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 [...]

Obama/Dodd? Curses!

Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT) revealed today that the Obama campaign has asked him for a significant amount of paperwork, indicating that they are vetting him for VP. There are a few good arguments for Dodd — he’s got foreign policy experience, has strong banking and commerce ties, is a solid debater, and speaks fluent [...]

32 Years of Bush-Clinton (and Jenner)

As has often been noted (in reference to the candidacy of Hillary Clinton), 1976 was the last Presidential election without a Bush or a Clinton on a party’s ticket. That means you have to be at least FIFTY years old to have had a choice that doesn’t include one of those two families. 1976 [...]