• Osama Bin Laden's niece shows us what life is like in the world of an aspiring singer. Next week, Charles Manson's cousin's step-daughter will take us into the never before seen life of a wannabe model. [Book Standard]

• Even if he is a nerd, he might be a nerd with a Pulitzer. Kids, get those travel with Nicholas Kristof applications in ASAP. [E&P]

• The Scripps Howard Foundation National Journalism Awards are here. And the New York Times is not. [AP via Romenesko]

• Andrew Essex's assistants reconfirm that in this industry, connections get you everywhere. [WWD]

• Which is why we went to Jim Kelly's party. (Even though all we managed to do was break glasses, scare Jon Friedman, and talk to mostly unimportant people who don't end up in the Boldface column.) [NYT]