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• Very sad news for fans of Discovery's Deadliest Catch: Cornelia Marie Captain Phil Harris has passed away following a stroke on January 29.

• Vulture has the scoop on Jay Leno's last go-round of his prime-time show last night.

• Slate takes a look at the sign language of driving, including the multiple meanings of the headlight flash.

Google Buzz, Stephanie Plum, and the swimsuit issue, after the jump.

 

• Among this collection of casting notes that emerged yesterday is news that Katherine Heigl has been cast as Stephanie Plum in the first of what could potentially be a bazillion movies based on the Janet Evanovich detective series that starts with One For The Money. I've read a bunch of those books, and I have to say: I don't think so. There is not quite enough goof in Heigl to be Stephanie Plum, it seems to me, though I've been wrong before.

• Google Buzz is the company's new social networking project, and they couldn't have picked a better time to launch it, since Facebook is undergoing one of its many unpopular redesigns.

• Sports Illustrated's swimsuit issue is a massive undertaking with some similarities to the Super Bowl as a marketing project, as The Wrap explains.