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“Because no one ever writes decent Valentines for homos.” I first wrote about Maclean back in 2013 for the release of his quirky Australian hit Stupid, which made my top ten for that year.

Via BBC News: Steve Strange, lead singer of 1980s pop band Visage, has died aged 55 following a heart attack, his record label says. The Welsh New Romantic icon – best known for the hit Fade To Grey – died in hospital in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. Record label boss Marc Green said his “family, band members and friends are all …

Tonight was the Sam Smith Show at the Grammys: The Grammys stayed with Sam Smith throughout the 57th awards show Sunday in Los Angeles. “Thank you all for the best night of my life” remarked a grateful Smith as he took home four top awards: best new artist, song of the year and record of the year for Stay With …

Stereogum recaps: Bob Mould performed on The Late Show With David Letterman last night in support of his latest album Beauty & Ruin, which came out last summer. He played two tracks from it — “Tomorrow Morning” and “Kid With A Crooked Face” — along with his backing band, and Letterman seemed pretty impressed. Jason Narducy, the bassist for the …

Variety posted the scoop last night: Rosie O’Donnell is leaving ABC’s “The View’ for a second time, sources confirm. She will exit the daytime talkshow next week to concentrate on her family, following a split from wife Michelle Rounds, according to her publicist. “I can confirm that Rosie and her wife Michelle split in November. Rosie has teens and an …

DeLaria accompanied the above photo on her Facebook page with this caption: “Despite their concerns about the patriarchal confines of marriage, actor / singer Lea DeLaria & editrix Chelsea Fairless of Brooklyn, New York are pleased to announce their engagement. No date has been set for the impending nuptials but it’s safe to say that it will be the event …

Via Rolling Stone: Grammy nominee and Rolling Stone cover star Sam Smith unveiled the video for his new single “Lay Me Down,” the latest track off his platinum-selling debut album In the Lonely Hour. The video, filmed at the parish church of St. Margaret, Lee outside London and directed by Ryan Hope, finds Smith performing his ballad in front of …

Via the Huffington Post: Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka are giving Architectural Digest readers some major real estate envy, showing off their five-story Manhattan townhouse in the magazine’s March issue. The couple, who tied the knot in Italy last September, told the magazine that they began searching for a New York abode once Harris’ stint on “How I Met …

(Tipped by JMG reader Jeff) UPDATE: The movie’s poster is remarkably unsubtle.

On Monday night Sean Hayes open his guest-hosting gig on the Late Late Show with a two-minute dance number.

The tenth annual Broadway Backwards is next month and to celebrate the anniversary some of the show’s most noted performers will be returning. The roster of stars joining this year’s Broadway Backwards includes Tony Award winners Len Cariou (Sweeney Todd, TV’s “Blue Bloods”) and Brian Stokes Mitchell (Kiss Me, Kate), Tony nominee Tony Yazbeck (On the Town) and Broadway favorites …

Yesterday would have been the 113th birthday of famed gay poet and activist Langston Hughes. Google marked the occasion with the below Google Doodle. (Tipped by JMG reader David)

Via the New York Times: Jim Parsons is God – and not just to fans of his character, Sheldon Cooper, on the hit CBS series “The Big Bang Theory,” for which he has won four best actor Emmy Awards. No, Mr. Parsons is actually going to play the Almighty on Broadway beginning May 5 in the new comedy “An Act …

“About the Sam Smith thing. Let me say I have never had any hard feelings toward Sam. All my years of songwriting have shown me these things can happen. Most times you catch it before it gets out the studio door but in this case it got by. Sam’s people were very understanding of our predicament and we easily came …

Via Stereogum: Tom Petty has been awarded a songwriting credit on Sam Smith’s “Stay With Me,” which bears a close resemblance to Petty’s “I Won’t Back Down.” According to The Sun, the deal was settled out of court back in October, but is just coming to light now. Both Petty and singer/composer Jeff Lynne were given a 12.5% writing credit. …

DeLaria and her Orange Is The New Black castmates won Outstanding Ensemble Performance at this weekend’s Screen Actors Guild Awards. Such a touching photo.

This is the third track to be unveiled from her forthcoming album Guitars And Microphones, which is due out on February 17th. (The first two tracks were Mister Sister and Bring Your Arms.) This one was co-written by Sia and Nick Valensi of The Stokes, who also provides the guitar work.

Provincetown regulars will know Well-Strung from their summertime shows for which they are usually dressed somewhat more revealingly. Here they are performing at the grand opening of Orlando’s fabulous new performing arts center.

Superfruit are the gay dudes from the platinum-selling Grammy-nominated a capella group Pentatonix, whose holiday album peaked at #2 on Billboard last month. Today they’re joined by Shoshana Bean, who succeeded Idina Menzel in Wicked.

Via press release: The GLAAD Media Awards recognize and honor media for their fair, accurate and inclusive representations of the LGBT community and the issues that affect their lives. The GLAAD Media Awards also fund GLAAD’s work to amplify stories from the LGBT community and issues that build support for equality. Among the nominees: Amazon Instant Video’s smash hit Transparent; …