Henry Cavill Shows Some Skin

Henry Cavill shows some intensity in a new still from the Joel Schumacher film Blood Creek, being dumped to DVD in January.

One more shot, AFTER THE JUMP...

Henry Cavill Smells Like He Could Land Your Plane

Dunhill spokesman Henry Cavill gives good face as a glider pilot in an ad for the brand's new fragrance 51.3N. A few more shots, AFTER THE JUMP...

News: Mars, Neil Patrick Harris, Beijing, Lincoln Chafee, Bruno

Wockner: Gay tsunami slams Obama.

Schwarzenegger won't defend Prop 8 in federal court.

Definitive evidence of ancient lake on Mars discovered.

Prince Harry checks the equipment.

Wisconsin Senate approves domestic partnerships: "If domestic partnerships become law, Wisconsin would be the first state with an existing constitutional amendment banning both same-sex marriage and civil unions to provide domestic partnership protections for same-sex couples."

Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka searching for surrogate mom.

Henry Cavill goes Upstreet.

Former U.S. Senator Lincoln Chafee (RI): Gay Marriage a question of fairness. "Gays and lesbians have contributed to the diverse fabric of Rhode Island and the rest of the country for generations, strengthening our communities in innumerable ways...Once you acknowledge that homosexuality exists not by choice, the next obvious step is to grant gays and lesbians the same liberties and freedoms as every other American."

David Archuleta's dad not so innocent.

Katie Couric makes gay fan's dream come true.

First gay couple to become fathers in the UK expecting fourth child: "Barrie and Tony Drewitt-Barlow sparked outrage when they used donated eggs and surrogate mothers in the USA to have their nine-year-old twins Aspen and Saffron and  five-year-old son Orlando. The pair from Danbury in Essex, battled the American authorities to become the first gay couple to have both their names on their children's birth certificates. The millionaire couple revealed today that a surrogate mother is carrying a fourth child for them, with the possibility of another twin birth."

For the Nth time: T.R. Knight officially done with Grey's Anatomy.

Planet Out, Here Networks merge: "Here Networks on Wednesday completed a merger with the struggling PlanetOut to create a new company called Here Media. Here employs 200 people in New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles. It's a public company though not actively traded. PlanetOut shareholders received 20% ownership in Here.
The merger preserves the remaining assets of PlanetOut, a once high-flying Internet company that had struggled with losses and debt as it ventured into offline businesses. Its shares once traded for more than $100 apiece, but even an investment from a hedge fund controlled by Bill Gates didn't save PlanetOut from slipping into penny-stock status before Here swooped in to rescue it. When the NASDAQ delisted the stock last week, it traded at 38 cents."

Jesus Luz does Sao Paulo fashion week.

Beijing queer film festival makes progress: "The biggest change is that I'm not the only one doing this. There's more support from the gay community. Society has become more relaxed and open-minded in its thinking."

Guardian Film Review: Bruno. "There's an eye-popping montage of extreme gay sex practices (imaginary, one hopes), a surfeit of waving penises, dildos, fetish gear, anal bleaching, and an excruciating mime in which Brüno fellates the ghost of a deceased member of Milli Vanilli in front of a psychic."

Washington Post book critic: gay books aren't being published anymore.

Brian Graden says good-bye to MTV: "For me, it's time to complement my television ambitions with some new passions already in motion - the writing of two books, making music, creating theater, speaking on subjects that matter to me, raising alpacas…okay, perhaps not all calls will be heeded right away. I have no idea if I possess any of these talents, but my friends who know me well know that these new adventures have been tapping my shoulder for a few years."

News: Pluto, Kanye West, Anchorage, Reynolds Price, Grizzly Bear

Anchorage, Alaska considers gay rights ordinance: "A proposed ordinance to ban discrimination against homosexuals in hiring, housing and education will be considered by the Anchorage Assembly next month."

Venetia Phair: The girl who named Pluto at age 11 has died, at 90: "Phair suggested the name to her grandfather at breakfast in 1930."

Kanye West launches ALL CAPS attack at Twitter.

Gay Eurovision fans told: "You're not safe in Moscow."

Henry Cavill gets curly for Vman.

Are Fred Phelps and the Westboro Baptist Church shifting their hate focus from gays to Jews?

Judge says Lawrence King's parents can sue foster home where he was living for allowing King to express his sexuality: "King's parents say that personnel at Casa Pacifica were negligent in counseling him to express his sexuality, which included wearing makeup and high-heeled boots. They allege the counseling placed the boy in danger."

I'm looking forward to the Glee pilot but pissed we'll then have to wait till autumn.

NYT: New Reynolds Price memoir "like a boisterous coming-out party.": "Mr. Price hasn’t exactly hidden the fact that he is gay; he is simply a private person who hasn’t tattooed this information, in curly script, on one of his biceps."

Activist: Reports of same-sex wedding ceremonies in India "every week."

Metering: the end of the internet as you know it. "Time Warner Cable's usage penalty would take the unlimited service we enjoy today (albeit slow compared to other nations), and make Internet more like cell phones, where you get overcharged by companies making record profits. It is the latest version of the Net Neutrality debate: should the companies that deliver Internet be allowed to block it, slow it down, or in this case, overcharge for it?"

Japan Airlines 747 sucks luggage container into engine at LAX - video.

