Afternoon Meme: New "Alejandro" Preview, A Big Raise for "Big Bang" and Ianto Jones Finds New Life

Plus we ogle Bradley Cooper, get more bad news for Wanda Sykes, and Howl gets the opening slot at Outfest.

The cast of The Big Bang Theory is aware that they have the highest rated show on television, and that the producers just signed a highly lucrative syndication deal. They’d like a small raise – 285% to be exact, taking them from $65,000/episode to $250,000. I think they’re worth it, but won’t Sheldon just squander it on comic books?

Howl, starring James Franco and Jon Hamm, has been announced as the opening film for Outfest, the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film Festival.

Allowing HIV negative gay men to donate blood would boost supply by an estimated 219,000 pints each year, saving countless lives. Isn’t it time we start making decisions based on science and not fear with this disease?

Goats are not the most photogenic animals, but they do seem to like having their pictures taken. I had a lot of fun with this compilation of the Best Photobombs by Goats.

This heartbreaking story of denial and acceptance, coming out after years of repression and a small town upbringing manages to have a heartwarming ending. It also teaches us that if we judged the world from the point-of-view of a four-year-old, the world might be a better place.

I can’t do a better description than the headline for this story: When Reporters Write A Story You Don’t Like, Perhaps Don’t Impersonate Them Asking For Sexual Encounters or Nude Modeling Jobs. Especially not in this job market.

When your chance to direct the new James Bond movie gets put on hold due to the economy, do you go and grab another big action movie? Not if you’re Sam Mendes, who is choosing a stage musical adaption of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. At least he’s showing versatility.

I have a fear of needles. I have to be lying prone to get a flu shot, because I’m very likely to pass out. But if they gave me the shot using the new P.L.E.A.S.E  system, which uses lasers to deliver the medicine, I might find it so cool I’d go get vaccinated for things I wasn’t likely to catch in the first place. Lasers are cool.

It’s official: Rosie Huntington-Whiteley has replaced Megan Fox in Transformers 3. She auditioned in see-thru lingerie, which just goes to show how important acting chops are to a role like this.

Costs for the Pope’s visit to the UK are spiraling out of control, heading north of £20 million. While the Church picks up part of the tab, the British taxpayers get the bulk of the bill for this man to spread his hate on British soil.

It looks like BP is covering up the extent of damage to the wildlife in the Gulf of Mexico. I’d like to say I’m shocked, but mostly I’m just shocked that anyone else is shocked.

There’s a new study that your morning coffee doesn’t really perk you up so much as alleviate the effects of caffeine withdrawal you suffered while you slept. This is inline with my own experience – I used to say that I had to restore my chemical balance in the morning with caffeine and nicotine. Now it’s just caffeine.

It’s official – ABC will not be saving The New Adventures of Old Christine, meaning that Wanda Sykes is having a very bad spring.

There’s a mildly-NSFW image in this story about a matchmaking service that submitted an advertisement with the shadow of a man’s organs on the hot woman that would never use a matchmaking service. The sad part is a reputable magazine didn’t notice the outline, and ran the ad. Now the website is calling it a trademark image.

We showed you the outfit that Chris Evans was wearing for Captain America, now we can show the full view of what Chris Hemsworth is wearing as Thor. I know I always get shouted down in the comments, but I miss the days when a superhero movie was an excuse to ogle a hunk in spandex for 90 minutes.

That doesn't look like the hammer from the end of Iron Man 2.

On August 10th, a new Torchwood comic will debut. Captain Jack himself, John Barrowman, teamed up with his talented sister Carole to write the story. And the best part is that the cover art shows a certain coffee boy.

Why do we have to wait?

The Onion News Network brings us the best news I've ever heard - binge drinking and promiscuous sex are good for you. At least according to the New Orleans Journal of Medicine. This means I'm in Olympic-caliber shape!

I still have no intention of giving my money over to the A-Team because of Rampage Jackson and his homophobic remarks, but I have no problem sitting in my desk chair objectifying Bradley Cooper in the trailer for free. That body didn't come from Soloflex, it came straight from my dreams. Not that there's anything straight about my dreams.

Lady Gaga has released a second teaser for "Alejandro" and it has Speedos and ropes added to the mix. I remember the days when trailers were three minutes long, and music videos that were three minutes long didn't get trailers.