Not sure exactly who Abbey Clancy is, but now I know that I should start caring. Giggity!

• Julie Roehm, former rock star CMO and 2006 Grambo’s Gals Finalist, is once again back in the news now that Wal-Mart has filed a countersuit against Roehm’s wrongful dismissal suit. While there’s no denying that there was some inappropriate email action going down between Roehm and one of her (male) subordinates, your Uncle Grambo still thinks that Wal-Mart is the villian in this story. Not just because Roehm is a hottie, either. Rather, because it seems to this observer that Wal-Mart’s corporate ethics policy seems to be unnecessarily stingy (much like it was when I was at GM). [via Gawker]

• While these pics of Katherine Heigl picking a wedgie are pretty disheartening (in that it brings her back down to Earth from her orbit in the Fantasy Vixen Supreme solar system), it ain’t gonna stop her from becoming America’s Next Top Sweetheart™.

• James Murphy really digs the drugs, eh? I say no biggs, esp. if continuing to live in a state of chemical complicity allows him to make another “Sound Of Silver.”

• Is this really what Rufus meant when he sang “My phone’s on vibrate for you”? (NSFDubs)

• Best random Nintendo reset evs? It comes courtesy of a song that’s been getting a lot of spins in your Uncle Grambo’s iPod of late. The song in question is the long-forgotten “Shuffle It All” by Izzy Stradlin & The Ju Ju Hounds, which just so happens to be one of the most underrated jawns from the early `90s. What raises the song from merely good to all-time best evs is the fact that it resets Dr. Mario (” My woman playing Dr. Mario / On the TV all night long”), easily the best 2 player game in the history of Nintendo.

• Lindsayism is right. This IS bullshit.

• Leafblower is right, too. Both Record Reviews and Send Me Dead Flowers are bringing all sorts of A-Game back to The Blogosphere™. Helmed by The Gorilla and Kegzies, respectively, it’s like it’s 2004 all ovah again up in this bitch. BRAVO!

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Before we start with the pop cult vivisection, your Uncle Grambo would like to provide the FOW Nation with the handiest piece of info you’ll hear this week. Okay, say you’re a bit lost and you want a quick way to find an address or phone number. Rather than dial 411 or pop open your phone’s redonkulously slow web browser, try this hottness instead. Send a text to GOOGLE (466-453) with the name, city and state of the establishment that you are looking for. Within 10 seconds (give or take), Google will text you back w/the establishment’s address and phone number. Not only is it forFREE, it is also forREALZ. Technology! [credit: that random in the west village who taught The Senator and I this trick last night]

Now that you’re in possession of the handiest piece of information since Yahweh knows when, we can get on with the show. Bullet stizz. Natch.

• First things first. Take a look over in the first of the two right-hand sidebars. See that little section called “Catching My Eye”? Even when your Uncle Grambo gets to be the busiest busybody in the Eastern Time Zone (coming REAL soon), I will be sure to update that section at least a few times a day with prime time besteverness. Just so ya know.

• Second things second. While stranded in NYC this weekend (don’t ask), your Uncle Grambo managed to shake off the blahs long enough to catch a late Saturday afternoon screening of “Dead Silence.” While the film didn’t really deliver the kinds of scares that I was hoping for, I must say that it hit all the right notes when it came to setting the mood. From the use of the old-timey Universal Pictures production logo in the opening credits to the creepy funhouse score, the filmmakers hit the same kind of atmospheric notes in the film that you used to see during the Saturday afternoon Creature Features of the 1970s (yo Count Scary, holla atcha boi!). If yr into that sort of thing, “Dead Silence” is def worth Netflixing. Even if the twist makes no sense whatsoevs.
  RELATED: So! Jealous! of the “Dead Silence” swag that showed up on Lisanti’s doorstep.

• The Onion’s AV Club got Win Butler of Arcade Fire to break down why he broke his guitar on SNL a few weeks back, which you’ll recall set off massive reverberations in The Blogosphere™. [via Gawker]
  RELATED: Amy Poehler … Revealed! NY Times steez.

• The evidence continues to pile up pointing towards “Knocked Up” as the runaway comedy sensation of Oh Seven.
  RELATED: Your Uncle’s has already boldly predicted that “Knocked Up” will turn Katherine Heigl into America’s Next Top Sweetheart. But since it was posted during while this site was still in development, I thought I would resurface that buzz now. Obvs.

• Best interview evs? The Grizz interviews The Miz … now on video! Howevs, The Grizz loses points for not asking The Miz if he TF’d Coral’s bombs.

• Not watching Brotherhood 2.0 everyday? For SHAME. That means you missed your Uncle Grambo’s cameo AND John Green’s trip through the abandoned buildings of Dee-Troit. Easily the best vlog since Congdon’s tees got co-opted by Disney.

And finally, last Thursday night saw the much anticipated return of “The Showbiz Show With David Spade.” Everyone who’s ever read this here site knows how gay I am for “The Showbiz Show”; trust you me, last week’s episode did NOT disappoint. Although my fave bit¹ is not yet online, this segment entitled “While We Were Away” sums up the last six months in pop culture in fanfreakingtastic fashion. Sit back and laugh, yo.

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Big ups to both Lindsayism and Junkiness for discovering the first trailers for “Knocked Up”, Judd Apatow’s follow-up to “The 40 Year Old Virgin.” Not only will this movie FINALLY make Judd Apatow a household name (and possibly even a brand) after nearly 10 years of being underappreciated (dude was the brains behind “Freaks And Geeks”, “The Larry Sanders Show”, AND “The Ben Stiller Show”), but depending on how the final product plays, it might just do for Katherine Heigl what “There’s Something About Mary” did for Cameron Diaz.

If you think about it, Heigl is primed for success. Thanks to her work on “Grey’s Anatomy”, she’s been in the public eye for the better part of two years. She’s got the looks, she’s appeals equally to both genders (women identify with her, men want to bang the bejeezus out of her), she’s kept her name out of the tabs/kept her “good girl” image intact, and her “success” would make for an excellent Barbara Walters segment (former child star weathers career difficulties to become a megastar). If she knocks this role out of the park — and from the looks of the trailers, she’s got a real chance — we might just have a brand-new America’s Sweetheart on our hands. One with amazing tees.

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