The news broke today, after creator David Shore pushed the network to tell him one way or the other. At the end of 2011, both parties had agreed to push off the decision til after January 1, but Shore, obviously sensing some unease, decided that he’d rather have advance warning to prepare an adequate series finale for May.

We knew that the show was nearing its last legs when series regular Lisa Edelstein left last year, but it’s definite now that the network has confirmed the decision. While it’s difficult to see such a brilliant show go off the air, it’s worth nothing that it had been losing steam for some time now, with cast shake-ups that couldn’t restore the snappy repartee of the first few seasons, and the writers throwing the cantankerous Dr. House into increasingly unrealistic situations (rehab, jail, and so forth). We’ll always remember the good times, but it’s time.

We can always count on E!’s Kristin dos Santos to get a statement from the creators; here’s what David Shore, Katie Jacobs, and star Hugh Laurie had to say to fans:

After much deliberation, the producers of House M.D. have decided that this season of the show, the 8th, should be the last.  By April this year they will have completed 177 episodes, which is about 175 more than anyone expected back in 2004.

The decision to end the show now, or ever, is a painful one, as it risks putting asunder hundreds of close friendships that have developed over the last eight years – but also because the show itself has been a source of great pride to everyone involved.

Since it began, House has aspired to offer a coherent and satisfying world in which everlasting human questions of ethics and emotion, logic and truth, could be examined, played out, and occasionally answered.  This sounds like fancy talk, but it really isn’t.  House has, in its time, intrigued audiences around the world in vast numbers, and has shown that there is a strong appetite for television drama that relies on more than prettiness or gun play.

But now that time is drawing to a close.  The producers have always imagined House as an enigmatic creature;  he should never be the last one to leave the party.  How much better to disappear before the music stops, while there is still some promise and mystique in the air.

The producers can never sufficiently express their gratitude to the hundreds of dedicated artists and technicians who have given so generously of their energy and talent to make House the show it has been – and perhaps will continue to be for some time, on one cable network or another.

The makers of House would also like to thank Fox Broadcasting and Universal Television for supporting the show with patience, imagination and large quantities of good taste.  The Studio-As-Evil-Adversary is one of the many clichés that House has managed to avoid, and for that the cast and crew are deeply grateful.

Lastly, the audience:  some have come and some have gone, obviously.  This is to be expected in the life of any show.  But over the course of the last eight years, the producers of House have felt immensely honored to be the subject of such close attention by an intelligent, discriminating, humane and thoughtful – not to mention numerous – audience.  Even the show’s detractors have been flattering in their way.

Making the show has felt like a lively and passionate discussion about as many different subjects as could possibly be raised in 177 hours. The devotion and generosity of our viewers has been marvelous to behold.

So, finally, everyone at House will bid farewell to the audience and to each other with more than a few tears, but also with a deep feeling of gratitude for the grand adventure they have been privileged to enjoy for the last eight years.  If the show lives on somewhere, with somebody, as a fond memory, then that is a precious feat, of which we will always be proud.

Everybody Lies.

We can only hope that Shore and Jacobs go on — together or separately — to create an equally compelling, intelligent, snarky show. Because I do believe that House as a series showed audiences that they could dive into a fast-paced, technical-jargon-heavy show and still find its heart.

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After the Patriots lost, Todd Krim tweeted, Sorry @TheConnorCruise maybe next year!!! Seems like playful ribbing, right? Not to uber-sensitive Connor, who sent Todd a furious text. Thankfully, Todd shared that text, and the following correspondence, with the New York Post‘s Page Six:

Connor: That was a gay ass [bleeping] tweet… U don’t say [bleep] like that about my team the second they lose. Low.

Todd: Umm ok… Dude I was [bleeping] joking.

Connor: That was [bleep]ed… Idgaf.

Yes, he used the little-known acronym for “I don’t give a fuck.” Teenage drama is so intense!

