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Give me one reason why "judicial extraordinaire" Harriet Miers is qualified to sit on the highest court in the land, the Supreme Court. One.

It's time for politicians to protect the film industry and implement stiff anti-piracy laws. According to the Motion Picture Association of America, "pirates are costing the film industry billions of dollars each year." Thank you, J. Scott Davis

Capitol Hill-AP -- Ben Affleck is helping Senator Edward Kennedy propose a dollar-85 increase in the minimum wage. The small room in the Senate where their news conference was held today was overflowing with reporters -- and female staffers who wanted a glimpse of Affleck. Kennedy jokingly asked "where were you" the last time he proposed an increase in the minimum wage. Kennedy and other Democrats want the minimum wage raised to seven dollars an hour. Affleck's father and stepmother worked for low wages as janitors at Harvard University, but he joked that Kennedy invited him because he thought he'd...

<p>The saddest thing in the world isn't a bad movie.</p> <p>It's a mediocre one.</p> <p>After all, what can you say about a Freddie Prinze Jr. comedy, or a Jet Li action picture?</p> <p>"Yeah, it was okay." "It was all right, I guess." "Whatever."</p>

Gigli is a movie that everybody knows about but no one has seen, which speaks volumes about the power of celebrity at the box office. Starring Jennifer Lopez (ranked fifth on the Forbes Celebrity 100) and Ben Affleck (number seven), the movie took in just $3.8 million in its opening weekend at the box office. If, as seems likely, it winds up grossing about $10 million, it would be the most resounding box-office failure in recent years. Gigli is such a massive failure that it could make Hollywood rethink its fascination with stars--for a minute or two, at least. Just...

"Gigli," the new Ben Affleck / Jennifer Lopez appears set to make movie history as one of the worst movies of recent years. The film currently appears at # 2 on IMDB's list of the 100 worst films of all time, displacing even the god-awful "Manos -- the Hands of Fate," which has enjoyed a fairly long run as the worst film ever made. A film this bad, however, can be terrific entertainment -- especially when you read some of the reviews of others who have plopped down their money to see the turkey: Viewer reviews at imdb.com And for...

It's Halle Berry's lucky weekend. She's not in Gigli. The Oscar winner dropped out of the mobster comedy/drama just before production began in late 2001, leaving Jennifer Lopez to sign up for leading-lady duty opposite Ben Affleck. The rest is movie history. Or, bad movie history, as nation's movie critics might say. "Nearly as unwatchable as [its title] is unpronounceable."--Los Angeles Times "Hopelessly misconceived exercise in celebrity self-worship."--New York Times "The rare movie that never seems to take off, but also never seems to end."--USA Today Bad buzz about the movie is so prevalent, and widespread, that even India's Hindustan...