Double Happiness: When you look at this picture of Philip Seymour Hoffman, what do you see? Wait, what? That's Omar from The Wire? C'mon, kids — where's your inner film cineaste? If you had the imagination of Todd Solondz, you'd take Omar's portrayer, Michael K. Williams, and cast him in your new Happiness sequel to play the exact same obscene caller Hoffman essayed in the first film. indieWIRE's Peter Knegt was the first to look at the sequel's full synopsis and notice that every character from the first film is returning after a wild, Palindromes-style recast. Paul Reubens is Jon Lovitz. Ciarin Hinds is Dylan Baker. Sadly, Paris Hilton is not Camryn Manheim. [indieWIRE]

Happy Travails: When the deeply unlikely sequel to Happiness was announced, the only thing more outlandish than its existence was a cast including Paul Reubens, Emma Thompson, and Demi Moore. Now, Indiewire is reporting that only Reubens remains in the Todd Solondz film, though Paris Hilton has come aboard. Same diff! There's also this first, official summary: