Morning Meme:"Days" Doubles Down On Gays, "Glee"'s "New Type Of Gay Character," and Cartman Is the 1%

Perhaps surprising no one, Days of Our Lives has revealed that it will begin the reveal that Will Horton (Chandler Massey) is gay over the next few weeks. Says Massey, "I’m thrilled to be able to portray my character in an empowering way that will show his struggle to accept who he is. It is my hope that this storyline will inspire others to be true to themselves as well.”

So. About this whole Kim Kardashian ruining the sanctity of marriage thing. I doubt it's over any time soon, because they can get a whole season of TV out of couples' counseling. Kris Humphries (likely chosen because his first name starts with "K") says he wants to work it out. But he's also clocked on video telling Kim that after she has a couple kids, "no one will probably care about you." Don't I wish.

And Rob Delaney has announced he's suing Kim Kardashian for fraud. Can I sue her to get back the hours of my life this story has taken away?

Justin Bieber has become the first YouTube personality with 2 billion views, proving that I'm too old to be online.

In news that will no doubt break Neil Patrick Harris' heart, the famed Magic Castle caught fire on Monday. The blaze was confined to the attic, but extensive water damage is expected. Harris, whose love of magic is well documented, serves on the board of the Magic Castle.

Out Magazine has started teasing their Out 100 feature. While Rory O'Malley looks suitably beefy standing next to cutie Matt Doyle, it's the simple shot of Dustin Lance Black in the white tank top that takes my breath away.

For reasons I can't quite explain, it appears that Ryan Reynolds is teaching Jeff Bridges The Robot on the set of R.I.P.D.

In a combination of things I can't quite wrap my brain around, Former National Football League Commissioner Paul J. Tagliabue has donated $1 million to start a new GLBT program at Georgetown University, the first Catholic university to have LGBTQ Resource Center.

In a teaser for his upcoming Rolling Stone interview, Glee's new resident bad boy gay Grant Gustin says of his character Sebastian "He's a gay character, obviously, but he's kind of a new type of gay character. He's someone you wouldn't necessarily know is gay unless you asked him, but he'd be the first person to tell you. He's very confident and comfortable with who he is and what he wants. Darren (Criss) was that new confident strong gay character, and Sebastian is taking that a step further. He's a guys-guy, just a dude who happens to be gay."

A couple of fans hoping to get cozy with a single George Michael stormed off in a huff when they saw what they assumed was Michael's new boy toy. Of course it wasn't his boy toy – it was Justin Timberlake.

Antigay group Boy Scouts of America is fighting to keep records sealed showing it has covered up years of sexual abuse of minors by scoutmasters.

A.J. Laurent, co-founder of The Advocate has passed away at age 70.

Just to clarify a piece from last week, George R.R. Martin's Wild Cards will be getting a feature film, not a SyFy channel movie. So they will have more freedom.

Speaking of feature films, it looks like The Fall Guy is moving ahead. But who do you cast in the Lee Major role?

As Michigan prepares to try and save a measly $8 million from the state budget by dropping insurance coverage for domestic partners, faculty and students alike at the state's universities are looking for a way out to somewhere more welcoming.

 Herman Cain vaguely remembers something about a termination pay for two women with he was head of the National Restaurant Association, but he disputes it being a sexual misconduct issue. Meanwhile, nobody can decide if it was Republicans or Democrats that dug the story up.

Look, I'm all for James Franco expressing himself. But I get more than a little testy with him when he goes around saying stuff like "I don't think what I'm doing is confusing. What is confusing is that I'm an actor in mainstream film and the people that usually comment on mainstream film are idiots, and they don't try to think outside of their pop-culture commentaries." Because if you want respect for filming naked teenage boys playing basketball, you have to respect me for asking why you filmed naked teenagers playing basketball.

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