Morning Meme: New Footage From "Torchwood: Miracle Day," Charles Barkley On Gay Athletes, and Ryan Gosling All Greased Up

I was bad yesterday and failed to talk about IDAHO (International Day Against Homophobia). But you know who didn’t? Olympic speed skater Blake Skjellerup, and he used it as a late commemoration of the anniversary of his coming out, which seems appropriate.

This is footage from Torchwood: Miracle Day. It doesn't really tease the story or anything, but it does contain Captain Jack. And is Jane Espenson really going to do a Torchwood spinoff starring Eliza Dushku? And how do I feel about that? And can Enver Gjokaj please be in it?

Speaking of Captain Jack, John Barrowman is getting an honorary degree from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in July, because who knows drama like Barrowman?

Just outside Miami in Pompano Beach, two students were taken to the principal’s office for holding hands. Both were girls. Their parents were called, which resulted in one being outed. Straight students hold hands all the time, but the school board is standing behind the decision.

Robert Pattinson really wanted Gus Van Sant to direct Breaking Dawn. So they brought him in to discuss it, but he didn’t know how to make a pitch for a job. “I guess I was unprepared for that. Usually people just hire me."

You can bid on Brad Fulchak’s VIP seats for each of the live Glee shows, and get VIP after party tickets as well, with all the money going to charity.

How does Tea party favorite Gov. Scott Walker’s decision to withdraw his defense of the domestic partnership registry square with the Republican criticism of President Obama ceasing to defend DOMA? Can they find a way to spin this?

Hunky Joel Edgerton has been cast as Tom Buchanan in The Great Gatsby, rounding out a cast that already includes Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, Carey Mulligan and Isla Fisher. I don’t know how the budget can support the salaries.

Charles Barkley continues to drop truth on athletes who think they’ve never been on a team or in a locker room with a gay player. “First of all, every player has played with gay guys. It bothers me when I hear these reporters and jocks get on TV and say, ‘Oh, no guy can come out in a team sport. These guys would go crazy.’ First of all, quit telling me what I think. I’d rather have a gay guy who can play than a straight guy who can’t play. Any professional athlete who gets on TV or radio and says he never played with a gay guy is a stone-freakin’ idiot.”

While the mayor of Spartanburg, SC signed a Pride proclamation, when they approached Spartanburg County Council for the same, they got a terse, one-word response: No.

There’s an article that talks about how tweeting celebrities removes the mystery and the glamour of stars. And it’s true to a degree. I love Dot Marie Jones, but all she does is respond to fans asking her to retweet them, like it validates them that she forwards their request for a retweet. Not a request that she retweet their rally to raise money for cancer, but that she retweet their request for a retweet. Why?

Netflix is the largest source of internet traffic in North America. I don’t understand how, because I can never find anything to watch.

Despite conflicting reports, The CW did give a home to Sarah Michelle Gellar’s Ringer, and they picked up Kevin Williamson’s The Secret Circle. They also canceled Wildcats, which had some gay representation that we could never bring ourselves to care about.

I caught part of Desperate Housewives Sunday, but it didn’t register that it was Daryl Stephens on the show.

boyculture catches up with Val Lauren, who’s set to play Sal Mineo in James Franco’s new movie. Maybe costuming will help, but he’s almost too rugged to play the boyish Mineo in my mind.

I just love that Steven Tyler just tosses this out there “Gay sex just doesn't do it for me. I tried it one time when I was younger, but I just didn't dig it.” No judgment or anything, just not for him like straight sex just isn’t for me, and he at least had the manners to taste the dish before deciding.

The Governator cheated and has a 10-year-old love child, which is what lead to the end of his marriage. A Republican sex scandal, how novel.

If anyone has video from Furrlesque, I want to see it.