I’m back in the saddle again for another set of entertainment links. To make up for it, I was going to go with Brooklyn Decker from Just Go With It but I refuse to support the Sandler/Aniston machine (despite the cameo by Dan Patrick). So here’s I Am Number Four’s Teresa Palmer.

The biggest entertainment news of the week came from a sports talk radio show. Dan Patrick scored the interview coup of the year with his interviews with Charlie Sheen. (Sports Radio Interviews)

Here’s the story of how DP landed the interview with Sheen and how he ended up in seven Sandler movies. (The Wrap)

So Watson kicked the asses of mankind’s best on Jeopardy much to the surprise of no one. But you can do battle with Watson (or at lease his algorithms) in this online game. (New York Times)

After the jump, the new Wonder Woman, the NBA all-star weekend and James Earl Jones catches Bieber fever.

Gore Verbinski is teaming back up with Johnny Depp for The Lone Ranger. However, his interview about is really good for finding out what happened to the BioShock movie. (Coming Soon)

Lowdown HQ favourite Adrianne Palicki won’t be out of work long because of the end of Lone Star and Friday Night Lights. She’s just been cast as Wonder Woman. (HitFix)

My alma mater, the University of Western Ontario, is running a course about Justin Bieber’s “swagger.” Can I trade my Western degree in for one from McGill? (Pop Crunch)

I’ve landed all of one celebrity interview since starting The Lowdown and that was a difficult task. That’s why I have infinite respect for the teenager who landed an audience with Eminem for her school newspaper. (Detroit Free Press)

Tonight is the NBA’s All-Star Saturday Night. There’s the three-point contest, that skills course thing and the dunk contest. But there’s also that crap game of HORSE. A very smart man from Harvard examines how the NBA killed HORSE for the viewers at home. (Deadspin)

In more offbeat sports, what do you know about cricket? With the Cricket World Cup starting this weekend, you should probably check out this beginner’s guide to cricket. (Business Insider)

In case you hadn’t noticed, this ain’t a Jackie ELO. Just to prove it, here’s a behind the scenes look of life as a strip club recruiter. (Guyism)

One thing I try to do here on the blog is to help guys out where I can. For example, here are 10 things that Sun Tzu can teach you about dating. (Ask Men) Sun Tzu in an ELO? Very Jackie-esque.

Photo gallery time! First, in honour of that crap Ashton Kutcher movie that came out a while ago, it’s the 14 hottest best friends from chick flicks. I figure regular ELO readers will like this because Zooey Deschanel is #1. (Ranker)

This rather random gallery proves that there is truth in advertising. It’s called “10 Star Wars Images That Will Haunt Your Dreams.” (Next Round)

And here’s a great Star Wars image. Here’s how Luke Skywalker unwinds after a hard day of fighting the Empire. (Unreality Mag)

Justin Bieber can’t sing or shoot hoops but he’s an even worse actor. But that doesn’t matter because he got blown away by the cops in the latest CSI episode.

There is one thing that we can do to fix Bieber music. We can have James Earl Jones read the lyrics for all Bieber songs.

The NBA Slam Dunk Contest is tonight. Nobody cares about it any more but there is one man who can save it tonight. It’s time for The Blake Show!