In happy news, Elmo puppeteer Kevin Clash has been cleared of any wrongdoing, with his accuser recanting and admitting it was an adult, consensual relationship. 
The accuser “wants it to be known that his sexual relationship with Mr. Clash was an adult consensual relationship.” Furthermore, Clash has formally come out as a gay man. "I am a gay man. I have never been ashamed of this or tried to hide it."
A coalition of porn companies have announced plans to sue L.A. County over the requirement to start using condoms in all productions.
A new study by the International Energy Agency says that the United States will become energy independent by 2035, and for a time around 2020 will actually be the largest producer of oil in the world, surpassing Saudi Arabia and Russia.
Pat Robertson, arbiter of all things moral, thinks that it's OK that David Patraeus had an affair. Besides, who could resist Paula Broadwell? She “is an extremely good looking woman. She is a marathon runner. She runs Iron Man triathlons. So she’s out running with him and writing a biography.”
Nigeria is advancing a bill that would make gay PDA, gay organizations, and same-sex marriage criminal offenses, with PDA carrying a sentence of 10 years in prison.
Donald Trump is trying to stay in the spotlight by picking a Twitter fight withCher, using the fact that she's mentioned that thing that lives on top of his head as an excuse to mock her plastic surgery. Cher is an icon, Donald, and icons have followers that will look on this poorly.
Are there man crushes that are fine for straight guys to have? I'd say yes, but evidently some are more acceptable than others. The top five man crushes for acceptability are Robert Downey, Jr., Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Harrison Ford, Sean Connery and Christian Bale.
Disney will stop at nothing to develop properties based off their existing intellectual property, and now are working on a television show based around Big Thunder Mountain.
S.H.I.E.L.D.has added two more actors to their pilot. Elizabeth Henstridge will play a science specialist, while shockingly
nerdy-hot Iain De Caestecker will play her inseparable technology wizard. The casting call lists them as a pair, constantly bickering, but it's unclear if that's as a couple or more like brother and sister. Because I could deal with a gay S.H.I.E.L.D. nerd.
A new study confirms what I've seen anecdotally in my life for years: humans are getting dumber. Basically it comes down to the fact that we no longer select mates based on survival traits, now that we have civilization, and bad genes are being passed on and replicating.
Reportedly, James Francowent to seeSkyfall and fell asleep and had to be woken by the theater staff while they were cleaning. Or it could just be a piece of passive-aggressive performance art. It's so hard to tell with Franco.
Morgan Spurlock, who I went to high school with and is most famous for his documentary work like Super Size Me, has signed on to direct the newOne Direction 3D concert film. That is a sentence I really never expected to type.
After UPS decided to cease donations to the Boy Scouts over their anti-gay policies, sights have been set on Wells Fargo, who donated office furniture to the Boy Scouts in Philadelphia, who have been in a protracted legal battle over their headquarters. Wells Fargo seems a bit tone deaf on their corporate philanthropy. “Last year, Wells Fargo and its team members [employees] provided more than $213.5 million to 19,000 nonprofits across the country. Of that amount, more than $2.8 million was donated to nonprofits and other organizations serving the LGBT community. $462,000 was provided to local chapters of the Boy Scouts, so for every $1 Wells Fargo or a team member donated to the Scouts, Wells Fargo and Wells Fargo team members donated $6 to organizations that serve the LGBT community.”
Cyndi Lauper: She's So Unusualwill premiere January 12th on WE. It looks like her work for the True Colors Foundation will play a prominent role, so the GLBT youth should get some much needed exposure to a new audience.
Anthony Bourdain might have ended his show, but he's furious with the Travel Channel for having edited it to make it appear that he's endorsing Cadillac in a final episode, which he says never happened.
Trevor Donovan wears a Hunger Games t-shirt to the Breaking Dawn 2 premiere
What the election cost, per vote
Bryan Singer almost has the Jack the Giant Killer trailer ready for Rise of the Guardians
I find this photo very confusing
Is this Heather Morris reading Harry Potter, or Brittany S. Pearce?
Speaking of reading on Glee, this is perfection
21 & Over is basically The Hangover for the college crowd, with everyone getting incredibly drunk before the most important day of their life, the way responsible people do every day.
This is an open letter to President Obama about the condition of high school physics education, and how it's destroying the future of the country. I recall my AP Physics class back in the 198s touching on some of these subjects, and I had no idea that it had been dumbed down this much today.
What precisely is this man doing in the park, in broad daylight? And let's be honest, knowing Marc Jacobs is behind it doesn't really make it seem any more innocent.
The new trailer for The Canyons is supposed to be 1950s campy, but even cut like that, the acting looks just terrible. The high point is a shirtless Nolan Funk, who I hope has reason to shed his Dalton blazer when he appears on Glee.
Andrew Garfield went on The Ellen Show, and she offered him $1,000 for charity for each of the dances he performed correctly when she held up the card. I love that he just went for it, and it is worth sticking around to the end for the belly dancing.
Southern Equality is a group that is dedicated to achieving full equality at the federal level, which might be the only way to bring equality to parts of the south.
Any Day Now ia set in the 1970s, starring Alan Cumming and Garret Dillahunt as a gay couple who struggle to hold onto custody of the mentally challenged son they rescue from a terrible home. I love what they've done here emotionally, and listening to Cumming's changing accent is kind of fun. This has a lot of heart, and if you're prone to tearing up, you may want to grab a tissue first. It releases in theaters December 14th.
And if you need something to soothe yourself after that, I present a video of a hummingbird snoring.
