In some cases, WAY taller.

The Other Guys had a strong opening, with $13 million on Friday. It is also running 80% on the Tomatometer!

Step Up 3D took in $6.6 million to take second place.

The Blue Jays hit eight homers.

Jays' rookie catcher J.P. Arencibia had four hits and two homers in his very first major league game. He's the first player in modern history to do that.

I wonder if the mime will be acting as her own lawyer. I would pay to serve on that jury.

Their DNA is particularly close to John C Reilly's

And God knows how many unofficial ones!

Wow. He's the next Nelson Mandala. Gandhi II. Polish up a Nobel Peace Prize for that lad.

That guy who runs "AmIAnnoying.com" better get ready for new highs on the Annoying Richter Scale, which by the way, was named after Andy Richter.

She's the one who promised to run naked throught the streets if Paraguay won the World Cup. Pretty safe promise. I promise to kiss Clint Howard on the mouth when Jessica Simpson wins the Nobel Prize in Physics.

"There are times when she does look just a tad like my Uncle Wayne, but there's no denying the boobs and body on this workout queen are rather extraordinary."

"Over 200 NYPD officers and multicultural crisis counselors were bused to the site to quell the simmering 17-way tensions between Muslim, Black, LGBT, immigrant, disabled, and lawsuit community activists. The scene was punctuated by outbursts of pushing and shoving, including a brief confused intramural scuffle among members of Reverend Louis Farrakan's Nation of Islam, but the only serious injuries reported was a hernia suffered by a legal aide distributing plaintiff's briefs. The incident resulted in one arrest, a 7-year old girl who was seen operating a lemonade stand without a permit."

According to the story, Vivid would have considered the offer if it had come in before the DVDs were shipped.

I think they were pussies. Where was the perp walk?

Or does he? Perhaps he was never alive to begin with.

Speaking of seeing dead people, whatever happened to Hayley Joel Osment?

For people who are into aural sex.

Don't forget to pick up a copy of the Pulitzer Prize winning history book: "Running for Governor of Arkansas - from Horn Dog to Hound Dog."

And not just by showing him her plastic fantastics

"A federal judge overturned Proposition 8, which banned gay marriage in California, which came as great news for both gays and wedding planners. Although that might be redundant."

"Opponents of gay marriage will now appeal to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco. Good luck there. You’d have better luck asking for a show of hands at a Lady Gaga concert."

"BP says they've been able to seal the leak in the Gulf of Mexico. They were popping champagne to celebrate, but then they had trouble controlling the flow of the champagne and destroyed their entire office."

"They got Obama a huge cake. He didn't blow out the candles, he just taxed them until they gave up and went out on their own."

"A California judge has overruled California's ban on gay marriage. Finally gay men can marry someone other than Liza Minelli."

"The price of coffee has surged to a 12-year high. It's getting so expensive that BP is thinking about spilling some."

"Congressman Charlie Rangel and Congresswoman Maxine Waters met this to work out their new number one issue: prison reform."

"A federal judge struck down California's gay marriage ban. In West Hollywood, gay men were dancing in the streets with rainbow flags and playing techno music. And then they heard about the ruling and they really went crazy."

No wonder the guys on our softball team all have better bodies than Lance Armstrong and Matthew McConaughey. It's all in their training ritual.

Jimmy Carter looked like a serial killer in training.

"It will likely be years before 007 returns to the screen, thanks to money troubles at MGM, Bond’s longtime studio, which has been up for sale since November. Even Daniel Craig seems to have moved on, signing up for the lead in a different potential franchise, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo."

This from the Department of Painfully Obvious Conclusions at prestigious Delaware University at Harrington, or DUH ... "A new study finds that booty-call relationships — late night calls to arrange a sexual rendezvous — are marked by less emotion than long-term partnerships but more sexual variety than one-night stands."

I thought I wanted to be a "monkey annoyance expert," but I'm starting to like the sound of "booty call scientist"

I knew he was a Dr. of course, but I never knew he was a proctologist.

Here's the thing. When Obama took office he had an 88% approval rating among black people. It is still the same today. While that has stayed stable, the chief exec has dropped from 62% to 38% among whites, and from 74% to 54% among Hispanics, thus causing his overall rating to drop sharply.

How sharply? Much more than the historical average. In context, the average president has taken office with a 66% approval rating, and Obama was almost right on that mark with 67%. After 550 days in office, the average president has dropped to 54%, a drop of 12 points. Obama's fall has been much steeper, to 46%, a drop of 21 points.

