King of the Hill

King of the Hill's Bobby Hill is one of those Texas kids who ends up moving to New York or San Francisco. His freak flag is flying just a little too high for his low-key, conservative dad, Hank. Here is one of many hilarious clips of Bobby's attention-seeking shenanigans. He decides he wants to model for a "big and husky" photo shoot, and runs in the house telling Hank, "A man took pictures of me!" I am dying laughing over here. For real.

• Sarah Jessica Parker and Hugh Grant are in negotiations to star as a New York couple in an untitled romantic comedy for Columbia Pictures. — Variety
• John McCain will appear on Saturday Night Live this weekend. — AP
• Bradley Whitford and Romany Malco will star in a buddy comedy pilot for NBC. — The Hollywood Reporter
• James Marsh's documentary Man on Wire, became the top-reviewed movie of all time on movie review site Rotten Tomatoes, surpassing Pixar's acclaimed Toy Story 2. — ComingSoon
• Fox will not renew King of the Hill, but the show will be on the air through the 2009-10 season anyway. — Zap2it
• Who needs Project Runway? Bravo has three other fashion reality shows lined up. — Variety
• Beth Harbison's comedic bestseller Shoe Addicts Anonymous will be adapted for the big screen. — The Hollywood Reporter

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• Has it really been that long? Fox has picked up King of the Hill for a 13th season, TV Guide reports.
• The Hollywood Reporter writes that Judi Dench and Nicole Kidman may join Rob Marshall's film adaptation of the Broadway musical Nine.
• According to ComingSoon, Werner Herzog will write and direct The Piano Tuner, a Victorian-era drama about one man's journey to war-torn Burma.
• Reuters reports that the Stone Temple Pilots reunion tour is definitely a go.
• Denzel Washington is attached to star as the hero in a film adaptation of the bestselling Robert Ludlum novel The Matarese Circle, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
• USA Today writes that MySpace will be launching a full-fledged music service where people can buy music and concert tickets.
• John Schneider and Molly Ringwald have been cast in ABC Family's Juno-esque teen pregnancy TV pilot from the creator of 7th Heaven, writes Zap2it.
• Justin Long and Hayden Panettiere have been tapped to voice the lead characters in the animated family film Alpha and Omega, reports ComingSoon.

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Who says that the common man can't wax philosophical once in a blue moon? Here, "King of the Hill" mumbler Boomhauer draws on Buddhism, Kansas's "Dust In The Wind," Elton John's "Candle In The Wind," and Descartes. Trying to figure out what his friends' expressions mean is hilarious. Amused? Baffled? Moved? You decide!

Bobby Hill is one of my favorite TV characters. He's always getting into "scenes" that don't make a lot of sense for a 12 year old boy from a conservative Texas family. When this kid isn't eating too many organ meats at the Jewish deli and getting goiter as a result and having to ride around in a motorized Rascal because he can't walk anymore--he's taking women's self defense classes. Watch as he kicks butt while screaming "That's my purse!!"