Deal or No Deal

. . . Or maybe not, cuz even when she gets a clue, she is too oblivious to notice. The contestant's fate and fortune relies on her selection from the suitcases in front of her. The big clue: Her sister is a model holding one of the suitcases in the line-up. Hmm. One would think Lauren here would carefully inspect her options and take notice of her sister, but — no deal. (Thanks, College Humor!)

• It'll be back: Fox has renewed Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles for a second season, writes the Hollywood Reporter.
• One of James Bond's iconic cars plunged into a lake in Italy while shooting a scene, the AP reports.
• Jordin Sparks is suffering from a vocal cord hemorrhage and has dropped out of the Alicia Keys tour, writes Billboard.
• It's not just Britney — TV Guide reports that Sarah Chalke is also returning to How I Met Your Mother.
• Just in time for Earth Day, the LA Times reports that Disney has launched a new unit to make environmental and nature films.
• Variety reports that the Crank sequel has found its lead actors: Amy Smart and Clifton Collins, Jr. Bai Ling will also have a role in the movie.
• According to ABC News, President Bush will send an on-air good luck message to a contestant on Deal or No Deal tonight.
• Carnie Wilson and "Kid" from Kid 'N Play are among the "celebrities" who will be competing on a celebrity magic reality show on VH1; details are at The Futon Critic.

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Every Friday, I round up the week's best, funniest, strangest, and most embarrassing moments in television for your amusement. It was slim pickings over the holidays this week, but I still found a few priceless bits to share.

• Thanks to the year-end "clipdown" episode of E!'s "The Soup" for reminding me to revisit this too-funny moment from "Dancing with the Stars," in which Joey Lawrence ... um, I'm not sure there are really words for what he does. I'll borrow from one of the judges, who called it "George Michael meets the Village People on a cruise to Brazil."
  
• OK, I admit it: I turned on the yule log in HD for a while on Christmas Eve. Here's the thing: Logs are really ugly in high definition.



• Colie, the self-described "kissing slut" on "The Real World: Denver," learns she has mono. After her doctor asks how close people in the house get (wink, nudge), Colie says: "Theoretically speaking, everyone in the house could come down with mono in a month."




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