What's a serious film critic to do when one of our great presidents' rather undecorous act plays out on film? Herein, a compendium of quotes.
Dan Aykroyd says that, had Bill Murray signed on to a script written by Gene Stupnitsky and Lee Eisenberg of The Office two years ago, the movie would "be out this summer, and it would be a massive hit."
In 2008, the new ubiquitous party boy in New York was not some 20-year-old hipster, but Bill Murray, who Page Six Magazine reported had begun showing up unannounced at parties in Williamsburg just to hang out. Four years later, the title of "late-blooming fun-time It guy" has been seized by former President Bill Clinton.
Today in showbiz news: Matthew McConaughey lands a prestige movie, Bill Murray will not be busting any more ghosts, and Kristen Stewart chooses an ill-advised next project.
This is way cooler than the Aladin coloring books we had as a kid. An arts company commissioned 23 different illustrations of the one and only Bill Murray for the hippest coloring book you'll be seeing at South By next year.
Today: A new Bill Murray might be awards bait, MTV cancels a polarizing show, and Marvel is making so much money.
Today in sports: A scorecard smudge nearly doomed golf's top-ranked player at Augusta, Bill Murray gives Cubs fans something to cheer about on opening day, and the BCS is coming around on a college football playoff system.
Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich botched a joke at a congressional hearing Thursday, telling Attorney General Eric Holder "You must feel like Tom Hanks in Groundhog Day."
Aaron Sorkin's show gets a less cumbersome title, Barack Obama does some late-minute shopping, and Steve Kroft's wife did not care for her "upper-crust Manhattan ladies’ tennis group" one bit.
Jason Statham is the leader to replace Shia LaBeouf in the next Transformers, how Rooney Mara won over David Fincher, and Fox is developing 'Zombieland' for TV.
He's agreed to play FDR in a new movie, if he bothers calling the studio back
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