Well, he’s already pretty cartoonish — the cape, the chalkboard, the tears, the general paranoid hysteria. But The Wrap reports that Glenn Beck may be delving even further into the realm of fantasy; his new, $9.95/month, subscription-based Internet TV station is developing an animated comedy series with the help of a production company called Icebox. Since GBTV, which already airs a kids’ show called Liberty Treehouse that covers “the things the grownups are talking about,” hasn’t released any more details about the project, we can’t help wondering whether what we’re in store for will be more like Aryan Dora the Explorer or The Right-Wing Simpsons. Personally, we’re hoping to see Glenn Beck himself animated, Lil’ Bush-style — with the cape.

1. Today in real headlines that read like Onion headlines, Shia LaBeouf is making a documentary about Marilyn Manson. In an interview on Live with Regis and Kelly, LaBeouf he described their meeting: “He lives in West Hollywood above a liquor store. There’s no lights in the room. And there’s sort of these big metal doors and he opens the door and he’s in a big pink kimono. It’s sort of like a lair. No lights, so you have to use your cellphone to guide you around.” [via NME]

2. Jonathan Rhys Meyers, most recently known for starring as Henry VIII in The Tudors, was hospitalized this week in what may have been a suicide attempt. The actor is thought to have taken alcohol and pills. After he refused treatment, paramedics called in the police to take him to the hospital. [via Vulture]

3. Actor and anti-child sex slavery activist Ashton Kutcher has an official start date for Two and a Half Men: August 1. The new season will debut September 19 — and hopefully won’t be terrible enough to ruin Kelso for us forever. [via TV Squad]

4. Francis Ford Coppola has named his new, partially 3D, supernatural thriller Twixt and will debut portions of the film at Comic-Con on July 23. Dan Deacon, who created the score, will be on hand “to help demonstrate the viewing experience,” which we assume/hope means he’ll be performing the music live. [via Deadline]

5. The final episode of Glenn Beck‘s Fox News show aired last night, and critics didn’t exactly throw him a going-away party. David Zurawik at the Baltimore Sun pretty much spoke for everyone in describing Beck’s performance as “quiet, banal and kind of pathetic.” [via The Hollywood Reporter]

Bonus link: Watch Beyoncé surprise some young fans with a dance party at a Harlem Target

In a series he calls “Perfect Happiness,” Toronto/Brooklyn-based artist Michael Caines creates irreverent portraits of political figures as characters in fairytales or as if painted in 18th century Christian religious tradition. Though making a distinct nod to political cartooning, there is something refreshingly tender in Caines’ work — it manages to comment on the ridiculousness of our culture of political pageantry while simultaneously affirming its place in our society. Besides, who can resist Karl Rove in a gingham dress? Click through to see Michael Caines’ paintings – including Kim Jong-Il in a ballgown – and let us know what you think in the comments!

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Today at Flavorpill, we tested our knowledge of FCC complaints against Glenn Beck vs. Jon Stewart. We were sad to hear that TV on the Radio bassist Gerard Smith had died following a battle with lung cancer. We wished that we could our hands on one of the specially inscribed copies of Tina Fey’s book. We watched what might be the coolest sky diving video of all time. We got schooled by Eugenia Kim on how to DIY a royal wedding headpiece. In other royal wedding-related news, we discovered that BrewDog is releasing a limited-edition pale ale brewed with Viagra, chocolate, and horny goat weed in honor of the impending nuptials. We wondered if this was the first time urinal cakes have ever been used to promote a film. We tried to imagine devoting 10,000 hours of practice toward mastering anything, let alone golf. We got hungry just looking at these adorable Firefly cupcakes. We got excited about Bon Iver’s newly-announced self-titled album. And finally, this photo of Robyn dressed up like Robin totally made our day. Isn’t she adorable?

Editor’s note: Each Friday, our internet-savvy friends over at BuzzFeed curate a post for us that’s filled with links to some of their favorite items on the web that week. Enjoy!

Charlie Sheen’s stage tour got off to a rocky start in Detroit where the former Two and a Half Men star was booed off stage. But things got progressively better, with positive reviews in Chicago, and a standing ovation in Cleveland.

News of a possible government shutdown was one of the most talked about stories of the week, with Speaker of the House John Boehner, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, and President Obama failing to reach a budget deal. The Huffington Post spells out some of the possible side-effects.

Fox News has announced that Glenn Beck’s show is coming to an end. Unfortunately, Beck’s Mercury Radio Arts has announced that they will be producing several other television projects with Fox.

Archaeologists near Prague have uncovered what they believe might be the first known gay caveman. The copper age man was buried with artifacts normally reserved for women.

Desperate Housewife Eva Longoria dropped some jaws on Letterman Thursday, when her tuxedo top unexpectedly popped open.

