In the United States, it's Thanksgiving, and I wanted to take a minute to say how grateful I am to my readers for coming back every day
and providing better commentary than I do, my great boss Dennis, coworkers like snicks, Louis, Brian, Lyle and all our writers and moderators. I'm amazed every day that I get paid to do this, and that people actually care what I say.
Surprising absolutely no one, Chevy Chase has quit Community, effective immediately. Since most of the series has already been shot, he'll only be absent for a few episodes at the end of the season. Chase has been pretty clear he hated doing television, and he hated his bigoted character even more.
I woke up Wednesday morning to an email from legendary activist David Mixner, who let me know that I'd made his Best of 2012 List, for Best Column. It's a bit overwhelming to see my name on that list, with people like Anderson Cooper, Frank Rich, Thomas Roberts, and Frank Engel. I think he's a little generous adding me, but I may have danced around in my living room without the need for music. I wish the blinds had been down. Thank you, David.
You really must readMargaret Talbot's story about the evening her father, actor Lyle Talbot, ended up bringing a drunken Ed Wood home to sleep it off, only to wake up with Wood wearing his wife's lingerie.
Josh Peckis taking over theCharlie Sheen role in the remake of Red Dawn, but he says he's trying to stay off of Charlie's radar as far as that goes. He also thinks he's peaked in a way onscreen. “I’ve peaked as far as masculinity goes for any part I’ll play the rest of my life. I’m as butch as I’m gonna get."
While I'm sad that Last Resort wasn't picked up to series, I am happy that they've got time to tweak the final episode to serve as a series finale. There are a lot of people that think the show would have worked best as a miniseries, and now that's what it will be.
Square Enix says that it's considering adding same-sex marriages to MMORP Final Fantasy XIV.
Jennifer Lawrence says the set of Catching Fireis one big old bromance for ally Josh Hutcherson and newcomer Sam Claflin, who plays Finnick Odair. "[Sam] and Josh are in love. It's the most adorable thing I have ever seen in my entire life. They're crazy about each other and they're inseparable. It's incredible."
Over at Bilerico, they're having an interesting discussion about how practical it is to reclaim words like "fag""queer" and "tranny," that I find quite interesting, because each word seems to have a personal history with people and how they react to the word depends on how it's been used in their life. But for me, the line at the end, well, with the day job, that awkward moment comes up for me daily.
Chris Colferis playing the future ofKlaine close to the vest. He does say that 
while they're skating around New York City, singing a duet of "White Christmas" that they do come to a "realization" about their future as a couple.
Activists are upset that French President Francois Hollande made statements that mayors may have a conscience clause in the new marriage equality bill, allowing them to opt out of performing same sex marriages if they object. France requires a civil ceremony for all marriages even if you're planning a church wedding.
A new study in Britain indicates that the life expectancy for those who are HIV+ is approaching the expectancy for those who are negative, and if you reach 65 it may even exceed those who are negative, due to the increased medical care you typically receive as part of treatment.
Io9 takes a look at the most disturbing new Hallmark ornaments this year, from Angel Taz to Edward and Bella. I'd actually looked at the ornaments already this year and been bothered by some of them (this from a guy who has a naked man wearing a sock on his junk on his tree), but 
I hadn't pressed the button on the Gingerbread Man and the Milk to know it plays "Let's Get it On."
In union negotiations, Boeing stated that they would not be providing pension benefits to same-sex spouses now that marriage is legal in their native Washington state. According to the union, Boeing said that union contracts were covered by federal law, not state law, and marriage was still illegal at the federal level. Boeing has since been backtracking, but the union says that the conversation was pretty clear.
In an ironic twist of fate, as the final popular vote tallies are being finished, Mitt Romneylooks to have captured 47% of the vote, which seems to be a magic number for his campaign.
Matt Doyle looks ready to take over as Elder Price in The Book of Mormon
Kris Allen celebrated "Friendsgiving" and it looks like it wore him out
Pretty much how I live my life these days
Freshly back in L.A. after ice skating in NYC, Darren Criss is ready for a group number choreographed by Zach Woodlee
If you think these will fit you, well, we probably shouldn't date
Pretty much what I think every time I see a One Direction interview
American Idol may have given Adam Lambert a Ford, but I think this Mercedes suits him more
As you may have heard, Los Angeles County passed a law requiring the use of condoms in porn videos, which has the companies that make these videos, along with most of the performers, suing mad. Funny Or Die gives us this big Thank You From the Porn Industry to the voters, which while entirely NSFW, is kind of funny.
Via Towleroad come The Favor 2, in which one guys feels he's getting a pretty strong signal from another, but really seems to have read the situation wrong, to terrible effect. Yet to me, there's something remarkable about how they deal with it at the end, with no bad reaction.
ASAP Science continues with the informative videos, this time about how alcohol actually works, which seems timely, since many of us will be drinking during the holiday season to help us get through contrived group settings. It explains how we think we're thinking quite clearly, which is probably about the time you should stop speaking entirely.
Bad Kids Go To Hell looks to be a form of horror spoof on The Breakfast Club, which is one of those iconic movies in my mind. Still, it has hot actors, and depending on how they choose to play it, could be entirely watchable when it hits cable at 2 o'clock on a cold Saturday afternoon.
Brett Gleason really wants you to crawl into bed with him, even join him in the shower in his video for "Calculated." I was incredibly impressed for the longest time watching it, thinking that a scene was beautifully shot on roller skates in motion, only to realize that a merry-go-round was employed. Still, plenty of fuzzy indie musician for your eyes.
Thor is the one Marvel movie I haven't had the chance to see. I have TiVo searching for it, which leads to all sorts of questionable recordings, as "Thor" is a more common search term than one would think. So I have no idea if this alternative ending would have been better or worse than the one in the movie.
After the turkey and the family tomorrow, many of you will prepare to go shopping for Black Friday deals, and you should know that as a retail slave, I will hate you for 48 hours until it's over, But if you are braving the crowds, perhaps you can employ some of Bruiser's Black Friday Survival Tips.
