"A History of Violence" *** (out of four): Director David Cronenberg’s slow-moving meditation on violence and identity features some fine performances by Viggo Mortensen and Maria Bello.

After a string of above-average horror flicks (“Videodrome”, “The Dead Zone”, “The Fly”), director David Cronenberg fell into a slump with overly-indulgent claptrap like 1999’s “eXistenZ” and 1996’s “Crash”. Like Sam Raimi maturing from “Evil Dead” to “A Simple Plan”, however, Mr. Cronenberg shows a surprisingly contemplative bent in “A History Violence”.

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From this week's SNL:

Myers: "Oh, Kanye, uh hey...How's it going?...I uh haven't seen you since, uh...when was it?"

Watch the clip at One Good Move

This 60 year-old Virgo from Dallas Texas totally believes that dreams really do come true.

The Oyster Toadfish, or "Opsanus tau" is a local addition to our array of celebrated creatures of the "Ugly Animal Kingdom" Ranging from Maine to the West Indies. I can personally vouch for it's ubiquitous presence in the tidal waters of Barnegat Bay, New Jersey. They will eat just about anything, and are frequenters of underwater garbage dumps as well as oyster and clam beds.

Via BoreMe.

In other news, Florida goes all Clint Eastwood and shit.

Anyone catch the bomb George Stephanopoulos dropped at the end of This Week regarding the Judy Plame leak?

Definitely a political problem but I wonder, George Will, do you think it’s a manageable one for the White House especially if we don’t know whether Fitzgerald is going to write a report or have indictments but if he is able to show as a source close to this told me this week, that President Bush and Vice President Cheney were actually involved in some of these discussions.

It made the rounds yesterday on a bunch of political blogs. Wonder if it will go any farther than that.

Here's the video.

Did they live forever? Did they learn how to fly? One thing I'll say for Alan Parker - he certainly knows how to pick a great cast, because virtually all the Fame alumni have either gone on to a long professional career in the entertainment world. Or they've already “made it heaven” a tad early (or both).

And so, YBNBY answers the question you didn't even know you wanted answering - Fame: Where Are They Now? Baby, remember their names.