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Is Amy s new friend gay?
English singer Amy Winehouse claims she
couldn't be cheating on her imprisoned hus-
band because the man she's been sharing a
hotel room with is gay.
Winehouse reportedly has been locked up in
a London hotel room with U.S. artist Blake
Wood since she left rehab to perform for last
weekend's Grammy Awards. Winehouse's
husband, Blake Fielder-Civil, is in jail awaiting
trial.
Winehouse, who won five Grammys, report-
edly told her family and friends that Wood is
gay, which some don't believe.
"She's said it's fine so share a hotel room
because he is gay. But he doesn't seem gay to
me — I think he's bisexual. Amy's husband
wouldn't be happy if he saw how close they
are," one newspaper quoted a pal of
Winehouse's as saying.
'Dancing with the Stars'
goes gay(ish)
Queer fans of "Dancing with the Stars"
will have more than a few reasons to catch
next season's choreographed dance-battle.
The cast has just been announced, and it's
as gay-friendly a round-up as one should be
able to expect from a show revolving around
ballroom dancing. Queer-adjacent celebrity
steppers will include Sean Hayes of "Will
and Grace," Oscar winner Marlee
Matlin (currently spicing up "The L-
Word" by teaching audiences
naughty lesbian sex words in
American Sign Language), and
the ebullient Tony Award-win-
ning Marissa Jaret Winokur,
who tore up the stage as the
original Tracy Tumblad in
Broadway's "Hairspray."
Now all that needs to
happen is for Harvey
Fierstein and Elton John
to come in and be guest
judges.
Johansson and Cruz
get naked for Woody
Woody Allen's
probably not the first
director you think of
when steamy love
scenes come to
mind.
But since Allen,
like 95 percent of
the heterosexual
male movie-going
public, probably
entertains vivid fan-
tasies about seeing Scarlett Johansson and
Penelope Cruz having girl-on-girl action, it
will be interesting to see how he directs that
very tiling in his upcoming film, "Vicky
Christina Barcelona."
Johansson plays a tourist in Spain who
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winds up having a steamy moment with Cruz
in a darkroom; later, the two of them have a
three-way with Cruz's character's husband,
played by Javier Bardem (presumably no
longer sporting his "No Country for Old Men"
haircut). See them all get their "ole" on when
the film hits theaters at the end of the year.
'American Idol' and Disney: a marriage
in karaoke heaven
What's so gay about American Idol?
If you've ever seen the show, then you know
that what's "not" gay is the more difficult
question to answer.
From the sheer overwhelming numbers of
visibly gay young men who audition each year
in the cattle-call rounds, to the ongoing saga of
one of its big success stories continuing to
dodge questions about his sexuality, "Idol" is a
show for every queer kid who dreams of fame
as the ultimate revenge. And now it will be
accessible to those kids anytime they go to
Walt Disney World, as a competition-based,
"Idol"-themed, tie-in attraction gets
installed down Horida way.
The miniature karaoke contest will feed
into the actual show, with winners getting
guaranteed audition slots in the upcoming
season. In other words, here's a way to get
around waiting in one of those pesky
10,000-person-strong stadium lines. The
attraction is set to open later this year.
Ledger's family, former
fiancee bid him farewell
Heath Ledger's family, his former
fiancee Michelle Williams and Australia's
entertainment elite bade him farewell at a
private memorial service Saturday, Feb. 9 in
his hometown.
Ledger 's family returned to Perth earlier
this week to bury the actor, who died in
his Manhattan apartment at age 28 from a
prescription drug overdose on Jan. 22.
The family attended a memorial service
in Los Angeles last weekend.
Several hundred people gathered at a
Perth local girls' school, Penrhos College, for
a memorial that mixed personal tributes,
modem rock and traditional Aboriginal
music.
Williams, who became romantically
involved with Ledger while filming the gay
romance "Brokeback Mountain," arrived at
the service with Ledger's parents in a six-car
motorcade. Wearing black sunglasses and a
white dress with black trim, she clutched the
arm of Ledger's older sister Kate.
The 75-minute service kicked off with the
| performance of a didgeridoo, a traditional
Aboriginal wind instrument, performer
I Levi Islam said.
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By David Webb
What were your Valentine's Day plans?
To eat popcorn and
drink a beer with my
cat on the couch.
Jillian Round
Student
To go to the gym
because my boyfriend Steve Griffin
has to work. Engineer
To go out to dinner
and just spend the Mark Goodheart
evening together. Massage therapist
It's a sad, lonely
year. Is anyone
available?
Debbie Jenkins
Teacher
Probably to go to the
gym with my hus-
band.
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Holly Wade
Unemployed
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