At one point during Sunday's Academy Awards ceremony in Hollywood, host Seth MacFarlane said the crowd: 'We're concerned tonight's show isn't gay enough yet.'

He then introduced the cast of Chicago, the 2002 film musical with a huge gay fan base, to present the award for best original song to gay icon Adele.

Barbra Streisand will be singing at this year's Academy Awards.

The Oscars, being produced by Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, will feature a tribute to movie musicals.

They said in a statement to ABC News Wednesday (30 January): 'In an evening that celebrates the artistry of movies and music, how could the telecast be complete without Barbra Streisand? We are honored that she has agreed to do a very special performance.'

Craig Zadan was at the Television Critics Association's annual winter press tour in Pasadena this week to talk about the NBC series Smash which he executive produces with longtime professional partner Neil Meron.

But the prolific producer of such movies as Chicago and Hairspray took some time out to chat with Gay Star News about another little project that has been taking up just about all his time: producing, with Meron, the 85th Annual Academy Awards.

''We're working seven days a week, 24 hours a day and having the best time of our lives,' says Zadan.

Neil Meron and Craig Zaden, the team behind the big screen musicals Chicago and Hairpray, have been selected as producers of the 2013 Academy Awards.

'We are very excited to collaborate with Hawk and everyone at the Academy to produce this year's Oscars,' Zadan and Meron said in a joint statement Thursday (23 August). 'We hope to utilize our experience in producing features, TV and theater to bring something fresh and special to this incredible awards show.'

It must be hard being John Travolta recently, with the continuing rumors surrounding the Hollywood actor’s sexuality.

So it is understandable he has taken some time out with wife Kelly Preston to holiday in a beautiful island of Greece, Mykonos, also known as one of the world’s greatest gay destinations.

While Travolta was surely hoping Greece would be the word on everyone’s lips, plenty of people are asking why he would choose a ‘gay’ island for vacation.

When it was announced that Queen Latifah would be a headliner at last weekend's Long Beach pride festival in Southern California, there was immediate speculation that the Oscar-nominated actress might be making some kind of announcement.

'I've been waiting to do this for a long time,' she said to the crowd before performing some of her early hip-hop hits during a short set on Sunday (20 May).

But Latifah did not make any headline-grabbing remarks that might shed any definitive light onto her often-speculated about sexuality.