Morning Meme: Jesse Tyler Ferguson's Least Favorite Word, Chloe Sevigny Is "Hit Or Miss" and a Biebershop Quartet

Sarah Palin wanted to stop off in England and visit Lady Thatcher this summer in honor of Lady Thatcher’s friend, President Ronald Reagan. The Lady’s aides have spoken out about the possibility. “Lady Thatcher will not be seeing Sarah Palin. That would be belittling for Margaret. Sarah Palin is nuts.” I love the British.

If you missed Modern Family on Inside the Actors Studio, here’s the best part. James Lipton asks the cast about their favorites and turns out Jesse Tyler Ferguson and I share a least favorite word!

I don’t watch Gossip Girl like I used to. For one thing, I just can’t take it any more. For another, the day job keeps me out late most Mondays. But last time I looked, Chace Crawford was no more a “Lead Actor” than Eric was. But that’s how he submitted for the Emmy Awards. Good luck with that.

Party at Ryan Murphy’s house! I’d read about him signing deals worth north of $80 million over the last year, and now he’s bought something nice. He’s bought Charlize Theron’s Malibu beach house for more than $6 million.

Chloe Sevigny is headed to the UK. She’s signed to star in a new drama Hit or Miss from the creator of Shameless. She’s “a contract killer with a big secret - she is a transgender hit man who suddenly finds out that in the previous life has fathered several children.” That’s something we’ve not seen on American television before – but it could be headed to HBO or Showtime to air here.

The White House has quietly announced plans to host a Pride celebration again this year, but not when they’ll hold it or who is invited. In a perfect world, they like to have something new to unveil for these things, but I don’t see how they can pass anything significant with the House in Republican hands.

Jane Lynch says that hosting the Emmy’s was broached to her on an airplane flight home from the upfronts by producer Mark Burnett. She forgot it and took her wife Laura on vacation to Bora Bora, where she got the formal offer via email. Still, she’s not nervous at all. Best news? Sue Sylvester probably won’t make an appearance!

We had mentioned that Funny Girl was coming back, and now we find out they’re planning online auditions to find someone to fill the shoes that Barbra made her own.

The Arkansas Family Association (they’re in every state) is upset that a high school yearbook has named Five Worst People of all time. Who made the list? Adolf Hitler, Osama bin Laden, Charles Manson, George W. Bush, and Dick Cheney. I fail to see the problem.

NBC has paid an undisclosed amount to buy the next four Olympic games for broadcast in the United States. I guess Comcast still has some cash lying around after all.

Doctor Who fans rejoice! The series will be back for another 14 episodes with Matt Smith as the Doctor. If you’re wondering why you should rejoice, you’ll see on the next page.

The American Theater Hall of Fame has bestowed theater hunk Nick Adams with a fellowship and a grant for his “breakthrough performance” in Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. My only question is what took them so long?

Making Texas look backwards, Wyoming has granted a same sex couple married in Canada a divorce. Texas has been spending state tax dollars for years trying to block a divorce decree of a same sex couple.

Nate Berkus is going to be debuting a new clip for The Help on his show. Why on The Nate Berkus Show? Because he’s executive producing the film, which just from the trailer looks like it should be up for several Oscars. He might be the new Oprah after all.