Morning Meme: "Houdini: The Musical," Chris Colfer Monkeys Around, and Has Wonder Woman Been Lassoed?

Aaron Sorkin is moving from The Social Network to writing a musical for Hugh Jackman based on the life of Houdini. Yet another sentence that surprises me when I write it.

What Your Cat Would Say If It Could Talk

The Amazing Race is finally switching to HD. I sense a lot more pixilation in the future of men’s underwear.

Robert Zemeckis says the script for Roger the Rabbit 2 is coming along slowly. The good news is that he’s going to use traditional animation and not motion capture of the cartoon characters.

What is that on the back of the ball cap for the Giants? I know what I see.

To everyone who thinks that Manhattan is the only significant place on earth: WalMart is bigger than your entire island.

In the latest bit of pro-cat propaganda, the kitty scientists stuffed into a human suit say that waiting hand and foot on the feline species makes you happier, healthier, and live longer.

For all the folks who were worried, after destroying half the hemisphere and posting $20 billion into trust, BP is back to making a profit and able to resume dividends.

There is a wild rumor that David E. Kelley is planning on fitting South African actress Tanit Phoenix for bracelets to play Wonder Woman.

HBO is developing a comedy about a woman who becomes a nun at 18-years-old after a bad breakup, while still a virgin, then leaves the convent and the order at 40, totally innocent to the world. Molly Shannon is set to star.

Fox is moving 400 classic MGM titles into their DVD-on-demand program. They’ll make them as you pay for them. Nothing jumped out at me from the first fifty titles, but I’m not much of a classic movie buff.

Keith Olbermann, inspired by Jon Stewart to become part of the solution instead of part of the problem, is retiring his “Worst Persons” segment. I wonder if anyone on Fox News will join the civility parade?

The International Space Station is celebrating ten years of continuous occupation. The United States would have sent champagne, but we don’t have a launch vehicle to get it up there.

Following a string of injuries to the cast of Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, the state of New York is sending in inspectors to make sure that the flying is up to code.

The first stills for the animated Dorothy of Oz have been released, and I’m somewhat underwhelmed.

The bulging muscles of Jason Mamoa in Conan 3D are set to flex August 19^th, 2011. How tiny is his loincloth?

Remember when Kanye West said “George Bush doesn’t care about black people?” George Bush says ‘I resent it, it’s not true, and it was one of the most disgusting moments in my Presidency.” Really? It wasn’t his failed response to Katrina that left thousands dead, and tens of thousands of African-Americans living in filth for weeks? Kanye’s statement was more disgusting?

Kurt Blanchette-Ebert and his partner Claude have become Canada’s newest millionaires, picking up $50 million in the big prize. None of this silly “I’m going to keep working” junk here, he’s already quit his job at the bakery.

Meryl Streep is joining Lisa Kudrow’s web series, Web Therapy for three episodes. Since Showtime picked up the existing episodes of Web Therapy for broadcast in the spring, it’s likely that they’ll buy a new batch if Kudrow can keep landing stars like Streep.

Pee Wee’s Playhouse’s Jambi (John Paragon) says in advance of his Broadway opening “Sesame Street taught children how to read. We taught children how to bang pots and pans.” And we thank them for it.