· Tina Fey was named AP's Entertainer of the Year, which comes with the prize that she be referred to as "Entertainer of the Year Tina Fey" in every AP mention in 2009. [Variety]

· Veteran TV writer William Blinn, who won Emmys for Roots and Brian's Song in addition to writing on series like Bonanza, Gunsmoke, Starsky & Hutch, and Fame (now that's a career) will receive the WGA Paddy Chayefsky Laurel Award for lifetime achievement. Debbie Allen will be on hand to perform an interpretive dance. [Variety]
· Clive Owen has attached himself to Cartagena, about an agent infiltrating Colombian drug cartels, to be produced by Mark Cuban's production company. Hopefully this project won't be sunk for the same latex-and-fatsuit mistakes that doomed Medellín. [THR]
· Super Bowl commercial rates are set at a cool $3 million per 30 seconds, but NBC is allowing marketers to combine their budgets, resulting in one spot pushing eight different products simultaneously. It's a nice option for smaller companies, but we're not really sure how effective those adorable office monkeys investing online while drinking watery beer and eating Del Taco and calling in a third-tier overnight courier while massaging hand cream and snacking on soy-enriched granola bars while learning their credit scores and snuggling in a blanket with built-in arms will ultimately be. [THR]
· Were you wondering what deal-friendly AFTRA—"We're the #2 working-actors guild, so we try harder!"—was all about? Today is your lucky day. [THR]