It's not a record. That's held by Jimmy Carter among the post-WW2 presidents. He took office with a 66% approval rating, right at the average, but had already dropped to 39% (27 points) after 550 days. Ford dropped 23 points (71% to 48%) in 550 days.

Way back in the day, Truman set the standard. His first measurement was in June of 1945, when he enjoyed 87% approval based on that whole wacky "winning the war in Europe" thing, but had dropped to 34% after 550 days - a dizzying descent of 53 points! There's some good news for Obama. Truman managed to recover enough to rise back to 69% in January of 1949. That lift was temporary. Three years later he had fallen to a low of 22%, and that remains the lowest any president's rating has ever gone. (Nixon bottomed out at 24%, Bush at 25%, Carter at 28%).

Find vast amounts of data, and even make your own charts here.

"You'll be excused if you've never heard of Colin Fitz Lives!, but film geeks have been wondering when they'd get a chance to see the film for going on two decades. Back in 1995, the comedy-- which stars William H. Macy and John McGinty as two bumbling security guards stationed outside a dead rockstar's gravesite-- premiered at the Sundance film festival to rapturous reviews. Even though the film drew glowing notices from no less than Roger Ebert, the film failed to appear in theaters that year. And the next. And the next, and so on, until now: after fourteen years of sitting in its director's closet."

Bottom line: director's debts.

"Bristol Palin and Levi Johnston have apparently broken up again, less than a month after announcing their engagement. Bristol called it off faster than you can say, 'Mom, put the gun down.'" –Jimmy Kimmel

"I think with the right amount of love, patience, and a 12-episode guarantee from a reality show on VH1, those two can end up engaged again one day." –Jimmy Kimmel

"President Obama announced his plan to remove all combat troops from Iraq by the end of August. So thank you to all the men and women serving in Iraq and 'Good luck in Afghanistan!'" –Jimmy Fallon

In case you aren't familiar with his site, he basically recreates entire years from the past in depth and in context, focusing on pop culture, but also showing the greater cultural context - politics, world events, whatever - to show what American people were watching, listening to, and thinking at the time. He features videos, songs, album covers, pictures, whatever. He has recently wrapped up 1966.

IMDb keyword category: "Female to Male Foot in Crotch." 146 titles.

"As for Kirsten yes there is one nude scene in the movie. It shows her climbing into the shower with Marks (Gosling) and you see her breasts. It is dimly lit but not dark if that makes sense. You can see her nipples if that's what you were wondering. The scene is extremely short though, maybe 10 seconds. They have a sex scene as well but it's PG-13 at the most."

It was a district court judge, so the battle will go on and on.

You could tell she was sincere, because after the interview she said, "thank you, come again."

It came three years to the day after #500. "Of the seven players with 600 homers, Rodriguez' 46 at-bats between No. 599 and No. 600 were the longest."

A Kenyan manger.

I thought I was the only one who noticed.

The would-be blockbusters this week are The Other Guys (Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg as cops) and Step Up (Disney dance film).

The Other Guys (3400 screens, no score yet) has not been pre-screened for all critics, and has had mixed reviews so far. Variety and Hollywood Reporter split, with one thumb up and another down.

Step Up (2200 screens, 63% positive). Reviewers have basically said: great dancing, cheesy film.

There are two other films debuting in about 200 theaters each. I guess it's that time of year.

Joel Schumaker's R-rated Twelve has 20% positive reviews in very early going (one out of five, which means little). It stars Chace Crawford in a melodrama about out-of-control Manhattan teenagers on the verge of tragedy.

Middle Men is also R-rated, and has a statistifically insignificant 83% positive reviews (5 out of 6). Here's the blurb: "Like BOOGIE NIGHTS for the internet age, MIDDLE MEN is a comic look at the origins of the porn boom on the web. The oh-so-prescient Jack sees dollar signs when he imagines the combination of the newly popular internet and the pornography industry, and he starts a lucrative business. But while Jack just wants to hold on to his normal life, he finds his existence invaded by F.B.I. agents, terrorists, and the Russian mob." Variety called the film, "Relentlessly sleazy but undeniably intriguing."

The Other Guys, the mismatched buddy cop film with Ron Burgundy and Marky Mark, is expected to take first place with ease, grossing in the mid 30s. Disney's 3D Step Up, another dance movie from the Mouse-House, is expected to battle inception for second place.

