Morning Meme: "Wonder Woman" Needs Body Builders, NOM Buries Maryland In Hate Mail, and We Get "Detention"

Bradley Manning has been hit with 22 new charges by the Army, including “aiding the enemy” which could carry the death penalty. The military justice system is different from what civilians are used to, and we’re still a long way from trying him on anything.

We’ve been documenting the horrid things that Andy Cohen said about PS 22 at the Oscars, and Cohen’s mea culpa. But now the choir director of PS 22 has spoken, and he’s taken the high road. Well, as high a road as is available. “Anyone who would diss 10-year-old public school kids probably has some issues."

One of the unfilmed Two and a Half Men scripts had a casting call for Jonathan, a gay client of Lyndsey’s who befriends Charlie and they get blind drunk together and wake up in bed together with no memory of what happened. It’s either brilliant or horrible.

Wonder Woman is casting for buff body builders to act as soldiers in the pilot. With any luck they’ll be soldiers in an army with tiny uniforms.

Paris prosecutors have ruled that fashion designer John Galliano will have to stand trial for his anti-Semitic remarks. He could face fines of around $31,000 dollars. Galliano is currently in rehab for alcohol issues and has been cast aside by Dior, Natalie Portman and Karl Lagerfeld among others.

Just for fun, Rolls-Royce has built the 120EX, an experimental electric Phantom. It has a range of 125 miles, an eight hour charge time, and can manage 0-60 in under eight seconds while cradling your Gray Poupon.

Disney really needs to stop turning rides into movies. They’ve tapped Tom Hanks and Tim Allen to star in Jungle Cruise, possibly the most boring ride they have.

Is Fox News showing…ethics? They’ve suspended the contributor deals for Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum until they decide if they intend to declare they’re running for President. I suppose it’s asking too much to assume this means Sarah Palin isn’t going to run?

Brazil has a National Underwear Day, and it doesn’t appear to be a big sale at Undergear.

Regarding the performance fee paid to Beyonce for performing for Gadhafi: In fairness, the money was donated to Haitian earthquake relief via the Clinton Global Fund last year.

Murder music star Buju Banton intends to ask for bail and a new trial after his conviction on drug charges. No doubt he’ll argue it’s a gay conspiracy to keep him in jail.

The California Supreme Court has denied a petition to speed up the decision on Prop 8. A California statute allows for trials to be expedited if any of the parties are over the age of 70.

Apple announced a new product yesterday you absolutely have to have. It rendered the product you just got from Santa obsolete and will make you a laughing stock at Starbucks.

Cameron Crowe’s documentary about Elton John, The Union will open the Tribeca Film Festival, to be followed by a free outdoor concert by Sir Elton.

Not only does the Westboro Baptist Church have the right to protest at funerals (a good, if distasteful decision), a high school student should be allowed to wear “Be Happy Not Gay” t-shirts to school. I find this decision more problematic, as schools have traditionally had the limited right to curb some speech in the name of creating a safe space

Snoop Dog discusses Katy Perry and Lady Gaga in the most NSFW but poetic way.

NPR will allow you to stream the new R.E.M. album in its entirety. The music on Collapse Into Now is all over the map stylistically, but it's great music.

In Kentucky, a legislator is holding up an anti-bullying bill with an amendment that specifically legalizes Christian students to bully gay kids if they’re bullying them because their religion tells them homosexuality is wrong.

Hunky Jonathan D. Lovitz (not to be confused in any way with Jonathan M. Lovitz) not only has a reality show premiering on Logo soon that I know nothing about, he evidently got out of jury duty by claiming he hates the government for treating him like a second class citizen because he’s gay.