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Via Fox News: Ellen DeGeneres says she is “saddened beyond belief” a ban on gay marriage has been approved by Californian voters. DeGeneres married Australian actress Portia de Rossi in August, three months after the Californian Supreme Court legalised same-sex marriage. Yesterday’s vote for Proposition 8, a constitutional amendment to outlaw gay marriage, leaves the stars and thousands of other …

Melissa Etheridge and Mary J. Blige entertained a Hollywood crowd at the home of supermarket billionaire Ron Burkle yesterday, raising $4M to fight Proposition 8. Andy Towle has the story.

Check out the front row at the Saturday wedding of singer/pianist Michael Feinstein to his partner of 11 years, Terrence Flannery. Who’s the guy in the suit (besides Fonzi)? Also, has Barry Manilow ever officially come out? He and his partner/manager have been living openly as a couple for many years, but I can’t find anything on the Google machine. …

Gay Hollywood fashion legend Mr. Blackwell passed away yesterday at age 86. Mr. Blackwell, the fashion maven whose annual “worst-dressed” list could be the bane of Hollywood celebrities, has died at age 86, according to media reports on Monday. Richard Blackwell, born Richard Selzer, had been in failing health for some time and in August was reported to be in …

Ellen DeGeneres has purchased $100,000 of media time to air her No On 8 PSA. Via press release: NO on Prop 8 campaign, Equality for All, is pleased to announce today that Ellen DeGeneres has made a media buy to urge Californians to vote NO on Proposition 8. The effort was partially revealed Tuesday when Ellen released a special video …

Some folks are becoming increasing shrill in their demand that Ellen DeGeneres step forward with huge donation to Prop 8. But to my mind, what she does every day on her show and in this PSA is immeasurably more valuable than a few more airings of the lame ads we’ve seen so far.

“I don’t have a problem discussing the topic of somebody being gay, but I do have a problem discussing my personal life. You don’t get that part of me. Sorry. We’re not discussing it in our meetings, we’re not discussing it at Cover Girl. They don’t get it, nobody gets that. I don’t feel like I need to share my …

Lots of bad words here, so audio is NSFW. Leonardo DiCaprio, will i. am, Tobey Maguire, and Forest Whitaker have created public service announcements to encourage American youth to register to vote. The non-partisan PSAs, produced by DiCaprios Appian Way, were created to engage and inspire young people to register and vote and participate in the upcoming election. Celebrities appearing …

Famed director Steven Spielberg and his actress wife Kate Capshaw have followed Brad Pitt onto the straight-celebrities-do-right list. By writing discrimination into our state constitution, Proposition 8 seeks to eliminate the right of each and every citizen in our state to marry regardless of sexual orientation. Such discrimination has NO place in California’s constitution, or any other. We’re still waiting …

Staying with the pussy motif, here’s the trailer and synopsis for upcoming horror movie Teeth. High school student Dawn works hard at suppressing her budding sexuality by being the local chastity group’s most active participant. Her task is made even more difficult by her bad boy stepbrother Brad’s increasingly provocative behavior at home. A stranger to her own body, innocent …

According to Entertainment Weekly, the huge success of Brokeback Mountain has surprisingly failed to interest Hollywood in making more gay-themed films. Brokeback was more than a movie. It was a phenomenon that commanded the cultural conversation for months, from Jay Leno to YouTube to the cover of The New Yorker. More important, it proved that straight audiences would snap up …

Out Magazine is brewing some uncharacteristic controversy by placing not-exactly-out celebrities Jodie Foster and Anderson Cooper on the cover of their Power 50 issue, which ranks “the most powerful gay men and women in America.” Cooper ranks #2, Foster #43. The issue hasn’t hit the stands yet, but New York Magazine is reporting on the issue, which places David Geffen …