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From the teaser photo, Adam Lambert, Kris Allen, and Mark Salling of Glee all attended the Us Magazine Hot in Hollywood Party Wednesday night. Supposedly, our hottie Puck was attached at the hip to Audrina Patridge of The Hills fame. He's now contaminated fellows. Once Hazmat has The Hills Cooties removed, we'll let you know.

Speaking of Adam, he's done a pair of interviews in the last 24 hours. The first is total fluff about his music and his hair with Idolator, and is probably the kind of thing a young artist on the cusp of releasing his first album should be doing. The second, given to EW today, is all about that nasty letter from Aaron Hicklin in Out. Adam take it head on, gives some context, and checks Hicklin pretty hard. The crux? He's not a politician. Want to talk to him about sex, gay or straight? He's good. His relationships, current or over? That's cool. March on Washington that was happening that weekend? Not his area of expertise. 

Oprah is retiring from her daily talk show in 2011 after 25 years. She's hopeful with some belt tightening, her $2.3 billion will last her until she's old enough for Social Security. Or maybe she'll just start over on the television network she bought and go all Oprah, all day.

He's a rock star already.

I want to say upfront, I like Adam Lambert, and I like the disc. I plan on buying it, and I figure it will be in heavy rotation for the holiday season on my iPhone. That said, I wish I felt more like I was listening to Adam, who has the potential to be a groundbreaking artist musically, and less like I was listening to a less original Adam do knock-offs of other bands.

Proving that NBC hates viewers of anything that has a script, they've chosen to move the date of the Emmy Awards, which they get to host in 2010, into August so they don't lose out on any football broadcasts. I guess if they figure they won't even be producing scripted programming at that point, why bother honoring those who are? 

The never ending Twilight media blitz continues tomorrow, with Robert Pattinson appearing on Ellen in a segment that was pre-taped. Supposedly he offhandedly asked a girl at a signing to get naked, and she started stripping, causing security to drag her away. Personally, I think he's actually a vampire and glamored her. I mean look at his hair - if he could see himself in a mirror, would he really leave the house looking like that?

Over at io9.com, they've got a huge collection of video from the construction of The Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Studios in Orlando. They appear to be building everything, from the castle, to the town to rides and everything else, and got Draco Malfoy to supervise, or something.

People who have never heard of the Darwin Awards have equipped a Ford F650 pickup truck with a 7,000 HP GE jet engine, enabling the street legal package to reach speeds of over 200mph. It's available for hire, if you can figure out why you'd want it or where you'd be able to fire it up.

For little boys who never grew up, the latest Los Angeles fashion accessory is putting a geodesic dome in a tree to watch nature, or just hang up a sign that says "No girls allowed" in their $20,000 treehouse.

In Glee news, we've got a pair of interviews from the stars. First up, we have Cory Monteith talking to TVAddict, and spilling that Ryan Murphy wasn't sure the show would make it past the original 13-episode order, so cliffhangers like the pregnancy were wrapped up, which gives them a lot more freedom for the second half of the season.  Meanwhile Jenna Ushkowitz tells the NYPost she wants Tina to join Cheerios! Oh, and a last minute addition from the EW Spurf Michael Ausiello says the Madonna episode of Glee will have Rachel singing five different songs.

In Levi Johnston news, Playgirl didn't release any new photos today, instead allowing both The Insider and Entertainment Tonight to film part of the photoshoots and air them. Trent has some screengrabs from Entertainment Tonight, along with some shaky video of him rolling around naked in a bed. Down in Video Meme, we'll have a preview video from his shower scenes.

Over at Twirlit, which appears to be a site for straight women, they have a list called "You Can Look, But You Can't Touch: 7 Hot (Openly) Gay Actors" which is a pretty decent mainstream list. If you're observant, you notice in the URL itself refers to eight actors. Which is how many were listed when I first saw it. It looks like lawyers phoned.

