Current New Mexico governor Bill Richardson says Val Kilmer may replace him as governor in 2010. Richardson said Thursday:

"I like the idea. Val Kilmer is a New Mexican, he was Batman. You know there have been successful actors going into politics."

True. Ronald Reagan, Clint Eastwood, and Arnold Schwarzenegger, all Republicans.

Richardson added:

"I haven’t talked to him about it, I don’t know how serious he is, but you know if he jumps in a race he’s got name ID, so it can’t be discounted."

Kilmer hasn’t work much as an actor for a while, and he’s gotten really overweight. I’m not sure what Kilmer thinks qualifies him for the governor position, but he has expressed interest in running for office.

Val Kilmer beached, er, surfaced over the weekend at The Rainbow in West Hollywood. I wasn’t sure what Val’s been doing these days, so I looked up his recent work. It looks like he just finished shooting "Comanche Moon." I’m guessing he plays the moon.

In the era of ever-shrinking Hollywood starlets, we salute you, Val Kilmer! Keep up those 12 ounce curls!

Val Kilmer isn’t nine months pregnant, no he’s not a beached whale, he just has the Jim Morrison curse. Do you know what happens when you eat too many Tombstone pizzas? Uh huh, you get yourself a tombstone overlooking an oversized grave plot.

Val played Jim Morrison in the doors movie. A picture of him is below to see the comparison between then and now.

Val’s belly has actually shrunk since August. Want to see him walrus size? Click here.

This brings us to young Hollywood. The youngsters like Lindsay Lohan, Nicole Richie, Paris Hilton, and the list goes on, really do think they are bad asses, but in the late 1960s Jim Morrison and The Doors blew the doors off Los Angeles, California. Below is original video footage of Jim, and footage of his wild concerts with Roadhouse Blues playing in the background. Jim died young from way too many drugs, and possibly heart failure while in France. Jim was bloated, fat, and looked like a homeless man with a big beard in his last few years, but in his prime he was a god, small g.

Val Kilmer washed up on the coast of Malibu Friday afternoon. The actor spent the day splashing in the waves and boogie boarding with his son.

This isn’t the first unflattering picture of the “Top Gun” star. Last week a UK tabloid titled an article “Val Kilmer Goes from Batman to Fatman” and posted a snap of Val in a cowboy hat, sporting a huge belly.

I have a lot of respect for Val Kilmer’s acting, but what the heck happened to him? He’s physically one step away from a heart attack.

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