The Other One, the not-twin, is stepping out from behind Mary-Kate and Ashley's dual shadows at this year's indie film fest. Also today: news from said film fest, a Grey's alum gets a new gig, and a Mad Men update.

Another great move by deeply beloved and totally secure ABC News chief Ben Sherwood: he's reportedly hiring Dan Abrams. Yes, Dan Abrams, the current owner of a PR firm. To do some anchoring, there at ABC! How does that work?

Quite recently, the New York Times, Washington Post, and LA Times were three of America's best newspapers. Now, they're each facing potentially era-ending challenges. Is there any hope for the Great American Newspaper? Sure—for the lucky ones.

Top Republicans asked Governor Sandwiches of New Jersey, Chris Christie, to deliver their official response to the president's State of the Union tomorrow, and he turned them down. Smart move on his part! He'd probably just yell at everyone.

Joseph Kastner—called New York's sixth worst scamming cabbie in a report—is heading to court for ripping off passengers and could be sent to Riker's Island for a month. Harsh! It must really suck to be the #1 worst.

Tunisia's interim government—basically the old regime without ex-President Ben Ali—today shut down a popular television station, Hannibal TV, for "grand treason" and arrested its owner. Hannibal was set to air an interview with a Communist party official. [NYT]

On Tuesday Regis Philbin announced he was leaving Live! this year. According to TMZ, Regis wanted more cash, while ABC pointed out that Live! isn't doing well and Regis takes too much time off. Cut him some slack, he's 79!

Prince William may be the glamorous figurehead of an island nation, but he's still bald. We're not going to sugar coat it (because we're not bald): Baldness is terrible in many ways!

Under pressure from Italy, Hospira—the U.S. company that produces a drug used in lethal injections, sodium thiopental—is going to stop producing it, forcing states to look for other drugs to kill people with (like this one). [WaPo]

Former Libertarian congressman Bob Barr, who helped "manage" the impeachment of Bill Clinton, has found his life's calling: He's assisting murderous ex-Haitian dictator Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier in his bizarre return to the island, which Barr calls "a personal trip."

[A pristine view from Brooklyn of Manhattan and the Brooklyn Bridge this afternoon. The snow may look pretty right now, but good luck walking around in the slush all weekend. Image via Getty]

Bradley Manning, the US Army private suspected of leaking diplomatic cables to Wikileaks, has previously complained about the lack of pillows and television in his military cell. Now, his lawyer has filed an official complaint over his treatment.

See, Rush Limbaugh? It's not that hard to learn Chinese. Nine-year-old Sasha Obama was practicing her Chinese with Chinese President Hu Jintao at Wednesday night's state dinner, apparently. All it takes is one of the best private school educations available.

Need something to brighten up your walls this dark January? Well we're giving away two sets of beautiful prints from Myan Photography and all you have to do to win one is enter a caption contest!

Yesterday was the 50th anniversary of John F. Kennedy's inauguration. How did you celebrate? Nancy Pelosi, for one, posted a photo of her with Kennedy at an inaugural ball on January 20, 1961. It's the one on the left, duh.

Social media is the hot new Internet thing, right? Well, even if it isn't, President Obama will be fielding questions on a YouTube livestream next Thursday. Users will vote to select the questions, so ask something incendiary and sexy.

In your blissful Friday media column: Jeff Zucker's last (really, this time) goodbye, Nick Summers leaves the NYO, the Boston Globe may finally have a buyer, and Newsmax is disturbingly strong.

[Iggy Pop's belly slides into a deep frown, followed by two other grimaces, at Auckland, New Zealand's Big Day Out Festival. Click on the image to expand. Photos via Getty.]

This just in from Twitter: Ivanka Trump and Observer owner Jared Kushner "couldn't be more excited" to be expecting their first child. Remember: male-pattern baldness is linked to the maternal genome. Pray for a girl, Ivanka.

Investigative journalism god Seymour Hersh hasn't been a favorite of the Pentagon since, oh, 1969 or so. That trend continues to this day! Currently, the military is mad that Hersh said they're "crusaders" who wanna "change mosques into cathedrals." And?