Gay history is being made as we speak - or rather, American gay history, which is an important distinction. More on that in a sec. First, as you may know, "Heated Rivalry," a 6-part Canadian series about two closeted gay hockey players, appeared seemingly out of nowhere on North American TV screens this past November. Connor Storrie, a previously unknown, 25 year-old American actor, and Hudson Williams, a little-known Korean-Canadian actor one-year younger, are its stars. To say that audiences swooned is a vast understatement. Almost instantly, the show became a ratings bonanza and a genuine cultural phenomenon.  So far so interesting, but with just as much immediacy, magazine pictures and videos of Connor began appearing, and it became crystal-clear that his real-life persona was vastly different from the tough, manly-man Russian hunk he played on the series. He was unquestionably gay - even if he declined to answer questions about his orientation - or someone you might rega...

Welcome, fellow trollops, to the latest edition of "Who's This Week's Thirstiest Ho?" Today's trio are drier than Justin Timberlake's future career prospects, so they need all the moisture they can get. First, we have Jonathan Bailey , Hollywood's gay du jour , who, fresh from spreading his legs wider than a four-lane crosswalk for Matt Bomer in "Fellow Travelers," has decided to "do good" for his fellow sausage jockeys. He wants to "fight stigma," he squealed this week, with his spanking new charity, The Shameless Fund, yet what it will do, exactly, remains a mystery, though he vaguely claims that it will contribute funds to other, already long- established LGBT+ charities. So it's - what, exactly? Kind of like a middle-man? A lazy, unwelcome third in a lubed-up booty train? So many questions remain to be answered, the most urgent being why is this charity even needed? It's a question which can only be answered one w...

Are you watching anything good lately? And do you want to steal all the costumes for your own wardrobe? Me, too! Despite the various strikes having delayed production for new shows - we won't see anything truly spanking-new until spring - there are still some out there worth your time, three of which, in their own ways, are well above average. And get this, they all have something in common: amazing costume designers. First up is "Lessons in Chemistry." As usual with an AppleTV production, it's sumptuously overproduced, which in most instances means a bloated, great-looking show without much of a pulse. It the case of "Lessons in Chemistry," it likely helps that the show is based on a beloved novel in which Elizabeth, a brainiac scientist, finds her gifts ignored by the sexist scientific community in the 1960s, then pivots to become, of all things, a home cooking TV star - and all without sacrificing her nerdcore attributes. Was Brie Larson born to play this...