Friday desk-clearing

The Huffington Post's better commenters can now become bloggers for the site. Arianna explains.
The editor of USC's Online Journalism Review really didn't like this morning's Times editorial about reader comments and flack-written posts being added to Google News. But it's hard for me to see past his opening straw man and the item's misleading headline.
The dialogue between a former editor of LA.com and the current editor continues down below.
Premiere's 100 Women in Hollywood, the online gallery. There will be a companion piece in the October Elle.
When Elvis filmed at Dodger Stadium and Davey Moore was knocked into a fatal coma. David Davis at SoCal Sports Observed
The Trojans lose a tailback. Phil Wallace at SoCal Sports Observed
Alyssa Milano's Dodgers blog for MLB.com has become a little harder to find on the official site since she wrote a chiding open letter to manager Grady Little, but the team says it wasn't in response.
Today's LA Observed commentary on KCRW at 4:44 pm ties together the closing of Killer King, Hal Fishman and last weekend's embarrassing shutdown of the international terminal at LAX. I hope it works.