Weekend Meme: "HIMYM" Reups NPH For Two, Aaron Johnson Dances for R.E.M., and Crawling In Bed With Matthew Mitcham

Mike Huckabee is backpedaling on bashing Natalie Portman for being a single pregnant woman not yet married to the father of her child. “Natalie is an extraordinary actor, very deserving of her recent Oscar and I am glad she will marry her baby’s father [Benjamin Millepied]. “However, contrary to what the Hollywood media reported, I did not ’slam’ or ‘attack’ Natalie Portman, nor did I criticize the hardworking single mothers in our country. My comments were about the statistical reality that most single moms are very poor, under-educated, can’t get a job, and if it weren’t for government assistance, their kids would be starving to death. That’s the story that we’re not seeing, and it’s unfortunate that society often glorifies and glamorizes the idea of having children out of wedlock.” Keep talking, Huck, you’re killing your campaign the more you do, and I like that.

How I Met Your Mother has been renewed for two more seasons at CBS, and at a hefty raise in licensing. That’s good news for the cast, but I can’t help but wish it had ended instead, allowing Neil Patrick Harris to pursue something I personally enjoyed more. It’s all about me!

ABC is hot on their concept of Edgar Allan Poe as a detective, but someone in the casting department must have looked at a photograph of the real Poe and said “Yeah, he had a face for “before television.” So they cast sexy Christopher Egan, who looks nothing like Poe.

I’m not entirely sure that continuing the debate on the Supreme Court Westboro decision is healthy, but over at Salon.com they decided to look at it from a slightly different angle: We curtail “obscene” public speech all the time in this country. So they ask why is “fag” not obscene but “f**king fag” would be.

Anjelica Huston has decided to join NBC’s Smash, which has significant gay content. It’s her first foray into series television. I’m just starting to fret at the size of the cast for this thing. I worry they’ll have Glee-style issues managing it.

The Navy has announced charges and actions against Captain Honors and dozens of other officers involved in the homophobic videos showed to “boost morale” about the USS Enterprise. To a civilian, it might sound like they’re getting off easy, but for a high-ranking military officer, this is career killing.

In other Navy news, they have announced plans to discharge a sailor who fell asleep in his quarters with another sailor, in bed, in their boxers, while watching Vampire Diaries. His roommate ratted them out. Neither has admitted to being gay. So they’re going after a conduct unbecoming charge for the guy. Maybe if they’d been watch an NFL game instead?

In Glee news, Gwyneth Paltrow will be butchering both Joan Jett and Prince this week. You can watch the Joan Jett now, if you can bear it. You can also hear Blaine and the Warblers do a sexy version of “Animal.”

Not only will Ron Moore’s supernatural detective show 17^th Precinct have Jamie Bamber and James Callis, he’s now added Tricia Helfer.

In a really bizarre, yet utterly fascinating article, the Washington Post talks to people who sign music concerts, and the trouble they have translating pop lyrics to ASL. You won’t believe what Lady Gaga’s “I wanna take a ride on your disco stick” translates to.

There are some NSFW pictures of Michael Fassbender having (movie) window sex with his costar at the Standard Hotel in NYC. She’s totally naked, and while the pictures don’t show him the same, presumably he is. If you didn’t know, the Standard once encouraged this sort of activity from guests.

In still more Navy news, they’ve leaked their training materials for DADT repeal implementation. Predictably, it seems to focus on straight guys not wanting gay guys to see their peen in the showers. Guys, we’ve seen plenty, yours is nothing special.

Gay rights legend David Mixner is previewing excerpts from Sarah Brown’s book Behind the Black Door, covering her time at 10 Downing Street. It’s a fascinating peek at just how oblivious straight people can be to gay people’s existence, even as they fight for our equality. It’s also a great remind of David’s place in history.