THE REAL MEDIA BIAS PROBLEM: Considering that the New York Times seems to be picking up stories we blog about around these parts, I feel compelled to correct something. As Alex observed late Tuesday night, The Morning News is running a tournament to determine the best book of last year. The Times picks up the story today. In the article, the Times makes the following statement:

Mr. Guilfoile, 36, who admits he likes any book with "mutiny" in the title, and whose own first novel, "Cast of Shadows," is coming out next month, judged Ben Jones's "Rope Eater" and Susanna Clarke's "Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell." He called the former "great" and the latter "also terrific." Tough call. Decision for Mr. Jones, by a nose.

One little problem. "Jonathan Strange" won the match, not "The Rope Eater." God knows this isn't the sort of thing certain portions of the blogosphere will pounce on (n.b., linkage should not be construed as agreement), but this blog stands for accuracy in pop cultural snark, if nothing else!

(Edit: Gawker has pointed out yet another error, though perhaps a less substantial one.)

HIS GUILTY FEET, SADLY, REMAIN BEREFT OF RHYTHM: Not that you'd notice, but George Michael is quitting the pop music business.

MAKE IT WORK: Matt and I have been behind Project Runway since the start.

But tonight's reunion show? Hot damn. So worth missing West Wing, American Idol and Alias for. There has never been a more jaw-droppingly funny, insightful and, believe me, vicious reunion show before. From a healthy dose of unloading on Pepper to the drama that is Morgan to the reason they called it "Project Drunkway" to Vanessa Riley called on the carpet for her unconscionably ungrateful online interview, it's all there.

If you've missed anything, Bravo's re-airing all the episodes this Sunday, starting at 11am, followed by the Grand Runway Finale next Wednesday. This has the best new reality competition since The Apprentice -- only, it's better, because instead of being centered around the host's ego, it's centered around the designers' talent, and it's all been great fun.

C'MON, WHAT ABOUT "LENNY SCHWARTZ'S A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS"? You know that game you play where you make up the names of porno films based on real films (i.e., "Saving Private Ryan" becomes "Shaving Ryan's Privates")? Well, it seems a couple of Einsteins over at Princeton, thought a hilarious variation on the theme would be to alter the names of movies into a list of the "Top 10 Holocaust movies I've never seen but would like to" and publish the results in a weekly campus humor magazine. Among the hi-larious examples Jacob Savage and Rob Buerki, who it should be noted are members of the tribe, came up with were "Dude, Where's My Family" ("Dude, Where's My Car"), "A Week at Bergen-Belsen" ("A Weekend at Bernie's") and the classic "Exterminate the Fockers " ("Meet the Fockers"). Not suprisingly, some people around campus found the list offensive, though my main objection isn't that its insensitive, but rather that it's remarkably not funny. (Link via Romenesko.)

THE STATE OF AMERICAN LITERACY, 2005: There's so much good stuff in this short interview with Us Weekly's Mara Reinstein and Joey Bartolomeo, authors of the recently released Brad & Jen: The Rise and Fall of Hollywood’s Golden Couple that I'd hate to spoil any of the fun for you by revealing the highlights here. (Link via Bookslut.)

Meanwhile, The Morning News is running a March Madness-brackets-style literary contest to choose the best book of 2004. Some well-known blogger are among those picking the winners of the first three rounds, with all the judges then reading the two books in the Finals and putting in their vote. Early winners include Phillip Roth and Tom Wolfe, but by reading the judge's comments, I don't see either of these powerhouses going deep into the tourney.

THE ONLY TIME ANYONE HERE WILL EVER MENTION HAROLD MINER: And one more way to waste your time today: NBA.com has put together video clips of the best Dunk Contest dunks of all time.

If you haven't seen Terence Stansbury's 360 degree Statue of Liberty for a while, miss 'Nique's Human Highlight Film activity, are hungry for some pure Vinsanity, or just don't remember how Shawn Kemp looked a hundred pounds ago, here's your chance.

I'M SENDING THEM MY DOG-EARED COPY OF A WIDOW FOR ONE YEAR: What do you buy as a wedding present for a schoolteacher seductress and her former jailbait, soon-to-be spouse? You can view a full list of 43-year-old Mary Kay Letourneau and 22-year-old Vili Fualaau's Macy's registry here. The Cuisinart Belgian waffle maker and Kitchenaid mixer have already been purchased, but if you hurry, you can still get them the Krups rice cooker on sale for just $79.99. (What the hell, pick one up for Roger Ebert while you're at it.)