Um ... wow. Just ... wow. What the hell was Leno thinking? There's being a good sport, and then there's being a total idiot, and this pretty clearly crossed the line. By the end, Leno was clearly not a happy camper. And he set it up! After it became obvious where this was headed, wouldn't you change a question or two on the fly, do something so that you didn't turn yourself into the comedic equivalent of a volleyball? (Serve, lob, set, SPIKE!) I mean, jeez, guy, do something. And yet another shoe drops as NBC announces its forthcoming post-Olympics schedule, also ...

“Friday Night Lights” has run long enough to record a string of beginnings and endings. Newborn Luca Verde was selected appear in the series’ season finale when it was filmed back in November. Son of Austin’s Kevin Verde, chief technical officer for the Jason’s Deli chain, and his wife, Jen, Luca was chosen from images casting directors found at Pinkle Toes Photography. The parents reported that director Michael Waxman dubbed Luca a “one take wonder,” fussy or dramatic as the scene required. “We watch little TV and actually never saw ‘Friday Night Lights’ before,” said dad Kevin Verde. “This ...

Out & About rounds up the news on Austin celebrities. Willie Nelson will be joined by Ray Price and Billy Bob Thornton’s Boxmasters at Willie’s Place at Carl’s Corner Truck Stop on Dec. 16. The concert at the Interstate 35 stop, promoted by Evolution Fuels, Inc., will be broadcast the “Willie’s Place” show on XM channel 13 and SIRIUS channel 64. Taylor Kitsch will be filming the lead role in “John Carter of Mars” during the planned Austin shoots of “Friday Night Lights” in its fifth season. That means Tim Riggins will be benched for at least part of that ...

That title makes me thinks of a mostly-straight (hee hee) friend I have who says he's "only gay on the weekends." Hee hee. But, anyway, while that makes me chuckle, it is unrelated to this post. But this is my blog, damn it, and I'll go off on tangents when I feel like it! Haha. I don't watch the show, but apparently there's another gay character on "Friday Night Lights" and he's being played by possibly really gay teacher/writer-director-producer/actor RUSSELL DeGRAZIER. He's pretty woofy so I'm tempted to start watching. ...

Thursday’s gay headlines include Chaz on his transition, Mary’s new baby, Adam as poster child, TV’s new lesbian, marriage mayhem, and um, oops: Did Texas accidentally ban all marriages? • TV’s newest lesbian character: Stephanie Hunt (top photo) as rocker outcast on ‘Friday Night Lights’ • Chaz Bono (second photo) says transition is ‘the best decision I’ve ever made’ • NY court OKs out-of-state gay marriage benefits • L.A. Judge orders compensation for gay couple denied benefits • Federal employees one step closer to equal domestic partner benefits • N.J. residents support gay marriage by narrow margin, poll says • Mary Cheney, partner Heather Poe (third photo, ...

A pretty decent video with several of your favorites from Hollywood… Sexy stars include: Ryan Reynolds, Gilles Marini, Christian Cooke, Eddie Cibrian, Matt Keeslar, Alec Newman, Taylor Kitsch, Chris Hemsworth, Kip Pardue, Scott Gurney, Ryan Kwanten, Nicholas Gonzalez, Stephen Moyer, Adam Garcia & Collin Stark. From the following films & tv shows: Blade Trinity, Brothers & Sisters, Trinity, But I’m a Cheerleader, Dune, Friday Night Lights, A Perfect Getaway, Psycho Beach Party, Remember the Titans, The Fluffer, Splendor, The Amityville Horror, True Blood, Bootmen & Speed Demon. If you wanna see more of these guys, ...

Austin celebrities in the news for Oct. 1, 2009. Remember when rumors ran rampant that Bravo was taping a “Real Housewives”-style show in Austin during the Tribiza Style Week? Evidence piled up that such a test shoot was in progress. Now we find that “Dallas Divas and Daughters” premiered on the Style Network. Could it be the same show? Or an antecedent? Some Texas stereotypes on the show, according to the Associated Press story: “One teen drives a Hummer, another mother fires off some rounds at a gun range and in a state that often brags about doing ‘everything bigger,’ ...

Austin Olympian Aaron Piersol, recently in Baton Rouge to encourage hundreds of young simmers to stay in the pool, was interviewed/videoed for TheAdvocated.com: “Even though we have gold medals, we were 10 years old at one point.” (No, not that Advocate. The newspaper in BR, La. Sheesh.) MetroWeekly reports that Austin’s Patty Griffin will act as a producer on comedian Margaret Cho’s new “comedy music” album. It’s currently working under the predictably controversial title, “Guitarded.” Jim Parsons didn’t win an Emmy Award last night for “The Big Bang Theory.” But he has revealed his favorite show — Austin-shot “Friday ...