Morning Meme: Kevin Smith Podcasts For The Trevor Project, Chelsea Handler Encourages Gay Teens, and Amar’e Stoudemire Soars

NBC’s Outlaw has put filming new episodes on hold. Friday night is tough, and if it can’t improve on those ratings, it’s probably done for. The bright side? For all the already canceled and nearly canceled shows this fall, we still haven’t lost a gay character!

One small grace coming out of the epidemic of suicides: Exodus has decided it might be too much to hold their Day of Truth, the opposition to Day of Silence. Could the ex-gay folks have finally found their hearts? Or are they worried how that would look?

Showtime has renewed The Real L Word for another year. I’ve never watched it, so I don’t know if this is good news or not.

I can’t really make up my mind about this article. The text itself isn’t bad, but the title, Homophobia Hurts Straight Men Too seems just a little indulgent.

Dear ANIMAL: I know you’re all hipster and ironic, but posting The NYPD’s Ghey New Scooters is not well received. Spelling it cutesie doesn’t excuse you from the insult you’re implying. Especially not right now.

In a rare moment of network neutrality, NBC’s The Office will be doing an episode about watching Fox’s Glee. It’s not expected to show any footage or have any guest stars, but this could be great, or a trainwreck.

Some writers, frustrated that it’s now hard to get anyone in Hollywood to read a screenplay have created a trailer for the screenplay. Why am I noticing? It’s got Sir Elton John in the trailer. And it's the "Sir" that's relevant here.

Kevin Smith’s SMODCastle podcast is holding a special event benefiting The Trevor Project in Los Angeles, followed by a screening of Small Town Gay Bar.

Facebook changed some stuff, and for once it may not be evil. Read about it here.

Some couch potatoes are pathetic. A few potato chip companies had moved to a biodegradable bag to help save the planet. But chip eaters complained that the bags were noisier than the old bags, so we’re going back to slightly less noisy bags that clog landfills.

A gay man was found under construction equipment after leaping to his death from a building. He was out wedding planner to the stars Bryan Jacobson. The police had suspected foul play because his mouth was duct taped, but he left a suicide note.

Glee has now logged 75 singles in the Hot 100, shattering the Beatles record of 71 singles. We’re only in season two folks. This bar is going to be set impossibly high.

Everyone worried about Brandon Routh not getting back into Superman’s tights can rest easy, he just booked a new job in an indie movie, and he gets to star opposite his real life wife. Because that always works out so well.

The judge in murder music Buju Banton’s trial has given himself a leisurely additional week to rule on bail before the new trail on cocaine charges. The first trial resulted in a hung jury.

A new campaign is trying to raise $10 million to pay Weezer to break up. Weezer has responded that if they make it $20 million, they’ll do the deluxe breakup.

Sam Raimi of Spider-Man fame has signed on to direct Disney’s Oz: The Great and Powerful. Will there be songs? Who knows. But I bet the flying monkeys will look awesome!

You know how we feel about those “sorry you were offended” apologies that happen every time someone says something homophobic? Pearls Before Swine managed to define it much better than I have.

Carrie, one of Broadway’s most notorious flops, is headed back to the stage next year. I hope they’ve developed waterproof microphones.

Christina Hendricks is incredibly aware of her body. She’s so proud of it she says gay men have offered to turn for her. Honey, they were just being hyperbolic.

Not only has fox given a back nine order to the hilarious Raising Hope, they’re preempting Running Wilde in favor of a full hour October 26^th.

iCarly’s signature dish is Spaghetti Tacos, and now they’re entering the real world, at least according to the New York Times, who has them as a most requested dish. 

Disney intends a full court press for Toy Story 3 to become the first animated film to win an Oscar for Best Picture. I’m not sure I’ve seen anything better this year.

Billie Joe Armstrong doing eight shows of American Idiot boosted ticket sales $600,000.