There's an email circulating around town which suggests Jay Manuel and his miraculous hair may be leaving America's Next Top Model. Either that or network executives are offering viewers double the faggy fun.

A source close to the Tyra Banks-hosted beauty contest sent out a memo looking for a Manuel-esque, amiable, "honest" art director. Hmm, could it be that Manuel - who also produced ANTM - has decided to put all of his energies into hosting the show's Canadian counterpart? Or perhaps he's spending more time offering the lonely hearts at Match.com a little love advice?

Of course, Manuel may also just want to spend more time with his boyfriend, who he allegedly once described to Elle Girl as a "rock hard top". Ewwww...

(PS: We have searched high and low for that Elle Girl interview, but to no avail. Gay gold star to the reader who produces the revolting text.)

• NewsBusters, the watch dog group dedicated to "exposing and combating liberal media bias", are taking aim at GLAAD the group released a statement in which president Neil Giuliano "urges" the media to commemorate Falwell as a homo-hating monster:

As they look back on the life of the Rev. Falwell, media have an opportunity and a responsibility to reflect on the outdated, hurtful attitudes and beliefs he embodied...

It's an important opportunity to take stock of how far our nation has come in moving toward a more respectful and inclusive society, and how far we still have to go.

On Anderson Cooper 360, CNN correspondent Randi Kaye, who raised eyebrows in December for a story worrying about Saddam suffering when he hanged, shared no comparable horror at the death of Falwell. Her transcript read like a commercial for GLAAD... Anchor Anderson Cooper titled his segments "Faith and Fury," and fury was certainly in heavy rotation on CNN.

• America's Next Top Model's (Ms.) J Alexander warns touchy-feely fans to back off: "I knocked a lot of people in the nose and knocked a lot of people in the head and knocked a lot of people in the chest for grabbing up on Miss Jay."

• California-based gay activist Larry Sprenger has died. Sprenger's work with the Municipal Elections Committee of Los Angeles helped close bath houses to stop the spread of AIDS.

• CBS' Kiddie Nation proves that reality television really is for children.

• St. Petersburg Pride banned! The city's just too dang busy, you see?

• Wanna see some cute boys? Sure ya do! Especially when they're fine ass D&G models posing in their undies...

• Just so you know, Antarctica's still melting.

It’s been years since male model Swedish Marcus Schenkenberg ruled the runway. But this cultural irrelevance hasn’t stopped The Local’s Paul O'Mahony from devoting this irreverently informative, unnecessarily schizoid “Introducing…” column to 38-year old Schenkenberg.

In addition to proving those essential introductory details – dated Pam Anderson, fucks mad reality hoes and likes PeTA – O’Mahony informs us that Schenkenberg has recorded a Ricky Martin-flavored single:

...The muscular Swede with the Dutch ancestry also released a single. For a man purported to speak five languages - none of them Spanish - the decision to release a song called “La Chica Marita” had more to do with the success of Ricky Martin-inspired Latino pop than his own fondness for some chica called Marita.

Check it out, after the jump. Unless you want to maintain your Marcus-related masturbatory fantasies, in which case we don’t advise viewing “La Chica Marita”...

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Feeling a little antsy waiting for the great escape from office hell? Yeah, us, too. Or, we were until we saw this video from tonight's episode of Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency in which Dickinson, The Abbey owner, David Cooley and blogging brother Perez Hilton hold a little audition for aussieBum underwear. Needless to say it's eye-popping, among other body parts.

Speaking of body parts, we have to warn you that Hilton tries to teach the models a thing or two and grabs his penis. You may want to avert your eyes. It's pretty unsettling.

(Also, don't be alarmed if the video takes a few seconds to load. The 21st century ain't what it's cracked up to be...)

