Gay Men Are Either Not Sexy Enough or Alive Enough for 2007

-- Brian Juergens from AfterElton.com

People announced its "Sexiest Man Alive" online today (the issue hits newsstands Friday), and sadly there were no gay celebs in its list of 15 hunks. Still, a few AfterElton.com Hot 100-ers, including Ryan Reynolds and Johnny Depp, made the list, which was topped by the usually boyish Matt Damon (I say "usually" because he actually looks like he hasn't slept or had water for a week in the photo spread).

Considering the gays that popped up in the 100 Sexy Men in a Minute feature and Perry Moore's recent snagging of the title of Sexy Man of the Week, this is a bit of a disappointment, but we'll get over it. After all, we've got our own stable of studs to keep us company, right?

Trans Musicales Takes Flight in France

God save the queens: Yo Majesty preps to reign over France.

The upcoming music festival called Trans Musicales may not be a gay event, strictly speaking, but it certainly holds some homo appeal. Whether it is the festival’s name, its multi-genre character, or the fact that it’s held in an airplane hangar in France, Trans Musicales seems worth a glance or two of the queer eyebrow.

Scheduled for December 6 to 8 near Rennes, a city in northwest France, the Trans Musicales festival will bring over 50 hot music acts to the stage. Among those expected to appear this year are Dan Deacon, Simian Mobile Disco, Calvin Harris, Boyz Noize, and Yo Majesty, the butch hip-hop twosome from Tampa.

Those who can’t make it to France can always await the forthcoming Yo Majesty full-length album. The duo has signed with Domino Records, and a release is expected ... eventually.

Buffy Comic Book: No Future for Faith

-- jennifer from pittsburgh from AfterEllen.com

[Warning: Spoilers galore!]

Since March of this year, many Buffy fanatics have been Glory-ing (I couldn't resist) in the Season 8 comic book resurrection of Buffy and the Scoobies — both proper and fringe. The last three comics have been devoted to our favorite uber bad girl hero, Faith. And now, three-fourths of the way through the four-issue Faith story arc nihilistically titled "No Future For You," we've got ourselves one heck of a cliffhanger.

Even if Faith's head is not precisely poised on the chopping block, Lady Genevieve Savidge (aka Gigi) is wielding a mean-ass ax and feeling more than a little betrayed. How, oh how, will Faith extricate herself from this pickle? We'll find out when the current Faith story line wraps up in issue No. 9, due out Dec. 5 (with the best. comic. cover. ever.). Until then, let's discuss how she got to this point in the first place, shall we? 

Vote for the 2007 Gay Blogger of the Year!

-- Adam Lubitow from AfterElton.com

Competition has begun at the 2007 Gay Bloggies, where twelve gay bloggers compete for top prizes of cash and porn (and really, what more could any gay man ask for?). So far, it's loads of fun and I love the creative aspect of the competition. What sets this contest apart from other blog awards is that, unlike those other contests which simply tally votes, the finalists are required to write new posts about an assigned topic each week. Visitors are then asked to vote "thumbs-up" or "thumbs-down" on each post. The blogger with the least amount of "thumbs-up" votes each week is voted off, Survivor-style.

Last week the bloggers were given the task of introducing themselves, but the real competition begins this week. The first topic was to "confess something that you've never written on your blog" and some of the responses are pretty fantastic. It's still early in the competition, but now that all the entries are up, I have to say that right now I'm partial to Dan Renzi of "How Was Your Day, Dan?" and my discovery of the week, Craig of "Puntabulous". He's totally adorkable and the only blogger of the bunch I don't already read on a regular basis who actually inspired me to start visiting his site.

   

Voting is going on right now, so head over to the site and make sure that your favorites stick around for the next round!

New Alicia Keys Video: "Like You'll Never See Me Again!"

Alicia Keys is just killin' it lately! She's such a pro. Check her latest video and second single from her As I Am album, "Like You'll Never See Me Again." Alicia performed the song Monday on Good Morning America, and the video premiered yesterday on TRL, so catch up, guys! And it looks like she's back with Common in this drama-filled, backwards-in-time video.

OK, I'm such an idiot; when I heard the title, I thought it was a sassy, "as if!," as opposed to a, "Love me like you'll never see me again" romantic plea. Oh, well - that works too!

Desert Island Episodes: What's Your One and Only?

-- globalgrrll from AfterEllen.com

As the writers strike proceeds through its second week, I'm faced with the sad prospect of a finite number of entertaining Thursday nights (or Saturday afternoons, really, since I watch TV on my computer, thus contributing nothing to the writers' paychecks — so very wrong). No new scripts means no more Wilhelmina! No more Cristina!  No more Meredith! Wait a minute ... no more Meredith? Maybe the strike is just a tiny bit OK. It's also providing all sorts of photos of stars supporting the cause.

No, I know — great pics and lack of Meredith aside, it's really not OK, and for reasons obviously far larger than my need for Saturday entertainment. I truly hope  it is resolved soon, and in a way that will allow me to watch online TV  without feeling complicit in some larger trend of failing to give credit (and cash) where due.

Until then, I'm inspired by a recent post at Give Me My Remote to give TV  the desert island treatment. That's right, for absolute torture pure fun, consider: You're off to a desert island for, say, a year. Conveniently, the island has a TV  (don't they all?), but you can only bring along one TV episode to watch during your year — not a series or a several-hour DVD, just one, lonely episode. What do you choose?

How do I choose is my question? The recent "Favorite Lesbian TV  Moments" episode of She Made Me Watch This! is a good place to start, but I haven't seen a few of Sarah and Lori's picks, and while I too adored the hand-holding on The O.C., would I really want to  watch it for a year running? No offense to Mischa Barton and Olivia Wilde, but not so much.

Heidi Klum Is Wacky! Diaper Tips from Britney, Attic Sex Dates with Seal?

Was Bravo's note to Heidi Klum to promote Project Runway Season 4 (which premieres tonight!) to act totally bonkers? Well, even if it wasn't, it's kind of making me love her! (And just because it's so ridiculous, check the Project Runway parody courtesy of Creation Nation called Projekt Runwausen, after the jump!)

But first, check this clip of Heidi on Ellen Tuesday as she talks about scheduling sex dates with her husband, Seal, in the attic! And remember this recent quote? "I met him in a hotel lobby in New York City and he came in just from the gym and I was sitting there and I was, like, wow. And I pretty much saw everything. The whole package."

Speaking of Seal, you can hear his new album, System (which came out yesterday), streaming on AOL right now.

As host of a Halloween party this year, Heidi dressed as a cat, and the costume was wunderbar!  As you may know, Ms. Spears showed up and, apparently, gave Heidi baby advice! Heidi told Ellen, Britney "explained to me a lot of things about diapers I that didn’t know." Hmm!