U.S. skater Johnny Weir’s sexuality has garnered far more interest from the world than any of the televised Olympic sporting events. In print, he’s been called everything from “flamboyant” to a name he’s given himself; “Tinkerbell.” We think it's after Paris' toy dog and not Peter Pan's own personal floating light bulb. Naturally, Weir’s refusal to acknowledge his true sexuality has everyone intrigued. All of a sudden the media is giving the twink a ton of ink.

Weir is "teaching us all a lesson: that it doesn't matter, and that if the question is repeatedly asked, it says more about the questioner than it does the answerer. And when that questioner is a journalist, another question needs to be asked: Is there something in the reporter that needs examining? I think many of them look at this topic as just titillating, and it's an issue for them, not necessarily for the athletes."

We don’t even know why anyone is still wasting their time in trying to figure out if Weir’s gay. As if it’s really at all necessary, we present this video as all of the proof you will ever need.

Somehow we feel confident in saying he’ll end up on the cover of The Advocate by the end of the year.

Skating around the issue [Chicago Sun-Times]

• We were briefly (and vaguely) intrigued when we found out Creed's Scott Stapp and Kidd Rock had made a sex tape together. Too bad they don't get busy with one another. [Gawker]

• You too can blow your entire annual salaray (and then some) on the shirts off of Jake and Heath's backs. [Ebay]

• The Virginia Senate has passed a proposed constituional amendment to ban gay marriage and civil unions which will now go to voters. What else would you expect from a state with a town named Lynchburg? [Richmond.com]

• Shock! Who would have thought that you could get more than just a rub down at a massage parlor? [The Malay Mail]

• Shopaholic Johnny Weir is a triple threat: he's a princess, an Olympian, and a diva. [Towleorad]

Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes “relationship” had a rocky day, when Life & Style reported the couple had split, followed by, just a few hours later, your standard publicist denial. Why the split? Sexuality, of course, had nothing to do with it. We at Queerty fully support Cruise’s lawyer Bert Fields and his repeated assertion that “Tom Cruise is not gay.” (We hope his secretary has a keyboard shortcut for that phrase because the girl probably has carpal tunnel from typing that thing over and over).

In reference to a forthcoming cover story in the tabloid magazine Life & Style about Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes, it should be known that the story is 100% false. Mr. Cruise and Ms. Holmes are still engaged and are moving forward with their wedding plans, as well as planning for the arrival of their child. Despite the malicious fallacies put forth by Life & Style magazine, the couple is looking forward to a long and happy life together as a family.

We’d also like to note that included in the claim that the story is “100% false,” is the line about the “couple’s” “relationship.”

WORLD EXCLUSIVE: Tom Cruise & Katie Holmes — it’s over! [Life & Style]

The always quick to sue Tom Cruise is upset again. This time he's annoyed with Princess Di biographer Andrew Morton who is looking for dirt on the Scientologist dad-to-be.

Morton isn’t going at it alone. He has hired a private investigator with a past to help him out; a one time gay porn star.

But this isn’t just any gay porn star turned private dick. This is Paul Barressi, the man who in the 90’s gabbed to the National Enquirer that he had a long-term affair with that other L. Ron Hubbard-loving thespian, John Travolta. Of course, Travolta denied the accusations and proved his heterosexuality to the world by marrying Kelly Preston shortly after the report. Dissed by Danny Zukp himself.

This leaves us thinking that private detective work could turn out to be a career projectory for (we have to say it - alleged) Scientologist-loving gay porn stars. Wonder what Kyle Bradford is doing these days.

Cruise's porn anger [News.com]

Our Lady of the Glistening One Piece Roller Skating Outfit, Madonna, announced she’s going on tour this summer! No dates or any of that sort of actionable information has been finalized, but we do know one thing for sure. We’re going to have to pay out the ass for these tickets.

The tour, speculated by the music press for days, was finally made official by the material girl herself on yesterday’s appearance of The Ellen Show. Always the savvy businesswoman, Madonna went straight to us gays with the 411 first.

During an appearance on the syndicated "Ellen DeGeneres Show" that airs today (Feb. 9) in the United States, Madonna confirmed widely speculated plans for a 2006 tour. "You have a huge announcement that I'm so excited about," said DeGeneres, to which Madonna quipped, "No, I'm not pregnant."

"OK, I can't hide it anymore: I'm going on tour this summer," she continued. Beyond the time of year, specific details regarding the outing were not revealed during the show. A spokesperson did not respond to requests for comment by deadline.

