Morning Meme: NPH Plays "Who's Your Daddy," Kellan Lutz Gets Dressed, and the Origins of Stefon

Move over Matt Bomer, because the NBC pilot Grimm has just cast David Giuntoli as the lead in their supernatural detective series. The cheekbones, the eyes, I’m melting. Can we see the rest of him?

Glee’s Amber Riley and Mark Salling have been tapped by the White House for the PBS special The Motown Sound: In Performance at the White House. Am I the only one having a hard time thinking of what Motown songs Mark Salling might perform?

Want to know how the sexy Alex Pettyfer got into acting? Thank a gay man. “I was at school. I had a big crush on a girl and I joined the media class because she was in it. I realized that I was two years younger than her and I wasn’t in the same class as her, and I was stuck with it. I went on this school trip, and I didn’t really care about acting or about media. I wanted to be a racing driver. I went to go to the toilet and walked into this auditioning room where Stephen Fry was, and he must have taken a fancy. Him and the producer stuck me in this small TV movie, called Tom Brown’s Schooldays, which was a great experience.”

But if you want to hate Pettyfer, he just commented on his shirtless appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. "Oh my god. I'm very, very embarrassed. Ellen made me take off my t-shirt! So when you see that, and you see that I'm completely out of shape, please don't laugh!" If that’s him out of shape, I’m a house.

Kurt’s dad is getting his own show. Well, at least his own pilot. Mike O’Malley is playing the lead in Family Album, essentially National Lampoon’s Vacation crossed with 24. The good news is that even if it gets picked up, both are on Fox, so he could probably still guest on Glee when Kurt needs a dad.

The Marine Corps is following through on its pledge to “step out smartly” on the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell repeal. They’re pledging to complete training of their troops by May 30^th.

Neil Patrick Harris will soon be meeting Barney’s dad on How I Met Your Mother. Which means the show will finally resolve a mystery they’ve been pitching since the first season of the oddest mystery show television has had since Jessica Fletcher left the small screen.

Disney Channel is launching the pilot Madison High, their first big musical property since the High School Musical kids went off to grad school. No word yet on which of the kids viewers will be left to guess if they’re gay.

The House has voted to prohibit the FCC from using government money to enforce regulations. The story is a bit unclear on whether that’s just the new net neutrality regulations, or all regulations. Because deregulation worked so well for the financial industry.

Kellan Lutz is now going to design a line of jeans and knitwear. One the one hand, I’m happy, because he’ll probably model the goods as well. But on the other hand, I can’t help but feel that jeans are an awful lot for a guy like Lutz to be wearing.

The ACLU is asking teens to spy on their schools to see if they’re illegally blocking access to gay websites from school computers. The push is to make sure that sites like GLSEN are available as resources to kids outside the home, in a safe environment.

Discovery has set airdates for Human Planet, the breathtaking BBC series we showed you several weeks ago. Mark your calendars for April, and make sure your HD TV is ready.

That 70’s Show Laura Prepon is going to play a young Chelsea Handler in a sitcom based on the comic’s books.