Christian college student/porn actor John Gechter strikes deal: “'(GCC) offered me a deal that if I withdrew, they would let me transfer a few courses that I need to graduate,' Gechter explained. 'I’ll be able to transfer those credits to GCC and I will still graduate with a GCC degree.' He said he plans to move to New York City in the next few weeks, where he will be headlining a play, “Love for Sale,” and also be taking his two bio-chemistry courses this summer."

Star Trek hits Japan.

Atlantis astronauts grab Hubble telescope, begin dangerous repair mission.

A chat with Grizzly Bear's Ed Droste.

Prop 8 as tarantula t-shirt.

Family of 'bulllycide' victim Jaheem Herrera decides to sue school: The purpose of the suit is to hold Dekalb County responsible for the actions that led to Jaheem’s death and to force a change in the school policies on handling bullying. This case will send a message that we as a community will no longer tolerate school systems that tolerate terror in the classrooms.”

Radical gay agenda hovers over Dublin, Ohio.

Parents sue D.C. police over 2008 shooting of gay son: “At least eight rounds were fired, and five pierced David’s body. The trajectory of the rounds that hit David, as well as those that missed him, establishes that the officers fired downward."

Michigan to consider expanding hate crimes laws.

Scottish minister compares struggle against gay clergy to war with the Nazis: "His comments will widen divisions within the Kirk over the appointment of an openly gay minister to a parish church last year. The row threatens to overshadow next week's annual General Assembly, which is due to debate a petition signed by one third of ministers calling for a ban on homosexuals in the pulpit."

Jonathan Rhys-Meyers Gets (Almost) Naked in The Tudors

Showtime just announced that The Tudors and its gore, sex, and nudity will be around for a fourth season officially, though it's to be the show's last.

The show's creator recently pointed out that Henry VIII will be out of wives soon. Of course, they could decide to carry on in the realm of fantasy and see what develops...

Speaking of fantasy, and all this Rhys-Meyers nudity, we have to ask, where's Henry Cavill? He's out in a suit of armor wandering among some disembodied heads, looking typically stunning.

Check him out, AFTER THE JUMP...

News: Antarctica, Chris Brown, Facebook, Providence, Tim Gunn

NYT on the string of false arrests of gay men in NYC sex shops which prompted protests outside the mayor's house over the weekend: "Some of the arrests have been used by the city as evidence in 'nuisance abatement' lawsuits, a tactic used for many years to try to shut down businesses where unlawful behavior is taking place. The chief police spokesman, Paul J. Browne, said that the police were not singling out gay men but merely responding to complaints about illegal activities."

Tim Gunn: Project Runway show at New York Fashion Week will feature bunch of unknown designers. "I’m not sure anyone WILL be excited!"

Chris Brown says he's sad about beating Rihanna.

Gay rights lobbyists to descend on California capitol Tuesday: "Their goal: win support of lawmakers for a resolution opposing the legality of Proposition 8, the constitutional amendment passed by voters in November that bans same-sex marriage."

Many French straight couples choosing civil unions over marriage: "For every two marriages held now in France, one heterosexual couple chooses the solidarity pact, the Post reported, noting 92 percent of the 140,000 couples choosing to be united by the pact in 2008 were heterosexual."

The souls aboard Continental Flight 3407: 50 varied lives end on a cold, foggy night.

Zac Efron to play Jonny Quest.

HD: Simpsons gets first new main title revamp in 19 years.

538.com's Nate Silver releases predictions for this year's Academy Awards.

Facebook's frightening new terms of service: "Now, anything you upload to Facebook can be used by Facebook in any way they deem fit, forever, no matter what you do later. Want to close your account? Good for you, but Facebook still has the right to do whatever it wants with your old content. They can even sublicense it if they want."

The Tudors' Henry Cavill's new spot for Dunhill Black.

UK: Teen blames friend for murder of gay Liverpool teen Michael Causer. "Gavin Alker, 19, is alleged to have participated in the assault which left Mr Causer with a lethal brain injury and is charged with murder. But Alker, of Fleetwood Walk, Runcorn, yesterday told Liverpool crown court it was his friend James O’Connor that had carried out two separate attacks on Mr Causer. O’Connor, 19, formerly of Huyton, but now of The Brow, Runcorn, has already admitted murder."

A date with NYC's Banksy, Poster Boy.

Life thriving undersea at north and south poles: "'At least 235 species live in both polar seas despite an 11,000-km (6,835 miles) distance in between,' a decade-long international project to map the world's oceans , Census of Marine Life, has found. Species living at both poles include cold-water worms, crustaceans, sea cucumbers and snail-like pteropods. They make up two percent of the 7,500 Antarctic and 5,500 Arctic animals known to date, out of a global total estimated at up to 250,000."

MSNBC runs outrageous anti-gay DADT editorial.

Scientist stop the aging process in the liver with protein cleanse.

"Ragtag group of queers and allies, trans folks and brass band friends" takes to the streets in Providence to protest gay scene: "We are sick of the majority of queer spaces in our city revolving around consumerism and intoxication. We are sick of 'queer' meaning 'assimilated white gay men' when there are a whole lot of us who don't fit with that identity. We are sick of monogamous relationships being the accepted norm...Despite some aggressive invitations to suck dicks from drunk bargoers, some beer thrown by the queers in the club at the queers who can't afford the 7 dollar cover charge, and being called dummies and threatened with teargas by some pitifully incompetent providence police, (and learning firsthand that they 'don't care about killing people' after threatening to teargas a crowd of kids in a packed staircase), a great time was had by all. There were no arrests."