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February 15, 2006

Pete Burns to marry Michael Simpson

pete burns and michael simpson Fresh from his big stint in the Big Brother Celebrity UK house, Dead or Alive singer Pete Burns has announced that he's tying the knot with his partner Michael Simpson. For those who watched Big Brother, Burns always had a photo of Simpson attached to his person throughout the series. The couple showed off their identical diamante skull rings - designed by Vivienne Westwood - live on Richard and Judy's show (pictured). Regarding the rings Burns explained, "It symbolises that underneath all this there is bone and underneath that is soul." On the show Burns also told the world, "I lost him a lifetime ago and I've been looking for him ever since. He's a physical part of me." It's enough to make a person misty.

February 14, 2006

Margaret Spellings loves Brokeback, and other movie related news

spellings · Margaret Spellings may have caused quite a ruckus over a couple of lesbians and an animated bunny, but one of the favorite films of President Bush's Education Secretary is none other than Brokeback Mountain. She actually says, "I enjoy all sorts of things, and I consider myself to be quite open-minded." She then went on to contend that "there is a difference between the personal money she uses to buy a movie ticket and the taxpayer dollars spent on children's programming."
· "Brokeback Mountain" director Ang Lee, who also directed "The Hulk," said recently, "The head of Marvel Comics sent me a note congratulating me on my recent success, with a P.S.: 'If we make the Hulk gay, would you come back and make a second for us?'"
· Brokeback star Anne Hathaway revealed to a mostly gay audience, "My older brother, Mike, is getting married to his partner of five years, Josh, this fall. I'm gonna be a bridesmaid!"
· Two men's shirts from the film that were worn by Jake Gyllenhaal are being auctioned on eBay for charity. You can access the auction here, but be aware. Bidding is already at $20,450.
· The New York Book Review argues against the way Brokeback was marketed as a "universal romance." (Thanks Todd)
· Nevertheless, the Brokeback Mountain book is a big hit in Hong Kong.

February 6, 2006

Bravo milks Project Runway for an extra week

project runway The second season of Project Runway has turned out to be such a cash cow for Bravo that they've decided to milk it for an extra week. The show, hosted by Heidi Klum, now will include a special reunion episode on Wednesday, February 22 at 10pm - and the season finale is being extended to two hours airing over two weeks. They're elated, I'm annoyed. Watch as Bravo President Lauren Zalaznick tries to pass the move off as community service:

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Queer Eye's Teeson outed as Mr. Six Flags

mr. six and danny teeson I'm not sure which is more disturbing, Mr. Six Flags whom I have to admit routinely makes my skin crawl as the dancing senior citizen in the Six Flags amusement park television commercials who lures all the children away and onto a bus, or the news that his long secret identity has turned out to be none other than Queer Eye For The Straight Girl's hunkariffic Danny Teeson. Paul Davidson first outed the rubber legged man on his website, prompting Mark Evanier to do some digging and the New York Post confirming the info with "knowledgeable industry sources."
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February 6, 2006

PlanetOut Inc. and NBC head into the Outzone

planet out inc. PlanetOut Inc., the rather scary gay media superpower that has been buying up everything, now has it's sights set on gobbling up another market. Partnering up with the NBC owned Bravo cable network, they will soon be launching OutzoneTV.com, a broadband site targeting our community. Sure, of course we can expect to see reruns of "Boy Meets Boy" and the Queer Eyes online - but with PlanetOut Inc. behind it, the ongoing media conglomeration takeover isn't a matter to be taken lightly.

January 23, 2006

Footballers Wives goes gay with Noah Alexander storyline

alexander On February 25, BBC America will premiere the third season of Footballers Wives and there's all sorts of drama to look forward to, including a gay storyline. Towards the end of the season, Noah Alexander, the first gay player on the Sparks team, is publicly outed when Tanya hires a male escort and captures him with the rental unit on a surveillance camera. Season Four, which premieres in April as BBC America does a rush job of bringing us up to date, Noah comes out, is beaten by a gang of thugs, prevented from working with children, and ultimately winds up at "The Church of the Found" looking for a cure for his sexuality. Where will it go after that? I don't know. I'm just giving you the heads up so that we can all be on board with all the twists and turns that are sure to come. Marcel McCalla, pictured, plays Alexander.

