Debbie Reynolds has some juicy stories to tell in her new book Unsinkable: A Memoir about the so-called Golden Days of Hollywood when she was one of the biggest movie stars around.

The star of such films as The Unsinkable Molly Brown, Singin' In the Rain and How the West Was Won dishes that one of her leading men, Tab Hunter, had tried to put the moves on her when they were teenagers.

The world may not have known it then, but Reynolds writes that even then, she knew the actor best known for the film version of Damn Yankees would rather be kissing a man.

Malaysia's education ministry held 21 seminars over the last six months about how to 'curb' LGBT behavior, reaching 16,000 parents and teachers.

Deputy education minister Dr Mohd Puad Zarkashi said the ministry would be holding more seminars across the country, The Star reports.

At a seminar last week in Seberang in northwestern Malaysia, Puad said:

'It is like a disease but it can be cured with early intervention.'

George Takei and William Shatner are forever linked by their roles as Sulu and Kirk on the original Star Trek television series and feature films.

But the best of friends they are not.

In interviews this week with Joy Behar on Current TV and with Metro Weekly, Takei brings up the public squirmish the two had in 2008 when Takei married husband Brad Altman and Shatner claimed to have not been invited as the rest of the Star Trek had been.

Pop princess Miley Cyrus confessed Katy Perry is the girl of her dreams, tweeting she had erotic fantasies about the singer 'all night'.

The star who shot to fame in children's TV show Hanna Montana confessed to her 11 million followers that she has a crush on the I Kissed A Girl singer.

As George Takei himself would say: 'Oh myyyyy.'

The Star Trek icon, known for his eloquence and distinct voice, has a real potty mouth in a video satire that appeared on TNT's Conan show this week.

In the spoof, gay people are offered help if they want to come out to their families during the holidays.

Conan sidekick Andy Richter offers to be hired out to actually be the one who shares the news with the family as you sit at the dinner table.

British soul singer Heather Small will perform at Australia's biggest gay pride festival, Sydney Mardi Gras.

The star who fronted 90s pop group M People will sing some of her greatest hits to fans at the world-famous 'Mardigrasland' party, which has in previous years seen Kylie Minogue, David Guetta, George Michael and Kelly Rowland perform.

Rosie O'Donnell is back to work following a bad stretch that included a heart attack, wife Michelle Rounds bout with a rare disease and severe damage to her New York home from Hurricane Sandy.

The star tweeted a photo of herself, in costume, from the Toronto set of Bomb Girls on Wednesday (7 November). The television series is about women working in factories during the Second World War.

Neil Patrick Harris seems to be very good with time management.

The star of the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother always seems to be able to squeeze in movie (Harold & Kumar, Smurfs), stage (Company) and award show (Tonys) gigs around his series schedule and life with partner David Burtka and their young twins.

Harris, 39, has just announced that he is bringing the sleight of hand magic show Nothing to Hide to the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles.

Hollywood actress Gina Gershon claims her love life might have been easier if she was a lesbian.

The star who became a gay icon after roles in lesbian crime caper Bound and cult flop Showgirls told CNN that her lesbian, gay and transgender fans are the 'coolest'.

'I love that fan base,' Gershon gushed.

'Life might have been a little bit easier had I actually been a lesbian. Maybe my love life would have been easier. Although that’s probably not true.'

She added: 'I don’t mean to be sexist but the lesbian fans do give me the best presents.'

Malaysia's deputy education minister has made a po-faced response to last week's tongue-in-cheek protest, National Wear V-Neck Day.

The Toronto District School Board has introduced transgender equality guidelines into nearly 600 schools.

Local news site The Star says the policy states schools must keep a student’s gender non-conformity or transgender status confidential and should never disclose it to a parent or guardian without consent from the student.