Morning Meme: Secretary Clinton Talks to GLBT Teens, Stephen Fry Has "Attitude," Bryan Batt's Meaningful Glance

Well, it was weird enough when the White House said that President Obama was going to be on Mythbusters. Now he’s booked himself on The Daily Show on October 27^th, just before the “Rally to Restore Sanity.” How is this going to help Democrats in the election? I’m staring at Republican ads nonstop talking about liberals inviting a comedian (Stephen Colbert) to Congress then going home without passing tax reform. This is just feeding the fire.

The CW is developing a musical/dancing show called Acting Out that takes place at a summer camp. It's described as Glee meets Bad Santa, so I'm expecting a darker tone.

Dan Choi is too old to be a Marine, but pending medical tests, he’s signed up to be in the Army. Meanwhile, in San Diego, a former Marine tried to re-enlist only to be told they didn’t know if they had room for him, and wouldn’t for a couple months. We don’t need Marines? Is the war over?

Starbucks is trying out adding alcohol to some stores to capture an evening crowd. They’ll specialize in local beers and wines. It reminds me of a chain when I lived in DC that had sandwiches and coffee during the day, but was a cool bar in the evening, whose name I can’t remember, but was staggering distance to my place in Old Town.

Temporary pet tattoos, as if the costumes we put on our dogs weren’t embarrassing enough.

Bryan Batt was at the An Enduring Vision Benefit with Sir Elton John, and was asked if he’d ever met the pop icon. No, but they experienced a meaningful glance many years ago. Plus other reactions from the red carpet.

Supernatural may be doing Twilight this week, but A Nightmare on Elm Street could be next. O.K., that’s unlikely, but they have booked Freddie Kruger himself, Robert Englund for an episode.

After getting in an embarrassing  Twitter fight with GLAAD over allowing Tony Perkins to blame dead gay teenagers on the “gay lifestyle” the Washington Post has told their employees to never, ever engage with the public via Twitter. Because that fixes the problem.

The studio is going to rush the sequel to Piranha 3D out, hoping to make next summer. The title? Piranha 3 DD.

Brothers & Sisters is going to loan Gilles Marini to USA Network’s Royal Pains to play a dance instructor. Since it’s set at the beach, is a Speedo too much to hope for?

What would have paid to see Senator John McCain’s face when Judge Virginia Phillips formally denied the government’s request for a stay of her order ending Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell?

Remember how Ramin Seetodeh jumped ship from People back to Newsweek? I hope he has a backup plan, because it appears Dr. Harmon is funding the purchase out of his personal accounts and has no plan in place in case he becomes incapacitated or dies. Dr. Harmon is 91-years-old.

Fox ordered more scripts for American Dad and Bob’s Burger, since animated programming has such a long lead time. I love America Dad, but the preview I watch of Bob’s Burgers was just awful.

Chord Overstreet seems quite comfortable with his doofus character on Glee, even with the frequent shirtlessness. He also sounds confident that he’s not Kurt’s love interest, but I’ve learned not to trust plot arc spoilers from Ryan Murphy.

James Waddell has written a beautiful “(It Gets) Better from Here” song for teens, and Instinct set it to a slideshow. Well worth a listen.

Jessica Alba has still never done a nude scene, despite what you saw in Machete. Digital trickery is afoot!

Christine O’Donnell. Dangerously clueless. I don’t know what else to say except that if Delaware elects her, I can stop ragging on Arizona.

Fox News manages to go take the gay joke in The Dilemma, go to the fake Media Research Center’s Dan Gainor and turn it into yet another way Christians and conservatives are discriminated against. I tell you what: when I can drive down Kanawha St. in Beckley, WV and find a GLBT Community Center among the 14 churches on that street alone, we’ll talk about discrimination.

VH1 has greenlit a movie and series called Single Ladies. Two of the three characters have men in their lives, but the third mentions looking for a “partner” so there is a possibility we may have some lesbian representation. Too soon to tell.

A university has lost a lawsuit and can’t sanction students for comments they make on Facebook. 

Robin Williams is in talks to join Bengal Tiger on Broadway. Fortunately, it’s a talking, wisecracking tiger.

Vandals broke into a lot with an entire district’s school buses over the weekend and let the air out of all the tires, forcing school to be canceled on Monday.