Morning Meme: Topless Tom Hardy, SyFy Needs New Gays, and "Winter Is Coming"

Leslie Nielsen was one of the greatest comedic actors of all time to me. So I’m terribly sad to say that he’s passed away at age 84. My favorite Nielsen quotable? “Nice beaver.” Reply: “Thanks, I just had it stuffed.”

New Delhi held their first pride march since the decriminalization of homosexuality. That changes everything. Instead of a protest march, it was a celebration for the 2,000 marchers.

Airlock Alpha has an interesting piece on what moves SyFy may have to make since they canceled Caprica, wiping out a chunk of their gay characters. Syfy was somewhat of a success story with GLAAD’s Network Responsibility Index, because they vowed to do better, and actually made an effort. But many of the pilots and shows fell victim to low viewership and cancellation. Will they rebuild?

Tonight is the annual A Very Mary Holiday fundraiser for The Ali Forney Center for GLBT youth. Performers include Matt Doyle, and Logo’s The A List cast will be there, so there could be drama. Tickets are still available to this great cause.

What does Sarah Palin think of her daughter Willow calling someone a “faggot” on Facebook? She thinks that Willow is the victim of the media. She told her daughter to grin and bear it, but not that calling people a faggot was wrong.

Guess what? Dogs have bigger brains than cats to handle socialization. In other words, that rude, arrogant behavior from a feline actually allows it to not have as much gray matter.

Dr. Laura isn’t leaving radio like she promised after her bigoted, racist outburst. She’s just moving to satellite radio with Sirius/XM so she can say whatever she wants. In fact, she’ll only be off the air for three days between the end of her regular show and her new show. I canceled my Sirius/XM subscription over this.

Senator Lindsey Graham says that a Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell repeal isn’t happening because the Republicans will all vote as a block not to repeal it. Get used to nothing happening the next two years folks, because we’re screwed. Fifty-five old men will be holding the entire country hostage to their outdated ways, and gays will continue to be the boogey man.

Peter Jackson just scored 30 state-of-the-art, not-yet-released RED EPIC 5k cameras to shoot The Hobbit. Nothing but prototypes of the cameras exist now (or have for the three years I’ve been drooling over the modular beasts.)

In Michigan, the Holland Sentinel newspaper ran a half page ad with two guys cuddled on a park bench with “How sad when God’s original design is twisted!” as the headline.

Tom Hardy walks into a tattoo parlor and takes off his shirt…

James Franco proved to be such a hot ticket for Inside the Actors Studio that they had to turn away hundreds of industry insiders that wanted to watch. Evidently there was also a great deal of women screaming, but I’d be willing to bet at least one (or two hundred) gay men joined in.

Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal elegantly makes a point that is possibly more valid that we’d like to admit about some people.

Lady Gaga and other celebrities are signing off their social media accounts until they raise $1 million for World AIDS Day. It’s a good cause, and I support them, but looking at the list, other than Lady Gaga I wouldn’t mind if they got stuck at $999,999.

Harry Potter won the weekend with $50.3 million, closely followed by Tangled at $49.1 million. Burlesque didn’t fit into the family movie viewing theme that’s traditional for Thanksgiving, and pulled in a barely respectable $17.15 million.

Winona Ryder doesn’t understand the problem with the gay joke in The Dilemma. She says she’s very sensitive to such things, and would never be a part of anything bad. Besides, her gay friends use that word all the time. Yes, Winona, we use the word “gay.” Does she even know what the line is?