Morning Meme: Lee Daniels Nabs Wolverine, Barney vs. J-Lo, plus Monkeys!

Out director Lee Daniels let slip that he’s signed Hugh Jackman to star in his new movie, Selma. That’s one way to put butts in the seats.

Dumbo is the latest Disney property to get the Broadway treatment. I keep having visions of them wrapping the chandelier from Phantom of the Opera in a Papier-mâché elephant and swooping it around the audience.

Hulu is running an alternative to March Madness for people who couldn’t care less about footbasket or whatever it is they’re playing. It’s essentially a bracketed voting for your favorite shows, and gay favs like Glee, Modern Family, and Better Off Ted are up against much less deserving, and certainly less inclusive shows. Go vote now, I command you – Glee is losing to freakin’ Community.

I suppose knowing Dancing With the Stars set up a day care for Kate Gosselin’s kids isn’t a surprise, but knowing that it was out judge Bruno who did it makes it more fun.

No one cares but me, but Eric Stonestreet recently said that he wants Delta Burke to play his mother on Modern Family next season. Who should play his father? I’m thinking Burt Reynolds.

Remember when we rain the trailer from the PS3 game Heavy Rain a while back, with the guy showering? Well, there’s a website purporting to have the full frontal on the guy and the girl. It should go without saying NSFW.

Warner Brothers has confirmed that we get to see Ryan Reynolds all in green on June 17, 2011. Green Lantern’s light, I’m excited!

A group of artists has decided to create what Biblical events would have looked like from space, if Google Earth had existed. Undoubtedly it will upset some people, but they’ve done some really beautiful work.

Manolith has an interesting piece commenting on Male Sexual Objectification, using the ladies of The View as an example. In fact, they single out super-cougar Barbara Walters for her treatment of Zach Efron. Mind you, they’re not against the objectification, just observing it.

Lifetime has set a premiere date for Drop Dead Diva of June 6, and my favorite summer pleasure, Wipeout, will return to ABC June 22.

Speaking of things I love watching, Futurama is back with 12 new episodes on Comedy Central this coming June. Anyone who doesn’t like it can bit my shiny metal a**. 

What if Internet meme’s had giant marketing budgets like Hollywood (I might not be eating Ramen for dinner)? Think about how they’d market David After Dentist or Keyboard Cat. Or just follow the link and look.

The age of the dinosaurs began about 10 million years earlier than we thought it did. Sarah Palin and Glenn Beck responded with “Nuh-uh!”

Danny Glover is asking the stars not to wear Hugo Boss clothing to the Oscars to protest the fashion house's plan to close a manufacturing plant in Cleveland, putting 400 people out of work.I'm using it as an excuse to run this photo:

See? Even the models won't wear Hugo Boss clothing. Seriously: England Cricket Players: James Anderson, Stuart Broad and Alistair Cook

The Tea Party illustrated.

Philosoraptor raises a salient point. British readers?

Today in advertising, we have the single best use of a Post-It note I have ever seen in my life, along with a solution to one of life's great problems.

Assuming you asked their name in the first place.

The final Toy Story 3 Poster is out. Ken and Barbie are looking tight.

Werk!

Finally, the latest rage seems to be taking the Dr. Drew Narcissism Test. My results were...expected. Maybe not welcome, but not unexpected. You can take it and report back here on your problems and we can commiserate.

Could've been worse.

This preview for How I Met Your Mother where Barney hits on J-Lo may be the best use of J-Lo in history. She does beyotch so well. It's weird seeing Barney deal with someone his equal, but oh-so-satisfying.

Christian Siriano: Having a Moment is a new Bravo special following the designer as he prepares to show at Fashion Week. It gets us all caught up on his life over the last two years, and is rumored to be a back-door pilot for a series.

And TheOnion.com strikes again with an audio report that the "gay gene" has been isolated.There is moderate language, please exercise appropriate caution. NSFW.