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'Spread' 'Em: If it hadn't happened already, this definitely would have turned Anne Heche back onto men. (PopWrap)

Greatest Hits: Be sure to vote in Media Matters' poll of the Worst Media Moments in Obama's First 100 Days. My personal favorite? Rush Limbaugh on Obama: "We are being told that we have to hope he succeeds, that we have to bend over, grab the ankles ... because his father was black." Yeah, Rush. That's exactly what we're being told ... (Media Matters)

Politics Aside: How can someone who seems to "get" gay marriage as well as Gavin Newsom does -- "It's about human dignity, it's about civil rights" -- be ignorant enough to defend Miss California? (ABC)

Birmingham Brawler: I'm not expecting much from "Fighting," the new film starring Channing Tatum (I'd watch him mop the floor), but it sounds like it's not even half-bad: A.O. Scott writes: "Even though he is still young and a little raw, Mr. Tatum ... has what it takes to be a real movie star. Not just an impressive physique and the physicality of a young Marlon Brando, but also a surprising sensitivity, a lightness of manner that makes him credible even in preposterous situations." (A.O. Scott)

Happy Endings: Prosecutors placed an ad on Craigslist on Thursday in an attempt to find women who may have been victimized by Philip Markoff, the medical student accused of using the Web site to prey on them. No word on whether or not the investigators provide those who respond with a reach-around. (Boston)

Run From 'The Hills': Here's a compelling(!) case for why each season of "The Real Housewives of ..." should feature a new cast of characters. And would believe it has nothing to do with the fact that all pretty much reprehensible human beings?! (Photo: The Countess hawks her new etiquette book this week at Borders on Park Avenue.) (PopWatch)

Exodus Flashback: A new book questions whether Masters & Johnson faked the conversion of gays and lesbians into happy heterosexuals. (Tierney Lab)

Too Bad There Aren't Any Gay Librarians: Stonewall Library & Archives (SLA), the largest independent circulating library of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) materials in the U.S., officially opened its new facility in downtown Fort Lauderdale yesterday with a cadre of city and county elected officials and dignitaries on hand. Easily moving past its onetime designation as a “controversial” gay library, SLA was presented with proclamations from both the city of Fort Lauderdale and Broward County. (Stonewall Library)

About Time: New York's top ethics panel is reviewing a request from three government watchdog groups to investigate the Paterson administration’s leaks of confidential information provided by Caroline Kennedy when she was seeking appointment to the U.S. Senate. I was as disappointed in her performance as anyone, but she certainly didn't deserve to be treated like that. (NYT)

Dangerous Path: When did the efficacy of torture become the deciding factor in whether or not it's OK for Americans to use it? (The Opinionator)

Deportation, Interrupted: A bill introduced on the house floor yesterday by Sen. Dianne Feinstein is keeping Jay Mercado, her partner Shirley Tan and their twin 12-year-olds together -- for the time being. (SF Gate)

Move Over, Pam: Does Audrina Patridge even know what adopt means? (NYDN)

Fit for a Queen: John Berry was officially sworn in Thursday as director of the Office of Personnel Management, making him the highest ranking openly gay official within the Obama Administration. Berry now heads the agency that serves as the human resources department for the federal government’s 1.9 million employees. Michelle Obama attended Berry’s ceremony along with a crowd of attendees that read like an LGBT who’s who of Washington –- including Joe Solmonese of HRC, Bob Witeck and Wes Combs of Witeck-Combs Communications, Winnie Stachelberg of the Center for American Progress, and a recent addition at OPM Vic Basile. (Advocate)

Gayest Show Ever? Get out your sequined capes, guys. Liberace is headed for Broadway! (PopWatch)

Do Ask, Do Tell: Closeted gay Republicans are hung out to dry in the new documentary "Outrage," which has just risen to No. 1 on my must-see list of new films. (Towleroad)