Morning Meme: Kellan Lutz Battles In the "Arena," Broadway Finds a "Funny Girl," and Harrison Ford Is Angry With Smurfs

Brandon Beemer has been cast as a gigolo on CSI: Miami. I doubt the new gig will keep The Bold & the Beautiful from finding new, contrived ways to get him into his underwear on daytime, but from the sounds of it, he won't be wearing that much in Miami either. I can support that. But I could support Brandon in anything, he's always been remarkably friendly and accessible online.

It appears news of Lea Michele being under contract to Glee for seven years inspired producers to look elsewhere for their Funny Girl. Six Feet Under's Lauren Ambrose is set to step into the shoes of the role, now fasttracked.

Now it's just not being Bradley Manning that can get you abused by the federal government, just being friends with him will get your laptops seized and searched for weeks without a warrant. Searching my suit case at the airport is one thing, I packed expecting that. But if you want to got through the hundreds of thousands of files on my laptop, I hope you don't blush easily.

We already sort of knew that wrestler The Edge would be guesting on Haven at some point thanks to the picture of him towering over hunky Eric Balfour, but now we know he has a four episode arc on the show. And so does Jason Priestly, who's going to play someone you instantly love and want to do favors for, much like Brandon Walsh.

The New York Times is not impressed with The A List. With guest commentary provided by the lovable Bryan Safi, who appears to be the only gay man in New York who will admit to watching it on purpose.

Starz is looking at a new show about the first female NASCAR team owner. The kicker is the tentative title, Tits in the Pits.

BET has canceled Mo'Nique's talk show, which is truly a shame, because she provided an incredible voice for GLBT acceptance in the broader African-American community, particularly the black church.

British decathlete Roger Skedd works as a naked butler at hen nights and gay parties. He says it pays well, and allows him to keep training for the Olympics. Hey, if you've got it, work it. P.S. – the picture at the article is priceless.

Peter Berg confirms that they're working on a script for a Friday Night Lights movie. I really wish I could see what people loved about this show, because I never could get into it, and I tried multiple times.

I am sick of Reese Witherspoon rom-coms, but I have to admit, Wish List could be clever. Imagine a little girl who makes ten wishes at a wishing well, but the coin gets stuck and so they never come true, making her a cynical career woman. Then, the coin dislodges and suddenly the ten wishes of a child come true for an adult.

Today in super heroes I'm not terribly familiar with, scripts have been turned in for a Dr. Strange movie, and separately a script has been begun for The Mighty.

 Al Jazeera English has finally begun airing in the United States, in New York City. Fox News will condemn this in 3-2-1.

The Playboy Club is not sexist, it's not sexual, it's not Mad Men. It could be something so daring that it has no chance of succeeding. But I have to admit, I'm intrigued to see if they can pull something off. Plus it has Sean Maher.

Up All Night is being retooled to make Maya Rudolph a budding Oprah, and expand her part. I hope so, because while I do love Christina Applegate, the previews looked just awful.