Adam Lambert Band: Lisa on keyboards, Monte on guitar, Tommy on bass, and Longineu on drums

Following this assortment of carefully-selected news items, interested readers can find a refreshing pic of a hot man in underwear. Yes, we're serious.

Their honor roll on the cover is one I can get behind.

Following this assortment of carefully-selected news items, interested readers can find a refreshing pic of a hot man in underwear. Yes, we're serious.

• The 16th Annual Out 100 issue is, well, out. The cover, as you can see, above, brings the sexy in a dignified manner, and reflects a decent amount of diversity. 

Adam as photographed by Jason Bell for Out

• Making the honor roll is my personal goddess, Cyndi Lauper, but most gays here are likely more excited by Adam Lambert. A quote that some may dismiss as fluff, but has more depth than appears at a glance is:

To some people, me being sexual is really offensive because I’m gay. They’re like, ‘He’s being really gay.’ And I’m like, actually, ‘No, I’m just being sexual.’ Male sexuality is frightening to America [but] female sexuality is all over the place.

• Every gay blog on the planet has carried the too-hot-for-TV video for Enrique Inglesias' "Sad Eyes" video from 2000. This is 2009, and we don't have a television station that plays music videos, and the web knows all. It does appear he may be overcompensating for something around the 3:00 mark.

The folks over WorldOfWonder just did an interview with the man that makes Lady GaGa look like Lady GaGa. Or at least the newest glam version, as she appeared in "Bad Romance" which we showed you yesterday morning. It's interesting, in that I haven't spent as much time on my looks in 38 years as he did on hers for one three minute video. 

Rod 2.0 has a report up about Starlight, the oldest gay bar in Brooklyn, and the oldest black gay bar in the United States is facing closure because of a property deal that includes the building that has housed the neighborhood staple since the 1960s.

When I heard that Hollywood, lacking an original thought amongst themselves, had decided to turn board games into movies, the only one that I thought had a chance was Candyland, and only then if it was Tim Burton and Johnny Depp doing it while dropping a ton of acid.. But Ridley Scott got his hands on Monopoly, and I have to say, based on his pitch to the Los Angeles Times, I'm intrigued.

Proving it's never too soon to take a national tragedy and turn it into a three ring circus, the National Enquirer is going to be throwing napalm on the Ft. Hood shooting by suggesting that the shooter wasn't just a Muslim, but that he was a gay Muslim. They appear to have no evidence for it, but thought it might be fun to say.

So, Ryan Seacrest is holding a contest where you can win Adam Lambert, Kris Allen and Allison Iraheta. Well, you don't get to keep them, but they will come to your hometown and play a free concert. You only get to keep them with chloroform and a windowless van. Not that I'm plotting anything...

Lou Dobbs abruptly announced this evening he was making his last broadcast for CNN, and he had reached a deal on his non-expired contract to let him work elsewhere immediately. Said CNN chief Jonathan Klein the president of CNN/U.S. “Lou has now decided to carry the banner of advocacy journalism elsewhere.” Based on recent broadcasts, expect him to be the new lead in to Glenn Beck by Christmas.

The average American watches 4 hours 49 minutes of television every single day. That's up four minutes from last year, and 20% from a decade ago. Know what I say to that? Lightweights! My television is on at least 20 hours every day, Sometimes more.

The World Health Organization just released a depressing new report that say the #1 killer of women 15-44 years old worldwide is HIV/AIDS. Thirty years into this plague and the news just keeps getting worse.

I plucked this out of the forums (thanks, Joseph!) because I felt it deserved a little more views than it was likely to get. Our hot little FUB, Scott Evans did an awesome interview with the Boston Herald, ranging from his role, to his uncle, who's a Congressman. It was so good, they published overrun from the interview on their website.

Ryan Murphy did an interview with the Los Angeles Times about why last night's episode of Glee was a turning point for the entire season, where they embrace their outsider status. I have to admit, having now watched the episode, I see what he was talking about, and the piece is totally still worth a read. Possibly related: I may have cried last night. Twice.