Happy New Year, Y'all

Now that I look it's been almost a month since I last posted. Oops. I hope you'll forgive me.

Let's start 2009 with a story that wasn't. Viacom, who own MTV and Comedy Central and other stuff, and Time Warner Cable companies were fighting. There was a chance that everyone who had Time Warner cable was about to lose all those channels. Not that MTV would be a huge loss, but I bet a lot of people would be pissed about losing The Daily Show. They've been going back and forth for a while now, blustering and threatening. It appears to be resolved. Not that I'd recommend that anyone get cable over something like DirecTV, but if it's what you're stuck with, at least you'll have your Daily Show.

SAG and the AMPTP are still heading toward a strike. SAG isn't budging, and now seem to be doing a fair amount of infighting. Lovely.

A Gilligan's Island movie? That gets my first Really?! of the year.

Alex Kingston, last seen in Doctor Who, will be yet another ER vet returning to the show in its final season.

The AP tapped Tina Fey as it's Entertainer of the Year.

NBC has killed Top Gear USA. Hooray!

Jay Leno has refused David Letterman's invitation to be a guest on the night that Conan O'Brien takes over The Tonight Show. Not that Jay's really going to need to promote his five-night-a-week thing.

Jack Black is going to guest star on The Office in the post-Superbowl episode.

Robert Carlyle, who you may know from The Full Monty or Trainspotting, is going to star in the newest Stargate series on Sci-Fi. I guess this takes him out of the running for the next Doctor.

For those of you dying for anything about the upcoming season of BSG, there are new webisodes online. I'm not going to watch them because I don't want to know anything.

While I was not paying attention, the Golden Globe nominations happened as did the SAG and WGA award nominations. The Golden Globe show is on January 11th. The SAG awards show is on January 25th.

Michael Cera is apparently the one holding up the Arresred Development movie.

Disney has dumped the Narnia franchise.

How did I miss this one? There was a new Wallace and Gromit movie (30 minutes, but still a movie) that premiered on the Beeb on Boxing Day. It's called A Matter of Loaf and Death.

Pottery Barn, under the guise of making things for kids, has put out a line of Star Wars bedding. Finally, you can get queen sized Star Wars sheets or a King sized duvet cover. Brilliant.

Twentieth Century Fox is behind a remake of The Great Gatsby with Baz Luhrmann directing.

Hugh Jackman is apparently hosting The Oscars.

Jeremy Piven had to pull out of his Broadway run in Speed the Plow due to mercury poisoning. Apparently sushi twice a day isn't all that good for you. David Mamet, once again proving he's more clever than you are, declared Piven's departure as preparation for his next big role as a thermometer.

George Lucas has apparently signed off on Star Wars: A Musical Journey. It starts in April in England followed by a European tour. One more nail in my childhood coffin. Thanks, George.

U2 announced their next studio album, No Line on the Horizon, will be out March 3.

BBC America announced that it's going to run the Life On Mars sequel, Ashes to Ashes, starting in March. I didn't make it though the first season of Ashes yet, but I've been told to give it a shot. Maybe if I ever get caught up on the Tivo, I'll get back to some of the stuff I've acquired by, um, other means.

I leave you with this: 40 Inspirational Speeches in Two Minutes. I especially love it because it uses the music from Henry V (and is actually correct when it's in the Henry V St. Crispin's day speech).