
• Ashley Judd finds it "gross" that FHM would name her one of the sexiest women alive. Ashley Judd then poses nude on Marie Claire.
• The English language Al Jazeera launches, broadcasting from the Qatar capital Doha to exactly fourteen viewers.
• NBC cuts so far today: Researchers and graphics types, and WNBC talent.
• The going rate for a pair of hostage Fox Newsers? $2 million.
• Speaking of FNC, a fair and balanced news network needs a fair and balanced memo.
• Michelle Rodriguez: Outed by her girlfriend, not a gossip blog.
• Your teen girl mag cheat sheet has arrived.
• Gary Condit goes after VF scribe Domminick Dunne once again. Expect to read about it in Dunne's column by February.
• Tony Danza storms Rachael Ray's set, goes bezerk, taken down with tasers.

Mark the words of D'luv, Al Jazeera will become bigger than FOX News in the next few years.