Well a small portion of this news was rumored awhile back, and I thought we'd heard the last of it, but today comes official word that Sean Penn, Jim Carrey and Benicio Del Toro are in line to take on the roles of The Three Stooges in a Farrelly Brothers film about the classic comedic trio.

I'll just let that soak in for a second. Good? Okay...this news isn't necessarily disheartening for anyone looking forward to a movie about The Three Stooges, but honestly it's just an odd assembly of actors. Let's break it down by actor:

Sean Penn. Fresh off his Oscar winning role in Gus Van Sant's Milk, Penn's not exactly the funniest of actors, but he's taking on the role of frizzy haired stooge Larry. The last genuinely funny role he had was as the now iconic surfer dude Jeff Spicoli from Fast Times at Ridgemont High (unless of course you count I Am Sam, but that's just mean). While a lot of people don't have faith in his comedic abilities, I think it's a great chance for him to show what he's got, and I really don't doubt that he could pull it off despite lack of comedy experience.

Jim Carrey. After his not-so-comedic comedy run with Yes, Man last year, Carrey's got a lot to prove in my book. Certainly gaining 40 pounds to take on the hefty role of my personal favorite stooge Curly is a good way to get my attention (and that's exactly what Carrey is doing), but it's definitely going to be an uphill struggle to truly convince me. Carrey's got slapstick down, and great comedic timing and performances behind him, but I'm going to have to wait to see a trailer before I back this choice completely.

Benicio Del Toro. This for me is the most out-of-left-field decision. He might look like the bowl-cutted Moe, but the only vaguely funny role that Del Toro has had was his turn in Guy Ritchie's Snatch (no, not Madonna), and maybe in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, but that's stretching it. And besides that's a whole different tone of comedy than what we're going to see come from the stooges.

Combine all this uncertainty and craziness with the fact that The Farrelly Brothers are helming this movie and they haven't had a decent film since 1998's There's Something About Mary (arguably 2000's Me, Myself and Irene) and you've got yourself one hell of a clusterf*ck. The film isn't going to be a biopic, but a straight comedy, which puts even more weight on the Farrelly's to deliver. Let's hope they wrote the majority of this script back when they still had the funny in them.

I'm all for giving this movie a chance, if anything just because if brings these actors together in an unlikely comedic team, but I just don't know if that's going to be enough for audiences who probably don't even know who The Three Stooges are. What do you guys think?

Here we are updating live with the winners of the 81st Academy Awards! Reactions and ceremony review will be up shortly after! Stay Tuned!

Best Supporting Actress - Penélope Cruz for Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Best Original Screenplay - Dustin Lance Black for Milk

Best Adapted Screenplay - Simon Beaufoy for Slumdog Millionaire

Best Animated Feature Film - WALL-E

Best Animated Short Film - La Maison en Petits Cubes

Art Direction - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Costume Design - The Duchess

Makeup - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Cinematography - Slumdog Millionaire

Short Film - Spielzeulgland (Toyland)

Best Supporting Actor- Heath Ledger for The Dark Knight

Documentary Feature Film - Man on Wire

Documentary Short Film - Smile Pinki

Visual Effects - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Sound Editing - The Dark Knight

Sound Mixing - Slumdog Millionaire

Film Editing - Slumdog Millionaire

Original Score - A.R. Rahman for Slumdog Millionaire

Original Song - "Jai Ho" from Slumdog Millionaire

Best Foreign Language Film - Departures (Japan)

Best Director - Danny Boyle for Slumdog Millionaire

Best Actress - Kate Winslet for The Reader

Best Actor - Sean Penn for Milk

Best Picture - Slumdog Millionaire

And that's it for our live coverage of the winners of the 81st Academy Awards. Tomorrow we'll have a review of the revamped ceremony and some reactions to the surprises (or mostly lack thereof) .

