He might be starring in an old-people version of that comedic romp. Also today: Movie roles for Leslie Mann and Kate Bosworth, a TV role for a great Big Love actress, a new Gervais/Merchant joint (a small oen), and teens.

We were ogling the photos of Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants author Ann Brashares's impeccably renovated four-story carriage house in today's Home section, which filled us with the same predictable envy and incredulity we feel every time anyone suggests that writing can eventually lead to fiscal solvency. However did Anne come up with the idea for the bestselling series that eventually netted her a 25X25 kitchen, we wondered? We seemed to remember hearing something about that once. Let's see — according to the Times,

Another day, another social network site acquisition. This time, says a reader, it's run by at least one MIT kid who might get some schadenfreude if Facebook falls flat on its, um, face.