AT LEAST DOLLY ISN'T GETTING SUED!
Dolly Parton is the odds on favorite to scoop up an Academy Award for Best Song Sunday night. But that song, "Travelin' Thru" from Transamerica, isn't on everybody's Ipod. Dolly tells USA Today that her big gay following gets her death threats and hate mail. But Dolly isn't fazed, having felt like an outsider all her life. And she isn't about to stop preaching tolerance just because of a few rednecks.

Dolly's not the only Country-Western star ticking off their fan base. Willie Nelson fans are none too happy about his gay cowboy songs. Gosh, I just can't figure out why gay men think rural America is just a tad-bit intolerant.

THE BIG NIGHT'S ALMOST HERE!
I know, I know! It probably seems like Sunday night will never arrive, but we're only seventy-two hours away from the year's most anticipated broadcast. That's right--TV Land's Andy Griffith marathon!

Then there is that little get together over at ABC. I may pop over there to see anything of note is going on. But probably not.

Headed into what is billed as our Super Bowl, speculation about how Brokeback Mountain (current box-office $75 million) will fare is running hotter than a runaway nuclear reaction in Russia. If you simply can't wait to discuss the odds of Ang, Heath, or Jake winning, pop over here for obsessive analysis of predictions, trends, and what kind of underwear Jake will wear. (He likes boxers, but I told him he looks best in briefs.) And Dave Cullen, Chief of the Brokeaholics, will be live blogging the whole thing come 5 pm Sunday.

To tide you over until then, I've got a few Brokeback tidbits. Check out the animated Starz Bunnies Brokeback movie trailer parody. Just be sure your mouth isn't full when you watch. Then for an even bigger laugh, check out uber-homophobe Michael Medved 's column congratulating religious wingnuts for being mature and not attacking Brokeback Mountain. Actually don't bother. If I didn't know what a wanker Medved is, I would assume the piece is satire, but instead I'm guessing he must have had a stroke just as he penned the essay. How else to explain such a moronic claim? (FYI, the fundies originally planned to completely ignore Brokeback as part of their strategy, but that was before they started excreting things like The Rape of the Marlboro Man.)

Maturity isn't quite the word I would use to describe them anyway.

JON STEWART BEDS GEORGE CLOONEY
I knew it was a good sign for us the pro-gay Stewart was going to host the Oscars. I felt certain he would address the controversy swirling around Brokeback, hopefully making the homophobes the butt of his jokes. Sources say Stewart, along with George Clooney, has already filmed a spoof of Brokeback Mountain for the show. Said spoof takes place in bed, presumably with Stewart and Clooney taking on the parts of Jack and Ennis. No word who gets top billing.

Oh, yeah. Some group I've never heard of has decided that "Brokeback" beat "Brangelina" as Hollywood's “word of the year.” Well, duh. Last year's word was "self-absorbed."

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