The second article is a profile of Fred Savage, star of ABC’s Crumbs. I was more than excited to read that the amazing Ileana Douglas had joined the cast. The woman is gold doing nothing more than standing upright. In the article, Fred talks about playing gay, how boring his family is, and being disappointed that while hanging out at gay bars with friends, he’s never been hit on. Which is strange, because he’s grown up to be a handsome man.

BOOK OF DANIEL GOES TO TV HEAVEN
The American Family Association practically wet themselves with excitement this week when NBC pulled the plug on Daniel. As if issuing a gloating press release wasn’t enough, a crowd of wingnuts descended on Jack Kenny’s (Daniel’s creator) house and proceeded to egg it while chanting, “Nyah, nyah, nyah!” Not very Christian of them, if you ask me. On the bright side, Daniel did last three times as long as Emily’s Reasons Why Not!

SUNDANCE IS SO BROKEBACK
There were plenty of queer goings on in Park City, Utah this weekend. Oh, and there was also the Sundance Film Festival taking place. Some twenty gay-themed movies showed along with ten shorter works. John Waters chatted about his upcoming show on Here! Armistead Maupin promoted the movie version of his novel, The Night Listener. Toni Collette talked up Little Miss Sunshine which also stars Steve Carell (The Office, The 40 Year Old Virgin) as Greg Kinnear’s gay brother. Rufus Wainwright put on a performance of the musical sort. No acting gigs for him at Sundance this year. One of the most powerful flicks is reported to be the documentary Small Town Gay Bar, which focuses on the patrons of two small bars in Mississippi. No jokes here, as being gay in rural Mississippi simply isn’t a laughing matter.

IN OTHER MOVIE NEWS 
I have to say, I feel bad for Chad Allen. His new movie, End of the Spear, opened to middling reviews, rancor in the Christian community, and then only made half of what Brokeback took in last weekend. It seems the wingnuts, unable to handle the idea of a gay man playing a Christian missionary, stayed away in droves. As for gay men, well, we’re better off staying home and watching Chad play a detective or pretty much anything else other than a Christian missionary.

WHISTLER’S GAY SKI WEEK NEARLY DOES A FACE PLANT
Ski aficionado’s got a scare this week when it looked like Whistler’s world famous Gay Ski Week wasn’t going to happen. Out on the Slope’s Production pulled out of producing the festivities at the last minute. Fortunately, Gay Whistler slalomed in and saved the day. The 3,000 gay skiers expected to attend all breathed a sigh of relief and went back to waxing their skis. And their chests. And their...

Gay sun worshipers are headed for warmer climes as the Cayman Islands does an about face, this time welcoming Atlantis Cruises and a whole boat-load of free spending ‘mos. Eight years ago the Cayman Islands turned back a gay cruise because previous gay visitors had committed shocking acts by holding hands and kissing in public. Gosh, you’d think it was Utah or something!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!
One of the country’s oldest and most prestigious newspapers, the Philadelphia Gay News turned thirty this week. The paper’s founder, Mark Segal, is proud of how the PGN helped the gay community work with the rest of the city to make things better for Philly’s queers. The paper itself, however, is said to be feeling a little blue about turning the big three-oh. The Washington Blade, Seattle Gay News, and Boston’s Bay Windows whisked the PGN down to Key West for a wild weekend of carousing. The Washington Blade told us the highlight was hooking up the PGN with a couple of hot, young internet sites that proved the venerable newspaper still “had” it. (We all know how insecure old media can get.)

Reports say you could see how thrilled the PGN was when AfterElton.com made out with him at the bar and then went back to his room. AfterElton.com, of course, normally never does anything like that and insists he is looking for a long term relationship with a sweet blog.

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

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