Separated At Birth?

It's been a rough week for Dear Leader, as his presidency and entire administration circles the drain faster and faster with each passing day. Lately this has been his default expression, as his face has gone from its usual orange to a bright, apoplectic red.

Every time I see him shrieking like that, I can't help but be reminded of this.

June Spawned A Monster

This week English actor Daniel Day-Lewis held a press conference, in which he officially announced his retirement from the acting profession. Day-Lewis, a three time Oscar™ winner, thanked his many fans, stating that he was "immensely grateful to all of his collaborators and audiences over the many years." 

The sixty year old star's final film will be Paul Thomas Anderson's drama Phantom Thread, which premieres this December. Day-Lewis and Anderson previously worked together on 2007's There Will Be Blood.

When asked about the reasons for his retirement, Day-Lewis said, "I feel I've accomplished everything I can in the world of cinema, playing a wide diversity of characters from Christy Brown (in 1989's My Left Foot) to Abraham Lincoln (in 2012's Lincoln). Therefore I feel it's time I put acting behind, so I can concentrate full-time on my musical career as my alter-ego, Morrissey"

Day-Lewis adopted the fictional persona of Morrissey in the early 1980s, and became the front man for British alternative rock band The Smiths from 1982 to 1987. He then split with the band and launched a successful solo career in 1988, recording such hits as Suedehead, Every Day Is Like Sunday, The Last Of The Famous International Playboys, Interesting Drug, Ouija Board, Oujia Board, November Spawned A Monster and We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful.

Day-Lewis refused to answer any questions from the assembled press, instead slipping into his "Morrissey" persona and launching into an impromptu, acapella rendition of his latest single, Kiss Me A Lot.

Separated At Birth: Grant Gustin & John Mulaney

Something I noticed recently:

On The Flash, it's been established that main character Barry Allen (aka Grant Gustin) is an only child.

I was thinking though that if the producers ever want to do a storyline in which Barry discovers he has a long-lost older brother, they could do a lot worse than to hire writer/actor/comedian John Mulaney to play the elder Allen sibling.

Look at 'em! They're practically identical!

I have to confess, I'd never even heard of Mulaney until a week or so ago (my duties as CEO here at Bob Canada's BlogWorld keep me VERY busy). I saw him on YouTube and my first thought was, "Why's Grant Gustin doing standup now?"

Like Father, Like Son?

This is singer/comedian Heywood Banks, who's a regular guest on The Bob And Tom Show. His most famous bit is no doubt his song Toast.

This is Dr. Okun, played by actor Brent Spiner, from the 1996 sci-fi movie Independence Day.

If for some reason Spiner's unavailable for Independence Day 2: Even Independenter, I know where they can find a reasonable facsimile...