Michael Urie Plays Early Gay Activist, Won't Discuss His Own Sexuality

Ugly Betty actor Michael Urie, who is starring in a play right now called The Temperamentals, about the formation of the nation's first pre-Stonewall gay rights organization, The Mattachine Society, refuses to discuss his own sexuality with New York magazine:

In the context of this play, it's almost impossible not to ask you about your own sexuality. You've never really publicly declared it, but on your own website, you identify yourself as "a member of the LGBT community" and say that organizations that help people with HIV/AIDS or people who are LGBT are "A-Number 1 in my book!" So what's the deal?

Well, that's my M.O. I'm interested in keeping — you know, actors have to be able to do lots of different things, and while I'd say there's an ongoing theme [to the parts I play], I'm also not interested in having any real publicity about who I am and what my private life is and things like that. I'm an actor and I don't want to be a [fill-in-the-] blank actor.

Do you really think that saying "I'm gay" would stop you from getting an array of roles?

That's not really the point. By using publicity to say something like that, it could become a person's M.O, and I'm not interested in that. I really think this article should be about The Temperamentals. I understand where you're coming from and why you think this is important and that this is a play about being true to yourself. But artists and activists are not quite the same thing, and I feel like support can come from lots of different ways.

Do you get sick of reporters asking you about this?

They don't ask about it as much as you might think. Actually, it's been a long time since anyone asked it. I don't think it's really newsworthy if the gay guy from Ugly Betty is gay or not.

Except, of course, if he's playing a character "who left before he could be outed to become a fashion designer so influential he made the cover of Time in 1967" in a play about gays who stood up for themselves by coming out. 

Ricky Martin: I Have Never Talked About Who My Heart Belongs To

Last week, Puerto Rican magazine TV Aqui published a tease on its cover and a Tweet claiming that Ricky Martin told them his heart could belong to a man or woman. That was just a lie intended to sell magazines, apparently (shock).

Said Mike Szysmanski of the Examiner: "I went directly to Saudy [Rivera, the editor of TV Aqui], who is based in Puerto Rico, and asked if Ricky used the B-word. 'No, he didn't say that,' she replied to me. 'What he said was: 'The heart of Ricky Martin... if it belongs to a male or a female... I have never talked about it.'"

So, it appears that cover tease is just what it was. A tease.

And Andrés Duque of Blabbeando translated a video of the actual interview with Martin. Here it is:

"Eh, the heart of Rocky Martin? Look, whether it has or doesn't have a male owner or a female owner, I have never spoken about that topic, so don't..."

But Duque also pointed out that in the same issue the magazine ran a poll implying that if Martin is gay, he is less of a man because of it. Shame.

Watch the video, AFTER THE JUMP...

Chace Crawford is the Summer's Hottest 'Not Gay' Bachelor

After People declares Chace Crawford the "summer's hottest bachelor," Crawford tells the magazine about the stereotypically straight activities he and Ed Westwick took part in when they found out about the gay rumors that were totally being made up about them:

"On the made-up gay rumors about him and co-star Ed Westwick: 'You know what we really did the first time we heard it? Ed goes, 'Oh, did you hear that rumor about us being gay?' I was like, 'Yeah, man.' He starts laughing and we're kind of like, 'Okay, you want to go play pool and have a beer?''"

Adam Lambert Acknowledges Elephant in the Room, Says it's Pink

Adam Lambert continues to play coy about his sexuality. In a recent interview with TV Guide's Matt Mitovich, he's cornered once again about THIS.

MITOVICH: "Have there been ridiculously overt, roundabout ways to get at you about the 'elephant in the room?'

LAMBERT: "They've been actually straightforward, actually, to which I go.. 'heh, uh.' Yeah, so. That elephant, man, it's pink, isn't it?"

Meanwhile, conspiracy theories have been fueled by recent revelations that AT&T provided phones for free text-messaging services and lessons in casting blocks of votes at parties organized by fans of Kris Allen. Is there anything to be done about it now? Seems unlikely.

Watch the interview, AFTER THE JUMP...

Adam Lambert Asked if He'd Like to End Speculation That He's Gay

And the answer is "no" — to ending the speculation, that is:

EW: I want to just get this question out of the way first, something that's been dangling a bit over you for the whole season: Would you like to put to rest all the speculation about your sexuality?

LAMBERT: It's not dangling over my head. [Laughing] It may be dangling over yours, but it's not over mine. Yeah, I think speculation keeps things really interesting.

EW: So you don't want to say anything one way or the other?

LAMBERT: Like I said, I think speculation keeps things very, very interesting. [Laughs]

Two more 'speculative' shots, AFTER THE JUMP...

Florida Governor Charlie Crist Announces Run for Senate

via Twitter. See Outrage.