“Blight Worse than His Bark”

Pop Quiz: Who is Vince Vaughn’s best friend? Is it Joaquin Phoenix, Martin Short, Steve Martin or Matt Damon?

Movie Review: St. Vincent opens in limited release tomorrow and everywhere next week. Everything about this movie is great. It’s about a single mom played by Melissa McCarthy who has a 10 year old son who moves next to the crusty, Vincent Van Nuys played by Bill Murray, who also has an on again, off again, Russian prostitute girlfriend played by Naomi Watts. Everybody in the cast is great and while all the chemistry starts off wrong it all ends up right. (Rated PG) – (116 Minutes) – (4 Stars)

Odds and Ends: Is It True, Bruce Jenner has joined a gender alteration group, including hormone therapy, hair removal and posture training. … There’s a fancy schmancy clothing store, next to the pool entrance at the Mirage hotel in Vegas, it even has uniformed, security guards, problem is, nobody ever goes inside, the place is a bust, a joke It’s the Kartrashian Clothing Store.

NY Post headline: Above the story about a dog owned by the Madrid woman who died of Ebola, it details the dog might be a carrier of the disease so officials want to put the dog down. Headline screams, “Blight Worse than His Bark”.

Date in Hollywood history, Oct 9, Birthdays for 3 of my favorite old musicians. 1940 John Lennon, 1944 John Entwistle, and in 1948 the great Jackson Brown. … And on this date back in 1911, Jack Daniels, who created the whiskey that bore his name, got so drunk, he forgot the combination of his safe, became enraged, started kicking the safe, split his foot open and died of blood poisoning.

Answer – They are all friends, but Vince’s best friend is Joaquin Phoenix.