Morning Meme: Sir Elton Needs a Sacrifice, When "Glee" Went to D.C., Degaying "La Cage" and Coco on Lily

Male Powderpuff squad, Ellen, Idol, and visibility, plus Doctor Who premieres strong and Eric is back on Gossip Girl, but I want to see what I missed!

Matt Lucas credits his creative partner David Walliams with getting him through the dark times of his divorce, and eventual suicide of his husband Kevin McGee. But he’s through the worst, and looking forward to Walliams marriage, and their new projects together, beyond and separate from Little Britain.

Anybody still watching 90210? It turns out they’ve finally gotten to their lesbian kiss between Jessica Lowndes and Rumer Willis. Where are they going with it? That’s not clear, but frankly, if the relationship can stabilize Adrianna a bit, the show may become watchable again.

While I’m not going to go so far as to endorse a couple of shock jocks calling someone gay on their radio show, I am really happy that a federal judge has ruled doing so is not defamatory.  It could mean a lot for journalists, not to mention people’s self-esteem.

I can’t remember if I’d mentioned this before, but fabulous Cagelle and local crush Nick Adams has a day role on As The World Turns upcoming on May 3. The mind boggles with what they will do with him, and whether it might involve Reid. And I know the picture is one I haven't used, so you're welcome.

If you’re starting to plan your summer vacation, know that you can charter Johnny Depp’s 156 ft. yacht for a mere $130,000/week, including an eight man crew. If you have  space in the ten guest sleeping arrangement, I have a flexible work schedule. 

A friend of mine quit writing for The Bilerico Project last week over a post that ran about the latest gay adult entertainment site, complete with pictures. That led to a rather interesting story on the odd intersection of gay politics, journalism and the need to pay the bills that I found interesting.

I could find no good way to post this giant graphic of 100 Pixar characters and their Relative Sizes besides having you head over to Flickr and scroll through it there. Who knew Kevin was the tallest?

Fraser has been crowned the Gay Top Model 2010, and there are pictures of him and his competition. I think I can safely say that we’re the winners here.

GetEQUAL, the direct action group credited with the sit-in last month at Speaker Pelosi’s offices in D.C. and California is organizing a petition to get a vote on ENDA, and needs you to add your names to the list.

Time ran an essay about Taking Up the Dr. Seuss School of Catholicism that I found truly interesting, even if they didn’t choose to write it in rhyme. The key is separating the accessories of religion from religion itself. For example:

For starters, it might prod more Catholics to question, say, how Christian it is to heap Vatican-style condemnation on gays and lesbians and yet insist that pedophile priests need forgiveness more than prison time.

Elton John is planning on giving a concert in some Mayan ruins, which is probably fine, but generally a small ritual is done asking the Mayan gods for permission. Sir Elton skipped that step, and has had some accidents building a stage and such.  Surely someone who has worn so much reflective clothing over the years has a deal with a sun god?

This New York Times piece on Ellen and American Idol rambles on like someone who never watched a whole episode of the show this season (I swear I didn’t write it). It seems like the author is projecting a lot of her own thoughts on being out, being strong, and the nature of power onto things that I tend to think of as just ... Ellen being Ellen.

Doctor Who premiered strong to 8 million viewers in the U.K. over the weekend, and while that’s below David Tenant’s peak of 10.4 million, it’s a pretty good start. Did I mention that despite all my misgivings about Matt Smith, I really enjoyed the show? The frantic nature that bothered me in clips really worked for him on the episode, and his new companion may be my favorite of the new series.

I nearly forgot about Sarah Palin’s Fox news special last week after they pulled the interviews that she didn’t conduct. Turns out the ratings were pretty rough, and online buzz even worse. The party faithful weren’t even interested.

Despite the lack of a beefcake review from The Flying Monkey on Clash of the Titans, a bunch of you went and plopped down your cash to see it, as the movie raked in $61.4 million for the weekend. I was not one of you, so you need to tell me: How was the beefcake?

One of the great downers of doing this job from the hills of West Virginia is that I miss out on things like the legendary Coco Peru getting the even-more-legendary Lily Tomlin onstage for three hours to discuss her life and career, with Lily’s partner of nearly 40 years, Jane Wagner, in the front row.

Glee was at the White House Easter Egg Roll yesterday, and honestly, they sounded like a bunch of kids at a giant Easter Egg Roll. I love that these kids aren't cynical yet and really seem excited and appreciative for all the good fortune coming their way.

Chris Colfer is inside the fence.

The whole gang posing with some of the decorations.

And Mark Salling looking so hot I feel guilty seeing Elmo on his shoulders.

I'm not sure, but I think the Iditarod may need to start drug testing for the dogs.

Squint at the picture - who's angry now?

This is not a spiral.

I'd like to make a funny joke here, but what is there to say?

Don't you find that boundaries suck?

This is being passed around the Internet as a real Old Spice ad. My understanding is that it's just a really good parody of an Old Spice ad. But even an Old Spice parody may be good, because the real ad with the gentleman on a horse just got the actor a role in a Tyler Perry movie because Oprah enjoyed it.

This is a clip of Kelsey Grammer talking to Kathy Lee Gifford and Hoda about his role in La Cage Aux Folles. Again, it's just "a story about a family." No, Kelsey, it's a story about a gay family. Quit trying to degay our story.

It's been a long time since Eric appeared on Gossip Girl, but he's back tonight after a stint in Japan, where it sounds like he got his freak on. Repeatedly. Good for him. Next time maybe he can do it on camera.

Josh Levs is the Tosh or Web Soup of CNN. Which is basically what I do around here. This is a compilation of things he found this weekend, but the clip he has of the high school Powderpuff Cheer Squad is the tip of the iceberg. I can't imagine a group of guys putting on cheerleading skirts and doing a six minute choreographed dance routine at halftime. That would have been too "gay" but these guys are school heroes.You can find a link the the full cheerleading clip here.