'Glee' Finally Gets a Writing Staff

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'Glee' has finally gotten itself a writing staff! While more cooks in the kitchen generally doesn't equal a better product, we have hopes for this staffing change, especially with the talent they're bringing on board.

According to Deadline, 'Glee' co-creators Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Ian Brennan will be joined by 'Chuck' producer Allison Adler as co-executive producer.

Comic book scribe and playwright Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa will serve as co-producer and 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' veteran Marti Noxon and writer/actor Michael Hitchcock will be consulting producers.

Matt Hodgson, formerly a script supervisor on the Fox comedy, and Ross Maxwell will serve as staff writers.

 

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Snowball and Pepper Take-on the Treadmill and Hearts Everywhere Smile

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Cats don't need exercise. They're perfect just the way they are. But for some reason these little guys can't help but be totally enthralled with the treadmill. And it makes sense if you think about it. While we might be all motivated, going for the run of our life, getting healthy, getting in shape and buff, to a cat the treadmill is a totally foreign contraption. Humans, on a moving walkway inside the house, huffing and puffing and fighting to walk in place.

So seeing it from Snowball and Pepper's perspectives, it makes complete sense that they would stare and poke and prod with their little furry mittenesque hands. They're simply looking out for our well being.

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Meet Purdue's Epic Rube Goldberg Winning Device, Our Fantasy Gadget

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This years Rube Goldberg competition asked college students take the simple task of watering a flower. Not only did a team from Purdue University beat out all the competition this year with this complex device, but they also crushed the previous world record by over 244 steps!

The machine also tells the story about the history of the world starting with the big bang and ending with the still looming apocalypse. My hat is off to the winning team for such a creative contraption. Watering a flower has never been this complicated.

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Red-Band 'Conan the Barbarian' Trailer Shows Off Fake Blood, Bad Music, Casual Dialogue

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NBA Draft 2011: DeAndre Liggins and 5 Players the Orlando Magic Should Avoid

With the 2011 NBA Draft on the horizon, the Orlando Magic don't have all that much to work with on draft night (second round 52nd overall), but there are some players general manager Otis Smith should avoid taking, like DeAndre Liggins with their one and only pick.

The Orlando Magic are seemingly in crisis mode trying to figure out how to retain Dwight Howard, making the draft buzz in Orlando all but non-existent. Fans have to remember, though, it's not unheard of to find a player in the second round that can help contribute during their rookie season.

That being said, these five players are not going to be any second round gems. 

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Keith Olbermann Says Anthony Weiner Isn't the Only Politician With a Scandal (VIDEO)

Filed under: Reality-Free, TV Replay

Jon Stewart may have been unable to report on Anthony Weiner's resignation last night due to having the night off (bad timing!), but plenty of other commentators were willing to step up and give their opinions.

Among them was Keith Olbermann, who made some shocking assertions on 'Late Night With Jimmy Fallon' (Weeknights, 12:37AM ET on NBC).

Talking about Weiner's spectacular fall from grace, Olbermann dished out the criticism pretty evenly. Democrats, he said, abandoned Weiner because they "don't support their own." Republicans, on the other hand, "love to be on the right side of a scandal like this because it doesn't happen that often."

So why the intense media coverage of the scandal? It's gathered international interest, with footage of Weiner's chaotic resignation press conference airing all over the world last night. Olbermann think it's because Weinergate is easy for reporters to understand: It's given them "something that they can actually understand: A penis."

After Jimmy Fallon referred to Weiner's last name as "comedy gold", Olbermann then disclosed that Speaker of the House John Boehner answers to a rather salacious nickname of his own.

 

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