The Weinstein Brothers are not about cross-promotion.

The powerful titans are publishing Tim Gunn's new book, but have forbidden him from mentioning his Bravo show, Project Runway. Says Page Six:

According to Gunn, Weinstein's legal sharks threatened to file an injunction against his publisher, Abrams Image, if he mentioned Runway in Tim Gunn: A Guide to Quality, Taste and Style." "There were two references to the show in my book," Gunn told the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. "Then it was in my bio in the book, and it was on the cover flap. It all had to be removed."

The Weinstein's self-named company, however, says Gunn misunderstood, "..This seems like a game of 'telephone' gone awry. The Weinstein Co. never prevented Tim's publisher from referencing Project Runway in the book."

Regardless, the snafu's getting the book press. And that's the name of the game.

Tim Gunn knows a thing or two about fashion. In an effort to harness his sartorial powers, Bravo offered him his own show, Tim Gunn's Guide To Style. And, in an effort to publicize said show, Gunn sat down with AfterElton for a little heart-to-heart. So, what'd we learn? Gunn's not into your gun:

I think our responsibility is simply to look good. I mean, I'm a man of a certain age – but even when I was younger, I just wasn't into the whole Chelsea muscle boy scene – even though I live in Chelsea. I don't have a disregard for people who are accentuating muscles and various things – though I draw the line at emphasizing genitals.

Prude.

We're sure Tim Gunn's tickled pink that Bravo has offered him his own show. According to Radar, however, producers aren't entirely convinced Gunn's capable of holding his own:

Sources say that his producers have mounted a furious search for a female cohost for Tim Gunn's Guide to Style, a makeover show that was initially scheduled to air this summer as a replacement for Queer Eye for the Straight Guy. A source who auditioned for the job was told that the show's producers felt Gunn, who will offer up style and make-up advice to schlubby civilians, was a bit "too highbrow" for viewers, and they needed a "more down-to-earth and fun" female presence to balance him out.

Sounds like this fag needs a hag. If only we had a vagina…

We know you guys are going through serious Project Runway withdrawl, so we'd like to direct you to a very Tim Gunn "Possessed" installment from The New York Times. Following the "Possessed" tradition of delving into the homes of notable names, David Colman explores the inner workings of Gunn's Greenwich Village apartment.

Among the personal and anecdotal knick knacks, Gunn yaks about his love for miniature archictectual sets: a passion born from a boyhood calendar containing sets of diminutive, build-em-yourself French chateaus.

He's moved on since then, replicating some of the world's most famous buildings. But, don't think he's limited to historical wonders. Gunn's been commissioned by the most famous woman in the universe: Barbie.

In later years his lucky younger sister had her own architect on hand to assemble Barbie’s many residences. “Barbie’s town house, the pool and cabana, the sweet shop: I built them all,” he said.

Sure, Gunn's interest in constructing mock buildings may sound a bit grannyish - not incidentally, it was his grandmother who gave him the first calendar - but it also seems pretty cool.

Although, it'd be more if Gunn imagined his own edifices. Like in Lego's. There could be a drawbridge, a dragon watch tower, a pirate's plank, a monorail and a launching pad for the spaceship. It'd be neat.

Showing a collection of fashion-forward couture dresses, made of rich fabrics in golds, hot pinks and an occasional splash of her trademark blue, Chloe bested strong collections from her competitors Santino and Daniel V, with expert tailoring, wise style choices, and a wink at that mod aesthetic we love so much. Check any high-end department store, they're filled with clothes that look just like Chloe's. We promise. She's a smart lady.

The episode could have featured more of the runway show itself, instead of endless scenes of sleep-deprived desingers furiously putting the final touches on their garments, but such critiques are moot. As desingers, both Santino and Daniel V are sure to soar; as the winner of Project Runway, and an apprentice at Banana Republic, it is the "form follows function" mindset of Chloe that assured her as the perfect choice. In hindsight, we are most pleased with the outcome.

We can't wait until Season 3. And we predict Tim Gunn will have his own show within the year.

You know our love for all things Project Runway has got us counting the days until next Wednesday’s season finale. Sure we love us some Michael Kors and Nina Garcia, but its Tim Gunn that’s warmed our hearts. Maybe it’s the voice or the buttoned-up look, we don’t really know, but he’s our favorite silver fox(besides the Coop, of course.) Out talks with our favorite Parson’s School of Design den mother. And guess what? He’s single.

This guy who I loved more than myself had been sleeping around… it was awful. More awful was his out and out rejection of me, saying, “I don’t have the patience for you. I’m tired of you. Get lost.” And I haven’t been in a relationship since. And I’ve run from a couple of opportunities. I keep revisiting this “new soul” thing and I think, It’s not gonna happen in this lifetime. It’s not meant to be.

Maybe Tim just hasn’t met the right guy yet. The article goes on to suggest he should think about dating Andrae, but we think a Tim Gunn/ Michael Kors pairing would be, er, fitting. Next time you see the man on the streets of Manhattan suggest the two get together, will ya’? Just don’t mention the name Zulema!

Project Runway’s Big Gunn: Part Two [Out]

If you’re like us, and we know you are, you watch Project Runway religiously. And one reason you watch (besides Michael Kors’ sometimes funny quips) is because of Parson’s School of Design’s Tim Gunn. Out has a great and revealing interview with everyone’s favorite den mother.

