George Clooney’s first movie as a director was Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, which was pretty solid, even if screenwriter Charlie Kaufman didn’t like the way he went with it. He followed that up with the critically-acclaimed Good Night and Good Luck (booooring…) and Leatherheads, an old-timey sh*tpile starring John Krasinski. Now he’s back sexing up the director’s chair in Ides of March, a political thriller based on the award-winning Beau Willimon play, Farragut North, which Clooney adapted with co-writer Grant Heslov. Baby Goose plays an idealistic campaign staffer for a first-time presidential candidate, played by George Clooney, who gets a “crash course on dirty politics.” Hey, girl, I know this negative campaigning’s really got you down, but cheer up, I wrote you a poem. It’s about spring.

Ides of March co-stars Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Marisa Tomei, and Paul Giamatti, which is a lot of talent to have in one room. Still, it could go either way. Clooney is one of those guys who might secretly be an idiot, but you’d never know because when you’re that handsome and charming, everything you say comes out sounding like genius insight. “My personal theory is that with the bigger bagels, you can fit more cream cheese.” Oh my God, isn’t he witty?!? Anyway, who am I kidding. I’d be happy if this film was just two hours of Baby Goose looking forlorn.

Aw, poor little butterscotch sundae, he looks so lonely! Quick, someone find Patches.

Here are some little kids re-enacting Green Lantern. Here’s a movie you can re-enact: Shut the Hell Up.  Now teach it to your friends. |Babelgum|

MORNING LINKS

Meme Watch: Oblivious Canadian Makeout Couple [Uproxx]

G4 pulls Ryan Dunn’s reality show. Probably because it was about him testing out wild videogame stunts. |WarmingGlow|

Sylvester Stallone inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame [WithLeather]

Peter King is really looking forward to his vacation. |KSK|

5 Dogs That Look Like Tom Haverford [Uproxx]

Hey, girl, do you like Patches’ new hair cut? I gave him a mohawk, so he would feel tough and dangerous. Aw, don’t you like it, Patches?  Come on, I’ll carry you over to Orange Julius.  |via EOnline|

George Lucas said something about Star Wars to Simon Pegg. |GammaSquad|

This dress is very vaginal.  Simply the word is enough to make some men uncomfortable. |Buzzfeed|

Chris Brown is in a video with Justin Bieber.  There’s a lot of ways I could go with a joke here. |Videogum|

Homeless man’s dying wish is to be re-united with his dog.  Aw, how come hobos and worthless hippies always have the cutest dogs? |TheDailyWhat|

I wish all the Palins and everyone tangentially associated with them would get c*nt cancer. |TheSuperficial|

Here’s a Woolite commercial Rob Zombie directed. |GorillaMask|

Here’s a gif of a horse kicking a camera man in the face. |HolyTaco|

Woody Allen gets a cast for his next movie. I actually really liked Midnight in Paris and I’m hoping to review it. |ScreenJunkies|

Katie Holmes has nice nipples.  No, I’m not going to discuss her stomach. |WWTDD|

D-Bag Diamond Backs Fan Steals Ball from a Woman [Brobible]

A Gallery of Girls Who Actually Bought that R2D2 Swimsuit [Unreality]

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No Comments of the Week prizes to give away this week, other than recognition. Sorry about that.  But Sake Seal still loves you.

As always, the way this works is, at any time this week, when you read a comment you think worthy of recognition, YOU nominate it by copy and pasting it in the comments section of THIS post below.  I pick the winner from among the nominees the following Sunday/Monday. (To help you find it more easily, the nomination thread is always linked in the ABOUT section).

The two posts that garnered the funniest comments this week were Michelle Owen the Dog F*cker and Hey, Girl, Ryan Gosling Has a Dog.  I’m starting with The Rutger Hauer Experience from the Ryan Gosling for coining the phrase, “Haha, I love you, Patches.”

The Rutger Hauer Experience says, “Hey Patches, if you don’t like your collar we can get you a scarf that matches my coat. How cool would that be? Haha, I love you, Patches.”

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