Morning Meme: George Michael Likes The Hairy, Ross Matthews Squeals At a Pig, and Dan Savage Gets Glitter-Bombed Again

I think it may have been a good thing that Bradley Cooper dropped out of The Crow remake, because this is the concept art for what he would have looked like.

I would just like to say that I approve of George Michael's taste in men. But then again, I've always liked them beefy and hairy. Commentary is NSFW.

I'm assuming that Canada doesn't have an equivalent of the Parents Television Council, because they'd go ballistic to find out that Pamela Anderson is going to play the Virgin Mary in A Russell Peters Christmas. The show will also feature Michael Buble and Jon Lovitz.

Details are scant, but there's an anti-bullying bill going through the West Virginia statehouse, and reports are that a spokesman for an anti-gay religious group "dug himself in deeper and deeper in a rambling speech" before the interim committee holding hearings.

I'm going to encourage you to go read this entire piece, because me excerpting it may not paint it in the amused light I hope you'll see it. "The stereotype of gay guys as weak and inconsequential is outdated. It is, fundamentally, misogynistic, in that it implies that a guy who behaves like a woman (enjoying romcoms and tasting penises) is pathetic. It also ignores the very present truth that most gay men are beastly collections of muscle and rage. Please remember that gay soldier from the Republican primary debates with biceps the size of coconuts. Rehearsals may be for fags, but clearly, so are curls. Finally, Ratner is ignoring the fact that gay men do things for fun that would make him faint. Nothing's more gangster than having a penis in your face and liking it." I may get that last sentence in a tattoo.

Fake MTV boy band 2gether is talking about making a docu-parody out of a reunion special and releasing a single, then donating the money to the cancer foundation of deceased member Michael Cuccione.

ABC thinks it can get $1.6 million per 30-second spot on an Oscar telecast hosted by Billy Crystal, which is about what they charged last year for James Franco and Anne Hathaway.

Universal Pictures is so in love with the animation studio that made Despicable Me (and now The Lorax), that they bought the company outright and took out a long-term lease on their animation facility that sits in sight of the Eiffel Tower.

In England, 49-year-old Christopher Jarvis, the man charged with investigating claims of pedophilia for the Catholic Church has been arrested for child pornography. The married father of four had over 4,000 images of children in his possession.

Meanwhile, in the United States, Catholic bishops have launched a new website and program to oppose marriage equality, and pledged to be active in the campaigns to pass constitutional bans in North Carolina and Minnesota.

Rose McGowan, who tweeted a picture her Air Force brother took from the cockpit of his F-16 on Veteran's Day, says that the military itself has no problem with open service by gays and lesbians. "My brother flies F16's in the Air Force, and for him, it's been a non-issue this entire time, and for most military people I know it's the same. It's us out here in the public that has a problem with it, which I think is a pity. Just like anything, it's new and uncomfortable for them at first, and then it's normal."

The NBA players rejected the latest offer from the league and began the process of disbanding the union, throwing the entire season into doubt. I hope the networks have some quality alternative programming in reserve, because it seems like basketball eats up a lot of airtime.

IMDb has filed a counter notice in the ridiculous lawsuit an actress brought against the site for revealing her true age. I know Hollywood is ageist, and sexist, and homophobic, but the reality is that your age is a fact, and I don't see how you can sue a company over publishing a fact. If it were true how she alleges they got it, I see that claim, but not that publishing ages in general is wrong, which the Guilds are now saying. But Amazon says to know, she's going to have to reveal her name.

New blog obsession.

Five famous authors show you their libraries.

Courtney Love is an asshat. Also, water is wet.

Dan Savage was glitter-bombed for his anti-trans speech again while taping his MTV show after he started using words like "she-male" and "freaky tranny porn." But taking things to a whole new level, the glitter bomber was arrested, something that even conservative Republicans like Michele Bachmann and Newt Gingrich haven't bothered to do. Real nice, Dan.

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