Weekend Meme: Rep. Polis Takes "Avenue Q" To Congress, Recreating "Recess" and Tom Hanks' Exciting New HBO Project

During the House debate on SOPA, out Rep. Jared Polis (who is an Internet mogul) attempted to amend the act to exempt the government from protecting copyrights of pornography in an attempt to derail the bill. Ultimately, he was unsuccessful in doing anything more than delaying the proceedings, but one of his tactics makes you smile: He read the lyrics of "The Internet Is For Porn" from Avenue Q into the Congressional Record.

Queerty is reporting that Brent Ridge and Josh Kilmer-Purcell of The Fabulous Beekman Boys got engaged in front of the cameras Friday night. Since their show was canceled, the event will likely be shown on The Real Housewives of New York, whose Sonja Morgan hosted the party. Congratulations!

Mitt Romney's tales of his impoverished time on mission for the Mormon church in France may have been greatly exaggerated.

Kate Middleton has been named the "Best Mannered Person of 2011" by the National League of Junior Cotillions. Justin Bieber came in second. But Kim Kardashian got the nod for "Most Ill-Mannered Person of 2011" for “making a private matter public and disrespecting the institution of marriage.”

There's been a lot of news about the Florida Family Association lately as they mounted campaigns against DeGrassi: The Next Generation over gay and transgender content, and lately for their campaign against All-American Muslim. So just who is this group? According to the New York Times, it's not a giant fundamentalist group, but one man, David Canton, with an email list and a knack for tapping into right-wing fears.

Sherlock Holmes is set to win the box office with a solid $42 million, with Chipwrecked coming in second with $26 million, and Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol in third with a disappointing (even in a somewhat limited release) $12 million.

Arrested Development's David Cross, who has now made three Chipmunk films, says that Chipwrecked "was literally, without question, the most unpleasant experience I’ve ever had in my professional life." While he won't name the people he said made it so miserable, he had nothing but praise for the director, Mike Mitchell. My money's on Theodore.

In a discussion that should be interesting to watch, Bill O'Reilly is set to interview former President Bill Clinton on Tuesday.

GLAAD is going after ABC and demanding that it not air Work It, and calls the advertisement with the men in dresses at the urinals "one of the first things anti-LGBT activists resort to when trying to deny transgender people protections against discrimination."

Buzzfeed has collected the Top 25 Shirtless Pictures of Zac Efron.

In a move that I can't begin to comprehend, Virginia social services has adopted rules that allow groups placing children for adoptions to discriminate, not only on the basis of sexual orientation, but many reasons, including age, gender and political beliefs.

The Academy Awards has disqualified The Smurfs from the Best Animated Film category, ruling that the film was not the minimum of 75% animated as the rules required.

In sad news, singing legend Etta James is terminally ill with leukemia. Our thoughts and wishes to her and her family.

Congratulations to How I Met Your Mother's Alyson Hannigan, who is pregnant with her second child. I wonder if it's Marshall's?

In Minnesota, the Republican Majority Leader, Amy Koch, opposite married, who shepherded the constitutional amendment banning gay marriage onto the ballot, has resigned now that her affair with a senate staffer has come to light.

 If Rep. Michele Bachmann is elected President, "First Spouse" Marcus Bachmann won't worry about literacy, military families or healthy children. "We are going to be the message-givers. We are going to get this message across. Marriage is between one man and one woman. We are going to promote families." I've really tried to take the high road compared to other blogs with Marcus, but he's trying my patience.

Here are some printable vouchers you can drop in Salvation Army kettles instead of money this season.

The fan movement to have Tim Tebow record an It Gets Better video has gathered enough steam to come to the attention of USA Today. But I wouldn't hold my breath.

Ellen and Portia have reportedly paid $12 million for Brad Pitt's Malibu beach house. They recently put their massive compound on the market for $15 million.