Info Meme

I’m actually the wrong type of gay to know how bad of an idea this is, but even from my nerdy perch, I have a feeling remaking A Star is Born with Russell Crowe and Beyonce is likely to start riots in WeHo, Dupont Circle, and the West Village. Thoughts?

Hasbro has been intent on making more toys into movies. Bad ideas currently underway have included Monopoly and Battleship, but one of the ideas I was into is Candyland. Now they’ve announced that Taylor Lautner is going to play Stretch Armstrong. I don’t know why I think I like this idea, but it could be that Stretch Armstrong was made to squeeze and grope, and I know Taylor is legal in three days.

When I was in first grade, my school got all new desks with brightly colored tops. Mine was red that year. But the old ones were classic wooden affairs, and generations of students had scribbled on the tops, leaving a piece of themselves at the school. But doing that today is evidently a reason for you to be handcuffed and marched out of school.

I always assumed that when a star went to a fashion show, it was because they wanted the designer to give them free clothes and to be photographed somewhere us mere mortals weren't allowed.  I had no idea that they were paid to show up. Rihanna gets $100k/show to sit in the front row and pretend to be interested. It’s a sliding scale from there, all the way down to Eliza Dushku who doesn’t actually get paid, but does get hair, makeup and airfare covered. I feel like I just saw mom putting out my Easter basket or something.

Where’s my airsick bag? Where’s Waldo is coming to a silver screen near you. As Kitty said when she tipped me to this, they keep destroying my childhood.

More than 2,000 people showed up to a scheduled snowball fight in in Washington D.C.'s Dupont Circle gayborhood this weekend. Insert joke about gay boys throwing like sissies if you want, but at least the cops didn’t draw their guns this time. And who schedules snowball fights, anyway?

In a total LOL moment, high-res photos reveal Sarah Palin had crib notes written on her hand for the Q&A at the Tea Party Convention she was paid $100k to speak at this weekend. So what cheat notes did she have to answer all the questions with? “Energy” “Tax” and “Lift American Spirits” which is really all the woman has ever said.

Surprising only the makers of those awful Ice Age movies, Disney Pixar’s Up won the Annie Award for Best Picture.  Disney also picked up an award for Prep & Landing, the Christmas special that I refuse to delete from my DVR because it makes me giggle when you guys leave mean comments.

The new Pakistani ambassador to Saudi Arabia has been rejected because his name means “biggest d**k” in Arabic. No politician wanted to have to negotiate with the guy for fear of feeling intimidated.

I’m going to go ahead and give this one to cat owners: a new study says cat owners in Britain are more likely to have a university degree than dog owners. I’m mostly letting you have it because the article also calls felines “famously cunning and selfish” which just goes to show an education doesn’t proe you’re smart.

Anne Hathaway has been getting a lot of press around here lately. Obviously I’ve developed a thing for her. But the news that she left the Catholic Church over their attitude towards her beloved gay brother means she’s likely to stay front page news as long as I work here. Talented and rationally consistent are qualities I can appreciate in a woman, since a great rack does nothing for me.

Mat Horne, best known as Gavin in Gavin & Stacy has been tapped to star as Culture Club drummer Jon Moss in the upcoming BBC Boy George biopic. I’ve always found him adorably cuddly, so I’d prefer him as a love interest. Wait – that’s my personal life. This works for the movie.

There’s going to be a sequel to the yet-to-open Valentine’s Day I’ve been railing against of late. This one will be called New Year’s Eve and is set in New York. Some of the original stars will appear in the sequel along with new stars who have signed up. What are the odds our gays make the cut?

A team exploring the Antarctic have recovered five crates of Scotch and two crates of brandy left behind by an explorer more than 100 years ago. And I thought my Macallan 18 year was pricey.

After the success of the Golden Globes not doing a west coast tape delay, the Emmy Awards are considering doing the same thing. Now if the American Music Awards had done that, the whole country would have seen Adam Lambert without the editing.

UnrealityMag.com has a list of the Must Have Toys and Gadgets from 80s Movies and TV Shows, and I spent several minutes going “Aww! I remember that.” Snicks is now mortgaged to the hilt so he can have all the 80s toys. I’d be happy if he let me ride the Silver Spoons train.

Neil Gaiman, who coined #biggaybattle for us, has revealed that he wrote an episode of Dr. Who for Matt Smith’s Doctor. Sadly, it’s not for the upcoming season, but the season after that.

Photo Meme

I don't know where this came from, but you know in the end, it will come down to this. What amuses me most is how many little nods to the history of The Simpsons there are in this picture.

There can be only one.

This Polish newspaper printed a piece about the preparations for the Olympic Games in Vancouver next week, including the mascots at the bottom. See anyone extra in that picture?

Does Pedobear know that they have minimum ages for the figure skaters now?

This ad for Dean's Whiskey recreates the classic Marilyn Monroe shot with a decidely Scottish and homoerotic twist.

Scotsmen don't have hairy legs under their kilts.

Heinz has decided to do away with those awful ketchup packets that you get at fast food places. The new package is bigger, squirtable, dippable, and 4x less likely to cause swearing over your Happy Meal.

Why didn't someone think of this sooner?

Bungee Cat says "Good morning!"

I never see creative outdoor advertising in person. But I think I'd have to go to Italy to see this one for Imodium.

I might wreck the car if I saw that.

I got you flowers. Please stare at them. You are under my power.

And this one hurts my head. 

This happened during the Super Bowl last night. Did anybody get through?