No, YOU shut up!

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An ad promoting the new Dixie Chicks documentary, Shut Up and Sing, will not be played on NBC -- or, presumably, its gay nephew of a channel, Bravo.

"It's a sad commentary about the level of fear in our society that a movie about a group of courageous entertainers who were blacklisted for exercising their right of free speech is now itself being blacklisted by corporate America," [producer Harvey Weinstein] said.

The movie follows the fall-out from singer Natalie Maines' comment that she was ashamed President Bush was from Texas. No word on whether Natalie's super-hot husband -- fly boy Adrian Pasdar from Heroes, who spent most of last week's ep wandering around the desert without a shirt on -- will be making an appearance.

Watch the ad on YouTube, via Idolator.

Who's that voice?

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I swear, Rod 2.0 has an attention to detail and a detective's nose for putting the pieces together like no other blogger. Head over to his blog to see which Noah's Arc cast member is providing the sexy voice over for a new U.S. Postal Service ad.

In other TV appearance news, Clay Aiken is going to be on Days of Our Lives. Try not to die of excitement.

And AOL's Worth Repeating is in the new Scissors Sisters video -- and you can be, too. It's Friday afternoon. It's not like you're actually getting any work done.

Cleaning out your closet

Sinning in WeHo. Photo: Getty Images.

Planning to carve out some time Halloween costume shopping this weekend? With the gays being such highly evolved, often bitchy folks, you should expect a high level of costumery criticism to prevail at parties and parades. Get prepared!

> Give Me My Remote has put together a three-part series of suggestions for TV addicts. (See: One, two and three.)

> Dan Savage laments the proliferation of stupidly sexy standard gear for gay men.

> The Washington Post's Celebritology blog can point you towards print-out famous faces, if you're in a pinch.

> Watch any of the many Halloween-themed TV shows that have already been airing for inspiration. My favorite was mild-mannered (and so underrated) Christopher Gorham guesting on Ugly Betty, who proved that a good-old gray flannel suit can leap buildings in a single bound when unbuttoned to reveal a Superman t-shirt.

It's a wonderful town!

I am so in love with Ugly Betty's obviously gay young nephew, Justin (Mark Indelicato), that I can barely stand it.

In last night's episode -- still available for viewing at ABC.com, along with three past episodes -- Justin comes downstairs in his Halloween costume. His grandfather assumes Justin's a proud member of the Navy, but the boy's inspiration is -- of course --  Gene Kelly in On the Town. "Just tell everyone at school you're a sailor," his mom pleads.

"Fine, but I'm a sailor who can sing and tap!" Justin says, before breaking into "New York, New York." His grandfather says, gingerly, that he hopes Justin can also throw a punch.

Last week, when Justin tagged along with Betty to Mode Magazine under the guise of needing to "research a paper," the baby gay jokes flew fast and furious. He had so much fun playing in the accessories closet that Betty finally gave up and left him there for a while. He called out evil receptionist Amanda for wearing -- gasp! -- two-year-old Manolos, earning him the respect of uber-gay assistant Marc.

And then, in a perfect example of how this show can see-saw from high camp to honest emotion, Marc gives Justin an empowering, yet practical suggestion:

Marc: Nice vest!

Justin: Ralph Lauren. We got it half price because there's a small hole, but you can't even see it.

Marc: So... Kids at school -- they like it?

Justin: No. They don't really get me.

Marc: Word of advice: Be who you are. Wear what you want. Just learn how to run real fast.

The undercurrent of fear for Justin's safety has popped up in a number of scenes now, leading me to wonder if the writers are setting something up or just building to an inevitable family showdown.

Personally, I just want Justin to find himself a little boyfriend. I'm almost ready to believe this is a show that would do it, too.

(Watch just the scene above (toward the end of the clip) on YouTube.)

> Previously on Personality Machine: The (queer) kid stays in the picture

All-star search

Phil says: This is a very difficult decision to make. Photo: Getty Images.

Just try to keep up with the sour-grapes gossip about which teams from the last 10 years of The Amazing Race will be included in an all-star season. An official announcement is expected from producers soon, but there's no credible chatter yet about whether any of the queer teams will make the cut.

One safe bet I'll lay down is that season four's now-split winning partners, Chip & Reichen, will be MIA -- which, from a reality-narrative perspective, is almost too bad, because they're the only set of the pair bunch who could actually compete worth a damn. I'd take Lynn & Alex, though,  if only because they gave me the all-time gayest interview I have ever conducted.

They just play gay for the cameras

Tommy Lee (middle right) & his boys. Photo: Getty Images.

Two teases and a promise:

> Tommy Lee locked lips with Rockstar Supernova winner Lukas Rossi, not his first same-sex smooch. But it's nice that the old guys are catching up with their younger emo knock-offs, who never seem to hesitate before getting some on-stage intra-band groping on. (More pics here, including Lukas trying to bite Tommy's nipple through his t-shirt.)

> Of the many hot chicks on Grey's Anatomy, stunner Kate Walsh is the only one to play three back-to-back lesbian roles (including one opposite costar Sandra Oh). "That's the fun thing about being an actress: You get to do things you wouldn't normally do — like be a lesbian," she told Women's Health magazine. "Do I give off a girl-on-girl vibe, I wonder? Or is it because I'm tall? I guess the chicks just dig me!"

> On BBC's Torchwood, creator Russell T. Davies promises a "same-sex kiss for every lead cast member."

> Previously on Personality Machine: C'mon baby light my Torchwood

Scientologists are the new pink

Now available in AC/DC: Grant Show. Photo: Getty Images.

Grant Show will play a closeted gay Scientologist actor on Courteney Cox's new series Dirt, coming to FX this January. Maybe the network is just getting the biggest possible bang out of its legal legwork to defend Nip/Tuck's conversion storyline.

Show began his soft-core career by standing shirtless in front of an open refrigerator on Melrose Place. Since his soapier days, he's strong-jawed his way through almost nothing of note, with the impressive exception of playing a sex addict opposite Rachel Griffiths on Six Feet Under.

In other news, Tom Cruise is rumored to be courting Mission: Impossible pal JJ Abrams for a role in the next Star Trek movie.

> Previously on Personality Machine: Rick Fox is a dirty, dirty boy

Harold Ford: Only supports unmarried girl-on-girl action

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Wow can Harold Ford Jr. be an ass.

The Rep. from TN -- hoping to upgrade to his state's Jr. Sen. slot -- offered this completely unnecessary and irrelevant opinion yesterday:

"I do not support the decision today reached by the New Jersey Supreme Court regarding gay marriage. I oppose gay marriage, and have voted twice in Congress to amend the United States Constitution to prohibit same-sex marriage. This November there's a referendum on the Tennessee ballot to ban same-sex marriage -- I am voting for it."

I realize he's being attacked by all sides, but there's just no excuse for such blatant bashing -- not even after a nasty race-baiting ad in which a buxom white blonde said she'd met Ford at a Playboy party forced Ford to confirm his strapping heterosexuality.

"Yes, ma'am, I was there," Ford told a reporter. "I like football, and I like girls and I don't have any qualms about it."

Of course, if those girls next door decide to get hitched, they're gonna have to take their parties elsewhere. Like New Jersey.

[Via Daily Kos and Rod 2.0]