This photo of an abandoned mineshaft went viral on Reddit this week, after being called The Ultimate Anti-Zombie Fortress. Reddit’s resident anti-zombie defense experts got to work suggesting design improvements, resulting in the most entertaining meme of the week.

Today at Flavorpill, we were thrilled to learn that Tina Fey is hosting SNL on April 30th to promote her new book, Bossypants. We listened to “Make Some Noise,” the lead single off the Beastie Boys’s long-awaited album, Hot Sauce Committee, Pt. 2, which officially drops May 3rd. We were surprised to hear that President Obama will be stopping by Facebook HQ later this month for a live town hall meeting. We watched When Harry Met Sally 2, a modern remake which makes a little tweak on the original. We looked the 5,000-year-old remains of what the Daily Mail is calling “the world’s first gay caveman.” We were excited to hear that Eero Saarinen’s Miller House — a mid-century masterpiece — is opening to the public for the first time in all of its circa 1953 architectural glory. We wondered if the end of Glenn Beck’s daily news program on Fox means the end of Glenn Beck inexplicably wearing capes. We were reminded of some of the best songs that Matt Stone and Trey Parker have ever written. And finally, we were fascinated by Mental Floss’s roundup of 9 really dangerous pieces of art — proof that in some cases, a trip to the museum can actually be deadly.

1. Kenneth Mars, a character actor best known for his roles in Mel Brooks’ Young Frankenstein and The Producers (but who will always be remembered by us as the regal voice of Grandpa Longneck from The Land Before Time), died Saturday at the age of 75. [via THR]

2. Glenn Beck believes that Muse was trying to start a revolution with their performance at The Grammys because of where they’re from: “You have to remember these are Europeans…they have had very few glimpses of real freedom. Even when England won the Second World War, they didn’t go into freedom. That’s where the Road to Serfdom came from.” [via Gawker]

3. If the idea of getting married at a McDonald’s sounds appealing to you, then you might need to plan a destination wedding to Hong Kong, where a “McWedding” service launched at select locations back in January. The typical package — which costs $1282 — includes gifts, invitation cards, decor featuring Ronald McDonald and The Hamburglar, and lots and lots of fast food. [via Gothamist]

4. After the city of Detroit refused to provide funding for a 7-foot tall iron statue of Robocop to go up near Michigan Central Station, a Kickstarter project is already over a third of the way toward its $50,000 goal. [via Boing Boing]

5. “I’m 41. I think it gets embarrassing… There’s a lot of things I wanna do. I like making coffee.” – LCD Soundsystem’s James Murphy explained why he’s quitting the band on last night’s Colbert Report

Bonus link: Watching an extremely awkward model wipe out on the runway shouldn’t be this funny.

Glenn Beck is a cultured guy, y’all. A few weeks ago, he had many thoughts (and feelings!) about Julie Taymor’s Spider-Man musical. And now, the man who taught John Boehner that neat crying trick (right?) has shocked the world by collaborating with radical leftist Canadian post-rock band Godspeed You! Black Emperor. Okay, maybe neither the band nor Beck actually knows about said collaboration because really someone simply realized that if you play a certain part of Godspeed’s “Moya” at the same time as one of Beck’s rants about Egypt, the resulting “song” is oddly epic. Press play on both YouTube videos after the jump to experience it for yourself. And then just keep listening after Glenn Beck shuts up and remind yourself of how incredible Godspeed can be.

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Oh boy. Just when you thought everyone possible had weighed in on Julie Taymor and Bono’s disastrous Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark… it’s time for Glenn Beck to have his say. And guess what? The Fox News host and amateur cultural critic freaking loves the musical, thinks that New Yorkers (with French accents, of course!) hate it because they’re snobby, and goes on to explain how it’s a huge, brilliant metaphor for everything he believes. As Benjamin Sutton at The L Magazine sums it up, according to Beck, “Turn Off the Dark, it turns out, is a musical blockbuster about the American academic-scientific industry’s god complex, the lies surrounding global warming rhetoric, and the villainous research funded by big government.” Aha. Listen to the whole, surreal rant after the jump and follow along as we pick out Beck’s craziest theories and funniest words of praise.

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This week at BuzzFeed, we relived Justin Timberlake’s poorly styled Tiger Beat years. We met the lesser Morissette and the hotter Schwarzenegger. (Careful ladies, he’s only 17.) We got plot tips (and a headache) from J. K. Rowling. These 10 movies made the men among us cry. We sided with Charlyne Yi (rare) and attempted to say something nice about Glenn Beck. TMZ met our editor Matt, also known as The Guy Outside The Dash Store With A Barbie Cam. We started Halloween costume prep. Finally, to the animals: take your pick of the Cup Rabbits, 104 Flat-Faced Cats, or 109 Cats In Sweaters. Sometimes it’s the simple things.