Morning Meme: NBC Finds Their Wonder Woman, Hawaii Passes Civil Unions, and Adele Is "Rolling in the Deep"

The new Wonder Woman, the one who has slumber parties, fights crime, and runs a multinational corporation is Adrianne Palicki. Yeah, I had to look her up too. Her main credit is Friday Night Lights, the best show that nobody watched.

Calvin Klein’s young boyfriend seems to think he’s too good for Playgirl now that he has a famous boyfriend. He may have just accidentally confirmed the Pink Mafia.

My friends at Bilerico need your help collecting some political dirty laundry in Indiana. Do your part to stop the anti-gay politicians trying to write discrimination into the state Constitution.

Lady Gaga claimed the 1000^th Billboard #1 single with “Born This Way.” I have to give it to her, that rushed release, right before the Grammy Awards, with three days before Billboard named the new #1 was a marketing coup worthy of Madonna.

The new Three Stooges movie is considering casting Cher as a nun. In fact, they intend to cast Cher as a Mother Superior.

The Glenn Beck Conspiracy Generator is so ridiculous, you can’t tell it from the original.

In Hawaii, both houses have now passed matching civil unions legislation. The governor is expected to sign it, bringing everything-but-the-name equality to the Aloha state.

James Van Der Beek has joined the pilot for Don’t Trust the Bitch in Apt. 23. He’ll be playing a heightened version of himself. The original script actually had Lance Bass scripted in, but it’s not known why the change is made.

The U.S. government mistakenly seized a domain belonging to FreeDNS, and put up a banner accusing 84,000 subdomains of spreading child pornography. Most of the subdomains belonged to small businesses which will likely never recover their reputations.

Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown revealed that he was a victim of sexual abuse by a camp counselor, and physical abuse at the hands of his stepfather.

With the recent rash of performers dissing Glee, it’s nice to see Nick Jonas not only saying he’d love to go on the show if the part was made available, but also that he appreciates that the show is bringing music back into schools. If he gets a part, I hope it involves a locker room scene, because that boy’s body is amazing these days.

The new Beavis & Butthead sounds a lot like Mystery Science Theater 3000 for reality shows. I guess they can’t rely on music videos on MTV anymore.

Lt. Col. Victor Fehrenbach who was outed while defending himself from a bogus rape charge, will be allowed to retire with full benefits from the U.S. Air Force.

Yesterday we brought you the horrible news that CBS News reporter Lara Logan was sexually assaulted while reporting from Cairo. What I didn’t know was that Nir Rosen, a fellow at New York University, had been tweeting “Lara Logan had to outdo Anderson [Cooper] ... Yes yes its wrong what happened to her. Of course. I don't support that. But, it would have been funny if it happened to Anderson too.” Because two rapes are better than one.

Rosen has resigned his fellowship.

Matt Doyle has an auction going on for two tickets to his new play War Horse and a backstage tour of the theater.

Saturday Night Live’s Rachel Dratch is writing a book about life after the show, including the fact that the only acting roles she gets offered these days are “obese lesbian secretaries.”

Matthew Vaughan is looking to make a movie about retired superheroes who have to help their grandchildren save the world after their parents screw everything up.

I have a third piece about Gossip Girl’s Connor Paulo, which means I’ve now found four pieces about him in two years. Now he’s defending his co-star Taylor Momsen, who’s been under fire for unprofessional behavior, wild clothes, and a mouth that gets her into trouble. “I miss her dearly. I try to see her as much as I can, and make it to [as many of her] shows as I can. She’s one of my best friends. It sucks not having her around. “ As for her return to the show, “Jenny’s always lying in wait. She could pop out of the bushes with her machete of eyeliner at any time.”

Daniel Radcliffe has signed on to the indie film Amateur Photographer about a small town, 1970s photographer.