track) chose "love" as her favorite word, instead of, say, "pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis." I hope she ends up okay.