DO YOU HEAR THE PEOPLE SING WITH THE HELP OF AUTOTUNE? After much jockeying, the final two big parts in Les Miserables have apparently been cast. Amanda Seyfried (who warbled credibly in Mamma Mia!) has been offered Cosette, and Taylor Swift has been offered Eponnine. Not sure what this means for the film's artistic prospects (beyond being a sure bet for a mess of Golden Globe nominations), but certainly would not seem to hurt the commercial prospects. Cast already includes Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, and Sacha Baron Cohen and Helena Bonham Carter (as the Thernadiers).

IT'S A DOGGY DOGG PRICING GAME:As Our Friend Linda Holmes put it, "If you woke up this morning thinking, 'What I need is a clip of Snoop Dogg hanging out on The Price Is Right helping a lady win at Plinko,' then you are in luck." Indeed you are. Later this week, according to the article--appearances from Jenny McCarthy, Chris Daughtry, Heidi Klum (who I'm sure will remind the TPIR models that zis is also a competition for you too as well), and NPH.

THE HY-VEE IN CEDAR RAPIDS CEDAR FALLS WHERE KURT WARNER USED TO STOCK SHELVES. JAMES TIBERIUS KIRK: Name something you like about Iowa.

ALSO, BE MORE SMARTER: It's January 2, which means that I'm a day late asking you what your resolutions were? Remember, write them down -- that's what makes them come true. Or something.

Mine: (1) build a desk for my office, to be ready when my firm moves to the new space; (2) the usual lose-5-to-10-pounds; (3) maintain three-star status on all (non-Facebook-only) updated levels of Angry Birds, Angry Birds Seasons, and Angry Birds Rio.

RATE YOURSELF AND RAKE YOURSELF AND RUN BETTER RUN, FASTER THAN MY BULLET: Philadelphia's adult-alternative WXPN 88.5 FM has placed two songs ahead of the two Adele songs in its year-end top 100.

A WORLD IN WHITE GETS UNDERWAY: Randy ranks the ten songs which topped the Billboard charts on New Years Day in each year of the 1980s. Seriously underrates "Escape (The Pina Colada Song)", and as for "Say You Say Me," well, I've got a problem with that tune.

WHEN DID THESE GET DECLARED? A (likely incomplete) list of Wars you can view on your television screen over the next few weeks (at least according to my searching):

• Parking
• Cupcake
• Storage (both ordinary and Texas versions)
  
• Shipping
• Star (Episodes IV-VI)
  
• Prom
• Monster Bug
• Border
• Swamp
• L.A. Gang
• Mexican Drug
• The Clone
• Sex