Voiceover work by Bill Kurtis and an uncredited cameo by Jack Black can't spark this by-the-numbers satire of local TV news in the 1970s, Anchorman. Christina Applegate deserves recognition for making her period wardrobe look good; remember, this was the time of wrap dresses and fabrics that looked like motel room drapes. Steve Carell shows promise as Brick Tamland, the weatherman who's a few hailstones shy. But this arbitrary, choppy, overwrought movie is generally comedy-free.

posted: 10:32:56 PM  

San Diego scientists have described the Stout Infantfish (Schindleria brevipinguis), a denizen of Australian waters. At 0.7 cm long, it is the world's smallest, lightest known vertebrate.

(Thanks to Boing Boing.)

posted: 5:40:37 PM