Morning Meme: "Deadpool"'s Demented Director, Russell Simmons NOH8 Shake, and a Trip To "Rio"

Ryan Carnes refuses spandex in The Phantom, go behind the scenes of The Kids Are All Right, and play with the Konami code.

Following up on the Rep. Aaron Schock photos from yesterday, he responded via Twitter, “Never thought a pic of me w/ my shirt on would go viral. Learned my lesson and burned the belt.” Honey, it was more than the belt – the belt was just the kicker.

Ryan Murphy says Coldplay has decided Glee is more relevant than they are and opened their catalog to the show unasked.

TCM unveiled their 10 Best Comedy Lines from Classic Movies. I have some quibbles with their definition of “classic movies” but it probably means I’m getting old.  But When Harry Met Sally? Classic? In any case, I always loved “It must have been hard on your mother, not having any children.”

Pink Satan badmouthed Sean Hayes as a Tony host before the ceremony, and now we have the headline “Tony Awards Were Ratings Bomb” which is funny, because being off 6% from a top rated telecast doesn't seem like a bomb to me.

It seems that as an alternative to swimming in deep water filled with oil, those big, dangerous-to-humans deepwater sharks are moving into shallow waters on the Florida coast. Happy summer!

Warner is planning on remaking The Incredible Mr. Limpet, in which Don Knotts turned into a fish to fight the Nazis. The half live, half animated film may end up starring Zach Galifinakis in the title role, as well as seriously updated effects. But the question is, should anyone ever try to remake the comedy of Don Knotts?

It seems a match made in movie heaven, asking quirky director Robert Rodriguez to take on the Deadpool film starring Ryan Reynolds. He seems the perfect match for the sort-of-good, sort-of-evil, definite smartass Deadpool. Rodriguez hasn’t said yes yet.

Russell Simmons is a hip-hop mogul, very rich man, and a really good guy. This straight ally dropped by Millions of Milk Shakes during L.A. Pride to create the NOH8 Shake. I have a feeling people will listen to him that might not listen to me.

In something that amuses me to no end, the Konami code works at both Newsweek.com and Marvel.com.

The Phantom could become a series on SyFy, depending on how the pilot movie goes this weekend.  I was more excited before I found out hottie Ryan Carnes was forgoing the traditional spandex costume for something more Dark Knight-inspired. I can’t imagine it’s because Carnes is shy – we’ve seen about all of him that we can see that doesn’t require a scalpel.

You know that scene from the Grown Ups trailer where the pool water turns blue from the grown ups going wee-wee? Well, someone did some research and it turns out the blue water effect is just an urban legend.

Best Buy unveiled an app for the iPhone called Movie Mode that can translate what the Minions are saying in Despicable Me. I’ve been obsessively checking the App Store since it was announced, but there’s time before the movie opens.

Massive spoiler about the Doctor Who season finale. Only click through if you want to be spoiled.

Here’s a list of the Worst Manmade Environmental Disasters. Oddly, Chernobyl was left off the list.

Margaret Cho, backstage at Bonaroo.

South Korea is weaponizing K-Pop for use on the demilitarized zone. I’m not sure what the Geneva Convention says about that.

According to a new study, to some people gays are just icky. And once you’re icky, they’ll never be able to see you as non-icky, even if they try to.

I don't know what photoshoot for True Blood this was from, but it's a tip from AE reader T. Still, it's playful and more than a little sexy.

Pull tighter on Eric's neck, Sookie.

The funny video of a "smirking Obama" meme has really taken off around the internet. The one featuring an upset David Beckham after Team USA scored Saturday was picked up as real by several sites. But this is my favorite so far.

Look at the puppy!

I have no explanation for this picture, but I'd love to hear one if you have it. Consider it a bonus Caption contest, because I'm out of ideas.

Your caption here.

I adore the goofy simplicity of Eureka, and can't wait until it comes back next month. This little featurette about Henry brings up the issues of dating a super scientist in a city of awkward geniuses.

I'm sure we'll provide deeper coverage on The Kids Are All Right as it gets closer to the July 7th release, but this featurette just came out about the message of the film, and the caliber of the actors, which admittedly is pretty stunning including Annette Bening, Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo. Plus there is Mia Wasikowski who had the chance to learn from Johnny Depp in Alice In Wonderland. So sad that this isn't the type of movie I can see in my hometown.

This is a new trailer for Rio, about a nerdy macaw from a small town in Minnesota who takes off for adventures in Rio. Based on the trailer, I'm a little unclear on how he got to South America, but I'm guessing American Airlines.