I was chastised by a couple readers for not highlighting January Jones’s appearance on Fallon this week. I suppose that’s fair because she looks amazing, but in my defense I do sometimes try to write about stuff besides attractive women. [hi-res image at bohemea; video of her interview and Valentines crossbow at Hulu]

Starship Troopers: awesome book, lousy movie. I talk to Vince and Brendan on this week’s Frotcast about the Marines, nu-metal, Oscar nominees, Robocop, and like 800 other things. Give it a listen. [FilmDrunk]

Lucky bastard. Punte interviews SI Swimsuit model Alyssa Miller. Without criminal charges, I’m told. [With Leather]

Here ya go, nerds. New, longer Thor trailer. Actually, it looks kinda cool, but I get the impression that the first 25 minutes are basically ripped from Encino Man. [Gamma Squad]

Art humor! I didn’t get a chance to link to Burnsy’s awesome collection of Photoshopped brilliance last week, so check it out now. Well worth your time. [UPROXX]

Threat Level Midnight. “The Office” has been stepping up its game in advance of Steve Carell’s departure. Here’s a recap of last night’s episode, plus the trailer for Threat Level Midnight (and more links) below. [TV Squad]

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Liquor and guns: two great tastes that go great together. Somehow I’d never seen this segment with Conan O’Brien and Hunter S. Thompson. That’s inexcusable on my part. [Devour]

14 Child Stars to Watch in 2011. Actually, it’s Burnsy’s collection of kids sucking at music and dancing. Much better than REAL child stars. [UPROXX]

More like January BONES! More (and higher-res) pictures of X-Men: First Class, including January Jones as Emma Frost. I originally meant that “bones” joke as in “I’d like to have sex with her,” but if any girls are reading this then I totally meant “she’s too skinny.” Now go ahead and finish that piece of cake. You’re beautiful the way you are, girlfriend! [Gamma Squad]

A challenge for you: if you can watch all three and a half minutes of this loop of Natalie Portman’s goofy Golden Globes laugh without swallowing your tongue, I will give you a shiny nickel. [FilmDrunk]

The Super Bowl ads are going to suck. Likely culprits: Adam Sandler movies and Miller Lite. [With Leather]

Brett Favre’s RISE commercial. Props to whomever made this, because that’s the best Brett Favre actor I’ve ever seen. [KSK]

More better hotness below:

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Meme Watch: Dog Fort. Robopanda catches you up on the best of Lobster Dog’s alter ego. Also, I feel inclined to mention that I was the original creator of the Lobster Dog as Time Person of the Year Photoshop. Who else would have made it? [UPROXX]

What did Christian Bale say to Robert DeNiro? I dunno, probably something about how great January Jones’s tits look. Remember when people said her boobs were Photoshopped on the cover of GQ? I hope they die of cancer. (p.s. Jones is single again, fellas.) [FilmDrunk]

HUZZAH! Brett Favre is really retiring this time. Seriously. [With Leather]

Thanks, Ron Howard. “The Dark Tower” TV series will have all the plodding character development while the movies get the kick-ass action. [Gamma Squad]

NAWT YOU! Mark Wahlberg gives us a run-down of who won’t be playing in the Super Bowl this year. [Kissing Suzy Kolber]

Stick with me for the rest of these links, because they’re here to  get you caught up on everything that’s been going on since Friday. (Cat/dog birthday party via.)

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The cover story for the newest edition of Rolling Stone profiles “Mad Men,” and although the article won’t be available online until Friday, this cool collection of behind-the-scenes photos by James Minchin III is fun to peruse. The photos are all classy and stylish and accompanied with little slices of the article, and I hate to point this out, but Jon Hamm looks suave as hell. That son of a bitch. He’s entering the “I’m so handsome and charming and famous that every woman wants me, but also funny and down-to-earth so guys can’t hate me” zone occupied by George Clooney and Brad Pitt. Well guess what buddy. I can hate you. Oh, who am I kidding? GET A BEER WITH ME JON HAMM!

Despite what the Truth Campaign has taught us about the dangers of cigarette use, there’s still one fact they can’t deny: smoking makes you look really, really cool. This has never been truer than in the video below, which features every cigarette that was smoked in the first three seasons of “Mad Men.” It’s got everything that made smoking in the ’60s so great: pregnant women smoking. Smoking on planes. Smoking after giving blood. Smoking in bed. A child smoking. Smoking in pajamas. Smoking weed.

As someone who used to smoke (tobacco use is mandatory in war zones), I now find the smell of cigarettes completely repulsive. But the sequence of Don Draper lighting up is almost enough to give me second thoughts. He just looks SO COOL.

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