Welcome to the Neighborhood's gay Wrights battle

wrights Remember the whole Welcome To The Neighborhood reality television show debacle? Yeah, I went off about it in a pretty significant way at the time, only to learn all these months later that Stephen and John Wright and their adopted son Eli were the winners on the cancelled series. If I'd have known that I'd have, well, nevermind. Any show where a straight, white, religious family gets to decide the fate of heavily stereotyped minorities is just a little too real world if you ask me. It does, however, turn out that ABC may have had a motive in their cancellation - allowing the Walt Disney Company to pre-empt a show that could have interfered with a much bigger enterprise: the courting of evangelical Christian audiences for "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe." Was the show cancelled because the gays actually won? (Thanks Tyler)

Melissa Sue Robinson gets back in the political ring

robinson Melissa Sue Robinson has announced her intention to run for the 23rd District State Senate Seat and she most certainly has Queer Day's support. Robinson's political future in Michigan will once again be tested, first in the primary election on February 21st. The transgender candidate has also filed a lawsuit over how she will be listed on the ballot. Robinson had her name legally changed in 1998, but under current state law, anyone who runs for office must use both names on ballots for the next ten years. Robinson's previously ran for office on more than one occasion and has been forced to deal with the same discriminatory law previously. (Thanks Autumn)

January 18, 2006

Bad Girls Season Two kicks off January 24

stewart and wade While the BBC show Bad Girls will soon begin it's eighth season over in the UK, we're finally set to begin Season Two of one of my absolute favorite guilty pleasures, courtesy of BBC America. Yes, I'm completely hooked on the happenings in Larkhall Prison's G-wing. With the second season premiere coming on January 24, we're once again nearing the end of the first season that has lipstick-lesbian-lifer Nikki Wade, pictured right, played by Mandana Jones, continuously upping the ante of sexual tension between her and Helen Stewart, pictured left, Larkhall's idealistic young warden (played by Simone Lahbib). Here's the first season episode guide for those of you just tuning in and still time to catch the scandalous season finale.

January 17, 2006

The Gayest Golden Globe Awards

brokeback "Call these the gay Globes," said TV Guide's Tom O'Neil before the show started and it turned out to be just that and then some. "Brokeback Mountain" won the Best Dramatic Film award last night at the 63rd Annual Golden Globe Awards. It was one of a handful of awards for the film that also captured Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Original Song. Felicity Huffman captured the Best Actress in a Motion Picture honors for her transgender role in "Transamerica" while Philip Seymour Hoffman won the Best Actor in a Drama award for his portrayal of gay writer Truman Capote. "Desperate Housewives" also won the ward for Best TV Series.

Janice Dickinson hits the gay clubs

dickinson Janice Dickinson, the first supermodel who was booted as a judge from America's Next Top Model not long ago and recently gained noteriety fighting with Omarosa on VH1's "The Surreal Life" with the other has beens, threw a fit at the mostly straight restaurant Bella in Los Angeles when she wasn't given a front table. She left fuming and went where she would be treated better, Fubar for "Big Fat Dick Night" where a source told Page Six, "She was treated like royalty and danced her butt off." Later, Dickinson showed up at another gay bar as well, Heaven, where she partied all night.

Laura Prepon to play bisexual serial killer Karla Homolka

prepon That '70s Show star Laura Prepon, pictured, has the lead role in the controversial new film about the life of bisexual serial killer Karla Homolka. "Karla" was actually to have made its debut last August at the Montreal World Film Festival, but was yanked at the last minute following complaints. Christal Films has announced it will release "Karla" on 100 screens across Canada on January 20. Misha Collins costars as her husband, Paul Bernardo. Homolka and Bernardo were convicted of torturing and murdering two Canadian schoolgirls in the early 1990s. Homolka also drugged her own 15-year-old sister, Tammy, and allowed Bernardo to rape the girl, who choked on her own vomit and died. Homolka is currently living in seclusion.

