Where are you on Wednesday nights? For many people, the answer has become McKinley High. Fox’s Glee tells the stories of a high school vocal choir. This quirky mixture of social outcasts and popular kids has sung and danced its way into the hearts of viewers everywhere. At first glance, the characters can seem stereotypes, but well crafted personalities and relationships have created individuals we can love and despise. In a television world with only a few gay characters, most minor, Glee offers us a key character who is openly gay and features a gay couple as one of the few intact families mentioned.

While the glee club at McKinley high is a mishmash of minorities, one of the major characters on this show is a young man, Kurt Hummel played by 19 year old actor Chris Colfer. While, on the surface, Kurt is a stereotype in search of a day spa to recover from a face full of slushie and looking for knee length cardigans, he’s also won the football game for the school and stepped boldly out of the closet to his friends and single father. He’s bullied by the jocks, but willing to stand up for his friends. The episode all viewers will associate with Kurt boldly featured him singing Beyonce’s “Put a Ring on It,” complete with dance number as he won the big game for the football team. His father, dressed in flannel, cheers. His coming out is met with a quip about sensible pumps, a hug. Chris Colfer made us laugh and cry as Kurt triumphed for his school, bringing glory to all those who took too much crap in high school.

Critics have argued that Glee offers up discrimination. We see Kurt thrown into the dumpster, gay parents criticized for encouraging rebellion, and an expectation that an artistic father will produce a gay son. There’s no doubt at all that we see bullying, homophobia and discrimination in McKinley High. The jocks have to find themselves and learn that they were wrong as the gay kid brings the losing football team victory and they themselves sing and dance on the field to throw the other team off their game. Cheer coach Sue Sylvester is the clear villain of this show. Her comment about gay parents fits in with her suggestions that students be caned and her willing manipulation of students and staff.

High school wasn’t a picnic for most of us, gay or straight. It’s not for the kids in Glee either, as they deal with bullying, pregnancy, sexuality, friendship and competition.

In a saturated and sometimes boring late night TV market, Wanda Sykes’ new show, premiering November 7th, will offer a fresh take on current events as well as Wanda’s wit, style and personality. Airing on Saturday nights on Fox, the show will feature panel discussions with recurring personalities and lively discussion of topical issues. Sykes will leave the studio for field reports, adding variety to the late night comedy show. While the promos for Sykes’ new show joke about DVRs, you should be sure to set yours for a new, funny, and intelligent alternative to Saturday Night Live.

Named as one of Entertainment Weekly’s 25 funniest people, Wanda Sykes has had a long career in films, television and stand-up comedy. The Wanda Sykes show will be her second weekly television appearance as she plays Barbara Baran (Barb) on the New Adventures of Old Christine on CBS. Other appearances include comedy specials on the Comedy Channel and HBO. Her second HBO stand up special premiers in October, 2009. Sykes spent five years working on the acclaimed Chris Rock show and has won Emmy awards for her work on the Chris Rock show and Inside the NFL.

While Wanda had been out privately for quite some time, she stepped out of the closet quite publicly at a Las Vegas Proposition 8 rally in November, 2008. Sykes and her partner were married in October of 2008 and welcomed twins in April of 2009. Even before she officially came out, Sykes included discussions of gay and lesbian issues, including gay marriage, in her stand up comedy routines. It seems likely that her new show will cover, among its topical issues, many of those relevant to the gay community as a whole.

Tune into the Wanda Sykes Show on Saturdays on Fox, starting November 7, 2009 at 11 PM Eastern. Find the current promos for the show at tvbythenumbers.com.

Just when you thought we would quit hearing news from Alaska the ice is melting more and more not far from the Palin Household.  The father of Sarah Palin’s grandson, Levi Johnston, 19,  is said to be working out 6 times a week, pumping up, and cutting carbs to prepare for a revealing shoot from the magazine.  We are not sure where exactly they plan to take pictures but we are sure it will be a juicy photo-op we only dream for when it comes to male celebrities. If you want to call him a male celebrity.

Recently the 19 year old was seen on the red carpet with Kathy Griffin during the Teen Choice Awards and Kathy made some jokes a few weeks later on Bill Maher saying she felt some kicking in her stomach.  Levi Johnston is also featured in some nut commercials where they say he is now using “protection” wearing an Alaska shirt.  But seeing him in the bare may be something we did not expect from him.  You know this will be one hot selling playgirl magazine because we love seeing ex or current hockey players or any type of college-aged boys in the buff and spread wide.

Kathy must have had a good influence on the still teenager.  A “Good” influence.  As for Sarah Palin it probably just adds more publicity for her upcoming book “Going Rogue” which comes out in a few weeks and is topping Amazon’s Best seller list for pre-orders.  I bet it helps Kathy’s book sales out as well.

Wasn’t it Marky Mark that posed for Playgirl years ago.  I sure wanted a copy of that!  I thought Levi Johnston was hot the first time I saw him at the RNC but now he has sort of lost some of that.  Maybe after he cleans up some from working out and tones it up he will be ready for the big time and hopefully he does not disappoint us with something small!

