MEDFORD, Mass. — The Daily got the chance to catch up with actor Benjamin McKenzie, the star of “88 Minutes,” which will be released this Friday. In the film, Al Pacino plays a professor with a double life as a forensic scientist who lands a serial killer in death row. Before the execution can take place, he receives a phone call warning him that he has only 88 minutes to live and begins a frantic race to investigate many of the people involved, including a strange student played by McKenzie.

COLLEGE PARK, Md. — “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” opens with a shot of Jason Segel (”How I Met Your Mother”) looking in the mirror as he flexes his pecs.

France, the capital of fashion, is taking a proactive step in fighting the promotion of eating disorders in the media with a bill that will make it illegal to promote “extreme” thinness.

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. — The “Living Bridge” compilation is fucking cool. I don’t mean that as a throwaway comment either. Nicholas Vernhes who put this compilation together has so much coolness that I don’t know how he had time to put this together, seeing as he’s probably flooded with plenty of free coke and offers of hot hipster sex.

EVANSTON, Ill. — As The Daily sat down to interview Andy Samberg Tuesday night before his show, Samberg said he first had to go to the restroom. “Don’t worry, I don’t really have to go, I’m just gonna do, like, cocaine,” he joked. He also said a “Saturday Night Live” intern pointed out an earlier Daily article noting the show did not initially sell out at Northwestern, prompting fellow cast members to poke fun at him.

COLUMBIA, Mo. — Toronto-based punk-rock foursome Billy Talent has helped put 51 students through college. When the band isn’t busy touring across the globe or accepting titles like 2007’s “Group of the Year” Juno Award, vocalist Ben Kowalewicz, guitarist Ian D’Sa, bassist/vocalist Jon Gallant and drummer Aaron Solowoniuk find time to raise money for the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada Scholarship fund, which awards funds to students who have MS or who have parents with MS to help them reach their educational goals.