Best. Gay. Week. Ever. (August 17, 2007)

THIS WEEK IN GAY ENTERTAINMENT: REALITY TAKES CENTER STAGE

Other than critically beloved teen raunch-out Superbad (which actually looks to be very gay-friendly in its joking exploration of straight male bonding), we've got Death at a Funeral hitting theatres this weekend ... although our reviewer found the supposed comedy to be about as funny as its somber subject.

Fans of Peter Dinklage (who plays gay here again after a similar turn in The Baxter) might want to check it out, and Firefly nuts will doubtless want to see the film just to see Alan Tudyk's elaborately-staged nude scene (sorry, unlike the full-frontal gag in The Simpsons Movie, there's no consolation dangle here).

On DVD we've got pretty much nothing on the horizon this week, unfortunately. How about TV? Well, there will doubtless be fallout from the gay kiss on As the World Turns, and although next week's Greek seems to be focused on Casey/Cappie, no doubt Calvin and Heath will pop up here and there. I actually liked how this week's episode managed to move their relationship along without being about there relationship at all. And Calvin seems to be using the comfort he's getting from his relationship to work toward coming out to his frat brothers.

This week it was reported that Greek has been picked up by one of the BBC channels, so for once we'll be sending some solid gay storylines to the UK!

Who Wants to Be a Superhero will be back with what will doubtless be another insanely campy test of wills and fashion sense, and with it, gay contestant Parthenon, who has done a smash-up job so far. I love me my gay heroes and all, but what I really want to know is who this villain is (Doctor Black Party or whatever) and why he's always shown lounging in a pad apparently designed by Sparkle Josh from Design Star.

Speaking of which, Josh is still in the running toward becoming America's Next Top Gay HGTV Superstar, while Dale barely squeaked past elimination last week (in a rare display of charity by the judges) and will be back on Top Chef to redo last week's challenge with the rest of the chefketeers.

Flipping Out's love-him-or-hate-him maniac realty maven Jeff Lewis will be back with all sorts of drama (and Monkey the cat, lest we forget), and we'll be running a freshly-squeezed interview with him that reveals a lot about the guy that you don't get from the show, so be sure to check back.

Other than that, it's high time you took a few early days and kicked back to enjoy the tail-end of summer. But while you're at it, be sure to have the Best. Gay. Week. Ever!