What's new and/or interesting on TV this week. Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence (Mon, 8PM-8:30PM, TCM) Film critic and author Mitchell talks to actor and director Sydney Pollack, who died shortly after filming. Pollack discusses performers, filmmakers, and movies that have affected his life and career. Unwrapped (Mon, 9PM-9:30PM, Food Network) Chips! We like chips. Chips of all kinds are explored, including pickle chips, Sun Chips, and chocolate-covered potato chips. Modern Marvels (Thu, 9PM-10PM, History......

The shapeless dough of the internet, formed into tasty pellets and baked to perfection, just for you. We love bacon and all, but the scratch 'n sniff bacon tuxedo takes things a couple dozen steps too far. (Via Sarah) Geeks, your list is here: the 11 Most Scorching-Hot Female Cosplayers Ever. (Via) Another casting call for Transformers 2 will be taking place this Saturday at Bullies Bar at the Spectrum. It's another "one photo a......

What's new and/or interesting at Philly theaters this weekend. Ira & Abby - Ira is a brilliant, neurotic Jew with tons of "issues" (hmm... where have we heard of that character before?), and Abby is a free spirit who likes to solve her friends' problems. They meet, fall in love, meet each other's parents, and decide to get married, all in just a few hours. Then, of course, a series of wacky shenanigans make them......

What's new and/or interesting in Philly theaters this weekend. Avenue Montaigne - A beautiful young woman comes to Paris and ends up working as a waitress at a fashionable cafe on the titular street, which is the "city’s nexus for art, music, theater, and fashion." So her customers are all famous, rich, or trying to be famous or rich. But she's not really aware of this, and her honesty and naivety changes them, and in......

What's new and/or interesting in Philly theaters this weekend. A Prairie Home Companion - An odd idea for a movie, this is a fictionalized account of the final live broadcast of Garrison Keillor's award-winning radio/stage show (don't worry - the show hasn't really ended), written by Keillor and directed by cranky old Robert Altman. So to enjoy it you'll probably have to be a fan of both Altman and Keillor, who are both sort of......