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December 22, 2009 at 5:35am PST

Tags: 227, Alaina Reed Hall, death, Sad, Sesame Street

Alaina Reed Hall, the actress best known for playing Olivia on Sesame Street and for her role on the sitcom 227, passed away last week. She had battling breast cancer for a long time. She was sixty-three.

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Elmo's Got Friends in High Places

October 29, 2009 at 8:32pm PST

Tags: Elmo, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Obama, Sesame Street

Photos: Jesse Grant

There's so much we love about this picture of Jake Gyllenhaal with Elmo, we sort of don't know where to begin.

He's just one of the many stars that are showing up at Sesame Street for the show's 40th (!) anniversary.

Cameron Diaz, Adam Sandler, Eva Longoria, Ricky Gervais, Paul Rudd, Hugh Jackman, Christina Applegate, and others are all scheduled to appear. And of course, Michelle Obama already made her appearance earlier this season.

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Cookie Monster Eats Big at the Emmys

August 31, 2009 at 6:32am PST

Tags: Betty White, Cookie Monster, Daytime Emmys, Rachael Ray, Sesame Street, The Bold and the Beautiful, Tyra Banks, Vanessa Williams

We know we were probably the only ones in America watching the Daytime Emmys last night, but we watched so you didn't have to!

Tyra Banks and Rachael Ray each won in their respective categories for Best Talk Show, and the women of The View finally won for Best Talk Show Hosts after 12 tries!

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Law Abiding Citizen See It or Skip It

F. Gary Gray's latest effort, Law Abiding Citizen, starring Jamie Foxx and Gerard Butler, is a knockout! Exhilirating, wry and breathcatchingly paced, it's a stellar accomplishment for everyone involved. Hell yeah you should see it!

The Boys Are Back See It or Skip It

Scott Hicks, the director of Shine, and Clive Owen teamed up for this gloriously beautiful if underwhelming project. It's not that it's bad, it's just not that memorable and with such supreme talent attached, I was hoping for and expecting a lot more.

Jennifer's Body See it or Skip it

Oh, Diablo Cody, why'd you have to do it? I love you so long...and then you made this. Megan Fox does what she always does, she looks hot. At least there's that. Sophmoric, unfunny and obsessively idiosyncratic, it's a painful movie going experience.

See It or Skip It: World's Greatest Dad

Chocolate and peanut butter. Spaghetti and meatballs. Bobcat Goldthwait and profanity. Two great tastes that taste great together. Gone is the Bobcat of the Police Academy movies and in his stead is a fantastic writer-director who's able to orchestrate the most brilliantly, hilarious vulgarity imaginable. World's Greatest Dad is a fantastic dark comedy (very dark) that features Robin Williams' best performance since Good Will Hunting. See it!