My Oscar® Predictions

Director: David Cronenberg, Crash

Actor: Dick Cheney, A History Of Violence

Supporting Actor: Matt Dillon, Gunsmoke

Supporting Actress: Nancy Grace, Hustle And Flow

Best Picture:

My Oscar® Predictions

I'll post them soon.

Live Action Simpsons

Amazing clip. [Via Metafilter]

Quote Of The Week

When you call us, ladies and gentleman, just so you know, we do have your phone number, and if you say anything untoward, obscene, or anything like that, Fox security then will contact your local authorities, and you will be held accountable.

Bill O'Reilly, on his call-in radio show.

The News Explained With Comic Book Covers

Pearl Jam To Release New Album

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Disgraced Former FEMA Head Says Administration Made Him A Scapegoat

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Army To Pay Halliburton More Than $250 Million In 'Excessive' Or 'Unjustified' Iraq Costs

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1 American In 3 Still Supports Iraq War

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Covers: The Grand Comic Book Database.

I explain the news with comic book covers nearly every week, here and at Pulse.

Updates

David Gregory wasn't drunk; Perry White has an alibi; Nancy Grace is still a liar!

Drunk Off His Ass

Daily Planet editor-in-chief Perry White was arrested Thursday at a suburban Metropolis Chuck E. Cheese and charged with public lewdness and 16 counts of endangering a child. Superman, who took the news veteran into custody, told prosecutors that White was "drunk off his ass."

Fodder Too Fat For Cannon

Surgeon General Richard Carmona says terrorism isn't as scary as obesity, which he calls The Terror Within:

"Where will our soldiers and sailors and airmen come from?" he said. "Where will our policemen and firemen come from if the youngsters today are on a trajectory that says they will be obese, laden with cardiovascular disease, increased cancers and a host of other diseases when they reach adulthood?"

America's Next Top Liar

Every crime-fighting superhero has a creation story. Nancy Grace, the prosecutor turned breakout star at CNN Headline News, has a particularly moving one... [but] much of it isn't true.

The James Frey scandal is dead! Long live the Nancy Grace disgrace! Here's a short summary of the New York Observer's scoop on the Pundit of Punishment!

Work In Progress: A Depressing Alternative Comic Made Of Old Batman Panels