1. Odd couple
Interesting that Matthew McConaughey would step into a role originally meant for Owen Wilson. For one thing, they’re both from Texas, and … well, the similarities pretty much end there.
2. Works for me
Today’s cover story about junk food eating struck a chord with me. Full disclosure: I only read the sentence that said eating junk food each day “might not hurt” and then had the entire newspaper destroyed.
3. Mr. Half-Full
We’re in for an exciting next few weeks: new TV shows that will probably be canceled, an impending sense of doom surrounding the Cubs, colder weather — what is there not to look forward to?
4. Howdy
I’m guessing this isn’t a pose they teach you in modeling school. Maybe in “Zoolander.”
5. Go! Go! Go!
Production has begun on the “Sex and the City” movie. Volunteers are pitching in at the cashiers of local clothing boutiques, and the government is airlifting supplies to nearby hair and nail salons.
6. Loser alert
NBC has changed its lineup so that its karaoke competition “The Singing Bee” will now air earlier instead of following “The Biggest Loser,” which, frankly, seemed more appropriate.
7. Slow down
That weepy, “LEAVE BRITNEY ALONE!” guy just signed a development deal to get his own TV show. Listen, just because he’s more talented than Britney …
8. Awkward
A New York Times review of Justin Timberlake’s Manhattan restaurant praises the baby back ribs. The restaurant’s, not Timberlake’s. That would be creepy.
9. High comedy
OK, so apparently now there’s a suspect in the O.J. Simpson case named “Cashmore.” The world’s best soap opera writers couldn’t come up with this stuff if you locked them in a room with a box of doughnuts.
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