Gordon Brown Is Gay: Bruno

Admits his love for 'gay icon' Simon Cowell

(NEWSER) - Sacha Baron Cohen is baring it all, again—as Bruno, of course. Cohen, playing his gay fashionista character, is nude on the cover of UK gay mag Attitude. The Sun and the Mirror have tidbits from the interview:

• His favorite gay icons? Sisters Kylie and Dannii Minogue…and Simon Cowell.
• On British Prime Minister Gordon Brown: “Ich think he needs some new batteries in his love eggs.”

Congratulations, Katherine Heigl, for making the list twice

(NEWSER) - Sometimes on-screen sex scenes are just sex…not sexy. The Frisky points to a list on YourTango detailing the 10 worst sex scenes of 2009:

• The Watchmen: Two superheroes have sex on a spaceship…with Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” playing in the background. Enough said.
• The Ugly Truth: Katherine Heigl’s orgasm-in-a-restaurant scene just can’t live up to the original from When Harry Met Sally.

Comedian appears as himself for once to discuss film

(NEWSER) - Sacha Baron Cohen made a rare appearance as himself last night on the Late Show, telling David Letterman about Bruno’s interview with a real terrorist, the Huffington Post reports. “When we were making this film, we thought, what could people see that they’ve never seen before on film?” Cohen said. “And we thought one thing would be a comedian interviewing a terrorist.” More»

Plus, drama at Farrah's funeral, and more

(NEWSER) - David Carradine’s private autopsy was completed yesterday, and the medical examiner officially ruled out suicide due to the way the actor's body was bound, Reuters reports. “The cause of death was asphyxiation, an inability to breathe, now why that happened is still what we're working on,” he said. Elsewhere:

• Ryan O’Neal barred Griffin, his son with Joanna Moore, from Farrah Fawcett’s funeral Tuesday after he drove 300 miles to attend. “I was here to say goodbye to a person I had lived with and loved for 33 years,” Griffin tells Inside Edition.

Plus, Marilyn Manson grosses us all out some more

(NEWSER) - Amy Winehouse is bringing fleas to St. Lucia. Her swanky resort quarters had to be fumigated thanks to the “five or six” stray dogs she’s adopted, a source tells the Sun, and management banned her from rescuing any more animals. Elsewhere:

• The latest in a series of TMI moments from Marilyn Manson, courtesy of Bang Showbiz: “I'll give you a cervical exam,” he said longingly to Lady Gaga while watching her shoot a video.