American Idol judge Paula Abdul has finally come clean about her pill popping. As we all know (and love!), the former Lakers cheerleader and pop star has become more and more incoherent with each passing season.

Abdul insists to OK!, however, that she's cut back her meds. Huffington Post passes on the gory details:

Abdul does take prescription drugs for pain she still suffers after a 1993 plane crash. "I quit my career. For the next six years, I spent 75% of my time in the hospital. I was also hit by a drunk driver on the freeway after an L.A. Lakers game in 1987, which is when I started getting severe neck pains. I have four titanium plates in my neck. I've had 14 surgeries over the years.

"I inject myself with a shot of Humira every two weeks. … I also use Enbrel and Relafen [an anti-inflammatory drug] and the painkiller Lidocaine. If I appear exhausted on television, it's because I am! I have a lot of sleepless nights because I'm in so much pain. I was taking far more medication on earlier seasons, and nobody said anything."

Well, maybe not to your face, Paula.

Meanwhile Page Six got their sneaky hands on a tape of Abdul crying about her ex-publicist, Howard Bragman, including this, "I don't understand how this man can call me a whining bitch. I've never in my life been called a whining bitch and a loser." There, there, Paula - you're no loser. You are, however, whining, bitch.

• Jim McGreevey successfully stole the thunder from former beard, Dina Mato McGreevey's Oprah appearance. The Gay American "is entering a seminary amid reports that he wants to become an Episcopal priest," according to NYC's NBC affiliate, WNBC. IHT confirms that the formerly - and publicly - Catholic New Jersey governor has been embraced by the Episcopal Church. With this successful entry, McGreevey's plunging into the "discernment" phase, says IHT . This process which clears the pipes for deeper spiritual penetration and eventual priesthood. After all is said and done, McGreevey could looking at over three years on his knees for god. Dina best come out with a sequel. [Image source]

• Last week, The Advocate broke the story on Micron Technology's board of director's heavy-handed refusal to endorse a shareholder sponsored non-discrimination policy. Now the Boise, Idaho company has reversed it's position. From The Advocate:

Micron Technology Inc. decided Tuesday to amend its company policy so employees can no longer be fired on the basis of their sexual orientation. The move comes after The Advocate revealed last week that the Boise, Idaho, company’s board of directors had ignored an unprecedented 55% shareholder vote in favor of adding both sexual orientation and gender identity to its nondiscrimination policies.

Well done, homo-journos! Unfortunately, the board will not be including gender identity in their revised policy. Divide and conquer, huh?

• Don't forget all the homo-politicos. Referring to a string of recent political gains, Denis Dison of the Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund tells Deb Price: "We have seen in the last month at almost every major win, almost always there is an openly gay legislator behind that story." This article comes with complete "gay" political gain time line!

• Scary Spice v. Eddie Murphy heads to the court room. That's some baby mama DNA drama.

• Don Imus may file a lawsuit against CBS, thus ensuring we'll continue to hear America's most outrageously offensive catch phrase since "Let's Get Retarded".

• New York thinks it's time to come out of the American Idol closet.

• Don't forget Good Times tonight at Eastern Bloc! We'll totally be there. Details after the jump!

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With his days on American Idol behind him, Sanjaya Malakar's been making the talk show rounds. For some reason his publicist - or whoever handles this perplexing star's affairs - decided to book him on Jimmy Kimmel's late-night chat fest. Why? We don't know.

We do know, however, that Jimmy Kimmel managed to perpetuate his long history of douchery and make himself look like a hypocrite. Oh, Jimmy, you truly are an overachiever…

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Sanjaya Malakar may be one of the most puzzling cultural icons in recent memory. Why did so many people vote for someone everyone agreed blew? Where does a 17-year old kid get the gumption to sport a pony-hawk? What does his contradictory success mean for the "merit" of American Idol? (And, yes, the show does have merit, evidenced most readily by Jennifer Hudson and Kelly Clarkson.) In Gayville, our terrain, many have speculated about whether the young "singer" qualifies as queer. Such Idol speculation's nothing new - just look at Clay Aiken and lawsuit plagued Mario Vazquez.

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Ryan Seacrest again fanned flames that he's a flamer on last night's American Idol. There have been a few slip-ups in the past, but this is by far the biggest slip-up that he likes to slip-up into men. Watch our admittedly shitty video and let us know what you think.

What's our opinion? Quite honestly, we're not sure what to think anymore. Yes, Seacrest seems a bit lavender, but perhaps it's all just a publicity-grabbing ruse. If so, it worked. If not - well, we suggest that Seacrest heed Cowell's advice and come on out of that there closet.

Magdaleno Olmos managed to use "lasciviously" at least twice in his sexual harassment lawsuit against American Idol and former contestant, the sexually ambiguous (read "gay") Mario Vazquez.

