Itunes stuck on processing file and won't sync iPhone or iPad when connected.

I updated to Lion last week and ever since I did that I can't download new apps to itunes or sync my iphone or ipad. It freezes everytime. Everything is up to date. I can't download new apps to itunes. I can download to the phone and the ipad but can't even synch those to my phone. Any help is appreciated.
Thanks!

I've been having the same problem.... I forced iTunes to quit when it got hung up on one or two downloads, and then when I relaunched, they were gone from my "Purchased" list.  I've tired going back to the iTunes store to re-download the files, but the button says "Purchased" and is grayed out... while the other music files that did download successfully say "Play".  I've tried the "Check for Available Downloads" option in iTunes, but it says that all of my purchases have been downloaded. 
I have about 10-12 songs that did not process completely, do not show up in my "Purchased" screen, and cannot now be downloaded again.  Any ideas about how to fix this?  Everything was working fine up until 2 days ago.  I've never had a problem like this before.  I"m running iTunes 11.1.3 on OS 10.6.8. Thanks.
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