Even more fun for me is seeing her "gays", best friends Dennis Hensley and Tony Tripoli, appear on the show. Dennis has been a friend of mine for many years and it's great to see him have this kind of success. Dennis is an accomplished funny man himself, having penned the comic-novel Misadventures in the 213 as well as the very funny Screening Room. In addition, Dennis co-wrote the Antonio Sabato indie-flick, Testosterone. Dennis is also blogging about his star turn on Kathy's show or you can read more about him at dennishensley.com.

MORE REALITY GAYS
The contestants in the Martha Stewart edition of The Apprentice, which premieres September 21, were announced this week, and among the 10 women and 6 men vying to be America's next domestic goddess are two gay men, according to the New York Post. Because what's a cooking and decorating show without some gays in the house?

RYAN CARNES PLAYS GAY. AGAIN.
This week's soap column at TV Guide reports that "General Hospital's Lucas — the adopted son of nurse Bobbie Spencer and Dr. Tony Jones — is about to come out. Yes, really! Per the new issue of TV Guide magazine, Lucas' nosy roommate Dillon will soon suss out the hunky teen's sexual orientation." Lucas is played by none other than Ryan Carnes who played gay in both Desperate Housewives and the indie gay comedy Eating Out. This is one straight guy (Carnes is an avowed heterosexual) who clearly understands the value of his gay fan base.

I GUESS SIX FEET UNDER WAS JUST TOO LIGHT
Showtime has signed Michael C. Hall (David Fisher on Six Feet Under) to star in the pilot for the new series Dexter, based on the novel, Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay. Michael will play Dexter Morgan, a Miami police detective with a quirky after-hours hobby: working as a serial killer who only offs bad guys. Hmm, I thought the word for that was "vigilante". I guess after five years of playing happy-go-lucky David with all those light-hearted story lines, Michael wants something with a bit of an edge to it.

Showtime has a second pilot with gay connections, Filthy Gorgeous. Filthy follows the lives of a group of highly paid male and female escorts, as well as their clients. Oscar nominee Ron Nyswaner (Philadelphia) penned the pilot, drawing, no doubt, on his own experiences with escorts as documented in his memoir, Blue Days, Black Nights. I can't wait. And by "can't wait," I mean, "you couldn't pay me enough to watch it."

FUNNY HOW THE ONLY GAY BOY BAND SINGERS ARE IN THE UK...
A member of the popular Irish boy band Westlife--which has had 12 number-one singles in the UK since 1999--has come out. Singer Mark Feehily told British newspaper The Sun this week "I am gay and I'm very proud of who I am," adding that he's happily dating Kevin McDaid from boy band V. He was already out to his bandmates, family and friends, and said "I'm not worried about how people react because I'm happy being who I am." Hear that, Clay?

NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL FAMILY VALUES
In an interview this week on the MTV special All Eyes on Kanye West, hip-hop artist Kanye West spoke out against hip-hop's practice of making fun of homosexuality and using "gay" as a put-down. “Hip hop was always about speaking your mind and about breaking down barriers, but everyone in hip hop discriminates against gay people,” said the Grammy winner. He admitted he was guilty of being homophobic himself when he was younger, but finally saw the error of his ways when his cousin came out to him. "It was kind of like a turning point when I was like, `Yo, this is my cousin. I love him and I've been discriminating against gays."'

WHY USE THE OBVIOUS EXPLANATION WHEN THE CONVOLUTED
ONE IS SO MUCH MORE LIKELY?
Next month will bring the release of an officially sanctioned biography of actor and English Lord, Sir Laurence Olivier. Olivier, one of the most renowned actors of all time, has long been rumored to have had same-sex affairs, most notably with Errol Flynn and Danny Kaye. Not so says author, Terry Granger. "There were very affectionate letters between them and Larry had a camp side, but he affected this partly because he was so sure of his own sexuality," said Granger. Yeah, right. Straight men love showing their "camp" side.

It never ceases to amaze me the lengths straight people will go to in order to deny someone famous might have been gay. The Greek government threatened to sue Oliver Stone for suggesting Alexander occasionally got down with Hephaistion. And even though as president, Abe Lincoln occasionally shared his bed with a military officer, they were, according to straight historians, just "bundling", the colonial era practice of sharing a bed to stay warm. Well, duh! What was I doing thinking Abe's sharing a bed with a man meant something? Everyone knows the Lincoln White House never could afford firewood.

Now I’ll shut up so you can have the BEST. GAY. WEEK. EVER.

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