Call it a coincidence, but today, six days after what would be MLK's 79th birthday, lesbianic website AfterEllen posted the definitively entitled "11 Black Actresses You Need To Know".

Said list included Gabrielle Union, some girl named Erica Hubbard, Zoe Saldena and Alfre Woodard, among others.

Sorry, boys, but Jennifer Hudson didn't make the list. Vivica A. Fox did, though, and, honestly, we're not sure why.

Out magazine finally unveiled its hush-hush Out 100 cover. As you can see, Jennifer Hudson, choreographer Bill T. Jones, Mad Men's Bryan Batt, Mary-Louise Parker and our future husband/designer Thom Brown grace the gay glossy's mammoth year end issue.

These luminaries and 96 others will be honored tonight at the monthly's queer celebration. Yes, we said "96" - the Out staffers just revealed that Annie Lennox will be named the "Humanitarian Of The Year" for AIDS activism. We're dispatching our editor and camera man to record all the fun, so tune in Monday for all the homo highlights.

• Exterface does it again. (Previous example of "it" here.)

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The world's most stylish fashionistas, singers, actors and hangers-on made their way to The Metropolitan Museum of Art last night for the Costume Institute's Gala. This year the institute honored the late, great French designer Paul Poiret. Poiret's stunning designs drew on both Oriental and art deco aesthetic, but constantly revolved around his favorite flower: the rose.

Our invitation must have gotten lost in the mail, so we had to live vicariously through press images. Shame, because we would have loved to pick Tom Ford and French Vogue editor Carine Roitfeld's respective brains. Oh well, there's always next year.

Take a look at some more shots, after the jump…

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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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Watching the Oscar red carpet madness gives us such a headache. We can't keep track of who's who, what they're doing there and why we should care.

The kids over at E! were certainly no help - not only did they not seem to know the answers to those pressing questions, they didn't seem to give two shits. The complete and utter stupidity of Ryan Seacrest, Giuliana Depandi and homo extraordinaire Jay Manuel from America's Next Top Model was only eclipsed by former The View co-host Debbie Manopoulos. When asked how she stays so thin, she said "I don't eat". The duo over at ABC weren't any better and Joan and Melissa Rivers on TV Guide really couldn't hold our attention.

As hard as it may be to believe, the only person we could focus on in the celebrity cluster fuck was Sally Kirkland. Coincidentally enough, her reality defying, rabbi designed dress seems to be made from the rainbow flag. Thus, she's our Oscar patron saint.

So, round of applause for Ms. Kirkland. Crazy's never looked so good. Or so disturbing.

See some more red carpet shots, 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. -.

We know you guys totally love Jennifer Hudson, so we thought we'd pass along some Annie Leibovitz pictures of her from this month's Vogue. When we say "some", we mean three - we wish we could give you more, but they're totally being chintzy. We can, however, offer you this link, through which you can watch the video of Ms. Hudson chatting with Andre Leon Talley.

(In case you missed it, here's the link to our video of Ellen getting all glam and shit for W. It's like an Oscar siren explosion up in this piece!)

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• 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".