
1. Just call us Junior Lollipops. Buzzfeed lists the 25 best nicknames in yesterday's big NYC mob bust. (Thanks for the tip, Karen Russell)
2. Atlanta tops the list of the country's most frugal cities. According to Coupons.com, their average Atlanta user printed more than $1,000 in savings last year. New York failed to make the top 20. [MarketingCharts]
3. Mary J. Blige talks about her starring role in the upcoming Nina Simone bio-pic: "I knew her songs but always thought she was a man -- I didn't know this person was Nina Simone. [via Passion of the Weiss]
4. The US premiere of Christian Marclay's 24-hour-long video "The Clock" starts today at 6 p.m. and runs all night at Paula Cooper Gallery (534 West 21st Street). On weekends, you can come-and-go or relax on a couch and enjoy the entire screening. The video samples thousands of film excerpts indicating the passage of time. BYO popcorn.
5. The VIP Art Fair,the world's first on-line fair, starts tomorrow, January 22, and runs for one week. Over 138 galleries from 30 countries are participating.
6. Katy Perry's "California Dreams 2011" tour stops in the New York area at the Nassau Coliseum on June 17 and the Prudential Center in Newark on June 19. [KatyPerry]
7. The secret password for last night's Vaccines' afterparty at the Bowery Hotel was "Young Mother."
