Morning Meme: Daniel Hernandez To Attend State of the Union, Sir Elton Duets With Matthew Morrison, and Doritos Goes Gay

American hero Daniel Hernandez, Jr. is going to be seated with First Lady Michelle Obama at the State of the Union address Tuesday. Hernandez is credited with running towards the gunfire and providing first aid to Rep. Giffords in the Arizona shooting.

Because of declining American fortunes worldwide, in places like Russia, Captain America: First Avenger will be retitled First Avenger. I expect the right wing nutjobs to explode in 3-2-1.

I’m one of the minority who read Dan Savage’s op-ed in the New York Times calling on President Obama to come out for marriage equality in the State of the Union Address, and was happy to see Dan get some space, but really didn’t like the message. Is marriage equality really the “biggest, most meaningful right of them all: the right to marry.” To some of us, marriage isn’t the end all. I’d like the injustice righted, but I’d rather feel safe in the workplace, in housing. I’m not the only one who feels that way, thankfully.

The Los Angeles Times takes Bill Donahue and the Catholic League to task for lying, being inconsistent, and taunting concerning the Smithsonian censorship. Seriously, Donahue wants to pull out “In any event, we won and you lost. Get over it. You are sounding like a narcissistic brat?" How about we use that when he whines about losing the Prop 8 case?

In Parade, Sir Elton John says he just finished recording a duet with Glee’s Matthew Morrison. The duet will appear on Morrison’s solo album, which if you think of it, makes it less of a solo album.

Illinois Governor Pat Quinn has announced he intends to sign the civil unions bill January 31^st in a public ceremony.

Oprah has reportedly ordered reshoots of Duchess Sarah Ferguson’s reality show for OWN. She wants to spice it up with more footage of tough love from counseling from the likes of Dr. Phil and Suze Orman.

Stupid Pat Robertson quotes. It’s so hard to choose.

Salon.com acknowledges that most Oscar nominees are films that nobody cares about. So it dreams of Oscar nominations that should happen, but never will. I totally support Emma Stone for Easy A. I totally want to be Emma’s Gay Best Friend.

At the Producer Guild Awards, The King’s Speech took home top honors for the film industry, and Modern Family for television comedy. Mad Men got television drama, but I think they just mail the statues to Mad Men’s offices at the beginning of each year automatically.

Speaking of Mad Men, creator Matthew Weiner says that while he doesn’t have a contract for a new season, he’s not really looking for a new job, and thinks eventually the money issues will shake themselves out.

Skins USA star Sofia Black-D’elia, who plays Tea says that the show simply reflects what teens are doing in the real world.

Real World: Hollywood and Celebrity Rehab participant (I refuse to call these people celebrities) Joey Kovar is set to go full frontal for Playgirl.

There are reports that Keith Olbermann will join Aaron Sorkin’s long gestating cable news television show as a writer while he plots his next onscreen move.

Later today we’ll have more detail on the return of Nathan Lane to Modern Family. For now, just know it looks like a “gay people make Jay uncomfortable” plot .

One of the big sales so far at Sundance has been Margin Call, about the first days of the financial crisis. It stars a list of major stars, many gay favs, Kevin Spacey, Paul Bettany, Jeremy Irons, Zachary Quinto, Penn Badgley, Simon Baker, Mary McDonnell and Stanley Tucci.

Toronto’s gay village has been getting the worst possible parts of Glee. There’s been a series of escalating slushie attacks, and they’re escalating to snow balls and pieces of ice.

Ashton Kutcher’s bare bottom brought in a respectable $20.4 million at the box office this weekend.