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'Glee' gets closer to 'Rocky'

It's full steam ahead for the televised mashup machine that is "Glee." The appropriation of every single music reference of the past several decades – well, the ones they can get the rights too anyway, a task that's getting easier and easier with each passing moment – has become the show's real star. And now it's "The Rocky Horror Picture Show"'s turn to become… family friendly? Yes, the transgendered, pansexual, orgy-in-a-swimming-pool, "Time Warp"-line-dancing template for weirdo queer culture will be introduced to a new generation of Gleeks and their moms as "Hairspray" director, choreographer and "So You Think You Can Dance" judge Adam Shankman takes over directing duties for "Glee"'s all-"Rocky" episode, coming this season. Guesting so far? Barry Bostwick and Meat Loaf. Tim Curry said no. But how much do you want to bet that "Susan Sarandon" is game?

Baron Cohen to play killer Queen Mercury

"Borat" proved that Sacha Baron Cohen could grow a killer mustache; "Brueno" showed us he was comfortable with on-screen flamboyant gay excess; and "Sweeney Todd" revealed that he could sing. So now Baron Cohen is putting all three of those things together to play Freddie Mercury, the legendary lead singer of Queen, in what promises to be a memorable biopic. Mercury's own story is a fascinating one – born of Parsi Iranians and raised in Zanzibar and India, he became one of the world's leading rock vocalists; when Mercury became HIV-positive, he kept it a secret from the media, despite being visibly worn down by AIDS complications. Only 24 hours before his death in 1991 did Mercury go public about his condition. The film, which will be written by Peter Morgan ("The Queen," "Frost/Nixon"), will focus on Queen's preparations for Live Aid in 1985. Shooting starts next year, which should give Cohen time to work on his high notes.

'Pushing Daisies' creator brings 'Pinocchio' back to life

In recent years, no one has done darkly magical whimsy like Bryan Fuller, the gay TV creator behind the cult series "Wonderfalls" (inanimate objects give important advice to cynical slacker) and "Pushing Daisies" (piemaker can reanimate the dead, but only for a minute). While neither show got the viewership it deserved, they both captured Fuller's bizarre sense of the otherworldly, which contrasts with a wonderfully weird candy-colored visual sense. All of which is to say that Romeo is very excited to see what Fuller does with a live-action version of "Pinocchio," which he's currently writing for gay producer Dan Jinks ("American Beauty"). Unlike the creepy man-child vibe that Roberto Benigni (remember him?) brought to his recent take on the Carlo Collodi tale, Fuller's version promises to be both dark and eye-popping, and sweet without being sappy. Look for the puppet boy to come clomping into theaters in 2012.

Cher, starring someone else as Cher

Andy Fickman, gay director of the new comedy "You Again," isn't waiting around for his next job. He's hard at work on a theatrical piece based on the life and career of Oscar-winning actress and pop-music icon Cher. Now, stop for a minute and think about what that's going to mean. All those songs. All those costumes. All those wigs, headdresses and chainmail. All that career drama, Sonny drama, Gregg Allman drama. All that roller disco. And don't forget Chastity/Chaz. It practically writes itself. But who, WHO, will they find to even come close to approximating the one-of-a-kindness that Cherilyn Sarkisian, the single most powerful Armenian woman in the world, has brought to the last four decades of entertainment? It's going to be a tall order. But there has to be a singing, dancing actress out there with the impersonation skills necessary to pull it off. Right? This can only get more interesting as it develops.

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