Info Meme

Scott Brown, Senator-elect from Massachusetts, famously posed nekkid for Cosmo back in the day. Well, Cosmo wants him back, preferably nekkid. But they’ll talk to him dressed if they have to.

Air America, the legal, and gay friendly radio company that gave a platform to Al Franken before his Senate battle, and crazy-smart-adorable Rachel Maddow, ceased broadcasting abruptly last night. They will broadcast greatest hits until Monday to help their affiliates transition, and begin immediate liquidation.

Want to know how Stefani Germanotta became Lady GaGa in Pasipanny, NJ? A trip to the recording studio that started it all can tell you, from a completely different angle than you’re used to hearing it.

Robert Pattinson and Sean Penn are reportedly close to signing to appear in the Depression-era movie Water for Elephants that Reese Witherspoon is attached to. Cue all the Internet rumors about Pattinson cheating on his rumored girlfriend with Reese, and Jake Gyllehaal being crushed, in 3-2-1.

Pee-Wee Herman is back in his stage show in Los Angeles, and Wednesday was the premiere at the Nokia Lounge. Pee-Wee himself has barely changed, but my favorite part was goofy cut-up David Arquette showing up dressed as Pee-Wee.

Sarah Jessica Parker tells E! that in Sex and the City 2, Carrie takes her revenge on Mr. Big by having bad sex with him. She must be unaware that bad sex, like bad pizza, is still pretty good. Unless it’s Pizza Hut pizza.

There is a rumor, being reported by Fox News, that Liza Minelli is joining Ugly Betty as the drama teacher that Justin was so excited about this week. Undercutting the rumor is the fact that Fox News calls her Lisa Minelli in the headline. No, we don’t yet know what’s going on, but we promise to listen closely for a SQUEE! from Michael Urie.

Ron Howard and Brian Grazer are reviving an old Gene Roddenberry pilot called The Questor Tapes from the 1970s. It’s about an android who is missing part of his memory tapes and goes looking for the rest of himself. Even back then it was considered a bit dull and slow. So… CBS then?

You should go take a look at our sister blog, NewNowNext. They just got a major facelift, and things couldn’t be gayer.

A physicist has made some calculations, and figured out that R2D2 would have to be so light as to have been made of Styrofoam. I’m not kidding – he showed his work. I’d love to say he’s wrong, but I’m a blogger who can’t balance his checkbook – I don’t do math that has all those squigglies in it instead of numbers.

Hot on the tail of The New York Times announcing it planned to start charging for a certain level of web content, Hulu announced a plan to do the same. Nothing has been decided yet, but the best idea they have is you can watch the latest five episodes for free, but pay $4.99/month to watch archives of that show, with a minimum archive of 20 shows for that price.

In a fact that will never appear in a Texan textbook, scientists have figured out how animals got to Madagascar. The super-island’s ecosystem has always been a puzzle of unique species, but after modeling old ocean currents, they now believe that swift currents would have taken floating logs and other natural rafts to the island very quickly back then. It also explains why there’s nothing much bigger than a lemur on the island – elephants don’t float that well. 

Glee is on a roll, with a People’s Choice Award, a Golden Globe, and now Dianna Agron, who plays Quinn, has sold her first screenplay. So not only is the show rocking out, the cast member’s sidelines are also succeeding.

Kermit the Frog closed a school for kids in Colorado. It seems that someone noticed a duffel  bag in the parking lot and reported it to the cops. After a lockdown and general panic, the duffel bag was determined to hold a Kermit the Frog puppet. We all know it was the real Kermit though – Miss Piggy hit him one too many times, and this was the body dump.

An obsessed 21 year-old woman has been named by the Guiness Book of World Records as the Biggest Pokemon collector in the world, with 12, 113 pieces. She even went to Japan for her birthday to get items only available there, and the collection has taken over her entire home, including her parent’s room.

Robot Chicken, the Adult Swim Show I never miss, has been renewed for two seasons and 40 episodes. It’s being called big words like “unprecedented” in the media coverage, and I agree it’s epic for fans like me. But let’s face it, it’s a bunch of guys playing with dolls and making fart jokes.

3-D printers are awesome technology. You feed a design into them, and they generally have a vat of goop they shoot a laser into, and the goop hardens into a 3-D pattern on exposure to the light, creating a little prototype of your design. But MIT has gone a step further, and created one that prints edible food. Yep – we have the basics of a Star Trek:TNG replicators.

If you pay a pimp for a prostitute, and the prostitute decides to not put out, I wouldn’t call the police to complain about fraud. Just handle things yourself and call it a lesson learned. And yes, there are mug shots at the link.

If you printed Twitter…well, why would you do that? Someone did figure out what it would mean. 

Presented without comment: Sean Connery speaking.

The upcoming movie The Knights of Badassdom, about a group of LARPers who accidentally awaken a real demon, has reportedly cast the delightfully acerbic Peter Dinklage.

The Valentine’s Day episode of Supernatural could have a fun gay-ish element, as the guys take a Cupid hostage, and try to interrogate him, but find he’s just too affectionate to make a good prisoner. It’s supposed to be hilarious, and I always love Dean in these situations.

As has been mentioned in comments elsewhere, Senator Pretty Boy, aka Rob Lowe, is leaving Brothers & Sisters. Evidently he felt he wasn’t getting enough attention and asked to be let go. You’d think that if you joined an ensemble called Brothers & Sisters, and you’re neither, you’d get that the camera wouldn’t be on you much. But that leaves us with the question – how should the writers get rid of him? Take our poll:

Photo Meme

I want to take a serious moment to mention that Jeff Sheng, who's photography I've mentioned before, has completed his latest book. Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Volume 1 will go on sale next week. The book of pictures of shadowed soldiers, airmen, sailors and Marines conveys a haunting reality of the shadowed lives servicemen and servicewomen are forced to live to serve their country. Pre-sales go live next week, but you can read a little more about the project over at The Bilerico Project.

Kenneth, Kuwait, 2009

Some of the first press photos for the Oscars are out, showing Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin horsing around. I really do fear this is going to be a disaster.

Nothing says "young demographic" like this photo.

A Chicago boy at heart, this photo released by the White House shows President Obama chasing Chief of Staff Rahm Emmanuel with a snowball into the Rose Garden.

If only he'd chase Senate Republicans like this.

Disney has released a mountain of Alice In Wonderland stills, and I really feel like I need some magic mushrooms before seeing this. Here we have Chessur, the Cheshire Cat, voiced by out commedian Stephen Fry.

He looks oddly innocent.

This air drop over Haiti by the United States Southern Command is both beautiful and heartbreaking.

I'm hoping it's not chaos underneath.

This ad is for something. It's kind of hard to tell what. Can you figure it out without Google? Because I can't.

I thought advertising was supposed to create an association?

This dayrunner-style page for an unemployed person in today's economy is funny, in that way that makes you sad after you laugh. When will it end?

My day has resembled this.

Eric Stonestreet of Modern Family is adorable. But his pet duck is even more adorable.

Why can't adults dress like this without judgement?

I'm not sure if this is a prank, or the modern version of a door hanger like they used to leave on my condo. I'd still be irritated by it. But it is ingenious.

This could actually be used in a home invasion. 

This art series is a little odd, but we all know that's how I like my art. Faeries In the Real World Wear Boxer shorts.

Sometimes less is more? 

Dehydrated water is a great spacesaver, but I'm unfamiliar with this particular brand. I prefer Fiji Brand Dehydrated Water.

Dehydrating keeps the can from rusting.