Michael Kinsley was hired by Atlantic Media last year to launch a new business-focused media site. Now, Jeff Bercovici reports, Kinsley's decided not to become the site's editor, because he's "not obsessed with business." Smart guy, but flaky. [Daily Finance]

Omigod omigod! The Apple tablet's almost here and Gizmodo is liveblogging. Event starts at 1pm.

Forget about whether the Apple Tablet will save a struggling publishing industry — today, Gawker.TV looks at how Steve Jobs' shiny new toy may change the way we consume video.

Did Joe Basel—one of the gentlemen arrested for attempting to bug Senator Mary Landrieu's office—go on a date with one of Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown's daughters? He bragged about it on the Facebook!

You know that scene from Borat when Sacha Baron Cohen boards a subway with a live chicken? Yea, well, a homeless man was kind enough to reenact the scene on the 6 train last night. [Gothamist]

This morning on Today, Sharon Osbourne continued her stint as "replacement Hoda." Watch Kathie Lee wait anxiously across the street while Sharon is busy hitting on the Love Song Trivia guy. Clearly, Sharon Osbourne's taste in men is very questionable.

We're goin' to Hollywoooood! No, adorable wisher, we're not done with auditions and watching Hollywood Week. This week's installment of 10,000 Maniacs: The TV Series just took place in LA, so the judges could sleep in their own beds.

When it comes to the arrest of James O'Keefe, patron Andrew Breitbart is not jumping to conclusions. The MSM may want to convict O'Keefe, but Breitbart is waiting for the facts, so that he can ignore the inconvenient ones.

Beleaguered outlaw vandalartist Poster Boy was arrested again last week, for cutting up subway ads in Brooklyn. His effort at sweet-talking the cops left something to be desired.

From Austin based photographer and new media artist Ben Aqua, a hellish take on wrestling's pre-match pump-up. A masked challenger taunts viewers with cryptic come-ons over a soundtrack of sexualized grunts and groans in Certain Death's hypermasculine display of creepiness.

When Steve Jobs unveils his tablet computer today, print media's old guard will be watching closely — and praying his magic saves their businesses. But does Jobs love them back? We'll be closely watching his speech and keeping score.

Every morning the posters from When in Rome, the rom-com starring Kristen Bell and Josh Duhamel, taunt me. This movie will suck and potentially ruin their careers. There is nothing wrong with sticking to TV. Actually, it's their best bet.

During Martha's first visit to the Today Show kitchen since last week's incident, Meredith surprised the domestic queen with some embarrassing footage. Martha takes it in stride by saying "You didn't see me do the upside-down stuff."

NY youth prisons can no longer *routinely* shackle child prisoners all day, for safety. LIBERALS.

Everyone has a sweet Aunt that lavishes them with candy as a child. We love our Aunts. This kid, not so much. His Aunt is one prank away from cardiac arrest.

Hope all you smokers enjoyed the (temporary, unofficial) lifting of the city's smoking ban while it lasted. A couple of weeks after the front page of the Times' Sunday Styles section pointed out that the city wasn't doing much to enforce the law, and now the Health Department is taking action. It's now moving to shut down five clubs—The Box, M2, Lit Lounge, Southside, and the Imperial—after an "undercover sting" revealed repeated violations. And it says it's planning to crack down on other clubs and bars in the coming weeks. [NYDN]

On messiah machine day, blogger Anil Dash wonders if all the free publicity mustered by Apple's marketing machine might just be better directed at something else. This piece was originally published on his blog.

Sam Champion gave JuJu Chang a big, friendly hug—but something kept the two tied together. These must be the kind of kinks among brand new anchors that work themselves out eventually.

NYC authorities are actually trying to shut down four clubs—including nasty burlesque-porn den The Box—for flouting indoor smoking laws. The Box is fighting for its very survival today! Nobody is "too cool" for rules. [NYDN; Related. Pic via]

The Lost premiere's crushing Obama's address and Apple's announcement in our Most Anticipated Event poll.