BEEFCAKE: Meet That Old Spice Man

You may have no idea who Isaiah Mustafa is, but you almost certainly know “the man your man could smell like.” That man is Mustafa, who—after relatively unsuccessful stints in the NFL and as an actor—found himself suddenly famous as the star of Old Spice’s latest ad campaign. His commercial quickly went viral, reaching 5.8 million views last week, Ad Age reports. Mustafa, who also taught math and ran a barbecue joint before becoming an unlikely celebrity, is even set to appear on Oprah.

News Flash: Baby/Dainty June dead at 97!

June Havoc, the film and theater actress who gained fame as a child vaudeville star and the younger sister of Gypsy Rose Lee, died yesterday. The inspiration for the "Baby June" character in the Broadway musical and movie Gypsy, Havoc was believed to be 97. To accommodate local child labor laws while on the road performing, her mother, the archetypal stage mother Rose Thompson Hovick, had five birth certificates for her, the New York Times reports.

Though outshone by her fictional doppelganger, Havoc enjoyed a long career, shining in the original production of Pal Joey on Broadway and as the Jewish secretary "passing" as a Christian in the Gregory Peck film Gentleman's Agreement. In her late 60s, she played Miss Hannigan in the original Broadway production of Annie. She retired in 1990 after a stint on General Hospital.

News Flash: How Lady Gaga Became Lady Gaga

Lots of people—including, most recently, her ex-boyfriend via a lawsuit—take credit for making Lady Gaga who she is today, including Lady Gaga. In New York, Vanessa Grigoriadis recalls her first meeting with the soon-to-be-huge musician one year ago, where she found herself surprised that Gaga refused to be called by her given name, spoke in a strange accent, and said things like, “I cannot bear the cameras.” At that time, she was already a hit abroad; she's gone on to become America’s biggest pop star.

Old friends and former colleagues paint a picture of Gaga before she was Gaga: None of them remember her being bisexual; no one ever saw her do cocaine. After finally getting a break in 2006, Gaga still had to learn how to be a pop star (before going pantsless, she used to be a big fan of sweats). She went through many incarnations before hitting on one that stuck, and a lot of people helped her along. Says one producer, who easily convinced her to dye her hair blonde: “God bless that girl, she really does listen.”

DWTS’ Week 2 Fighting, Kate’s Partner Threatens to Quit

Fights, screams, and overall frustration were the common themes of the rehearsal footage from Monday’s ‘Dancing with the Stars,’ with reality star Kate Gosselin taking the cake.

“I quit,” said Kate’s partner Tony Dovolani, after the pair bickered during a trying day of practice that ended with Gosselin breaking down in tears saying, “I don’t get it.” Kate criticized Tony’s teaching style, saying, “You’re not taking into consideration how I learn.”

“I’ve never been questioned on my teaching,” the usually patient pro said before walking out. After a cooling off period, Tony returned and peace was made, with a teary Kate saying, “A lot of people quit on me in life.” They went on to dance with plenty of irony to Elton John’s “I’m Still Standing,” but after that performance, it’s unclear for how long.

The second biggest diva was actually a “divo.” It was none other than ‘The Bachelor‘ Jake Pavelka, whose caveman ways came out in full force when talking to partner Chelsie Hightower. “Chelsie, I’m not asking you. I’m more telling you. I can’t get into this position,” the loverboy snipped after having trouble with a move during practice.

Even the soap hunk dished it out to his “impatient” partner Edyta Sliwinska. ‘AMC’ star Aiden Turner, clearly frustrated from last week’s low scores, made Edyta cry.

Fighting aside, the night also delivered a few knockouts — Pussycat Doll Nicole Scherzinger and Derek Hough came through with the first two 10’s of the season from judges Carrie Ann Inaba and Bruno Tonioli.

Nicole Scherzinger and Derek Hough, Dance: Jive

We still think Nicole has an unfair advantage seeing that dancing is as much of what she does in her “day job: in the Pussycat Dolls as singing. But, that aside, the girl can move her booty and the Jive was the perfect dance to showcase those sassy skills. Reporters in the pressroom backstage at the taping even clapped for their performance, which rarely happens. “It was phenomenal!” screamed Bruno. “I have never seen a Jive that good on week two.” Carrie Ann l–o-v-e-d it calling it “perfection,” while Len gave Nicole kudos for being a “very, very talented dancer.” Carrie Ann and Bruno gave the pair the first perfect scores of the season.

