News: Robert Downey, Jr., Florida, Daniel Craig, Dogs, Cindy Sheehan

Schwarzenegger releases positions on California ballot measures.

Life? Electricity seen on Saturn moon.

Brit tabloid: Madonna made Guy Ritchie sign a marriage contract which included rules on how they should argue and what words they could use.

Downey Jr. as Sherlock Holmes.

Cindy Sheehan's night with Sean Penn at the Milk premiere.

Homophobic little league coaches un-suspended: "Garbacik’s [the superintendent who originally suspended the coaches] decision came after a two-month investigation that started with complaints a 12-year-old baseball player was being harassed. The boy’s parents contacted Garbacik in June after finding out their son was being called names such as 'gay, fag, homo and queer' by other players. Kaletha told Garbacik he was aware of the comments, but called it 'joking and humor' and 'just boys being boys.'"

Attorney General: Justices of the Peace in Connecticut must marry same-sex couples.

Manuel Muñoz wins Whiting Award for story collection The Faith Healer of Olive Avenue.

TIME: The Gay Mafia that's redefining politics.

Florida writer for the Huffington Post Carol Anne Burger murders former lover, then kills herself: "Burger killed her former lover by stabbing her 222 times with a Phillips-head screwdriver and then took pains to hide her crime, police said Wednesday. Jessica Kalish, who shared a house with Burger despite breaking up with her more than a year ago, was found last Thursday stuffed in the backseat of her gun-metal BMW sedan, abandoned behind a medical office at 2300 S. Congress Avenue. Her blood was splashed around the rear end and undercarriage of the car, as if her killer had tried to load her into the trunk. The driver-side window was shattered."

Ellen DeGeneres goes after Zac Efron's coiffure.

Long Island gay plumber poisons his ex-wife: " The mother of two, Maureen Steeves, 41, suffered massive damage to major organs and is brain dead. She isn't expected to recover. David Steeves said he hatched the plot to poison her because 'I can't stand the thought of her being with someone else,' according to Suffolk County police."

Daniel Craig is back as James Bond. Quantum of Solace premieres in London.

UK announces new rules barring spreaders of "extremism, hatred, and violence" from entering the country: "One of the main targets of the crackdown will be militant Muslim extremists, such as the radical preacher Omar Bakri Mohammed who is already banned from returning to Britain under existing rules. The curbs could also apply to extremists from other religions as well as neo-Nazis, animal rights activists and those with virulently anti-homosexual views whose inflammatory words might incite violence."

A fuzzy balls letdown.

U.S. Civil War vs. 2008 Election maps. (via Sullivan)

Gay man attacked in Plumstead UK suffers broken collarbone.

Researchers: Dogs only animals that can read emotion in human faces. "Research findings suggest that, like an understanding best friend, they can see at a glance if we are happy, sad, pleased or angry." Or when there are sausages coming.

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Andy Roddick Auctions Off Nude Tennis Lesson for $15,000

At Elton John's recent Advanta World Team Tennis Smash Hits AIDS benefit, Andy Roddick put a very special tennis lesson up for auction.

"Several stars and tennis legends were there, including Andy Roddick, who went well beyond the call of duty to help raise money. He originally was going to auction a private, hour-long tennis lesson to the highest bidder. Then, to sweeten the deal, he offered to take off his shirt for the 'one-on-one instruction.' Finally, the recently engaged Roddick offered to give the lesson -- fully nude! Winning bid: $15,000 from a female fan."

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Novak Djokovic Booed After U.S. Open Victory Over Roddick

Novak Djokovic was booed last night by the U.S. Open crowd after his 6-2, 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (7-5) quarter-final victory for commenting on a joke by Andy Roddick that he was faking more than 16 injuries.

Djokovic later apologized: "Unfortunately, Andy made a statement, and I don't think it was intentional. He made a joke and it was a misunderstanding. I exaggerated and I reacted bad in that moment. I apologise if I reacted like that. It was just impulsive and I had a lot of emotions in the last two days."

No worries. All's well in the world of tennis hotties.

Watch the video, AFTER THE JUMP...

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A Look at Andy Roddick at the Queens Club

After giving the crowd a flash of his anatomy, Andy Roddick stepped into the quarterfinals of the Artois Championships at the Queens Club in London today after his opponent Mardy Fish was forced to step out because of an injury.

Also, some news on Andy Murray from the Queens Club here and here.

