Weekend Meme: Ricky Martin Comes Clean, Betty White To "Men In Black III," and Lady Gaga 101

A Costco in San Juan put out copies of Ricky Martin’s Me ahead of Tuesday's official release date, so the details are starting to leak out as fast as people can read and put up quotes. What struck me was his story of coming out via his website.

And then all that fear I felt, the fear many people have at the moment they come out of the closet, it was just in my head.  I know that maybe this is not the case with other when they decide to do it - there are those who are faced with a painful wall of misunderstanding and rejection - but I can say my own experience was nothing but positive and empowering.

Easily the most important thing in the history of the universe was the Rally To Restore Sanity and/or Fear today on the National Mall. The place was packed, the weather was nice, and I was kind of bored.  Given the level of talent present, too many of the jokes didn’t work for me. If you take Jon Stewart and rob him of his hyperbole in the name of sanity, he’s really not that interesting. Fighting over crowd estimates will last at least a week, with most in the 150,000 range.

The executive producer of ABC News Digital has had to issue a clarification concerning conservative commentator Andrew Breitbart’s participation in their election coverage. The good news is that they’re not putting him on the air, just in a town hall. The bad news is they still are using Elisabeth Hasselbeck.

Campion tips us that the insanity of fining sports figures for wearing pink has made it north of the border into Canada. CFL player Jon Oosterhuis has been fined for wearing pink gloves to raise awareness for breast cancer during a recent game.

Tony Perkins says that his viewpoint that the "lie of homosexuality" is what is causing kids to kill themselves deserves to be heard on NPR and that doing could save lives. I really do think he believes what he says.

Practical Magic, which was a mediocre movie at best, is becoming a television show on ABC Family. Is it too late to uncancel Huge?

People have already chastised me for saying this, but I maintain that it's a victory to get a conservative publication like the Christian Science Monitor to admit that the gay community coming together over Clint McCance looks like the beginning of a civil rights movement in the South.

Jim Swilley, a bishop in the Georgia megachurch Conyer’s Church in the Now has come out as gay to his entire congregation. He says he was motivated by the recent suicides to be honest about his life in the hopes he can help others.

If you though University of Michigan student body president Chris Armstrong was going to lie down after dropping  the request for a restraining order against Assistant Attorney General Andrew Shirvell, you were wrong. He and his attorney have both filed with the state bar association to have Shirvell disbarred for violating the Michigan Rules of Professional Conduct.

Students at the University of South Carolina can now take a sociology course about Lady Gaga. No doubt, this will keep a sociology degree at the high level of value it commands today.

Betty White and Nichole Scherzinger are both confirmed for cameo roles in Men In Black III. The big question for me is whether Betty is enough to balance out the presence of Nichole.

Out disaster director Roland Emmerich is doing an alien invasion film next. But instead of his usual $200 million epic special effects films, he’s doing a microbudget, $5 million Cloverfield-style movie. Does anyone besides me want to see Emmerich try a rom-com just to see what would happen?

HBO is going to do a series about a female vice president, most likely starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus. I’m not quite sure how you make a show about the VP interesting.

A live performance of Rocky Horror Picture Show took place recently in Los Angeles to benefit the Gay and Lesbian Center. The pictures of Julian McMahon as Dr. Frank-n-furter are worth clicking through, but we also have Matthew Morrison and Lea Michele as Brad and Janet.

E! got to listen to the Glee Christmas album, and they think they know some spoilers about Kurt (Chris Colfer) and Blaine (Darren Criss) from their duet.

MGM Studio has reached a deal on bankruptcy with Spyglass getting approval for the takeover. This should get everything moving again, including getting Daniel Craig back into James Bond’s swim trunks.

The race for the school board in St. George, UT has focused on eliminating the gay-straight alliance clubs that the schools were forced to allow after a lawsuit was filed against the schools. Because gay kids need slapped around even more.

Caprica fans are launching an apple campaign to save the show.

There is now 3G cell service at the peak of Mt. Everest, but I have to make due with EDGE here at home.

The two students who are accused of streaming the sexual encounter that lead to Tyler Clementi’s suicide have withdrawn from the university to avoid an inquiry.

Sara Ramirez says that Callie does not want to follow Arizona to Africa, and that will become a source of conflict for the couple.

I’m From Driftwood is looking for some help from the travel industry to get them to Alaska and Hawaii while their bus undergoes repairs for their 50 state tour. If you can help, they want to hear from you.