Out magazine’s 2nd annual Power Issue - Ellen, Barney Frank and Anderson Cooper!

Here, in reverse order, is OUT magazine's 2nd annual power 50 list:

50. Kelly Bush
49. Benny Medina
48. Brian Swardstrom
47. Susan Arnold
46. Martina Navratilova
45. Jonathan Burnham
44. Bob Greenblatt
43. Adam Rose
42. Bryan Lourd
41. Carolyn Strauss
40. Christine Vachon
39. Jon Stryker
38. Lorri L. Jean
37. Simon Halls & Stephen Huvane
36. Annie Leibovitz
35. Randy Lovely
34. Craig Zadan & Neil Meron
33. Jim Nelson
32. Jeremy Bernard & Rufus Gifford
31. Rosie O'Donnell
30. Sheila Kueh
29. Adam Moss


28. Tim Gunn
27. Jasper Johns
26. Fred Hochberg 25. Tom Ford
24. Suze Orman
23. Anthony Romero
22. Nick Denton
21. Nate Berkus
20. Andrew Sullivan
19. Greg Berlanti
18. Christine Quinn
17. Martha Nelson


16. Perez Hilton
15. Brian Graden
14. Rich Ross
13. Jodie Foster
12. The New York Times Gay Mafia
11. Scott Rudin
10. Peter Thiel
9. Marc Jacobs
8. Joe Solmonese
7. Jann Wenner
6. Andrew Tobias
5. Tim Gill
4. David Geffen

3. Anderson Cooper - He’s still cautiously neutral—and silent on his sex life—but his domination of the airwaves is undeniable.


2. Barney Frank - A Democratic president would only increase the political clout of this most powerful of gay elected public officials.

1. Ellen DeGeneres - Having weathered the “Puppy-gate” media storm and an ill-perceived crossing of the writers’ strike picket line, DeGeneres and her daytime show remain perennially popular. Her most recently reported salary of $15 million put her in 15th place on Forbes magazine’s 2007 list of the top 20 TV stars—above Barbara Walters and Matt Lauer.

One thing that surprised me was the comment about Perez Hilton: His mercilessly dishy gossip blog attracts 2.6 million visitors a month and demands up to $45,000 for its ad packages. Wait, they're saying he gets 2.6 million a month? I thought he was boasting that he got that many hits a day!

The guys of Gossip Girl

My flatmate and I adore Gossip Girl and we watch it avidly each week. Nothing to do with the charms of Chace Crawford, Ed Westwick and Penn Badgley of course. We like it for it insightful look at the human condition.

Ok, so Anderson Cooper's not the only guy who enjoys TV shows aimed at teenage girls!

Anderson Cooper shows off his biceps, triceps and forearms..

Remember I posted around Anderson Cooper spending some serious time down at the gym? Well, the Silver Fox has unveiled his impessive new biceps, triceps and all-round muscled forearms at the CMJ Music Marathon and Film Festival. My, oh my, he's butched up nicely!

Anderson Cooper hangs out with Oscar the Grouch

Our favourite hot reporter, silver fox Anderson Cooper, has turned up on Sesame Streett as a report for GNN. Get it? GNN. I wonder if our Anderson was in on that little joke. However, it apparently just innocently stands for the Grouch News Network where Anderson will be helping Oscar the Grouch deliver the news from his own trash can.

Aw, just look at Anderson's cute smile. He looks like a little kid! He said it was his "childhood dream come true." Here's what Anderson said about it to Erica Hill when he was about to film it last November (November!):

COOPER: Right, I got to be on "Sesame Street" today. It's not going to actually be broadcast until, I guess, next September, but I thought we'd show you a little preview.

HILL: I can't wait. I love "Sesame Street".

COOPER: Yes, it was pretty cool.

HILL: That's got to be one of the coolest things you've ever done.

COOPER: It is among the very coolest things, yes.

HILL: I have to ask you one quick question.

COOPER: Yes.

HILL: Was Oscar's garbage can stinky?

COOPER: You know, I don't want to give away a lot of trade secrets. But it was pretty rank.

HILL: Nice. All right. Nice work, Anderson.

Anderson Cooper's time at the gym has paid off - check out those biceps!

