The Antonella Barba Blow Job “Scandal”
If you haven't heard yet, there's some shocking news (with photographic evidence) circulating around the Internet: it appears that Antonella Barba, one of the 20 current contestants of season 6 of American Idol, has given a blow job. (I'm sure…
Hineini: Coming Out in a Jewish High School
Hineini: Coming Out in a Jewish High School is a film about a lesbian student's fight to establish a gay-straight student alliance at a Jewish high school. Shulamit Izen enters 9th grade at The New Jewish High School (now Gann…
The POSMA Audience Awards
The PlanetOut Short Movie Awards Audience Awards, that is. Have you voted for your favorite short yet? If you haven't, consider voting for Wrong Bathroom, a short documentary from Shani Heckman. From Shani's MySpace page: Shani believes voting will close…
New Memoir to Out “Down Low” Hip Hop Stars
Hiding in Hip-Hop: Confessions of a Down Low Brother in the Entertainment Industry, a book by former MTV producer Terrance Dean, has been sold to Atria Books, a division Simon & Schuster, and is expected to be published next year.…
Super Bowl Commercials Try to Remain Manly
If you didn't tune in to the Super Bowl last night, here's one of the commercials you missed: King Kaufman reports there was another similarly homophobic ad after that one: Two ads after the Snickers spot, a CBS ad for…
Washington Released From Rehab, Tammy Lynn Michaels Chimes In
Isaiah Washington's week of counseling is over and he should be returning to the Grey's Anatomy set sometime today. In support of Washington, Melissa Etheridge's longtime partner Tammy Lynn Michaels shared this statement: "I forgive his words, because, truth be…
The Sad State of Mainstream Lesbian Movies
Josh Tyler at Cinema Blend comments that "the movie industry is doing a pretty good job of making lesbians look like heartless, brutal, selfish, conniving bitches." He's speaking specifically about last year's Imagine Me and You and this year's Gray…
Puccini for Beginners
A woman breaks up with her girlfriend (who had never said "I love you" during the six years they were together). The dumper moves on to a man. The dumpee figures she should try a man too, because, well, her…
Sharon Stone on Washington’s Counseling
Sharon Stone is reportedly shocked that Isaiah Washington had to enter a residential treatment facility after his use of an anti-gay slur towards Knight because she refers to her gay friends as "big fags." The outspoken star claims it's "absurd"…
Washington Stays, Knight Leaves?
Knight, not happy about the way ABC and Disney have dealt with Isaiah Washington's behavior, might be leaving Grey’s Anatomy, according to a source who says that "feels that the atmosphere is so toxic and unhealthy." 's spokeswoman said that…