Up In The Air

• The Monologue:
• It's really just the picture in this story that is funny. Looking like a hip-hop Bugsy Malone.
• And speaking of weird-looking pictures, Orlando Bloom has apparently married a 12-year-old.
• Some woman is suing Simon Cowell for being mean to her on a reality show. Yesterday, in the same court, the cast of Jersey Shore sued MTV for robbing them of their dignity.
• Random Pop Culture:
• Louie is really, really good. Really, really smart. For instance, for someone to say, "I am a fan of you," is technically bad grammar; it should be "yours." Louie had a skit where one of the main jokes was someone from Alabama saying over and over, "My sister is a fan of you." Subtle, but so smart.
• Last week's Entourage was actually really, really good until the last half of the episode dealt with all Vince and Turtle. It went from enjoyable to dead stop in a second when Vince saw Adrian Peterson at an auction for no apparent reason. There's hope there, but it's slim.
• I said the other day that Inception is the best movie I've seen in a couple of years, which means that I think it's better than Avatar. It probably is, but I realized that's saying a lot. The plot is much better, but I still think the latter gets slept on in terms of overall quality.
• So many like Inception (and so few people dislike it) that Roger Ebert has been on this kick of movies that everyone likes. It's a pretty good question and one to which I may give some thought. He threw out Pulp Fiction and WALL-E, but I know that's not true because a certain someone I know didn't really like either. Other possibilities include Casablanca (duh), Back To The Future, E.T., and Jaws.
• Random Video:
• There's animal cruelty and then there's animal cruelty, and this... Well... It's one of those two things.