So, Ryan Seacrest is holding a contest where you can win Adam Lambert, Kris Allen and Allison Iraheta. Well, you don't get to keep them, but they will come to your hometown and play a free concert. You only get to keep them with chloroform and a windowless van. Not that I'm plotting anything...

Lou Dobbs abruptly announced this evening he was making his last broadcast for CNN, and he had reached a deal on his non-expired contract to let him work elsewhere immediately. Said CNN chief Jonathan Klein the president of CNN/U.S. “Lou has now decided to carry the banner of advocacy journalism elsewhere.” Based on recent broadcasts, expect him to be the new lead in to Glenn Beck by Christmas.

The average American watches 4 hours 49 minutes of television every single day. That's up four minutes from last year, and 20% from a decade ago. Know what I say to that? Lightweights! My television is on at least 20 hours every day, Sometimes more.

The World Health Organization just released a depressing new report that say the #1 killer of women 15-44 years old worldwide is HIV/AIDS. Thirty years into this plague and the news just keeps getting worse.

I plucked this out of the forums (thanks, Joseph!) because I felt it deserved a little more views than it was likely to get. Our hot little FUB, Scott Evans did an awesome interview with the Boston Herald, ranging from his role, to his uncle, who's a Congressman. It was so good, they published overrun from the interview on their website.

Ryan Murphy did an interview with the Los Angeles Times about why last night's episode of Glee was a turning point for the entire season, where they embrace their outsider status. I have to admit, having now watched the episode, I see what he was talking about, and the piece is totally still worth a read. Possibly related: I may have cried last night. Twice.

Who's not thrilled about last night's episode of Glee? Wheelchair advocacy groups, who are angry that Kevin McHale was cast as Artie instead of a person with disabilities. I completely see their point, because it's a point we've made about casting gay actors in gay roles. And yet, like many have pointed out to us when we've said it, the producer's job is to make the best show possible, not make us feel better about ourselves. Yeah, it doesn't feel any better saying it than hearing it.

In depressing news, people tried to burn a flag in Memphis. Not an American flag, mind you. That would have been all over the news. Nope - they tried to burn a rainbow flag at the Memphis Gay and Lesbian Community Center. The good news is that these guys fell into the "stupid criminal" category, and one is in jail. And I can't believe I'm saying this, but I'm kind of smirking he gave the police a reason to get a little rough with him.

Towleroad has a great piece about the All American Guys pinup and Marine reservist who beat the crap out of a Greek Orthodox Priest with a tire iron. In the original 911 call, the priest was a terrorist spouting "Allahu Akbar" but since that doesn't fly as he's not Muslim, the jarhead's now asking for a doll so he can show where the bad man touched him.

Lady GaGa has evidently been allowed to branch out into architecture, because it looks like the Brits are going to build a bubble habitat thingy that looks remarkably like her dress, and remarkably like something you wouldn't like walking around in with anything pointy.

Wally Yachts builds some of the most desirable watercraft on the planet. They even have a piece they call the Wally Island, which I thought was just ridiculous, but it still looked like a boat. But they needed to take the design to the next level, and teamed up with luxury specialist Hermès to create something that's truly closer to a small continent you can steer. Who needs a 36,000 sq ft yacht? Anybody got a $150 million they can spare?

So, Fergie, who's married to hottie Josh Duhamel, talked about discovering through therapy that messing around, sapphically, was cheating, which she hadn't realized. the very NSFW blog DListed picked out the important quote though:

Fergie said, "I’ve been very honest with him from the get-go. I think women are beautiful, I’ve had a lot of fun with women, and I’m not ashamed of it. The problem is that I also love a well-endowed man. But just because I enjoy women doesn’t mean I’m allowed to have affairs in my relationship. I learned through talking with my therapist that it is still cheating even if it’s with girls, so there is a rule there."

I bolded the relevant part of the sentence. She married Josh, so that would lead one to think....

If you're looking for an affordable gift you can buy a blogger for his upcoming birthday (assuming you can't swing the yacht above) there is the Remote Control Bowling Ball, for guaranteed fun and confusion. Or the ZeroEdge Aquariums would also look stunning in my living room. Please include a saltwater environment and fish with it. I don't have time to worry about that while finding you all these tidbits.

Video Meme

We've got a selection of video that didn't seem to fit anywhere else, but we felt your lives would be better for having seen.

Last night, before the "Wheels" episode, several members of the Glee cast appeared on Access Hollywood. The correspondent seemed fixated on getting Cory Monteith to say he was dating Lea Michele. He didn't deny it. He didn't confirm it. He just didn't answer it directly. Maybe all the kids just got the same media training class on the value of mystery?

Last night Miss Opposite Marriage completely lost it on Larry King Live, which was funny enough, watching her sit there and call Uncle Larry "inappropriate" and remove her microphone and stare into space until he let her pimp her book. But the really funny bit was immediately afterward having Anderson Cooper mock her for it.

Unless you've been on a rock, or just nowhere near a group of homosexuals, you may have been unaware that Lady GaGa released a music video for her song, "Bad Romance" I'm starting to think all her songs sound alike, but I do think she's a rare artist today putting some thought into a music video.

There's also the behind-the-scenes video of the making of the video. There's not a lot of additional content, but her dancers are pretty hot, and they talk to the camera a lot.

And a few days ago, we mentioned there was an unsanctioned prequel to Dr. Horrible's Sing-A-Long Blog made by fans. That video is now out, and while I guess technically, it's unsanctioned, since Whedonesque is promoting the video, I'm going to call that tacit approval. You're gonna need popcorn for this, as it's an hour long, but honestly, it's pretty darn good.

And for those who didn't see it before Halloween, in honor of the possibility that a gay man may direct Breaking Dawn from the Twilight series, please enjoy this CollegeHumor.com piece about the Vampire Reunion. Dracula is having a bad day at work, may yours be better!