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When a show can name-drop Will Ferrell, Don Cheadle, Zach Galifinakis, Fred Willard, John C. Reilly, David Spade, Zooey Deschenel, Paul Scheer, Rob Huebel, Ed Helms, Rob Riggle, and Wayne Newton— you know it's going to be good.

People can't help themselves from twittering about celebrity deaths. But when a literary figure dies, it tends to inspire a particular brand of not-totally-selfless grief. Or they just get totally bizarre.

• It's the end of the line for Miramax. The studio that Harvey and Bob Weinstein founded in 1979, sold to Disney in 1993, and departed in 2005, was officially shuttered today, and 80 people were let go. [Wrap, NYT, Guardian]
• Jay Leno went on Oprah today to try and redeem himself. He acted like a cry-baby and flat-out lied (and may have gotten away with it anyway). In related news, Conan's final week on the air turned out to be his biggest, not surprisingly. And there are some signs the late-night debacle may have Comcast's bosses thinking about showing NBC chief Jeff Zucker the door.
• 48 million people tuned in to the State of the Union address last night. [NYT]
• Only 35 people have signed up for a subscription to Newsday.com since the paper set up a pay wall a few months back. But it's all going according to plan and Newsday management couldn't be happier, the paper claims. [Crain's]
• This is a bit awkward: The Wall Street Journal is rolling out a local edition this spring that it hopes will compete with the New York Times. But it may actually need the Times' help printing the papers to make it happen. [NYT]
• A growing number of Time Inc. staffers are defecting to Bloomberg. [NYP]
• Samantha Harris is bidding goodbye to Dancing with the Stars. [People]
• Is Fox News reporter Major Garrett a fan of hookers? Maybe! [Gawker]

Both John Cena and T-1000 guest starred on Psych last night and somehow, it was oddly erotic. Go ahead and google-search "manhunt" because for this episode it is right on the nose!

Every day we come across so many great things on the internet. Here's our favorite links, news stories, and webjunk that we came across today.

The Way We Live Now: Piling tragedy atop tragedy, in a towering tree of tragedy. It is not enough that the underclass exists; they must be made to suffer above and beyond their already harsh circumstances. Just like the overclass!

Ron Burkle—the party-loving supermarket mogul, celebrity hanger-on, and owner of precisely one outfit that he wears 365 days a year—is "angling to take a controlling stake in Barneys," according to the Wall Street Journal. You're going to have your work cut out for you, Simon Doonan. [WSJ]

Wall Street is cutting back on cash bonuses, which means paper-rich banksters are forced to choose between preschool tuition and new wine cellars until their restricted shares mature. Goldman Sachs is lending a hand by offering mortgages to its staff.

Every day you Facetwitter comments on our blog page! All day! Some of them are bad, some of them are good, and others are Best. So let's look now at today's two best completely-arbitrarily-picked comments. One's about cleaning! Sort of.

Uh-oh, Jay Leno is playing the victim again. He was on Oprah today to set the record straight, and by set the record straight, we mean throw himself a pity party while Oprah gives him a shoulder to cry on.

Web entrepreneur Jason Calacanis' prank claims about the Apple tablet yesterday were so over the top, we had to laugh. Until prestige media started reprinting them like they had merit, and our good humor turned to amazement.

President Obama delivered his State of the Union address last night, mere hours after Steve Jobs' momentously hyped unveiling of the Apple iPad. Obama's speech was praised for its delivery, while Jobs' presentation fell flat. Here's how to fix it.

Everyone in the world owes Andrew Breitbart an apology for jumping to conclusions about his employee James O'Keefe's alleged felony, he tells David Shuster today. Also, ACORN! ACORN!!!

Suzanne Murphy hates shoes and grime. She hates them so much that an invitation to a recent party said no shoes allowed. She is not ashamed because she she loves her "super comfy" carpets.

Today at Gawker.TV, Jamie Oliver takes over the fattest town in America, Daniel Tosh's rant about Tom Cruise, Barbara Walter's girl-on-girl kiss, Steven Seagall may be the worst cop ever, and Mel Gibson dons a wig while portraying Jimmy Kimmel.

Congratulations to harrisonwilson for being the first person to answer today's Freeze Frame. Click through for the answer.

Do you love Jesus? Well, the Gawker live bloggers don't. Oh, not Tim Tebow's lord and savior, the designer on this season of Project Runway. Look at all the funny (and mean) things they said about him last week!

Gender roles reversed last night after Ty drunkenly told Emily that he loved her and she was simply "not that into it." Considering how the relationship began, we can't say we're that surprised. Some bitches just can't be tied down.

It's a shame the Pulitzer Prize nominating committee annnounced the other day that it won't allow weekly tabloids to compete for the most coveted award in journalism: Us Weekly could have really had a shot with this riveting piece of investigative reporting. But at least Jann Wenner can look forward to taking the stage at the National Magazine Awards this spring. [Us]