Morning Meme: "SNL" Gets a Heavenly Visit, Chris Colfer and Lea Michele Stun On "WWHL" and Betty White's Birthday Spectacular

North Korean leader Kim Jong Il died Saturday morning. It is expected to send shock waves throughout the world as no plan for succession has been announced publicly, though his son has been mentioned as a possible successor.

Students in New York who were suspended over "Tebowing" in the hall during class changes are protesting their suspension. The school board says it has nothing to do with religious freedom (and the students admit it was more about the football than praying), but having students incite 40 people to drop to one knee in crowded hallways disrupts class changes and creates fire hazards. Cell phone video seems to support the administration.

Deadline seems to think GLAAD is getting worked up over nothing with the protest of Work It. It's just a guys-in-dresses comedy in the British tradition. This is of course not taking into account the advertising with men in dresses at urinals, the first image anti-transgender activists bring up when discrimination protections are brought up for votes. This isn't Tootsie or Bosom Buddies, because times have changed and concerns are different.

Pope Benedict XVI is 85, and in declining health. The world's foremost anti-equality activist has begun cutting back on meetings and public appearances. It's doubtful he'll cut back on the anti-gay rhetoric though.

If you were rich, handsome and fashionable like Marc Jacobs, wouldn't you date Brazilian porn stars too? Why do people seem to find it scandalous?

A new (admittedly limited) study finds that marriage equality is good for the health of gay men, who visit the doctor less frequently and have less serious ailments.

Newt Gingrich says that he'll ignore the Supreme Court on Constitutional decisions he doesn't like, and send U.S. Marshalls to arrest judges he feels overreach. And people claim that President Obama is a dictator?

The Hollywood Reporter takes a look at the year in review, including the number of preview performances for Spider Man: Turn Off the Dark, 183 (a record) to how long it took Charlie Sheen to reach 1 million Twitter followers (25 hours 17 minutes).

Media Take Out, the gossip site so frequently wrong that Gossip Cop has built a business out of correcting them, has photographs of CNN's Don Lemon at Starbucks with his "boyfriend" – who looks remarkably like Dustin Lance Black. How they got from coffee to boyfriend is beyond me, as is how Lemon is in the headline while Oscar winner Black is just "boyfriend." FYI, avoid the comments.

Kelly Osbourne has broken her hand after falling out of her hotel room bed. How you manage that unless you're having really acrobatic sex is beyond me.

It's official (as government things go): the last American combat troops have left Iraq. Mission Accomplished?

Depending on who you talk to, the Lindsay Lohan edition of Playboy is either selling out (Hugh Hefner) or gathering dust on the shelf (Fox News), much like Lohan's career.

It's difficult to describe My Movie Dates With John Waters, but it's worth the time to read.

California group Love Honor Cherish has been approved to begin collecting signatures to place marriage equality on the 2012 ballot after Equality California said it was unable to mount an effort.

NBC has set January 16th as Betty White night, with a 90 minute birthday salute to her 90 years, followed by a sneak preview of her senior citizens prank show Off Their Rockers.