Written by Lauren Gibbs

Here’s how the PR folk describe the new web series The Bannen Way: THE BANNEN WAY is the highly-anticipated, sexy, fast-paced series starring Mark Gantt (“Ocean’s Eleven”); Vanessa Marcil (“Lipstick Jungle,” “Las Vegas”); Gabriel Tigerman (“Supernatural”); Michael Ironside (“Terminator Salvation,” Total Recall,” “Smallville”); Academy-Award® nominee Robert Forster (“Jackie Brown,” “Heroes”); and special guest star, Academy-Award® nominee Michael Lerner (“Entourage,” “Elf,” “Barton Fink”). The high-octane, slick new series follows Neal Bannen (Mark Gantt), a charming con-man and thief with a police chief for a father (Michael Ironside); a mob boss for an uncle (Robert Forster); and a penchant for fine women – like Madison (Vanessa Marcil), who wants to turn his life around and leave the criminal lifestyle once and for all. All Bannen has to do is complete one more job in order to pay off his debt to a notorious gangster…which just doesn’t work out as easily as he’d hoped. Here’s 10 things you need to know about The Bannen Way:

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Still not sure what this movie is about, but a vulgar Tracy Morgan is always entertaining:

The HIV Prevention Mobsters have clever Wu Tang-like names to relate to the kids.  Click the image for full size.

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• Check out what Jimmy Johnson is promoting now.  [Don Chavez]
• Wes Anderson’s Spider Man.  [D&T]
• If Movie Directors Did The Super Bowl.  Awesome.  [With Leather]
• Snack Food Stadium.  [All Left Turns]
• Valentines Gifts Guaranteed To Get You Dumped.  [Fork Party]
• Chokin the chicken is bad for you?  [Ask Men]
• Natalie Cole makes 60 look good.  [Tabloid Prodigy]
• The Guidette Evolution.  [Uncoached]
• Complex Magazine’s 20 Sexiest Videos.  [Guyism]
• Gravity Is A Bitch.  [Next Round]

Need more links? Hit up SI.com’s Hot Clicks or the infamous Gorilla Mask:

written by Lauren Gibbs

Before I get into what was yet another lackluster Superbowl commercial “show”, a few pre-game thoughts:

1) If I was a Colts fan, I’d be irritated by the Lifetime movie style vignettes. Katrina was dreadful, no doubt. But let’s be honest, I bet there are some sad stories to be told about Indianapolis…

2) Jay Z = Badass. Even when he’s lip syncing.

3) Carrie Underwood. A liiiiitle pitchy. No one can top Whitney. I wish she would stop wearing all white ensembles.

Hit the jump for the commercial commentary…

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