And by “new direction,” he probably means making the character a leather-skinned mogul with a cigar and bad comb-over, promoting scantily-clad dancing girls.

Fret not HBO fans, as another HBO show is planning to introduce a gay character. Word has it that one of the guys on Big Love will soon come out as a Mormon ‘mo. There are few details yet, but given Mormon views on homosexuality, the character's outing is unlikely to get the Elders' seal of approval. Although you'd think with all that competition for multiple wives, the other men would be happy to have the well-dressed, fit, cultured guy taken out of the running. Or am I just stereotyping here?

JUST BECAUSE AN ACTOR PLAYS GAY DOESN'T MEAN HE REALLY IS GAY
The gay rumors just won't stop flying about poor Jake Gyllenhaal. Via Towleroad comes this item from the NY Daily News. It seems some bloggers are convinced Jake plays on our team and sift through every media mention and photo in an effort to prove it. The latest “supposed” evidence comes from pics of Jake with high school bud Austin Nichols . You'd think the photos showed Jake and Austin off in a pup tent or something. Yet they're nothing but Jake at a basketball game. Come on, folks! Give the guy a break. (For the record, Jake arrived at my place after the basketball game promptly at 11 pm.)

As for my relationship with Jake, well, it goes beyond mere labels of gay or straight. We are a union of hearts and minds, a completeness, indeed, a wholeness that leads me to believe we have been together in many past lives. Alexander and Hephaistion. Romeo and Juliet. Jack and Ennis.

Speaking of Brokeback, an alert reader wrote in last week to bitch-slap, er, correct an error. I said the Brokeback Mountain DVD was number four on Amazon. In fact, it was number one. It was the full screen version that was number four. Now please tell the folks at Dave Cullen's Ultimate Brokeback to stop making death threats. I'm sorry already. (FYI, Brokeback is still number one—and not just in all of our hearts.)

In my last piece of Brokeback news, a prison in Massachusetts cut off a showing of Brokeback with ten minutes left to go. Prison officials said it had nothing to do with homosexuality, but that the flick violated prison standards pertaining to sex and violence. So what can prisoners in Massachusetts watch? They've already been treated to A History of Violence and Get Rich or Die Tryin'. Fine choices, indeed. In fact, I watched them last week with my two-year old goddaughter.

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