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It was 25 years ago today that B-52s guitarist Ricky Wilson died of AIDS. Ricky was a Pisces and he loved computers and hot tamales. UPDATE: JMG reader John tips us to this song Cindy Wilson wrote for her brother.

Courtesy of Fly Life, today’s Swag Tuesday booty is a 2′ x 3′ autographed poster of the Scissor Sister’s latest album, Night Work, which features the above famous Robert Mapplethorpe photo. Enter to win by commenting on this post and please remember to leave your email address in the text of your entry. Entries close at midnight on Thursday, west …

Here’s the latest from Michael DiMartino, who became somewhat of a YouTube sensation last year via his clever sign-language videos of hits by Lady Gaga and Britney Spears. Video possibly NSFW. DiMartino often works as an onstage ASL interpreter. (Tipped by JMG reader Andrew)

Boy George teamed up with Mark Ronson on the UK’s Jools Holland Show this week. The Boy’s still got it. Looking forward to the studio version.

Sacha Baron Cohen will play Freddie Mercury in an upcoming biopic. The film, which will focus on the period leading up to Live Aid in 1985, will begin shooting next year. “I think we’ll try and keep ourselves out of it as much as we can,” Queen guitarist Brian May said. Baron Cohen had been “on this project since we …

Remix artist Rich Morel, also one-half of the Blowoff DJ team, notches his 15th Billboard dance chart topper this week with his reworking of Yoko Ono’s Wouldnit (I’m A Star). Morel has previously reached the dance summit with remixes for Pet Shop Boys, Seal, Cyndi Lauper, Depeche Mode, New Order, Vivian Green, and t.A.T.u. Morel is currently writing songs with …

George Michael has been sentenced to eight weeks in jail for driving under the influence of GHB on his way home from London Pride in July. Michael had passed out at the wheel and crashed into a photography shop. No one was injured. Last month he pleaded guilty to driving under the influence of drugs and possession of marijuana.

Barbara Walters returned to the cast of The View yesterday after a long hiatus due to heart surgery. As a surprise at the end of the show, Mario Cantone sang a version of Hello Dolly to her with the backing of four chorus boys and an orchestra.

Actor and gay activist Glenn Shadix, best known as the snobby interior designer in Tim Burton’s 1988 hit comedy Beetlejuice, has died at the age of 58 after a fall at his Birmingham, Alabama home. “He was having mobility problems, and he was in a wheelchair,” Susan Gagne, Shadix’s sister, said. “It looks like he fell and hit his head …

Filmed at the after party at Terminal 5, which I was supposed to attend but totally forgot because that was the night that Ken Mehlman came out. Damn you Melhman! Again.

Scissor Sisters have been tapped to open for Lady Gaga during the second leg of her U.S. tour, which launches in February. Dates include two nights at Madison Square Garden. Get tickets here.

-Openly lesbian Tony winner Cherry Jones (Doubt) begins previews tonight in George Bernard Shaw’s Mrs. Warren’s Profession. Opening night is October 3rd. -Next Sunday (Sept. 12) La Cage Aux Folles lead Kelsey Grammer hosts the annual Broadway On Broadway spectacular in which the casts of more than two dozen hit Broadway shows perform for free in Times Square to the …

Glee’s Chris Colfer made Rolling Stone’s photo essay of this season’s “best characters and most memorable scene-stealers.” HELLO. (Tipped by JMG reader Stacey)

The disco pixie teamed up with gay popster Rufus Wainwright this weekend at the Watermill Center in New York, covering some of Kylie’s biggest hits and the below 1976 hit from Elton John and Kiki Dee. Tons of photos here.

JMG reader Carol tips us to Last Address, a website that chronicles the last known homes and work of NYC-based artists lost to AIDS over the years. Among the notables listed so far: Robert Mapplethorpe, Keith Haring, Klaus Nomi, Vito Russo, Ethyl Eichelberger, and many others. The website is a side project by the makers of a short film by …