Kicking off movie news, the director of Secretary (and you've tuned out, or way, way in already) adds Kristen Stewart and Elizabeth Banks to "The Big Shoe," a film that supposedly mixes eroticism and comedy. What more could you want really?

On a similar casting front, Saoirse Ronan is up for a crazy, but awesome, sounding flick that also recently added Dr. Who to its roster. Rising stars, plus built in fans of Matt Smith, plus an intriguing story, something is going for right for Ryan Gosling's effort so far.

And, in other casting news, Katherine Heigl may have bitten off more than she can chew. Though she's managed to parlay the success of Grey's Anatomy into a host of rom-com vehicles, this film probably requires her to act, given its premise, and we may be on shaky ground there.

Finally, "Friggin' Christmas" adds a dynamic trio that may prove very interesting. You know how these goofy Christmas films normally play out, but this is a different take, and with people worth watching.

Speaking of Christmas, more Grinch.

In movie news that everyone already knows, the Star Wars universe is getting a lot of additions, and at least three "spin-offs" are very likely to come your way. The main thrust of the commentary seems to be that either Disney has 50 times the brains of... the previous person in charge of developing such things, and this is all going to lead to massive awesomeness, or Star Wars is doomed to become far more silly than anyone would have dreamed... and we've seen Episodes I-III. You be the judge.

Speaking of... well, silly things, the screenwriter of Elektra... wait for it, explained his embarrassment.

And, finally, in movie-related topics, check out Bradley Cooper in 1999 asking Sean Penn a question from Inside the Actors Studio. It's just fun for the sake of no-name Cooper-ness, but even moreso because Penn has a hell of an answer.

On to TV action, BBC has pulled the plug on Being Human, which seems odd, because I'm led to understand that it's still doing well. One of the stars has a theory, and one that makes some sense, I guess, but it raises some questions for the American version.

In news that will probably be followed by other news, Christina Applegate took her ball and went home as semi-successful "Up All Night" underwent a lot of changes, which are apparently going to restructure things. Well, restructure this... I'm out. It's a bit of shame, because the show was fun, but can it really continue now? Does anyone care?

And, before we get to new show blatherings, set aside some money now, because you want Archer toys, even if you don't want Archer. I mean, you can buy Pam's dolphin.;                                             i jm

On to the news on pilots... because it really is that time of year. It may sound odd, but David Denman is an actor I've been pulling for over the last few years. Sure, many may know him best from The Office, as Pam's ex- eternal fiance, but he's been involved with several pilots that were pulled pretty quickly, and I'm glad to see him get a shot on something else. I just hope he doesn't have the jinx going. On the other hand, I'm not as convinced that I'm looking forward to the show generally... so now I have to be torn.

In other jinx news, Mercedes Masohn is going to to 'Mixology', and after short runs with The Finder, which I loved, and 666 Park Avenue, which I meh-ed, we'll see if she can break the curse. But, I'm similarly torn here, because a show about a super-chic bar in Manhattan (or whatever the hell the show's about) isn't exactly something that jumps to the front of my list. We'll see.