Morning Hot Flash July 17, 2008

• My favorite television show, "Mad Men," was nominated for 16 Emmy Awards this morning. Get the complete list of Emmy nominees here. Oh, and did you know that Reality Show hosts have their own category now?
  
  
• I've had a crush on Mike Nichols ever since he went on "Inside the Actor's Studio" and told James Lipton that his favorite word was 'thighs.'
  
  
• You think you've got stress? Help this guy save his job.
  
  
• Barack Obama doesn't leave home without his American Express, Katie Couric, and Charles Gibson. Not necessarily in that order...
  
  
• If I lived in London, here's what I'd be getting tickets to see this weekend.