1. Is Jerry Seinfeld‘s new reality game show The Marriage Ref so bad that it cancels out the good of Seinfeld? [via Gawker]
2. Billboard magazine’s fourth-annual Top 40 Money Makers loves the ’80s: U2, Madonna, and Bruce Springsteen top the list. [via MTV News]
3. Get a first look at William Baldwin’s upcoming Gossip Girl guest appearance as Serena and Eric’s long lost father. [via EW]
4. How much does it actually cost to produce a printed book versus a digital one? If you want the truth, ask Anne Rice. [via NYT]
5. Roger Ebert will debut his new computer-enhanced voice tomorrow on Oprah. [via USA Today]
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1. If you’re like us, and missed SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas last night, you can watch it on Hulu while you work. [via Pop Candy]
2. Radiohead’s Thom Yorke somehow obtained a press pass to attend the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, and there’s video of him giving a talk. [via NME]
3. Could Jerry Seinfeld be replacing Conan O’Brien? [via Pop Eater]
4. Twitter was hacked last night by a group identifying themselves as the Iranian Cyber Army; the website was down for nearly an hour. [via CNN]
5. Amanda Seyfried, who plays Sarah on Big Love, is leaving the show to pursue her film career. [via TV Guide]
A Seinfeld reunion? GET OUT! First it was Saved by the Bell (minus Screech) on the cover of this week’s People, and now the AP is reporting that another reunion for a ’90s stalwart is in the works. The actors who played the show’s four principles will appear on the upcoming season of Curb Your Enthusiasm, Seinfeld alum Larry David’s HBO show. Read More »
1. It’s D-Day. As in Digital TV transition. The Live Feed will be tracking the mayhem here, but let it be known that my sister is watching the Today Show as I type this using her old rabbit ears.
2. For some reason John McCain feels like he needs to defend Sarah Palin from David Letterman, which is weird because I thought he totally hated her.
4. Stereogum asks if Dirty Projectors’ Bitte Orca is the best album of 2009. You know, because it’s June, and posts like this really make sense. They’re streaming the entire thing over there too if you’d like to listen and weigh in.
5. Prepare to have your mind blown: Paul Shaffer says he was handpicked by Jerry Seinfeld to play the role of George Costanza sans audition. But he never called Seinfeld back about it because he was “too busy.” Huh.