The former assistant production accountant alleges that the show's producers fired him after he complained that Vazquez came onto him. It's also alleged that this harassment is why Vazquez left the show - not for "personal reasons" (also read "gay") as he previously claimed.

Not only did Vazquez allegedly ask Olmos if he wanted "oral sex" (read "blow job"), but he's apparently got a taste for cottaging. Olmos claims:

Vazquez entered the bathroom, knocked on the door of Plaintiff's stall, looked under the door, looked through the space in the stall door and made eye contact with Plaintiff.

Vazquez then started to rub his genitals over his pants.Attempting to leave the bathroom, Plaintiff opened the door of the stall and saw Vazquez standing in front of him with his pants down masturbating.

Oh that saucy singer!

When he complained, Olmos says, producers said he would "cry himself" out of a job. If he plays his cards right, he'll cry himself into a settlement. As for Vazquez's reasons for leaving - this only furthers all those rumors (read "he's a total cock sucking homo").

• Friendly warning to America's Next Top Model's Nigel Barker - the kids from New Now Next have been stalking you. We don't think you're in any danger, but you may want to be careful when/how/where you do your stretches. Also, if some faggots ask you to spot them, throw the poor boys a bone. Especially if you're wearing short shorts. [New Now Next]

• Lance Bass is writing a memoir not-so-cleverly entitled Out of Sync. [Entertainment Tonight]

• Gawker wants you to rename it. [Gawker]

• Meanwhile, Bass' ex's (Reichen) ex and former Amazing Race contestant, Chip Arndt, hopes to raise 100,000 to fight AIDS. Cool, right? What's not so cool is that his correspondent MySpace page plays "Here Comes The Sun". What about Michael Jackson's Ryan White memorial tune, "Gone To Soon"? Too depressing? Okay, what about "You've Really Got Me" by The Kinks? Oh, wait… [MySpace]

• Largo's would-be city womanager Steve Stanton's still deciding whether to appeal his firing after announcing impending sex change. [St. Petersburg Times]

• No more gay only bars in England. Contrary to what you may think, this is a good thing… [Pink News UK]

• Universal Press Syndicate vows to continue publishing Ann Coulter's column. [TPM]

• No Idol for The View. [TMZ]

• Holy fucking shit!! Stonewall reopens in 5 days! OMG! We're totally hyperventilating! Hurry, someone remind us how much we don't care!! [NY Observer]

• Don't forget Good Times tonight at eastern bloc with guest DJ's Baby C and Sparber. Details and some pics from a previous installment, after the jump…

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• See these two men? They're Brazilian actors named Sérgio Abreu and Carlos Casagrande and they're totally playing lovers on a new prime-time sudster, Paraíso Tropica. How do you say "very hot" in Portuguese? [Made in Brazil]

• Viktor and Rolf are so avant-garde! They totally strapped lights to a model. [IHT]

• We totally inspired Kenneth Hill to make a super-hero. He didn't name it, though. Perhaps you can help. [QueerSighted]

• Meanwhile, HX editor Brandon Voss has been spending some time with Sarah Silverman. The result? An eye-opening interview. Did you know you can say "cunt" on Comedy Central after 1am? Now you do. Thanks Voss and Silverman, you just made our day. [The Advocate]

• Here's another tough question: if you're on American Idol and have an initialed name, does that make you gay? It certainly looks that way. [Brace Face]

• A Swedish club's been ordered to pay 30,000 kronor after asking a lesbian couple to stop snogging. Yeah, that's basically all you need to know… [The Local]

While we're on the subject of music, you should really head on over to virtual matter and check out American Idol contestant Lakisha Jones' performance of "And I'm Telling You".

Sure, she may not be the cutest girl in the world, but bitch sure can wail. And she has a little girl. If there's one thing America loves, it's unwed mothers. Right, Fantasia?

(PS: If your eyes aren't too good, maybe you should just head straight to the YouTube video. You can blow it up to full screen and enjoy Jones in all her glory.)

• So, Italian PM Romano Prodi's handed in his resignation over some bullshit - apparently he wanted expand the US military base northern Italy and send more troops to Afghanistan, but some colleagues thought that the price too high. That doesn't constitute quitting, we don't think. But is sure is a convenient death for that gay marriage bill, huh? [BBC News]

• Meanwhile, things are a fright down over in Tanzania. Apparently there's a man-raping bat demon on the loose and the only way to stop it's by getting lubed up and sleeping with a bunch of men. Actually, we may have found our next travel destination… [BBC News via Can O Whoop Ass]

• From man-raping bat demons to soul-sucking brain zombies: the cinematic backdrop for The Georgraphy Club author and known homosexual, Brent Hartinger's latest title: Split Screen: Attack of the Soul-Sucking Brain Zombies. We haven't read it, but we're down for pretty much anything that involves zombies. [AfterEllen Blog]

• In other soul-sucking brain zombie news: Howard K. Stern. [TMZ]

