This week, The New York Times applauds Jon Hamm for his work in The Young Doctor’s Notebook, while USA Today does a video chat with January Jones. Plus, Kevin Rahm books a movie role. Read on for more:

• The New York Times review of A Young Doctor’s Notebook praises Jon Hamm, who “displays bountiful intelligence, depth of feeling and mordant humor.”

• Jon Hamm talks to TheWrap and Zap2it about A Young Doctor’s Notebook and acting opposite Daniel Radcliffe in it.

• USA Today asks January Jones five questions about her new film, Sweetwater, as well as motherhood and Love Actually.

• According to Variety, Kevin Rahm has joined the cast of Nightcrawler, a film starring Jake Gyllenhaal.

• Kiernan Shipka, who has evolved “arguably into one of the acclaimed show’s principal stars,” is one of USA Today’s young stars to watch.

• The Art Newspaper has an account of Matthew Weiner’s talk at New York’s New Museum where he discusses Season 2’s “The Gold Violin.”

• The Huffington Post does the math and calculcates that, in 2013, Don would be 88, Roger would be anywhere from 96 to 103 and Peggy would be 74 years old.

• James Wolk tells the Boston Globe that “Not great, Bob” is “my favorite line of the entire season and that line, every time I hear that, it makes me crack up.” Wolk also tells ABC News about the time he was hiking “in the middle of nowhere” and was stopped by a couple, who asked, “Excuse me. Are you Bob Benson?”

• Refinery29 talks to Jessica Paré about collaborating with Veronica Beard, a New York design team, on a blazer.

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