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Well, no wonder I missed this news: it was buried in some Variety article with "R. Kelly" in the title. You might as well slap a "poison" label on a jar of Skippy and expect me to open it. Seriously, people.

Anyway, yes, The Whitest Kids U Know will be heading to IFC for its second season after completing its first season on Fuse, IFC's sister channel. IFC has also acquired rights to the first season of the series. Fans of the series should be happy about this move for two reasons: IFC does not censor anything, and, it's commercial-free. The troupe is currently shooting the second season.

• Good Morning America's Robin Roberts had surgery yesterday and is already home.
• Now Trump says he never offered Rosie money to be on Celebrity Apprentice. Whatever.
• A clip from an old IFC show called Split Screen, where Christopher Walken teaches you how to cook.
• Jerry Seinfeld's secret to productivity.
• Henry Rollins on freedom and the web.
• Brian Williams and Katie Couric blog about the Minneapolis bridge collapse.
• Matt Roush on the cancellation of The Dresden Files.

Sarah Silverman is returning for her second year as host of the Spirit Awards, which is the award show I watch instead of the Academy Awards. I understand that just because a film is independent doesn't mean it's any good, but I prefer the laidback atmosphere and free spirit of this broadcast over the stuffy, surgically-altered humanoids who give golden idols to whoever made the least crappiest mainstream film that year.

The award ceremony for the Spirit Awards will air on IFC on February 24, 2007, and nominees will be announced on November 28. The Spirit Awards have been around since 1984, and they've been a great way for me to find out about movies I hadn't heard of. It was because of them I found out about Donnie Darko, which quickly became one of my favorite movies.

I wouldn't call myself a huge fan, but I've always had an admiration for comedian Laura Kightlinger. She's popped up from time to time on the TV screen on shows such as Saturday Night Live and Loveline, as well as Will and Grace, on which she was also a writer and producer. She's very funny, and this interview she did with USA Today's Whitney Matheson proves it. The two ladies talk about Kightlinger's IFC series The Minor Accomplishments of Jackie Woodman, which Anna first mentioned in May and is yet further proof that I need a better cable package because there are just too many channels with too many good shows I'm missing. At least, I assume the show is good since she's involved with it. Perhaps it totally sucks, but I wouldn't know. That's my point.

Tomorrow night at 9 p.m. EST Jimmy Smits will narrate a documentary on the relationship between the United States and Puerto Rico titled Yo Soy Boricua, Pa'que Tu Lo Sepas! (I'm Boricua, Just So You Know!). The documentary, which will air on IFC, is the directorial debut of Rosie Perez, and will delve deep into the history of the country, including its often rocky history with the United States. Subjects it will focus on include the Spanish conquest, forced sterilization in the 30s, and the Nationalist movement that took place in the 1950s. Perez is also hoping to use the documentary as a way to look into her own family history and where she came from.  

The Independent Film Channel web site now has the first episodes of both Greg The Bunny and Hopeless Pictures online. You can watch them uncut, for free. You can also see a clip from another new show, The Festival.

Greg The Bunny and Hopeless Pictures air Friday nights at 10 starting this Friday, while The Festival airs at 10:30. (The shows also air at other times during the week but this is their regular time slot.)