Give me an H! For "homoerotic"!

Although late to the party, we have finally watched Hellcats, Tizz's new show on the CW (which I have been anticipating with a somewhat embarrassing eagerness), and oh my God, you guys, it is gayer than High School Musical.

Like, okay, it's a CW show and exactly as mediocre and overwrought as that implies, but Tizz and Aly Michalka (of Aly and AJ...I'm sorry, 78violet fame) spent every second they were onscreen together looking like they were about to start making out furiously. Or tenderly. Or flexibly. (No, wait, only the stunt doubles are that flexible.)

See?


The plot so far goes like this: Aly thinks cheerleading is stupid until Tizz almost slaps her and Tizz is impressed by Aly's fast hands; then they move in together and Aly declares that she's a bottom. Then Tizz gives Aly a neck rub!

Everything I just said is true.

There are other things that happened on the show - douchey friend, alcoholic mom, super-Christian family - but frankly, the LesYay is why we're going to keep watching the show. Hooray for LesYay!

"The Gay One"

Towleroad: The old joke is that absolutely every boy band has one gay member--

Nathaniel: [Laughs] Some have two!

So when Jess and I did our write up of V Factory, we were basically joking about Nathaniel being The Gay One. It's definitely an archetype, particularly in the post-Lance era, but we were basically saying that with absolutely nothing to back it up. (See also Thomas of Varsity Fanclub.)

But, turns out, we were right! We hadn't seen this interview yet, or reference to it on the official site or on the fansite we checked out, but sure 'nuff Nathaniel Flatt is gay and out.

Jess said awhile ago of 90s boyband Boyzone that it was kind of cool that, in their reunion, they had their The Gay One singing his ballad to a dude, but, "I mean, it's less groundbreaking than it would be if an up-and-coming boy band did it, but there are no up-and-coming boy bands (more's the pity, and no, the Jonas Brothers do not count), so I'll take what I can get." Well, now we've got an Official Boy Band Watch on officially, and we've got an up-and-coming group with an out member.

And yes, it remains pretty awesome. Here's that link again. Nathaniel definitely makes a good showing for himself, and is both charming and insightful, so thumbs up for him and for V Factory.



Also, turns out he may just be doubling up archetypes as The Hot One.

HSM3 Badness Alert Level: Powder Blue (Like Troy's Suit)

In celebration of the fact that Jess, Rachel, and I purchased our opening night HSM3 tickets tonight, a video! "A Night to Remember"

AHAHAHAHA. Let me count the ways this video is the most amazing thing since Bet On It:

1. Chad's panic. ZOMG you guys, he has to take a GIRL to the PROM and she might have scary GIRL GERMS and he just isn't sure he can handle that!!1! Oh, Chadders. Not as gay as Ryan, but pretty darned gay.


2. D'aww, Chad's plaid suit jacket is oddly adorable. (WHAT, there is a reason Corbin is listed in the sidebar as my inappropriately young crush, OKAY? Don't judge me.)


3. "It makes me look weird." AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Yes, Troy, it DOES make you look weird. How unusually perceptive for you! (Also: pelvic thrusts? It took Kenny three movies to get around to that?)


4. I believe that none of the boys in HSM knows what a corsage is. Not the brightest group, them.


5. Either the set of the show-within-a-show looks a lot like the set for the Muppets' "Manhattan Melodies" or else the actual SET for this is the cheapest, fakest thing ever. Either way, I am amused.

HSM3 Badness Alert Level: Pebbles Flintstone Pink

Two lovely things to share with y'all.

First:



(Via HSM3: Graduation News) I know I'm late, but... RYAN IN A SHINY BLACK JACKET AND BRIGHT PINK PANTS. And then a white tuxedo. And the SHEER LEVELS OF BITCHFACE. The second half of the video is, I hope, badly cut scenes from elsewhere in the movie, but how excited am I? THIS EXCITED. Ryan bitchface is, like, one of my most favorite things ever.

Second:



(Via Molly.)

TINY CHAD AND TROY! SQUEE! Seeing as how Corbin described the movie as "a bromance" between Chad and Troy, and this appears to be a Chad and Troy duet (in a junkyard? with a headband and flannel? I am so excited for whatever the hell is going on!), I am forced to wildly guess that this is a flashback to how Troy and Chad met. Or else something EVEN CRACKIER than I can imagine.

I can not wait, y'all. For serious.

The Most Important Blog of All Time

A blog which is totally worth subscribing to: High School Musical 3: Graduation News! As in, a blog that keeps everyone up to date on the facts and rumors about HSM3. Which, you know, Jess and I are totally going to end up seeing opening night. Because it looks to be amazing.

Two things from the most recent blog entries, which badly need highlighting:

RYAN'S ROCKETTES, OMG. Yeah, Ryan is the captain of a drill team. Which he apparently named after himself. Oh man, I love Ryan. (Also, from the alleged leaked soundtrack, he gets the movie's only solo song! Can I get a HELL YEAH?)

Second:



From this post. I point out the pic for two reasons:

• Troy looks extremely adorable and oddly not douche-y. Like, to the point where Jess and I had to stop and debate whether that was really Zef or just one of Disney's slightly-younger clones with mildly less stupid hair.
  
• Uh, Chad is offering Troy a handjob there, right? Right.
  

Best. Blog. Ever.

ETA: Thanks to Molly for pointing out my ridiculous spelling errors, and while I'm at it, to Ann for linking to that blog to begin with.