Few endorsements are enough to convincingly, without a shred of a doubt, predict the candidate who will become the leader of this many-splendored country. But the country’s foremost pundit and ex-Funky Bunch member Donnie Wahlberg has spoken, and the race can, for all intents and purposes, end.

Once Game of Thrones came to an agreement with a Croatian church to lock down the filming location for Cersei Lannister’s naked walk of shame, and secured a body double for Lena Headey, there was only one thing missing from one of the most important scenes of the season 5 finale: a guy to flash his dick and shout “I’m a Lannister, suck me off!”

Taylor Negron—an actor, playwright and essayist who became "fame-ish" after appearing in more than 100 films and television shows—died Saturday. He was 57.

Actor and faded tough guy Mickey Rourke, age 62, fought in and won a professional boxing match last Saturday night. His opponent: a "homeless drifter" who clearly took a dive.

A video showing sketchy men trying to take advantage of a woman who was acting drunk in public made the rounds last week, but the directors of the "prank" video neglected to mention that the "creepy" men were paid actors. Two of the men told Inside Edition they're upset at being made to look like predators.

Robert Deniro —a humble thespian, a man of art and letters—has rented a rental apartment in the city of New York for the price of one hundred and twenty five thousand dollars—per month! Robert, what do you even think life is—a dream?

Last month, we showed you the newest internal anti-union training video that Target uses to indoctrinate its employees. What do the actors in the video—one of whom is a union member—have to say for themselves? We asked them.

In this tetchy interaction with GQ, Harrison Ford makes the astoundingly curt Ginger Baker seem kinda sweet.

Crumbling Time-Prince Jude Law wants the world to know he's perfectly happy to at long last to look like a disgusting skin monster just like everyone else. With his recent conversation with T Magazine ("Who Are You Calling Pretty Boy"), Law has finally completed the ancient ritual of the Aging Male Beauty interview, declaring his utter relief to have finally slid into human levels of attractiveness.

Icon of new masculinity Channing Tatum joins the distinguished company of basically every Hollywood "it" guy since 1985 as People magazine's Sexiest Man Alive of 2012.

Yesterday, Kenneth Branagh was knighted by the Queen of England for somehow making Thor not suck. No! Actually it was for his "services to drama and the community of Northern Ireland."

REPORTING FROM THE TAMPA CONVENTION CENTER LOBBY—Chaotic jostling is the order of the day here in south central Florida, where veteran Hollywood actor Jon Voight, known for his supporting role in the 1997 Ice Cube vehicle Anaconda, addressed the media in an extemporaneous manner just moments ago, while standing outside of Ballroom "C" in the moderately crowded Tampa Convention Center lobby.

Notorious class sleeper, D student, failed Oscar host, art enthusiast, multiple PhD candidate, and sometimes actor James Franco is going to ruin literature once again. He sold a novel! To Amazon! About actors! My eyes are getting a workout from all this rolling.

Legendary Lawrence of Arabia actor Omar Sharif slapped a fan at the Doha Tribeca Film Festival in Qatar. (Wouldn't exporting a festival named after a neighborhood sort of defeat the purpose?) Sharif is posing for pictures when the woman steps up to have her picture taken with him, at which point the 79-year-old slaps her and shouts:

The story of Target's hilarious-yet-sinister anti-union employee training video just does not stop getting more perversely fascinating by the day! Today's update: both of the actors in this video are in unions. And one of them is America's president!

For all you looking for a tween-angle to the earthquake: The Twilight cast has been evacuated from their beachside set in Vancouver Island after a Tsunami advisory was issued for the West coast of Canada. According to People: "The actors are not believed to be in any danger, but for safety measures they apparently have been moved out of the region." The earthquake is not supposed to cause large waves on the Canadian coast.

News comes in today that James Van Der Beek, former Dawson's Creek star and beautiful weep-god from teary heaven, has taken a role on a new sitcom pilot, Don't Trust the Bitch in Apt. 23 (soon to be retitled The Girl Next Door or something equally tame, I'm sure). And it's not just any part; he'll be playing the dynamic role of... himself!

James Franco, the man who boasts more slashes than a Freddie Kruger victim, is now a singer. He and his performance art partner Kalup Linzy have a musical duo, Kalup and Franco. They've yet to put out an EP, but one of their tracks, "I Love You" recently closed out a New York Fashion Week show.

The Golden Globes and SAG Awards have been given out and the Oscar nominations have been announced, so we are reaching the denouement of the 2011 Awards Season Thrill-Parade. And, unfortunately, one of the saddest narratives of the season is playing out with one of our favorite actresses, Melissa Leo. She's gotten way too into the whole hoopla.

PBS' American Masters series positioned its spotlight on Jeff Bridges last night. As supreme actor in a talent-touched family, Jeff took his path of least resistance, and in turn some of film's most authentic characters live, and will live on.