What’s bizarre is that after the Patriots’ loss in the Super Bowl, Connor posted this totally reasonable tweet: Ahh this hurts. But the Giants played a better game and my hat is off to them. Better luck next year #Patriots4Life So maybe he’d been having problems with Todd beforehand. Regardless, Todd announced that he’ll no longer be working with Tom Cruise’s son, despite Connor’s (new) publicist-approved apology:

“What I texted was unacceptable. It is not a reflection of who I am and what I feel, and it certainly won’t happen again.”

However, now Todd’s turned the other cheek, and is even scolding others for drumming up more drama. Today he clarified,

Everyone @theconnorcruise apologized to me for his texts which I accept so the matter is closed as far as I’m concerned. Let’s move on!

And when another user mocked Connor for needing “Daddy’s” protection, Todd added,

@JustinABrenner Justin please drop this subject. I’d really appreciate it.

Guess he doesn’t want to dwell on his (totally awesome) bitchslapping of an entitled celebrity kid.

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After 5 years away from the show, Maya Rudolph is returning to 30 Rock on February 18th to host Saturday Night Live. As one of my favorite SNL actresses ever, I couldn’t be more excited for her. Despite having some of the funniest recurring characters in the series history, she’s usually forgotten when bigger names like Tina Fey, Amy Poehler and Kristen Wiig get tossed around.

They might have more name recognition and street cred, but Maya’s impressions of people like Whitney Houston, Donatella Versace and Beyonce usually have me laughing hysterically.

So since I’ve always thought of her as an SNL underdog, I’m happy to see that her career’s starting to really take off. In 2011  she not only starred in the hit movie Bridesmaids, but she also landed the role as the Oprah-like character Eva on Up All Night. While I thought she was underutilized in Bridesmaids, I think she’s using her talents perfectly on Up All Night.

So in honor of her blossoming career and more importantly, finally returning to host SNL, I present a few of my favorite Maya Rudolph SNL moments.

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According to Us, Lana likes the mini-bling as an accessory and doesn’t actually have bad teeth; this is her second, after a matte gold one she used to wear. That’s right: She does this as a fashion statement.

A fashion statement for a free performance, no less. She and Ben Kweller (remember him?) are the musicians performing at Amoeba Records in LA this week, following a charity auction. Yeah, none of this makes sense.

Then again, she didn’t bring the cap to SNL, so maybe she figures it’s some sort of good luck charm and will keep her buoyed on the kind of internet hype that made everyone think such a green performer would bring down the house.

Thing is, Ke$ha already beat her to it, back in January:

At least it’s distracted us from Lana’s weird, surgically-enhanced lips, however briefly.

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Nope, he’s so popular that Say It With Condoms went ahead and designed them for him with the slogan: Despite Mitt’s Inability To Stick To A Position, Romney Condoms Are Great For ANY Position.

So now you’re probably saying to yourself, “This is great news! My boyfriend’s a huge Romney fan and I think this is just the kind of special gift he would love for Valentine’s Day. I’m just not sure if this is the right gift for his penis.”

Don’t worry! The site  laid out its only criteria for wearing a Mitt Romney condom. As long as your penis is an elitist, you’ll be fine.

Not a Romney fan? No fear, Say It With Condoms swings both ways on the political spectrum and they have Obama condoms, McCain condoms and even Sarah Palin condoms.

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I want you to know I saw the photos today. Those photos from that “fashion” shoot you did with Uncle Terry. Are you proud of yourself for that? I could totally see part of your nipple in two of them. It sort of creeped me out, because that’s not something I ever thought we would do. I also never thought our boobs would be so saggy at the age of 25. Have you not been wearing a bra or something? Shall I send you one from the past? I can get stamps from mom.

