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• Mike White not only wrote School Of Rock, but he was an extremely likable contestant on The Amazing Race (with his dad, Mel). Now, to that eclectic resume, he adds a film version of a great story that aired on This American Life just before Christmas last year. I remember the story, about warring factions of Santas, and I am already eager to see the movie.

• Having recently read Stephen King's new Under The Dome, I'm fairly bullish on a cable miniseries adaptation with Steven Spielberg at the helm. The Stand, which is in some ways a similar story, made for a surprisingly decent miniseries back in the day (Gary Sinise! Molly Ringwald! Rob Lowe!), and that was broadcast TV.

• In the continuing story of What The Heck Is Going On At NBC, note that the network ordered three more episodes of the struggling (to say the least) Trauma. As many expected, they're moving the return of Chuck up to January, too.

Two great moments in live performing, Runway chatter, and a thing about Twitter that seems even more inconsequential than most, after the jump.

 

• This video of How I Met Your Mother and Forgetting Sarah Marshall star Jason Segel performing onstage with The Swell Season has been making the rounds, and indeed, it is delightful.

But it is approximately one-tenth as delightful as this heart-stopping moment from a Houston show in which a woman heard singing in the audience was called on stage to join the band for a song. If you doubt that she's for real, watch the look on her face as soon as she's finished singing. That's real awe, right there. That clip will keep you going on your crummiest day. And I say that in spite of the fact that it makes me cry.

• Salon's Heather Havrilesky has this wrap-up of the seventh season of Project Runway, all of which I agree with. (I hope it is not necessary to tell you that this wrap-up of the season reveals what happened.)

• Believe it or not, there has been actual online discussion of Twitter's decision to change its prompt from "What are you doing?" to "What's happening?" As seen here. I would have gone with "What's shaking, beautiful?" myself, but I am not in charge.