GET LINCOLN CHAFEE TO COMMENT:The USPTO has issued a preliminary office action, finding that "NO F***S GIVEN" (in unexpurgated form) is "scandalous" and thus unable to be registered as a trademark. The PTO does note that "NO F***S GIVEN is the standard unit of measurement used to describe the amount an individual cares about something." No word on whether this is under traditional measurements or the metric system.

READY THE SURPRISED FACE:  Two notable wins in the early Emmys announced today:

• Taylor Swift is officially halfway to EGOT, with a win in the "Original Interactive Program" category.  She's twice been eligible for a nomination for the original song Oscar--"Sweeter Than Fiction" from One Chance, and "Safe and Sound" from The Hunger Games, but hasn't been nominated yet, and a jukebox musical seems like an easy way for her to get a producing Tony (and she has the chops to co-write a score).
• Left Shark has an Emmy!  (Outstanding Costumes For a Variety Program or Special)

LONG LIVE THE QUEEN:  Congratulations to Queen Elizabeth II, now the longest-reigning monarch in British history, having ascended to the throne upon her once-stuttering father's death on February 6, 1952.  How long ago?  Singin' in the Rain wasn't released yet, nor was the novel Charlotte's Web.

Of course, there were two key elements to extending her reign: Frank Drebbin's foiling of the Reggie Jackson plot in 1988 (HT: Dan McLaughlin), and, of course, that one night there was an "electrical failure" after her notorious incident with Kevin Costner.

I CAN'T FEEL MY FACE, AND YOU'LL TELL ME ALL ABOUT IT WHEN YOU HEAR IT AGAIN BECAUSE YOU LIVE WITH A GHOST CHEERLEADER:  Ok, gang, let's call it: Song of the Summer 2015 was .... ?

I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS, BUT HE'S GOT IT:  An ostensbile (and non-slideshow!) listing of the 70 greatest musical moments on tv. Oddly, no Silver Platters performance, and there may be a little too much Mad Men in there, but indeed you will be jammin' on the one before the end.