Talk show host Ellen DeGeneres' partner Portia de Rossi, who plays Joely Richardson's girlfriend on Nip/Tuck, feared she was being typecasted as a lesbian, the actress revealed to USA Today. She said that she almost turned down her role on Nip/Tuck for that reason, but then realized that she had turned down other romantic lead roles because this lesbian character was more interesting to her.
Not too long after the puppy debacle, beloved lesbian talk show host Ellen DeGeneres appears to be in some hot water for continuing to put out new episodes of The Ellen DeGeneres show while its Writers Guild of America employees are out on strike. Members of Writers Guild of America East, Eonline.com reported, plan to picket outside the show's studio.
U.K.'s Telegraph reported that Boy George was charged with false imprisonment. A 28-year-old Norwegian escort claims the pop singer chained him to a wall in his London home.
The NBA recently reprimanded former Chicago Bulls basketball coach Phil Jackson for a Brokeback Mountain comment he made following the Los Angeles Lakers' recent loss against the San Antonio Spurs. According to the Associated Press, Jackson said, 'We call this a 'Brokeback Mountain' game, because there's so much penetration and kickouts.' Lakers coach Jackson apologized. 'If I've offended any horses, Texans, cowboys or gays, I apologize,' he said.
Amazing Race's first lesbian couple, ministers Kate Lewis and Pat Hendrickson, were eliminated in Amsterdam. Hendrickson told AP she was out of shape. The women lost too much time trying to find a color-coded tag among thousands of bikes during a Detour challenge.
Actor Daniel Radcliffe ( Harry Potter ) recently revealed his reaction to author J.K. Rowling's announcement that Hogwarts' school headmaster Dumbledore was gay to BBC News. 'J.K. Rowling is an incredibly intelligent woman,' Radcliffe said. 'She can't have thought for a moment that that would go down well in the Bible Belt of America, but she put it brilliantly herself: 'He's my character—I can do what I want with him.' Which I think is fair enough.'