• Not only is George Michael admitting he is a complete mess, he is writing a song about it. Hopefully he'll include the lyrics in the liner notes. [ITN]

• Michelle Williams may have a sort-of-lesbian romance with Cate Blanchett in the upcoming Bob Dylan movie and Heath Ledger will co-star! What a reversal. [PEN15 Club]

• Sophia Coppola's Marie Antoinette period drama got booed by the press at Cannes. Coppola says it's "not for everybody," but we expect the gays to love it, though we wonder how arch Kirsten Dunst is capable of being. [Gabsmash]

• It's hard to get onto the cover of Vanity Fair nowadays. Really hard, in fact, unless you're dreamy and tragic like Anderson Cooper. [The Bosh]

• The queer animal kingdom was doing so well, what with gay pink flamingos and pink penguins making the news this month. That is until those gay Israeli vultures ran back into the closet. [Haaretz Daily]

• Playing gay has been so good for Heath Ledger's career, he might just give it another go. [Post Chronicle]

• After her performance at the Grammys last week, Madonna had a surgeon perform on her. Bitch had a hernia. That's what you get for wearing nothing but constricting leotards. [NY Post]

• Traditionally leftist Canada has gays worried that their new Bush clone of a leader might take away their same-sex marriage rights. We adore our neighbors to the North for their progressive stance, so let's hope not. [USA Today]

• Once the current uproar over that controversial Mohammad cartoon dies down, some traditional Muslims are going to have another thing to protest: a documentary about Islamic gays. [Variety]

• Gays from Newark to Trenton could be shopping for wedding dresses and tuxes. Same-sex marriage is going to the New Jersey Supreme Court. [Newsday]

• Two of our favorite media subjects come together in one place. Tyra Banks tackles gay cowboys on her show today. [The Advocate]

• It won't be Return to Brokeback Mountain, but Jake Gylenhaal and Heath Ledger might end up onscreen once again. [NY Times]

• We don't know why the normally anti-gay Focus on the Family is endorsing a pro-gay bill, but we'll take what we can get from them. [LA Times]

• There was a time when Madonna's controversial performances were much more risqué than form-fitting purple leotards and a few sexy dance moves. Malaysia's government needs to take a look at Truth or Dare to see what the real definition of provocative is. [In The News]

• Nate Berkus shows up on the cover of O at Home magazine, looking as good as always and bent over in our favorite position. [Oprah.com]

• Howard Stern picked the brain of Clay Aiken's bedpost notch John Paulus on his radio show this morning and Paulus revealed that Clay is (gasp!) a top! [The Malcontent]

• A "study released by gay rights advocates shows gay and lesbian students in Iowa schools are subjected to taunts and harassment." And in other news, the Earth revolves around the sun. [Radio Iowa]

• The Family Institute of Connecticut has evidence that gay & lesbian homes are harmful environments for children. Paparazzi photographs of Michael Jackson and his occasionaly balcony-dangling, constantly shrouded kids don't count. [The Boston Globe]

• Gawker has announced the winner of Project Runway and It's Nick who just so happened to get eliminated from last night's episode! Yeah. Not so much. [Gawker]

• Attempting to cash in on Brokeback Mountain as much as he can, Heath Ledger has put his Aussie home up for sale. [Towleroad]

The Oscars are going to be one big Brokeback party: Heath, Jake, Michelle, Ang have all been nominated. The film also got a best picture nod and leads the pack with 8 total nominations. So whether you loved it or not, all this Brokeback talk is sticking around a bit longer.

'Brokeback Mountain' Gets 8 Oscar Nods [Yahoo]
Full List of Nominations [Yahoo]

The hand on the hip. The oversized bowtie. The coiffed hairdos. Two straight men have never looked gayer. It must be their new strategy to win Oscar support from the Gay Mafia. You know, since Capote keeps winning, leaving Heath empty handed.

Yes, every fag's wetdream has come true: Oprah and Brokeback together at last. The Malcontent has the clip.

