News from FX …

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I've lost track of how long I've been meaning to write a column about movie (and possibly TV) romances where the wrong couple ends up together. Not a situation where, as happens on TV, the wrong couple is together but breaks up a season later, but ones where the whole thing ends and you're just going, that's so wrong.

Among the items on my list: "Reality Bites," since Ben Stiller was obviously the best guy for Winona Ryder; "Gentleman's Agreement," where Celeste Holm was by every measure the better woman for Gregory Peck, and "Pretty in Pink," where Molly Ringwald should have ended up with Jon Cryer — and the original script for the movie apparently had it that way, before the final product wimped out and went with the more crowd-pleasing, pretty-boy ending. Not that I'm bitter about it or anything. But you can see how I think there's more to talk about.

Any other suggestions? Or do you disagree with mine?

Since I've made clear my admiration for Barry Corbin and Frances Sternhagen as Brenda's parents on "The Closer," I'll try not to belabor the point here. …

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Tonight we got through three more episodes: "Run," "Unexpected" and "Company Man." At first I thought we had hit a slump …

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Complete list after the jump ..

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The casting news first: Kristen Bell of Veronica Mars is joining the show. Full announcement after the jump…

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If you want to post your thoughts about high-school movies and TV shows, which I wrote about here, just use the comments section with this post. You can also see what other folks have to say. I'll be reading and may add some comments here and there. Enjoy!

(A brief explanation: The story that ran Sunday was supposed to have a note urging readers to add their thoughts about high-school-themed movies here. Then, apparently, the note didn't run.)

They figured to be big, and Disney says they were ..

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My review of "High School Musical 2" is here. My review of "Superbad" is here.

After the jump, Barry Corbin, and the perils of magazine deadlines … and a new part 2, with "Damages," "Mad Men," "Rescue Me" (so beware of spoilers if you haven't caught up)…

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Well, a hum-along, anyway, since the world is better off when I do not put voice to tune. Still, I've been giggling through a preview disc of "The Simpsons: Testify: A Whole Lot More Original Music From the Television Series," which collects songs from the last nine seasons. It's due in stores on Sept. 18.

We're talking "O Pruny Night." "Homer and Marge." Shawn Colvin singing "He's the Man." "Everybody Hates Ned Flanders." Ricky Gervais's tongue-twisting "Lady." And many, many others. Announcement and song list after the jump.

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