In casting news I didn't see coming, Jerry O'Connell has replaced Heroes Sendhil Ramamurthy in the NBC dramedy pilot Rex Is Not Your Lawyer, which also features David Tennant. Don't get me wrong, I like Jerry, and I like Sendhil, I just never thought it possible that they could be interchangeable in a role.

By the time you read this, Vevo will have launched, in essence to be what MTV was in the 1980s, but on the web. They're owned by the big music labels and powered by Google, and will be the one stop shop for watching music videos – with advertising. As they prep to launch they're putting some behind-the-scenes stuff up, including Adam Lambert throwing a television out the window, filming a commercial for them, and an epic gummy bear battle.

Three-time Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning playwright, the out 81-year-old Edward Albee, will have a new play Me, Myself, and I open this August about identical twin brothers with the same name. The play will launch the 40th anniversary of Playwrights Horizons.

Yesterday it was pandas mugging innocent zoo goers, today we have cows committing vandalism - what's the animal kingdom coming to? In Rogersville, TN, a cow has been reported to the police for licking a neighbor's house and causing $100 in damage. How did the cop write that up? a Moooo-ving violation?

Moving on to human criminals, we have a woman in Charlotte, NC who has been arrested for selling moonshine out of a day care center. They also arrested her 82-year-old supplier, who was in possession of 80 gallons of the white lightning. 

Since I mentioned David Tennant is doing an American dramedy now that he's no longer The Doctor, I am concerned that this man in the U.K. didn't actually build this life-size Dalek, that moves on its own with a mobile eye stalk. Maybe Matt Smith isn't on duty yet?

I'll be honest, I don't trust cats. They're evil, and that's not just my allergies talking. And they look down on us, like they're superior somehow. My friends and I call them "overlords" Now Cracked is onboard with that, with Six Adorable Cat Behaviors with Shockingly Evil Explanations. For heaven's sake, even their meowing is evil.

In other animal news that makes me fear for our place at the top of the evolutionary plateau, it turns out monkeys have grammar in their screeches. The little guys have been holding out on us, just waiting to topple the Statue of Liberty and enslave us. On a personal note, I'm endeavoring to keep my blogger grammar on a higher level than their screeches, but I make no promises.

In news about technology, that giant scoreboard hanging above the new Dallas Cowboys stadium that tends to block punts is going to do a 3-D show before the Chargers game on Sunday, and at 72'x160' feet, I anticipate a lot of nausea from people watching in the stands. Still - cool! 

For art this morning, we're going to focus on photography. National Geographic named their winners in their annual contest, and they're breathtaking in their simplicity. You owe it to yourself to stare at them for ten minutes and drink them in. Then you can go over Light Art Performance Photography for a more high tech approach to taking pictures, just holding the shutter open and drawing the image with light. 

In shopping ideas, are you addicted to Rock Band to the point that you think you need a stage with a light show? Then Hexolight will take your $30 over and over while you build your stadium show. In case you thought telling time was too easy, Fossil has created the Stark Palindrome Watch, with two entirely separate dials for hours and minutes, causing frustration for only $150. For a mere $19.99, you can buy the Bubblewrap Calendar, allowing you to torture yourself by popping a single bubble each day. 

Overnight, as the political fight for marriage equality heats up in New Jersey, New Jersey's favored son has released a statement – Bruce Springsteen supports marriage equality. Hopefully the intersection of pop culture and politics does some good there.

Photo Meme

Via copyranter, which is rapidly becoming one of my favorite sites in the world, we have these two shots for Queen Bee Waxing in Culver City, CA, where they make films of a certain type. As you can see, these animals are without their fur/feathers. One is known for gnawing down trees and the other for crowing at dawn. And they're bare. I'll give you a second for the brain to join mine in the gutter, after all, you may not have had coffee yet. Got it?

Queen Bee Waxing - no animals were harmed outside Photoshop

We also have this photo of a bull going all the way to get his quarry, or at least to the ends of the earth.

I hope that water's deep.

And finally, I'm fairly sure that this is an internet fruitcake that's been around a while, but it just made it back to me, and as Christmas decorations go, it's great. Just a shame the cops made his take them down before the holidays.

Hang in there - we'll get you in the new year!

Video Meme

We'll start with an update on a story from yesterday, when someone in the comments asked if there was any video of Lady GaGa meeting Queen Elizabeth II. Turns out there was a little, from E!, who cut it in with still pictures. Still, you can see a little more of the Queen's expression.

This next one is fairly long, and I don't expect you to sit through it all, but Hawaii is seeing some of the biggest waves on Waimea Bay that they've had in decades, and there are people in the world crazy enough to try and surf these 40-50' waves.

Next up, the happy flip side to Friday's news about Scott Thompson of Kids In the Hall having cancer. Here's the trailer for Death Comes to Town, the KITH miniseries comeback Thompson filmed between his chemo and his radiation. There is the standard KITH visual gags, and one bad word in it, so if you're at work or church, consider yourself warned.

Thought that the panda mugging the guy was wild yesterday? Wait until you see a kangaroo fight a goose - complete with cartoon sound effects!

We now have a parody of those creepy GEICO advertisements with the googly eyes watching and judging you all the time. I hate those things, and I'm not sure if this is a parody, or a documentary.

And finally, this promo for NBC's Parenthood crossed my desk, and I''m not sure if there's anything gay about the show, but I see a catfight and a shirtless guy with a great body, so there's that. Plus I want to encourage NBC to make more scripted programming and less reality and talk shows.