The "superfit tennis champ" is also profiled in this month's Outside magazine. Check out a behind-the-scenes video here, and the cover, AFTER THE JUMP...

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It's Hot in Melbourne [tr]
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Andy Roddick Defeats Djokovic to Enter Dubai Final

Andy Roddick is on a hot streak. Today he defeated Novak Djokovic 7-6(5), 6-3 to face Feliciano Lopez in the men's final at the Dubai Tennis Championships. Yesterday, he defeated Rafael Nadal, and after the match announced he'd be splitting from his latest coach, tennis legend Jimmy Connors. It's the first time Roddick has defeated the world's #2 and #3 players successively in a tournament.

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It's Hot in Melbourne [tr]

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It's Hot in Melbourne

Temperatures have soared this week in Melbourne, where Andy Roddick has cruised into the final to face Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus today. The blazing temps did provide one benefit for the spectators - plenty to look at.

Roddick, Marat Safin, Rafael Nadal, and a very 70's-looking Brit Andy Murray were on display.

More AFTER THE JUMP...

Recent news from center court...
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Roger Federer Trades His Tennis Racket for a Sword

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News: Robbie Williams, Saturn, Neo-Nazis, Andy Roddick's Banana

Neo-Nazi group targeting gay politicians: "Openly gay Chapel Hill (NC) Town Councilman Mark Kleinschmidt is the target of a bunch of online neo-Nazi thugs who have compiled a list of out gay elected officials, or as one put it, 'List of Open and Unapologetic Faggot Politicians.'"

Gay gossip cabal: "Whatever Paris Hilton is, she came by it honestly."

Watch Barbara Walters "most fascinating" segment on David and Victoria Beckham.

Brazilian President announces LGBT summit: "President Luiz Inazio Lula da Silva of Brazil has announced the country’s first National Conference of Homosexuals, Bisexuals, Transvestites and Transsexuals, a controversial event that will be held in May 2008 with the explicit endorsement of the government’s Special Secretariat for Human Rights. According to officials, the event will seek to develop directives that allow public policies and a national plan that promotes the rights of homosexuals to be implemented. The conference will also work on strengthening the “Brazil Without Homophobia” program."

Britney Spears has a new man in her life: Jesus Christ.

Fugitive anti-gay shooter arrested in Atlanta: "A fugitive task force arrested a 30-year-old man on charges he shot at two young men while making derogatory comments about homosexuals outside a predominantly-gay Midtown bar in October. Tommy Lee Gresham, 30, of Cobb County is facing a charge of aggravated assault, Atlanta police Officer Darlene Harris said. The Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force arrested him Tuesday afternoon after a Cobb County police officer spotted the wanted man and followed him home. Greshman, nicknamed 'Stretch,' is accused of shooting at two young men Oct. 19 outside the WETbar, located on Spring Street, after he followed them from a nearby gas station. Neither man was seriously hurt; one had a graze wound and the other was hit by ricocheting shrapnel, Harris said."

Hey bidders, those of you who miss out on David Beckham's half-eaten corncob from Wellington, New Zealand may still be able to get in on Andy Roddick's half-eaten banana from the Davis Cup!

Protests cause Grenada to re-think not allowing gay cruises to dock there: "Several hotels received visitor cancellations after the Toronto Star reported last week that the country was questioning whether to allow entry to gay cruise ships, tourism minister Clarice Modeste-Curwen said in a statement yesterday. Some protesters also wrote the Canadian government asking that aid be cut to Grenada's Port of St. Georges where cruise ships dock, she added. 'This does not augur well for our tourism sector.' She said: 'We will continue to welcome all visitors and we will work, along with our population, to ensure that their time and ours will be enjoyable. Grenada respects the rights of all persons of all persuasions and lifestyles.' Left unmentioned was that homosexual relations remain illegal in Grenada. The government's position was reached 'following several days of consultations on the matter involving tourism officials and various stakeholders,' the minister's statement said."

UFO Moons: "Two of Saturn's small moons look eerily like flying saucers, new observations by the Cassini spacecraft reveal. The moons, which lie within the giant planet's rings, may have come by their strange shape by gradually accumulating ring particles in a ridge around their equators. The Voyager spacecraft discovered the moons, called Pan and Atlas, in the early 1980s. Pan, which is 33 kilometres wide, orbits Saturn within a gap in the planet's A ring called the Encke Division (scroll down for image), while the 39-km-wide Atlas orbits just outside the A ring. Both moons have a flattened shape, being wider than they are tall. But their uncanny resemblance to UFOs only became clear recently, when Cassini viewed them with its powerful cameras."

