Morning Meme: "Vampire Diaries" Finds Klaus, A "Glee" Super Bowl Preview, and What Is Rachel Maddow Doing To Daniel Hernandez?

Hunky Ben Walker is playing musical presidents. Most recently playing Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, now he’s got the title role in Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. And no offense towards Ben, but he looks nothing like Lincoln is generally pictured.

Vampire Diaries is reportedly casting Brit Joseph Morgan as the "Original" Klaus. He’s virtually unknown in the United States.

I can’t help myself, I’m totally excited about the rebooted Thundercats (though not as excited as some). Lion-O is younger, and his backstory is different. That’s probably fine with me, because I don’t remember a backstory since I watched it from kid’s eyes. But I’m reserving judgment until I see Snarf.

In the creativity department, there’s nothing like a drug smuggler. So I’m amused as can be that some Mexican drug smugglers built an old fashioned catapult to toss bales of weed over the fence into America. Suddenly Senator McCain’s insistence we build a border wall sounds like a silly idea. Well, sillier idea.

Minka Kelly has joined the Charlie’s Angels pilot. But reports of Rachel Taylor as the third angel appear to be premature at this time. But who is going to play the hunky, six-pack stud version of Bosley?

The military sent Lt. Dan Choi a bill for discharging him under Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. He’s not going to pay it, but it’s actually more complicated than is being reported. I’m a vet, and they offered me a signing bonus to reup as well. And part of the contract is that you stay in for the term of the enlistment you’re getting the bonus for. I don’t remember an out for liability if you were discharged by the government’s desire. That said, in this case, a waiver might be in order.

Both the White House and Secretary of State Clinton released statements about the murder of the Ugandan gay activist David Kato.

We are getting closer and closer to the musical episode of Grey’s Anatomy, and the set list has been released. Mostly, it’s mopey songs about “saving” people that Grey’s Anatomy played as background to Meredith’s whining.

Shameless USA is tracking to be the biggest hour long drama premiere season in the history of Showtime.

Jon Stewart, who many credit with passing the healthcare for 9/11 responders bill, has been named to the 9/11 Memorial Board. One has to wonder if the scrawny kid in a leather jacket five sizes too large on MTV had any idea what his life would be like.

Democratic senators in Iowa voted down an effort to suspend the rules by anti-gay Republicans so they could pass a referendum to begin repealing marriage equality. It’s amazing how important the rules are to Republican politicians until they want to do something.

Cats are now getting hipsters to carry them around in backpacks throughout the city. They’re getting bolder in their plan for world domination.

The full lyrics to Lady Gaga’s new single “Born This Way” are out, and it’s really, really gay, and really, really political. As to whether it’s the gay anthem people are saying it will be, I want to hear the beat.

As we prepare for Kaboom!, Gregg Araki picked his top five movies with great sex scenes.

Out Olympic speed skater Blake Skjellerup takes issue with an out lesbian soccer star telling male pro players to stay in the closet because people might be mean to them.  It’s really one of the more powerful pieces on the subject of athletes coming out, being written by an out athlete. You should read it all, but the core of it is, “If I had the opportunity to ask Miss Holl a question, I’d ask her whether she believes cowards make good athletes.”

General Hospital is about to pick up the thread about teen Michael (Chad Duell) being raped in prison. It sounds like they’re handling it well, but the best part may be when they were asked about Michael’s sexuality:

TV Guide Magazine: You've avoided giving Michael any sense of sexual confusion as a result of the rape. There's been none of that "Does this mean I'm gay?" stuff. Talk about that.
 We didn't go there because it's become such a cliché. If Michael was gay, he'd be gay regardless of whether or not he was raped. Having doubts [about his sexuality] just wouldn't feel real here, and would be something of a cheat. But he is going to be faced with intimacy issues. Abby has them, too, because of her abusive past, and we're going to take a long time dealing with that.