One thing we learned from the first season of “RuPaul’s Drag Race” is that the queens aren’t always so pretty. Take that any way you want to. It’ll wurq!

Recently, that point was driven hard when video of the queens stuck in their hotel rooms hit the web. Turns out that in order to keep their identities secret and to keep them from meeting each other, the queens had to stay in their rooms for the two days before the show started shooting. Aight? The worse part that they didn’t have good cable. I don’t know what I’d do if I had to stay in a room without TV for two days. I may be forced to read a book. Scary.

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British GQ just announced its annual best-dressed list and guess who killed? ‘Twilight’s’ own Robert Pattinson.

“Extremely elegant and inspiring,” says D&G designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana. “The true essence of a contemporary man.”

Usually dressed in a t-shirt and jeans, Pattinson does know how to rock a tux when needed. He shot up from 39th place on last year’s list and it seems his ‘Twilight’ stardom had something to do with it.

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“Ugly Betty” takes it rightful place this Wednesday on ABC’s primetime comedy block. I’m hoping that it will give the show the viewers it needs to keep going.

Last month, “Ugly Betty” fans threw a fit when rumors of its cancellation were becoming hard to ignore and fans began to circulate a petition to urge ABC not to cancel it. Soon after, ABC announced the show’s move to Wednesday from the Friday night death slot.

TV Fanatic posted a first look video of Jesse Tyler Ferguson, half of the hilare gay couple on “Modern Family,” as he reprises his role as Betty’s orthodontist. We can assume he’ll be back when the much anticipated removal of Betty’s braces goes down.

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Ah, “Jersey Shore.” What an amazing train wreck of a show. It has definitely become one of my fave guilty pleasures of the Winter. Of course, it hasn’t been just mine. The whole nation, whether they admit it or not, are watching. It’s popular to hate on the cast, but hell, I think they’re just doing what we all did in our early-twenties: Party like “foos.”

So, I wasn’t surprised to hear that a company is now producing a porn inspired by the show called “Jersey Whores.” It did get me thinking, though. What other reality shows are ripe for a porn spin-off?

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It has been too long since the ex-trah-vah-gahn-zaaaaa of “RuPaul’s Drag Race” has graced our TV sets with a new episode. It’s coming, folks, and Rupaul talked to CNS about the judges, the budget and how Ru feels about being back in vogue.

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I’ve been a fan of Rufus Wainwright since a free CD of his music landed in my goodie bag at an NYC Pride in the late-90s. Since then, I’ve run into him a few times. Each time he was really nowhere close to a “Prima Donna.” The most memorable time for me was the night we knocked into each other at the now-shuttered East Village, NYC gay bar, Cock.

Famous for its illicit backroom orgies in the Giuliani-era, you either landed in the orgy or you were a spectator. That night, Rufus and me were spectators. I just looked over and he was standing next to me. The funny part was that earlier that week, my friend fainted at his show. Wainwright had to stop the concert and scream at everyone to allow us to leave the floor. He was happy to have met me, since he had no idea what happened to the fallen fan and whether that person was OK. (by the way, hottie Paul Rudd of “Clueless,” “Knocked Up,” etc., stood next to me at the concert. I lit his cig and we were packed together so tightly, I felt his breath on my neck. Hot! Oh, and my friend was fine, too.) Rufus and I small-talked for a bit more and then split up.

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A closer look at Lindsay’s recent eurotrash turn

There was a time when Lindsay Lohan was a sweet freckled, red headed “girl next door.” She was once believable as the lone goodie-goodie in “Mean Girls.” Or playing both twin sisters in a scheme to hook up their lonely parents in Disney’s “The Parent Trap.” Now, the Lindsay Lohan we know is the farthest thing from the girl next door.

Since then, she has pulled an “Anne Heche” by going (on again, off again) lesbian for celeb DJ Samantha Ronson. And it seems she has been in and out of rehab even more than she has been in and out of Ronson. She has also had a very public war with her fame-hungry father, Michael Lohan. And just this week, a charity says she lied about saving 40 children from a sweatshop in India! Pretty sure there’s a special place at Ross for someone who lies about saving children. Anyway, you’ve got the point: Lohan’s trashy rap sheet goes on and on.

So, how does a girl one up her own trashiness? She takes it global.

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Ever since Atlanta native, Joel Sturdivant, moved to Los Angeles, he has found himself assisting one eccentric celebrity after another. They include O.G. “90210” actress Tori Spelling, as well as “Clean House’s” Niecy Nash and Mark Brunetz. Now, you can see him weekly as he assists New York Times’ “world’s sexiest chef” Jean-Christophe Novelli on Bravo’s “Chef Academy.”

Today, I dished with Sturdivant on some of the hoops he has jumped through as a celebrity assistant, what it’s like to assist Novelli and what we can expect this season on “Chef Academy.”

So, how does it feel to be the newest member of the Bravo class of gay assistants [Rachel Zoe's Brad Goreski, Dina’s assistant on “RHONJ,” and Jeff Lewis’ intern/assistant Trace Lehnhoff]?
I feel honored. It does feel good. If anything, that’s the one winning combination in it all. I got to be a good solid assistant for Bravo, which has a history of having great gay assistants on TV.

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In a recent interview with the UK’s Guardian, openly gay actor Rupert Everett may come off as a bitter queen, but as usual, the media has missed the point. In fact, I believe he has delivered one of the bravest commentaries on the gay double standard in Hollywood that we’ve seen in a long time (that’s including loser Adam Lambert).

“I think, all in all,” says Everett, 50, of his closeted colleagues. “I’m probably much happier than they are. I may not be as rich or successful, but at least I’m vaguely free to be myself.”

The media has definitely been quick to jump to Everett’s backhanded advice to closeted actors. “It’s not that advisable to be honest. It’s not very easy,” says the “Best Friend’s Wedding” star. “And, honestly, I would not advise any actor necessarily, if he was really thinking of his career, to come out.”

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