And so the 81st Academy Awards are upon us airing live tomorrow night on ABC at 8pm EST. While wardrobes are being finalized, performances rehearsed and nerves racked, those of us not involved with the telecast other than as observers are simply making predictions and waiting for what has been dubbed Hollywood's biggest night.

Below I've included my predictions for the major awards (including Best Foreign Film and Best Animated Film). I've included additional comments as far as who I think should win if it is contrary to my actual predictions. Feel free to sound off in the comments with any disagreements or with a full list of your own predictions.

Best Picture - Slumdog Millionaire

• But I wouldn't be upset to see Milk take home the big prize

• Sean Penn took home the SAG award which is a pretty good indicator, and the more I think about it, the more impressive his role as Harvey Milk was. Rourke gave an excellent performance but really had a lot of personal hard times to inspire his rough around the edges, emotionally collapsing character portrayal in The Wrestler.
  

• If I had my way, I honestly would probably go with Meryl Streep for Doubt. Her performance struck me more, but that might only be because The Reader wasn't wholly remarkable as a film. But Winslet seems like the favorite.

• This is pretty much as close to a guarantee as you can get. The late Heath Ledger has the most buzz and has received all the right praise and awards to have this one in the bag.

• While she didn't get the SAG or Golden Globes, she certainly seems like the choice to win. My personal choice is Viola Davis for her brief role in Doubt. While her screen time was minimal, hers was a very powerful performance that really struck a chord.

• Same with picture, Gus Van Sant could easily snag this award for his directing Milk and I wouldn't be disappointed.

• With Slumdog Millionaire being an adapted screenplay I think that Black is almost as close of a shoe-in for this award as Ledger for Supporting Actor

• This is also almost a lock-in since Milk is an original screenplay and out of competition with Beaufoy

• This was most assuredly the best animated feature from last year and if it doesn't get it then for shame.

• I am not prepared to actually comment on any of the foreign film nominees this year, but this is getting all sorts of acclaim and thus it's my pick.

• Truly a hidden gem in the world of documentary films, this is a heavy favorite, and I really enjoyed seeing its narrative come to life thanks to the wonders of Netflix Instant Viewing.
  

Here's a rumor that has traveled a long way and from an awful source. But the rumor is interesting, and we've got some exclusive information on this story so I'm going to bring some attention to it.

This rumor apparently originated from an InTouch gossip magazine, was picked up by JustJared and then spread like wildfire across the interwebs. Rumor has it that this long talked about Farrelly Brothers film following the infamous comedy team known as the Three Stooges (Moe, Larry and Curly with varying other awful replacement stooges) is looking to pick up Johnny Depp and Sean Penn for the roles of Moe (left) and Larry (right) respectively.

Film Drunk apparently picked some info from a source that said "Billy West (famous voice actor from Futurama and Ren & Stimpy, among other things) is meeting with Sean Penn today and tomorrow to help him prep his Larry impression."

Well keeping up with the exlcusive info, I have it on good authrority that while this meeting may have taken place, currently Sean Penn is not comitted to any projects right now and does not have anything on his schedule regarding filming at the moment.

While this is to be taken with a grain of salt, I have to say that if these casting choices were more realistic, it would make for an interesting film, but only if the Farrelly Brothers weren't involved. Their track record has been terrible and they haven't produced anything of worth since There's Something About Mary (maybe Me, Myself and Irene, but that's being generous). I would like to see somebody like Milos Forman attack this film after his stellar job blending comedy and drama when directing the Andy Kaufman biopic Man on the Moon. Or even Jerry Zucker the man who was behind comedies like Airplane! and The Naked Gun, but still cranked out Ghost.

Either way, I loved the Stooges as a kid, and would love to have a biopic do them some justice. They were a group of guys who were moreso recognized for the role they played as the Stooges, rather than respected, versatile actors, and while the success was remarkable, their story isn't all glamour. But for now, I won't geet my hopes up, or even regard this rumors as being close to true, no matter how fun it might be.