Morning Meme: GM Preps "Cannonball Run" Remake, Zachary Quinto Surprised He Made the News, and Craig Ferguson's Sex Ed Class

If a 1980s movie has to be made, conceptually I see some potential for Cannonball Run. But sponsored by GM? How do you get a Lamborghini racing an ambulance if it's by one car company? Wasn't that part of the fun? And if we're going to be real, the advent of surveillance cameras, cell phones, and police data networks probably make the suspension of disbelief requirements appallingly high. Still - fantasy casting, anyone?

Glee is doing a Christmas episode again, this time directed by Matthew Morrison. So expect some rapping around the Christmas tree.

Herman Cain's 9-9-9 tax plan makes perfect sense for people who make over $200,000/year, the only folks who get an effective tax cut. The poor lose out, and the middle class get hammered when you run the numbers.

Fauja Singh completed the Toronto marathon in 8 hours, 25 minutes. It's not a great time, until you realize Singh is 100-years-old. Then it makes me crawl back into bed and hide in shame.

I've said it before, I'm curious to read Exit Through the Wound, the debut novel by North Morgan, who most of the world knew as blogger London Preppy. I found his writing engaging, and he seems to have matured. I just need to squeeze the time to read this well-reviewed piece in between all the news about Trevor Donovan and Glee that you folks demand I know. I opened Kindle on my iPad today and found four books I bought and forgot to read.

While the UK may be a fairly equal place for gays, the same can't be said for the bulk of the Commonwealth, where 41 of the 53 states still criminalize homosexual activity. The laws make it very hard to fight the spread of HIV, and so the heads of government will be asked to scrap the laws.

Mickey Rourke isn't doing the Expendables sequel, but instead is diving into the Seven Psychopaths. No mention was made of the Gareth Thomas biography.

Apple stock took a hit as the company revenue only grew 39%, to $28.2 billion for the quarter. Sluggish iPhone sales were largely to blame as consumers waited for the new iPhone 4S, which is now setting sales records around the globe.

Amy Sedaris is joining The Good Wife as a foil for Alan Cumming's character. They really are after the gay audience with this show, aren't they?

A London church that has been convincing people they have a faith-based cure for HIV has claimed their third victim. It seems coming off your meds and praying doesn't have a high survivability rate.

My friend Jerame Davis has been named interim executive director of the National Stonewall Democrats following the end of existing director Michael Mitchell's contract. Congratulations, Jerame!

In perhaps the only instance of a remake of The Breakfast Club I could support, a live reading will be staged with the proceeds benefiting Film Independent. Mindy Kalling will take the Ally Sheedy role, James Van Der Beek the Emilio Estevez role, and Patton Oswalt with play Michael Anthony Hall's role.

Three Marines have been discharged and confined for falsely marrying a lesbian couple so they could receive a housing allowance to live together off base. I'm going to take an unpopular line here and say they deserved it. It's fraud. When I wanted to live off base and couldn't get a housing allowance at first, I got a second job bagging groceries to make it work. The law may suck, but it's the law.

Zachary Quinto says he didn't expect his coming out to be global news. I almost believe him, because despite being a lead in a giant TV show and the co-lead in a action/tentpole franchise, he largely avoids the fame of it all. But because he's now an out action movie star, he's major news.

The GLBT Center at NC State was vandalized with "fags burn" and "Die." The university is reviewing security tape and held a meeting last night.

Meanwhile, at Indian University of Pennsylvania, the same professor that told a lesbian student she was "disgusting, unnatural and abnormal" in class previously told a gay student he would "burn in hell." That shouldn't be free speech folks, not in a classroom, from a professor.

Joe Manganiello has told his grandma she's not allowed to see Magic Mike, which bodes well for us. He also reveals the "theme" of each of the stars stripper costumes, so take a peek if you want to know who has a giant hose.

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