"Milk" Review

I never saw Harvey Milk as a living, breathing person as I was born just before he died.   Seeing the businessman-turned camera man-turned SF City Supervisor-turned gay icon only in hindsight through the lens of historical footage (wild eyes, signature fist-pumping gesture, trademark lines and all) made him appear as more of a superhuman freedom fighter, sacrificing his own life so that gays everywhere wouldn't have to sacrifice theirs.

Daniel Radcliffe Bares All On "Inside The Actors Studio"

When we saw the Harry Potter films, little did we know that Daniel Radcliffe would go from waving his wand on the big screen to waving his, well, other wand in front of a live audience in the Broadway run of Equus.

For those of you who haven't seen the psychodrama, Daniel, who is 19-years-old now, is cast in the role of Alan Strang, a troubled stable boy. During a pivotal scene in the production, Alan appears naked.

Kathy Griffin Commits To A Fifth Season Of "D-List"

Bravo may have lost Project Runway, but the network is holding on tight to Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List, which is a relief.

There was actually some question as to whether the inimitable Kathy Griffin would do a fifth season of D-List for Bravo. While the network claimed back in September that it had locked Kathy into a deal, she subsequently told the Chicago Sun-Times that she hadn't come to terms with Bravo and was in fact talking to another cable network as well as a broadcast network.

Obviously, things ultimately worked out with Bravo because just today the network announced that it has indeed signed Kathy to a one-year deal, which she confirms, and it includes a fifth season of Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List and calls for her to tape two comedy specials during her current nationwide tour as well as host the A-List Awards in 2009.

Variety Is The Spice Of Life For Rosie

Was anyone else surprised when Rosie O'Donnell didn't publicly explode after Proposition 8 was passed? While Melissa Etheridge declared she wasn't going to pay taxes anymore and other celebrities like Whoopi Goldberg took to the streets to participate in marches, Rosie was uncharacteristically quiet.

"I'm not vocal enough? I got married before anyone else did. I've been living it and living it for a very long time," Rosie told reporters during a conference call to promote her upcoming variety show Rosie Live, citing her 2004 marriage to her partner Kelli Carpenter in San Francisco.

Point taken.

FYI: Rosie won't be railing against Prop 8 or talking about politics at all for that matter during Rosie Live, which will air on NBC the night before Thanksgiving. "The job description here is to entertain...It will be an hour of fun, laughter, singing and dancing. No politics. No arguing. No talking about controversial things. That, to me, is what is needed now," Rosie said.

Tyra Gives Transgender Model The Ultimate Gift

Christmas came early for Isis King this year, and it was Tyra Banks who was playing Santa.

The transgender model, who competed on this season of America's Next Top Model, got the gift of her life when she appeared on The Tyra Banks Show yesterday, and Tyra announced that Isis' would be getting gender reassignment surgery—for free.

Gender reassignment surgeon Dr. Marci Bowers will perform the operation, which would have cost Isis somewhere in the neighborhood of $35,000.

Thank God for Dan Savage

I've long been a fan of Dan Savage. Ya gotta love a guy who rose to fame as a no-holds barred sex columnist and now makes the rounds as one of the most articulate talking heads on gay issues. His frankness mixed with his ability to talk to virtually anyone - including D.L. Hughley - is exciting and empowering. Plus, he's hawt.

Here he is somehow finding a way to answer questions that D.L. Hughley can't seem to ask (how did this guy get a show on CNN?) and respond to sweeping generalizations that Hughley doesn't take ownership of. In five minutes, they touch on a whole range of issues affecting Prop 8, and Savage is always able to nimbly place these finer details in a broader context. He raises the level of discourse in every conversation, and in this case, ends up doing Hughley a huge favor by helping him out of the uncomforable corner he seemed to be backing himself into. Watch it, and tell me that Dan Savage doesn't deserve his own talk show on CNN.

Cheyenne Jackson To Star In "Mormon Musical" From The "South Park" Guys

It looks like Mormons may soon turn their attention from banning gay marriage to shutting down Broadway.

Surely, that'll be their next goal after they see Mormon Musical, a Broadway show from the wonderfully twisted minds of South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone and Robert Lopez, who co-wrote Avenue Q.

According to the New York Post's Pop Wrap column, Mormon Musical focuses on the lives and loves of Mormons and will star openly gay actor Cheyenne Jackson, fresh off a run in Xanadu where he was nicely packed into a pair of jean shorts. Unfortunately, his wardrobe in Mormon Musical, which casts him as a Mormon missionary, will likely be less revealing. Then again, maybe it won't. This is from the South Park guys, after all.

Justin Timberlake Dons A Unitard And Heels On Super Gay "Saturday Night Live"

I never thought I'd say this (let alone see it), but, damn, Justin Timberlake doesn't look half bad in a black unitard and heels.

Wanda Sykes Comes Out!

Blindsided! Gay Lawyer Charlie Herschel Goes Down On "Survivor: Gabon"

Sorry, Charlie.

Charlie Herschel, the cute gay lawyer from New York City, got voted off Survivor: Gabon last night, and he didn't see it coming. Neither did I until the last few minutes of the episode.

In a scary display of how my mind works, I immediately wondered what Clay Aiken thought about Charlie getting the boot. (Just before Survivor: Gabon's debut, Charlie revealed that he was Clay's online chat buddy for about two years, and the guys became friends when Clay was in New York City to star in Spamalot.)

One thing's for sure: Charlie's fellow tribe member Kenny won't be getting free tickets to any of Clay's concerts. Kenny was the mastermind behind the plan to blindside Charlie: He managed to convince enough members of the newly-merged Nobag tribe that Charlie was calling all of the shots, which wasn't true. But Kenny was out for revenge after Charlie cost him an opportunity to obtain an immunity idol.