- Birthday shoutouts go to Aaron Paul (above), who is 33, Diana Scarwid is 57, Tom Ford is 51, and Paul Reubens is 60.
- Despite the fact that they sucked, the season finales of HBO's True Blood and Newsroom delivered solid ratings.
- Kristin Chenoweth will be Anderson Cooper's first co-host when his daytime talk show returns on September 10th. Other early co-hosts include Goldie Hawn, Kelly Osbourne, and Cyndi Lauper.
- The faboo Vera Farmiga will star as Norma Bates in the A&E prequel series Bates Motel.
- Syfy has acquired the Canadian series Continuum, which is good news for two reasons. It stars Victor Webster and lots of cute Canadian actors, and I was afraid that Syfy had completely abandoned new scripted series in favor of cheap ass reality shows, so this is a welcome respite. The show has already started airing in Canada, so i'm interested to know from our Canadian readers what they think of it. Oh, and did I mention it stars Victor Webster?
- A belated congrats to Rosie O'Donnell, who announced that she and Michelle Rounds were married back on June 9th.
- Tootsie is coming to Broadway. Frankly, I'm shocked it took this long. It would seem like a natural.
- The Paralympic Games start in London on Wednesday, and here's a great profile of the out nine-time gold medalist Lee Pearson, who has led a very ... colorful life. He's up for three more gold medals this year, and we'll be rooting for him. (h/t Aiden).
- Via Towleroad comes this advice about being gay in high school from adorable chatterbox David Levitz
- Outsports has the details on the coming out of 18-year-old Welsh rugby player Thomas “Bozzy” Boswell. It's a remarkable story of acceptance. Below you can see the accompanying video, and it's worth taking 12 minutes out of your day to watch.
- Below you can see the NSFW Episode Eight of Where The Bears Are.
- Continuing the Official snicks Top 100 Lost Hits of The 80's! Today it's #65 ... "WHIRLY GIRL" by OXO. Another great one-hit wonder lost forever, OXO's irresistible "Whirly Girl" peaked at #28 in April 1983. But the story doesn't end there. Tomorrow's Clue - "I heard the silence of empty space."
- Congrats to AlbertaGirl, who was the first to correctly guess that Friday's Pixuzzle™ © ® was On Golden Pond.
- Here's today's Pixuzzle™ © ®. Below you can see characters from a famous movie. Can you name it?
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