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Mr. Sulu Comes Out

George Takei is boldly going where no Star Trek vet has gone before: out of the closet. The 68-year-old actor — who played chief helm officer Mr. Sulu in the original series — has confirmed that he is gay. He made the revelation in the current issue of Frontiers, a Los Angeles magazine covering the gay and lesbian community. Takei said he would have come out sooner were it not for Starfleet's "don't ask, don't tell" policy

Bwha! I love that last line.

Vampires on HBO?

Alan Ball is getting back in business with HBO. The Six Feet Under creator is developing a new series for the cabler based on Charlaine Harris' Southern Vampire series of best-selling novels, per Variety.

Hmm... I've tried these novels but have never quite gotten into them. I have one hanging around the house, I might try one last time.

TVGuide: Watercooler on Smallville

Where to start? OK, I know. Princess Leia, editor-in-chief of the Daily Planet, who knew? Favorite-line honors go to the actor formerly known as William the Bloody: "Clark, there's no such thing as vampires." I know, we saw the line teased ad nauseum from the second last week's episode ended. I don't care. Loved it. What do you want? I'm easy. {...} yea! to the first couple of scenes featuring Lex and Milton. The two menaces to society have something in common: an unnatural fascination with Clark Kent. Oh, and we got a bit of Brainiac badness. Finally.

Excerpts from Entertainment Weekly's Apprentice recap

Meanwhile, the Women made a kinda ugly Astroturf golf course and fought a lot. (''Clay is not a man,'' announced Alla. ''He is an insecure, bitchy woman times a thousand.'')

Me: It's funny because it's TRUE!

Excerpt from TV Guide's Apprentice recap

The Donald is displeased. And you know what that means… four, count 'em, four finger-pointing sad sacks get the pink slip in one fell swoop. But amidst all that jaw-dropping, guffaw-inducing jolly good fun, the episode's finest moment comes down to the post-boardroom Walk of Shame in which Josh, Jennifer, Mark and James are forced to share a single cab into sequestered oblivion. Best. Uncomfortable. Silence. Ever!

Batman Begins hits DVDs

"Batman Begins" scored a knockout punch in its first week on home video, shooting to No. 1 on both the preliminary national sales and rental charts.

The brooding Warner Bros. auctioneer, which took in nearly $205.3 million in theaters, is one of the first big summer movies to come to video -- and ranks as the top-selling DVD so far this fourth quarter. Industry sources peg its sales at nearly 4 million copies in the week ended October 23.