The successful Broadway production of John Waters' hit, Hairspray, spurred Waters and producers to adapt another movie hit, Cry Baby. Writes NYDN's Ben Widdicombe,

Are you ready for a Broadway standard called "Girl, Can I Kiss You With Tongue?"

That's one of the numbers in Cry Baby, the next John Waters -film-turned-musical coming to the Great White Way, in March.

Young James Snyder will play the role made famous by Johnny Depp in 1990. "John Waters is like the quirky uncle you always wanted," he told me Sunday at a birthday for Adam Epstein, who is producing Cry Baby after taking home a Tony for Hairspray.

No crying here, baby.

• Just in case you haven't noticed, we're having a little shindig this Thursday, June 14th at New York City's Star Lounge (under the Chelsea Hotel). Not only will there be free booze, the entire Queerty/Jossip crew (yes, even Cord Jefferson), and Nicholas Weist-provided hits, but Democratic presidential candidate Mike Gravel's totally the guest of honor. Be there are be the biggest square in history. Ya heard?

• Armistead Maupin's beloved Michael Tolliver lives.

• Israel made Richard Rothstein cry. Also, forgot the meaning of never - as in, "Never Again!"

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The stars were out at the London premiere of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest on Monday. The usual suspects (Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom) were joined on the red carpet by the fugly (Kim Stewart, Mischa Barton, who we've spared you from sneering at) and some pleasant surprises (William Moseley, Daniel Dae Kim). But perhaps the biggest news came when Depp and producer Jerry Bruckheimer announced Keith Richards – yes, that Keith Richards – would make a cameo in the franchise's third installment, playing Jack Sparrow's father.

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• When studio execs first saw footage of Johnny Depp in character as Jack Sparrow for Pirates of The Caribbean, they had but one question: "Is he gay?" Okay, they had two: "Is he drunk?" [Newsweek]

• When Project Runway 3 premieres next month, there will be more to talk about than Heidi Klum's auf wiedersehens. The hot model mama is expecting her second child with husband Seal. [People]

• Jay-Z's feud with Cristal continues. Not only did he pull the champagne label – which famously denounced the hip-hop community as customers – from his 40/40 club, he'll be pulling Cristal's name from his song lyrics. Lucky us, so many liquor companies reach out to the gay community, it makes choosing easier. [Page Six]

It's Johnny Depp, beautiful actor extraordinaire. We'll let the pictures do the talking while you giggle over him like a prepubescent schoolgirl, because you know you will.

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