Weekend Meme: Dustin Lance Black Fights Back, Ryan Phillippe Heads To "Damages," and the "Shame" Trailer Is Shamefully Tame

Remember when the GQ writer asked Taylor Lautner if Gus Van Sant and Dustin Lance Black made passes at him? Black isn't happy about it, nor should he be. And a puff magazine writer probably doesn't want to take on an Oscar winning scribe, because there will be blood. "Above and beyond this clear attack on my character, I’m shocked that GQ would allow their writer to lean on the scurrilous, outdated stereotype that gay men are by nature sexual predators. I mean, would you have asked this same question if it were Diablo Cody and Kathryn Bigelow at dinner with Mr. Lautner?"

TNT has canceled Memphis Beat. My mom is not going to like that.

In a new poll by Public Policy Polling, Rick Perry was ahead of Katy Perry (41%-18%) and Tyler Perry (38%-18%) for president.

Damages, which is evidently airing on DirectTV now, has signed up one of my first crushes, Ryan Phillippe, who will play a Julian Assange-type character.

Was anyone out there dying to see a Pinocchio prequel, focused on Geppetto? Anyone? Anyone at all?

Sir Elton John makes a calm, logical argument on why Congress needs to further fund ADAP programs to provide life-saving drugs for HIV treatment. It's cheaper to treat it with drugs than it is to treat the spread of the disease.

In a very Christian-like move, a pastor was deemed unfit and fired from his church for posting an article on Facebook that the repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell was a good thing.

In news that will always leave me dumbfounded, bubbly, bright Brenda Song is engaged to tattooed southern rocker Trace Cyrus. Is the Mouse holding a shotgun wedding?

Shameless: USA is back on Showtime January 8th. So much for canceling the premium network and saving a few bucks.

Has online hooking up made gay men too picky and just plain rude? This NSFW article makes some valid sociological arguments about what we've become. Seriously  - "Why is it so important that someone find a slim, masculine, hairy, buff man? Do you have some sort of vintage sling with a really low weight limit?"

In Texas, a male cheerleader says he was kicked off his high school squad after he was spotted on security footage kissing another male student.

About 52% of us are out at work, and most who are report bigger success at work, lower stress, and fast advancement. Granted it might not work for everyone: I spent a lot of extra time in my job hunt finding a company that I could work for in West Virginia that had anti-discrimination policies. I was lucky to find something with an HRC 100% rating. Are you out at work?

Jerry Weintraub addresses concerns that Michael Douglas and Matt Damon are too old to play Liberace and Scott Thorson, since Thorson was 16 when he got involved with Liberace, and they split when he was 24. Damon is 41.Well, he doesn't so much address them as say that he's Jerry Weintraub, and he can do what he wants.

Here are five horrible examples of parents abusing their children because they're gay.

In Kansas City, a Catholic bishop has been criminally charged for failing to report a pedophile priest. It's believed to be the first time in the United States criminal charges have been brought for failure to report. But if you read the whole piece, you'll see why this case in particular is egregious.

Granted, I understand that Robert Downey, Jr.'s entire second career is based around forgiveness, and he's really made the most of it. But now he's asking Hollywood, and by extension the world, to forgive Mel Gibson. It's not even the same game. Downey hurt himself with years of drugs. Gibson is a bigoted asshat who appears unable to control his ego and his prejudices.