January 13, 2006

Fred Savage plays gay character Mitch on Crumbs

Fred Savage (The Wonder Years) returned to television last night playing gay son Mitch on the new series Crumbs. The series will explore the family's varied reaction to his sexual orientation, but Savage says, "That's not what the show is about … the show is really about family and secrets that families keep from each other, and how a family pulls itself back together after keeping so much from each other for so long." Jane Curtin plays the mother who has just been discharged from a psychiatric facility, William Devane the father who is expecting a baby with his new girlfriend. The ABC sitcom airs Thursdays at 9:30 p.m. EST on ABC. (Thanks Tyler)

Scott Thompson's Buddy Cole is getting animated

cole One of my favorite Kids In The Hall sketches was the one where Buddy Cole, who bought the gay bar he was always hanging out in, found himself coaching his very own lesbian softball team - the Sappho Sluggers. Well the Here! gay television network is going to be bringing even more Buddy Cole to us - in an animated form. The new cartoon series for adults centering around Scott Thompson's character will apparently be running against a bullying "family values" city councilman. Can you imagine? Cole will also suddenly become a parent when his orphaned niece will show up on his doorstep.

John Waters hosting Til Death Do Us Part

waters John Waters will be Alfred Hitchcock-like hosting Court TV's first scripted series called "'Til Death Do Us Part." Waters notes, "It's a thin line these days, as you all know, between bad and good taste," and he's primarily out to entertain, presenting stories often too bizarre to concoct. The series takes real-life murder cases where one spouse kills the other and dramatizes the relationship, from the wedding to the murder to the investigation through to the trial. Waters time travels through the narrative as a character called the Groom Reaper. "When they first asked me, I thought they said the Groom Raper. Either way, I would have said yes."

January 12, 2006

Gene Shalit apologizes for his Brokeback Mountain review

shalit Remember Today show movie critic Gene Shalit's Brokeback Mountain Review? After an outpouring of emails and phone calls he's issued an apology. "In describing the behavior of 'Jack' I used words ('sexual predator') that I now discover have angered, agitated, and hurt many people. I did not intend to use a word that many in the gay community consider incendiary. . . I certainly had no intention of casting aspersions on anyone in the gay community or on the community itself. I regret any emotional hurt that may have resulted from my review of 'Brokeback Mountain.'"

January 11, 2006

Gay friendly Book of Daniel hit hard by zealots

book of daniel "The Book of Daniel" on NBC is a series about a priest starring Aidan Quinn and the show was singled out before its debut by wingnuts who condemned it as anti-Christian. The show has failed to attract advertising dollars as a result. One company that did advertise won't be back thanks to irate phone caller harassment. Bosses at an Indiana TV station posted security outside their studios on Friday night after receiving death threats. 5 of NBC's 232 affiliates chose to pre-empt the series last Friday; while in Little Rock, Arkansas, the local WB affiliate ran it instead. What's the big deal? Quinn plays Daniel Webster, an Episcopal suburban New York priest and his dysfunctional family, a daughter who sells marijuana, a son who is gay and another son who is a teenage lothario. Webster goes to Jesus for advice, a regular character. While it was cute on Joan of Arcadia, apparently Joan didn't have any gay kids.

Rosie returning to television, behind the camera

rosie Rosie O'Donnell is returning to television, but this time she'll be behind the camera on a sketch comedy show for Logo. The show, which is apparently going to be a lot like Saturday Night Live, will feature up-and-coming comedians, political and pop culture satire, and even some musical numbers. After all, what's gay television without musical numbers. Anyway, she's also planning on bringing on celebrity guests who are "friends of the LGBT community." Serving as the show's executive producer, Rosie is pairing with writers from The Rosie O'Donnell Show.

