● Mark Zuckerberg was named TIME magazine's Person of the Year ahead of the Tea Party, Afghanistan's president, Julian Assange, and the Chilean miners. Jesse Eisenberg should earn at least half the honor. [TIME] ● The two children of Jon and Kate Gosselin that were expelled from school were removed for abusing not only other children, but adults. Maybe that whole reality show thing was a cry for help from Jon and Kate. [Radar] ● Jennifer Connelly is with child, the second for her and husband Paul Bettany. [Us Weekly]

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Brothers - The blistering 2004 Danish drama that inspired this Jim Sheridan (My Left Foot, In America) homage makes Brothers look like a timid version of its predecessor. Luckily for Sheridan, most Americans haven’t seen the original, so the film’s minor achievements won’t be dwarfed by comparison. Restrained and serviceable, Brothers belongs to the Coming Home school of war films where Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder is the enemy. Grace (Natalie Portman) is coping with her husband Sam’s (Tobey Maguire) presumed death in Afghanistan, when his black- sheep brother Tommy (Jake Gyllenhaal) comes along to gradually assume the role of surrogate husband and father. When Sam suddenly returns from an unspeakable POW experience with a terrible secret, the film’s third act becomes a gut-wrenching glimpse at war’s long- term effects. Not quite the Oscar powerhouse it aspires to be, Brothers is still haunting. (Dec) —Ben Barna

I DJed at the Hudson Rise Picnic last night, an amazing benefit proposed to help prevent the construction of a hideous 14-story sanitation facility that’s been approved for construction as early as June 2009 down on Spring and Canal streets, near the river. The city is pushing to construct the building, which will contain garbage trucks, a mountain of salt, garbage fuel, and lots of other stinky stuff that doesn’t seem right next to the water and the Holland Tunnel. The reason I volunteered to DJ for free at this gala was that unlike most groups who gripe about things, these folks are actually offering an intelligent, cheaper, and indeed economically cleaner solution -- Hudson Rise Park, which would connect to the river, cost about $200 million less than the city’s current plan, and still accommodate local garbage facilities. Another reason I DJed was to check out the celebs who were on the invite.

Actress Jennifer Connelly is the new face of Revlon. She will be in good company at the beauty giant, as fellow Oscar winning actress Halle Berry is also a spokeswoman. Revlon president and CEO David Kenned explained his reasoning for choosing Connelly: "She is an accomplished wife, mother and actress and her successes complement the spirit of the Revlon brand." Connelly was last seen as a model in those Balenciaga ads for spring/summer 2008. Her duties for Revlon, beyond looking good in print and television ads, are representing Revlon in fundraising events for charity. It's hard work to be pretty.

Jennifer Connelly starred in Dark Water, now she’s drinking it. This PSA for CharityWater.org is disturbing in its reality, but having the Blood Diamond starlet as the "lead" is sort of distracting. The spot’s message is strong enough without needing a recognizable actress to sell it. It’s the brown water in those glasses that gets our attention, not Connelly’s defeated look at having to serve it to her kids. The clip was directed by Hotel Rwanda’s Terry George. Check it out after the jump.