And, surprisingly, he gets catty when asked who he was happy to see go:

I’ll use Daniel Franco as an example. Lord, this past week I have found out I’ve developed an allergy to the guy. There was no way he was going to stay the course of season two. Absolutely no way. He doesn’t understand a deadline. He is incredibly annoying to be around. He’s the one person who never, ever forgot there was a camera around. So I was thrilled he left the way he left. […] The other person from season two who I was not only perfectly happy to see go, I would have arranged for a car service to get her out of there, was Zulema. Oh, my God.

Rwwwww! Who knew the buttoned-up Gunn could let it rip like that. We do have one question for Gunn of our own. Who does your suits? We have to know because the man is stylin’.

Project Runway’s Big Gunn [Out.com]

You know how much we love Santino Rice, Project Runway’s talented and aggressive scene-stealer from this season. Santino does a mean impression of Tim Gunn, the fashion director for Parsons. Mr. Rice has solidified his comic genius; he has recorded a version of Nine Inch Nails’ classic “Closer.” And he’s done it in Tim Gunn’s voice!

Just listening got us closer to God

Closer To God [Santino Rice]

Nick Verreos is Project Runway’s sassy front-runner. The funny Californian recently told Bradford Shellhammer how he really feels about Santino, why he dislikes celebrity designers, and why Kark Lagerfeld looked better chunky.

We both worked for FIDM. What was your experience like at the school?
Several years ago, they asked me to come in and speak to the students , as an alumnus of the school who had "succeeded" in the industry. The response was so positive, that consequently, they asked me if I had time to teach some classes part time. I did, and I discovered that I enjoyed teaching the students and "giving back" all the knowledge I've acquired so far working 12+ years in this industry.

No surprise that I sort of enjoyed being "on stage." The feedback I get from the students is that they find my methods and instruction to be refreshing and rewarding at the same time. Overall, I love teaching, it just takes up a lot of time(outside of class) and sometimes it can be really annoying to deal with students that are there for the wrong reasons: rich kids who have been told my their mommy or daddy that they have “great style” or they can “put outfits very well together,” etc. As well as the current phenomenon of “celebrity designers,” which leads kids to think that it really doesn't require hard work and struggle to do well in the gritty Fashion Industry and that it can happen overnight. I sometimes wish the school would do more of a selective /weeding out process BEFORE they got to us.

Do you read blogs? If so which?
When I have time I do. I am humbled by the support and positive feedback and comments that most of them say about me. Some of my faves are Queerty of course, Blogging Project Runway, Television Without Pity, and Four Four is pretty funny! The whole "whickety whack" and "Uncle Nick" threads are slaying me!!!!!!! Wish I would have made a T-shirt with that written on it!

Also, my friends are always sending me stuff that is being thrown out there in the electronic atmosphere. Good and bad stuff. Fashion and designing/creating fashion is very emotional for me, so to read people's critiques of what we do, which for me comes from my heart—can affect me emotionally. It's especially difficult when I read or hear comments from people that have really no knowledge of what we go through, and the time constraints, etc. My sister, a former Miss Venezuela and a model, used to say the following to people: "If you are not a Make-up Artist, don't talk about my make-up; if you are not a Hair Stylist, don't talk about my hair; and if you are NOT my brother, don't comment on the clothes that I am wearing." But I know that people feel compelled to put in their two cents, heck I used to do it as well, after watching America's Next Top Model or other shows like that. Needless to say, I don't do it anymore, my outlook and views have changed: I have become the commented-on, not the commentator!

After the jump Nick tells us about his relationship with Santino.

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• The king of Baltimore John Waters is set to host Til’ Death Do Us Part, a new television series reenacting husband/wife murder cases. [Queer Day]

• Genre Magazine has opened voting for its Man of the Year contest. Vote now. And even though the guy named de León is a Dj and wears those tacky LA armbands halfway up his arm, we still find him incredibly sexy. [Genre Magazine]

• It looks like Tim Gunn takes style direction from another fashionable lady, the incomparable Kia. You should be reading her blog, FYI. [Exceptional Mediocrity]

• Colin Farrell has beef with Jossip, which means he has beef with us, which means he has beef with The Gays. So you better watch it, Mister. [Jossip]

• A petition to get Brokeback Mountain to Utah and a smart essay on the “resurgence in the craft of American filmmaking.” [Huffington Post]

We’d be remiss if we did not follow up our Blogging Project Runway post from last week with information on Tim Gunn’s blog. Tim Gunn is Chair of the Department of Fashion Design at Parsons The New School for Design. He is also our favorite part of Project Runway. Yes, we love Heidi and her broken English. We love Nina Garcia and her bitchy comments. We love Michael Kors, for you know, being Michael Kors.

But it is Gunn’s one-on-ones with the designers that take the cake. His catch phrase of “make it work” has become a staple of our own lexicon. He reads some of the designers to their faces and they have NO CLUE. Now when faced with a challenge we all, in true Tim Gunn deadpan delivery, declare “make it work.”

He sure has made his blog work. It details what is right and what is wrong about each design every week. And to make us even happier, he’s begun recording podcast recaps of each show. They’re so going on our iPod.

Tim Gunn is the best thing on television. Even if you’re not fashion fairies like we are, you’ll dig him.

Tim’s Take: Blog & Podcast [Bravo]