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Yes Man is a crappy movie and also finished #1 at the box office this past weekend. I can’t say that I’m surprised since Jim Carrey is such a box office beast. Mr. Jenny McCarthy was fortunate that Will Smith’s Seven Pounds is apparently very bad as well. Even without a Big Willie Style Flop, you had to know that Yes Man would perform well. I’ve known about this movie since my brother sent me an email back in September:

Big names like Jim Carrey and promotion drive the box office these days. The window to make money at theaters is becoming smaller and smaller. The success of most wide releases depends on frontloading the promotion and thereby the revenue. There are very few movies that register any significant returns after the first 6-8 weeks. Warner Bros. must be on to something because they may break the domestic box office record of $1.75 billion. I guess that’s why I started seeing Yes Man posters in November. My friend John took advantage of one of their “viral marketing tools” to trash the movie:

It’s disheartening for me that Jim Carrey chose this movie to get “back in the saddle”. Recently, I watched part of Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls on one of the superstations. I thought to myself, “This isn’t so bad… it’s even pretty funny.” I remember that I used to think that movie sucked… but compared to Jim Carrey’s latest it’s gold.

• The critics agree: Yes Man and Liar Liar are the same movie.
• Universal making “tens of millions” off of music videos on YouTube.  On the flip side, Warner removes music videos from YouTube.
• A few awesome pictures of Wrigley being prepared for the Winter Classic (Red Wings/Blackhawks): One Two Three
• Take-Two’s 2008 reports $11.1 million in costs related to Electronic Arts’ hostile takeover bid.  Huh?
• Hot Chip makes “We’re Looking For A Lot of Love” available to download. It’s from their new EP.
• BBC News: Surgeons give teenager a new chin. “If they stare at him now, it’s only out of admiration.” Right…
• Nerd wants to protest Steve Jobs’ decision not to speak at Macworld. Loser.
• In case you didn’t realize, Somali pirates are fucking gangster.
• Most predictable spinoff of all time: Celebrity Rehab Presents Sober House. Yes, it’s real.  Also, Steven Adler was just ordered back to rehab.
• Judge Dredd remake in the works.  Current suggestions for JD: The Rock, Jason Statham, Vin Diesel.
• NBC Kills Top Gear USA.  I think it could’ve been good.  Blame the economy.
• Ragging on Ben Silverman Has Gone Mainstream.  People love to copy my blog.  I guess DeadlineHollywood hated BS before me.
• David Beckham moves to AC Milan, admits American soccer isn’t the highest level.  Does he still own part of the Galaxy?
• Video games for old people.  Looks boring.
• MTV set to debut College Life.  Seems similar (identical?) to RJ Cutler’s Freshman Diaries.
• Burger King’s Flame body spray is apparently sold out.  WTF.

Linz walked the red carpet and showed off her svelt look and also her undies. ThisIsLondon has posted pictures from the MTV Movie Awards.

A few important notes:

• An untimely gust of wind lifted Lindsay Lohan’s dress before she could fight it back down.
• Rumer Willis still needs chin-reduction surgery
• Megan Fox looked amazing and should never stand next to anybody EVER… it’s just not fair (she’s also smart enough to hold her dress down)
• Anne Hathaway, who I think is dreamy, wins award for most resembling the main character from the movie Powder
• As much as I want to hate Heidi Montague, she looks FUCKING great
• Sarah Jessica Parker broke the world record for eyeshadow… she looks like she’s possessed
• Rainn Wilson came oh-so-close to Brian-Austin-Greening Megan Fox

The new, Joey-less Real World was sad but still entertaining. While this is certainly not my favorite Real World, this cast does seem to have some potential. Below are five points that are highlighted in the latest episode.

JoJo is a hoho

JoJo is back Ask and you shall receive. The biggest douchebag in the Los Angeles area made another appearance on the show. This time, he actually seals the deal with Brianna. I think there are two important things to note about his appearance: the LA shadow beard and the back-of-mullet that is now pony-tailed off. Having either is grounds for a beating… but both?

Sarah realizes how judgmental she is I love the way they talk about how skanky Brianna is… yet she isn’t even the one getting plowed by a roommate. Bri didn’t even get a chance to open her legs before Kimberly. Also, what is your mom or boyfriend going to do about your bitching? Just please shut the fuck up and cheat on your boyfriend for real. Otherwise, you are worthless.

Whitebread sandwich as per usual OMG can you believe Dave and Kim are hooking up? It’s just like every Real World where the two most whitebread people in the house are teetering on the edge of a relationship. It happened recently in Sydney (Cohutta/Kelly Anne), Denver (Alex/Colie), Austin (Danny/Melinda), Las Vegas (Steven/Trishelle), etc.

Greg sucks This kid is a bitch. He acts hard because he’s a loner. It’s the whole “I don’t need anybody else” routine… but you know he just has low self-esteem. The fashion show makes this pretty obvious. He walks the catwalk like an idiot — twirling his jacket and pirouetting. Can somebody please knock this douchebag down off of his high horse?

Das Not Wassup Alex and I had Will’s “Das Wassup” count at 3 after the first episode. Since then, he has not uttered the phrase once. I’m going to assume that he still says it but that the production team has edited it out of some scenes. I am very, very disappointed.