January 9, 2006

Pyfrom and Carnes gay plotline rocks Desperate Housewives

pyfrom and carnes Well it happened. Ten years ago Melrose Place made a great big build up about a gay kiss then pulled it before it actually aired. Previously on Desperate Housewives Susan Mayer was the one who caught Justin, played by General Hospital's Ryan Carnes and Bree's son Andrew, played by Shawn Pyfrom, apparently naked together in the backyard swimming pool, possibly kissing in the shadows. It was all rather veiled and Susan looked at the pair as startled as they were before Andrew blurted out an unsolicited, "I'm Not Gay!". Now here we are, nearly a year later, and something happened so beautifully and casually that you'd have hardly noticed two young men were actually kissing on American nationwide television if you had not been paying close attention. Here's how it went down and the aftermath:

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The L Word season 3 kicks off

The new season of The L Word kicked off and I have to say it was unsettling to find so many of the storylines we were dragged through by the end of season 2 fast forwarded six months later. Alice and Dana are truly over even though Alice is still obsessed, quite possibly in a fatal attraction kind of way. Oddly enough her insanity offered some of the only levity, earmarking more heavy drama for the future? Jenny took us into the depths of us it last season - and knowing many lesbians with similar issues including self mutiliation made for pretty realistic viewing, in a claustrophic sort of way.

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Gene Shalit calls Brokeback Mountain's Jake a sexual predator

shalit Gene Shalit's recent review of Brokeback Mountaon on the "Today" show found Shalit referring to Jake's character as a "sexual predator who tracks Heath Ledger down and coaxes him into periodic trysts." Lesbian gossip monger Liz Smith responds, "Really? I don't think sending a postcard saying, 'Want to get together?'- after several years apart - translates into predatory coaxing. And Heath jumps at the offer." We're inclined to agree. The whole thing is a little odd in that Gene Shalit's son Pete is gay and Shalit's out about his support of his son - "Peter is humane and intelligent, and I am crazy about him." Nevertheless, as Kevin Naff notes, "Shalit’s smackdown was so thorough and so focused on the gay sex depicted in the film that his review says more about him than it does about the movie

January 6, 2006

Pete Burns enters UK's Celebrity Big Brother house

pete burns It's a good thing they identify this beauty as Pete Burns, because I wouldn't have recognized the Dead or Alive singer otherwise. Burns gave the middle finger to the jeering crowd before entering the Celebrity Big Brother House, wearing a cream fake fur-rimmed coat and some serious stilettoes. “I feel like I’ve been fired out of a cannon,” Burns told TV personality Michael Barrymore. "I have got no problem with other people. It's usually them that's got a problem with me." Here's all the contestants.

Caerdydd bringing gay sex to Welsh television

S4C Caerdydd, a new Welsh-language television drama that apparently features gay sex scenes that rival Queer As Folk. The show, which starts on S4C next week, follows the adventures of a group of young people living in the Welsh capital. It's also landmarked for controversy, in part because of the large amount of English spoken by its main characters. The promiscuous exploits of the lead characters include cocaine-snorting gay record shop boss Emyr, played by Lee Haven Jones, uppity noodle bar-owner Ceri (Siwan Morris), and lecturer-seducing journalism student Elen (Rhian Green).

Russell T. Davies named most influential figure

davies Queer As Folk creator Russell T. Davies has been named the most influential figure in broadcasting by industry magazine The Stage. Davies brought Doctor Who back last year and scored a ratings hit with his updated version of the sci-fi story. The Stage said of Davies, "The man has achieved the almost impossible and transformed Doctor Who for a cynical 21st-century audience and made them fall in love with it again. Of course adding John Barrowman as the bisexual Captain Jack helped.

Ted Allen, Barry Rice & their 70s cocaine palace

allen I don't know about you, but I haven't heard very much about the personal lives of the Queer Eye guys. That's why it was interesting to find out that Ted Allen Allen and his partner, interior designer Barry Rice, relocated a year ago into a two-bedroom loft in an old 12-floor book bindery in New York's Chelsea district. Rice's decor, a mix of white space and midcentury Italian and American furniture, "with some splashes of `70s" is something Allen says, "We like to refer to it as `70s cocaine palace." Tran Ha interviews. Did you know he owns a $300 toaster? There's even more recipes here.