New NowNext takes a look at the funniest gay rumors of 2007.

Robbie Williams to return to Take That after all? Mom: "On the question of him doing something with them, I feel that will happen. It would be something he wanted to do. I'm thrilled that out of all the negative stuff that happened, there's now something great happening. Take That were excellent when they were all together and they are excellent now."

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Terra Cotta Tennis Warriors Unveiled in Shanghai: Federer, Nadal, Davydenko, Djokovic, Roddick, Ferrer, Gonzalez, Gasquet

Novak Djokovic

In September I posted about the upcoming Shanghai ATP Tennis Masters tournament and the Chinese warrior statues that were being created by French sculptor Laury Dizengremel in the likenesses of the tourney's "elite eight". The warriors, of course, are meant to resemble the terra cotta army buried with the Emperor of Qin in 210-209 BC.

Well, the tournament got underway yesterday and the sculptures were unveiled. Here they are in all their glory. I can't say that the likenesses are necessarily spot-on (Novak Djokovic comes out looking a bit like Lance Bass) but the player portraits are hot. I've taken some close-ups of the Quentin Shih photograph for your perusal.

Andy Roddick, who reportedly asked for an alteration, as the baseball cap that's part of his public image wasn't included in the first go-round.

The rest, after the jump...

Richard (I'm not gay) Gasquet and Fernando Gonzalez

David Ferrer

Rafael Nadal and Nikolay Davydenko

Roger (King Arthur) Federer

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News: Venezuela, Andy Roddick, Melting Glaciers, Lynne Cheney

STUDY: America's youth rejecting Christianity because of hypocrisy and homophobia. "A new book based on research by the California-based research firm The Barna Group found that church attitudes about people in general and gays in particular are driving a negative image of the Christian faith among people ages 16-29. 'The Christian community's ability to take the high road and help to deal with some of the challenges that this (anti-gay) perception represents may be the ... defining response of the Christian church in the next decade,' said David Kinnaman, Barna Group president and author of the book, UnChristian: What a New Generation Really Thinks About Christianity. 'The anti-homosexual perception has now become sort of the Geiger counter of Christians' ability to love and work with people.'"

Assessing the disaster that is Britney's album cover art.

Venezuela looks ready to outlaw discrimination based on sexual orientation.

Three people in Cheney's office reportedly tried to silence MSNBC's Chris Matthews: "I thought on the 10th anniversary it would be good to celebrate the First Amendment, which gives us all our living. We reviewed in brief the remarkable experience of covering the Clinton [scandal] and the defense of the war with Iraq. And the difference in these two cases was that although I was extremely tough on Clinton, there was never any attempt to silence me — whereas there was a concerted effort by [Vice President Cheney’s office] to silence me. It came in the form of three different people calling trying to quiet me."

British university student expelled for leaving homophobic comments in a group on Facebook.

STUDY: 16,000 couples wed in first year of UK civil partnerships. "London was the area with the highest number of ceremonies, about 4,000, followed by the South-East, which accounted for about 2,700. Today's report also reveals that 10 per cent of the men and almost a quarter of the women involved in a gay wedding were previously married-The average age for males registering a same-sex partnership was 47 and for females nearly 44. The average age gap between partners was eight years for men and six years for women."

Elton John bangs balls with Andy Roddick at benefit tournament.

Ricky Martin receives key to the city of Miami.

Fragrance industry sniffing out Madonna.

The big melt: Glaciers disappearing from Montana's Glacier National Park "eight years ahead of schedule."

Tennessee attorney general Bob Cooper releases opinon to judge saying that the state's constitution presents no barrier to same-sex couples who want to adopt: "In it, Cooper wrote that, under the state constitution, same-sex couples should be eligible to adopt children as long as the court finds the placement to be in the child's best interest. Cooper found the constitution doesn't mention adoption, meaning the process is governed solely by statutes. Tennessee law doesn't require people petitioning for adoption to be married."

Lynne Cheney booed on The Daily Show, says terrorist attacks worldwide don't affect American interests.

This is a particularly hypnotizing optical illusion.

