Morning Meme: Enver Gjokaj Returns To Television, Saying Goodbye To Blake Edwards, and Was "Yigit Pura Day" Catered?

Over at Vulture, art critic Jerry Saltz talks about the censorship at the National Portrait Gallery, and ultra-conservative art critic Jed Perl 's protest against the New Museum for exhibiting the Wojnarowicz video. Perl suggests that the New Museum engages in censorship by not showing every artist. Like any gallery could do that.

USA Network has cast personal favorite Enver Gjokaj alongside Nick D’Agosto in their pilot Eden, about a hotel employee that becomes a concierge at an elite hotel with the help of his con artist brother. They then go about serving their guests every need at any price.

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George Clooney is set to step into Gravity, the space disaster movie that reportedly has some very racy scenes. The price tag on the movie has required a marquee star to jump start production since Robert Downey, Jr. dropped out, and Clooney has the juice.

I’m a little torn about the news that Maria Arena Bell has been named executive producer at The Young and the Restless. On the one hand, she’s a fan of the gay characters, and this gives her more power to move them front and center. On the other hand, her storylines meander and drag on forever, so the Nuke Kiss Clock might have to come back back as a calendar for any gay romance she introduces.

Speaking of soap operas, the TNT reboot of Dallas, set to focus on the offspring of Bobby and J.R. Ewing and their struggle for Southfork and Ewing Oil has hit a snag. Larry Hagman wants too much money to do the show, so as of now they’ve written him out. Victoria Principle and Patrick Duffy have already signed on for supporting roles.

Eric Bana is said to be looking at the title role in Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. I know he mostly does serious stuff, but is this any way to break a distinguished career out of a rut?

For your Aww! moment, read how a gay son’s link to his construction boss father is hidden high above New York City. It also contains the optimal response to a son coming out to his parents.

As we mentioned earlier, Chris Colfer was nominated for a SAG award, and that’s special because it’s from your peers. But for Chris, peers has a unique meaning. “It's crazy because where I come from, peers is not necessarily a good word. People are mean to you and they throw things at you and they make fun of you in the hallway, so it's amazing."

Sarah Palin’s new book America By Heart never actually uses the word “gay.” But is does contain one passage that makes her views very clear. “When it comes to raising good citizens, “all ‘lifestyle choices’ are not equal.” Listen you simple-minded backwoods opportunist, it’s not a choice, and all the science says you’re wrong. Why does she get a platform?

Lisa Cholodenko, the writer/director of The Kids Are All Right has a message to her lesbian critics. “Some people in the lesbian community think that it’s not a good thing to explore a lesbian that wants to have an affair with a man. It didn’t seem irresponsible or reckless or like I was damaging any community.”

For a total nerd time waster, you can go toy with Impact: Earth. You change the parameters of a meteor: size, angle of impact, composition, water or dirt landing, and it shows a simulation and counts the bodies for you.

Gwyneth Paltrow and Rosie O’Donnell are among the celebrities exploring their heritage on the new season of Who Do You Think You Are? with Lisa Kudrow.

The Pope says that Christians are the most persecuted people on earth. I’m just going to leave this here and walk away quietly.

Goodbye to director Blake Edwards, husband to Julie Andrews and director of some of the great movies in history. He gave us Victor/Victoria, 10, Breakfast At Tiffany’s and the Pink Panther series. Our thoughts are with Julie and the rest of his friends and family.

Nike chose to sue people in the UK who ordered fake Nike shoes. One man fought back, saying he thought they were real, purchased from an online retailer. But under British trademark law, the fact that he believed them to be real doesn’t matter, and he lost the case. Fortunately, the judge didn’t impose the financial penalties Nike asked for. The moral of the story? Don’t buy Nike shoes, you might get sued.

Out rugby referee Nigel Owens explains why he felt it necessary to get the police involved over homophobic chanting at a recent game between Llanelli and Neath at Parc y Scarlets. “It’s the first time it’s happened when I have heard it so loud, the stadium was fairly empty and everyone there must have heard it, I know the players did. The reason something needs to be done about it, and why I took it to the police, however, is I recently spent six hours talking to a young rugby player who was contemplating taking his own life because he felt that he couldn’t deal with coming out. I have been through it myself and was telling him people would understand. Then a few days later you get an idiot like that shouting homophobic abuse. It’s really not on.”

Miramax and Weinstein have announced plans to make a ton of sequels to movies in the Miramax library, including Shakespeare In Love 2, Bad Santa 2, and Clerks 3.

The Fry Chronicles: An Autobiography by Stephen Fry has been named Audiobook of the Year at Audible.co.uk.

A new HIV test gives results in one minute. I don’t know about you, but the wait for results was always the worst part of being tested. It used to take days to get results.

Chase has announced plans to charge more fees to the poor, those on unemployment, and freelance writers. Direct deposit must have a minimum of $500 in a single transfer to qualify you for free checking. Otherwise you get to pay fees.

Vice President Biden tells the Senators who are afraid that Santa can’t find their house to leave presents if they don’t adjourn immediately for vacation before their work is done, to man up. I really appreciate Biden.

Blabbeando has the ridiculous sordid affair of a small evangelical church that is protesting outside a Univision affiliate in Miami and complaining to the FCC that the network's interview with Ricky Martin about his career and coming out was "pornographic, indecent or obscene content."