By Romeo San Vicente
'Project Runway"s fashionable spawn
Ratings may be slipping a bit for "Project Runway," but the spinoffs and branding have only just begun. By the time you get bored with your "Runway"-themed Wii game, one of the following shows may have already begun airing on Lifetime: "Love's Divine," a relationship coaching show hosted by Heidi Klum and her adoring husband Seal. The premise is that the model/pop star pair will travel around helping couples with their relationship problems (after they intimidate the heck out of them, of course) – and it is presumed that Heidi will keep her astringent fashion critiquing tendencies in check while in the service of divine love. On the other hand, don't look for former "Runway" runner-up Santino Rice to keep his mouth shut when he and fellow former contestant Austin Scarlett hit the road with their own co-hosted makeover show. Sounds like a "What Not To Wear"-like "cruel to be kind" situation. But with possibly more cruelty. Lifetime will, no doubt, keep us all abreast of the situation as airdates materialize.
Zachary Quinto's no angel
Young Spock is going where no "Star Trek" star has gone before: to off-Broadway to star in the revival of the most acclaimed gay play of the late 20th century. The revival of Tony Kushner's Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning play "Angels in America" – set among a large ensemble cast during the beginning of the AIDS crisis – is coming this fall to New York's Signature Theater (Sept. 14 to Dec. 19) and Zachary Quinto has signed on to play the character Louis Ironson. The play began its original run in 1990 in Los Angeles before moving to Broadway in 1993, cleaning up at the Tonys and going on to become a highly praised HBO movie. And Quinto – despite his action-star status as Spock and on the show "Heroes" – is no stranger to gay roles: earlier in his career he played Tori Spelling's best gay pal on "NoTORIous." Now, it's been a while since Romeo's seen the play. Is this the character who gets naked? Not that that's important at all… but… you know…
'Glee' actor is 'Breaking The Girl'
Out of one gay frying pan and into a lesbian fire, that's the career path currently being taken by "Glee" heartthrob Cory Monteith. The singing football jock, while shooting "Glee" this fall, will be pulling double duty and simultaneously starring in the new film from lesbian director Jamie Babbit. "Breaking The Girl," a project that's been described as a college-age "Wild Things," was co-written by Mark Distefano and Guinevere Turner (the funny, talented "Go Fish" and "American Psycho" screenwriter whose name on the script is always a good sign) and will co-star "Friday Night Lights"' Adrianne Palicki and some other yet-to-be-cast pretty young ladies. And with "Wild Things" as a reference point, here's hoping that the cast's collective task will be to make out with each other at all times. A nation of young lesbians begins thanking the sky for this stroke of potential good luck.
Beastie Boys back Burroughs
A while back, Romeo reported on the existence of a new documentary, "William S. Burroughs: A Man Within," about the legendary and controversial Beat-era author of "Naked Lunch" and "Queer." So often documentaries are relegated to film festivals and then cable airings before the DVD. But this one is getting a theatrical release thanks to Oscilloscope Laboratories, the film distribution company run by Beastie Boy's member Adam Yauch. And the talking heads on display are good ones: David Cronenberg, John Waters and what is being reported as an exuberant Iggy Pop. Meanwhile, word is that Patti Smith and Sonic Youth have contributed music to the film. Honestly, the only way this could sound any cooler is if they're also giving away free popcorn and grape soda.
