Morning Meme: Adam Brody Joins "Lovelace," Chris Colfer Avoids Book Nudity, and the Cutest Nerd Gay Marriage Proposal In History

Lovelace is casting up, with cutie Adam Brody joining as Deep Throat costar Harry Reems (snicker). Demi Moore is going to play Gloria Steinem, which makes sense in a lot of ways, yet my brain finds it really hard to picture. Amanda Seyfried is playing the title role.

Why do gay people always feel the need to tell people they're gay?

The year-long exposure via pinhole camera of the Toronto skyline is done. It doesn't really look anything like I thought it would.

Scientists have figured out that the way to keep Venice from sinking is to pump in more water. Specifically, they need to reverse the process of pumping out the groundwater in the marsh, because that was what was holding the clay up. It did seem like a good idea 100 years ago.

The Iron Lady (not Michele Bachmann, no matter what she thinks) opened in just four theaters over the weekend and grossed an astounding $280,000.

Salma Hayek is to receive a French knighthood, following in the steps of Hollywood icons like Robert De Niro. Having a billionaire French husband may not have hurt, either.

Give me a second to put in my earplugs, because I bet I can hear Liz scream all the way from DC with this bit. Martin Scorsese is still working on a biopic of Frank Sinatra, but he thinks he might make it 3D.

I remain fascinated by the concept show Beautiful People, which is set in a future world where humans live alongside Mechanicals, which are second-class citizens. It will follow the privileged as they begin to see that the Mechanicals might be deserving of equality. They just cast James Murray and Patrick Heusinger in the pilot, and they definitely live up to the title.

UK supermarket chain Tesco says that contrary to reports, a threatened boycott by the Christian Institute has not caused withdraw its support from London Pride.

Congratulations to Aretha Franklin, who is to marry her longtime companion Willie Wilkerson over the summer, probably in Miami.

Ron Paul is still trying to explain away those horribly anti-gay, racist newsletters published under his name for many, many years.  Before blaming his employees, he said " I wrote a lot of part of the letter, and I’ve never said I didn’t. I wrote some of the — you know, the economic parts. I was not the editor. I was the publisher. And there were some very bad sentences put in. I did not write those. I did not review them." He did admit it called his management into question, but hey, nobody's perfect, right?

In sad news, Bob Anderson, the fencer who player Darth Vader in the fight scenes, has passed away at the age of 89.

Yet another federal appeals court has told the Family Policy Institute of Washington that it must reveals its donor list in line with campaign disclosure laws. I think the secrecy of the National Organization for Marriage's handful of donors is running out.

This wonderful editorial from ESPN outlines beautifully what probably has to happen to make it comfortable for an American professional league athlete to come out.

Meryl Streep may have to fight for an Oscar this year, but she's going to receive the Berlin Film Festivals' Lifetime Achievement Golden Bear.