September 30, 2005

ABC's Extreme right Makeover delivers Dobson dogma

ty pennington of extreme makeover: home edition The wingnuts over at Focus On (someone else's) Family were invited by ABC to help out with this weekend's "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition." Their press release notes, "Both the show’s producers and sponsor Keller Homes invited Focus to contribute after learning the unique background of the episode’s beneficiary, a local family of eight. Focus will provide a complete family library of video, audio, and print classics for this homeschooling family." Just think - a whole library of homophobic propaganda! As if directing hurricane victims last week to fake their reactions to Laura Bush wasn't bad enough. ABC and Extreme Makeover need to be slapped. (Thanks Good As You)

Q-Television expands in New York state

New York: Q Television Network struck a deal with two Time Warner Cable systems and beginning tomorrow, October 1, Time Warner's Syracuse and Rochester markets can get the network, both as a linear digital channel, as well as a video-on-demand offering. (Thanks Karl)

September 29, 2005

Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie to live a lesbian Simple Life

simple lifers Producers of The Simple Life are looking for a lesbian couple with kids who are willing to have their home invaded by Paris Hilton, Nicole Richie and the crew for two days. Defamer shares a "slightly edited" casting call email: "The Simple Life is in need of a lesbian family in LA County. Age is not an issue, although preferably the children are not infants." Any Angelenos out there care to have their lives exploited and house trashed for a mere $2500?

Gay actor Alec Mapa to join Desperate Housewives cast

mapa Out gay comic actor Alec Mapa will be joining the cast of Desperate Housewives for at least one upcoming episode as Gabrielle's gay best friend Vern. While he's keeping quiet on storyline secrets, he did tell Out that “Eva Longoria is petite, pretty, a size zero, and really sweet. In my scene I’m helping her fit into a teeny tiny Dolce & Gabbana dress. She made me feel fat, but I still liked her. ... Eva plays an ex-model living in the burbs. She needs a gay friend bad!”

September 28, 2005

Oprah to produce The Color Purple as Broadway musical

oprah Oprah Winfrey will produce a musical version of Alice Walker’s classic lesbian-themed novel "The Color Purple." She says, “I hope to open the door to the possibilities for a world of people who have never been or even thought of going to a Broadway show.” And in her usual style and humility, ahem, she's calling it: "Oprah Winfrey Presents: The Color Purple."

Robert Gant a People en Espanol's sexiest bachelor

gant Out gay actor Robert Gant made the People en Espanol's list of the 25 sexiest bachelors. While super hunky latin singer Enrique Iglesias topped the list with his "smoldering good looks and successful crossover appeal," including Gant on the list, most famous for his role on "Queer As Folk," is quite a statement for the Latino publication.

September 20, 2005

TransGeneration brings trans issues to television

transgeneration A new documentary series on the Sundance Channel, TransGeneration, takes a look at four college students who are undergoing "gender transition" including Lucas, pictured. The idea for the series came about in spring of 2004, when executives at the channel saw a New York Times article about transgender students in colleges in the Northeast. Adam Pincus, the senior vice president of original programming on Sundance says, "These kids are pretty radically redefining what their gender identity means to them, and they're smart and they're articulate. ...We thought it would be a really interesting series."