That’s the good news. The bad news is we might have to forgo the new Nano we've been saving up for in order to afford those tickets. But Madge wins hands down.

Billboard Bits: Madonna, Widespread Panic, 'Rock Fore! Dough' [Billboard]

• 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]

Well, we were holding out for Madonna to be godmother to the soon to be born "World’s Most Beautiful Baby," but it looks like the crown is going to a lesbian - which would’ve been our second choice. And it isn’t Brad Pitt’s best bud, Melissa Etheridge.

Angelina Jolie has reportedly asked her lesbian lover to be godmother to her children - angering boyfriend Brad Pitt, according to Britain's Daily Star newspaper.

The actress allegedly wants Jenny Shimizu, who she had a relationship with while filming 'Foxfire' in 1993, to give spiritual guidance to her two adopted children, Maddox and Zahara, and her unborn baby with Pitt.

We do hope Brad isn’t jealous of Angie’s lesbian-lover, but somehow, we kind of think he’s the kind of guy that wouldn’t mind. And he does have to admit that his life with Aniston was never this interesting, seeing as though the godmother to that kid would’ve been Courtney Cox. We’ll take a lesbian any day ‘cause dear Jenny gives new meaning to the term ‘fairy godmother.’

Angelina Jolie chooses gay godmother [Female First]

• Gay bar attacker Jacob Robida's bedroom was decorated with "homemade posters slurring gays, African-Americans, and Jews; neo-Nazi literature and skinhead paraphernalia; a makeshift coffin; and an empty knife sheath." And this guy tried to bludgeon people? You don't say! [The Boston Globe]

• Ryan Seacrest did not storm off a radio show after being asked about his sexuality. But we're sure everyone agrees that the question still stands. [Editor & Publisher]

• We're sure you're all tired of the plethora of Brokeback Mountain trailer parodies. But for those of you who can't get enough, we present Brokeback to the Future. [You Tube via Defamer]

• The New York Times finally discovers gay ski week in Aspen and all the fabulous drag queens that go with it. [NY Times]

• The Elton John/Bernie Taupin musical Lestat appears to be in trouble. Delays and cancellations are never a good sign. [Philadelphia Daily News]

• Effectively ignoring the attitudes of their more progressive Spanish neighbors, Portugal denies some dykes the right to get married. [BBC]

• Having obviously missed her outstanding work on Crossroads, Will & Grace's producers are giving Britney Spears a cameo this season. Let's just be thankful she's not bringing Kevin with her. [MSNBC]

• In case you missed Dubya's State of the Union speech last night, he did manage to pander to the conservatives by throwing in some anti-gay sentiments: "(Americans) are concerned about unethical conduct by public officials, and discouraged by activist courts that try to redefine marriage." [365 Gay]

• A hit gay film that's not Brokeback Mountain? Korea's got their own. [Bloomberg]

• Gay Talk, the BBC's last gay radio show, will soon be forever silenced. [Gay.com UK]

• Kate Moss and Boy George have much in common: A shared English heritage, celebrity, a love for nose candy, and a strong likelihood they'll both get off easy for their crimes. [AP via Yahoo] [Evening Standard]

• We know you're going to go out dancing this weekend anyway, but LA area queens have the chance to rip off their shirts, boogey down for a good cause, and then drive their tired gay ass home in a new Scion. [iDance]

We’re a little confused by today’s revelation that Brad Pitt wants to cash in on the success of Brokeback Mountain by asking his reps to find him a gay role. We thought he’d already covered that part of his professional acting career (and pretty well if you ask us) with Interview with a Vampire and Fight Club.

Says a “source” who could very well just be a bitter Jennifer Aniston spreading gay rumors:

A source said: “Brad has asked his people to find him a script to play a gay man.

“He wants it to be a story that appeals to both men and women and he wants it to be the edgiest work he’s
done.

“He’s seen the critical acclaim that Brokeback Mountain has won and he wants a piece of it.

Well if he plays the Jack Twist role in the film, then he’ll most definitely get a piece of it.

We’re taking guesses as to who else will jump on the Brokeback bandwagon. Will other stars take the risk by playing queer? Clint Eastwood? Sylvestor Stallone? Tom Cruise? Well, we guess Cruise has already has that checked off as well. Let’s see, there’s Top Gun, Interview with a Vampire (natch), and the never-ending saga that is His Entire Life.

