Clay Aiken didn't let coming in second on American Idol more than a decade ago stop him from going on to become one of the biggest stars ever to emerge from that reality show competition.

Still, the openly gay singer was hoping to finish first on NBC's Celebrity Apprentice after making it to the finals of Donald Trump's reality show and facing off against former talk show host Arsenio Hall.

'My mother's here tonight and she's already sat through me losing once,' Aiken told the live studio audience before Trump made his final decision.

Chandler Massey, who portrays gay teen Will Horton on the NBC soap Days of Our Lives, was among those to receive a Daytime Emmy Award nomination which were announced Wednesday (9 May) morning.

Although it has been in recent months that Will has had his most dramatic scenes - including his first kiss with another man, coming out to himself then his grandmother and best friend - the nomination is for scenes that aired last September.

Massey tells Gay Star News: 'I feel great, it was good news. It’s such an honor to be nominated and it is much appreciated.'

When Vice President Joe Biden said on NBC's Meet the Press this week that he supports gay marriage, the men who created the sitcom Will & Grace were thrilled that he gave their show some of the credit for helping to educate the American public.

'I think Will & Grace probably did more to educate the American public than almost anything anybody has done so far,' Biden said.

At last night's, 28 April, White House Correspondents’ Dinner President Barack Obama offered a tongue in cheek vision of his plans if he gets a second term.

The yearly black-tie event brings together Washington, D.C. elites from the worlds of politics and media. For one night, spats over public policy are replaced with gags and jokes.

Out.com unveiled its annual Power 50 list of LGBT individuals on Thursday (26 April) and placed Apple CEO Tom Cook at the very top of it.

Cook was followed on the list by talk show host and comedienne Ellen DeGeneres. Rounding out the top five are venture capitalist and hedge find manager Peter Thiel, Glee creator and executive producer Ryan Murphy and MSNBC host Rachel Maddow.

Kathy Griffin's new weekly talk show debuts Thursday (19 April) on the Bravo network and the outspoken comedienne tells Gay Star News she knows darn well who her audience is.

'Honey, you are my demographic,' she said during a conference call this morning.

'The struggle on this show is to get one f***ing heterosexual [viewer]. This show is basically straight bashing at this point. We are very, very LGBTQI-friendly. We talk about those issues. ... My tentacles have been reaching into the community for a long time.'

Rosie O'Donnell is not one to shy away from a face-to-face confrontation as Elizabeth Hasselbeck learned when they co-hosted The View together all those years ago.

This time, Rosie's debate opponent was a street preacher at the Super Bowl who began shouting insults at O'Donnell as she walked by with her family.

Video of the February incident surfaced on Monday (16 April).

'You are an ungodly, wicked woman on your way to hell,' the man says to O'Donnell. 'You need to get saved.'

Drag superstar RuPaul has premiered the brand new video for his song Glamazon.

In true RuPaul's Drag Race tradition, the video depicts the latest season's finalists who, this time, take revenge on the show's judges and past contestants in a low budget, tongue-in-cheek romp inspired by Japanese sci-fi.

Directed by Mathu Andersen, the video features season 4 finalists Sharon Needles, Phi Phi O'hara and Chad Michaels as giant, city destroying monsters, crushing everything in sight.

Darren Criss loves his job playing gay high school student Blaine Anderson on Glee.

The 25-year-old star says he's grateful about 'having a job, singing and dancing, and being around amazing people that love to come to work.'

Transgender Miss Universe Canada finalist Jenna Talackova says she has a boyfriend and plans to have two children.

Talackova, 23, made appearances on Good Morning America and the View on Monday (9 April), telling hosts about her relationship and plans for the future.

She told Good Morning America that, while her boyfriend of two-and-a-half years wasn’t initially aware she was born a man, once she told him he was very supportive and accepting.

Perez Hilton once thought nothing of outing closeted gay celebrities and drawing tasteless doodles on paparazzi shots of various stars. Such antics gained him millions of followers and led to books and television appearances.

But Hilton, whose real name is Mario Lavandeira, now says he has left those toxic ways behind him and has embraced a more positive way to conduct himself both professionally and personally.

How much money would you pay to get a kiss on the lips from hunky John Stamos?

A man at this weekend's GLAAD Media Awards in New York City decided that parting ways with $5,000 was worth a lip lock with the man who onced starred on TV's Full House and ER.

“Come to daddy over here baby, come to Uncle Jesse!” Stamos said to the man as he took the stage.