2008 Tony Award Nominations Announced

Nominations for the 2008 Tony Awards have been announced. Lin Manuel-Miranda's musical In The Heights about the New York City neighborhood of Washington Heights led the way with 13 nominations followed by the revival of Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific with 11 nominations.

Check out all the nominees, AFTER THE JUMP...

Click on the linked titles below for reviews on Towleroad by Kevin Sessums, as well as an interview with In the Heights creator Lin Manuel Miranda done by our correspondent Josh Helmin.

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Madonna Film to Have North American Premiere in Provincetown

Madonna's Filth and Wisdom will have its North American premiere at the 10th annual Provincetown Film Festival, Variety reports. The decade-old event will also honor a number of high-profile filmmakers at the tip of the cape:

"Thesps Gael Garcia Bernal and Jane Lynch will be feted along with multihyphenate Quentin Tarantino, for the Filmmaker on the Edge award. Clark Gregg's 'Choke' will close the fest, and James Marsh's doc about a daredevil tightrope walker, "Man on Wire" will unspool in the centerpiece selections with helmer Alan Ball's 'Towelhead.' Fest will honor all 10 previous Filmmaker on the Edge recipients: John Waters, Christine Vachon, Ted Hope, James Schamus, Gus Van Sant, Todd Haynes, Jim Jarmusch, Mary Harron, Gregg Araki and Todd Solondz with some of the past honorees in attendance."

A clip of Filth & Wisdom, AFTER THE JUMP...

Provincetown International Film Festival [official site]
Provincetown bows with 'Wisdom' [variety]

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Roberto Cavalli: I Have Never Been Homosexual

Designer Roberto Cavalli tells Style magazine that even though he sheds a tear occasionally, he's not gay:

"I give into my emotions all the time. I cry easily, whether at a movie, music or vulnerable young animals, and I could never trust anyone who didn't do the same. Love is central. I have never been homosexual, and I never could be. What I love most is the amazing soft skin of a woman. She doesn't even have to be naked to excite me."

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New York News Anchor Sue Simmons Lets The F-Word Rip

Last night, NBC viewers in New York got an earful during a commercial break as WNBC news anchor Sue Simmons did a promo for the 11:00 broadcast.

Following her tease for the upcoming news program, Simmons exploded: "What the fuck are you doing?"

She apologized during the news hour: "While we were live just after 10 o'clock, I said a word that many people find offensive. I am truly sorry. It was a mistake on my part, and I sincerely apologize."

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William Shatner Describes His First Gay New York Encounter

It was the 50's. Shatner had just arrived in the Big Apple and was treated to a taste of the old Times Square. Gay panic ensued.

Shatner tells Page Six: "I was wandering around Times Square and this guy says, 'I'm going to Radio City Music Hall, would you like to come?' And I said, 'Oh, yes' - [I thought] wow, New York is everything I heard it was going to be! We're in the audience, I'm a young hot-blooded Canadian and out come the dancing girls, a plethora of women - and I feel his hand brush my knee. I thought, well, it's an accident, then I felt it again. What the [bleep]? I got up and ran out."

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Neil Patrick Harris Gets a Piece of Britney Spears

I know several gay men who would consider giving a nut to be in a NPH/Britney sandwich. From last night's How I Met Your Mother.

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