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> Neil Patrick Harris is the new face of Old Spice Deodorant. The actor is the latest in a long line of celebrities -- including Will Ferrell and Bruce Campbell -- to hawk the product. The ad, which can be found in magazines now (rumors of upcoming TV counterparts abound), shows Harris misusing a stethoscope on a patient and reads "Body odor protection recommended by former TV doctors, like me." Like the Ellen DeGeneres AmEx ads, it makes us weirdly tingly to see our queer celebs continue to hawk semi-necessary products in the grand old tradition of American consumerism = acceptance.
> Hugh Hefner tells Fox News he's "thrilled" to see gay marriage legalized in California. "Playboy has been [a] proponent of free choice, and that includes homosexual freedom as well. We have to change the laws related to all of that," says the 82-year-old emperor of adult media. We're guessing -- based on recent allegations that he enjoyed at least one male-on-male encounter in his life -- Hef really is happy the ban has been lifted and not just because he likes the idea of two hot blonde playmates celebrating their honeymoon with him in a heart-shaped jacuzzi.
> Barack Obama denies sharing an intimate email relationship with Scarlett Johansson. The actress told Politico.com: "You'd imagine that someone like the senator who is constantly traveling and constantly 'on' - how can he return these personal emails? But he does, and in his off-time I know he also calls people who have donated the minimum to thank them." Obama responded, "she sent one email to [my assistant] Reggie [Love], who forwarded it to me. I [wrote] saying, 'Thank you Scarlett for doing what you do,' and suddenly we have this email relationship." As far as political and sexual intrigue goes, we like where this is going -- not even president yet, and already the man is auditioning starlets to play Marilyn to his JFK.
-- NOAH MICHELSON
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