"Jay Leno" issues his response to Conan's letter.

Click to viewRush Limbaugh: "We've already donated to Haiti. It's called the U.S. income tax." What?? (And that is one of like ten other ways he attempted to tie the death of tens of thousands to Barack Obama, somehow.) [Related?]

What's more embarrassing than breaking yourself on video? Getting caught breaking your mom's TV on video. Watch this amateur gymnast fail to check herself prior to wrecking herself.

[January 12. Photo: Flickr/jbmurp01]

Google announced it will stop filtering its China search engine — or shut the site. And already, once-suppressed results are showing up on Google.cn (see screenshot; top is current, bottom from June). That's the good news. The bad news?

Hot on the heels of Flava Flav's recent bid for worst video of the year, LaDainian Tomlinson brings us this compellingly bad video. Worth watching for the backup dancers, who look like they were taken straight from the stadium drunk tank.

Hard-living Memphis garage-rock hellion Jay Reatard—real name Jimmy Lee Lindsey Jr.—is dead at 29. He was found in his bed early this morning, and Memphis police are investigating.

In the esteemed tradition of murdered mob boss Paul Castellano (East 46th Street between Second and Third!) and gun-toting former Giant Plaxico Burress (Lexington between East 47th and East 48th Streets!), Seventh Avenue was renamed "Project Runway Avenue" today. It's just a one-day thing, though. Tomorrow you can go back to calling it Seventh Avenue. [OK!, NYT]

CNN news anchors recently discussed the wave of post-viewing depression in Avatar audiences. One quote, detailing the crushing return to earth after witnessing Pandora's splendor, is already a meme, but was the entire phenomenon already a message board hoax?

Bad Girls recently showcased Lexie in quite the inebriated state. Watch this trainwreck's slurred words digress into hooting animal noises in the clip below. Reminds us of roommates past— how do the rest of the Bad Girls deal?

• Sick of the Leno-Conan saga yet? Conan is still negotiating an exit from NBC (and will probably continue ripping the network to shreds on his show until a deal is done). And now there's a rumor that Jay Leno may bolt from NBC as well, since "it looks like he is the reason that Conan is now without a job." The good news for everyone involved? All that drama has been great for ratings.
• The fact it was NBC chief Jeff Zucker who greenlit The Biggest Loser a few years back? Judging by the coverage today, it's looking increasingly likely that those three words haunt him forever/serve as his career epitaph. [NYT, NYP]
• Roger Ailes isn't leaving Fox News, says News Corp. prez Chase Carey. [LAT]
• CBS Early Show news anchor Russ Mitchell is leaving the program. [NYT]
• Last night's season premiere of American Idol reeled in 30 mil. people. [LAT]
• Sarah Palin's debut on Fox News last night scored big ratings, too. [HP]
• Did you hear Vogue staffers have to take the subway from now on due to cost cuts? Needless to say, Anna Wintour is exempt from this sort of insanity. [P6]
• Not too many Condé Nast employees were sad to see Richard Beckman leave the company. And there's no word yet on who will replace him. [NYO, NYP]
• Ben Silverman, the second-worst executive in the history of NBC (see above), but who got lucky and was canned just in the nick of time, is engaged. [P6]
• Project Runway returns to the air—and NYC—tomorrow night. [NYDN]

The Red Cross is "out of medical supplies." The Daily Beast has identified the NGOs most deserving of your donations. (Watch out for frauds soliciting donations in the coming days.) And the White House emails:

Today in things that will kill you: Spaghetti-O's. Sex dungeons. Chinese jewelry. Things that are no good for you: Catching up on sleep. Platelet-rich-plasma injections. Journalism. In fact, only one thing has been proven not to hurt you.

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.

In a world where Gary the Cat sits around all day licking himself and sleeping, one moment completely defined his existence. Let's look at a play-by-play of how Gary came to question his very own existence.

Jennifer stopped by George Lopez and told the world about her sparkly vagina. No kidding! Apparently after a rough breakup, a friend suggested she get Swarovski crystals bedazzled on her nether-regions. She liked it—and continues to do it!

Coca-Cola planted an ordinary-looking vending machine in a college cafeteria and gave the student body an awesome surprise. Coke, please install many, many more of these!

We hear News Corporation is winding down MySpace spinoff Slingshot Labs, a vestige of the media conglomerate's efforts to retain MySpace founder Chris DeWolfe. But the labs are hatching one last diabolical plot, on behalf of the Wall Street Journal.

Mr. Miyagi wold be so ashamed.

"Marcus," the first male prostitute at Nevada brothel the Shady Lady Ranch, would be a great character for a screen play. However, based on the interview he gave Details, he will make for a lousy businessman.