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Hairspray producers launch new prefect
Gay mega-producers Craig Zadan and Neil
Meron are raking it in at the box office with the
smash summer musical "Hairspray," but they're
keeping too busy to rest on their laurels.
The duo is teaming with actor William H,
Macy for "Family Man," a one-hour drama
pilot for TNT.
Macy will star as an upstanding member of
the community who, by night, secretly leads a
dysfunctional, bickering gang of criminals.
Macy has had a good run with the cable net-
work thus far — he earned an Emmy for the
made-for-TNT movie "Door to Door" and was
nominated again for the channel's "The Wool
Cap."
Steven Schachter, who directed both those
films, will direct and co-write (with Macy)
''Family Man," which would premiere in 2008,
if picked up.
Who will play gay couple
on 'Desperate Housewives?'
While the hit nighttime soap "Desperate
Housewives" has racked up a fervent gay fol-
lowing with its fierce heroines and over-the-top
storylines, the show's occasional queer charac-
ters have existed somewhat on the margins.
Until now, that is.
The show's gay creator, Marc Cherry, has
announced his intentions to have a male couple
move to Wisteria Lane. One of the men will
apparently have a contentious relationship with
Teri Hatcher's character, Susan.
No word yet as to which actors will fill the
roles, although the British tabloids had a field
day conjecturing that Robbie Williams and new
L.A. resident David Beckham might get the gig.
Viewers everywhere will find out who the
show's new gays are when the
couple makes its debut appear-
ance on the fifth episode of
the new "Housewives"
season.
Blonsky to star in
comedy 'Harold
How much do we
love "Hairspray" star
Nikki Blonsky, the
effervescent,
voluptuous
young
new-
comer who shimmied her way into our hearts as
Tracy Tumblad?
Despite the prevailing wisdom that
Hollywood doesn't know what to do with a tal-
ented big girl, Blonsky's continuing to get work.
She has been cast as the lead character's best
friend in "Harold," a comedy about a teenage
boy (Spencer Breslin) who starts prematurely
balding.
In a casting move guaranteed to make Gen
X-ers feel old, Ally Sheedy will play Harold's
mother. Yes, that's right — the star of "High
Art" and the teen classic "The Breakfast Club"
is now playing a teenager's mom.
Let's toast her with some Metamucil and
look forward to the release of "Harold" in 2008.
Documentary captures writer-director
Waters at his filthy best
If you've never spent "An Evening with John
Waters," listening to the hilarious writer-director
do stand-up comedy about his life and career,
then you've missed out on one of his many tal-
ents.
Thankfully, the new documentary "This
Filthy World" captures the
Pope of Trash at his
brilliant
Directed by Jeff Garlin (best known as Larry
David's pudgy sidekick on "Curb Your
Enthusiasm"), "Filthy" features Waters talking
about the many high and low points of his
career, with dishy tales about stars like Johnny
Depp, Kathleen Turner, Ricki Lake and Tab
Hunter, alongside moving and bizarre accounts
of working with the legendary Divine.
Waters fans will have the chance to experi-
ence "This Filthy World" when the documen-
tary hits DVD this October.
Hathaway tells Newsweek that brother,
best friends are gay men
Anne Hathaway, who plays writer Jane
Austen in the movie "Becoming Jane," told
Newsweek, in an interview in its issue hitting
the stands on Monday, Aug. 13, that her brother
and all of her best friends are gay men.
She also said she and her boyfriend, real
estate developer Raffaello Follieri, "worship
each other," and called her scene with Colin
Firth in "Pride and Prejudice" "porno for tome-
reading, tea-drinking girls."
The actress said "about 95 percent of my
friends are gay men," as is her brother. But she
ducked a question about whether that compli-
cated things because Follieri works with the
Roman Catholic Church, which does not sanc-
tion gay sexual relationships.
"I'd rather not discuss criticism of the
Catholic Church," she said. "They've done a lot
of great work throughout the world."
ABC comes out on top in GLAAD's
first Network Responsibility Index
With shows like "Brothers & Sisters" and
"Ugly Betty," ABC came out on top in the
Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against
Defamation's inaugural Network
Responsibility Index.
For the index, GLAAD monitored all
4,693 hours of primetime program-
ming from June 1, 2006 to May 31,
2007. Each hour was reviewed for on-
screen LGBT representations.
ABC led the way among the
networks with 15 percent
of its primetime pro-
gramming inclu-
sive of LGBT
representa-
tions.
Nikki Blonsky
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By David Webb
With temperatures on the rise, how do
you plan to beat the heat for the rest of
the summer?
"I'm going to drink
lots of water or find a
shady patio with Rex Bush
good drinks."
Car wash owner
I'm going to have a Clint Ott
drink at J.R.'s." Business owner
"If I had a pool, I'd
jump in it. Since I
don't, I'm going to
wait for someone to
invite me to go
swimming in theirs.
Paul Robinson
Volunteer worker
"I'm going to stay
indoors."
Trisha Ingram
Restaurant manager
"I'm going swim-
ming every day."
Jacklynn Holloway
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