Abigail Breslin is officially inducted as a member of The Girl Scouts of the USA in Los Angeles. (photo: Todd Williamson/WireImage.com)

Trail Blazer

Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank sure knows how to pick an audience. On last week's 'Real Time with Bill Maher,' Frank announced his bill to decriminalize marijuana in his home state. As he later told the AP, "Do you really think people should be prosecuted for smoking marijuana? I don't think most people agree with that. It's one area where the public is ahead of elected officials. It does not appear to me to be a law that society is serious about." In other news, Maher has decided to rename his show 'Live from Boston' ... (photo: Brian Ach/WireImage.com)

[WSJ.com]

In for Life

David Chase has already made history with his controversial end to the 'Sopranos,' and now the WGA will officially recognize his contribution with the Paddy Chayefsky Laurel Award for Television - the lifetime achievement honor for outstanding writing. Chase has already garnered five Emmys® and three PGA awards for his work on the show. (photo: Kevin Parry/
WireImage.com)

[Variety]

Peter Krause and Zoe McLellan arrive at the 25th Annual William S. Paley TV Festival featuring 'Dirty Sexy Money' in Hollywood. (photo: Michael Tran/FilmMagic.com)

Show of Shows

Bob Odenkirk and David Cross ('Mr. Show') have some high hopes for their new HBO show. Announcing on their blog that they will be starting production in May, Bob and Dave noted: "We are both very, very excited about it and feel it's really strong and important to the health of America. We know that America is hurting right now and old people like to say that 'Laughter's the best medicine' So, keep hope old people, an injection of 10cc's of funny is about to be shot all up in your funny bones!" As a tease, they offer three lines of dialogue from the pilot, including this: "He burps the Star Spangled Banner. You people love that sh*t." Let the healing begin. (photo: M. Caulfield/WireImage.com)

[The Bob and Davider]

Family Reunion

'Sopranos' star Michael Imperioli's Manhattan theater, Studio Dante, will draw a bevy of big names for an upcoming benefit next week — many of which end in vowels. Fellow 'Sopranos' alums Drea De Mateo, Aida Turturro and Vincent Pastore will join Imperioli to read the plays 'when heaven and earth' by Anastasia Traina and 'Squalor' by Gina Gionfriddo, joined by heralded NYC actors Chris Cooper, Stanley Tucci and Jerry Stiller. (photo: KMazur/WireImage.com)

[Playbill.com]

Allan Houston, Alan Wyse and Kim Cattrall attend the Memphis Grizzlies vs. NY Knicks game at Madison Square Garden. (photo: James Devaney/WireImage.com)

Mr. Rock Goes to Washington

You'll be able to catch Chris Rock in 'I Think I Love My Wife' on HBO this weekend, but don't expect any new flicks in the near future — the comedian has pressed pause on his film career for more ... immediate pursuits: "It's the election year. It was like, come on, man! This is the time! Black guy runnin' for president against a woman — it's tailor-made for me."

And if you're still jonesing for 'New Jack City 2,' Rock has plenty of social commentary to fill the void: "Bush has f**ked up so bad that he's made it hard for a white man to run for president. 'Gimme anything but another white man, please! Black man, white woman, giraffe, anything!' A white man's had that job for hundreds of years — and one guy f**ked it up for all of ya!" (photo: Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic.com)

[Rolling Stone]

Vintage Milch

David Milch is looking back in more ways than one. He returns to his roots with his new series for HBO, 'Last of the Ninth,' a cop drama set in 1972 about a younger Vietnam vet who goes undercover and an older detective who mentors him. (He is joined with longtime collaborator ('NYPD Blue') and former detective Bill Clark.) Those who like their Milchese spoken by surfers, rather than cops, can check out the DVD of 'John from Cincinnati,' out next week. (photo: Todd Williamson/FilmMagic.com)

[Variety]

Diddy with his twins D'Lila Star and Jessie James at MTV's 'Making the Band 4' season finale at MTV Studios in New York City. (photo: Brian Ach/WireImage.com)

Morse Scores, By A Nose

David Morse had only three weeks to prepare to play founding father George Washington in 'John Adams,' but he knew that it would take more than capturing the first president's posture to win over his audience. As he told TV Guide: "When I looked at portraits, one of the things that kept striking me was his nose. I kept thinking, 'If I don't have that nose I just don't think it's going to work.' He was a commander and there was just something about that feature that said to me something about the strength of his face." Luckily the make-up department agreed and provided the actor with a suitable prosthetic. "When I walked onto the set everybody gasped and said, 'It's George Washington!'" (photo: Dimitrios Kambouris/WireImage.com)

[TV GUIDE via seattlepi.com]

Hizzoner!

Tony Soprano is crossing the river. James Gandolfini is set to play the beleaguered Mayor of New York City in Tony Scott's remake of 'The Taking of Pelham 123' co-starring Denzel Washington and John Travolta. The film is a throwback to a simpler time for New York's leaders — when a crisis involved a crowded subway car being held hostage for ransom. (photo: Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic.com)

[Variety]

Melissa George at a screening of 'Stop-Loss' in New York City. (photo: Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images)

Wooden Acting

Gabriel Byrne didn't take up acting until the age of 29 — after a stint in a monastery, among other unsuccessful pursuits — but he didn't take lessons. Instead, according to a recent interview in the LA Times, Byrne learned by doing (and doing wrong). "It's like if somebody says to you, 'Here's wood, I want you to make a table.' If you were really ignorant, like I was at the time, I had no idea where the legs on the table went. I just went out and started hammering pieces of wood together and people said, 'Actually, the legs are supposed to be on the bottom.' " (photo: Jim Spellman/WireImage.com)

[LA Times]

Print is Dead

David Simon has moved on to greener pastures after his days as a reporter at the Baltimore Sun, but since the final season of 'The Wire' premiered, he hasn't missed an opportunity to point out the desecration of his former profession. Most recently — amidst the SXSW Music and Media Conference — he addressed a group at the University of Texas, calling out shoddy news reporting for failing to stop the No Child Left Behind Act and the war in Iraq. "It's amazing how many reporters are uncurious," he said. (photo: Jim Spellman/WireImage.com)

[Daily Texan]