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Since we devoted seven pages to actresses who turned in queer Oscar-nominated performances throughout the years, here's a little nod to the boys who've played gay, including Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Tom Hanks, Chis Cooper, Sean Penn and Colin Firth. 

Dani Shay says, “This song is dedicated to Cory and all the other brilliant beings that our world has lost too soon.”

Milk, the timely and prescient biopic about gay rights activist Harvey Milk, landed eight Academy Award nominations, the Academy announced Thursday. However, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button led the way with 13 nominations, while Revolutionary Road was virtually shut out. Penelope Cruz picked up a nod for playing bisexual.

The Sundance Film Festival's favorite lesbiancouple -- no, not Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning -- Annette Bening and Julianne Moore in The Kids Are All Right will be coming to a theater near you sooner than you think. Gay-friendly distributor Focus Features has picked up writer-director Lisa Cholodenko's Kids for distribution in North America. The film also stars Mia Wasikowska and Mark Ruffalo.

It should come as no surprise that we here at SheWired are serious fans of short haircuts on women.

The Golden Globe nominations were announced Thursday morning with Milk practically shut out, save for a nod to its star Sean Penn for Best Actor, but Meryl Streep and Kate Winslet received plenty of love from the Hollywood Foreign Press with two nominations each.