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Bonham’s is auctioning off all sorts of genuine Dr. Who props and costumes, so if you’ve ever wanted a real Magma Beast, Cyberman or Dalek, you can head over and empty your wallet.

I’ve never watched any of The Fast and the Furious movies. I am aware they have some serious beefcake in them, from Vin Diesel to Paul Walker, who used to make me swoon a lot more than he does today. They not only make me swoon, they make cash registers ring, so Paul, Vin and the gang are back for a fifth installment.

DARPA is the funky, let’s-build-crazy-stuff branch of the Pentagon. They’re really good at burning money, and I once had a run in with them over a piece of software they spent a ton of money developing that I wrote for pocket change. Still, they like to dream, and recently put out a job listing for a project to build a new robot. But this robot is supposed to be able to hold a grenade in one hand and pull the pin with the other, without input from a human operator. Yep – we’re screwed.

I’m not one to boss you guys around (O.K., I totally am), but maybe you should go join the Facebook group petitioning Lorne Michaels to let Betty White host Saturday Night Live. She’s never done it, and frankly that’s a crime against comedy. Part of me is loathe to have Betty stoop to SNL, but the rest of me wants to watch really, really bad.

Do you know that White Castle restaurants take reservations for Valentine’s Day? The home of the slider dresses up for Cupid’s arrival, and you better book soon because they generally have to turn people away. Who doesn’t want something creative instead of the boring dress up dinner in the crowded restaurant?

I’ve been pitching different parts of The Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Orlando for days in hopes they’ll cough up a vacation package for me to come and review the place, but it hasn’t worked yet. So I’m still trying, and here’s the interactive website with the map of the attraction complete with really annoying background music that you will want to switch off.

With the news that Warner was redoing Clash of the Titans in 3-D for April, most people thought the only casualty was that awful J-Lo film. Turns out it’s more complicated than that. Most movie screens in the U.S. are not 3-D capable, and that’s why we generally only have one showing at a time. But with Titans going 3-D, it’s possible that four 3-D movies will be fighting for space including Avatar which looks to be still going strong, plus the animated flick How to Train Your Dragon and Alice In Wonderland.  That’s too many. Oddly, in my tiny town, our one movie theater is brand new, and while I’ll never see A Single Man play here, all 14 screens here are 3-D THX masterpieces.

A nine-year-old boy was yanked out of his classroom and nearly suspended after he brought a 2” toy gun to school. Yes, we’re talking about something too small for a G.I. Joe.

Out designer Zac Posen is very image conscious, even if that image has a flare for the dramatic. He’s been known to wear a cape or two, and he’s rocked a beret which is no mean feat. But one way he wouldn’t appear? With  Count Von Count from Sesame Street.  Not even to be included in a Harper’s Bazaar fashion spread. Personally I’d kill to be photographed with a Muppet – even one that made me cry as a child.

Logan Lerman, the adorable newcomer headlining Percy Jackson and the Lightening Thief, reveals that he’s had preliminary talks to play Peter Parker in the new Spider-Man reboot. I have never seen him act in anything, so I don’t have any judgment beyond not understanding why we’re rebooting the franchise in the first place.

Over 5,000 people descended on a farm in Britain for a Tough Guy conference that left bones broken, faces cut and bruised, and likely a few scorched feet, since they had to run through a Field of Fire. You really need to go look at the picture at Daily Mail to understand how hard core this was, but I’m warning those who don’t want to give Daily Mail the page view.

Merlin, which some read as having a homoerotic subtext that we just don’t see here,will air its second season on SyFy in the U.S. starting April 2. We’ve seen bits of the second season, and we can tell you that Arthur spends a lot of time in bed, which is good because he sleeps shirtless.

You should go read this open letter to the Commandant of the Marine Corps, the only military chief to be vocally against repealing Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell (hint: It’s satire).

Someone dropped $104.3 million dollars on a ratty looking sculpture by Alberto Giacometti at Sotheby’s on Monday. That price makes it the most expensive piece of art ever sold at auction. Not only is this one of the most unattractive things I’ve ever seen, if you had $104.3 million lying around, literally doing nothing, how much of a d**k do you have to be right now to buy this instead of donating $3 million to Haiti and maybe endowing a scholarship?

Taylor Swift is reportedly the latest bit of stuntcasting on Glee. I know people like this squinty little girl, but a role on Glee implies you can sing, and I watched the Grammys Sunday night.

Lady GaGa, or a figure skater?

Beetles that have huge mandibles for fighting are cursed with tiny swords for reproduction. Huge mandibles are the red Corvettes of the insect world.

We’ve focused on Sam Adama on Caprica, what with him being the gay one and all. But Joe is also an interesting character, and the actor says that an upcoming episode has a flashback of him and Sam as kids. No word on whether it involves Joe hitting on girls while Sam hits on their brothers.

The Advocate has a pair of articles worth checking out. The first is an interview with Jemma Thomas, the soon-to-be-ex of out rugger Gareth Thomas. She seems terribly Zen about the whole thing. The second article is about Ian Roberts, one of the first major sports stars to come out, joining a lawsuit over a sketch comedy bit that he feels crossed a line.

James Bobin, who co-created a show I never watched, Flight of the Conchords, may direct the upcoming Muppet movie. I’m all for anything Muppets, but this guy should know that if he screws up my beloved Muppets, I will have Animal kill him.

Photo Meme

Earlier this week, we decided to survey our readers to see who had been inspired to join ManCrunch.com by the controversy surrounding the CBS Super Bowl commercial. Not that many voted in the poll, and even fewer copped to joining. 

But if every gay site had a few join, it might have worked.

Secretary LaHood, a Republican member of President Obama's Cabinet, mimes what I believe is a football move as President Obama enters the Republican summit where he cleaned their clocks earlier this week.

Maybe it's a golf move? Photo credit: White House Flickr

As long as we're on political photos, I've always considered Sen. Mitch McConnell the Droopy Dog of the Senate. But here he's reimagined as a more contemporary character. Can you spot who?

Instead of cupcakes, he wants your soul. Photo credit 9gag.com

The optical illusions seem popular, but they don't cross my desk most days, or at least quality ones don't. But I think we got lucky today.

You are under my control. Or trapped in my washing machine.

Parenthood looks like a bright spot on NBC. You've got that Gilmore Girl lady that everyone loves, and there's a decent amount of beefcake both young, and well, still young but not jailbait. The problem is that they decided to advertise the show with one of my biggest problems with the ongoing Brothers & Sisters gaybie plotline.

A little scrawny, but I like the fur.

Move over Gilles Marini and meet Noah Mills, the man who is going to be rubbing BenGay all over Samantha in the new Sex and the City 2. I had a picture of Noah on my laptop for a few months now as a possible Briefs Guy, but he just didn't wow me.

He's hot, in that generic sort of way. Love the shoes/socks.