Score: 28

Evan Lysacek and Anna Trebunskaya, Dance: Jive

Trying their best to beat their No. 2 score last week, the Olympic medalist pulled out all stops in a ’50s ‘Grease’-inspired jive that proved he can move those hips after all. “That was great. There’s such great energy,” said Carrie Ann. “There was some really good jive out there,” agreed Len. “You’re definitely ‘Grease Lightning’ tonight!” screamed Bruno.

Score: 24

Erin Andrews and Maksim Chmerkovskiy, Dance: Fox Trot

Pretty in pink, Erin glided like the princess she wanted to be across the stage with Maks serving as her perfect Prince Charming. Bruno said she displayed a “natural elegance.” Carrie Ann said she really loved the opening, but warned the ESPN reporter to watch her “death grip” on the hold. Erin’s reply? She joked that she couldn’t find Maks’ bicep, which caused the crowd to erupt with laughter.

Score: 23

Pamela Anderson and Damian Whitewood, Dance: Fox Trot

Going for a romantic Old Hollywood vibe, the former ‘Baywatch’ babe and Playmate showed off the classy side we hoped we’d see. “You brought Marilyn Monroe right back to life,” said Carrie Ann. Len stumbled over the word “titivating” in describing her performance much to the delight of all. Bruno simply couldn’t contain his excitement stating, “I can feel the waves of sensuality enveloping me…and the dancing was good to. You can dance, Pamela, you can.”

Score: 22

Niecy Nash and Louis Van Amstel, Dance: Fox Trot

The ‘Clean House’ star certainly brought the “drama and the romance to the dance,” as she so eloquently put it. Not so eloquently put, though flattering nonetheless, was Bruno’s frothy comparison of Nash to a “strawberry milkshake.” The other judges were equally impressed: Carrie Ann called her “spectacular” and Len said she was a “revelation.”

Score: 21

Shannen Doherty and Mark Ballas, Dance: Jive

The frustration we saw in the rehearsal clips didn’t show up once when this twosome hit the dance floor. Wearing what had to be the cutest outfit (the tie! the ponytails! the shoes!) of the night, Doherty showed off a playful, girlie side we rarely see this often-misunderstood actress. Bruno beamed with, “I’m liking the mean girl…Your performance level was so much better.” Carrie Ann said it was “very fiery, very boisterous.” But, leave it to Len for a spot-on critique noting that she sometimes showed a “loss of control.”

Score: 20

Jake Pavelka and Chelsie Hightower, Dance: Jive

“Chelsie, I’m not asking you. I’m more telling you. I can’t get into this position,” Jake snipped at his dancing partner when having trouble with a move in rehearsals. Well, if that is the way he talks to women, we can see why there’s trouble with his fiancé Vienna. Not cool, Jake. Not cool at all. Sorry, but that ruined the dance for us and his un-hip, nerdy moves were more annoying than endearing. But, that’s just us. The judges were more kind. “You are a joy to watch,” said Carrie Ann. Len added, “It was a little bit heavy sometimes…I think you have a lot more to give and great potential.”

Score: 20

Aiden Turner and Edyta Sliwinska, Dance: Fox Trot

Loved the soap opera-style rehearsal package clip of the two. Way to bring the drama, guys! (That was acting, right?!) Unfortunately, the drama didn’t translate to the dance floor as the two trotted their way through a ho-hum performance. (Loved the elbowing, though. That’s our sadistic side!) Aiden, personally, we need more than a pretty face to keep us interested. The judges dug him more than we did with Bruno admiring his footwork and form, but warned him to “keep focus.” Carrie Ann put it simply: “Nice job.” (Really?) Len got it right when he called it “economic.”

Score: 19

Chad Ochocinco and Cheryl Burke, Dance: Fox Trot

In what can only be described as the most brutal critiques of recent memory, Chad and Cheryl simply lost it during their performance tonight. And, it showed. “There was little about that to talk about to give you any encouragement,” said Len, who added he was “glad when it’s all over.” Bruno echoed that sentiment: “You looked uncomfortable,” and noted that they went “backwards, not forward.” Even Carrie Ann could only muster up “you have great potential…but you have got to start understanding your movement and letting it go.”

Score: 16

Buzz Aldrin and Ashly Costa, Dance: Fox

TrotScoring two points lower than last week, the moonwalker might not have hit all his marks right, but he did it with charm and grace to the most fitting song of the evening, “Fly Me the Moon.” “Very tender, very charming,” said Carrie Ann. “I think you inspire people,” chimed Len. The audience must have agreed as their performance was the first standing ovation of the evening.