All that time that Anderson Cooper spends down at his Gay Gym seems to have paid off. The New York magazine sent Bennett Marcus to track down the studly Mr Cooper at Elton John's AIDS Foundation benefit to ask him about his "bodacious new biceps" (um, their words, not mine..):

Your biceps are really big lately. How are you working out?

“Wow. What is my workout routine — I’ve never been asked that question! Um, I don’t know, I’ve just been … working with a trainer and uh, I don’t know, lifting a little weight, and running a little. I don’t know."

Is that new? The trainer and the rest?

"Uh, you know, I just turned 40, so yes, I’m trying to be a little bit healthier now and trying to eat a little bit more sensibly. And also, with traveling so much, you know, it’s tough when you’re in Iraq to do anything, so I try to work out when I’m here. This is really … I sound ridiculous."

They gave me this question, I’m not kidding.

"Wow, well, I didn’t know that New York Magazine would notice my biceps. My trainer will be thrilled. I’m going to pass this along to him. His name is TJ. He’ll be very excited."

Aw, isn't Anderson just the cutest? He sounds so flustered talking about his workouts with TJ. Anyway, I'd give his new biceps the once over any day, he's yummy. Perfect husband material. Oh, and by the way, don't forget that his mom is Gloria Vanderbilt. She must be worth a bit. Here's a picture of the devoted son with his eighty three year old mom. That's right, Gloria's eighty three. Hey, give her a break, at least she's got the balls to admit to her plastic surgery. None of that "I guess I just eat healthily" bullsh*t for our Gloria.

AfterElton's Hot 100 - Jake comes out on top!

AfterElton has tallied the scores and published this year's Hot 'Mo Hundred. It makes for interesting reading. For starters, I haven't heard of a whole bunch of 'em. It seems that our shower nozzle masturbatory material comes from a variety of sources!

"The list also shows that we like men who are not afraid to be associated with gay people and stories — of the 83 actors on the list, a whopping 49 (59%) have played gay. Fifteen of the men are openly gay or bisexual and they're noted with an asterisk (*) next to their name. (As readers will no doubt note, the list also includes men who are thought by many to be gay, but who are not publicly out.)

And although we may have tried to encourage unbridled shallowness in the nomination process, the list is full of men who are notable for more than their obvious physical assets. These men are entrepreneurs, activists, trend-setters, humanitarians and beyond, and most are just as pretty on the inside as they are on the outside."

Here's the full list:

1. Jake Gyllenhaal (was there ever any doubt..?)
2. Chris Evans
3. Daniel Craig
4. Gale Harold
5. Taye Diggs
6. Ryan Reynolds
7. Hugh Jackman
8. T R Knight
9. Ryan Phillipe
10. John Barrowman
11. Christian Bale
12. Brad Pitt
13. Christopher Meloni
14. Robert Gant
15. Patrick Wilson
16. Mario Lopez
17. Gael Garcia Bernal
18. Ian Somerhalder
19. Justin Timberlake
20. Heath Ledger
21. Paul Rudd
22. Jonathan Rhys Meyers
23. Channing Tatum
24. Ryan Gosling
25. Jamie Bamber
26. Wentworth Miller (Wentworth!!)
27. Tom Welling
28. Shemar Moore
29. Eddie Cibrian
30. David Boreanaz
31. Chad Allen
32. Anderson Cooper
33. Josh Duhamel
34. Randy Harrison
35. Jensen Ackles
36. Cheyenne Jackson
37. Jared Padalecki
38. Matthew McConaughey
39. David Beckham
40. Jason Statham
41. Milo Ventimiglia
42. Eric Mabius
43. Jensen Atwood
44. Eric Bana
45. Paul Walker
46. Matthew Fox
47. Josh Holloway
48. Tyson Beckford
49. Zachary Quinto
50. Orlando Bloom
51. Joseph Gordon-Levitt
52. Neil Patrick Harris
53. Ben McKenzie
54. Gerard Butler
55. Clive Owen
56. Eric Dane
57. Jeremy Piven (what the..?)
58. Andy Roddick
59. Jason Behr
60. J.P. Calderon
61. Johnny Depp
62. Keanu Reeves
63. Matthew Rhys
64. Christopher Gorham
65. LL Cool J (nice call!)
66. Adam Levine
67. Sendhil Ramamurthy
68. Daniel Dae Kim
69. Thomas Roberts
70. Kevin Zegers
71. Cristiano Ronaldo
72. Wilson Cruz
73. Alexandre Despatie
74. Timothy Olyphant
75. Jake Shears
76. Matt Damon
77. Jay Hernandez
78. John Krasinski
79. Ewan McGregor
80. Enrique Iglesias (ooh, yes!)
81. B.D. Wong
82. Adrian Pasdar
83. Peter Sarsgaard
84. John Amaechi
85. Jesse Bradford
86. Peter Paige
87. Jesse L. Martin
88. Brady Quinn
89. Billy Campbell
90. Jeremy Bloom
91. Ben Browder
92. George Clooney
93. Tom Ford
94. Cillian Murphy
95. Sufjan Stevens
96. Darryl Stephens
97. James Purefoy
98. Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson (oh, as if!)
99. Seth Green
100. Zach Braff

