Afternoon Meme: Adam Lambert Is Beautiful (But Not Influential), Betty White Won't Do Dope, and Degaying Obama.

Plus Secretariat runs, Bill Murray backtracks, Jan Moir was railroaded, and really, MTV? Really?

Today’s big news is that the Time 100 Most Influential list came out, and it has 127 entries. It’s a shame there were no mathematicians involved. Notable out men in the Artists section include Neil Patrick Harris, Sir Elton John, and Marc Jacobs. Lady Gaga topped the Artist section. Noticeably absent was Adam Lambert.

I think I’ve found my new addiction: Caffeinated Maple-Bacon Lollipops.

Generally gay-friendly D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty has apologized for honoring the leader of Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays and Gays (PFOX).

I’m trying to decide if I feel sorry for hunky Tommy DiDario because he sounds like a genuinely nice guy who got caught up dating that sad excuse for a human being Paul Johnson Calderon on CW’s High Society, or if it’s just his pretty face.

Hulu has dropped plans to open up shop in the UK after none of the television outlets wanted to be their friend.

Really Best Week Ever? You want to suggest that a gay director for Twilight: Breaking Dawn is going to produce the “Gayest Movie Ever” and that he’ll force PDA between Taylor Lautner and Robert Pattinson? Or bring up in the middle that the only thing you know about Breaking Dawn is that there’s incest somewhere? If only there was a website that could guide you in writing about gay issues. Wait – there is, and like you, it’s owned by MTV. Maybe you should just leave reporting on the subject to us since you’re not capable without trafficking in tired, harmful stereotypes.

Buried in the list of 6 True Stories About Disneyland They Don’t Want You To Know is Gay Days, along with communal cast underwear and the fact that they used to employ a "boobie inspector" for Splash Mountain photos.

Bill Murray is about as consistent on making a Ghostbusters sequel as Toni Collette’s Tara is with parenting. Now he’s saying the movie is guaranteed to suck, but if they do make it, he doesn’t want killed in the first reel.

On the heels of her pop single leaking, Countess Luann sits down to dish on the show, her divorce, and finding real estate and dating in Manhattan. 

The folks behind the Got Milk? campaign want to make sure when you’ve got milk, it’s actually “mammalian lacteal secretions.” They’ just not down with anything that comes from soy or cocnuts being called milk, and want it to be legally labeled “drinks” or “beverages” or even “imitation milk.”

Santa Clara County has voted to ban toys in happy meals, and to ban calling them "happy" meals, or anything of the kind unless they meet certain nutritional guidelines. It’s all in the name of fighting childhood obesity. I think they may have a point, but they better step off because I still need to collect my Spongebob Squarepants Watch.

The parent company Viacom saw profits jump 38% last quarter, and advertising is rebounding. How about that raise now?

While some people have concerns Betty White isn't up for 90 minutes of live television on Saturday night Live at her age, she’s happy to remind reporters that when she started doing television, it was all live.

DC Agenda (soon to be the Washington Blade again) has a review of the new biography of President Obama called The Bridge. And they say that every strand of the President’s rise is chronicled in detail except one – there’s nothing in there about gay rights, gay money, or gay votes. Even when our big gay donors like David Geffen get mentioned, the fact that they’re gay is left out.

Iran intends to begin arresting women with suntans. This comes a week after Iranian clerics said the breasts of immodest women caused earthquakes. 

Today’s Stories from the Frontlines is written by an active duty chaplain, freshly home from a war zone deployment. The power of his quoting scripture at the government can’t be denied.

The managing director of the Daily Mail Online is complaining that Twitter users didn’t bother reading Jan Moir’s nasty column about Stephen Gately before responding, because Twitter traffic exceeded their page views. It’s a specious argument being made by someone who doesn’t seem to understand how information replicates on the web.

Funnyman Leslie Jordan turns 55 today.

Somebody at AfterElton.com got a new iPad this week, and I admit to being a little jealous. While I'm sure it can do just about anything, I'm fairly sure this would void the warranty.

Still, it's almost believable at this point.

This is frightening for us, but can you imagine what it's like for the fish?

Somebody get this primate his own MTV show about grinding and flipping. He's at least as articulate as all of those skater/boarder types I see late at night while I'm flipping around.

He comes with his own natural jacket.

The new poster for Christopher Nolan's Inception has hit the web, and I still don't know what it's about. I'm guessing there aren't any bright colors in the film though.

It just looks depressing.

We always talk about bunny ears, but the cottontails are just as distinctive. 

Adam Lambert made People's Most Beautiful List, and they choose to pose him with the most flamboyant bird they could find. I know it's a list about being beautiful, but I can't help but wonder if the focus on his makeup and eyeliner doesn't do him more harm than good.

Still, he's looking awfully good.

For Madeleine, we have to show the Secretariat trailer. It's all about big smelly beasts and Diane Lane's dominance of them. But the scene with Secretariat as a newborn is just precious.

Last night, Sir Elton John played a benefit concert in memory of Ryan White, and Good Morning America sent Sam Champion to cover the event. It was emotional for both of them. Sir Elton credits the experience of getting to know Ryan with getting him sober and making him a better person, and millions of people worldwide credit Ryan with giving the HIV a face.

I haven't been keeping up with High Society on The CW, but evidently that awful Paul Johnson Calderon decided to cheat on model/boyfriend Tommy DiDario and let it be filmed (It is a reality show after all). Their breakup scene has all the passion and fire of a C-SPAN book review.

On Take a Look At This, we see a really bad driver, a virtual bowling league for seniors, and a common house cat doing uncommon good.