• Turns out Lisa Kudrow thought HBO would give her at least two seasons to play Valerie Cherish. [LAT]

• The new FDNY calendar features Survivor winner Tom Westman — and other guys whose abs are more chiseled. [Towleroad]

• More PR trouble for Star Jones comes from today's Page Six, with a lead item documenting a late-night alleged gentlemen caller looking for Al Reynolds. [Page Six]

• Chad Allen's Shock To The System opens in selected cities today (read: Like always, New York and Los Angeles residents get to see the queer flicks before anyone else). [NYT]

• In the U.K., a man convicted of knowingly infecting his boyfriend with HIV gets sentenced to more than four years in prison. Now officials just have to find him. [BBC]