Morning Meme: Waking Up to Matthew Mitcham, Mel Gibson Breaks His Silence, and A First Look At "The Setup Squad"

Hunky Jeremy Renner (who I always picture in black boxer briefs from The Unusuals) will be picking up  the Bourne Identity spinoff series. I’m hoping for lots of chances to ogle him.

According to numbers king extraordinaire Nate Silver, same-sex marriage opponents are now in the minority in the United States. It seems likely that they’re still in the majority among likely voters, and likely to get on cable news.

Mel Gibson gave an exclusive interview to Deadline.com, with nothing off the table (other than what a court order prevents him from discussing). I’m nowhere near ready to forget his past, but he does sound oddly …centered about what happened. And I’d like to believe him when he say this: “I’ve never treated anyone badly or in a discriminatory way based on their gender, race, religion or sexuality -- period. I don’t blame some people for thinking that though, from the garbage they heard on those leaked tapes, which have been edited.” But I don’t.

Texas A&M student union has voted on a resolution to back a bill that would require state schools to put equal money toward heterosexual studies as it does towards GLBT studies.

Early reviews of Water For Elephants are mixed, but most seem to agree that Robert Pattinson was filmed as so beautiful he tends to crowd out anyone he shares a scene with. So I’m betting $40 million opening weekend based on his Twilight fanbase alone.

Isaiah Mustafa, better known as the Old Spice Guy, has met with Marvel to pitch himself to play Luke Cage in a movie. I’m torn – how much spandex is involved?

Via our friends at Straight But Not Narrow, I discovered 13-year-old Noah Hornik, who is putting on a concert in San Francisco benefiting The Trevor Project on April 24^th. And before you think this is a small effort, he’s already raised $23,000 for the event, and every penny counts.

In Tennessee, a Senate panel has approved a bill that would prohibit any mention of homosexuality in classrooms in elementary and middle school. It’s being nicknamed the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, but sadly, the schools will still probably allow “that’s so gay” in the classrooms.

If we send armed drones to blow up stuff, are we at war (again!)? Or playing a video game? I think the answer matters more than you might think.

Because I’m entirely shallow, two of the Jonas brothers play football shirtless on the beach. Nick has a truly amazing tight end.

The saddest thing about this piece is that while TheOnion.com wrote it, it could easily be an analysis by the New York Times of Mitt Romney’s political future.

Senator Ensign (R) of Nevada is finally going to resign after years of fighting ethics charges, effective May 3.

Nurse Jackie’s Stephen Wallem is going to emcee a benefit show May 2^nd at B.B. King Blues Club. It will include performances by Marrin Mazzie and Jason Danieley. The show will benefit the Pearl Theater Company.

Jim Carrey is going to put in a guest spot on The Office finale, but to me what was interesting was TheWrap.com billing him as “I Love You Philip Morris star Jim Carrey has signed on for a guest-starring appearance.”