Oprah Goes Brokeback [The Malcontent]

• Jossip tells you how to get your greedy little hands on Colin Farrell's hooded wang. [Jossip]

• Clay Aiken should be thankful that the whore who is outing him with pictures in some rag isn't resorting to blackmail. That's just what happened to a poor twink in some German boy band. [Bitchless via Towleroad]

• San Fran's Badlands bar and some Castro fags have have resolved their catfight. At long last. [SF Gate]

• Heath Ledger: Still not gay! [A Socialite's Life]

• The European Union is none too pleased about some of the anti-gay stuff going down all over the continent. Are you listening, Poland? [Advocate]

• Ocean County, N.J. is still refusing to give the pension of a lesbian dying of cancer to her partner. Way to make things that much harder on her, guys! [Ocean County Observer]

It's a damn good week to be the gay uncle to a celebrity.

First, Heath Ledger gave his bi uncle props, saying he was the source of inspiration for his grunting and palm-spitting character in Brokeback Mountain. Ledger even brought his uncle, a wrestler (natch), as his date to the movie's Aussie premiere. What a way to support the gays!

Now, friend to twink fashion diva Zac Posen and former beau to fag hag J. Lo, P. Diddy has come out to reveal that his own uncle was the one who gave him his sense of style. If true, someone please revoke his uncle's pink card.

Some may think this only reinforces stereotypes that queers have a great sense of style and a flair for drama. We think it would make a rocking PFLAG ad campaign.

Ledger inspired by bisexual uncle [iAfrica]
Diddy Got Fashion Flair from Gay Uncle [Elites TV]
PFLAG [Official Site]

• Brokeback Mountain wins even more awards. This is getting way too easy. [AP via Yahoo]

• Heath Ledger sees his film being yanked from a Utah theater at the last minute the same way we do: "hilarious and very immature." [Herald Sun]

• New Jersey Governor Richard Codey will likely put his John Hancock on two bills that would finally give same-sex partners equal inheritance and funeral rights. [Newsday]

• Stephen Gately continues the new scorching hot trend for out British celebs: getting married! [The Advoacte]

• First big news from Macworld? Speedy Intel-fitted computers! [Macworld]

If it seems like Jake Gyllenhaal’s doe-eyed mug has graced every magazine cover over the past two months, it’s because it probably has. Not that we mind, but what about giving Heath Ledger some love?

Well, a solo Heath finally pops up on the cover of a national magazine (and a gay one at that) promoting, what else, Brokeback Mountain. And he has something to reveal.

Straight boy has been a victim of gay harrassment:

Now, you began your career playing a gay role on Australian television, right? [Laughs] Yeah!

How did you deal with the media then? I can’t really remember. I actually remember getting harassed on the street.

So that’s why he’s so damn convincing in the movie. He’s working from personal experience!

Heath can now thank homophobic Aussies for helping him prepare for his role on Brokeback.

Heath on top [The Advocate]

Like any homo or het with an open mind and good taste would, we just loved Brokeback Mountain. Both Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal were so utterly convincing as gay lovers. Some people (let’s call them managers, agents, and PR people) worry that audiences might find them a tad bit too convincing.

The PR person’s job gets much easier when male and female co-stars fall in love and have a baby together. He's straight!

But what do you do about that other (single) gay cowboy? Why you have him affirm his heterosexuality in interview after interview, occasionally dropping hints that he’s definitely a tits man!

His PR people work overtime:

The actor concedes that the most exciting moment during filming was when Anne Hathaway, as a rich girl out to lasso a husband, exposes her breasts to him. "Months and months of repression," he says, laughing, "and finally ... "

We’re just thankful Jake and his people isn’t overdoing it the way a certain toothy, Joey from Dawson’s Creek marrying religious leading man does.

And if you ever do decide to play on our team, Jake, we'll be waiting.

Gyllenhaal Becomes A Man [USA Today]