It is a battle of the divas and this diva has won again.  Barbra Streisand (Babs) scored her 9th number one album on the United States pop charts Wednesday according to Billboard Magazine.  With the days of Jay-Z, Miley Cyrus, Lil’ Wayne, and the Black Eyed Peas who would have thought that Barbra Streisand a jazz adult contemporary singer could get to the top spot and beat everyone out.

This shocked the music industry today because they expected Mariah Carey “Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel” or Paramore “Brand New Eyes” to hit #1 for next weeks edition but instead Babs took the spot.  How did this happen?  Could it be all the mean comments coming from Bill O’Reilly to her on his Pin Head game he plays nightly or could it be that we are turning back to real talent instead of just artists promoting themselves on talk shows.  Although she did just promote her album to a tiny NYC Jazz club she played at in the 60’s in front of President Bill Clinton and Secretary of State Hilary Clinton (not a bad way to get your album off to a big start).

The strong sales came from non-traditional outlets such as Starbucks and QVC’s home shopping network for Streisand.  She now extends her lead as the female act with the most number one releases on the Billboard 200 charts.  At age 67, she is also the first artist to top the chart in 5 consecutive decades.  She has not topped the chard since 1997 with “Higher Ground” and that sold more copies at 207,000.

Mariah Carey has a great new CD with an amazing remake and the Obsessed song we love so much.  I am even shocked she did not hit the #2 spot and get more sales than Paramore.  Judging from sales in the UK it was Madonna who won the battle beating out Paramore to the #1 spot the first week.  Mariah has been all over the Today show and other shows promoting her album and only sold 52,000 more copies than her 2001 “Glitter” flop.

When you look at the numbers Streisand only sold 180,000 copies compared to 168,000 from Mariah Carey and 175,000 from Paramore.  So they were definitely close and it was not a knock down drag out and considering record sales were down from 2008 this time last year you can tell money is tight from the recession.  I wonder how many pirated copies are downloaded for free of each artist.

Madonna did not underperform because her album is a two-set cd which is more expensive than any of the above.  Celebration came on at number 7 with little promotion but maybe it will get more sales now that she appeared on Saturday Night Live.  I did not see Madonna mention her new album.  She appeared on the MTV VMA’s but did not perform instead she did the very unselfish tribute to Michael Jackson.  I just think many could not afford the two-cd set from Celebration and opted for the cheaper albums on sale this week.  I will be enjoying the DVD of all of her videos over the years she also put out and her new Celebration CD – especially the Lil’ Wayne revolver song ‘Revolver’.  This is Madonna’s final record with Warner Music Group and she will launch a new re-invention with Live Nation in the coming years.

Babs we are happy for you!  It looks like the Liberals won for sure on this one.

We all loved her speech at the MTV VMA Awards Sunday night where she did an amazing Michael Jackson Tribute. Support Madonna now and get her new CD. Get the greatest hits collection on pre-order now.  There is also a deal with this link for a DVD of all of her videos from the #1 hits featured on the new album.  Have a Celebration and get Madonna now.

This would shatter all openings if Madonna and Janet Jackson were to take stage together.  Two fabulous divas and entertainers to open up the award show that always has tricks up its sleeves and always finds a way to shock us from years before.  Think about this for a minute you have the queen of pop on stage with the king of pops sister on stage for the first time together.  Although we did love the Brittney Spears juicy kiss with Madonna with Christina Aguilera munching on her as well.

Madonna could just be introducing Janet Jackson for the Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall in NYC but then again she could be performing.  The rumors are flying and even Perez Hilton is commenting on the matter.  I think Madonna is in NYC because she just bought a large townhouse in the area.  She also just finished her two year Sticky and Sweet tour and is promoting her new Celebration album.

Madonna is also making news today because her Celebration dance track just broke another record by making it the 40th number one hit for her on the dance play charts on Billboard.  I “have a feeling” that the entire album will score a #1 when it hits stores at the end of September because it includes so many great old school songs and a new collaboration with Lil Wayne.

The MTV VMA Awards will be broadcast live Sunday night from NYC and will feature Pink, Green Day, Muse, Jay-Z, Beyonce, Eminem, Taylor Swift, and that funny Brand guy with the English accent we love so much.  It will be a jam packed show with the most awards up for grabs for Lady Gaga and Beyonce.  My prediction is that we may even see a squeezed in performance from Mariah Carey while she is doing her Las Vegas show and see something spectacular from Lady Gaga.  Janet Jackson will be on stage with choreographers performing some hits of Michael Jackson during a all-star tribute and we will be living like it is 1990 again Gaga style.

Fashion week is also going on here in NYC and we have seen Justin Timberlake, Rhianna, and many other celebs at Saks and Macy’s events wearing some hot hot outfits.  I cannot wait to see what everyone is wearing on the red carpet.  I have no clue to what I will be wearing on the red carpet but if you log on to MTV.com they actually a live feed video unedited of people walking past setting up the stage and will be showing the celebs once it is all built.