Score: 12

Kate Gosselin and Tony Dovolani, Dance: Jive

The drama from the week’s practice really took its toll on Kate’s dancing tonight. The reality star look terrified, stiff and cold, as she tried to jive her way through the dance. Bruno called the performance a “nightmare” and compared Kate to “a Stepford wife.” Carrie Ann couldn’t let anyone miss “the fear in her face.” Len said, “nerves can make or break you, and nerves are breaking you.” Then he told he not to be a wimp, and to “go out fighting!”

Score: 15

News Flash: Dallas Pissed Over Erykah Badu Naked Video

Dallas officials aren't happy with Erykah Badu's new video, in which she gets naked, in public, at the site of JFK's assassination. But of all possible reasons to be mad, they're upset she didn’t get a permit for filming first, the Dallas Morning News reports. Luckily for her—though some onlookers were shouting for her to put her clothes back on—no police arrived during filming.

The video shows Badu slowly removing her clothes while walking around Dallas’s Dealey Plaza, then falling to the ground after a shot rings out. Badu tells the Dallas Morning News the video was inspired by a similar piece filmed in Times Square: “I thought it was the bravest, most liberating thing I've ever seen,” she says, adding that she chose Dealey Plaza because “the grassy knoll was the most monumental place in Dallas I could think of.”

News Flash: Michael Steele Blew $1,946 at S&M Club

Michael Steele’s got a real flogging yesterday for lavish spending, but hey, maybe he likes it that way. On a recent trip to California, FEC records show that Steele enjoyed a $9,099 stay at the Beverly Hills Hotel, spent another $6,596 at the nearby Four Seasons and—get this—dropped $1,946 at Voyeur West Hollywood, a bondage-themed topless nightclub.

Yelp reviews of the place describe bare-chested “dancers” acting out S&M scenes, a half-naked girl hanging from a net across the ceiling, and two girls simulating oral sex inside a glass case in the bathroom. And he's not even fundraising on these trips, insiders gripe, just recruiting candidates. Steele also spent $17,514 on charter flights in February alone, and once suggested the RNC just buy him a private jet, sources tell the Daily Caller.

News Flash: La Vida...OUT!

Ricky Martin is no longer denying the rumors: He's gay. In a statement posted via Twitter in both Spanish and English today, and later confirmed with his representative, Martin said: "I am proud to say that I am a fortunate homosexual man. I am very blessed to be who I am. The Livin' La Vida Loca singer's sexuality has been speculated about for years. But the Puerto Rican star never directly addressed it

Martin, 38, said he decided to reveal the truth after working on his memoirs helped him realize that he had to be free with himself, and not keep any more secrets. "From the moment I wrote the first phrase I was sure the book was the tool that was going to help me free myself from things I was carrying within me for a long time. Things that were too heavy for me to keep inside," he said. "Writing this account of my life, I got very close to my truth. And this is something worth celebrating."

News Flash: Christopher Hitchens: Bicurious Youth

Vanity Fair columnist Christopher Hitchens is straight—twice-married, in fact—but that didn’t stop him from steamy prep school sex with his male classmates. Below, a sampling of leaked excerpts from his upcoming memoir, courtesy of Gawker and an earlier article in the Times:

• “Most boys decided quite early on that, since their penises would evidently give them no rest at all, they would repay the favor by giving their penises no respite in return.”
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  “It was quite possible to arrange a vigorous session of mutual relief without a word being spoken, even without eye contact.”

“I didn’t lack for partners when it came to the everyday (well, not every day) business of sheer physical relief.”

“Were poems exchanged? Were there white-hot and snatched kisses? Did we sometimes pine for the holidays to end, so that (unlike everybody else) we actually yearned to be back at school? Yes, yes, and yes.”

“Every now and then,” at Oxford, “even though I was by then fixed on the pursuit of young women, a mild and mildly enjoyable relapse would occur and I suppose that I can ‘claim’ this of two young men who later became members of Margaret Thatcher’s government.”

POLL: Would You Support a Gay Baseball Commissioner?

Would you be OK with a gay baseball commissioner? How about a quarterback? Those are just a couple of the random-yet-revealing questions asked in the new 60 Minutes/Vanity Fair poll.

In that question, for example, 62% said they’d be OK with the quarterback, and 61% with the baseball commissioner, while 50% said they’d support a gay president. Other results included:
Only 28% believe sex addiction is a medical condition. A third of respondents said it wasn’t, and another third said “maybe, but celebrities who have it are jerks.”

Asked which highly-publicized event they’d pay attention to, the finale of a big TV show won out among women, while men said they’d prefer the launch of a new Apple gadget.

Americans still support Jack Kevorkian—40% say he’s “not as bad as he’s made out to be,” while another 15% call him a “humane and principled medical professional.”

Only 43% knew that “Waterloo” was a reference to Napoleon.

