New York Times: "Discovery [Channel] also has greenlighted a 13-episode series called 'Big,' in which a team will band together to build humongous versions of everything from a light bulb to a pizza pie. 'Big' will premiere in June on Tuesdays at 9 p.m."The Israelis do big pizza.... More

Jessica Simpson has given a hint at what will transpire in the Pizza Hut commercial in which she'll star with various Muppets:"It's very cool and Pizza Hut is the best and The Muppets are an American icon. I've watched them since I was young and Miss Piggy is in a cute little Juicy sweatsuit and has bling-bling so it's fun.""The concept is very cute. The Muppets are fighting and I'm trying to calm everybody down with this amazing new pizza from Pizza Hut." [From Albany's WXXA-TV, Fox 23.]... More

While watching a DVRed episode of South Park Wednesday night, I caught a Daily Show Newsbreak that mentioned pizza:Jon Stewart: Good evening. The detection of mad cow disease in America prompts over thirty countries to ban U.S. beef imports. Making matters worse, grain imports have also been halted after some American pizzas tested postive for crazy bread.The Daily Show's a bit late, treating the BSE scare as a first-day story. (And no, it wasn't a rerun; the actual show, later in the evening, featured the latest Mars rover, Spirit, which touched down earlier this week.) The holidays must have put... More