Morning Meme: "Blue Mountain State" Returns, Scott Caan Is Overdressed, and Tapping the Strategic Bachelor Reserve

Plus success in Rhode Island primaries, Oprah goes down under, and Ryan Reynolds returns to television.

Baby-faced White Sox player Brent Lillibridge got into some hot water for tweeting that he was standing in line for the midnight release of Halo the night before some sports thingy started. After some back-and-forth, he promised to head straight to bed after acquiring the game, but no one believed him.

Twitter is going rich media with a new website refresh. I’d sneer about “who tweets from the website” but statistics say that 78% of the world does. This will not only allow for inline video and images, but likely provide for advertising, allowing Twitter to begin turning a profit.

The Nate Show opened Monday to solid, if not spectacular ratings in major markets. It will be a couple of weeks before the national ratings are available, but right now major markets are showing a 38% spike over the time slot’s performance last year.

MTV just ordered two new scripted comedies, and I don’t mean scripted like The Hills. That Girl is a coming of age comedy targeted at the teen female market. Death Valley appears to be a horror-comedy about zombies, werewolves, and vampires overrunning the San Fernando Valley.

Oprah Winfrey told all 300 audience members for her season premiere that she was taking them plus a guest each to Australia for eight days. But this isn’t a trip from Mama O or her sponsors, the taxpayers of Australia are picking up the $2.8 million tab as a tourism advertising effort.

High fructose corn syrup is getting a makeover to help it overcome its bad reputation. They’re not going to make it healthier, don’t be silly. They’re just going to rename it corn sugar. And it still comes with a side of diabetes.

Providence, Rhode Island Mayor David Cicilline won his primary for the House of Representatives last night. Notable since he's an out gay man.

Media Matters finally got Fox News to agree to take their money to air their commercial informing Fox News viewers that News Corp. donated $1 million to the Republican Governor’s Association. This punishes Fox News how?

You would think an election season full of Tea Party candidates would be more fun for Jon Stewart. He’ll just have to settle for this giant profile written about how he owns the information flow for a generation.

Bishop Gene Robinson kicked off a fundraiser to rebuild the rectory of a church in Dupont Circle in Washington, D.C.  The building burnt down more than 40 years ago. And it’s so nice to write something positive about a man of faith for a change, thank you Bishop Robinson.

The columns of light that serve as a tribute to 9/11 and shine two powerful beams into the sky had to be shut down when they confused a large flock of migratory birds who crashed into the display. The Audubon Society is consulting with the memorial to reach a compromise before Dick Cheney shows up with his shotgun.

Solicit a prostitute in Chicago, have your mugshot published on the web.

The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences plans to honor the career of composer Alex North by holding a screening of The Misfits, featuring Montgomery Clift and the last screen appearances of Clark Gable and Marilyn Monroe.

Carey Mulligan may have an Oscar nomination and a cool haircut, but it’s not enough to get her a guest starring role on Glee. She tells Vogue she asked to be on the show and was turned down as “not famous enough.”

I knew that Supernatural planned to spoof Twilight’s vampires, but I didn’t know they were also going after Stefan and Damon of The Vampire Diaries. I wonder if they’ll show their fangs for True Blood as well?

Ryan Reynolds is going to find a 25^th hour in his day to produce a new comedy for television. The plot will center on a young upstart trying to take control of a town to modernize, yet remove all the character. Reynolds would likely have a recurring role.

And my favorite dirty pleasure, Blue Mountain State is set to return with new raunchy episodes October 20^th. The question is, can I still enjoy it with Denise Richards?