For complete results, check Vanity Fair, or to vote yourself, head to 60 Minutes.

News Flash: SICK? Anti-Gay 'Dr. Shock' Busted on Sex Charges

A psychiatrist known as Dr. Shock for his notorious attempts to "cure" gay military recruits through electroshock therapy has been charged with sexually assaulting a male patient. Dr. Aubrey Levin, who was arrested in Calgary, Alberta, after he was secretly filmed sexually abusing a male patient, had previously been accused of gross human rights abuses for his treatment of gay soldiers and conscientious objectors in apartheid-era South Africa.

As a top military psychiatrist for the South African apartheid regime, Levin is believed to have not only given gay patients electroshock therapy but also chemically castrated one gay soldier and driven one patient to suicide. After emigrating to Canada in 1995 he kept his past abuses out of the media by threatening lawsuits, the Guardian reports. Since Levin's recent arrest Canadian police have begun investigating similar allegations by at least 30 other previous patients of his in Canada

News Flash: Murdoch Uses Sulzberger Image for 'Girly Man' Story

Rupert Murdoch uses his Wall Street Journal today to tweak rival publisher Arthur Sulzberger of the New York Times. In a collage of photos illustrating a story on feminine-looking men, a familiar image shows up. "There is, in the bottom image of the lower quadrant of a male face, an unmistakable—if you pay attention to such things—dimple and odd right ear," writes Newser founder Michael Wolff at Vanity Fair. "Without a doubt," the Journal picked Sulzberger "as a prime example of its idea of a feminine-looking man."

Murdoch has long thought of Sulzberger as "weak" and "girly," writes Wolff, and he likes to use "the editorial power of his paper to pursue his business goals." He wants to "maul" the Times, and he wants to get under Sulzberger's skin. "This is a psychological warfare side of what’s going to be a very nasty newspaper war."

Tribeca Film Festival to screen “Ticked Off Trannies with Knives” despite opposition from GLAAD

The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation wants the Tribeca Film Festival to pull the film Ticked-Off Trannies With Knives from its schedule.

GLAAD says the film, its title and its marketing misrepresent the lives of transgender women and use grotesque, exploitative depictions of violence against transgender women in ways that make light of the horrific brutality they all too often face. Because of its positioning as a transgender film, GLAAD says viewers unfamiliar with the lives of transgender women will likely leave this film with the impression that transgender women are ridiculous caricatures of “real women.”The organization said in a statement Thursday that it has reached out to writer/director Israel Luna, the film’s producer, and the Tribeca Film Festival, and both have refused to take responsibility for the problematic content and offensive marketing of this film.

GLAAD is urging community members to contact the Tribeca Film Festival and call on them to pull “Ticked-Off Trannies with Knives” from their schedule.

GLAAD is getting some criticism for asking the Tribeca Film Festival to remove the film from its schedule. Tribeca is standing firm and has responded with this statement:“The filmmakers provided a copy of this film to GLAAD in February, and for weeks the organization had been supportive to the filmmakers. In fact, GLAAD representatives advised the film’s producer, director and cast on how to describe the film to its core constituency.” “Tribeca is proud of its ongoing commitment to bring diverse voices and stories to its audiences, and looks forward to the film’s premiere at our Festival next month.”

News Flash: Will Forte on kissing James Franco: “I delivered to him the appropriate amount of return tongue.”

Will Forte, in an interview with Elle, talked about kissing James Franco:

Elle: Describe your gayest moment that didn’t involve knitting needles.
WF: When I had my tongue down James Franco’s throat.

Elle: Oh, yes. You played the grandfather in that overaffectionate family sketch.
WF: I found out we’d be doing it the day of the show. I knew James a little because he’d hosted before, so it wasn’t super uncomfortable. So I said, “I guess we’ll be kissing. Let’s really go to town. But we’ll just pretend in rehearsal.” But even in rehearsal he threw his tongue in I was like, Oh my God! I thought we were going to save it for the show! Then, during the dress rehearsal, I’m pretty sure there was more of his tongue inside my mouth than there was inside his.

Elle: So how did you react to having a mouthful of Franco?
WF: I delivered to him the appropriate amount of return tongue. Kissing is a give-and-take game. I gave a little and I took a little.

News Flash: Local Hate, National Love for Gay Teen in Prom Flap

Constance McMillen became a national hero after her school canceled the prom rather than allow her to take her girlfriend as her date, and she sued the school district. Celebrities like Ellen DeGeneres have offered to fund the prom, she’s been given a $30,000 college scholarship, and the Facebook group “Let Constance Take Her Girlfriend to Prom!” has 100 times as many members as her Mississippi town has residents. But in the town, life isn’t exactly easy for her.

