Don’t panic, Torchwood fans: News of a possible American version of the series for Fox probably won’t result in a shoddy, gutless, copycat disappointment. Instead, creator of the Doctor Who-inspired spinoff, Russell T. Davies , is on board for the pilot and he wants to import his cast to the U.S. as well. This is good news for diehard devotees, the cult audience who’ll be the show’s built-in numbers-getters. And it’s even better news for Davies, whose idiosyncratic approach hasn’t always translated well overseas when left to the Americans to interpret (compare Davies’s witty U.K. Queer As Folk to its strident, soapy U.S. version). No word yet on which Brit cast members will cross the Atlantic or when we might see a finished product. How does “sometime in the not too distant future” grab you?

Because network television had not yet scheduled a dance-themed show into every time slot of every single day and night of the week, it was clearly necessary for Ryan Seacrest to help fill in those glaring dead spots and satisfy the global hunger for more and more dance routines by producing his own series. And produce he will, with his reality show for E! that’s currently in development featuring Lady Gaga’s choreographer, Laurie Ann Gibson. Gibson developed the dance moves for Gaga’s “Paparazzi” and “Telephone” videos, and the show would focus on her and a group of choreographers and dancers as they navigate their careers in Hollywood. The pilot is untitled at the moment, so that will be a highly anticipated reveal. But let’s talk about what’s really important: When do we get a Paula Abdul appearance?

Author and activist Vito Russo wrote The Celluloid Closet, a groundbreaking study of the depiction of homosexuality in film, but didn’t live to see his work become a critically acclaimed documentary feature (he died of AIDS in 1990 at age 44). But now another documentary is in the works, this one focusing on Russo himself. Activist: The Times of Vito Russo, from prolific documentary filmmaker Jeffrey Schwarz (Wrangler: Anatomy of an Icon, Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story) will examine Russo’s life, work and impact on gay filmmakers and writers two decades later. Still in production, the doc will feature dozens of interview subjects, from those who knew the man personally to those who were simply challenged and changed by his writing, people like Armistead Maupin, Michael Musto, B. Ruby Rich, Larry Kramer and a list that takes up more space than an IMDB.com page can hold. Look for Activist in 2011 at film festivals and eventual cable TV airdates. In the meantime, if you’re more than a casual film fan, do yourself a favor and read Celluloid Closet.

Attention all bears: Top Chef host Tom Colicchio wants to be your friend. In fact, he’s a little hurt that you didn’t come courting him sooner. When recently asked by Bravo’s Andy Cohen on Watch What Happens about what it was like for him to be a bear icon, the stocky, shaved-headed and heterosexual Colicchio jokingly responded that he was unhappy that no bear group had ever asked him to be on a gay Pride float. The response from bear groups was apparently so swift and enthusiastic that Colicchio is now booked to ride on a bear-themed float at Los Angeles’s Pride parade in 2011. Out of towners upset that the parade isn’t televised can content themselves with watching it on YouTube within minutes of the actual event. But did anyone explain to the celebrity chef that he’ll be expected to bring enough food to feed every guy riding that flatbed truck with him? This could get complicated.