Martin also took third place for his partnership with the late John Candy in Planes, Trains and Automobiles.

BBC: Gere and Roberts top romance poll

While the Lakers have celebrity fan Jack Nicholson, the Kings' most visible celebrity endorser was the now-deceased comic John Candy.

WSJ: Underdog Kings Reign in L.A., for Once

Some of them may have been John Candy.

CNN: Apparently This Matters: Size (Yes, THAT kind of size)

With Kevin Costner as New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison, Sissy Spacek as his wife, Gary Oldman as Oswald, and an all-star cast of witnesses and conspirators: Tommy Lee Jones, Joe Pesci (an abominable performance), Donald Sutherland, Kevin Bacon, Jack Lemmon, Ed Asner, John Candy, Walter Matthau.

NEWYORKER: JFK

Mr. MERRITT: (Singing) ...in the rain to bring you candy, and John would buy the gown for you to wear to the prom, with Tom(ph) the astronomer who named a star for you.

NPR: Lemony Snicket's 'Tragic Treasury'

Elizabeth Edwards played a key role in convincing her husband to continue his campaign, a source close to both John and Elizabeth Edwards told CNN's Candy Crowley.

CNN: Edwards: Wife's cancer returns, campaign goes on

There's something about the journey of John Waters' Hairspray to its current incarnation as a candy-colored, big-budget movie musical that I can't quite believe.

NPR: Hollywood's Musical 'Hairspray,' a Little Too Bouffant

John Ensign, R-Nevada, got up to fetch something to eat from the candy drawer in one of the back desks.

CNN: Smiles, handshakes on the Senate floor