Best. Gay. Week. Ever. (May 25, 2007)

Shear Genius wraps up its first season this coming Wednesday. Check back that day for our interview with Anthony who made it to the final three. Oddly enough, we were told Anthony is gay by Bravo, but he dodged the question during the reunion show. We promise to try to get to the bottom of that mystery.

Also on Wednesday is the CW's new teen mystery drama Hidden Palms. Out scribe Kevin Williamson is the creator and out actor Leslie Jordan has a fairly interesting role. I've also seen the original pilot (since revised) and I think there is reason to hope that the show's central mystery might have a gay element to it. We'll have more about it on the blog next week!

Be sure to check out Top Chef's Padma Lakshmi on today's ep of The View. With any luck, she brought some of those gleaming meat cleavers they use in the Kenmore kitchen and Rosie and Elisabeth can settle their feud once and for all. That'll put the "real" in reality television.

Debra Messing is on today's Ellen, no doubt trying to stir up interest in her Starter Wife miniseries which I covered here on the blog. Here is a picture from the premiere of Chris Diamantopolous who plays Rodney, the gay best friend. And, yes, that's Amanda from Ugly Betty on his arm. Turns out Chris is married to Becki Newton who plays Amanda.

On Monday's Ellen, Katherine Heigl show's up and maybe she'll have news about whether or not T.R. Knight is staying on Grey's Anatomy. T.R.'s comments this week to Access Hollywood stirred up a lot of speculation about his fate on the show. Conventional wisdom seems to be saying he'll stay, but Isaiah Washington just might not be.

BTW, if you missed Isaiah's PSA which aired during last night's repeat of Grey's Anatomy, here it is again. Can't you just taste the sincerity?

BBC America finally announced that Torchwood debuts here in the states come September. My reaction? Boo! Double boo! Why? A) I don't want to wait that long and B) I worry it will get lost in the shuffle of all the other fall shows. I think it should debut this summer when there is less competition. When will those dingbat suits ever learn?

Finally, Monday is Memorial day here in the U.S. so we hope all you folks in countries where you get weeks and weeks of vacation—sigh—won't begrudge us taking Monday off! We'll be back on Tuesday, we swear.

Now I'll shut up so you can have the BEST.GAY.WEEK.EVER! That's it for this week!

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