Short Ends: Ellen Finds Workable Solution For Her Writers Strike Problems

· In replacing her picketing writing staff with a set of bongos today, Ellen DeGeneres may be onto to something; look for Carson Daly to kill some time on his own strike-hobbled program by spending ten to fifteen minutes bashing away at a full drum kit before bringing out his guest.
· Jennifer Love Hewitt has broken her silence about the junk in her trunk, defending the honour of unfairly persecuted size 2’s everywhere.
· Sandra Oh gives the Canadian perspective on the writers strike.
· And speaking of our neighbours to the north, there are more of those horrifying PSAs where that face-scorcher came from. [Warning: not for the weak of heart or delicate of constitution.]