Brad: I fancy a gay one [The Sun]

It appears as if Clay Aiken has his own equivalent to Monica Lewinski’s jizz-stained blue dress; a cumrag. At first John Paulus, Clay’s hunky North Carolinian online hook-up, insisted he isn’t coming forward ($$) to hurt anyone’s reputation ($$). But his story ($$), cumrag and all, has now mysteriously ($$) ended up in The National Enquirer. We wonder what it was that changed his mind ($$).

Paulus tells the world that Clay doesn't play safe:

"On Dec. 16, using the screen name of 'valleyprettyboy,' Clay sent me his first instant message," Paulus claims.

He contends that, after a month's correspondence, Clay admitted he wanted a "discreet bf."
After arranging a meeting at a Quality Inn in Garner, N.C., Paulus says, "Clay told me his ex-lover was selfish and mean. And within five minutes he started to feel my arms and put his hands on my leg.

"We started to mess around and Clay said he wanted to have sex with me. Before I knew it, we were having unprotected sex.

Ok, so no one is surprised about the gay sex part. But we suggest that next time valleyprettyboy goes in search of a discrete “bf,” he check his million-album-selling risky butt into a classier hotel than the local Quality Inn.

Former Ranger claims he served as Aiken's Claymate [NY Daily News]

• Yet another person has come forward insisting, yes, INSISTING, that Kenny Chesney is not, we repeat, NOT gay. [Fox News]

• Toronto is the first to get what will be a string of condos targeted at gays and lesbians. Sounds great, but if it the interiors don't look like something straight out of Architectural Digest, we ain't biting. [Reuters]

• Gay film company Power Up is gearing up for its first feature film. It's being directed by the lesbian who did But I'm a Cheerleader so you know it's in good hands. [Reuters]

• With a new HBO documentary, an upcoming Logo sketch show, and now a sitcom in development, Rosie O'Donnell seems to be one busy dyke. [Fox News]

• We knew hardcore evangelicals had a horrible sense of style, we just had no idea it this was this bad. [Wholesomewear via World of Wonder]

Everyone will surely be attacking our darling Madonna all day for taking one not-so flattering picture at the Gaultier show the other night. But, because we love her so and need to defend her, we present to you another recent pic of Madge; this one on the set of her new “Sorry” video.

See, everyone can take a bad picture. And a fabulous one for that matter.

SADONNA: Is the Queen of Pop's quest for eternal youth taking its toll? [Daily Mirror]
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Christian conservatives continue to whine about anything gay that even touches their religion. Bored with crucifying The Book of Daniel, they’re now turning their pitchforks and flaming torches to cutie Chad Allen and his new based ona true story movie, End of the Spear.

Critics are praising the movie and plenty of churches have been promoting it. But since finding out Allen is gay, religious folks feel as if they've been duped into promoting a film with a flaming ‘mo portraying a holy missionary.

That oh-so unbiased World Net Daily digs up one of the real life kids of Allen’s character, Steve Saint (the religious associations just don't stop):

Saint admitted, however, he was shocked when he learned Allen was homosexual. "I could feel physical pain," he recalled, "thinking [that] somebody that lives a lifestyle like that is going to depict my dad."

Funny. We had a similar physical reaction when we found out hets Jake and Heath were going to play gay onscreen. But we were just simply overcome by the hotness factor.

So what does all of this negative attention to End of the Spear really mean? More publicity and a larger box office. As usual.

Controversy swirls over 'gay' playing missionary in movie [World Net Daily]
End of the Spear [Official Site]

• We’re glad that MTV decided to not go the stereotypical route when selecting the mandatory gay Real World cast member. Oh wait, they did. [Towleroad]

• Anne Heche’s mom may still hate the Gays, but she doesn’t seem to loathe her daughter. They're now on speaking terms. Still, we think it’s safe to say her relationship with Ellen remains pretty shitty. (Thanks, Carrie) [Anne Heche Official Site]

• Al Sharpton reveals that he grew up with a gay family member whom he won’t name. This being gay uncle week, we think we have a strong inclination as to who it might be. [WIS 10]

• Dr. Stanley Biber, who, over 30 years time, rebuilt thousands of men into women and vice versa, won't be working on any more trannies. RIP. [The Advocate]

• We’d love to see Brokeback Mountain take the box office from behind and totally top it this weekend. [Variety]