Morning Meme: Meet Kid Akimbo, Thomas Dekker Plays Gay Again, and Bradley Cooper's Shower Scenes

Giant, expensive blimps, Matt Lucas in Bridesmaids, and what do we think of Adam Lambert's new haircut?

Thomas Dekker has signed up to play Lance Loud in HBO Films' Cinema Verite, a behind-the-scenes look at TV's first reality program, An American Family, which premiered on PBS in 1973. Lance was one of the first out people (characters?) on television and became something of an icon, running with Andy Warhol. He developed drug and alcohol problems, and succumbed to complications of HIV and Hepatitis C in 2001 at the age of 50.

Simpsons fans, this is something I never noticed before. Please be seated, and make sure you don’t have liquid in your mouth, because I can’t be responsible for wet keyboards.

I've been pretty vocal about not being interested in the movie adaptation of the game Battleship . But now comes news that hottie Alexander Skarsgaard has signed to star opposite Taylor Kitsch, making it one of the sexier movies in development.

Bradley Cooper has signed up to star in a baseball film about a star player who gets injured and sent back to the minor leagues, and has to take lodging in an old folks home. I’m hoping for a lot of locker room scenes.

For all of you that sent me the colored bacon, I so thank you for thinking of me. I especially thank the vegans and vegetarians that sent it to me. And in case you were wondering, yes, I would eat it.

Michael Feinstein’s American Songbook will premiere on PBS October 6, 13, and 20 at 8pm (check local listings). The first episode focuses on the 1950s and 1960s, the second on the music of World War II, and the third on the jazz of the 1920s and 1930s. Is it wrong that I hope Michael brings his singing buddy Cheyenne Jackson on for a duet?

Mark-Paul Gosselaar has signed on for one episode of Showtime’s Weeds. It sounds like he’s basically there to sleep with Nancy, so here’s hoping I finally get my Zack Morris nude scene. It’s been a Saved by the Bell fantasy.

As part of the press for her new blues album (that I’ve pre-ordered, its previews are amazing), Cyndi Lauper sat down with NYmag.com. One of their questions was about Sir Elton playing at Rush Limbaugh’s wedding. While Cyndi thinks taking hate money and funneling it to equality causes makes it a pass, she couldn’t keep her mouth shut to do it. “Me, nooooooo. There are some things I just won’t do. Like I won’t go to the Middle East. You could have a billion dollars, I won’t take it. And I can never hold my tongue.”

If you take alcoholic beverages and slowly dry them, then photograph the crystals under extreme magnification, you get tie-dye t-shirts. Seriously, it’s pretty amazing art. And the Pina Colada is the color of Pride.

Actress Mia Kirshner has been working to change Malawi for a long time. Her “I Love Here” initiative is for GLBT Malawians to share their experiences. She has an upcoming fundraiser July 29^th in Hollywood, but is having issues selling tickets. Help if you can, so the pardon of the gay couple doesn’t let attention fade from the GLBT  plight in that country.

Out Brit Matt Lucas has joined the cast of the Kristen Wig/Rose Byrne/Maya Rudolph movie Bridesmaids. We don’t get nearly enough Matt Lucas in the States.

The rather disgusting sounding Joaquin Phoenix documentary is being sold to Magnolia, so it’s likely that someone somewhere is going to see this mess in theaters.

The Army is prepping a giant blimp for the battlefield. It flies at 20,000 feet, stays up for three weeks, and snoops on just about everything. We’re buying a three-pack of them for $517 million dollars. But we can’t afford $126 million for HIV drugs for the poor.

Anyone planning on seeing Jonah Hex with Josh Brolin and Megan Fox this weekend should be aware that it currently has a 0% freshness rating at RottenTomatoes.com

Sean Hayes is having a good week – he rocked the Tony Awards and he produces Hot In Cleveland, which got record ratings on TVLand Wednesday night. Now his production company has signed a new development deal with NBC.

Though I swear I already reported this months ago, Leonardo DiCaprio is confirmed to play J. Edgar Hoover in a picture directed by Clint Eastwood, produced by Brian Grazer, and written by Dustin Lance Black. DLB has already said the script brings the gay, so this could be fun.

Yesterday MTV broke the first images of the new Archie Comics Twilight spoof. No word on who plays the Wolf Pack, or if the artists drew better abs than the actors showed for the latest film.

Adam Lambert has gone with a shorter 'do for his tour. He says to remain calm, he only shaved one side of his beautiful mane of hair. That makes it better?

Is it telling that you're showing off a new haircut while wearing a hat?

While I don't believe in Arizona's draconian immigration laws, I do have to object when monkeys start taking all the jobs. Unless I can have a monkey assistant, then I'm all for it. Boss?

I wonder if he dresses himself?

Poor Robert Green will never live down allowing the United States to score on England in the World Cup. Here we have CollegeHumor.com's opinion on what was going through his mind as the ball approached.

I'm not a huge Disney geek, but I can sit and watch Fantasia on a loop. I have sat and watched Fantasia on a loop - without being high. So I'm glad to know that they took it seriously when they chose to recreate the iconic mops and buckets scene from Fantasia in The Sorcerer's Apprentice. I'd go see the movie just to watch this scene.

I'm not cool anymore, so if I'm way behind the power curve nationally on Kid Akimbo, please forgive me. I stumbled on his video "Fun Boyz" browsing the MTVMusic site. There was nothing straight about the song title, and after listening to the song, not much heterosexual about the lyrics. This is gay-gay-gay, but not quite like anything I've heard before. I like it, and I demand to know why San Francisco has been hiding this guy. I'm waiting...