Morning Meme: Chris Colfer's New Script, Kris Allen's Push For Arts Education, and Rapping Rachel Bilson

Ryan Murphy's NBC comedy about a gay couple and the woman who becomes their surrogate has cast The Book of Mormon's Andrew Rannells in the lead role. The series hasn't been formally picked up to pilot, but is pretty certain to be.

It's common knowledge that Mitt Romney is a Mormon, and that he's been consistent about his tithes. But disclosure documents show that he also routed huge chunks of Bain Capital deals to the Mormon Church (to be fair, Bain seemed to route chunks of deals to a variety of charities). But did that money help fund Prop 8?

But things may be nastier for Newt Gingrich, whose ex Marianne has always said she could end his political career with one interview, and she's given an interview to ABC News, who will reportedly air it Thursday on Nightline. And then there's that nagging rumor showing up in mainstream papers like the Miami Herald that Newt threatened to out Sandy Hume, son of Brit Hume, leading to his suicide.

Mark Wahlberg has apologized for his quotes about the 9/11 hijackers. He's also said that he doesn't masturbate anymore. ""I don't get down with jerking off, dude. Look. I don't believe in everything that the church says. I try to do the right thing. I lead a clean and pure life. I'm a married guy. I have a beautiful wife. Sex is not the most important thing to me, being horny all the time, spanking the -- I mean, it's not against the law. You can do whatever you want."

Go watch this footage from a very old Quantum Leap con that features not only Scott Bakula, but also Neil Patrick Harris and Jason Priestly.

Kris Allen is bringing together Clear Channel, Chase and Donors Choose to raise $500,000 for arts education in the classroom.

In an ill-timed decision, SCOTUS has said that Congress may make laws that take works currently in the public domain and put them back under copyright.

Chris Colfer not only unveiled his new book cover yesterday, he told E! that he's written another movie script that he hopes to shoot this summer when Glee is on hiatus.

Perhaps in an effort to dispel criticism concerning stereotypes about their Asian-American character, 2 Broke Girls is casting for a "Hot Asian Guy."

Nick Jonas is aware of his gay fans, and appreciative of them. "Yeah, we love our gay fans. It was definitely cool when we realized that, because the more you can grow your audience, the more people you can impact. They’ve been incredible over the years. My brothers and I totally look forward to meeting them, because they really respond to our style, and it’s cool to see how our influence has impacted what they’re wearing."

My friend Phil Reese, who writes for the Washington Blade, ran into a homophobe on his train ride home and discovered that in 2012, in our nation's capitol, a gay man can still feel unsafe and helpless on the subway.

The vote to repeal same-sex marriage in New Hampshire has been delayed into February.

Matt Bomer experienced male strippers from the hot seat, where lap dances are given to women for bachelorette parties and the like as part of his training for Magic Mike. I wonder if he enjoyed that as much as I would have?

Gareth Thomas and his partner Sean Smith have bought The Turbo Drinks Company with fellow rugby player Gareth Williams for £7 million. They plan to move the headquarters to Wales and expand beyond the alcoholic beverages into energy drinks.

Gay parents may be the best parents simply because they generally choose to be parents, where in straight families, nearly 50% of the pregnancies are accidental.

Mariela Castro says that Cuba will consider legalizing same-sex civil unions this year. So we're now going to slip behind Cuba in areas of human rights?

Poor Emma Thompson.

The Good Wife's Archie Panjabi is looking mighty fine in the new CBS Watch Magazine.

Precisely how can the Catholic Church in Colorado hand out pledge cards to oppose marriage equality and keep their tax-exempt status?

The Grammys will have a host for the first time since 2005, and that host will be LL Cool J.