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The new sexual orientation of 'Old Christine
Lance Bass
Plenty of TV shows have replaced actors in a
role.
If you turned your back for a minute,
"Roseanne" had a new Becky and "Dynasty" a
new Steven. But "The New Adventures of Old
Christine" is getting an entirely different sort of
makeover, at least for a while.
Latest reports are that star Julia Louis
Dreyfus' character (the "old" Christine of the
title) will marry a character to be played by
Wanda Sykes ("Curb Your Enthusiasm"). Why
this is happening, how long the plotline is
meant to last, and what it means to Christine's
prior heterosexuality are all open to specula-
tion.
Call it "gay for ratings" maybe. But now
you'll probably be tuning in, even if you never
did before, right?
Dance,Lance, dance
Sure, Justin Timberlake is the most famous
former member of 'N Sync, but it could well be
argued that Lance Bass is the coolest.
Evidence: he got outed by the tabloids and
didn't seem to care that much; he lets criticism
roll off his back; and he's
willing to goof around on
camera with pal Kathy
Griffin on "My Life on the
D-List."
So it's no surprise that
the erstwhile boy-bander is
jumping on board for the
next season of the hugely
successful "Dancing with the Stars". Of course,
the talk is all about his partner — will he be
paired with a female or male contestant?
At this point, only the ballroom dancing
powers that be know for sure, but no matter
who he winds up twirling, he's going to be
tough to beat.
Judy Gold to host new 'Newlywed Game'
Once upon a time, it might have seemed a
little odd for a gay man or a lesbian to host a
game show for newly married straight people.
But times have changed, and so, apparently,
has "The Newlywed Game."
For its latest incarnation on cable network
GSN, the spousal-embar-
rassment-for-prizes game is
taping a pilot with a lesbian
host, stand-up comic Judy
Gold.
And since Rosie didn't
wind up hosting "The Price
Is Right," this may well be
a first, so here's hoping Ms.
Gold stays on board after the pilot.
But the big question is, will gay and lesbian
couples who've gotten married in
Massachusetts and California be considered as
contestants?
It stands to reason that they should be
allowed to squabble about how often they
"make whoopee" or what the other's worst
habit is like any hetero pair.
Make it happen, please, GSN.
Judy Gold
Sean Hayes
Sean Hayes conies out as 'Bi-Coastal'
Does it really matter if Sean Hayes ever goes
public with his own mysterious sexual orienta-
tion if most of the characters he's played are
gay anyway?
That's the question that will surely surround
his latest project if it even-
tually makes it to an HDTV
near you. The pilot on his
mind is called "Bi-Coastal,"
a sitcom about the secret,
complicated life of man
with a wife and kids in
California and a
boyfriend in New York.
And that's the essence of comedy, really
— taking pain and turning it into laughs.
There's no word yet on whether Hayes
would simply be the show's creator or if
he'd star as the bi guy in question. Either
way it all sounds pretty "funcomfortable."
'Brothers & Sisters' earns
ABC top GLAAD ranking
The marriage between the gay charac- .
ters Kevin and Scotty in the season
finale of ABC's "Brothers &
Sisters" helped the net-
work win the highest
praise Sunday, July / r
13 from an advoca-
cy group that push-
es for more vis-^^
ibility of such
characters on M
television, i
It was the first wedding of two gay or les-
bian characters in a prime-time scripted series,
said the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against
Defamation. ABC has had other historic
moments, including introducing a gay charac-
ter to "Soap" in 1977 and Ellen DeGeneres
kcoming out on "Ellen"
. as well as in
.real life.
Wanda Sykes
By Ben Briscoe
How important is it that out-of-state
gay couples may be able to marry in
Massachusetts?
"It's a big step for-
ward for all of us."
"I didn't know any-
thing about that. So
not important."
"If I were about to
get married it would
be mega huge, but
I'm single."
"You mean we
couldn't get married
there before? I
always thought we
could. Big, I guess."
Jane Blackmore
Teacher
Matt Fieldsman
Banker
Bell Johnson
Student
Gary Martin
Bartender
"Not as important as
California. But it
still is important."
Libby Anderson
Student
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