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Overlooked middle Baldwin acts out

Daniel Baldwin, younger brother of “30 Rock” star Alec and elder brother of Billy and Stephen, has been arrested on suspicion of stealing a car, according to the Associated Press:

Baldwin was stopped Wednesday by officers in Santa Monica who saw him in a white GMC Yukon reported stolen in neighboring Orange County, authorities said.

The actor was taken to jail and booked for investigation of grand theft auto. Bail was set at $20,000.

“The car belongs to an acquaintance of Mr. Baldwin, but he had no permission to take it,” said Jim Amormino, a spokesman for the Orange County sheriff’s department.

The big question is, did Daniel steal the car because he just really needed a lift and none of his siblings were available to act as chauffeur…or had he planned to sell the SUV for drug money? Besides which, what happened to his own car? Surely he does have one, yes?

And when is this poor, damaged middle child going to realize that he’s good enough, he’s smart enough, and doggone it, people like him…except when he’s stealing cars and doing drugs?

File under: It’s about damn time

Britney Spears has filed for divorce from husband Kevin Federline, according to multiple reports. The petition cites “irreconcilable differences” as the official reason for the divorce…presumably because there was no box to check for “husband is a freeloading, weed-smoking, backstabbing career killer.”

In other news: The birds are singing, the clouds have parted to reveal glorious blue skies…and Kevin Federline is available to perform at your holiday office party, should you require his services.

Box Office Roundup: Handicapping the “Your Favorite Movie Sucks” fantasy league

Based on Sunday’s estimates, courtesy of boxofficemojo.com:

A bunch of us hoity toity movie critics are in a fantasy league that started last week. Eight teams, six movies per team. Whoever makes the most money wins. Steve Wamsley’s TSSU Productions got out to a huge lead with “Saw III,” now let’s see what happens with the big three releases this week.

1) Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan: $26.4 million (owner: Deb Medsker, Punch and Pie Pictures)
WOW. On 837 screens, “Borat” wipes the floor with this weekend’s two family-friendly movies, one of which was released on four times as many screens. When word broke that the movie would be “60% more exclusive,” we all thought the studio was burying the movie. I guess they knew what they were doing after all.
2) The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause: $20 million (owner: Jason Zingale, Seven Strangers Productions)
JZ’s gonna scream when he sees this. He never wanted the movie in the first place, but the draft room kept locking up on us, and boom, he was stuck with “Santa.” We all assured him it would make tons of money. And it probably would have, had they not released it two months before Christmas.
3) Flushed Away: $19.1 million (owner: Kristin Dreyer-Kramer, NightsandWeekends)
Uh oh. That’s not a bad number, but it’s less than you’d expect from your first round pick. “Flushed” needed to rake in big bucks before Thanksgiving, because it only gets harder from there.
4) Saw III: $15.5 million (TSSU Productions, $60.1 million to date)
Wamsley continues to benefit from the nation’s moral decay.
5) The Departed: $8 million ($102.3 million, fifth week)
This movie is not eligible for the league, and I’m ashamed to say I haven’t seen it yet.

Next weekend the competition gets even fiercer when “Stranger than Fiction,” “The Return,” “A Good Year” and “Harsh Times” all open, and “Babel” goes into wide release. And let’s not forget Fox’s whole “platforming” plan for “Borat,” which means it stands to make even more money. Time to start the smack talk, guys.

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