After playing coy for years and ticking off a roomful of reporters in July, Star Jones has finally copped to using a gastric bypass to lose weight. Find the story here.

For all her talk about hypocrisy and the like, she apparently didn't learn everything about being honest from her experience. Check out my friend Alan Sepinwall's account of her ducking weight-loss questions during the TV critics' tour — just over two weeks ago.

The acclaimed Swedish director has died. One report is here. …

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Tom Snyder is leaning back in his heavenly chair, a cigarette in hand, a big laugh ready to explode when God finishes a funny story …

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A couple of Sci Fi Channel announcements, after the jump …

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Commenter Amy on my "Mad Men" post below has made a suggestion about some possible screenings of TV pilots later this year in Akron. I made a couple of comments of my own, but I thought I'd raise the question in a post. Anyone interested? Daytime or nighttime screenings? Would you be willing to come to the Beacon Journal for them? How many hours of shows could you sit through? I don't know if I could make this work, but I'm willing to discuss. Comment away.

My review of "The Simpsons Movie" is here.

A review of "Talk to Me" is here. More thoughts about Don Cheadle here, and a list of some of his movies worth seeing here.

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If you haven't caught up with this AMC show, please do so tonight …

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I'm a day late with these (since time has been short and work has been long), but here goes, after the jump ..

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As I've noted, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" was reviewed by at least two newspapers before it was in stores. Now the attempts to keep "The Simpsons Movie" protected have also failed. TVTattle.com found a British review.
(I haven't read the review, since I'll be seeing the movie myself today.)

Cleveland's own Drew Carey is the next host of "The Price Is Right." No truth to talk that he's changing the name of the show to "Dirty Jokes and Prizes." Official announcement of the job and of Carey's announcement on Letterman, after the jump …

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