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Ex-gay stripper ousted from 'Idol
A juicy backstory wasn't enough to keep
David Hernandez on "American Idol."
The 24-year-old ex-stripper from Glendale,
Ariz., was dismissed Wednesday leaving 11
aspiring singers to vie for the "Idol" title and a
record contract.
"Honestly things happen for a reason,"
Hernandez said before leaving the stage. "I
think we all have a plan.... This isn't it for me."
Hernandez, who sang the Beatles' "I Saw
Her Standing There," made headlines last
week after it was revealed to The Associated
Press that he worked as a stripper at a Phoenix
club with a "mostly male" clientele.
Kristy Lee Cook, a 24-year-old from Selma,
Ore., and Syesha Mercado, a 21-year-old from
Sarasota, Fla., rounded out the bottom three
vote-getters.
Finalists had the opportunity to perform
classics from the John Lennon-Paul
McCartney songbook this week. The
show's producers recently got permission
to use songs belonging to Sony/ ATV
Music Publishing, a company formed by
Sony and Michael Jackson.
The standouts were
Carly Smithson ("Come
Together"), Brooke
White ("Let It Be"),
David Cook ("Eleanor
Rigby") and Chikezie
("She's A Woman").
David Archuleta, whose
cover of Lennon's "Imagine
heaps of praise two weeks ago, showed
that he's merely mortal when he flubbed the
lyrics to "We Can Work It Out."
That didn't fly with Cowell, who called the
17-year-old's performance "a mess."
Wednesday's show also featured a per-
formance by season-five finalist Katharine
McPhee and musician David Foster (on the
piano).
'Development' no longer arrested
It's more than a rumor — it's a
confirmed "maybe."
And in Hollywood that's as
good as saying it's actually hap-
pening.
So while no ink has hit a
contract, and no cameras have
rolled, the fact remains that
the critically beloved and
unjustly cancelled sitcom
"Arrested Development" is
currently "in development"
as a feature film.
Writer Michael Hurwitz is
attached, as are directors Joe
and Anthony Russo.
But what queer readers
will be excited about is the
emergence from Ellen-relat-
ed semi-retirement of Portia
de Rossi.
She's been kicking
around and just hanging
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David Hernandez
out since the show ended, taking it easy with
the occasional appearance on "Nip/Tuck."
But when the film finally comes to pass,
audiences will get to enjoy her comedic talents
again as the vapid Lindsay Bluth Funke,
estranged wife of closeted gay Tobias (David
Cross).
Hollywood, make this movie!
Oasis' Gallagher picks up 'Booky Wook'
When your band is so successful you can
spend years between recording new albums,
and you're a rich rock star with time on your
hands, what do you do next?
Acting, that's what.
David Bowie, Mick Jagger,
and even Huey Lewis have all
tried their hands at it.
Now it's '90s Brit-pop bad
boy Noel Gallagher's turn.
The Oasis star has signed
on to be in "My Booky
Wook," the film adaptation
V of British comedian
Russell Brand's auto-
biography.
Gallagher will play
V what reports are call-
ing "a seedy homo-
sexual" alongside gay
"Little Britain" star
David Walliams.
Meanwhile,
"Monty Python"
alumnus Michael
Palin has also been
approached but has yet to com-
Michael Winterbottom ("A Mighty
Heart") will direct, but no release date is set
yet. And if acting doesn't pan out for
Gallagher, he's always got his Oasis gig to
fall back on.
Tilda Swinton meets the Coen Brothers
So she has a male partner. So she has
two" male partners. Does that make the
now-Academy-Award-winning actress Tilda
Swinton any less of a queer film icon? We
think not.
And now the Oscar-equipped iconoclast
has found her way into the arms (figurative-
ly speaking) of Best Picture winners Joel and
Ethan Coen, as well.
Co-starring in "Bum After Reading," a
comedy about two gym employees trying
to sell a disk containing a CIA agent's mem-
oirs, she'll work opposite "Michael
Clayton" co-star George Clooney Once
again, as well as Brad Pitt and Coen regular
Frances McDormand.
From there Swinton heads off to work
with indie icon Jim Jarmusch, as well as
with rocker Marilyn Manson as he makes
his own directing debut. Oh yeah, and
then there are those "Namia" movies no
one plans on seeing.
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By Daniel M<-.Glory
If same-sex marriage is legalized in
California, would you go there to get
married?
"We would if we
wanted it bad
enough."
"If it were true mar-
riage - with exactly
the same benefits -
sure."
Sherry and Melissa
Bus.Owner/Medical
Warren Dunn
Creative director
"I believe in same-
sex marriage. [If I
were gay], I would go
to another state to
make the final com-
mitment to my part-
ner."
"If I had a partner
and a need for a
lifelong bond, yes.
I would also remain
there in an environ-
ment that would be
more conducive to
my needs."
"No. I support gay
marriage but I've
never needed it to
have a satisfying
long-term relation-
ship. It'd be nice to
have such an ordi-
nance passed, but
it's not worth going
to California for."
Julie Williams
Barista
Al Martin
Landscaper/florist
Jake Jacobs
Retired
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