• Anti-Gay Spanish Fascists in Madrid are just so gay. [365 Gay]

• Talk about injustice: FOX cancelled the OJ Simpson special. Now we're all going to have read about how he didn't commit murder. (But not the book, that was cancelled, too) [FOX News]

• Twiggy fears her own creation: "terrified" of skinny models. [Daily Mail]

• Pete Doherty may be the biggest fuck-up in history. That or the biggest drug addict, we can't decide. [CNN]

• Star Tribune settled with former BFF GLBT Pride/Twin Cities after refusing to publish their advert. Now they're BFF again. [Editor & Publisher]

• South Africa's health department has amended inflated figures of people receiving HIV-related care. Which is a bit disheartening, of course. [allAfrica]

What's really funny about today's New York Times piece on Jamie Dornan is that just last night we were recalling his photoshoot in Out Magazine and how it seems that Dornan's the next Mark Vanderloo (only, we hope, with more of a career). It seems you can't open a magazine, turn on the telly or (now) read the newspaper without seeing this exceptional beauty. And, from what we gather from the article, he's only going up.

Of course, Dornan's absolutely flabbergasted by all the attention. Why? Well, like so many attractives, Dornan's a bit shy admitting he thinks he's worth all the gawking. Chatting with Guy Trebay, he insists, "I don't consider myself good looking." To this, we say: "bullshit".

The aesthetically blessed always know they're fetching. Unless they're blind and/or competely braindead, an attractive must notice the lingering glances, the turning heads and gaping mouths. And, to top it off, Dornan's a model! People don't want to take pictures of uglies. They don't want to put some monster in a Calvin Klein ad with Kate Moss. Keira Knightley wouldn't even dream of kissing some vile troll. And they certainly don't want to plaster a revolting mug on a gay magazine. No, Dornan's just saying that to make himself more endearing.

Don't worry, Dornan, even if you went on to become the biggest mass murderer in the history of the world (which would really be quite a feat, considering some of the nasty killers we've seen in history), we'll always love you. Unless, of course, you actually do become a psycho killer. We won't like you then, but we'll probably still think you're attractive. We'd probably even still have sex with you.

(Oh, and the picture above's from the Out Magazine shoot. You can experience the wonder of our coverage by clicking here. If you care to know what the mag had to say about Dornan, well, you can click here.)

Even though we're hunting through MySpace to find some lookers, not everyone's convinced the social networking giant's pretty factor is high enough. Enter 24-year-old model Jesper Lannung. So turned off by "poseurs and wannabes," he's starting his own social networking site — but only the hotties need apply. ModelsHotel.com is taking the Friendster trend to a new niche; the same way A Small World is only for the wealthy, Lannung's site is only for people who wouldn't look out of place walking a runway. In fact, if you don't walk the runways, you probably won't make it past registration: you need to be registered with one of the "top 50" modeling agencies to snag a username. Is Models Hotel taking superficial to a new level? Certainly. But it sure makes finding a hot housemate that much easier.

Models Hotel
MySpace, But For Models Only [NY Mag]

We've flipped threw hundreds (thousands?) of models portfolios since launching this site, which means, while we may not have the discerning eye of a casting agent, we do know a good looking fella with promise when we see one. So when we were turned on to Chris Cates (above left) – who's already shot with renowned photog Bruce Weber for L'Uomo Vogue and photog Hudson Wright for Flaunt – we knew we had more than your typical strong jaw lined, piercing eyes, body perfect shoe-in for a MG candidate. After the jump, there's little room for you to disagree.

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Terron Wood is with Major Model Management in New York and from these photos he appears incredibly versatile. He can wear short shorts, thin suspenders, underwear, and even underwear over long underwear with equal aplomb. Compare and contrast after the jump.

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We can spot a fitness model from a mile away in the summertime as soon as they lift their arms. Smooth or stubbly, you're never find any real hair under there, now down below. Is it for aerodynamics like swimmers, or is it for shininess? Sexy Ryan Wood is certainly a very shiny star, and we'll even look past his lack of pubes to enjoy these photos, and hope you will too.

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Models.com lists Brad Kroenig as its No. 1 male model, an ambitious fella that makes us rethink the term "himbo." From Chanel and Fendi to Hilifiger and Joop, Brad gets around. Or at least he did. But according to blogger Confessions Of A Casting Director, Brad is no longer walking runways and doing magazine shoots — he's in real estate. Looking for a new condo? Ask for the hottie at Corcoran.

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You remember Chad White from Mischa Barton's heel stuck in his back during his supposed "S&M" ads for BeBe. Now it looks like the male model's career is surely taking off, even if his latest campaign finds Chad once again lying on the ground in submission. At least this time he's been paired with someone you don't want to be killed off: Dita Von Teese.

There's more, after the jump.

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