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A new study has found that people eat more when they watch television.

Dr. Harvey Anderson from the University of Toronto divided teenage boys into two groups: one which watched television and one which did not.

Each teenager was given as much pizza as he wanted to eat.

Dr. Anderson observed that the group which watched television ate an average of 228 calories more than the other group.

Words

to divide: to separate into groups or parts.
to observe: to see, notice.

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The color of your dreams may depend on what sort of television your family owned when you were a child.

People who watched black-and-white television during childhood tend to have colorless dreams, according to research at Dundee University in Scotland.

These are usually people who are over 55 years old.

The younger generation, on the other hand, is more likely to have dreams in color.

Source: The Daily Telegraph

Star Wars will be appearing on the small screen, according to director George Lucas.

Lucas is planning a television series using some of the lesser-known characters from the films.

“The Skywalkers aren’t in it, and it’s about minor characters. It has nothing to do with Luke Skywalker or Darth Vader or any of those people. It’s completely different. But it’s a good idea, and it’s going to be a lot of fun to do,” Lucas told The Los Angeles Times.

Janet Jackson seems to be everywhere these days.

The ubiquitous star is coming out with a new album, writing a book and appearing in a new film.

Her book is about her struggle with weight loss. She told The Associated Press that she wanted to write about losing weight because “”so many people have asked me about it and how did I do it”.

She is also starring in “Why Did I Get Married?”, the most successful movie this weekend in the United States.

Her album will be released in 2008.

Words

ubiquitous: seeming to be everywhere at the same time.
struggle: fight, battle.