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Warhol Estate Sued Over "Stranglehold" on the Art Market

Joe Simon-Whelan, an American filmmaker based in London, is leading a class-action suit against the Andy Warhol Estate, foundation, and authentication board, claiming they have conspired to hold the art world hostage in order to manipulate profits on their own collection.

Simon-Whelan claims that the authentication board refuses to legitimize Warhols owned by private collectors in order to inflate the value of its own assets.

Reports the Guardian: "So powerful is the art world's reliance on the authentication board's opinion that, in today's art market, no one can sell a Warhol that does not have the board's opinion of authenticity. As such, it indisputably dominates and controls the Warhol market."

Simon-Whelan says he attempted to have a Warhol he owns authenticated, but was denied twice, even though it bears a note by the late executor of the estate Fred Hughes, which reads "I certify that this is an original painting by Andy Warhol completed by him in 1964." Simon-Whelan also has a letter from Warhol factory photographer Billy Name, verifying the work's authenticity.

Simon-Whelan bought the work in 1989 for $195,000 and had hoped to sell it for $2 million, but wasn't able to without the authentication board's endorsement: "The legal action estimates the foundation has sold more than $150m of Warhol's work at inflated prices, and calls for $20m in compensation on behalf of Simon-Whelan and other unnamed alleged victims."

Vincent Fremont, head of sales at the Warhol estate, has dismissed Simon-Whelan's claims as "shocking nonsense".

Is this a genuine Warhol? Film-maker sues artist's estate for 'price fixing' [the guardian]
Warhol Foundation Accused of Dominating the Market [nyt]

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Sportrait: Andy Roddick

As a follow-up to his chat with Jonathan Ross, here's a revealing shot of Roddick during a third round tennis match against Britain's Alex Bogdanovic today at the Artois Championships in London.

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Andy Roddick on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross

Andy Roddick made an appearance last weekend on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross. Enjoy.

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Andy Roddick Responds to Men's Fitness Cover Image

Andy Roddick has posted a response on his blog to the recent Men's Fitness cover story on him which featured a bigger, stronger, buffer version of the world's #3 player, and apparently the Photoshop job was as obvious to Roddick as it was to everyone else.

Said Roddick:

"I spent the last few weeks in Austin really focused on my training and getting back into shape…but pretty sure I’m not as fit as the Men’s Fitness cover suggests…little did I know I have 22 inch guns and a disappearing birth mark on my right arm. I saw the cover for the first time when I landed after Rome…it was pretty funny…I walked by the newsstand in the airport and did a total double take …I can barely figure out how to work the red-eye tool on my digital camera…whoever did this has mad skills…maybe Rafael Nadal wants his arms back?…if you can manage to stop laughing at the cover long enough, check out the article inside, the photo shoot on the boat was pretty cool..and I recognize the person in those photos…"

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Did Andy Roddick get a Photoshop workout?

Some earth-shattering news for your Friday afternoon: TMZ thinks Andy Roddick's arms may have had a workout with something other than barbells. A mouse and a Photoshop program perhaps? We (and over 90% of TMZ's readers) would have to agree, although I doubt that routine is an option in their "How to Build Big Arms in 5 Easy Moves" article.

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News: Hitler, Tom Cruise, Naomi Campbell, Apple TV

GLAAD taken to task by Here! Networks for policy of excluding gay media from its award ceremonies. Letter: "We believe that all gay media companies should be allowed to submit work for consideration. That collective group of LGBT voices in print and online journalism, radio, television, Telco, podcasts, and videocasts are quite literally changing the world. The New Gay Media has grown, matured and in many cases is taking the lead on groundbreaking points of view, yet GLAAD remains entrenched in old "mainstream" thinking."

New photoblog Shorpy features images from 100 years ago.

UK House of Lords set to debate rules requiring religious agencies to accept same-sex couples as adoptive parents.

Simon Cowell's package reportedly not a British landmark. A Socialite's Life: "On Monday night's airing of The Late Show With David Letterman, American Idol judge Paula Abdul revealed an unfortunate nickname for her colleague, Simon Cowell. When Letterman asked Abdul, 'You honestly hate Simon, don't you? He's smug and he's arrogant. And he thinks you want to have sexual activities with him,' Abdul responded, 'You are right about that. But that will never happen - because his nickname is 'Small Ben.'' We look forward to hearing what Cowell's nickname is for the former pop princess."

Pete Doherty drops trou for French magazine.

