I have a certain fascination with the Minions from Despicable Me. And they're getting their own spinoff, in which we learn that the Minions 
have always been around, working for supervillains, but ultimately undoing them all with their ineptitude. They set out to find a new villain and end up with Scarlett Overkill, voiced by Sandra Bullock. Scarlett is described as having Audrey Hepburn style and the ambition to become the world's first female supervillain.
The Pentagon officially announced they will be extending some benefits to same-sex couples as allowed by DOMA, including ID cards and joint postings. Still, it falls short of full equality, even under DOMA. Interestingly, the changes are set to be implemented between August 31 and October 1, which could be two months after DOMA is no longer a consideration.
Forget Sexy Princess Leia Slave. Try Slave Leo.
A Florida man (it's always Florida in these stories) has been arrested for throwing a plate at his boyfriend's head because he listend to too much Alanis Morrissette.
The Ice Warriors are set to return toDoctor Who in the coming season, the first time the iconic foes have made an appearance in the modern series.
The Colorado Senate has approved a civil unions bill, sending the measure to the House, where it died last year. But the Democrats have retaken control of the House, and passage is expected.
Meanwhile, in Virginia, both houses have passed a bill that would prohibit schools from defunding clubs that restrict membership on religious or philosophical grounds, paving the way for institutionalized bigotry.
One of the Buckwild stars, fresh off a renewal, has been arrested for felony drug possession with intent to distribute heroin and oxycotine. Salwa Amin will post $200,000 bond. Considering what I know of the area, the oxy would have been the more valuable drug.
Kobe Bryanttook to Twitter to tell a fan using "your gay" as a putdown is not cool, 
and they should delete the phrase from their vocabulary (and learn basic grammar instead). Kobe didn't shy away from the fact that he was criticized for calling a referee a "faggot" two years ago, and pointed out he learned from his mistake.
The old G4 Network, frequent home to John Barrowman, has officially been rebranded the Esquire Network, and while it will largely be showing Party Down reruns in the beginning, the plan is to create a men's destination channel with shows about cooking, travel, and yes, ninjas.
This is pretty much all the proof you need that cats are jerks.
In the wake of the fat shaming of Melissa McCarthy by film critic Rex Reed (Melissa got the last laugh as her movie raked in $36 million) and Gov. Chris Christie this past week, my friend David Mixnercalls on us to remember that we each have our own journey, and people who are struggling with their weight don't need to be bullied any more than GLBT people. It hit a little close to home, since I'm naturally thin. I fought for decades to gain weight and muscle to hit a gay ideal. But I didn't fight very hard, because at 41, I'm making 
a difference now in me, but it's taking 10 hours/week in the gym and a radical diet to see modest gains. So I shouldn't have been so quick to say "just put the fork down" in the past, and I'm sorry. I will still say that if you're obese and I see you with your overweight kid in the grocery store buying nothing but fattening, processed foods and ice cream and cakes in your overfilled cart, I might still be judging you for what you're doing to the kid though.
ITV has been forced to place notices around the studios for Coronation Street reminding staff and stars that recent reports of homophobic language (at least that's not in the script) won't be tolerated on set after multiple reports of slurs being used were reported. Coronation Street has two GLBT couples, and openly gay Antony Cotton is one of the stars.
While I have a lot of respect for Ryan Sohmer of Least I Can Do and Gutters comic fame, I don't really agree with him that creative people should have free license to spread hate without expecting professional repercussions. But I do thank him for nailing the underlying concern of Orson Scott Card doing a digital Superman series, beyond the enriching of Card so he can donate even more money to anti-equality causes like NOM.
Want to join me for breakfast?
Kris Allen admits it gets lonely on the road
Get me outta here!
Teen Wolf is doing a series of Valentine's Day cards. And no, no it doesn't
Bryan Singer sits with Nicholas Hoult as they answer Jack the Giant Slayer questions on Twitter
Just after the weekend's featurette, Monsters University has released a full trailer for the UK. It doesn't really play up the fraternity aspect of the plot that the featurette did, but the budding rivalry between Mike and Sully. At the end, you can see a two headed monster, with the shorter head being voiced by Sean Hayes.
The Science of Love spells out the physiological aspects of the changes in the brain when we fall in love. Between the similarities to cocaine and mental illness, this just cements my cynical world view that love is a disease that needs to be cured.
Elijah Wood has an epic Saturday at the office in this new spot from Mr. Porter. If you're going out anyhow, you may as well do it in style.
The Bakersfield Condors hockey team decided that it might be cool to have an actual condor at the game, so they had one brought in. Rehearsal went just fine, but when it came time for the opening ceremonies, the huge bird decided he was more of a baseball fan.
It's well known that I'm not much of an Andy Cohen fan, but on Watch What Happens Live, he manages a killer zinger on why Chris Brown was the only person not standing when Frank Ocean won his Grammy.
Remember Nathan Lucas, the shirtless hunk that taught us how to put icing on a cake a while back? Well, just in time for Valentine's Day, he's here to help us make a frozen treat, and lucky for us, it requires a lot of shaking.
Finally, Guy Branham is not happy with the San Francisco 49ers homophobia in the lead up to the Super Bowl. From NorCal himself, he takes it personally, and the gloves are coming off, because there's no more Mr. Nice Gay.
