Eric Bana is going to play Elvis

Presley opposite Danny Huston'sRichard Nixon in a movie about the

legendary meeting between the two men. Presley wanted to be named a Federal

Agent at Large in the war on drugs. To make it all slightly more surreal, Cary Elwes will be directing.

Another weekend, another Republican politician ends up with pictures on the internet

of him lounging on a cheap hotel bed in his underwear, reportedly taken by

spurned rentboy.

While I personally identify with this essay Generation X Is Sick of Your BullSh*t, it occurs to me if I

cheer too loudly, Generation Y is going to scream and moan so loud that it

proves the point.

The White House has no comment on the death of gay rights legend Frank Kameny, despite having honored

him only a year prior.

Darren Criss is

stepping out in support of The

Trevor Project.

For all the grammar Nazis in my reading audience,

Merriam-Webster would like to ruin your day while I laugh maniacally.

Warner Bros. is already making preparations for a Sherlock Holmes 3 by

hiring Iron Man 3 scribe Drew Pearce.

I hope they call in RuPaul to help Robert Downey, Jr. with his drag in the

next one, because he needs a whole semester in Drag U.

I love this list of 20 Zero-Effort, High Concept Halloween Costumes, and would

try them, but I'm afraid someone might mistake me for a hipster. They shoot

hipsters on sight in West Virginia.

Senator Al Franken

says he withheld his Student Non-Discrimination Act because

it threatened to scuttle the entire funding bill in committee, but plans to

introduce it as an amendment on the floor of the Senate, and believes it can

pass, which only works in Congressional logic.

Tom Hanks is preparing another HBO series (beyond producing American

Gods). Players will focus on college athletes. Can I suggest

wrestlers? I really like watching college wrestlers.

Paranormal Activity 3 won the box office with an astonishing $54 million opening.

The

Three Musketeers, with its allegedly lackluster marketing, opened to a

disappointing $8.8 million.

I'm still not personally sure what to make of Occupy Wall

Street, even if I think I like it. But two unique thought experiments on the

topic caught my eye. First was by author/futuristCharles Stross, who views it through the lens of society's growth

to a post-wealth phase. The second is fromRussell

Brand, who writes a remarkable piece about the movement that rather shocked

me.

Puppeteer Kevin Nash

rats out all the celebritieswho cry when performing with Elmo. Except Ricky Gervais,

who evidently just wants to discuss necrophilia with the puppet.

In the wake of the horrible massacre at the exotic animal

park in Ohio, PETA is asking filmmakers to put a warning on Matt

Damon's upcoming movie We Bought a Zoo. They have a valid

point that it takes more than love and a desire to do the right thing to keep

animals, and I almost agree with them. But then I remember that in this economy,

nobody can afford to buy parakeet, much less a zoo.

In case you were wondering, the 10 trillionth digit of pi is "5."

Would Matt Smith seriously leave Doctor Who after he finishes filming

in 2012? It really does feel like they're cycling through actors too quickly

since the show came back.

In the list of the shows commanding the highest advertising rate, it's not surprising to see Sunday Night Football and American Idol dominating the list. But it is refreshing to see Glee at #6 and Modern Family at #10.

Well, it worked for Patch Adams. And Children's Hospital seems

to keep getting renewed.

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Justin Mikita took Jesse Tyler Ferguson to the haunted hayride. He has since regretted that life choice. This is why I'm single. I would have taken him to the center of the corn maze and left him after this.

Well, maybe not, but you get the point.

The Muppets put out four new posters that underwhelmed me. These two were the best of the bunch.

They better not screw this movie up.

Speaking of Muppets, here are Fozzie's best Halloween jokes. Use them on people you don't like.

I love that Wil Wheaton has a close relationship with his male friends.

Although his relationship with childhood friend Chris Hardwick may be a little creepy.

For only $34.95 you can order a 5'10" cardboard cutout of Kurt from Glee to shower your affection on. While much of the cast is available, there doesn't appear to be a Blaine cutout to pair him with. But I may have to have the Dalton Academy blazer t-shirt, just for weird factor.

They also have Halloween costumes for sale.

Eddie McClintock said "It's a Beverly Hillbilly Halloween ya'll. Nuttin' but dirty feet, sharp knives & pumpkin guts!"

In what may be my new favorite thing, Joseph Gordon-Levitt's hitRECord project held their Fall Formal show last month, and Joe did a bit about love with Neil Patrick Harris, just the two of them, in the audience. This is the current edit, and it's all manner of perfect. NSFW.

Spike Jonze and Simon Cahn put together this animation called To Die By Your Side, and it seemed the perfect pre-Halloween treat. Very Shakespearean.

The folks at Next Media Animation put together their version of The Avengers trailer, and it gets so weird so fast that by the time Buffy and Joss Whedon drop in, it's almost an afterthought. NSFW due to animated nude Scarlett Johansson.

As long as we're showing stuff with Scarlett Johansson that gives us pause, here is her ad for Dolce & Gabbana's latest fragrance. Either she was high, or the editor was.

I'm fascinated by by projects that create extraordinary things out of ordinary objects, so the thought process behind the new benches being deployed in New York City held my interest. Basically, New Yorkers like their own space, preferably with a barrier to mark their territory.

Connie Britton spends 7 Minutes In Heaven, but since it was really only about four minutes, I feel slightly cheated.

Cazwell has released a preview of his new song with Peaches, and I love it. Of course, I'm a Cazwell fan, and this feels classic to me. Slightly NSFW language.