Luke MacFarlane, Balthazar Getty, and Dave Annable (Photo: Getty)

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• Members of the Brothers & Sisters cast traveled to Rome for a publicity appearance, and newly-out actor Luke MacFarlane (Scotty) was among them. Now he's a member of the regular cast, and it's great to see that he's being treated as such.

• A while back we posted about a BBC documentary that John Barrowman was reportedly filming, and the net has put out an official press release: In John Barrowman, The Making of Me, the out actor "embarks on a journey of self-discovery to find out the truth about his sexuality." I'm gonna go ahead and guess that there won't be any daleks in this one.

• What's the only thing gayer than Xanadu on Broadway? A Xanadu Sing-A-Long! Seriously.

• Here's an early review of the upcoming Britcom No Heroics, which features gay superhero Timebomb amongst its cast of downtrodden heroes. Actor James Lance plays the "gay, Spanish, alcoholic, knife wielding ex-heroin addict and the most charming of the bunch." (t/y Ben Weldon for the tip!)

• Bad Ronald? The AFA has officially called a boycott of McDonald's for "refusing to remain neutral in the culture wars" and "promoting the homosexual agenda," which makes zero sense to me as I don't know a single gay person who eats the stuff. Wait, is this about the Hamburglar? He was drunk, we were in college ... it meant nothing, I swear!

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Gay musician Dan Gillespie Sells and his band The Feeling rock Radio 1's Big Weekend in the UK

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• "The password is ... gay!" CBS is running six primetime eps of Million Dollar Password with host Regis Philbin over the summer, with celebrity guests including Neil Patrick Harris, Rosie O'Donnell, and more.

• Sad: John Barrowman's dog Lewis died last week, after twelve happy years with John and Scott.

• There's a comedy show about off-duty superheroes called No Heroics in the works for British TV, and an eagle-eyed reader tipped us off that one of the heroes is gay. The character's name is Time Bomb, and he's played by James Lance. (t/y Ben Weldon!)

• Above, adorable gay actor Eric Millegan dishes to Michael Ausiello about the fate of his character (Zach) in the much-hyped Bones finale. Good news: he doesn't die. Bad news: he becomes well-acquainted with hospital pudding.

• Speculation abounds regarding the blind-item-outed figures in the forthcoming Hiding in Hip Hop gay tell-all.

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