MEANINGFUL DISTRACTION

Sacha Baron Cohen is at it again. But this time, instead of playing a anti-Semitic Kazakhstani, the funnyman is causing havoc in Arkansas as Bruno.

Crowds recently gathered for $1 beers and cage fighting were treated to the spectacle of men kissing and ripping each others clothes off, reports the AP.

The 1,600 person crowd went ape-shit and started throwing their beers at the men.

This movie is going to be hilarious. Bruno is way more in than the outs!

According to Perez Hilton, both the NY Post and the Daily News have called them with info on the boys hooking up. They were reportedly seen kissing, “open-mouthed” on set (in Chace’s trailer).

I’m so sad. I heart you Ed!!!

So why did the papers not just run with the item themselves — they claim they don’t like to ‘out’ people, which is perhaps the most shocking part of the story.

I mean c’mon-gossip columnists playing nice? It’s unheard of.

The above ad ran in Britain with the tag line “Give your BLT a little NYC” and, as the Guardian reports, the concept is, “the product tastes so good ‘It’s as if you have your own New York deli man in your kitchen.’”

The company has now pulled the ad after receiving a paltry  200 complaints to the British Advertising Standards Authority stating that it was “offensive” and “inappropriate to see two men kissing”.  People also claimed that it was raising difficult questions from children (although the Madonna-Britney kiss was fine).

I can understand where they are coming from, but I also don’t see the need to pull the ad.  The men are not full-on tongue kissing, it’s not graphic in any way, and you can explain it to children as simply as the Heinz people did with the whole bit about having a NY deli man in your kitchen. 

Sure he might be a gay deli man, but you don’t really have to get into that.  Mayonnaise equality for all.

Just think — all it took for the legalization of gay marriage was a MySpace whore with a tacky reality TV show program.

“It is because of me — I definitely think [my show] has helped the movement,” she tells Us Magazine. “Before it came out, everyone was still a little apprehensive about [same sex relationships. Then they realized, 'Wow, everyone is really into this stuff, and it is fine.' The next thing you know, [gay marriage] is legal.”

Yeah, because all the conservatives, religious zealots and a ton of old people with old school values were totally the ones tuning in to A Shot at Love.

Raise a glass of champagne to freedom kids.  Ellen will be announcing her plans to wed her long time girlfriend Portia De Rossi on her TV talk show today.  The date is set for July 7.

Finally, there is something to dance about!

Ellen released a statement saying: “I can’t wait to get married. We all deserve the same rights, and I believe that someday we’ll look back on this and not allowing gays to marry will seem as absurd as not allowing women to vote.  P.S. I’m registered at Crate & Barrel.”