Every time I feel like we’re on the right track you go and do something like this. I’m not sure how many times I’ve politely suggested you stay away from those types who will lead you back down the rocky road to Crack Ville, but you refuse to listen. Do you think Terry cares about you as much as I do? No. No one cares about you, rather us, as much as I do. They all just want to exploit us, have their way with us, then throw us away! Even mom! Look at what she let Ali do to her face! She’s going to look like Joan Rivers by the time she’s our age… it totally sucks.

Look, I get that as a child star we were bound to have our ups and downs. It was almost fated to be a mess, but this is just ridiculous. I feel like you’re not even trying anymore.

Do you have any more movies lined up for us? Do you really think any studio is going to get the necessary insurance to put up with your antics? I’ve done my research on this topic, and I know for a fact that Robert Downey, Jr was not insurable for years because of his issues with drugs and jail — just like us, LiLo! Sure he’s doing well now, but he’s 46! We already look 46! If we have to wait two decades to be taken seriously as an actress again, we’re going to look 66! Do you see where I’m going with this? Actually, maybe we can get him to do an intervention, now that I think about it. We could have E! cover it. I bet they’d pay big bucks for that. I’ll have mom call him tonight.

I don’t want to tell you how to live your life. I just want you to think about me; think about us. Think about what we were, all the promise we had in our fingertips — we were really something back then. I mean, we were in a movie with Rachel McAdams and Tina Fey! Do you think that’s ever going to happen again? Not at this rate, Lindsay.

Just think about it for ol’ time sake, won’t you?

Thanks in advance.

Yours Always,

Lindsay

PS. Please go back to our natural hair color. That bleached look isn’t helping in the way of us not looking all cracked-out and cheap.

PPS. Quit smoking. It’s wrecking havoc on our freckles.

PPPS. Mom called and wants to make sure her cut of the Uncle Terry shoot is in the mail. FYI.

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And then you have one of its stars lose his script. The Mary Sue found this great interview that Oldman gave to CNN, where he admitted to misplacing what we’re assuming is his The Dark Knight Rises screenplay in his hotel room. To make matters worse, it wasn’t just Gordon’s lines—it was the entire story.

“I panicked for about twenty minutes,” Oldman told CNN, explaining how he ended up misplacing the script:

“You know in a hotel room, they sometimes fold the bed, they take that cover and they put it like so at the bottom of the [bed]? And I think [the script] wouldn’t go in the safe and I didn’t want to leave it in my bag so I put it in amongst the blankets and things. And I thought, ‘Well, I’ll just hide it there.”

And then he forgot where he put it. But thankfully, it was recovered instead of getting posted on a spoiler board.

I got a real sense of how utterly secret everything had to be when I interviewed Daniel Sunjata for One for the Money. Having noticed that IMDb credits him as “Gotham Police Department Special Operative” in The Dark Knight Rises, I tried to broach the topic of the movie. He laughed and was apologetic since all he could say was this:

I’m playing a special forces operative who comes in and tries to help Batman defeat Bane. That’s all I can really say, but I will say it was a blast working on that film and it was a great honor working with Christopher Nolan.

Only about 150 more days til July 19th…

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Hughes, unlike many before and those who would follow, had particular insight into the teenage mind. In actress, Molly Ringwald, he found a muse, and it was in casting her in the majority of his teen films that audiences found a real connection. Here was a man who actually got what teenagers were thinking, their concerns with cliques, popularity and, of course, unrequited love.

Although Hughes also made a name for himself with such movies as the Home Alone franchise and a few others, it’s his teen films for which he’ll be remembered most. Had he not passed away suddenly from a heart attack while walking in New York City in 2009, he would have been 62 next week.

Even if you’re not old enough to remember Hughes, his influences are everywhere. Director Judd Apatow has acknowledged the impact Hughes has had on his career, as well as the feeling that a part of his childhood had died the day Hughes passed away. He was truly an American icon and forever set the bar on teen films.

It may be hard to conceive that no matter what your age, you may not be familiar with the works of John Hughes. But in case you do fall into that category, let me give you a brief lesson on six of his best movies.

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