Brothers

It always interests me when you find out two people are siblings when you don't initially make the connection. For example, it wasn't until the end of high school I realized Emilio Estevez was brothers with Charlie Sheen; he had decided to not align himself with his brother's Hollywood surname, thus keeping himself nicely protected from being associated with his success, fame, and collection of STDs.

In the news today, Rahm Emanuel was named Barack Obama's Chief of Staff. Turns out this guy is brother of noted Hollywood superagent and inspiration for Entourage's Ari Gold, Ari Emanuel. As much as I am looking forward to a change in the White House, I'm a little weary of the linkage. I mean, Ari Emanuel represents Mark Wahlberg! Imagine what the Lincoln bedroom would look like. Boogie Nights every day, I tells ya.

Anyway, this whole post was just an excuse to list a few other siblings you might not be aware of:

Kanye West's DJ A-trak and the Chubby dude from Chromeo

The dude who played Hyde on That 70s Show and the dude who plays Francis on Malcolm in the Middle

Joaquin Phoenix (who is quitting acting and launching his music career. Woo hoo!) and River Phoenix who is brother to Summer Phoenix who is married to Casey Affleck who is brother to Ben Affleck who is married Jennifer Garner who is daughter to James Garner (psyche!)