September 19, 2005

Cynthia Nixon's coming out hasn't hurt her career

nixon While Cynthia Nixon didn't win the Emmy last night for best actress in a miniseries, she is, however, very busy working - which certainly says something in that her coming out as a lesbian has not effected her career. Her latest film "Lymelife," is a coming-of-age comedy-drama about a teenage boy (Rory Culkin) in the early 1980s who learns about the flaws in his family members - one of whom comes down with Lyme disease. Produced by Martin Scorsese with a score by Billy Joel, the indie feature co-stars Jennifer Jason Leigh, Alec Baldwin and Timothy Hutton as Nixon’s husband. (Thanks Dan-X)

September 14, 2005

Jay McCarroll's fashion saga continues with Project Jay

 mccarroll Speaking of Project Runway, if you're anything like me you've probably been wondering what queer winner Jay McCarroll is up to these days. Although it feels like he vanished, the truth is that the cameras kept right on rolling. Project Jay, a follow-up documentary special, will air this fall on Bravo, exploring the mouthy and flamboyant McCarroll’s next steps from rural Pennsylvania to New York and his career in fashion design and starting his own line.

Austin Scarlett's Spring fashion preview

scarlett Though New York Fashion Week does not officially begin until Friday morning, "Project Runway"’s Austin Scarlett is trumpeting his entree into the fashion fray, including delivering a Spring fashion preview. Remember, it's best to be prepared. What does Scarlett do in terms of day-of-show rituals, meals or habits? "Other than my usual two-pound box of pralines, Pellegrino purge, and quick, five-hour mirror-through-tulle meditation session, I usually just get drunk after a show." And what can we expect for Spring?

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Anderson Cooper interview confirms he is gay, sort of

cooper While Queer Day has been keeping a close eye on Anderson Cooper's return to the closet, New York magazine's Jonathan van Meter interviewed Cooper and brought the gay rumors up with him. Cooper explained, “You know, I understand why people might be interested. But I just don’t talk about my personal life. It’s a decision I made a long time ago, before I ever even knew anyone would be interested in my personal life," he said.

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Janet Street Porter: Courtney Love tried to seduce me

love Quirky British media personality Janet Street Porter has revealed that Courtney Love, pictured, once propositioned her for sex during a drunken night out at the Groucho Club. “Courtney told me she'd watched all my BBC Television walking series on tape while on tour, and did I fancy having sex with her?" Street Porter explained, "I don't fancy women and so, as politely as I could, I gave her the brush off, and then, as she was clearly desperate to have sex with someone, I introduced her to a well-known pop guitarist."

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Little Britain dolls include Daffyd, the only gay in the village

daffyd doll A talking doll version of Little Britain's Dafydd is set to fly off the shelves this Christmas. The 12 inch tall doll “speaks” a selection of lines from the television comedy like "These hotpants give me terrible chafing," in addition to his catchphrase “I’m the only gay in the village." Needless to say, I want one. The £19.99 Little Britain dolls also include a mini version of Vicky Pollard, wheelchair-bound Andy and his helper Lou, and “I’m a laydee” transvestite Emily Howard.

September 13, 2005

Gay UK Faze TV channel scraps launch

UK: The new gay channel Faze TV has decided not to launch after they were unable to agree upon carriage terms with Sky. Last month the channel asked potential viewers to lobby Sky in favor of a bid to join the provider's basic package. It didn't work.

Gay Survivor winner Richard Hatch indicted for tax evasion

hatch A federal grand jury in Providence, Rhode Island, indicted naked gay Survivor millionaire winner Richard Hatch today on charges of tax evasion and fraudulently using charitable donations for personal expenses. In a 10-count indictment, the grand jury alleges that Hatch, failed to report about $1,037,000 income from Survivor and about $391,000 in income from a half-dozen other sources.

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Portia de Rossi wants Ellen DeGeneres to propose

de rossi Television actress and Ellen DeGeneres squeeze Portia De Rossi let it slip that she wants to marry Ellen if gay weddings are made legal in the U.S, but she insisted that DeGeneres would have to ask her first. She said, "I have to be asked. But I love the idea of marriage. I think it's beautiful. I'm such a romantic and I always have been. I'm happier than I ever thought I could be. Ellen's incredible. Just being a couple, being able to walk down a red carpet, holding her hand, that's exciting for me." Meanwhile, Ellen's very upset about another matter.

