In the mix this week …

NO. 1 REASON “OFFICE” SPINOFF WILL RULE: AZIZ ANSARI Not convinced yet? Sure, Celebrity Stirfry’s crush on the Indian-American comedian may influence our excitement for the new show, but this guy is seriously hilarious. According to the Hyphen blog and Variety, Ansari is the first official cast member announced for the new “Office” spin-off, promising to make prime time a little less white (to find out just how white, reference Entertainment Weekly’s recent network racial breakdown). Already an Executive Producer-Writer-Star (sighhh) on MTV’s “Human Giant,” Aziz was a must-have for the show’s producers from the beginning, given his unique sense of humor. Oh, did we mention he’s only 25 YEARS OLD?!? Young, hilarious and he speaks Tamil? Atta Tiger!

CHAPPELLE, MENCIA,….LEE? Every once in a while, Comedy Central proves to us it has a pair, putting shows on air that don’t shy away from controversy. Sometimes this means greatness, “Chappelle’s Show” or “South Park” to name a few, and sometimes it’s just heinous, “Mind of Mencia” or “Mind of Mencia.” Now, according to Angry Asian Man, we get a half hour of MadTV’s Bobby Lee highlighting his “point of view on living in a multicultural world.” Okay, so that description tell us absolutely NOTHING about whether or not this will be funny or offensive (or both). Apparently, the first show shows Lee trying to reconcile a rift between Koreans and blacks, which sounds like a fairly lofty goal for a 22-minute laffer. What’s next, Lee getting Obamaniacs and Clintonistas to hug it out? Regardless of the chuckle factor, we can only hope Lee’s show, ordered to series, skews more towards the Sarah Silverman/Dave Chappelle camp than the Mencia/”American Body Shop” junkyard.

SHYAMALAN’S MOST SURPRISING ENDING After the collective critical community took turns taking massive dumps on his latest outing, M. Night pulled a fast one on all of us when his movie took in nearly $70 million worldwide in its opening weekend, according to Defamer. Either audiences have managed to forgive the enigmatic director for “The Village” and “Lady in the Water,” or Shyamalan willed some sort of supernatural force to get so many butts in those seats.

LOVE IN THE ALPHA QUADRANT With the recent legalization of gay marriage by those crazy pinko Californians, same-sex couples have been snapping up marriage licenses, and who was one of the first? George Takei, who played beloved Sulu on “Star Trek.” According to People, Takei snagged the hottest SoCal commodity since the Prius. He plans to wed his longtime partner this fall, in a ceremony that promises to be—dare we say it—out of this world? While we’re all happy to see one of the nicest guys in space allowed to marry the love of his life, we can only hope that those ever tactful rightwing family value folks will refrain from any unfortunate alien comparisons. Three cheers to equal rights, living long and prospering, Sulu!

MIA SHOWS M.I.A. At hippies-meet-hipsters music orgyfest Bonnaroo 2008, possibly one of the coolest people alive M.I.A. announced this was her last show, for reals y’all. Of course, according to NYmag.com, the show she played at the MOMA last week was also her last show, and also the show she played at McCarren Park Pool the week before was also her last show. So what’s the deal, MIA? The conspiracy theorists haven’t really chimed in yet with their predictions of exactly what she’s up to, but we here at Stirfry can only guess that whatever it is it will probably completely blow our minds. And if she actually is serious about leaving the stage for good, you better believe we will be starting a petition to beg her back to the mic, as friend and soundalike Santogold holding down the sonic fort is only going to remind us of our first love. •