Thanks to the continued awesomeness that is Hulu, you can now watch the Academy Award-winning documentary The Times of Harvey Milk in its entirety, after the jump. Be warned that even at 450 pixels wide the film packs a hell of a wallop ... may want to have some hankies at the ready before you settle in.

Thanks to the reader who reminded me that the film is now available (I can't find your comment now, sorry!).

Meet us in the front row, after the break!

Every Friday we pick the gays in television who have had the best week and leave it to you, the keepers of the flame, to decide who will be crowned Gay of the Week and enjoy their own fancy button over on the left. We'll announce the winner on Monday, and that champ will reign until a new set of challengers are introduced the following Friday to try to steal his title.

Reigning Gay of the Week Andrew Van De Kamp (Desperate Housewives) voluntarily forfeited the crown for this week by not delivering us a new episode of his beloved soap. Either that or he just went to the bathroom and left his crown on his seat, but we're taking it anyway! Either way he's out of the running, so our three new contenders will be vying for your attentions without him.

Meet the new contenders and find out why they rated this week, after the break!

You may know about Harvey Milk and you may have seen the amazing film about his life, but what do you know about the Harvey Milk School?

In this week's episode of our ever-informative gay culture and etiquette vlog, Daniel asks the question, "What if we had all gone to gay school?"

Check it out after the break!

Word just broke that the NYCC has awarded three of its top prizes to Milk, including the esteemed Best Picture award, Best Actor (Sean Penn) and Best Supporting Actor (Josh Brolin).This comes of course after yesterday's kudos from the LA Critics and various other accolades.

Keep 'em coming! Things are looking good leading up to tomorrow's Golden Globe nominations announcement.

And congrats to all the honorees, obvs.

As you may have heard, Gus Van Sant's Harvey Milk biopic opened over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend in limited release. But here's what you may not have heard: despite playing in only 36 theaters, Milk raked in almost $2 million, making it the #10 movie of the weekend and giving it a whopping $38,361 per-screen average (compared to the $9,571 per-screen average of Four Christmases, the #1 movie of the weekend).

Good news, to be sure. Let's hope the momentum continues as the film continues to open wider around the country. You may recall that earlier this year the Noah's Arc: Jumping the Broom movie did similarly boffo per-screen box office (topping $30,000 per theater).

The lesson? If you build it (and decorate tastefully), we will come.

Did you have a chance to check out Milk over the weekend? What'd you think?

The big news in gay movies is that a screen biography of slain gay rights pioneer Harvey Milk finally hits the big screen today. But did you know we're also getting a new installment of what's probably the gayest international action movie franchise in contemporary cinema?

More after the break!

As Gus Van Sant's Milk opens in theaters, 365Gay News has produced a special report on Harvey Milk, his life and his legacy.

Check out parts 2 and 3, after the break.

Out Broadway leading man Matthew Risch

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

• Out actor Matthew Risch has step-ball-changed into the title role of Roundabout's Broadway revival of Pal Joey after the lead actor injured himself during previews. Wait, didn't they already do this show, only it was called Xanadu?

• Hugh Jackman isn't the least bit bothered by gay rumors. In fact, he used to play the old danceclub "gay-and-switch" back in his prowling days.

• In the wake of considerable publicity surrounding his donation to the Yes on Prop 8 campaign, L.A. Film Festival Director Richard Raddon has resigned. A devout Mormon, Raddon issued the following statement: "I have always held the belief that all people, no matter race, religion, or sexual orientation are entitled to equal rights. I prefer to keep the details around my contribution through my church a private matter. But I am profoundly sorry for the negative attention that my actions have drawn to Film Independent and for the hurt and pain that is being experienced in the GLBT community."

• Above, the two actors who play Harvey Milk's lovers in Milk (Diego Luna and James Franco) talk about the process and the importance of telling Harvey's story. And as of this posting the film (which I reviewed over here) has a 97% freshness rating on RottenTomatoes.

• A new documentary titled A Non-Issue? will look at "the rebirth of the gay rights movement and the battle over legalizing same-sex marriage."

And today's Briefs are brought to you by... (may be NSFW)

It's two weeks until the highest profile gay-themed film since Brokeback Mountain opens nationwide (it starts rolling out next week in select cities), and the anticipation is running high. After the break, you can see a roundup of recent interviews, and be sure to check back Tuesday for our full review of Milk.

Two great videos of the talented folks behind Milk speaking about the film, gay rights and Harvey Milk's legacy have surfaced that deserve a look.

First (above) there's a series of MTV interviews with the movie's young cast speaking at length about the film's parallels with the current battle against Proposition 8.

And after the break, check out ET's footage of the men of Milk on the red carpet at the Los Angeles premiere, which features the stars and director speaking eloquently about the film's inspiration (Emile Hirsch says it best when he simply comments that Harvey Milk was "an American hero").