Matthew Weiner pulled out all the stops tonight for a season finale, didn’t he? No cliches, none of the stuff we all wondered about. Except maybe whether Ted would leave his wife for Peggy. But really, it was all about coming clean. And Jon Hamm, I think, scored his Emmy nomination and win in that speech to the Hershey’s people.

The final scene: heartbreaking. What a whirlwind this episode was. But Weiner may be suggesting that Don has a future after all. This is a lot different than what water cooler talk has indicated. Amazing. And for “Mad Men” incredibly uplifting.

And what are left with: Peggy in Don’s chair. Don removed from the agency. The show resuming in early 1969 for Season 7. Will Megan leave Don? (I don’t think so.) Ted is gone– goodbye to Kevin Rahm, who deserves an Emmy nomination. Bob Benson is the Devil incarnate. Frightening. But Roger and Joan have a future– and everyone wants that.

Emmy voters: “Mad Men” is the best show on TV. Jon Hamm, John Slattery, Elizabeth Moss and Christina Hendricks all deserve Emmys. This last episode capped a magnificent season.

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Paramount just called “World War Z” their third biggest franchise opener for the studio– meaning “WWZ” is a franchise, and a sequel is assured. The Brad Pitt starrer, with Marc Forster directing, took in $66 million this weekend. The smart, funny, tense film surprised everyone. But not Brad Pitt, who worked like a dog promoting “WWZ” all over the world. It’s his own biggest opening weekend ever personally, by $16 million. “WWZ” was dissected in advance of its release by everyone. The last third of the movie was reshot entirely, a whole sequence shot in Russia was canned, Matthew Fox’s role was sliced to almost nothing. For a while, things looked bad. But perseverance paid off. And now “WWZ” is a big hit. And no zombies were hurt in the making of this movie.

James Gandolfini will be laid to rest in a place appropriate for his age and influence– a relatively young man (51) whom everyone loved. Services have been set for Thursday morning at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York, the world’s largest cathedral and third largest church. St. John the Divine has been host to Christmas concerts by the likes of Sting and Judy Collins, as well as indoor aerial stunts by favorite parishioner Philip Petit. It’s an Episcopal church but extremely liberal and open to people of all denominations.

Jazz great Duke Ellington and writer James Baldwin are among the celebrities who’ve had their funerals at St John. The cathedral is big enough to hold what will likely be a huge, huge crowd of family, close friends, business associates, and fans of “The Sopranos” star. Capacity is 6,000 but can range up to 10,000. Expect everyone from “The Sopranos” with the possible exception of Steve van Zandt, who’s on tour in Europe with the Bruce Springsteen band. Lorraine Bracco will likely come in from Los Angeles, where she’s filming “Rizzoli and Isles.”

Another strong possibility might be Julia Roberts, who co-starred with Gandolfini in “The Mexican.” John Travolta, who already announced on TV that he “would be there” for the Gandolfini family– whether they like it or not — will undoubtedly turn up.

Jon Stewart appeared last night on Bassem Youseff’s TV show in Cairo, Egypt. This may actually bring peace to the middle East. An American Jewish TV host on an Arab show. The audience, which clearly knows Stewart from cable and the internet, was ecstatic. The two discussed many political subjects and were also extremely funny. Bassem explained that Cairo’s extreme traffic is “our first line of defense.” It’s worth watching the whole show to the end because there’s a cute capper. Stewart is on his 12 week break from The Daily Show so can he direct his movie, “Rosewater” starring Gael Garcia Bernal as Maziar Bahari.

Getting ready for the Oscars? They’re a long way away, you know, an extra two weeks in the schedule because of the March 2, 2014 date. That means the Oscar buzzed movies are going to start pushing their release dates well into December. Those movies have to get through February, when the Olympics are going to be marketed through the roof.

Knowing this, The Weinstein Company, HQ of all Oscar activity, has picked its Academy Award front runner and moved it. “August: Osage County” has had such great reactions that it’s moving from October to Christmas Day. The John Wells-directed adaptation of the award winning play stars Meryl Streep, a natural for Best Actress consideration. Julia Roberts co-stars, and those who’ve seen it are impressed with her performance. (If she’s not strident and self-referential, this will be a comeback of major proportions.)

Others in the film include Juliette Lewis, Ewan McGregor, Dermot Mulroney, Benedict Cumberbatch, Margo Martindale, and Abigail Breslin. Come on! It’s already a Best Picture nominee. But seriously, it does look like “AOC” will get a serious push. The only problem– and everyone should have this problem– is that TWC has like four or five Best Actresses with Nicole Kidman, Oprah Winfrey, and Noemi Harris in the mix too for “Grace of Monaco,” “The Butler,” and “Mandela.”

Meantime, word on “The Butler” — due in August– is that tweaking and editing continue to make it perfect. One of the many actors who play a cameo may be getting cut out of the story. If so, I hope we’ll see them on the DVD.

There will never be the hoped for “Sopranos” reunion movie now. Sadly, it can’t happen ever as the star, James Gandolfini, is gone. But there was a “Sopranos” reunion of a sort, and it’s just available on DVD. “Nicky Deuce” aired on Nickelodeon last month, based on a children’s book by one of the show’s stars, Steve Schirripa. The movie features Gandolfini, Michael Imperioli, Schirripa, Vincent Curatola and Tony Sirico as cute mobsters. A high school kid is sent to live with his uncle (Schirripa) who may be involved in mob activities. It’s like a light hearted version or a send up of “The Sopranos.” Curatola, who played Johnny Sack, told me yesterday that the gang got together at the end of May to promote the film. “We had a great time. Jimmy was in a great mood,” he said. “Nicky Deuce” is available on DVD now, although Nickolodeon hasn’t said a word about it. But it does mark the one and only “Sopranos” reunion on film, a nice footnote to the famed series.