Mother's Day
This isn’t your mommie’s Mildred Pierce. Todd Haynes’s epic miniseries takes a new look at the classic novel about unconditional maternal love.
La Toya Jackson: Sister Pledge
As a contestant on The Celebrity Apprentice, La Toya Jackson continues her late brother Michael’s commitment to AIDS Project Los Angeles. But which catty competitor’s side is she on — Star Jones or NeNe Leakes?
Bad Girl Gone Good?
Famously fired Danity Kane singer Aubrey O'Day attempts a solo comeback in her new reality series, All About Aubrey, and dishes all about her gay husbands and her issues with Perez Hilton and Josh Strickland.
Ashley Fink Knows What Boys Like
Glee’s newest heavy hitter — and Chris Colfer’s date to the Golden Globes — responds to Rosie O’Donnell’s recent complaints about her plus-sized character.
Ryan O'Connor: Out on His OWN
Former bullying victim Ryan O’Connor opens up about his longtime Oprah obsession and his unsatisfied hunger for hosting opportunities after being booted from Your OWN Show: Oprah’s Search for the Next TV Star.
Richard Hatch: The Naked Truth
Now free to compete on the fourth edition of Celebrity Apprentice, the Survivor winner talks prison sex and the ongoing legal troubles that threaten his alliance with the gay tribe.
Mother of (Re)Invention
Joan Rivers swears her new hit reality series, Joan Knows Best? is indeed real, and dishes on closeted actors, Sarah Palin’s gift to comedians, and her ladies’ night with Cher and Kathy Griffin.
Josh Spice
Josh Rosenzweig heats up the here! TV clubhouse as host of the new variety chatfest Just Josh.
Sibling Revelry
Brothers & Sisters special guest star Richard Chamberlain clears up recent breakup rumors about his longtime relationship and advises other gay actors to stay safely in the closet.
A for Pay
After a memorable guest arc as Sylar’s young apprentice on Heroes, Dan Byrd showed off his superpowers of droll sarcasm as Travis Cobb, the mama’s boy to Courteney Cox’s hot mama in Cougar Town, which is now in its second season on ABC. Byrd also scored the key role of Brandon, a bullied gay high school student, in the hit teen comedy Easy A. In this modern revamp of The Scarlet Letter, out December 21 on DVD, Brandon begs his friend Olive — Golden Globe nominee Emma Stone — to feign that she had sex with him, news that will end the antigay abuse. As easygoing as expected, the 25-year-old straight actor speaks to The Advocate about Easy A’s “it gets better” message and the promise of gay Cougar townsfolk.The Advocate: Brandon in Easy A is the first gay character you’ve played. Did you or your representatives have any hesitations about your taking a gay role at this point in your career?Dan Byrd: I definitely didn’t have any hesitations about it, and I don’t think anybody else voiced any concern either. I’m at the point in my career where I have to take the opportunities that are given to me, and this seemed like a great opportunity. It wasn’t a big part, but it was a pivotal one with good scenes that seemed like a lot of fun. There wasn’t really a question.Do you feel like actors of your generation don’t worry about getting typecast as gay characters or being falsely perceived as gay in real life?Yeah, I like to think that those walls are eroded at this point. Personally, it’s not something I consider much at all. But if were to get offered another similar part now, I might think twice about it — not because of it being gay, but because I wouldn’t want to play the same kind of part I just played. I know there’s totally a double standard there, though, because it’s much easier in Hollywood for straight guys to play gay guys than it is for gay guys to play straight guys. It’s not fair, but we’re making progress. In most teen movies, gay characters are often just sassy sidekicks who bear the brunt of offensive gay jokes. Were you careful to play Brandon respectfully?Yeah, everybody was on the same page about that. During the audition process, my interpretation was never stereotypically over-the-top. My inclination has always been to try to be as honest and as truthful as possible, and then the comedy should come out of that. Honestly, I think that’s why I got the job: They wanted to take a more subtle approach to the character.









