In your finally Friday media column: layoffs hit the NYDN and The Early Show, Business Insider's horrific possible future, an Occupied reporter set free, and the National Magazine Awards make progress.

Thank you to the producers at CBS' The Early Show for distilling the raid on Osama bin Laden's Pakistani compound into a hilarious, cheap and brief cartoon with all the visual sizzle of a computer game circa 1992. Watch the elite Navy SEAL "Team Six," sporting what appears to be World War II infantry garb, just walk…

The Early Show is in London obsessing over the royal wedding cake. In America, we ditch the fruitcake at Christmas, then spend 4 minutes discussing its importance to a country that's making fruitcake the most important cake in all the land.

Judy Greer stopped by the Early Show this morning to promote her new show Mad Love, discuss her ten years of classical ballet training, and her deep love of knitting.

This morning on the Early Show Heather Cabot, Yahoo.com's Web Life Editor, stopped by to announce the website's Top 10 Searches of 2010, begging the question, "Who the hell uses Yahoo! for internet searches?"

Aesthetically perfect Adrian Lima stopped by the Early Show to promote the upcoming televised Victoria's Secret Fashion Show and talk about life, I guess. Don't ask me what she said though, I only heard "Dream Weaver", mouth agape.

Chaos in morning TV-Land! CBS is tossing out Early Show co-anchors Harry Smith and Maggie Rodriguez, and weatherman Dave Price. Chris Wragge and Erica Hill will take over the anchor spots. Cruel world! And Merry Christmas, CBS viewers! [TVNewser]

Perennial "Sexiest Man Alive" contest front-runner Jake Gyllenhall made an appearance on the CBS Early show to talk about his latest movie Love and Other Drugs. The other topic of conversation was about just what a good-looking guy he is!

This guy is a legit creeper. Philip Greaves is the author of The Pedophile's Guide to Love and Pleasure, which was recently banned from Amazon after public outcry. Here are a couple of sound bytes with this creepy, creepy man.

Harry Smith put on his "Quiet Storm" voice for his Rachel McAdams interview this morning on The Early Show, and McAdams clearly had hearts in her eyes. Watch the flirtation between these two as they trade compliments and longing glances.

This morning, personal hero Amy Sedaris dropped by The Early Show to promote her newest book. She used her time to teach us great things like "squirrels love donuts", always stretch before crafting and how to make Potato Ships. Enjoy.

Today during her Early Show appearance, two things were immediately noticeable about Ann Coulter: 1) She's incredibly grating and 2) She pronounces simple words in really weird ways. Here's a highlight reel of her awkward annunciations for your viewing pleasure.

This morning, the folks at the Early Show added more fuel the Time Traveling Cell-Phone User conspiracy fire when they too viewed the Zapruder style film (see our post here). The truth is out there... somewhere! Watch inside.

This morning on The Early Show, after sitting through a scary segment on the dangers of every frat boy's favorite elixir, Four Loko, Maggie Rodriguez couldn't help but sample the "blackout in a can". Then, she sampled even more.

In an uncharacteristically somber interview, the cast of Jersey Shore swears by the shows' authenticity. Apparently lack of self-awareness can only be "screwed and chopped" so much.

This morning Jim Parsons dropped by the Early Show to discuss life after winning an Emmy. Here he discusses how he's managed to stay humble and the potential future love prospects for Sheldon on Big Bang Theory.

This morning The Early Show decided to throw their two cents in on the ongoing Brett Favre debacle, and who better to use as a reference point than Deadspin's AJ Daulerio. Watch as the shit-stirrer himself stirs up some shit.

A recent photo of Tiger Woods became popular online because of the "Cigar Guy," who transcended the crowd of spectators through his expert leering. Watch the hosts of the Early Show learn about the internet meme inside.

Jenny McCarthy stopped by the Early Show this morning to discuss her new book, and things turned to Facebook breakups and McCarthy's new boyfriend, muscular eye-mask company owner Jason Toohey. Apparently he appreciates her assets.