Shortly after I find out my latest article on man crushes got published on EurOut my friend Alice texts me John Barrowman is coming to Oxford (where she lives) and that she is going to see him. OMG!

I asked her if she could get me an autograph, and she told me she’s going to try not to drool to obviously and try to get me the autograph as long as she doesn’t get dragged off by security for attempting to glomp Barrowman…. Wish I could glomp him!

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I didn’t know he has a new book out. Looks I need to get another book…

(Thanks, Wendy.)

I was reading an AfterEllen article on “Whip it”, when I suddenly saw this:

Huh? Did you say something?

I bet it’s all for the sake of publicity. Ellen, at what Atlantic Superstore do you get your groceries? I’m not going to stalk you. Promise!

Seriously, hot stuff, CALL ME. (Guess what I’ll be reading next…)

“Any time I do a red carpet, I feel vaguely confrontational,” Cody told the magazine. “I feel like, ‘All right, now somebody’s going to come on the red carpet who doesn’t have a stylist, who did her own hair and makeup, who’s wearing a $25 dress from H&M. I have cellulite. I have big hips and big thighs. And you have to look at me.’ I feel like people have to pay attention to somebody who would typically be invisible.” Read Diablo Cody’s interview in Bust Magazine.

Wait. WHAT? Invisible?! Diablo, hot stuff, call me

As you can see; I’m a day late. All you loyal readers; I’m sorry about that. It’s just that I had a very busy - and very cool - weekend. I came home late last night and didn’t feel like updating the blog. So, here goes.

Early last week I came across an article on Harry Potter actor Daniel Radcliffe’s donation to help gay youth. How inspiring and heartwarming is that?

Dorothy Snarker dedicated a whole post to aging in Hollywood - or rather: how British ladies look so much more attractive while aging. Check it out here. I have been saying that for years, how even British actors tend to look more real because they don’t correct a couple of crooked teeth or get rid of a have a year round tan. You know what I mean? I like that.

In the meantime SELF Magazine got a lot of exposure, thanks to another very obvious Photoshop job on Kelly Clarkson, the singing girl next door. AfterEllen took the opportunity to high light Peter Lindbergh’s work (apparently Photoshop-free). Read the article here.

Another great article on Lezbros can be found here, and a German friend of mine found an interesting link to LGBT texts in the bible (or more so: their interpretations). And seriously: it is worth checking out! (Thanks, NC!)

From CSI to Christina Cox is only a little step. Actress Liz Vassey (the cute lab rat) provides the link. Read an interview with the Canadian hottie here, and find out why Christina turned down a lot of “lesbian” roles.

Uh-huh. Like I mentioned before; I wouldn’t mind a work out with her

It’s been a while, so here goes:

Were you glued to your TV screen like I was watching season 3 of Torchwood? Despite an utter crappy ending “Children of Earth” was my favorite season so far. AfterElton.com posted hilarious Facebook like recaps. Check them out here.

The big Torchwood news to come out of this weekend didn’t come from Comic-Con. Instead, word spread that the hit sci-fi series had been picked up for a fourth season the day before its panel took place in front of cheering fans. So far, however, there’s no word on who will be a part of the Torchwood team or how many episodes there will be this season (and there was no additional news at the panel.)

I also read that John was actually considered for Captain America. Hm… Speaking of which - check this out (best viewed with Firefox or Safari). Thanks, Trevor!

Anyhoo, John being his funny and mischievous self cracked me up when he - finally - got to kiss Dr. Who actor and fellow Scotsman David Tennant. Watch it here (it starts around the 5:00 mark).

UPDATE: Someone posted the panel on YouTube. Children of Earth and its plot (and killings) was discussed. Captain Jack Harkness as a bisexual role model, and why there won’t be a musical episode of Torchwood… I had a blast watching John trying to behave himself (as he was warned some audience members may be under 18…)

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Do you know who this is?

Apparently there’s a new Canadian Sci Fi series called “Defying gravity”.

Defying Gravity launches on ABC and CTV in Canada on August 2 with a two-hour premiere, and then will air on Sundays at 10pm. All 13 episodes have already been shot, and the series will also air on Canada’s CTV, Germany’s ProSieben and the BBC in the U.K.

Described by one exec as “Grey’s Anatomy in space” (not sure how I feel about that), the series revolves as much around the relationships among the crew — who are living in very close quarters for a long period of time — as it does things like wormholes, mechanical problems, and unexplained happenings.

Or as the same exec put it, it’s a show with “a sci-fi premise but told in a female-friendly way.” And by “female-friendly” he apparently means less of that tricky science stuff, and more talking about your feelings, but I’m going to pretend he didn’t say that so I can enjoy the show.

Here’s how CTV describes the two-hour premiere:

In the two-hour series premiere (Sunday, August 2 at 9 p.m. ET), two of the eight novice astronauts onboard mysteriously develop heart ailments only hours after leaving Earth’s orbit for Venus and a six-year inter-planetary sojourn aboard the spaceship Antares. Replacing the ill engineer, Ajay Sharma (Zahf Paroo) and Mission Commander Rollie Crane (Ty Olsson), are experienced astronauts Maddux Donner (Ron Livingston) and Ted Shaw (Malik Yoba). Donner’s arrival disturbs the ship’s geologist Zoe Barnes (Canadian Laura Harris), who is linked to him by a strange dream and a romantic encounter from their early training days.

Although nearly every facet of life on the Antares is broadcast to avid viewers on Earth by documentary producer Paula Morales (Paula Garces), there is also a hidden force that appears to be controlling events from within the spacecraft. With the real purpose of the mission known only to flight director Mike Goss (Andrew Airlie) and a select few, the Antares finally leaves Earth’s orbit for the immensity of interstellar space.

In the second hour, some rocky and intriguing developments confront the crew as they learn to adjust to life on board the Antares, now well on its way to Venus. In spite of the libido-suppressing HALOS supposedly worn by everyone on board, pilot Nadia Schilling (Florentine Lahme) continues her seductive designs on Donner. Zoe still hears strange cries, seemingly coming from Storage Pod 4 — which is off limits to most of the crew. After Ted, now spaceship commander, is briefed by his wife, scientist Eve Shaw (Karen LeBlanc), about the true nature of the mission, he enters Pod 4 and is confronted by a frightening maelstrom.

Meanwhile, back at Mission Control, Commander Goss holds a press conference, ostensibly to explain the abrupt removal of Ajay and Rollie from the Antares. Skeptical British reporter Trevor Williams (Peter Howitt) is determined to discover the truth.

The facts that it’s made in Canada and stars Christina Cox (I wouldn’t mind a work out with her) are a bonus, but they started losing me at “Grey’s Anatomy in space”. The “a sci-fi premise but told in a female-friendly way” is where I switched off completely.