Update: Comedic Actors, the 40-year curse

Last year, I wrote a post about how a lot of leading comedic male actors who thrive on energy or a wacky personality lose their box office mojo in their early 40s.   Think Mike Myers, Jim Carrey, Eddie Murphy, Robin Williams, Dan Ackroyd, etc.
Sadly, now we can add to that list Will Farrell.  Entertainment Weekly [...]

SCOTUS: Pedophile Terrorists have Right to Bear Oil

In this week’s mega-decision, Heller Exxon v. Boumediene, Louisiana, the Supreme Court held that the Second Amendment guarantees detainees at Guantanamo Bay the right to sue child rapists for limited punitive damages. Liberals/conservatives decry/hail the decision as a major success/set-back. The ACLU/NRA/NAMBLA released a statement asserting that the court today protected/trampled on fundamental [...]

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Funny send-up of the Obama song “Yes We Can” by Will.i.am. You can see the original here.
P.S. McCain’s speech on the night Obama clinched the nomination was disastrous. Right now, the perception is that his campaign is run in the negative. It’s down. “Like hope, but [...]

Comedic Actors: The 40 Year Curse?

Mike Myers’ new movie, “The Love Guru,” opens this week, and reviewers agree that it’s unfunny and painful to sit through. Many reviews are downright antagonistic; A.O. Scott of the N.Y. Times called it “anti-funny.” From the trailer alone, it looks like the humor is more tone-deaf than deft. For my [...]