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Morning Coffee (1/21/11)

Happy Friday! It's snowing here. Again. Of course. Movies opening today: No Strings Attached, The Company Men, The Way Back.

Breaking! RonReaco Lee of The Good Guys has joined the cast of the Burn Notice prequel.

Ben Smith continues to investigate the O author here, here, and here, while Daily Intel pleads for sanity.

TV development news: NBC ordered the pilot of Ron Moore's "Harry Potter for grown-ups" and USA Network ordered two new series I'll undoubtedly watch. The legal one sounds . . . like a USA show. The football one sounds interesting but confuses me, because I can't figure out what kind of therapist she's supposed to be. Mental health? Physical therapist? Massage therapist? I'd first assumed physical therapist, but now that I think about it, it's probably a psychology/mental health thing.

Alex Pettyfer may or may not have been offered the role of Jace Wayland in the Mortal Instruments movies. You probably have no idea what any of those proper nouns mean, but trust me, if my Twitter feed is anything to go by, if you care, you care deeply.

Martin Sheen and Emilio Estevez are writing a memoir.

TLC is planning a whole week of royal wedding coverage.

Magic: the Gathering's Secret Sci-Fi History

Amy Chua's daughter speaks.

Did this story make anyone else want to dig out their old copy of The Face on the Milk Carton?

I'm no particular fan of Condi Rice, but really, Piers Morgan? REALLY?

Will Smith wants to remake Annie with his daughter starring. Which . . . could be interesting, or awful. Hm.

The "British Schindler" gets a movie.

Biggest mafia bust ever!

Spoof of the day: The Most Emailed New York Times Article Ever