Barack Obama Films an 'It Gets Better' Video and 8 Other Stories You'll Be Talking About Today

Also in the Friday edition of The Broadsheet: Warner Bros. would rather not hear your pitches until next year... there's been a Tea Leoni sighting... Fox wants to spin-off Bones with a currently non-existent character... and more ahead.

· President Barack Obama's media assault rolls on -- this time with taped message of tolerance and respect as part of Dan Savage's anti-bullying campaign for gay teens, "It Gets Better." Said the president: "I don't know what it's like to be picked on for being gay, but I do know what it's like to grow up feeling that sometimes you don't belong." That's what Orly Taitz is trying to tell everyone, Big O!

· Got a million dollar movie idea that's just begging to be pitched? Don't call Warner Bros. The studio wants to "focus on spec scripts rather than pitches and hiring new writers" until 2011. Considering Universal just went ahead with a movie based on Ouija, here's guessing they'll be accommodating to all comers. [Deadline]

· Just the other day I was wondering where Tea Leoni has been, and now we have an answer: Finalizing details on her deal to star opposite Ben Stiller and Eddie Murphy in Brett Ratner's Tower Heist. Hooray! [Deadline]

· The idea of a television spin-off is to create a show with a smaller character from the mothership. Think: Frasier from Cheers. Not at Fox though! The network is going to spin-off hit series Bones with a character they plan on introducing to audiences in December. Good luck, everyone. [Deadline]

· Laeta Kalogridis (Shutter Island, Avatar) will rewrite Fox's remake of Fantastic Voyage for executive producer James Cameron. Drop this knowledge around the watercooler and your co-workers will love you. [THR/Heat Vision]

· Lost star Jeremy Davies has been tapped to play the villain in the upcoming season of Justified. Speaking of Davies, was anyone else disappointed his character in It's Kind of a Funny Story didn't talk about time travel? [THR/The Live Feed]

· Because Paramount has basically ignored the existence of Morning Glory, you probably didn't realize it was scheduled to come out on Nov. 12. Well now, don't pay attention to the fact that its release has been moved up two days to Nov. 10. [THR/Risky Business]

· Would you like your credit card to have a computer chip in it? What about tiny buttons? No? Too bad. [NYT]

· Happy anniversary to the Cuban Missile Crisis!