• Names & Faces: People for the American Way hosts Chevy Chase, Cynthia Nixon, Alec Baldwin, Tom Daschle, Susan Sarandon, Ted Kennedy at Kennedy Center on Tuesday. . . Vernon Jordan to play Frederick Douglass in "The Nutcracker." [WP]

• Inside Politics: Sharpton earned $87,715 from KE04. [WT]

• Lloyd Grove's Lowdown: Gonzales's stepson quit job at Hustler to be "prudent." O'Reilly confused about Abe Foxman. Did Cooper needle Zahn over bird bruhaha? [NYDN]

• Rush & Molloy: Hillary Clinton, Alec Baldwin, Al Franken, Ed Bradley attended Christmas party of lobbyist Liz Robbins. [NYDN]