The Star Jones Show is being taken off the air. Apparently it was a mutual agreement between Star Jones and her network. The final show airs on Friday.

Well, okay, Bart’s a cartoon character. But the woman who voices him, Nancy Cartwright, made a bigger contribution than even Tom Cruise did. She donated ten million bucks to the Church of Scientology; Tommy boy only gave five.

The Class was one of the sitcoms of 2006/2007 that for some reason got canned after nineteen episodes. It wasn’t because of ratings, nor for poor writing. In fact, David Crane, who made his name with Friends, was the co-creator/ co-writer/ co-producer of The Class. Take all the best elements of Friends and add a lot more varied characters. Cancelling The Class was one of CBS’ big mistakes. It had reasonable ratings, a large cast of good actors/ actresses, comedy, angst, and so much chemistry between three pairs of characters: Nicole and Duncan, Kat and Ethan, and Richie and Lina.

Hopefully this show gets a second chance, maybe after the WGA writers’ strike ends. However, some cast members have been getting on with their careers. At least three of them are separately in Cloverfield, Untraceable, and Meet the Spartans. With a bit of digging, I found out what the rest of the cast are doing. I’ve only included cast members that appeared in five or more episodes. Pics and video clips are provided where available.

Warning: the sound levels on the video clips below are all over the place, so be ready with your mouse.

Main Characters

Andrea Anders – Before Andrea Anders’ role as Nicole Allen in The Class, you might recognize her from her role as Alex Garrett in the short-lived Joey sitcom, which starred Matt LeBlanc as his Joey character from the Friends series. Since The Class, Anders has only appeared in the Numb3rs episode “Power.”

Jon Bernthal – Jon Bernthal played Duncan Carmello, who was still secretly in love with his old flame, Andrea Anders’ character Nicole. Since The Class, Bernthal has appeared Day Zero (2007). In 2008 he’ll be in A Line in the Sand, Pinkville, and Bar Starz. In 2009, he’ll be in The Pacific, a TV mini-series.

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TMZ.com is reporting that “Grey’s Anatomy” star Justin Chambers (Dr. Alex Karev) checked himself into the UCLA Medical Center psych ward earlier in the week. Justin Chambers checked in Monday but left yesterday (just before Britney arrived, perhaps?).

Justin Chambers’ rep confirmed the rumor, saying that Chamber was “exhausted and suffers from a sleeping disorder and went in voluntarily to get some help.” He is a father of five kids, after all — exhaustion sounds just about right. Read the rest of this entry »

Remember former boy band member Robbie Carrico on last night’s “American Idol 7″ Miami audition show? Looks like he once dated Britney Spears.

Actually, Robbie Carrico was part of the Orlando group Boyz N Girlz United, known as “a boyband with girls” and briefly dated Britney Spears in 1999, when his group opened for Britney’s “Baby One More Time” tour. Read the rest of this entry »

Conan O’Brien discusses “Cloverfield” during his monologue — in this video clip, Conan re-enacts “Cloverfield.” Too funny.

Elizabeth Mitchell (who plays Juliet on “Lost”) dropped by The View today to discuss — what else? “Lost.” Well, what she is allowed to discuss anyway — not much. Check out the video clip.

Dr. Phil stops in at The View (January 31) to talk about visiting Britney Spears for her first meltdown and discusses her entry into the hospital last night. The Dr. Phil/The View video clip is above — of course, he plugs his 1,000th episode.