Probably because he had a track record of taking no-hope campaigns up to the brink of winning. (Like here: a state senator against a sitting senator and governor? That's uphill battle.) In contrast to the simple yes/no of "did you win?", it seems like the candidate is actually interested in the style and substance of…

"The Muse" as Albert Brooks's worst film? Maybe in a reality where "Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World" doesn't exist. I mean, let's break it down this way, A.V. Clubbers: "Muse" is like his "A Mighty Wind" (ungreat, but likeable), whereas "Looking" is like his "For Your Consideration" (a teeth-grindingly…

(Joe Rogan was really good on NewsRadio… and coincidentally had the occasional shirtless moment, which people who appreciate men shirtless could definitely appreciate.)

Lames. As punishment, you have been condemned to reenact a turgid performance of a sloppy mishmash of barely-there songs about your dead mother ad infinitum.

Guywhothinksstuff, THAT DOESN'T MAKE IT OK

Dollars to donuts, they'll find a way to piss it all away in the next five years, Hammer-style.

South Carolina, specfiically…I think she was guest of honor at the Charleston Spoleto festival when I was there a few years ago.

Would that they had actually kept Mr. Holland's Opus locked up too. God, all these years later that movie still annoys the hell out of me.

It really is a shame that Watchmen was pretty much her debut to the American public (I have no idea how she landed there either), because since then she's proven to be a fantastic comic actress on Childrens' Hospital. Total turnaround in my opinion.

Magnolia? You don't remember P.T. Anderson's terrible performance as The Director Who Took What Could Have Been An Interesting Ensemble Piece And Made A Three-Hour Torture Session Of It?

I was banging my head on the wall wondering how they couldn't hook up Alex's SUPER-HOT baseball player with Max, but there the writers go again assuming all gays aren't interchangeable.

You know who else could be turned into a horse?