Out on DVD: Stoners, sons, celebs, shorts and sports

James Franco is getting Oscar buzz for his turn as Harvey's boyfriend in Milk, but he snagged a Golden Globe nomination for his hilarious performance in Pineapple Express — which has its own queer elements.

Find out more about all of today's new DVDs after the jump!

Pineapple Express, out on DVD today, stars Seth Rogen as stoner Dale, who has to go on the run after witnessing a murder, accompanied by James Franco as his very spaced-out dealer Saul. This comedy from director David Gordon Green (All the Real Girls) stays hilarious even when things get violent — thanks to a strong supporting cast that includes Gary Cole, Danny McBride, Rosie Perez and Craig Robinson — but not a lot of critics pointed out that the relationship between Rogen and Franco's character was more than just a "bromance."

Keep an eye peeled for the scene where Saul stops to apply deodorant before rushing out of his apartment — Dale may be thinking that the two are fugitives, but Saul obviously feels like this is a date.

While it didn't open on nearly as many screens as Pineapple Express, another of 2008's entertaining slacker comedies, Ping Pong Playa, also hits the New Releases wall today. The narrative feature debut of Oscar-winning documentarian Jessica Yu, this comedy follows Chinese would-be basketball prodigy C-Dub (Jimmy Tsai, who co-wrote with Yu) as he follows his destiny to become a table-tennis champ.

Of interest to AfterElton readers are the film's hilarious villains, Queer as Folk stars Scott Lowell and Peter Paige (above), who threaten to open a rival ping pong school that will put C-Dub's parents out of business. Paige in particular gets lots of comedic mileage out of a pair of tight, white shorts.

And speaking of white villains, they don't come any pastier or more villainous than Killface on Adult Swim's wonderfully goofball Frisky Dingo. On the show's first season, Killface threatened to drive the Earth into the sun with his dastardly Annihilatrix device; as season two — premiering on DVD today — reveals, all the machine did was move the planet a few inches closer to the sun, thus curing global warming. Having accomplished this feat, naturally, there's nothing for Killface to do but ... run for president of the United States.

Along the way, we discover that Killface's silent but deadly son Simon is gay and involved with a Renaissance Faire reenactor named Bilbo T. Baggins. ("Oh, God," reveals Killface. "I just got that.")

Are you a fan of queer shorts? Some of you out there must be, because they keep making new DVD collections featuring short subjects from queer film festivals around the world.

Today's batch includes FirstOut 3 and He Likes Guys, both of which offer comedies, dramas and love stories made by filmmakers who might just be the big-deal queer directors of tomorrow.

And finally, there's Rona Barrett's Hollywood: Nothing But the Truth. For those of you who missed the '70s entirely, Ms. Barrett was Barbara Walters, Entertainment Tonight and the Star, all wrapped up in petite blonde package. (In her heyday, she had a gossip magazine named after her, and even wrote a trashy Hollywood tell-all novel called, I kid you not, The Lovo-maniacs.)

"Miss Rona" left gossip behind her years ago — and now runs a successful lavender farm in California — but she's opened her vaults to reveal highlights from her many showbiz interviews. This collection includes chats with the likes of Cher, John Travolta, Burt Reynolds, Donna Summer, Carol Burnett and many more. Don't be surprised to see some really impressive manmade fibers on display.