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Save Up All Your Tears: Doesn't Cher have this disease? (Source)

Kiss and Tell? ABC is said to be using hidden cameras to conduct a social experiment gauging the reactions of the general public to displays of affection between members of the same sex. (PageOneQ)

Virtual Head Hunter: Job-seeking cutie Andrew Calvo is a self-described "hotel geek" from Tinton Falls, N.J., who is so hellbent on working for trendy W Hotels that he's started his own blog about the chain, hoping to win them over. Ross Klein, the president of Starwood's Luxury Brands Group, was contacted by The New York Post about the Jersey boy and offered no specific comment on Calvo's efforts -- but he did offer to bring him in for an interview. Good luck, Andy! If things don't work out, though, I've got a job for ya. (NYP)

The Glamorous Life: My breath was taken away when I read the obituary for author and screenwriter Peter Viertel. I didn't know anyone's life was actually this fab-u-lous! (NYT)

Employment Non-Discrimination Act: The House will vote on the nontransinclusive version of ENDA today. (PageOneQ)

Married ... With Children: Remember our good friend Richard Curtis, the latest Republican lawmaker caught have gay butt sex (the disgraced Washington state representative likes getting drilled with no condom while donning red stockings and a black sequined lingerie top). Now it seems his boy toy, Cody Castagna -- who, by the way does not consider himself to be a hustler just because he charges $1,000 for a romp in the sack -- has quite the porn resume. (adult -- Fleshbot)

The Definition of Hate: New York magazine analyses the murder of Michael Sandy, whose fourth killer pleaded guilty yesterday in state Supreme Court in Brooklyn and will serve 17 1/2 years for his role in the hate crime that helped redefine the meaning of hate: "It looked like a classic case of gay-bashing. Then the basher announced that he was gay, too." (NYM)

Home of the Whopper: Two workers at a Burger King in Union City have been charged with assault and a hate crime in connection with the beating of a gay couple outside the restaurant. When the couple asked for a refund for a menu item that the counter person discovered was not available, another counter person then asked who wanted the refund -- "The faggots over there?" The couple left the restaurant, but a group of Burger King employees allegedly followed them to a side street and beat them mercilessly, though not fatally. (365Gay)

Poof Off: He claims to have been Larry Craig's whore, but these days David Phillips is more of a garden-variety media whore. He says the state of Virginia doesn't like his personalized POOFTER "vanity" plate. My friend Keith's not really buying it all and neither am I. (KneeDeepInMud)

No More Mr. Nice Guy: What the hell is wrong with Pat Boone? (AfterElton)

I've Lost That Lovin' Feeling: Years ago I thought it was so funny that "hottie" Tom Cruise wanted to play "ugly" Phil Spector in a biopic of the nutty music producer. Now it's almost type-casting. (AP)

Clueless? Alicia Silverstone is a physician/politician now? (AP)

Low Expectations '08: Rudolph Giuliani says he wants to be "as successful" as his disgraced former police chief, Bernard Kerik. was. So a terrorist attack or two and some fraud convictions while he's president would be considered a "good" performance? (NYT