- Birthday shoutouts go to Stephen Moyer (above), who is 43, Jane Krakowski is 44, Daryl Hall is 66, Joan Cusack is 50, Dawn French is 55, and Luke Perry is 47.
- In ratings news, Arrow was The CW's highest rated premiere since The Vampire Diaries, while ABC's Nashville was down from the numbers that Revenge posted last season, and NBC's Chicago Fire flamed out.
- In more ratings news, the format change for Anderson Live is working, as the talk show is now surging among the key demo.
- In case you didn't know, Sally Ride's sexuality probably killed her.
- Birmingham TV station scrubs stories about Sam Champion’s gay marriage plans. I lived there once, but then went looking for the promised land ... out beyond the lights of Birmingham.
- 41 celebrities who busted out of the closet.
- 26 members of Congress participated in the NOH8 Campaign today.
- We have two clips from Ellen. Below you can see her talk to Ryan Andreson, the gay scout who was refused his Eagle Badge. It ends as you expect it would.
- And below she talks to Rachel Maddow about the debates and marriage-equality
- Unexpected gays and spiders make New England Patriots linebacker Brandon Spikes scream ... or something. Offensive or not, it's just a terrible joke.
- Continuing the Official snicks Top 100 Lost Hits of The 80's ... Today it's #33, "CRAZY IN THE NIGHT" by Kim Carnes. The first of 2 1/3 songs from Kim in the top 40, "Crazy In The Night" peaked at #15 in July 1985, and was her highest charting post - "Bette Davis Eyes" song, but it's still rarely heard anywhere. Here's the clue for #32 - "And we won't be back til the money's all gone"
- Congrats to loveless829 for being the first to correctly guess that Yesterday's Pixuzzle™ © ® was X-Men: First Class.
- Here's today's Pixuzzle™ © ®. Below you can see a character from a famous movie. Can you name it?
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