Rufus Wainwright being a bitch again he's got Anderson Cooper in his sights!

Rufus Wainwright is being the mischievous minx we all love again and recently discussed the advantages of staying closeted in an interview in Spin magazine. "If they stay in the closet, they're going to make a lot more money. I go to the same gym as Anderson Cooper. When I look at him lifting those 5-pound weights, it makes me think, 'He's just trying to live his life and be all that he can be.' But he still goes to the gayest gym in New York." Oh, Rufus!

Well, this comment has ignited a discussion of which gym actually is the gayest in New York. You can amused yourselves and pass the time by reading the suggestions here, courtesy of Gawker. I must say, that doesn't sound like my gym. The closest to any action I've ever seen was when a guy sat down once in the steam room proceeded to shave his balls. Nice.

What amused me about Rufus' comment is the thought that Rufus Wainwright goes to the gym. And does what exactly? I'm guessing that you'd find him in the sauna. Just kidding. Maybe, a little bit. Don't get me wrong, I'm a huge fan of Rufus, he could jump up and down on my knee and call me Daddy any day of the week, but he's not exactly pumped.

As for the esteemed Mr Cooper, well I'm not saying anything. Seriously. His fans go nuts if you even dare to suggest that our silver fox is a big ol' homo. "Why can't you leave him alone!" I mean it, I'm scared. They're worse than the Claymates, I hear that they'll cut you.

Does Anderson Cooper shower in his underpants at the gym or not?

Janet Charlton has been gossiping about Anderson Cooper again. She reports that "Anderson Cooper is the talk of the Equinox gym where he works out in the Time Warner Center in New York city. Naturally the sexually ambiguous "silver fox" attracts a lot of attention from both sexes so he takes precautions. Everyone knows camera phones are easy to smuggle anywhere, so sensible Anderson reportedly showers IN HIS UNDERWEAR. Boxer briefs, to be exact."

However, a source who goes to the same gym has told Towelroad that Cooper"does not shower in his underwear, but that he is one of those "towel wrap, slip the undies down underneath" kind of guys.. he is very, very pale but couldn't tell much else from "the view through the frosted glass door."

So, who to believe? I dunno about you, but I believe the cruising gay guy at the gym rather than Janet. I mean, you're inside your own private shower enclosure at the gym so who's gonna see anything anyway? Then again, if I were at the same gym as Anderson, I'd sure as heck try to take a peek. Wouldn't you?

Keith Olbermann takes a pop at Glass Closet resident Anderson Cooper

In the New York magazine Keith Olbermann discusses the recent coverage about Anderson Cooper living in the Glass Closet. After dissing most modern American political characters, he then takes on Anderson Cooper, in the make up room of all places!

“Don’t tell me you don’t want to talk about personal life when you wrote a book about your father’s death and your brother’s death,” says Olbermann. “You can’t move this big mass of personal stuff out for public display, then people ask questions and you say, ‘Oh, no, I didn’t say there was going to be any questions.’

This whole discussion about celebrities sex lives is a tricky subject. As I've said before, I'm not particularly interested myself but, I have to say, I certainly wouldn't be surprised on the day that Anderson finally comes out of his glass closet, would you? I don't know why people are so interested in Anderson Cooper anyway, it's not as if he's some young hottie like Wentworth Miller. Now there's a guy worth fantasising over..