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September 12, 2005

Queer Eye's Carson Kressley to work the red carpet

kressley Who will be working the red carpet at the Emmy's this year? Queer Ey's Carson Kressley will be joining comedian Kathy Griffin to serve up the dish - and that just sounds great to me. Unfortunately it appears that Star Jones Reynolds, shown here looking really unattractive by the way. Speaking of Kressley, remember the Australian radio DJ John Laws who called Kressley a "pillow-biter" and a "pompous little pansy prig" last Fall?

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September 1, 2005

Australian reality star annoyed at being gay icon

Australia: Hardbody Tom Williams, whose shirtless finale to the 2005 edition of Dancing with the Stars vaulted him into superstardom, has been voted among the sexiest men alive by gay mag DNA. He refuses to talk with the magazine or anyone else about it.

Logo has everything but the homophobia

ant.jpg The most striking difference between Logo and other networks, writes a NY Times reviewer, is what the gay channel doesn't have: straight men acting out their subliminal fear of gayness. Those kinds of jokes are rampant elsewhere: Whether it's a "Saturday Night Live" skit, the guys needling each other on "Entourage" or a sendup of homophobic hysteria on "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia," young men on television now make the same kinds of gay jokes.

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August 30, 2005

GLAAD: Fall TV is 2% gay

Los Angeles: Gay and lesbian characters will represent less than 2 percent of the more than 700 characters on broadcast network dramas and comedies this fall, according to GLAAD. Is it shocking that there are any in these times or shocking that there are only 2 percent? You make the call.

August 29, 2005

Reality show: Lesbian chooses sperm donor

In an unusual reality show pilot, a Belgian lesbian has appealed on television for a man to provide sperm to artificially inseminate her. It's the latest reality TV venture from John de Mol, the Dutch creator of Big Brother. Kristel, who lives with her partner, Emmelyn, was one of two would-be moms featured in what may become a series on Dutch television in which male contestants compete to donate their semen. Viewers get to decide through a call-in vote.

August 25, 2005

Lucy Lawless: I'd love to do a Xena movie

xena Lucy Lawless wants to bring her cult television show "Xena: Warrior Princess" to the big screen and her husband, Rob Tapert, creator and producer of the TV show, is trying to buy the rights from Universal so he can make the feature film a reality. "I think a movie would be great, and I'd love to do it," Lawless told SciFi Wire. "I've been wanting to do it for years. Nobody can agree who owns the rights, and it's a big fat pain in the ass."

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August 22, 2005

Marcia Cross is engaged - to a man

cross When the rumor parade began about Desperate Housewives' Marcia Cross secretly being a lesbian, rumors she denied even though others like Michael Musto insisted otherwise, Cross immediately began dating 47-year-old stockbroker Tom Mahoney. Now, just a few short months later, Cross has announced that she's engaged. Her represenative confirmed with the New York Daily News that the actress and her boyfriend did indeed get engaged over the weekend. A date for the wedding has not been set.

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Next Top Model lesbian Kim catwalks proud in Season 5

kim Kim, the 21-year-old out lesbian who is bringing it to Season 5 on UPN's Next Top Model, is a student from New York city. While her favorite movie, "The Sweetest Thing," is something you might expect out of her, surprisingly her favorite food is a Big Mac. "I think that lesbians are really underpresented in the modeling world, or at least they're not out and, excuse me, I'm sure they're out there, they're obviously out there, c'mon, but I understand business and I understand the point of that. ... I don't need to bring my personal life to the table everywhere I go." The two-hour season premiere will be on September 21.

August 19, 2005

Leslie Jordan: Like a Dog on Linoleum

leslie jordan Leslie Jordan, a favorite flamboyant gay actor beloved for his roles in Sordid Lives and on Will & Grace, has put together a one man show called, "Like a Dog on Linoleum." In the show Jordan replays his from being vaguely closeted and finally emerging "the gayest man on Earth. The fact that he survived the sex, the alcohol, the cocaine and the meth is nothing short of a miracle, as is the fact that he has managed to sustain a Hollywood career and a functioning brain and liver in the process.

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