EVERYONE KNOWS THERE AREN'T ANY GAY PEOPLE IN UTAH
Utah's public radio station, KCPW, is reporting that cable provider Comcast is refusing to offer Here! and Logo to subscribers in Utah. The issue arose when Utah resident James Hicks, seeing that both Logo and Here! are carried by Comcast, tried to sign up for the gay channels, but couldn't find them on his local listings. Upon contacting customer service, Hicks was told that it was a business decision not to carry the channels.

KCPW contacted Comcast spokesman Ray Child who said, "Comcast does not offer Here! and Logo in Utah, and we don't have plans to do so." The company has refused any further comment.

I'm surprised at Hicks' thoughtlessness. Doesn't he understand that forcing Comcast to let him watch Here! and Logo would infringe on the rights of all good and decent Utah residents to have all evidence of gay people wiped from the public arena? Anything less is religious intolerance. On the off chance that you think Comcast is being, oh, say, bigoted and discriminatory, you can call them at 1 800 Comcast and say so.

IF IT WORKED FOR DEMI MOORE...
There has long been a double-standard in Hollywood that actresses seeking to publicize their movies must appear naked or near-naked in magazines to get any attention. Think Scarlett Johansson and Keira Knightley's recent Vanity Fair cover. This trend is so ubiquitous that no one thinks twice about seeing a young (or not so young) naked starlet on a magazine cover twisted up like a pretzel to keep from showing her naughty bits. Inside the magazine, she supposedly extols about how the role allowed her to find the deeper truth in human existence. Yeah, right.

Well, it appears that male actors are now starting to face similar pressures. We've seen more pics of them shirtless and preening, and Stephen Dorff currently appears buck nekkid in the pages of Cosmo to promote a flick called The Hades Factor. Naturally, readers just won't get how much the role meant to Stephen unless he shows some skin to prove his devotion to his craft.

I, for one, totally object to this new trend and hope to see it stopped in its tracks. But if it that isn't to be, please, please let Jake Gyllenhaal prove how important his upcoming role in Zodiac is by doing all upcoming interviews in the buff.

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