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Yes, American Idol started up again last night. As they announced the changes (goodbye Simon!) I completely forgot about it until I read everyone's posts on twitter. Some folks were widly excited and others called the show "tired and old". In 2009 I spewed the snark at Idol (me and The Huffington Post), but its a new year, and I have vowed to not be so harsh towards fellow gays like Adam Lambert. For me personally, as you know, I don't care about this show, but many of you do. I should really watch it for it's pop culture glam and glitter, but I ended up watching the emotionally-charged and fabulously fucked-up film Savage Grace starring the absolutely stunning—even for a woman—Juliannne Moore and her brooding homosexual son Stephen Dilliane.

Anyway, I realized that HOMOPOP sponsored its very own "Idol"-like show back in the summer called Queer Idol where all of the usual suspects: Mike, Dwayne, Al and Nick Starr all got up in front of the audience and belted out their favorite tune.

(I know they are all going to kill me for posting this, but oh well. We hide no footage. It make take us 7 months to put it out though!)

If you're a fan of Gossip Girl and don't wanna know nuttin' about the upcoming season, consider this to be a major spoiler alert warning and leave this story right now.

(I need to catch my breath for a second and tame my hard-on.) Ok, here goes:

According to an exclusive scoop by Entertainment Weekly, in the upcoming season Chuck Bass - played by Brit hottie Ed Westwick - ends up going gay! It's all part of a scheme by Blair, of course, and sadly doesn't feature Ed sucking face with People Magazine's hottest bachelor (and lurker of many of my late night fantasies) Chace Crawford, but the series is finally going where it's only lightly treaded: Faggotry finally comes to Constance Billard!

Now we give permission for all the bitching, complaining, laughing, applauding, etc. to commence. Sacha Baron Cohen's much-talked about and much-maligned in some quarters flick Brüno: Delicious Journeys Through America for the Purpose of Making Heterosexual Males Visibly Uncomfortable in the Presence of a Gay Foreigner in a Mesh T-Shirt finally unspools this weekend and folks can finally make up their own damned mind. (Here's the full theatrical trailer in case you've somehow missed seeing it.)

More drama: Some in the Austrian press claim it's based on a real person.

Last night on the Late Show with David Letterman, SBC showed up in his

Unless you've been living under a pop culture rock, you're well aware that Sacha Baron Cohen is about to unleash his latest foray into the world of making self-righteous everyday folk look like complete doorknobs with the release of the deliriously named Bruno: Delicious Journeys Through America for the Purpose of Making Heterosexual Males Visibly Uncomfortable in the Presence of a Gay Foreigner in a Mesh T-Shirt.

For the record: Any type of mesh makes this faggot beyond uncomfortable.
It's just plain hideous.

Queens love the drama, so of course plenty of them have started coming out of the woodwork to express their "concern" that the flick might puts queens in a bad light. (And we know how important lighting is to us. Hello.) Most of course have not seen the film, so take their blabbing with a grain of well-worn salt.

In case you haven't seen it, here's the riotous theatrical trailer, and here's a piece that Third Rail Media - who "want to dig deep into the underbelly of our culture, to take our cameras and microphones into the nooks, crannies and crevices of humanity where there are fascinating stories waiting to be told" - filmed of out (minor) celebs at a recent L.A. event jabbering their jaws. You should definitely post your comments below, too!

With its long-awaited world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, I Love You Phillip Morris now in the past, I Love You, Phillip Morris has been unleashed on a few thousand people. The film tells the story of a small-town cop turned white-collar criminal who falls in love with a man, while in prison. Rumored to have a $7 million dollar price tag, it's a mystery who will distribute this film. I've got the trailer on the site but it doesn't do the film justice. I saw the at the European Film Market in Berlin and it's one wild and crazy kind of film. (to quote Dan Akroyd and Steve Martin) It's real gay, and these are major movie stars. The film isn't a biopic of a hero -- Jim Carrey's character is a swindler and pathological liar. This film has no drag queens, no heroes and no Montana backdrop. All the festivals will want to show it -- but who will be brave enough to distribute what is one of the most interesting gay films to date. Do we care that both Jim Carrey and Ewan McGregor are straight -- not really. Hopefully, you'll get to see the movie at your cineplex -- but it's up-in-the air just when this will happen.