Major Indiana employer comes out against gay marriage ban: "The Columbus engine-maker [Cummins, Inc] said the measure would make it harder to recruit good workers and give the domestic partner benefits it now offers its employees."

"World's first supermodel" banned from fashion show for bad behavior.

Naomi Campbell turns community service into a fashion statement: "Yesterday at 8 a.m., the catwalker - performing her court-ordered community service - strode into the Pier 36 Sanitation Department in a Chanel cap and $1,000 Christian Louboutin boots, her work shoes slung over the shoulder of her $1,500-plus Azzedine Alaia coat. The penitent prancer could have bought two years' worth of gear for the price of her outfit. Sanitation employees are given a $900 yearly uniform allowance, which they use for things like shoes, vests, shirts and gloves. But instead,Campbell dressed for a fashion show, not a day mopping floors and scrubbing toilets."

Apple TV, which will allows users with iTunes to watch movies, listen to music, and view photos on their televisions by sending them wirelessly from their computers, is shipping and the first reviews are in!

Director Bryan Singer and Tom Cruise attempt to assassinate Hitler in new film.

Human rights activists urge go-ahead for Moscow Gay Pride parade.

Andy Roddick: I touch myself.

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Andy Roddick Finds His Mojo in 2007

Just days after trouncing world #1 Roger Federer to win the Kooyong classic in Melbourne, Andy Roddick hit the court to practice for the Australian open. Fans were treated to a bit more Roddick than usual, as seems to be the case when Roddick is preparing for this tournament.

Click to enlarge. More shots after the jump...

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News: Borat Frat Boys, Palm Springs, Heroes Closet Case, Nigeria

Nigeria may pass legislation banning any form of association between gay people, including dining together at a restaurant: "Other activities prohibited under the proposed law include belonging to gay clubs or reading books, watching films or accessing Internet sites that 'promote' homosexuality." Opposition is scant because of fear of reprisal from the government and religious groups.

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Palm Springs considers branding itself a "hate-free" city: "'Not in Our Town' is the name of a campaign the commission hopes will help the public learn to support people who are gay, lesbian, transgender or bisexual; of another race or ethnicity; of another religion or gender; or have a physical or mental disability."

Andy Roddick: card shark.

South Australian police create gay liaison positions within force: "SAPOL's acting director of Human Resources, John Bruhn, says the initiative is directed at better policing of gay hate crimes. 'Those sort of crimes are generally under reported and that's one of the key drivers in us setting up this network,' he said. 'So we can do better at helping and supporting the gay community in dealing with those things.'"

Same-sex shenanigans from the Toronto set of Hairspray: "a certain young male Hairspray star has left one local lad heartbroken. Sources say the two met midway through production and ended up spending many quiet nights together in the actor’s Minto Yorkville suite. Promises to stay in touch were reportedly made but since filming ended the teen star hasn’t called or e-mailed his Canuck lover."

Did NBC send its gay character Zach from Heroes back into the closet? "Two scenarios seem the mostly likely: for unknown reasons, NBC suddenly shied away from the idea of a gay character. Or Dekker's management wanted Zach to be straight."

Civil Partnerships prepare to celebrate first anniversary in Britain: "Civil partnerships have quickly and seamlessly become a feature of British national life. The statistics are compelling: more than 15,500 couples registered civil partnerships in the period from last December to September this year, suggesting that government predictions of 22,000 partnerships by 2010 are a huge underestimate. But perhaps more significant is that among the 15,500 pledging their union were a cabinet member - Ben Bradshaw, the Fisheries minister - and among those planning to tie the knot are Adam and Ian from The Archers, which, lest we forget, is 'an everyday story of country folk'."

Judge rejects request from "duped" frat boys to remove scene and halt sale of Borat DVD.

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Andy Roddick Licked His Opponent Over the Weekend

Apparently that wasn't enough.

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The Roddick Warm Up

Andy Roddick has a new fire in his belly at the U.S. Open, with the help of legend Jimmy Connors...

Roddick celebrates his 24th birthday today.

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News: Lance & Reichen, Andy Roddick, Crackberries

Heterosexual woman files suit against the state of Washington, saying her male partner should receive health care benefits based on the state's anti-discrimination law that was designed to protect gay and lesbian domestic partners.

