Afternoon Meme: Officer Cuddlybear In a Singlet, Tim Gunn Has Manners, Peter Facinelli Is a Fighter, and Fat Joe Speaks Up

Terra Nova snags hunky Kyle Chandler, Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert are sticking around, Don't Ask, Don't Tell with handcuffs, plus my minions return!

This is the back half of a wild turkey that walked across my lawn this morning. I swear I don't live in the country.

Comedy Central, perhaps sensing a seller’s market for late night hosts, has signed extensions for Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert. Proving that they understand the basics of a calendar, the deal takes them into 2013, or past the 2012 presidential elections.

AE reader Disturbed1 tips us to the fact that Officer Cuddleybear, aka Michael Cudlitz, will be starring in a WWE film Killing Karma. I’m as surprised as you are that the WWE produces films. On the other hand, does this mean we get Officer Cuddleybear in a singlet?

This afternoon Lt. Dan Choi, Pam’s House Blend barista Autumn Sandeen and others are chained to the fence outside the White House protesting slow action on the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.

Rollingstone.com has relaunched this morning. I’d tell you how it is, but I’m not paying $3.95/month to look at news that was old when they printed it. I’m stunned that they expect people who subscribe to their print edition are expected to shell out $2.50/month.

Rod 2.0 alerts us to the fact that rapper Fat Joe has taken to his blog on Vibe to talk about Ricky Martin’s coming out. The whole thing is kind of wonderful, but he sums up well, “Everybody should be allowed to live happy.”

Sharon Stone has been the star of amfAR’s AIDS Auction since it began, credited with raising $290 million for the charity, primarily from Arabs who ordinarily might not give to the cause. But after acting “too outrageous” two years ago, she’s not been asked back by the board.

Spurf™ and Nikki Finke are both reporting that Steven Spielberg’s dino series Terra Nova is all but a certain pickup for Fox, especially now that they’ve hired hunky Kyle Chandler (Friday Night Lights) as the lead and Brannon Braga (Star Trek/24/Flash Forward) as the showrunner.

Glee returned from a three-week hiatus in the UK to strong ratings, building even further on an already strong audience.

In local news, President Obama is coming to my little bitty town for a memorial service for those 29 miners that died in the explosion. This is sure to cause chaos, but should be great for new soundbites since the owner of the mine is a big fan of Glenn Beck and Sean Hannity.

In case you were wondering, eight percent of librarians have had sex in an elevator.

In Britain, a 40-year-old man has lost his license for drunk driving in a children’s motorized Barbie Jeep. He was going 4 mph at the time he was arrested. You’ll have to excuse me while I imagine an O.J. Simpson style slow speed chase, complete with news helicopters.

Peter Facinelli, who really ends up being sexier to me that I can explain, is going to play a boxer known as The Pasmanian Devil in his next movie.  I’m hoping for a lot of locker room scenes.

Google has removed the http:// from the address bar in the latest build of their Chrome browser, likely because no one knows what it means anyhow (yes, I do, and I also know why it’s important, but really, when did you last use gopher?), and also because it causes geeks stabbing pain every time someone on television reads a web address as “h-t-t-p-: Backslash-backslash” – it’s a forward slash, can’t you read?

He does have fun!

This dog obviously doesn't have my allergies.

This happens to me when I read right-wing blogs. Also, when I read the comments to my posts.

I could use a jolt of caffeine this big.

Looking at this picture of a red panda, I don't think this was what we had last week wearing the hat. 

This cactus should put down the margaritas.

And your moment of cute, which is just as important as caffeine at 2pm.

We start by taking a closer look at the volcano that no one can pronounce. And I'm not even going to try and spell. But I can sit and stare at the smoke and the lava for a long time.

Despicable Me has a new promo out for Earth Day. Yes, I intend to run all the promos with the minions. No, there's not really anything you can do about it. They're cute!

Attack of the Show has been running "Attack of the Staff" where they get their employees to sit and talk to the camera about their pasts. Here we have my nerd crush Chris Hardwick. He's from my part of the country, and I can hear his accent peek out when he talks about it.

Tim Gunn was on The Bonnie Hunt Show today talking about a range of topics, but mostly manners, and the disturbing lack of them. Here's part two of the interview with The World's Most Charming Man.

A student has been suspended from school for making a gun shape with her finger and pointing it in roughly the same direction as a teacher. Her permanent record is going to carry that she made "terroristic threats" to a member of schools staff. This ticks me off on several levels, because first, it's just stupid, and second that's what they're worried about, and not gay kids getting the crap beaten out of them?

Last night on United States of Tara Kate made a music video dressed as Princess Valhalla. Next week she prepares for a comic book convention while advising Moosh that two weeks is far too long to take to break up with your beard after you come out.