Barry Diller turns 67 today. Gossip columnist Liz Smith is 86. Christie Brinkley is celebrating her 55th. Shakira is turning 32. The Food Network's Ina Garten, better known as the Barefoot Contessa, is 61. Veteran actress Elaine Stritch is turning 84. Marissa Jaret Winokur of Hairspray fame is 36. Farrah Fawcett is turning 62. And Dog the Bounty Hunter's Duane Chapman turns 56 today.

• President Obama is expected to push for tight restrictions on executive compensation in order to improve public perception of the bailout. [WSJ]
• A group of angry Bank of America shareholders will demand that Ken Lewis get the boot at the bank's upcoming annual meeting. [NYP]
• Lehman Brothers is still hiring people to help wind down the firm. And it's receiving a ton of resumes from out-of-work Wall Streeters. [WSJ]
• Weill-gate continues: Now it turns out Sandy Weill used a Citi jet to go on a Mexican vacation, although he may reimburse Citi for some expenses. [NYP]
• Deutsche Bank plans to cut bonuses by an average of 60 percent. [BN]
• Fortune explains why Merrill had such a disastrous fourth quarter. [Fortune]
• Consumer spending fell in December for a sixth consecutive month. [BN]

• Kate Moss has been telling friends that she wants to branch out into acting so she can become a "Hollywood star," and that she's already lined up an agent in New York. [Showbiz Spy]
• Michael Phelps has issued an apology after photos appeared this weekend in the News of the World showing him smoking weed. [NYP, NOTW]
• Bernie Madoff's grandkids are considering changing their last names. [P6]
• John Thain was hardly the first or the last: Clive Davis, Martin Bandier, and Rolf Schmidt-Holtz have all spent obscene amounts in recent years to redecorate their offices, too. [R&M]
• Despite the fact her magazine is losing millions and has laid off dozens, Portfolio's Joanne Lipman insisted on flying first class to Davos. [P6]

"That would force the curious actually to watch the show itself to see all the celebrities and the gowns, rather than getting their fill from outside news media." [Times]

Did you know that twins, though they may provide extra mouths to feed in a down economy, can gain a mother entrance into an "exclusive society" of travel and glamorous TV work? It's true!

Poster Boy, beloved remixer of subway posters, has been going public, chatting with the Guardian, New York and at least one videographer. It finally got him in trouble.

There's never unanimous agreement about which Super Bowl ads are terrible and which are brilliant. But Alec Baldwin's Hulu spot seems likely to emerge a consensus favorite.

Between the Steelers' 100-yard intercept touchdown and The Boss' halftime show camera crotch-slam, the Super Bowl was bundles of fun before the second half even started.

Just in case there was any doubt: Yes, the Steelers and Cardinals fans who made it out to Tampa are, in fact, insane.

Oh, World Economic Forum. You were even more of a grotesque than we'd imagined. We don't know whether to laugh or cry. Especially when we hear stories like these:

Before I head into the great blogger beyond, one more thing over which to marvel.

Matt Lauer is supposed to interview Barack Obama for the Superbowl pre-game show any minute now. He could use a good chat following his terrible week of endless dissing.

It's mere hours until Football happens. How are the nation's fans showing their excitement? On Flickr, of course! A selection from around the country

The turf of Superbowl XLIII is tilled with the seeds of glory and paid for by the cost of commercial airtime. This year NBC made $206 million from ads alone. Here now, the best!

After photographs of cartoonish swimmer Michael Phelps doing weed surfaced yesterday, we wondered was it really him?

In honor of Super Bowl/Puppy Bowl Sunday, we rate the commercials for studio tentpoles running during the game. Much of this footage debuts in these ads. And remember: Every 30 seconds cost $3 million.

Christina Norman, who used to head MTV, will now take over The Oprah Network. What do we have to look forward to? The Hills, Oprah Style! Real World: Oprah! True Life: I'm Oprah!

Until January 26th, eight small human beings were living inside the body of Nadya Suleman, a 33 year old Californian. Now they've left there and you'd think the creepiness would stop. You guessed wrong!!

LilyBartleby, after one too many stupid non sequitur—song lyrics, you fool!—you are banned.

The guy who thought it was a good idea to get the eponymous number from Tommy Tutone's tuberculosis-for-the-ears (it's catchy and uncomfortable) 867-5309/Jenny , has decided to sell that number.