McMillen returned to school this week after spring break and says she's realizing who her "true friends" are.

She’s had to visit her doctor for help with anxiety that’s made it hard for her to sleep or eat. “I’ve been very nervous about all of this,” she tells CNN. “I don’t like being somewhere where everyone hates me.” Still, she says the outside support helps her. “It means a lot,” she says. It “helps me to continue with the fight.”

News Flash: Obama Wants F-Bomb T-Shirt

Joe Biden told donors that President Obama was pleased by his off-color remark at the health care bill signing. The "best thing" from Tuesday was "Joe's comment," he quoted the president as saying during a morning meeting. "I told him, 'If you thought it was so good, why didn't you say it?'” And demonstrating that he’s not out of touch with the Interwebs, Obama said he tried to get a "big fucking deal” T-shirt but didn't have time, reports the Baltimore Sun.

News Flash: College Play's Gay Christ Irks Texas Town

A college production of a play in which Jesus Christ is portrayed as gay and performs a marriage ceremony between two of his male apostles has fueled protests in a central Texas town. Tarleton State University moved Saturday’s performance of Terrence McNally’s Corpus Christi to 8am and limited the audience to family and invited guests of those involved in hopes of keeping protests to a minimum, but that hasn’t assuaged Stephenville’s Christian community.

“It infuriates me that somebody would be given a platform to be able to demean and degrade the Son of God,” one pastor tells Fox News. The student director says the play isn’t an attack on Christians. “I believe tolerance is a key message in this play,” says John Jordan Otte, himself a devout Christian. “None of us, not one of us, should ever feel alone or separated from God or whomever we believe in.”

News Flash: White House Crashers to Star in Real Housewives of DC

Tareq and Michaele Salahi, famously known for crashing President Obama's first state dinner back in November, will star in The Real Housewives of DC, the Daily Beast reports. The series is set to premiere in July. They're not talking, but the Beast's sources say they've actually shot all 12 episodes of the show's first season, and they're shopping a tell-all book to set the record straight about the "misunderstanding" with the White House that cost Social Secretary Desiree Rogers her job.

News Flash:Tea Partiers Decry Socialism, but Want Gov't Jobs

Upwards of 90% of tea partiers are convinced that the US is creeping away from capitalism towards socialism, but they aren’t as stridently opposed to that as you might think. Sure, roughly the same number think the country is headed in the wrong direction, according to a new Bloomberg poll, but some of the programs they find most “socialist” garner significant support. For instance, 70% want government to stick its hands into job creation.

About half want the government to rein in Wall Street. And though 65% think Social Security is “definitely or sort of socialism,” almost half have no wish to privatize the entitlement program. “It’s ingrained into the populace and it’s not something that you can dispense with,” says one Tea Party supporter. “The ideas that find nearly universal agreement among Tea Party supporters are rather vague,” says the pollster who conducted the survey. “You would think any idea that involves more government action would be anathema, and that is just not the case.”

News Flash: Internet Cashes In on Biden F-Bomb

Joe Biden's F-bomb has inspired not only a Twitter feed and a haiku contest but also—paging the Inevitably Dept—a slew of "truly unwearable gear," Brenna Ehrlich writes on Mashable. Those with a penchant for bedecking themselves in political slogans can choose between "It's a big f--ing deal" underwear, T-shirts, dog T-shirts, and aprons. And then there's the commemorative toilet paper, too, which at least might be used up by the time the phrase gets old.

The reluctance of many of the items "to actually spell out the word in question" only adds to their unwearability, Ehrlich notes. But even the president could become a recipient of this "ugly swag"—he apparently loved Biden's quip. "You know what the best thing about yesterday was?" Obama reportedly said at yesterday's morning briefing. "Joe's comment." "If you thought it was so good, why didn't you say it?" Biden shot back, according to the Huffington Post.

News Flash: Butch Cassidy Saddles Up Again as a "Single Man"!

Forty years after his apparent death in a Bolivian shootout at the end of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Butch Cassidy is back. Blackthorn, a new movie set to begin filming next month, has Sam Shepard taking Paul Newman's old role, saddling up as an older Cassidy who returns to crime after 15 years spent laying low in Bolivia, hoping to pull off one last heist so he can return home to the US.

This time, sadly, there's no sidekick—the Sundance Kid died in the hail of bullets at the end of the 1969 movie. And as to whether the real-life Cassidy could have survived the 1908 shootout in Bolivia, it's historically plausible, the Independent reports: Since the bodies of Cassidy and the Kid were never identified after the shootout, some historians think Cassidy wasn't killed, but returned to the US incognito.