It's been more than a week since Sacha Baron Cohen (as Brüno) dropped in on Eminem at the MTV Movie Awards, but the aftershocks continue! In a speech to the College Republican National Committee, Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty said that the GOP should take a cue from Slim Shady and get mad. According to the New York Times, the Governor was referencing NBC's recent documentary "Inside the White House" when he said,

"I haven't seen something that staged since that half-naked Austrian fell onto the face of Eminem at the MTV music awards" (of course, the incident actually happened at the Movie Awards). He continued, "Eminem was mad. And so, just like Eminem getting dumped on, we've got to kind of regroup. We've got to continue to fight."

The Governor apparently wasn't completely up on his facts, as Eminem admitted last week that he was in on the stunt, and his reaction was merely a case of excellent acting. Even so, it's an unusual event to use to stir your political party! After all, if the GOP follows Mr. Mathers' lead, there will be a lot of storming out of Congress with bodyguards in tow ...

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Over the weekend, Todd Phillips' Las Vegas super-comedy "The Hangover" narrowly missed becoming the top movie in the country (it was edged out by crotchety animated Ed Asner and "Up") (UPDATE: Looks like it prevailed after all!). The movie is a fantastically hilarious trip through a bachelor party gone horribly, horribly wrong and features guest appearances by a baby, a tiger and Mike Tyson, who plays air drums along with Phil Collins' "In the Air Tonight." It's yet another instance where somehow, some way, Phil Collins has been given a gold medal in the cool Olympics.

The oft-maligned Collins has had a rough time of it in the mainstream, selling millions of records but mostly getting dismissed as either "the guy who ruined Genesis" (not true) or "the guy who wrote those stupid songs for Disney's 'Tarzan'" (unfortunately true). But it seems like you can't flick a drum stick without bumping up against a nod to Collins' greatness (and specifically the majesty of "In the Air Tonight"). Read More...

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