Laugh Lines

* Massachusetts Superior Court Judge Hiller Zobel reduced the murder conviction of Louise Woodward to manslaughter. Says Bob Mills, “Along with reducing her sentence, he shortened the time to start filming the TV movie by six months.”

* Rain lashed Southern California on Monday, but nobody believes El Nin~o has arrived yet. “El Nin~o hasn’t arrived in L.A. until it’s sitting on ‘The Tonight Show’ couch telling Jay about its work in ‘Titanic.’ ” (Argus Hamilton)

* People magazine named George Clooney the sexiest man alive. “If he’s so sexy, why does he need to spend most of his professional life in a mask?” (Cutler Daily Scoop)

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