Morning Meme: Dominic Purcell's Second Prison Break, "Charlie's Angels" a Go, and "Codependent Lesbian Alien Seeks Same"

The Vanity Fair profile of Sir Ian McKellen is full of fun facts. He prefers just “Ian” to “Sir Ian.” He says there is no sex in Middle Earth. And that “I’m Gandalf and Magneto” Photoshop from this summer really pissed him off. What wasn’t revealed was why he didn’t walk out of the interview for as frequently as he seemed perturbed by the questions.

Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX), most famous for his hysterical “terror babies” speeches (though his anti-gay record is spotless) is proposing a bill that would allow members of Congress to carry guns in the chamber. In the race for crazy elected officials, South Carolina needs to step up their game.

Captain America has a new anti-suicide, free one-shot written by a psychologist that they hope will help teens understand how needed they are in the world.

The Parents Television Council has called MTV’s Skins “the most dangerous show for children that we have ever seen.” And not for the reasons we think it’s dangerous. Naturally, MTV wears this as a badge of honor.

Brad Goreski has put together his favorite award show looks in one handy article. What I want to know is his least favorite looks.

Prison Break hunk Dominic Purcell is said to be a last minute dark horse leader to step into Andy Whitfield’s sandals on Spartacus: Blood and Sand. Let’s hope he isn’t as shy about nudity as Andy was.

If he doesn’t get the part, maybe he can be a body guard for Martha Stewart, who got head butted by her dog while whispering good night to the pooch. She published pictures, and she got cut up pretty bad and had to have a plastic surgeon stitch her up.

Charlie’s Angels is going to pilot. So now casting is open for the angels, and the hunk they plan on having play Bosley (who really needs to be gay). One role that’s already filled is Charlie, who will be voiced by Robert Wagner. Wagner owns part of the property, so casting him was cheaper than fighting him in court.

In an unsurprising and yet disappointing move, the DoJ has filed briefs to defend DOMA on appeal. They’re actually arguing the federal government has a vested interest in discriminating during a time of change while states sort out human rights.

Two of my favorite behind-the-scenes Hollywood players, Jane Espenson and Drew Greenberg are set to write Randall and Hopkirk(Deceased) for SyFy. Not only do they have awesome geek cred (worked with Whedon), understand the storytelling, and have impressive resumes, you truly can’t find a more nicer pair in Hollywood.

The Glee reality show will include a Glee boot camp, and Ryan Murphy will get involved at a later stage, once the 40,000 auditions are whittled down.

It turns out Dave Franco is just about as strange (in a good way) as his brother James. Among the many projects he’s working on are a movie for James and himself, playing Jamie and Davey, and shot in their family home, with their family as players.

If I had to guess, any journalist that asked SyFy if they were worried about comparisons to Twilight with Being Human USA has never thought more about it other than “werewolf, vampire, girl.”

I don’t have to agree with GLAAD on everything. When I first saw their call to action, asking people to protest two radio stations giving Westboro Baptist air time not to picket the 9-year-old Tuscon victim’s funeral, saying we “shouldn’t negotiate with terrorists” I was furious. Sometimes you just accept imperfect solutions to pressing problems. At least they’ve removed “terrorists” from the call to action. You can make up your own minds.

I do get intellectual property, and am maybe a little less of a Fair Use person than I used to be since I started writing, but some things baffle me. In a pantomime, a nurse wore a cap with a classic red cross on it. So the Red Cross sent a cease-and-desist letter, remind the play that the “red cross” emblem was protected under the Geneva Conventions. Do we really see a conflict here?

Sources say Christina Aguilera is singing the national anthem at the Super Bowl. She has the pipes, I just hope she doesn’t play around and wail on every note.

Actor John Dye has passed away at age 47. Dye was most famous for playing the angel of death on Touched By An Angel. Our thoughts and condolences to his friends and family.

Just a reminder, when Congress rushed to repeal Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, they failed to repeal the little-enforced Article 125 of the Universal Code of Military Justice, which prohibits sodomy, and was not struck down by Lawrence due to the deference the court extends to the military. So … yeah.