Is it possible to watch a movie in iTunes on my HDTV and still use my MacBook Pro?

I have a Mid 2010 MBP 13" and want to use iTunes to play my movies. VLC and other programs give me the option to pick which display to use. My LCD monitor or my HDTV for full screen viewing. Is there an oprion for this in iTunes? I can drag the movie window to my HDTV and view it fullscreen but then my MBP screen goes blank.
I would like to be able to use the MBP while a movie is playing.
Thanks

I did finally find a poat about this issue recently. It seems to have been going on since Lion came out. I solved my own problem, I just decided to buy an Apple TV to do the streaming to my HDTV.
It works wonderfully.
I do however want to thank all of the viewers of my post for thier helpful feedback about this issue.

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