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Sunday afternoon seems like the perfect time to check in on our friends from Worth1000, whose latest movie-related photoshop contest has to do with taking any celebrity image and transforming it into a Star Wars character. You can find an example above; that's Wall-E and Eve as R2-D2 and C-3PO. And they definitely get wackier -- with President Obama showing up as Yoda multiple times, and Princess Leia merging with folks like Angelina Jolie and Kevin Spacey (probably the oddest and most random image of the lot). Ever want to see Elvis as Han Solo? It's in there. And ever wonder what Goofy mixed with General Grievous would look like? No? Well it's in there, too ... with the Please Let Them Never Do This In Real Life award going to an image of Han Solo (as Jim Carrey), Chewbacca (as Jack Black), Luke Skywalker (as Owen Wilson) and Obi-Wan (as Jackie Chan) onboard the Millennium Falcon. Creepy.

Check out some of our favorites down below and the rest over at Worth1000.

Wouldn't it be cool if President Obama and Vice President Biden sat around chatting about cult flicks like the rest of us weird movie buffs? Sure, they've got the economy, two wars, the nominating of a Supreme Court Justice, and the preservation of democracy to worry about this week, but what if they decided to eat burgers and share their love of psychedelic drug movies featuring topless dancers?

Obama and Biden did, in fact, pay a surprise visit on Tuesday to Ray's Hell Burger in Arlington, Virginia, for what the Washington Business Journal described as a "quick working lunch." They waited in line, placed their orders, and sat down to await their burgers. Did they choose to sit at that particular table so they could contemplate the poster for William Rotsler's 1968 cult flick Mantis in Lace? Or was that the only one empty?

The blog Popcorn and Sticky Floors posted the photo, but in case you're thinking it was doctored, I've included a couple of photos I've found at other sites -- one a broader view of the restaurant with the two men and owner Michael Landrum, and another from last year showing that the restaurant decorates its walls with posters.

Obama has gone on record ranking Casablanca, The Godfather, The Godfather Part II, Lawrence of Arabia, and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest as his favorite movies. But I wonder: What are his favorite "guilty pleasure" movies? Is Mantis in Lace on that list?

[ Thanks to Colin Geddes for the pointer and headline.]

President Obama watched his first Academy Awards from the White House last night. Following in the footsteps of last week's well-received liveblogging of the President's first foreign trip, a White House New Media intern was invited to liveblog the event from the First Family's private quarters. The post was quickly pulled, but Cinematical obtained a partial transcript.

8:33 p.m.: First Family arrives, takes the best seats. Unidentified staffer: "Great to see a gay man hosting the Oscars." POTUS kindly corrects: "That's Hugh Jack-man, not gay man."

8:47 p.m.: Penelope Cruz wins for Best Supporting Actress. POTUS calls Spain's President Zapatero to express congratulations.

9:07 p.m.: As expected, WALL-E wins Best Animated Feature. POTUS dozes off.

9:25 p.m.: First Daughters begin giggling when vampire from Twilight appears.

9:32 p.m.: Ben Stiller's appearance concerns POTUS. "When did the Night at the Museum guy become Orthodox?"

9:43 p.m.: POTUS and First Lady confer about sending girls to bed during James Franco / Seth Rogen stoner skit.

9:51 p.m.: Hugh Jackman begins another musical number.

9:52 p.m.: POTUS sneaks into kitchen, where the staff is watching the Cleveland Cavaliers crush the Detroit Pistons. Go LeBron!

10:21 p.m.: Final: Cavs 99, Pistons 78.

10:32 p.m.: POTUS amused by Will Smith.

10:46 p.m.: Surprised and delighted by Jerry Lewis' brevity; POTUS figures Congress could learn a thing or two.

10:50 p.m.: POTUS asks, "Where's Springsteen?" Upon being notified that he was not nominated this year, POTUS heads to kitchen to watch SportsCenter during presentation of music awards, returns in time to tap his toes to "Jai Ho."