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· Usually, these side-by-side comparison things are a stretch. But this one is so on the nose that we're going back to Real Genius (Val Kilmer's finest moment, IMHO) to make sure SJP isn't actually in the credits.
· "But “Idol” made it look like last night’s Austin group sang for Simon, Paula and Randy right here in Austin — which they didn’t. The judges never came to Austin because of our influx of Katrina and Rita evacuees. Instead, the Austin auditioners were flown to San Francisco, where they sang for the star judges." A little upsetting, maybe, but we just hope they weren't lying to us about the girl who almost died on the plane to the audition.
· It's Austin Thursday in Short Ends, as Tara Reid teaches the kids on Sixth Street a thing or two about vomiting in front of bars.
· Mr T visits the Six Feet Under house.
· Mr, Eko delivers a prayer in the Hawaiian senate, beginning to heal the wounds inflicted on the state's roadways by a sloshed Michelle Rodriguez.