Michael J. Fox

It's 2 AM and you awake with a jerk, alone in your fully-lit apartment and still on the couch. On TV, the credits of some movie you've already seen a billion times are scrolling by. It feels like rock bottom. And we know, because we're just like you: single.

Need a movie to keep you company until you literally can't keep your eyes open? Join us tonight when we pass out to Back to the Future [starting @ 11:40 p.m. on Encore]

Why we'll try to stay up and watch it: While it isn't a great show by any means, Life of Mars, ABC's goofy time-traveling police procedural, has us oddly smitten. Perhaps that's because it reminds us of Back to the Future. When Detective Sam Tyler wows his colleagues by calling someone a "tool" or quoting Vanilla Ice, we immediately hearken back to Marty McFly ordering a Tab and saying everything is "heavy."  read more »

Ryan Reynolds, the actor best known for his role as Scarlett Johansson's new husband, is running the New York Marathon this year! In an entry on Huffington Post this morning, he begins by recalling his previous experience as a spectator of the 38-year-old race:

I joined the crowd about a half-mile before the race's end at Tavern On The Green. With my arms resting on the cold cordon, I saw an incredible spectacle of people pushed to the very brink of collapse. I expected exhaustion, but what I didn't expect was to see just how much these runners had to EARN their prize.

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