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I don't have much to say on this issue, because it's been all over 24-hour cable news punditland, but after about eight months in post-election purgatory it appears that Al Franken is finally the senator from Minnesota. Franken, of course, is a former writer for Saturday Night Live and half of the legendary comedy team of Franken and Davis. He made friends with a gorilla in Trading Places. He would strap a satellite dish to his head during 'Weekend Update' and later published funny, left-leaning political comedy books like Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot (funny because it's true) and Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them. He hosted The O'Franken Factor on the failed experiment that was Air America and created/starred on the failed experiment that was Lateline. Of course, most people remember Franken as his self-help character, Stuart 'I'm Good Enough, I'm Smart Enough and Doggone It People Like Me' Smalley; he even got his own film, Stuart Saves His Family in 1995. As movies based

Abandoned by Michael Jackson after a humiliating child molestation trial in 2005, the late singer's Neverland Ranch could now become one of the biggest draws in the world as a memorial to the King of Pop.

Less than a day has passed since the Big Brother 11 cast was revealed, and we already have our first nude video of a houseguest. Braden Bacha, who is a surfer, actor, and model, has lots of stuff about him online, like modeling photos and this bikini.com profile, but he has only two credits on his IMDB resume: the homoerotic horror movie The Brotherhood 2: Young Warlocks and episode 205 of Dante's Cove, a sort of supernatural gay soap opera that airs on here!. In that episode, which is on YouTube, he appeared naked, showing his ass and penis and everything else. There's an extended scene showcasing his acting talent, but here are the impressive and obviously not-safe-for-work goods as he strips in a hallway: » comment on, share, or e.mail this story» read the latest news about Big Brother 11 or find more reality TV news and gossip» follow reality blurred on Twitter and on Facebook.