Highlights: The monstrous Fred Thompson as Sweetums, Telly Monster and Mike Huckabee sharing the same look of pre-school level intelligence and Mitt "More Hair Than Brains" Romney perfectly cast as game show host Guy Smiley.
first seen on The Ironic Catholic
Behind the scenes video (hosted at starwars.com) of Annie Leibovitz photographing Harrison Ford, Shia Lebeouf and Karen Allen for the February issue of Vanity Fair.
Stephen Colbert begins his "Better Know a Lobbyist" series with Joe Solmonese, president of the Human Rights Campaign.

I'm kinda embarrassed to admit this, but as I see all those Alltel Wireless commercials, I'm thinking... that Chad guy is cute. Actually... kinda hot. So Wiki tells me that the actor is a comedian named Chad Brokaw, who has an IMDB page and everything. Hell, he even has a MySpace page. Anyway, I always seem to crush on blonde guys, but ... the Alltel guy? Am I crazy? Answer the poll below.
Poop Tube on the YouTube.
I really liked this article by Steve Watt in The Toronto Star on the 50th anniversary of What's Opera, Doc? One of my favorite cartoons of all time.
Grey's Anatomy creator/executive producer Shonda Rhimes released a statement today saying that Isaiah Washington's use of a homophobic slur at the Golden Globes was ''shocking and dismaying'' and that the show is working to ''address the issue in a way that underscores the gravity of the situation," reports Entertainment Weekly. I'm glad she has finally responded publicly to Washington's stupid-ass remark.