Here's what the kid did in July: batted .417 with power, had one game with 6 RBI, and strung together a 21-game hitting streak including a trio of 4-hit games. Of course it's tough to catch every day, and the Giants traded their former regular catcher, Bengie Molina, but they have to play Posey every day because ... well, because you don't leave a .417 hitter on the bench, so he started five games at first base in addition to his 22 games at catcher.

Oh, by the way, he's a 23-year-old rookie who looks like he doesn't have to shave yet.

He had been the best high school player in Georgia, then played three years of college ball at FSU, where he started his career as a shortstop! After being chosen the collegiate player of the year in 2008, he was the Jints' first round draft choice that year. The Giants managed to sign Posey after his junior year by waving a $6.2 million bonus at him. That was the largest up-front bonus in MLB draft history at the time.

Last year he played a bit in the lower minors, then batted .321 in AAA ball. This year he was stroking .349 in AAA before they called him up.

The Giants' offense is still not spectacular, but Posey and this season's pick-ups (especially Aubrey Huff) have helped them climb from 26th in the majors in offense in 2009 to 17th this year, fom 4.07 runs per game to 4.42. A third of a run per game might not sound like much to you, but if everything else remains the same, .35 runs per game in that context would add up to about .042 in the standings - five or six wins per year. With their excellent pitching compensating for a lack of offense, the Giants played .543 ball last year. Given stability elsewhere, .042 would raise them to .585, enough to make them contenders. (.586 won the division last year; .590 leads this year.)

As it turns out, the Giants have kept everything else about the same. They had the second-best team ERA in the majors last year, third-best this year. As a result, they are playing .579 ball, only a game out of first place as I write this.

It turned out to be simply too complicated to juggle his work schedule around his death.

"Us magazine is reporting that Levi Johnston wants to get a GED. Or whatever they call that thing women use to not get pregnant." –Jay Leno

David Letterman's "Top Ten Surprises At Chelsea Clinton's Wedding": Madeleine Albright can open a Heineken bottle with her thighs

"Confused as to why GLAAD did not find his punditry offensive, Colbert examined his crew and discovered that he avoided GLAAD's wrath due to his love of Bud Light Lime."

Maybe the punctuation is wrong. It probably should read "Mickey Rourke to be the face of alcohol! Free beer!"

Oh, I hope there's plenty of tears this year. I love that. He's like the "Leave Britney Alone" guy of sports.

""Next time there better be more than $586."

"Despite having been aloof, irascible, and miserly, Joe DiMaggio remains one of history’s most beloved athletes"

Yup, that's the same team that gave up 11 consecutive hits a few nights ago.

Last night's game was 0-0 after three innings - and then the Cubs realized they were the friggin' Cubs.

That's a shame. He's definitely the man for the job.

I voted for the other guy.

Most reefer: Cal Santa Cruz

Party Central: Georgia

Most booze: Providence

Most beer: Ohio U (Athens)

We owe him so much.

But as far as I can see, the chimp-whores are all independent agents. To put it another way, there is no such thing as a chimp-pimp.

She looks mah-velous!

That casting is genius. I can't believe they got him. Moriarty is, more or less, a larger-than-life Dickensian character. Nobody in the world - absolutely nobody - can do those sorts of characters better than Daniel Day-Lewis.

The rare case of something sexy which Bill clinton never said!

The Minnesota governor and top-notch Sam Waterston impersonator said, "I'm very thankful for my red-hot smoking wife, the first lady of Minnesota."

Permission granted to feel old.

And that's just what he did, for a one-shot victory.

Belive it or not, that's not the first time somebody has shot a final round 59 to win a tour event by a single stroke. David Duval did it in the 1999 Bob Hope Chrysler Classic!

It has twin 4600-horsepower engines and a modest 5000 square feet of interior cabin space. Let's just say it's a real fuel saver!

Since everyone expected Inception to speed past Dinner for Schmucks, there was one surprise since Friday. Charlie St. Cloud tumbled miserably. After a respectable $5.6 million on Friday, the chick-flick took in only $2.6 million Sunday, causing it to drop below Cats and Dogs for the weekend.

Dinner for Schmucks finished right at its predicted level, while the other two new films disappointed. They both finished in the $12M range, compared to estimates in the mid to high teens.

Wouldn't you know that it would take me until this late in life to realize what I want to be when I grow up - a monkey-annoyance expert.

And they have publicly announced the exact time and place - in the Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville, Florida on September 11th at 6:00 PM. Why not? After all, what could go wrong?