Morning Meme: Justin Timberlake Goes Gaga, Elizabeth Taylor Honored As amFAR Breaks Records, and "Just Say Takei"

Kate Moulene was the person who suggested Ted Olsen to represent the Prop 8 appeal. She’s written a great piece about How Legalizing Gay Marriage Will Strengthen America. It should be required reading.

Chris Vance is set to star in Cinemax’s television version of The Transporter. Here’s hoping that we get to see a whole lot of this hunky man on the cable network, because it seems to have fallen way behind on original programming beefcake. Of course, I’d be even happier if Jason Statham had reprised the role.

Something shocking has happened with Glee: They’re bringing in another writer. Up to now, every episode has been written by Ryan Murphy, Bad Falchuk, and Ian Brennan. But now Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, the man who rewrote Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark and is rebooting Carrie will be writing one-liners for Heather Morris.

The Rhode Island House has passed civil union legislation, 62-11. The bill is expected to sail through the state Senate, and the governor is expected to sign it.

If you guessed that the timing of Osama Bin Laden’s death was a result of a human sacrifice for the Illuminati, have I got a conspiracy theory for you!

For his role in Magic Mike, Alex Pettyfer says he hasn’t decided how naked he’ll get for the role that came out of nowhere. “Is he still deciding whether he'd go full-frontal for the role? ‘It's not so much still deciding. I will do whatever needs to be done.’" Make it happen Mr. Soderbergh!

In a brilliant bit of viral marketing, the CDC has made disaster preparedness sexy by putting out rules of how to prepare for a zombie apocalypse, which helpfully is how you prepare for any disaster.

Arnold Schwarzenegger is not going to deal with his problems by diving into his work. He’s suspending all of his pending acting projects while he sorts his life out.

In their ongoing bracket voting for the Ultimate American Idol, TVLine has paired up Kris Allen vs. Adam Lambert. I can’t help but feel I’ve watched this show before.

What struck me about this story wasn’t that Jay-Z has a development deal with Adult Swim. It was that Odd Future, with their horribly anti-gay sentiments, also has a deal.

Kevin Jennings, the GLSEN founder, has been virtually invisible since joining the Obama administration. Now he’s leaving to head the nonprofit Be The Change.

Raynard Jackson is sick of all these people coming out of the closet. “Rick Welts, "I'm gay." Don Lemon, "I'm gay." Will Sheridan, "I'm gay." Uhhhhhhhhhh, ENOUGH! Who cares? Does the public really care about their sex lives? Who these people choose to be romantic with is of no concern to me and should be of no concern to those who know them.” I tell you what, Mr. Jackson. We’ll shut up for a while when you successfully campaign for full equality, and agree to never mention your wife, your kids, your home life, or who you spent the weekend with ever again. Sound fair?

Anti-gay state senators in New York quietly introduced a bill that would require the state to stop recognizing same-sex marriage performed out of state, as has been the policy since Gov. Patterson issued an executive order.

The Czech Republic is denying the use of “phallometric meters” in testing people who apply for asylum based on sexual orientation.

Elizabeth Taylor was honored in Cannes at the 17th annual amFAR Cinema Against AIDS event, which broke records by raising $10 million for the organization she helped found. Stars were everywhere, and Sean Penn demanded women vow to abstain from sex unless their men donated at least $10,000 to the cause, which 21 did. Boy George provided the musical performance.