Morning Meme: GLAAD Rates Television, Mila Kunis Defends Justin Timberlake, and Carrie Underwood Has Legs Up To There

Today marks the release of the GLAAD Network Responsibility Index, charting GLBT representation on television. The CW wins in percentage of hours of representation at 33%, while ABC leads in total hours. The big jump was at ABC Family, which managed 55%. While the percentages remained nearly steady with last year, the big news was a jump in racial and gender diversity across the networks.

Make It or Break It's Zachary Abel is feeling Awkward. Sadly, the blond gymnast hunk is setting up for a heterosexual romance rather than having a man run his fingers through all those curls.

There's something extremely sexy about Mila Kunis going off on a reporter in Russian when the reporter asks Justin Timberlake why he's doing movies instead of music. Russian is a great language to tell someone off in.

I hesitate to endorse anything in the New York Post, but they have a stunning gallery of the World Trade Center Memorial that's about to open next month.

This interactive map of equality shows me that while West Virginia (where I am) isn't the best place in the United States to live, it's far from the worst place if you're gay.

This Pee-Wee Herman tribute gallery is a little twisted, so browse at your own risk.

NPR really should apologize for this piece claiming that the "debate" over gay conversion therapy is raging. No credible sources think that the therapy is anything but destructive. This was grossly irresponsible journalism.

Troy Garity has been cast as Eddie Cibrian's brother on The Playboy Club. They seriously couldn't find a better match than this?

The contract for roommates on MTV's The Real World is something you have to see to believe. You vow you don't have STDs, but understand others might. The producers are free to misrepresent you. MTV isn't responsible for your long distance charges. You understand they may deliberately humiliate you. Non-consensual physical contact may happen. Such is the price for fame.

David Norris has dropped his bid for the Irish presidency after it surfaced that 25 years ago he wrote a letter of support for his former partner in a statutory rape case.

Ultimate Spider-Man finally announced that Miles Morales, a half-black, half-Hispanic teen will become the webslinger now that Peter Parker is dead. How he gets super powers is yet to be revealed.

According to an LA Fitness poll, Helen Mirren has the world's best body. That sound you hear is every 20-something actress in Hollywood shrieking.

The Bipartisan Legal Group defending the Defense of Marriage Act filed a brief today, and if you want the laughable summary, head here for the Top Five Homophobic Statements. For a more scholarly summary, Chris Geidner has you covered. If this is the best they've got, we may win this thing.

Production has begun on indie film Keep the Lights On starring Zachary Booth (Damages) and Thure Lindhardt (Angels & Demons) as a gay couple grappling with life over the course of ten years.

Rod 2.0 has great photos and video of Tyson Beckford for Kiehl's LifeRide for amfAR.

Speaking of models, Linda Evangelista has requested $46,000/month in child support from Salma Hayek's current husband for their four-year-old son, the largest request in New York history. Francois-Henri Pinault is worth an estimated $11.5 billion and has never provided for his son. Evangelista is requesting the sum largely for education and full-time security for the child.

Sadly, Lorne Michaels says that no cast members are leaving SNL this season. I can think of at least three they should cut loose to make way for fresh talent.

Eli Roth is going to design a Hostel-themed attraction for Universal Studios this Halloween season.

A €750,000 donation that Sir Elton John made to Ireland to support a clean needle program to combat AIDS has not been spent nearly two years later.

A child protection officer for the Catholic Church has been arrested for making and distributing child pornography

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