Where the Boys Are

The Sex and the City movie just got a little hotter: Jason Lewis, along with David Eigenberg and Evan Handler, will join the previously announced Chris Noth as our four fabulous fashionista's significant others.

At least one newcomer to the film (which just got a prime release date) has been added. Oscar-winner Jennifer Hudson will play Carrie Bradshaw's assistant, which leads me to believe a new job is in store for our favorite sex columnist.

As for the show's two main gay characters, Mario Cantone is rumored to return, but what about Willie Garson? I don't know what Carrie ... or I ... will do without Stanford Blatch.

UPDATE: Is America ready for a woman president? The Daily Show's Samantha Bee channels Carrie Bradshaw to find out.

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Queer as Classic

In my web wanderings, I recently discovered these parody videos that aired on TV Land a few years back. Three gay faves (Desperate Housewives, Grey's Anatomy and Sex and the City) are hilariously sent up by recasting them with such classic TV stars as Beatrice Arthur, Joyce DeWitt and Loretta Swit.

Of course, my twisted, pop culture-addled mind started cooking up fantasy spoofs of recent gay shows, replacing the gay characters of today with the gay characters of yesterday. OK, mostly gay-seeming characters of yesterday.

On Will and Grace, straight-laced Will Truman would now be played by Jack Coleman, a.k.a. straight-laced Steven Carrington of Dynasty, while the flamboyant Jack McFarland would by portrayed by the even more flamboyant Wayland Flowers, sans Madame. OK, Madame can be Karen.

Nancy McKeon's Jo Polniaczek of The Facts of Life would feel right at home on The L Word, as would the entire cast of Xena: Warrior Princess and the lesbian witches from Buffy the Vampire Slayer. OK, and Alice from The Brady Bunch too.

And let us not forget Queer as Folk. The dynamic duo of Brian Kinney and Justin Taylor would be the actual dynamic duo, Adam "Batman" West and Burt "Boy Wonder" Ward. Wimpy Michael Novotny would now be wimpy Jodie Dallas from Soap (Billy Crystal), while his Uncle Vic would be none other then Uncle Arthur from Bewitched (Paul Lynde). His hunky boyfriend Ben Bruckner would be embodied by Patrick Duffy of Dallas. OK, I know, Bobby Ewing wasn't gay, but he looked good without a shirt, so ...

Forever lovelorn Ted Schmidt would be played by the forever lovelorn Waylon Smithers of The Simpsons, with Lost in Space's Dr. Smith (Jonathan Harris) as unlucky in love Emmett Honeycutt. Lindsay and Melanie? Kate and Allie, naturally.

Some could say that proud mama Debbie Novotny was already played by a gay character (Sharon "Chris Cagney" Gless), but let's change it up with ... Jamie "Corporal Klinger" Farr.

OK, maybe I went too (wait for it) Farr with that one ...

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Smith and Jones: Together Again?

As the producers and cast prepare to start shooting the much-talked about Sex and the City movie, there has been one thought nagging me at the back of my brain: where the hell is frikkin' Smith Jerrod?

Sure, all you Carrie/Big 'shippers were happy to hear that Chris Noth has climbed aboard, but what about Jason Lewis, that hottest of hotties, as Samantha Jones' boy toy/love of her life?

Just take one look at his infamous "Absolut Hunk" ad above (as if you hadn't already) and you'll see that his is a required - nay, mandatory - presence in the silver screen adaptation of one of our favorite comedy series of all time.

Heck, if New Line wants a sure-fire blockbuster, they should just make this picture the movie poster. You all remember what Kim Cattrall's PR pro said about it in that unforgettable episode: "First you get the gays ... "

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