Page Six is reporting that unambiguously gay duo Lance and Reichen, who were out in the Hamptons recently to host an event at the Bridgehampton Polo Club, turned up their noses at swank million-dollar estate Stereo house when the accomodations weren't up to their standards: "At 3 a.m., they found the place 'seedy' and the pool covered with a moldy tarp. Stereo co-owner Mike Satsky told Page Six's Sarah Polonsky, 'The Stereo House is a $7 million estate where celebrities from Wilmer Valderrama to Scarlett Johansson and Lydia Hearst have stayed.' The boys ended up staying at WCBS/Ch. 2 meteorologist John Bolaris' house instead."

Andy Roddick unzipped...

The movie version of Alan Bennett's The History Boys is headed to theaters in October. Trailer.

There's a reason they're called CrackBerries: "Blackberry email devices can be so addictive that owners may need to be weaned off them with treatment similar to that given to drug users, experts warned today...They said the palmtop gadgets...could be seriously damaging to mental health...The study, carried out by New Jersey's Rutgers University School, claims the Blackberry is fuelling a rise in email and internet addiction, with sufferers able to survive only a few minutes without checking for new mail."

Ricky Martin is a poof-ter...

Superman Brandon Routh gets engaged: "She brings me to my knees."

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Sunday Tennis: Roddick's Return

Is this the pro tennis equivalent of a nip slip? Andy Roddick returns the ball to Gilles Muller of Luxembourg last Friday. He then went on to defeat wet 'n' wild Robby Ginepri in the semis and faces James Blake in the final as we write. It's nice to see the raw underbelly of Roddick's game once again, in every sense.

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Team Garbage welcomes Boy George. New York Department of Sanitation spokesman Keith Mellis: "He will be part of our team. We won't know exactly what he will be doing for several weeks, though." Incidentally, the Boy and his agent are being sued by Miami HIV/AIDS organization Care Resource for taking nearly $15,000 in payment and then backing out of performing at the White Party following his New York drug bust. Kind of ironic pathetic considering George has been moaning about doing work for people with AIDS as his community service rather than rake leaves.

Wimbledon hottie Andy Roddick feels threatened by the man purse: "I have seen some guys walking around with man purses here in London.... anything bigger than a money clip or a wallet is to be left to your girlfriend / wife...and just so we are clear you should not be able to throw your "wallet" over a shoulder...if you have a man purse, the wall is waiting." Perhaps Andy should look inside the man purse to see if that's where his mojo is...

Brace yourselves for Round 2 of Truman Capote. The second biopic on the writer, Infamous (formerly called Every Word is True), will open the Venice Film Festival at the end of August. The film stars British actor Toby Jones, Sandra Bullock, Daniel Craig, Lee Pace, Peter Bogdanovich, Jeff Daniels, Hope Davis, Gwyneth Paltrow, Isabella Rossellini, Juliet Stevenson and Sigourney Weaver. Now that's a cast.

Pierre Cardin making comeback...at 84.

Spidey's back and Spidey's got back...

Rapper Busta Rhymes, who was involved in a homophobic incident at a Miami Beach diner earlier this year, has been busy criticizing his former girlfriend and the mother of his three children, Joanne Wood. Wood apparently lost custody of the children partly because she is a lesbian, and she's not happy with Rhymes. Said Wood: "His ego is definitely hurt. If he’s being emotional, then let him just be emotional - that’s like the bitch in him."

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Lacoste: An Art Exhibit for Label Queens

If you're bored and you're in Athens you may want to check out an exhibit which is currently showing at the Benaki Museum. Fifty Greek artists have been commissioned to create works based around the Lacoste Crocodile.

I'm not sure what the intent is of this piece which features a swimmer covered with the logos, but somehow I can't help but think of Star Trek's Data covered in roaches. If we're lucky, somewhere there's a reclining nude of Andy Roddick.

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Andy Roddick is Blogging

Andy Roddick is searching for his mojo in Rome at the Internazionali d'Italia, but today's news is that he's started a blog.

So what intimate details will we learn about Roddick as he explores this medium?

Not much it turns out, but what we do know is that he's slightly obsessed with basketball, loves the Miami Heat, thinks Kobe Bryant is the best player out there, and is sad he can't watch the games while he's in Europe.

He also loves bufalo mozzarella cheese and the band The Fray. Thrilling, right?

We'd love it if he would use this space to feed our Roddick obsession and throw out a few sexy shots, but I doubt that's gonna happen. Like a good Lacoste sponsor, he's used his first entry to shill his pet crocodile.

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