Morning Meme: Jonathan Groff Dresses For "Glee's" Prom, Sir Ian Makes Time For the Stage, and Zach Wahls' Mother's Day Message

First, a reminder that our sister site 365gay.com will be livetweeting the New York Marriage Day rally and lobbying day all day.

It’s official, Paula Abdul has signed on to be the final judge on The X Factor: USA. I’m suddenly much more interested in this show since you all caught me up on host Steve Jones and his gay positive, sex positive outlook on life. And no, he certainly has nothing to be ashamed of!

The Associated Press has a fairly innocuous piece that equates various recent bullying cases, including Tyler Clementi. While I’m not sure I’d have put them together like that, there’s something to be said for doing it for a mainstream audience.

Sir Ian McKellen is set to star in The Syndicate this July and August at the Minerva Theater. I’d like to tell you to get your tickets now, but it appears the entire run is sold out.

CSI’s Marge Helgenberger was impressed by Justin Beiber’s talent when he guested on her show recently, but a little less so with the star himself. She said “he was kind of a brat” and he locked one of the producers in a closet.

They’re calling the $66 million opening for Thor “soft.” Meanwhile, Fast Five scared up another $32 million, so when the top two films brought in $100 million in three days, I don’t think they should be complaining.

Are the straights ruining the Castro?

Someone who should be complaining is Jodie Foster, who couldn’t convince even big city audiences to forgive Mel Gibson and see The Beaver. I find that mildly upsetting, because while I find Gibson vile, what I’ve seen of The Beaver make it a creative, impressive movie, destroyed by his presence.

For all the utter crud they run, kudos to the New York Daily News for running this incredible editorial from Iris Blumenthal, who wants marriage equality for her gay son as a Mother’s Day gift. She makes it deeply personal, and I don’t know how Albany can not be moved by this.

The list of bisexual men in the life of Vanessa Redgrave appears to be endless, but even she has to have been stunned to have found her husband in bed with her father.

Hasidic newspaper Der Tzitung has a policy of never publishing photographs of women, in keeping with the strictest teachings. But almost everyone thinks they went too far in Photoshopping Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Audrey Tomasen out of the iconic Situation Room photograph.

Vermont has done one of the most dramatic reforms to healthcare this country has ever seen, moving to a single-payer system. And no one seems terribly upset about it.

On the eve of Becoming Chaz premiering on OWN, take some time to read the journey Chaz himself took over the course of his life, leading to the film about his transition. It may make you think a bit about some issues you yourself have. It did the author.

Glee’s Adam Anders has formed Ander’s Music Records, dedicated to developing artists over time, rather than hoping for an instant splash. He’s starting with hunky 18-year-old Shane Harper, and has managed to get his debut single on both Radio Disney and playing in Hollister stores nationwide.

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