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Flotsam & Jetsam
Mila Kunis Will Quietly Take Over The World
2:27AM Richard Lawson | Today we have news about unexpected rising stars, videogames turned movies, and gay people on TV. There are no gay people on TV! More »
Big Screen
Gay Groups Aren’t So Happy With Bruno
4:07AM Richard Lawson | Question answered: Bruno is bad for the gays! Some gay groups are beginning a campaign against Sacha Baron Cohen’s upcoming realityish comedy, about an Austrian fashion reporter who’s a bit light in the loafers. GLAAD seems particularly unhappy. More »
GLAAD Honors Tyra Banks As She Attempts To Build Queeniest Biosphere Ever
3:00AM Kyle Buchanan | GLAAD has announced that their annual “excellence in media” award will be going to Tyra Banks. No, seriously! This honour comes as word leaks about Banks’ most insanely gaysploitive project yet. More »
Jay Leno Offers Audience His Most Apologetic Look
10:35AM Defamer Hollywood | After comments about Ryan Phillippe’s role as a gay teen on One Life to Live earned Jay Leno more attention than any picket line-crossing or old car-driving ever could, the late night host has issued an apology. In a statement released to People, Leno takes the classic “I’m sorry you misunderstood me” route, saying: “In talking about Ryan’s first role, I realise that what I said came out wrong. I certainly didn’t mean any malice. I agree it was a dumb thing to say, and I apologize.” Meanwhile, we’re still waiting for a mea culpa on the scabbing and roadster-ing fronts (seriously — have you seen him out there with the aviator headgear and everything?). More »T.R. Knight Makes World Safe For Loving Gays
5:30AM Defamer Hollywood | Stop us if you think you’ve heard this one before: A Grey’s Anatomy star, embroiled in a behind-the-scenes controversy that simply refuses – despite the best efforts of millions across the globe, holding aloft bottles of Coke and singing about TV-doctor harmony – to die, has taped an important message about tolerance for GLAAD. Only this time, it’s not Isaiah “Bigger Than Jesus and Barack” Washington doing the talking, but his velvety nemesis, T.R. Knight. More »
GLAAD Releases Its Annual ‘TV Still Not Gay Enough’ Report
5:30AM Defamer Hollywood | With the dawning of a new TV season comes another cherished fall tradition: the Counting of the Gays, during which GLAAD tallies up the number of same-sex-having characters appearing regularly on the 2007-08 primetime schedule. In keeping with last year’s distressing trends, the Gays continues to wane: In the 2007-08 TV season, broadcast series will feature seven regularly seen characters who are gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender, down from nine characters in 2006 and 10 the season before, GLAAD said. Most are on one network – ABC. More »
