· We'd lay even odds that Will Smith reclaimed his going-away present to Jay Leno after reading the trades this morning.
· In related news, a noted Hollywood blogger today revealed the source of NBC's internal turmoil: Aliens.
· Film critic-turned-director Rod Lurie remembers the glory days when reviewers went on to helm Robert Redford movies instead of just getting unceremoniously discarded by their former publications.
· "You got no fuckin' idea what it's like to be number one. Every decision you make affects every facet of every other fucking thing." Who (allegedly) said it: Tony Soprano or disgraced Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich?
· Is Steve-O next year's Cloris Leachman?
· A court found that Tyler Perry is singly, solely responsible for the Madea franchise. We mean that as a good thing.