Josh H. on Manchattan, Sarah Marshall, and A Gossip Girl (Possible) Exclusive

Left to Right: Matt, Brad, Josh H., Josh S., and David at Manchattan Studios.

This week I was a guest on the irreverent, oft-naughty, popular podcast Manchattan. The boys peppered me with questions and I let slip a few things about interviewing Mario Lopez and the cast of Sex and the City, and even revealed who Josh and I interviewed over the weekend (oops!). Then we spilled about dating in Manhattan. All, of course, while drinking summerish liquor concoctions. Those Manchattan boys wouldn't have it any other way.

Click here to listen to the Manchattan podcast episode "Just Joshin'".

This weekend Josh and I saw the new comedy Forgetting Sarah Marshall. In the tradition of Knocked Up and The 40-Year-Old Virgin, it's a comedy anchored around a bumbling-but-lovable straight guy and his good-lookin' girls that he can't quite seem to do right by (at least not right away). Sarah Marshall has plenty of laughs, and even some full frontal male nudity (ooooh, run to the theaters!), but it also has what the other aforementioned films have: heart. It's a good combo, and it works here.

Final Verdict | B/B+ | You don't have to see it in theaters (it'd be fine on DVD), but if you do see it in the theaters, you won't be disappointed.

But of course, this weekend we highly recommend you go see Baby Mama.

Ready for some hot, unsubstantiated, but well-sourced Gossip Girl gossip?

A friend of mine (who works at a magazine in the same building as I do) has a friend who works on the show. (This is exactly how rumors get started--this tetchy friend-of-a-friend stuff. But I digress.)

I'm told, through this source who works on the show, that there isn't one, but two gays about to come out on Gossip Girl.

We already know that Serena's former nut-house brother is going to come busting out of the rainbow closet next week. (Yawn.) But who could this extra gay be? Alas, my source wouldn't give it up, no matter how many favors I promised. (And I made some creative offers, folks.)

In the original teen book series Dan (Penn Badgley) swung both ways. Maybe they'll reveal that Dan formerly dug a dude? Or maybe they'll let him have a man crush? Or maybe Chucky Chuck has a lil secret?

We'll find out soon, kiddos.

xoxo!

P.S. If you're a fan of the show, or not, you've still got to read New York magazine's Gossip Girl cover story. Hilarious, and kinda spot on.

Comments

[Matt]

Pink is the New Blog is reporting a similar story, don't know if it's necessarily the same story as you're talking about.

Link: http://trent.blogspot.com/2008/04/gay-for-pay-gossip-girl-unleashes-gays.html

[Josh H.]

Damn! Double damn! I ignored the first rule of gossip: When you have it, spill it, so you don't get scooped.

I had this info two weeks ago, but I held it because I wanted to talk about it closer to the time the actual coming out episode would air. I shoulda just spilled right away! If I had been keeping up with my Pink is the New Blog properly I would have known it was time to get dishy.

In any case, so now we know that the second person is, alas, Jenny's new boyfriend and not another regular cast member. Still, that works for me. I hope they let Eric have a bit of a relationship and don't just stunt a kiss in one episode and then write him into the background again. It's Gossip Girl, for the love of god! They owe us a gay character. ;)

[Monique]

I really appreciate you trying to dig up some dirt. GG is my guilty pleasure, ever since Veronica Mars got cancelled!!