Did this news make anyone else think of the movie The Horse Whisperer, which also featured Dianne Wiest and Chris Cooper as a married couple?

You're right, it was Jacob James Olmos.

Are you posting this from the Wincest convention?

You are today's "Username I Google Because It Seems Vaguely Familiar But I Can't Place It."

At one point they read out loud the wording of the statue clue, and it didn't seem to be vague at all; I don't remember the exact words, but it mentioned they would need the totals of EACH of the four poses. Just because the contestants don't bother to read it carefully doesn't make it vague. I think the part about…

Was trying to hug Stacey crazy or just stupid?

I don't know, I think you have to go out of your way to say "I've NEVER been to an orphanage before, EVER!" like everybody else in the U.S. goes to orphanages all the time.

But it doesn't really matter if the currency was U.S. or Indonesian, does it? The guy who didn't change all his money gives them $20 American; the guy who changed all his money gives them $20 worth of Indonesian money.

Probably the latter, although I think there's a good word that could be substituted for "prequel" that I can't think of. (Predecessor, maybe?) But it's inherent in the definition of a prequel that it refers to a later installment, not an earlier one.

A book published in 2007 is not a prequel to a book published in 2011. The 2011 book is the SEQUEL. We are still allowed to use that word. The word "prequel" was invented to describe an installment whose events preceded an earlier installment. There have been lots and lots and lots of instances in the course of human…

I'm sure there are captions on DVD.

There's a NYT article about the lost passport and return: http://mediadecoder.blogs.n… It seems pretty legitimate — apparently Phil was literally on his way to the airport to eliminate them right there (if only).

In Season 12, the first team eliminated was best friends Ari & Staella, who had already proven themselves to be really irritating and unlikable. I remember being so elated because the most obnoxious team NEVER gets eliminated first.

They already made this movie, it was called The Face On The Milk Carton, it starred Kellie Martin, I have seen it eleven thousand times, and it is awesome.

Every single moment that Ashlee Simpson was talking as if anybody on Earth gives a crap what Ashlee Simpson has to say made me want to punch her in the face so hard.

Was there actual food there? It looked to me like she pulled some wax out of her ear or something before the "You want some?" line.

Sure, AV Club, when you're trying to sound respectable it's all "We're not The Onion! We're a totally separate entity!" But as soon as you want someone to spill some dirt it's "We're part of The Onion! Nobody will believe us!"

I've finally stopped referring to that guy as Lyle the Intern, because he's just popped up in so many roles since then that it seems silly (also, I am the only person I know who knows who Lyle the Intern is). But I point him out to my boyfriend as "Hey, it's the McPoyle." I think he's actually starring in some show on…

That's who I was thinking of (although I didn't remember her name).

They FOUND the denim under the bridge. The boiling was to (ostensibly) sanitize it.