Some of it struck me as a little bit of self-justification, but for the most part McGreevey accepts responsibility for his actions. Hats off to People for presenting a balanced portrait. Perhaps they could give CNN a call.

CAN RESCUE ME RESCUE US?
Almost from the beginning, Dennis Leary's Rescue Me on FX has addressed gay issues ranging from homophobia in the station house, to parents dealing with gay kids. In fact, Dennis' character, Tommy, was unfazed when his daughter came out. Naturally, not all firefighters are so tolerant, as the show's second episode demonstrated when a retired firefighter claimed several firemen killed on 9/11 were gay, something his fellow firefighters were none too happy to hear about.

Rescue Me started its third season last week, and Michael Ausiello reports that on the new season's third episode (two weeks from now), one of the firefighters at the station house will come out as bisexual. Then he'll try to seduce his co-workers before being unmasked as serial killer. Yeah, I know. I need to get over that.

I'm not sure what VH1 thinks they're doing with Tori Spelling's So NoTORIous other than really annoying folks who want to watch it. The VH1 website doesn't list show times for the final few episodes, but meanwhile LOGO showed two episodes last night. It was bad enough when programs bounced around one network from night to night, but do they really expect me to chase it from network to network?

Speaking of LOGO, Noah's Arc, one of that GLBT network's flagship shows, has added several new cast members including Prison Break's Rockmond Dunbar, and Keith Hamilton Cobb and Victoria Rowell, both from The Young and the Restless. Naturally, all three are hot. New episodes should start airing in the fall, but if you can't wait until then, starting June 7th, LOGO is going to run special editions of shows from the first season. No idea what that means exactly. But hey, at least they're on the same network!

Kathy Griffin's new season about her life on the D-List starts Tuesday on Bravo. It's good to have her back and even better to see she and Matt are back together, but sadly Kathy is forced to confront just how D-List she still is when tries to raise money for a charity. Trust me, it's not pretty. And the Fab Five guys from Queer Eye are back trying to do something with the tack-fest better known as Las Vegas. Where is Superman when you need him?

OPENING THIS WEEK
Jennifer Aniston and Vince Vaughn's new flick, The Break-Up opens today. John Michael Higgins (Best in Show) plays Jennifer's brother and early reviews say his character is flamboyant and unaware he's gay. I'm not sure what that means exactly, but Hollywood sure loves the idea of the gay guy who has no clue he's gay while it's screamingly obvious to everyone around him. (At least two of the gay characters on new network shows this fall fit this description.) This makes no sense, of course, and the message these movies seem to want to convey is that flamboyant and effeminate is necessarily gay. If you're either one, but aren't openly gay, you just don't know it yet.

AfterElton can't comment on Higgin's performance as our film critic wasn't allowed into the press screening due to our critic's owning a cell phone that took pictures. Because a grainy picture of Vince Vaughn and Jennifer Aniston would be such news.

X-Men opened to boffo box-office, doing even better than The DaVinci Code. The suits behind the remake of Superman must have noticed what the X-Men and DaVinci have in common–namely, Ian McKellen–as they have ordered Superman director Bryan Singer to digitally insert Ian into Superman (the movie, that is). Word has it that Ian will play a sage old man with a staff and a magic ring who appears to Superman in moments of great stress. Any similarity to a certain Middle Earth wizard is purely coincidental.

Don't forget New York's GLBT filmfest extravaganza, Newfest is currently running. Just a few of the great flicks include 20 Centimeters from Spain, QueerDuck: The Movie, For the Love of Dolly, and Whole New Thing. Fret not if you happen to live on the other coast, as San Francisco's GLBT filmfest, Frameline launches June 15th and among the movies not to be missed there are The Conrad Boys, Small Town Bar, and The Kinsey Sicks: I Want to be a Republican.

THIS WEEK ON DVD!
Can you believe Faye Dunaway's Mommie Dearest is twenty-five years old? Well, it is and of course there has to be a special edition with commentary by John Waters and all sorts of special features about Joan Crawford. No doubt Anderson Cooper is watching as I write these words.

And has there ever been a title that more succinctly describes a movie than Gay Sex in the 70's? I finally got a chance to watch it last week, and it wasn't at all what I expected. Which, frankly, was some sort of ode to a idyllic bygone world that was so much better than now. There was some of that, but it also took a look at the downside to the era of free love. Check out our review here!

Now I'll shut up so you can have the BESTGAYWEEKEVER!

That's it for this week! Check back next Friday for a new installment of Best. Gay. Week. Ever., or read previous installments here.

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