Gossip Gay.

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I had just spent most of my waking day browsing through Just Jared (a site devoted to celebrity news, gossip and speculation and paparazzi photos) and downloading pictures of Chace Crawford. Chace is one of the new guys who caught my ever wandering eyes. I first laid eyes on him in a trailer for Gossip Girl and was eventually able to watch him act on the second time that I got to watch the show. Early this month, I named him as the Fresh Meat fellow in this blog.

It appears that Gossip Girl has resumed production and is now filming the episodes for the next season. Most shows are back at work, in fact, after an agreement has been met to end the writer's strike that forced most show to go off air or show re-runs. G-Girl made such as splash in the first season that the paparazzi have now found it worthwhile to post themselves within the vicinities of the shooting location and take unguarded photos of the show's young stars.

G-Girl is the The O.C. of the late part of this decade. Josh Schwartz, the creator of the show that launched the careers of Adam Brody and Rachel Bilson and showed us that Peter Gallagher is still a watchable talent, is the same force behind this new hit show. Millions tune in every week to watch the misadventures of privileged young Americans as they cope with the dramas of family, money, sex and school. It is being shown in Manila via ETC.

Generally, I find the women in G-Girl as too bland and uni-dimensional. None of them appeals to me as of the moment. Maybe they'll grow on me like Transformers' Megan Fox. The one member of the cast who caused me to glue in to an entire episode was Chace Crawford. The camera loves him and I like him.

I think the pictures here pretty much themselves present the arguments of why I like Chace. The boyish charm, of course, is foremost of them all. I have a tendency to compensate for ---and continue to pine for--- all those hot teenagers I had a crush on but never had in high school. He he.

One source of both disappointment and hope that I got from Just Jared is the rumor that Chace is gay. This piece of gossip is making the rounds of celebrity and gay blogs. Speculation began when photos of Chace and JC Chasez (formerly of N Sync) sharing a cabana surfaced. Their friendship is not a secret. They have been photographed before: partying, shopping and welcoming the new year. Perhaps a cabana is the new gay bar.

Poor Chace is now caught in this issue. Even his relationship with American Idol Carrie Underwood was not enough to save him from the gay rumor. JC has issued statements denying any gay innuendo and maintaining that he is a straight man entitled to have straight friends.

Nice.

If you ask me, I think JC is gay but Chace isn't. And also it is either Chace doesn't know or suspect that JC is gay or that he doesn't care if his friend is gay. And now, sadly, Chace is being used a stint. He has a career but JC doesn't. JC is using his unwitting friend in order to remain in the spotlight. American media, after all, has this penchant for celebrating mediocrity.

I went to a DVD market yesterday to look for DVDs of the first season of G-Girl. The show airs on a week night and I am unable to follow the episodes. During its timeslot, I am usually still in the office or at the gym. The only shows I get to watch at night are American Idol and The Late Show with David Letterman. It isn't available on DVD yet.

Gay or not, I think Chace is one whose career I'll continue to follow with gusto. He strikes me as an easily likable guy. He is doing a good job in G-Girl and I think he'll be able to do much more in his young career. Another movie will not be far in the horizon. This time, I hope he'll make more impact on the audience. I hardly noticed or cared for him in The Covenant.

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Imperative! I am still experiencing problems with my blog and am unable to update the features on my margin/lay-out. Hence my Now Reading and In Tune portions do not reflect the book I am now reading and the CD that is repeatedly playing on my music players. The latter shows that I am still listening to Josh Groban's holiday album. How embarassing.

Well, for my future reference, I am making it on record that I have finished reading Salman Rushdie's Shalimar the Clown. I have started reading my third book for the year, Peace Breaks Out by John Knowles.

I also bought a copy of Boyz II Men's latest album, Motown (A Journey Through Hitsville USA). My favorite tracks are It's the Same Old Song/Reach Out, Mercy Mercy Me, The Tracks of My Tears and Easy.

I met an old classmate in court yesterday and he told me that he saw me during traffic, driving and singing. I replied that I must have been howling to the tunes of The Tracks of My Tears. Here is the chorus, which I hope I got right:

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So take a good look at my face

You'll see the smile looks out of place

If you look closer it's easy to trace

The track of my tears

How true.

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How is Chace taking the gay gossip? So far he has not issued any statement reacting to the speculation.

By the photo above he seems unperturbed. Life goes on.

By the photo below he seems to be cool about it.

That's right, Chace. Fuck the gossip and live your life.

Or fuck me. I promise, there will be no pictures. He he.

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