Forget the small-minded Jackson and pop over to the Dixie Chicks website where you can listen to the single off their upcoming album. Called “Not Ready to Make Nice”, the single is pure Dixie Chicks and makes it clear they're offering no apologies for their supposed Bush-bashing. Of course, their lyrics can't compare to the impromptu genius of an Alan Jackson, but then again, who would want to?

BROKBACK JACK? COULD THEY GET ANY MORE LAME?
As if it's not bad enough that Will's relationship with Taye Diggs appears to already be over, last night's Will and Grace did a sort of Brokeback Mountain inspired episode at a gay country western bar. Can you say tired? That pony rode out of the barn a long time ago. Jake Gyllenhaal says if he hears about one more Brokeback spoof, riff or parody, he'll show people what Jack Nasty really means. (After the W&G episode, it took me an hour to calm Jake down enough to come to bed!)

In other Will and Grace news, the cancellation of Joey apparently scared some sense into Sean Hayes who was considering a spin-off featuring Jack McFarland. Finally, there is already talk of a Will and Grace movie that would reunite the cast that, um, hasn't even separated yet. Oh, joy. What would they call it? Dumb and Pointless? Waste of Time? Shoot Me Now? Honestly, wasn't the Dukes of Hazzard punishment enough?

DEGRASSI TURNS 100
If you think Degrassi sounds like a fancy bottled water, you're neither a Canadian nor a gay teenage boy. Degrassi: The Next Generation is the Canadian super-drama that not only just aired its 100th episode, but finished as Canada's number one rated Canadian drama. Take that, Housewives! Degrassi is part of a whole franchise that not only includes other Degrassi shows, books, and music, but quite possibly, a big-budget film directed by indie-whiz Kevin Smith. Oh, yeah, Degrassi is also wonderfully pro-gay, regularly and matter-of-factly including gay kids and pro-gay storylines. Best of all, Degrassi has been sold to more than 120 countries meaning all those gay characters are beaming into living rooms around the world. Don't anybody tell Oklahoma, or they'll ban it like they're trying too to gay books.

WHEN I WAS THIRTEEN, MY CRUSH WAS ON MR. HOYT. AND HE WAS HOT!
Proving Canada is even more mature than the US comes A Whole New Thing, a movie that I bet could not get made in the US. Whole New Thing tells the story of a thirteen-year old boy who falls for his gay teacher. Given the reaction Brokeback Mountain received from cultural conservatives, I can only imagine what folks in the States would say about that storyline. Which is silly, of course; pretty every much kid has a crush on a teacher at some point and Hollywood certainly hasn't shied away from telling the straight versions of that story. Whole New Thing director Amnon Buchbinder knew his material was potentially incendiary so he made extra sure to make it clear the teacher had no sexual interest in his student unlike, say, Mary Kaye Letourneau, or Debra Lafave or...

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