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Best. Gay. Week. Ever.
by Michael Jensen

A weekly column highlighting news about gay and bisexual men in pop culture.

Friday, June 30, 2006 (page 3)
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NEXT ON JIMMY KIMMELL--THE GRAND WIZARD OF THE KKK
Obviously, Jimmy Kimmel can have whomever the hell he wants on his show. But when he gives a platform to someone spewing dangerous bull puckey, I'm going to criticize him for it. The guest in this case was ex-gay therapist Richard Cohen who claims he used to be gay, is now straight, and can help other queers do the same. How? One technique Cohen recommends is beating a pillow with a tennis racket to “induce intra-uterine memory recovery."

What? You've never heard of it? Cohen says doing so will cause the homosexual to remember the event in the womb that turned them queer. No, I am not making this crap up.

I don't know what Kimmel was thinking inviting this guy on to spread this B.S. (and to shill his book), but he should be ashamed for having done so. Kimmel's already got a bit of a spotty record when it comes to gay topics. He received criticism when he had his gig on Win Ben Stein's Money for ragging on gay guests. But he's also recently had Ian McKellen and Joseph Gannascoli (gay Vito) on the show and managed to be cool with both. But for having Cohen on his show, Kimmel must now let Barney Frank guest host for a week.

IT'S SUPERMAN VERSUS THE ICE QUEEN
Superman Returns opens this week and if all the “Is he or isn't he gay” malarkey has intrigued you, by all means go see it. As for me, I'm going to catch Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, and Stanley Tucci (playing gay) in The Devil Wears Prada. Check back on Monday for our review.

THIS WEEK ON DVD
The Matador with Pierce Brosnan as a bisexual hitman and Greg Kinnear as the straight guy rather enamored with him hits the stores on Tuesday. Also out this week is Is It Really So Strange, a documentary about English rock icon Morrissey. As for me, I'm going to playing with my new Xbox we just got. (You had no idea I was so butch, did you?) I can't get over how cool it is and I've already become addicted to Madden 06, much to Brent's annoyance.

And don't forget Big Brother All Stars hits the air on Thursday July 6th. You've still got time to go vote for Marcellas Reynolds!

BREAK IN CASE OF EMERGENCY
Perhaps you should sit down for this final bit of news. Are you sitting? I said SIT! Due to circumstances beyond my control, there will be no BEST.GAY.WEEK.EVER next week. Any rumors of my going in for liposuction and botox treatments are completely unfounded. All I can say is, that like Sidney Bristow on Alias, I, too must go wherever duty takes me. Should I successfully complete my mission, the BEST.GAY.WEEK.EVER will resume its normal publication on July 14th.

But fear not--I won't be leaving you empty-handed. Be sure to check back next Friday when we'll have a special column by someone you might be hearing a lot about this summer.

Finally, iTunes now offers Noah's Arc and other Logo shows for download. Get yours while they're still fresh.

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

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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