Stuff happens, when you're either sleeping or or living the fabulous and fashionable life we know you have. So we're starting your days with a few tidbits to keep you the sparkling conversationalist your friends expect you to be.

Last week, Microsoft dumped their sponsorship of the Family Guy special this Sunday, since evidently no one at Miscrosoft knew what Family Guy was like. Guy Ritchie and Warner Bros. aren't that worried about controversial content, and will be promoting the bromantic Sherlock Holmes for the full show.

Kellan Lutz, who's as famous for his body as his acting in the Twilight franchise, couldn't even keep his shirt on for this Doggie Aficionado photo shoot. Not that we're complaining.

Brace yourself, this sentence is very, very gay: Kylie Minogue spent Halloween with Marc Jacobs, Lorenzo Martone, and Fergie Ferg. Yes, there are pictures.

Hollywood continues to destroy my childhood, memory by memory. The latest? Owen Wilson will star in Marmaduke, and the Berenstain Bears are getting the Alvin and the Chipmunks treatment.

Miss Opposite Marriage, Carrie Prejean, and the Miss California USA organization have reached a settlement in their lawsuits. No word on custody of her fake boobies.

Instinct Magazine is releasing their 20 Leading Men of 2009 issue, and their lead guys are Dan Choi and (oh, daddy!) Victor Fehrenback. I really want to comment on the significance of activists and not celebrities here, but Victor's tank top distracted me. W00f!

MSNBC has their roundup of the winners and losers of the fall television season, and the gays fared surprisingly well. There's a poll you can take for your favorite show at the end.

SOAPnet has a first look at a shaggy James Franco on the set of General Hospital. My opinion? His hair was actually better in Milk. Seriously - is he seeing Matthew Rhys' barber? Let's hope he gets a haircut before he tapes his guest appearance on 30 Rock.

For a measly $4.4 million you can book 3 days into a space hotel that isn't built or launched yet, but is scheduled to open in 2012, just in time for the end of the world. Just be sure you have enough vacation time for the eight weeks of training on the tropical island you have to do first.

Promoters for murder music king Buju Banton claims to have lost $100,000 on the Miami concert alone once public outrage kicked in.

Gossip Girl's threesome episode is next week, and the Parent's Television Council is working themselves into a froth about it. Which means we should all watch, to make sure it gets good ratings and their heads all explode.

For your inspirational story of the day, read "Coming Out and Living Out: My Story and a Prayer" over at the Daily Kos. Seriously, get a tissue and go read it. NOW!

Breaking a string of hosting gigs by Neil Patrick Harris, the Academy Awards have tapped Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin to host the 82nd Oscars. Yeah, that's going to get the kids to watch.

Election Results

Kalamazoo, Michigan managed to keep their anti-discrimination law on the books, by a 65% margin. The whole discussion had devolved into a discussion of a "bathroom bill" which is just sad.

Virginia did not have a good election for our rights. While it holds to a pattern of Virginia always electing the other party to the governor's mansion than they do the White House, getting anti-gay Bob McDonnell elected, followed by a man the Washington Post calls a bigot, Ken Cuccinelli as Attorney General is a body blow.

We also had a bad night in New Jersey, where the anti-gay character with the cartoon character name, Christopher Christie, beat out gay-friendly incumbent Jon Corzine, which pretty much borks us on getting gay marriage through the Garden State in the next four years. Lawmakers are willing, but the new governor will veto any effort they make.

Maine wants to toke up, because they handily approved legalizing medical marijuana law, but they made marriage a squeaker. I want to know why it's going to take a supermajority of 100 senators to get me healthcare, but I have to sweat 50% + 1 about my legal rights. In the end Maine turned out to not have the respect for their neighbors that had be touted, and they voted to repeal marriage rights that their legislature passed.

Washington state, which was attempting to expand their domestic partnership law, often referred to as everything-but-marriage law, their innovative postal voting had us sweating getting any results. When they rolled in, they'd take huge swings, approve by 9 points, down by 5 points. In the end, it seemed to settle into a narrow win, but with mail in ballots, that may not be final for days.

We're not a political site, so this has been a quick overview of the big races that affected a large number of readers or may influence the national scene in the United States. For more detailed coverage I recommend visiting our friends over at The Bilerico Project.

There's nothing remotely gay about this video, but at least you know your work day can't be this bad. Also, it's sad because that's vodka crashing down everywhere, which is alcohol abuse of the worst kind.