A Dukes of Hazzard-themed evening at the Cincinnati Pops featuring the vocal talents of Duke brothers John Schneider and Tom Wopat has been cancelled after the local NAACP branch complained about the show's "racist overtones"—namely, the Confederate flag painted on the roof of the General Lee. Coming to their defense is trusted mechanic and ally Cooter Davenport—i.e. intermittently employed actor and one-term Georgia Democratic Congressman Ben Jones—who rails on vanity website Cooter's Place against the censorious powers denying Cincinnatians the experience of Luke Duke being backed by full brass, strings and percussion sections on a rousing, clap-along rendition of "Up On Cripple Creek":

There's something refreshing about a celebrity who can quickly recognize, accept, then proudly claim their rigidly fated, D-list status. Take for example Kristin Cavallari, who has parlayed a stint on MTV's Laguna Beach, playing nothing more than a loosely scripted version of her spoiled, horny self, into a full-time career packed with all kinds of exciting opportunities to pick up Jessica Simpson's sloppy seconds:

Tom Wopat, much like his Dukes of Hazzard alter ego Luke Duke, has found himself on the wrong side of the law. In an incident worthy of any Hazzard episode, Wopat nearly rammed his car into a police vehicle, a scenario rendered less hilarious when the officer on duty wasn't a bumbling moron with a Bassett Hound for a sidekick but rather a New Jersey patrolman with a breathalyzer:

With our Daisy Dukes fully wedgied into our hindquarters, we're ready to unleash this weekend's box office predictions:

During a press event in Toronto to promote the upcoming release of The Dukes of Hazzard, star Johnny Knoxville proved himself to be a little delicate when it comes to questions about politics: