Meaning a car with a green paint job, and not, say, a Prius. That's the news according to CNW Marketing Research, who just released a survey about how choice of car color reflects drivers' attitudes toward life. Turns out the Batmobile's hue isn't a coincidence—sad sacks like Bruce Wayne are most likely to drive something noir. Full results are below:

-Emerald green: Drivers have 5.5 percent above average confidence
-Dark blue: 3.2 percent above average confidence
-Silver: 1.2 percent above average confidence
-White: average confidence
-Sunny yellow: 3.7 percent below average confidence
-Orange: 4.1 percent below average confidence
-Bright blue: 5.5 percent below average confidence
-Bright yellow: 8.3 percent below average confidence
-Red: 8.8 percent below average confidence
-Black: 14.6 percent below average confidence

[US News and World Report]

Prime Access and PlanetOut just released their annual survey of which companies are perceived to be the most gay-friendly. And while the top of the list is surprise-free (Bravo, Showtime), the bottom is as dynamic as it is puzzling. Then again, maybe everyone just hates Rachael Ray. The poll's five least-gay-friendly brands are below:

-Samsung (5 percent perceive it as gay-friendly)
-WalMart (4 percent)
-Frito-Lay (4 percent)
-Cracker Barrel (3 percent)
-Dunkin Donuts (3 percent)

[via Gizmodo]

Between Iron Man's presumably big debut and next week's opening of Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy at the Met's Costume Institute, men in tights are having a moment—and you can expect to see even more of them in the years ahead. Judging by this Hollywood Reporter story, however, Marvel is starting to scrape the bottom of the superhero barrel. (Nice-looking barrel, by the way.) Here, a list of the uninspiring comic book movies coming soon to a multiplex near you:

-Nick Fury
-The Avengers
-Thor
-Ant Man
-Captain America*

(*Actually kind of cool. But as THR points out, "Captain America is a prime property but is perceived as a tough sale overseas." How far we've fallen.)