Tag Archives: television

Today In Gratuitous Beefcake

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HomoQuotable – Rachel Maddow

“The women in American cable news look like a beauty pageant. I’m not very pretty. I sorta look like a dude, and I have short hair, and I wear boring gray jackets, and I have a big nose. No one’s gonna confuse me with a Fox News anchor. No one’s gonna call me the anything-Honey.” – Rachel Maddow, quoted by …

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George Takei & Husband Talk About Being First Gay Couple On The Newlywed Game

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Harry Connick Jr Schools Aussies On Blackface In America

While judging an Australian talent show, Harry Connick, Jr. was appalled when an act performed in blackface as the “Jackson Jive.” Connick gave the group a “zero” score, then came back later to school the audience on how offensive blackface is considered in America, saying he would “definitely not have done the show” had he known about the performance. According …

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Once A Quitter….

Just as he resigned from the U.S. House in 2006 because he didn’t see himself winning re-election, last night Tom DeLay resigned from Dancing With The Stars because he didn’t see himself winning. No, wait, scratch that, he has a “stress fracture.” Come to think of it, “stress fracture” is a pretty good description of what happened in 2006, too.

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Letterman Apologizes To Wife And Staff

Last night David Letterman apologized to his wife and staff for having humiliated them. The host of “Late Show with David Letterman” said in the taping of his Monday show that he will try to patch things up with Regina, whom he married in March after dating for more than 20 years. The two have a 5-year-old son, Harry. “She …

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Ex-Husband Of Little Britain Star Commits Suicide

The ex-husband of Little Britain star Matt Lucas, committed suicide in Edinburgh yesterday. Kevin McGee, 32, who divorced the Little Britain star ten months ago at the High Court, was found at his home after writing a suicide note on the social networking site Facebook. McGee, a TV producer, posted the message: ‘Kevin McGee thinks that death is much better …

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David Letterman Reveals Affairs With Staffers, Extortion Attempt

Last night David Letterman shocked his viewers when he revealed that he has been the subject of a $2M extortion attempt by a man threatening to go public with information that he’d had sexual affairs with female staffers of his show. Letterman said that yesterday he’d testified before a grand jury and that the man, a CBS employee, has been …

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GLAAD: LGBT Representation On TV More Prominent And Realistic

According to the latest survey by GLAAD, the new season for network television features a slight increase in the number of prominent LGBT characters, who are being represented more realistically. The report shows that 18 LGBT characters will account for 3% of scripted series regulars in the 2009-2010 broadcast television schedule, up from 1.3% in 2006, 1.1% in 2007, and …

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Her Madgesty On Letterman

With a suitably royal entrance on the shoulders of the New York Rangers. Madge tells Letterman that her marriage coincided with “the Bush years” and “it was a good time to be out of America.” (Via – Towleroad)

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The Marriage Ref: Seinfeld Wants Married Gays For His New Reality Show

Jerry Seinfeld is producing a new show for NBC called The Marriage Ref, in which couples fight their years-honed battles for the camera and a referee. And not just straight couples, as per Gayopolis, who got this message: I contacted you because we are searching the country for gay married couples. This could be an excellent opportunity to show on …

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The Dancing Birther, Week Two

I don’t follow the show, but shouldn’t he have been kicked off by now?

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Birther-mercial!

Talking Points Memo directs us this birther-mercial, which is now playing around in the country. One of the men behind the infomercial is attorney Gary Kreep, executive director of the Ramona, CA-based Birther group United States Justice Foundation. He told TPMmuckraker in an interview today that the initial buy was for two and half weeks at TV stations around the …

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FlashForward

What did you think of last night’s debut episode of FlashForward? I tend to love sort of cataclysmic sci-fi and thought the special effects were excellent, but with all those Ghost Of Christmas Future visions, I have a feeling we might be headed into Lost-style plot madness. On the upside, we get Joseph Fiennes.

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All The Single Linebackers

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Obama: I Was Black BEFORE The Election

Last night when David Letterman asked President Obama to respond to Jimmy Carter’s contention that racism is behind much of “the vitriol” being flung at him, Obama said, “It’s important to realize that I was actually black before the election.”

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HomoQuotable – Ellen DeGeneres

“Apparently, there’s a lot of debate going on right now, whether I’m qualified or not to be the new judge on American Idol… I’ll tell you right now, how I know I’m going to be a great judge — because I’ve spent my whole life being judged. So, I know what it’s like. So, I will be kind. I will …

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Tom DeLay On Dancing With The Stars

Former House Republican majority leader Tom DeLay did the cha cha on Dancing With The Stars tonight. You may need some brain Drano after this. Judges were relatively charitable, but I bet he’s an instant goner.

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Dr. Horrible At The Emmys

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F That Chicken, The Remix

(Via – All The Excess)

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