• Despite all these crumbling governments and ghoulish monsters, there's still more Oprah on Ellen Promotional Madness! (Co-Starring Steadman.) [YouTube]

• At least Guantanamo's got something going for it: Gaytanamo. [Gay Porn Blog]

• Oh, right, we forgot about yesterday's weirdness: that spiteful exchange between Simon Cowell and Ryan Seacrest. You kids can fill in the blanks, we're sure. [IHT]

• UPDATE: Don't forget to come get drunk with us at the Jimmy Im endorsed, eastern bloc housed Goodtimes. Details after the jump…

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Jennifer Hudson's getting a lot of press these days, but what about that other girl from American Idol? You know, the girl who actually won? In case you've forgotten, her name's Fantasia Barrino. She had that Lifetime movie - it was shitty. She had that album - not shitty, but certainly not sublime. And she now she may have a role in the Oprah-endorsed stage adaptation of Alice Walker's The Color Purple. E!'s homo extraordinaire Marc Malkin reports that "sources close to Barrino" tell him she's up for the role of the central character, Miss Celie.

Hmmm, we're not sure how we feel about this - we think we'd rather read the book. We know Oprah's done loads of good in this world, but there's seriously something wrong with the idea of Fantasia and her jaw singing about being beat down by Mr. -.

• HIV positive? Smoke weed everyday!

• Think HIV doesn't cause AIDS? You're "beyond stupid", says doctor who discovered HIV.

• Donating money to anti-gay-nup campaigns? "That's a waste", says allegedly gay Florida Governor Charlie Crist.

• Named Britney Spears? Rabbi Shmuley Boteach has some words for you.

• Looking to boost American Idol's fear factor? Hire Michael Jackson to "mentor" contestants.

• Banning Chisinau, Moldova's gay pride? That's illegal, says Supreme Court.

• Janice Dickinson on Survivor contestant turned model JP Calderon's coming out: "I just wanted to tell you how fucking proud I am of you. Coming out yesterday must be really hard, and then being on the cover of a national magazine the next day?"

• Gavin Newsom on getting it on with former campaign manager, Alex Tourk's wife, Ruby: "I want to make it clear that everything you've read is true and I'm deeply sorry about that…I hurt someone I care deeply about, Alex Tourk and his family and friends, and that is something I'm deeply sad about and sorry for".

• Editor and Publisher on FBI agent Deborah Bond's testimony on Scooter Libby's knowledge on Valerie Plame: "[Bond] described the bureau's interview with I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby on Oct. 14, 2003. Asked where he first learned of Ambassador Joe Wilson's wife, Valerie Plame, he had told the FBI then — from the vice president, on or about June 12 that year, in a telephone conversation".

• Morvin Crumlish on computer generated "recommendations": "I find the idea of my bodily functions and sexuality being obsessed about by marketing professionals disturbing, but perhaps my biggest concern is that they are right".

• The Jewish Theological Seminary's study's on conservative Jew's increasingly accepting feelings on gay rabbis: "the decisions clearly raise the possibility among many that the Conservative movement has taken a move to the theological Left, further parting company from the Orthodox, and further approaching the Reform movement".

• Jennifer Hudson on being on American Idol: "…You go through this mental thing… You've been abused, misled and brainwashed to believe whatever they want you to think…I knew I had to sing my way out of it".

Oh man, seems like Clay Aiken may be up to his old tricks, if you will. Gossip monger Perez Hilton has posted a set of photographs and text from what seems to be Aiken's attempt to get a little cock action.

Writing under the disgustingly saccharine and totally unsexy name, happychappy2, a man looking suspiciously like the American Idol runner-up wrote, "I do have pics - but I have a VERY recognizable face and can't post them". He then said he'd send them along if his would-be butt buddy promised complete discretion. Unfortunately internet based promises don't mean shit, thus, the conversation and some webcam pictures are now readily available here.

While we can't say for sure, it seems to us that the boy is, in fact, Aiken. Of course, this can mean only one thing. Okay, two things: one, obviously he's a big cocksucker (or, at the very least, extremely curious) and, two, he's got no brain.

Seriously, there's endless speculation over your sexuality and you still put yourself and your career at risk by trolling Manhunt? Dumb, dumb, dumb. Good thing the boy's duped millions into thinking he can "sing", because doesn't seem like he's got much else happening for him…

While we're a little bit rock, a reader named Alan's a little country. ow do we know? Well, he just sent us this clip of country star Faith Hill getting a little hot under the collar after losing the Country Music Award's Female Vocal Artist of the Year to Carrie Underwood.

Watch as Hill presumptuously opens her arms to embrace the applause and loses her shit when she realizes her mistake. We can't really blame her, though. We may prefer rock, but we've been known to get down to some Faith. (Never have we boogied to Underwood. She stole American Idol from Bo Bice, a sin for which she shall never be forgiven.)