Back over the summer there were rumors that Brokeback would get a Broadway musical adaptation. Names considered for the main roles? Hugh Jackman and James Marsden. That sounded a bit like wishful thinking.

But it looks like Brokeback will indeed be getting the musical treatment — albeit a more highbrow, operatic one. Today's New York Daily News mentions that Brokeback Mountain author Annie Proulx has given the go-ahead for an opera based on her short story. Hmm, wonder if Heath can sing? We already know Jake has the pipes (remember his SNL performance of "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going?"). Seriously though, this sounds like a legitimate endeavor with Pulitzer prize winner Charles Wuorinen signed on to compose.

I'm not much of an opera fan but I'd sure be tempted to buy tickets for this one.

• Latest Luke and Noah video clips up over on our ATWT resource page. (You can also watch it after the break.)

• Why not start off the weekend with a little BEST.GAY.WEEK.EVER! first?
  

• Amsterdam singing-sensations Bear Force One may be representing the Netherlands for next year's Eurovision song contest. Here's their disco-inspired single. You'll never confuse them with n'Sync or the Backstreet Boys (The Backhair Boys maybe?) but their song is pretty catchy in a retro-Village People sort of way. I still can't figure out if their macho posturing in the video is a joke or they take themselves seriously. Either way, it's pretty funny.

• "Marcia, Marcia, Marcia!" Maureen McCormick’s forthcoming biography spells out some backstage Brady hijinks between her and Eve Plumb.

• Openly gay Savage Garden singer Darren Hayes has been cautioned by London police concerning an allegedly racist attack last month against a waiter at a Thai restaurant. The timing is unfortunate, (or perhaps fortunate?) since the singer's debut solo album This Delicate Thing We’ve Made, hit stores August 21.

• Out in Hollywood has an interview with actor James Marsden. Is it me or did he just kill as Corny Collins in Hairspray? Seems strange that everybody is talking about John Travolta’s performance when they should be buzzing about Marsden. If you haven’t already, check out Heights, an interesting film a few years back in which Marsden plays gay.