Set your TIVO’s or DVR’s and make sure you see HIStory being made at the 2009 VMA Awards.

Really?  That is the big rumor going around on ridiculious youtube videos and blogs. It really sounds like a rumor that Lady Gaga would come up with herself.  She is one wid Lady.

One blog and Youtube video reported that she has some type of drag suit that fits her body to make her more womanly.  How does this guy know.  He says he is from San Francisco where there are lots of drag queens.  Well he is a pinhead because there are drag queens in every city not just in San Fran.  Just because they have a weekly Tranny Shack is not proof he is some expert on drag.

I am so sick of these experts claiming to know so much especially the gossip reporting on this story.  It is insane that these blogs reporting something that Lady Gaga said could not confirm the quote.

A video has emerged where there may or may not be a bulge in her underwear and this has people talking.  They claim it is male genitalia even though it could just be a wad in her panties.  Are people just that scared she is a man.  She could be a man but we know she is bi so it sounds like she likes it all.  Maybe she wants all the body parts.  She can have what she damn well wants she is Lady Gaga!  I will say I saw her butt in person and it does look like a guys rear or that of a hot lesbians.  Either way we love us some Gaga!

Back in May Lady Gaga told Rolling Stone magazine that she was bi-sexual and that “I think I’m changing what people think is sexy.”  Yes, indeed she is.

Lady Gaga’s manager says the claims are “Ridiculous.”

And what is a hermaphrodite anyway?  It is a person that has both male and female reproductive organs.  Is the pop singer a man or women.  Who cares.  Let’s enjoy the music and her amazing looks.

Madonna said she is “devastated” by the news of a stage crewmember being killed by a freak accident of her stage collapsing while being built in France today.  A French worker was killed and a few others were seriously injured while trapped from the roof of the falling stage.

Madonna is currently on tour performing her Sticky and Sweet Europeon leg in Italy and was not in Marseilles France when this happened.  Putting together stages can be a difficult task and something that happens in a very timely manner which can lead to lots of accidents.  This sort of reminds me of the Cowboys stadium in Dallas where players were injured from a collapsing roof.  Very sad situation.

The Sticky and Sweet tour is expected to go through Spain, Czech Republic’s Prague, and end in Israel.  I am hoping to attend the Czech Republic show in Prague and hope to see the Sex museum there and other historic sites.

Madonna may also take part in the 2009 MTV VMA Awards from NYC for a huge Michael Jackson Tribute with many other celebrities.  She has already done one great tribute on her July 4th show in London at the same  02 Arena where Jackson was supposed to perform this month.

I have a sick feeling that the reports from TMZ and other sources that Michael Jackson has died in LA.  The reports are that he had quit breathing.  The Perez Hilton site is down today probably due to a surge in traffic that the web host could not hold up.  Our thoughts today are with Michael Jackson and his family and we hope he recovers and is ok.  He has a Summer and Fall tour planned for London this year and he has been rehearsing for this tour.

Steve Ruda told the newspaper Thursday that Jackson was not breathing when Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics responded to a call at his Los Angeles home about 12:30 p.m.

The paramedics performed CPR and took him to UCLA Medical Center, told the paper.

If you were like me you were glued to the TV like it was an American Idol Finale every night when this sitcom came on LOGO.  This was to see what these Texas country gals do next whether they shoot out of their trailers, protest a bar being open with religious signs, or eat lots of valium.  This show reminded me of many people who I have known in my life from small town America it shows your religious nuts, loving mothers, prescription drug-addictive temptations, and affairs. Most of all it was beginning to close out the season on Jason Dottley known as Ty at his mothers door just after she had flushed some valiums down the toilet.

Sordid Lives the TV show had the hottest of guys being Jason and his singing men chorus auditions when it broke to the Hollywood scene he was engaged in but then went back to Texas life to show his family and friends there.  Oh, and there is Leslie Jordon who plays Loretta Lynn or Brother Boy as they called him… the guy from Will and Grace.

The other great characters were Noleta Nethercott, Peggy Ingram (Rue McClanahan, Golden Girls), and I think my favorite was Beth Grant or Sissy Hickey.  I just loved Sissy’s bee-hive-ish hair.  But there was also the singing delight Bitsy Mae who we all know as Olivia Newton-John.  And we cannot forgot LaVonda and then there is Dr. Eve the doc trying to change the Sexual Preferences of Brother Boy.

So this about shows you a sum of some of the big name stars in this show not including the terriffic Del Shores who put all of this together.  But what is the catch? LOGO is claiming they will not bring back the show because of its costs blamed on the bad economy.  It may be too late to save the show from LOGO  carrying it but we could try.  There is currently a petition going on over at the petition site and a facebook page setup to save the show.

Here are some other options:
Email LOGO directly at- www.logoonline.com/about/contact.jhtml

Oh and while you are at it let’s make a petition for someone to bring back Queer As Folk.  That is my all time favorite show and I think its high time to have a revamped QAF every sunday night.  Both shows need to come back but Sordid Lives can be easier to bring back since its on a roll right now as a popular show and just need some action from us all.