There’s a new romance in the air for Zac Efron. No, he hasn’t come clean and just gone ahead and started openly dating men, but he’s getting warmer. Radar Online says,

Longtime pals Zac Efron and Rumer Willis are taking their relationship to the next level, an insider tells Star. They celebrated their new status with a romantic Turks & Caicos getaway in late December.

“Zac had been trying to win back [High School Musical costar] Vanessa Hudgens, but she’s moved on” with Austin Butler, as Star revealed.

Zac, 24, finally realized that the right woman had been there for him all along. “At first, they’d socialize in groups, then Rumer started going over to Zac’s L.A. house,” says the insider. “She’d decorate and make the place really home — then she began spending the night, and they’re acting like a couple. Zac told Rumer he’s developing strong feelings for her.”

Of course he’d have her over to help him decorate. The girl’s got a chin like a mallet. Don’t tell me that doesn’t come in handy when you want to drive a few nails in the wall to hang some pictures. He doesn’t risk getting his pretty fingers smashed, he keeps up the illusion of not being gay, and her, well, gay guys are great experts at girl talk, right? It’s a win-win situation.

The Beard That Got Away: Vanessa Hudgens sucking face with current boyfriend Austin Butler in Hawaii:

Sorry about the lack of posts yesterday, boys and girls. Turns out Apalachicola isn’t the sort of wi-fi hotspot you’d expect. Now if it’s corn whiskey and pubic lice you’re after, it’s the only place you wanna be.

And speaking of places you wanna be, designer Marc Jacobs and his ex-fiancé Lorenzo Martone are soaking up the sun in beautiful St. Barth’s this week, where they clearly spent plenty of time waxing each other’s chests and gilding each other’s lillies and wearing tiny bathing suits on the beach. I don’t wanna put a giant wiener words in anyone’s mouth or anything, but I have a feeling that Lorenzo isn’t talking about the size of the fish he just caught in that picture up there. Which is why I’ll be relocating to St. Barth’s just as soon as I’m off probation.

PHOTO SOURCE: Fame Pictures

You know when the biggest news is Adam Lambert getting arrested for smacking his bitch up, you’re really entered into the holiday celebrity gossip slump. It happens every year, and I’ve found the best way to get through it is by consuming mass quantities of spiked eggnog. Everything’s funnier when you’re floating in an ocean of pastel yellow bliss. Says msnbc.com ,

“American Idol” runner-up Adam Lambert was released from a Finnish jail Thursday, having spent several hours there for brawling with his boyfriend outside a Helsinki bar, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The police investigator handling the incident, Petri Juvonen, told THR that Lambert was arrested with his Finnish boyfriend (and fellow reality show contestant) Sauli Koskinen in the wee hours of Dec. 22 outside the gay club DTM (“Don’t Tell Mama”). They were held for questioning in four possible assault offenses.

Media reports say the two men began arguing inside the club. Koskinen (who won the Finnish version of “Big Brother”) and Lambert were kicked out, but continued the fight in the street. A former Miss Helsinki, Sofia Ruusila, who had been out partying with them, tried to break up the incident but told a Finnish entertainment channel that she got hit by Lambert — by mistake — in the process.

Investigator Juvonen told THR that he released the two men on Thursday afternoon, having completed his interrogation.

Koskinen has since blogged about the incident, saying: “Celebrities are people too and fame is not easy. Love is not always easy either, but it’s forever.”

Yes, love isn’t always easy, especially when it flails black nail polished hands at you and dresses like a goth version of Little Lord Fauntleroy.

Looking like a gay cartoon character at the AMA’s last month in Los Angeles:

Latest diversion for the Kardashian Kamp: Kim Kardashian’s ex-husband Kris Humphries is gay! But is it really Kris Humphries… or just an evil twin masquerading as Kris Humprhies? Could he be possessed by the devil? Suffering from amnesia? Or any one of various other soap opera cliches? The Examiner says:

The headline of this week’s edition of Star magazine reads “Kim’s Bombshell: KRIS IS GAY!” [and] includes the teasers: “He wouldn’t touch her after the honeymoon,” “WHAT KHLOE SAW,” and “NOW Kris vows to DESTROY the Kardashians!”

I was gonna call bullshit on this and pin it all on Kris Jenner’s PR machinations, but then I came across this picture. Yes, that’s a kashmere kardigan. The only heterosexual man who would ever be caught in a cashmere fucking cardigan is Mr. Rogers. Plus the man spells his name with a K. He probably dots the I’s with little hearts, too.

After finishing an eight-month stint playing a gay man in the New York stage revival of Angels in America, “Star Trek” star Zachary Quinto has finally copped to being gay in real life. People Magazine says:

In a new interview, Quinto calls his work in the off-Broadway play the “most challenging thing I’ve ever done as an actor, and the most rewarding.”

“At the same time,” he adds, “as a gay man, it made me feel like there’s still so much work to be done, and there’s still so many things that need to be looked at and addressed.”

The star of Star Trek and TV’s Heroes had long refused to comment about his sexuality, though he has been an outspoken supporter of bully victims and has played a number of gay roles, including on Tori Spelling’s TV show So NoTORIous and on the new FX series American Horror Story.

How could you not know this dude is gay? Just look at his face. What’s more surprising is the crazy eyes he’s got going on. If you woke up in the middle of the night and someone was standing over you staring at you with those things that you’d piss the damn bed. It’s hard to tell whether he’s about to filet you like a flounder and make a suit out of your skin or teach you how to make the perfect meringue.

At the premiere of “Margin Call” in NY last night:

PHOTO SOURCE: Fame Pictures

Chris Brown was caught on video yesterday using the word “gay” to insult the paparazzi. See if you can guess if the Gay & Lesbian Alliance is sufficiently outraged and offended. TMZ says:

Brown accused several cameramen of alerting parking enforcement officers that his car was illegally parked, ranting, “Y’all niggas is weak. Did you all call them to try and film me? Y’ALL NIGGAS IS GAY.”

A spokesman for the Human Rights Campaign [said]: ‘Invoking words meant to demean gay Americans is just plain unacceptable. He irresponsibly neglected to recognize the impact of his words and the unacceptable message that it sends to couple the word gay with negative actions.”

You’d think if anyone was gonna accuse a “nigga” of being “gay,” they’d start with the guy with the faggoty-ass blonde hair and the studded leather jacket. He looks like Sisqo in a Freddie Mercury costume. It doesn’t get much gayer than that.

At his 22nd birthday party in Vegas:

PHOTO SOURCE: Fame Pictures

Here’s closet homo Justin Bieber with beard Selena Gomez, doing things that young lovers would normally do. You know, kissing, touching, mounting, and definitely not picturing Selena as a pretty young boy to help him get through his charade.  You do what you have to in order to get through your day, you know? That’s why I’ve been drinking since 6 am. Vodka counts as a breakfast item as long as you add a little orange juice, am I right?

Wannabe likeable guy Chris Brown goes all “aw-shucks” about that nude picture he took of himself and then put on the internet. Excuse me while I gag. Digital Spy says,

Chris Brown has been forced to reveal details surrounding the recent leaked naked photo of himself that is currently circling the web.

The ‘Yeah 3x’ star was interrogated about the picture during a radio interview that was part of a promo tour for his new album F.A.M.E.

The star confirmed that the picture was “definitely sent to a girl”, while laughing and blushing.

“It was an out-of-the-shower shot,” he told the Big Boy’s Neighbourhood radio show.

When asked what he was doing in the shower, the star responded: “Just washing – what else do you do in the shower?”

The singer was then asked by a female presenter whether he was having “happy thoughts” in the shower and if he was alone. He replied: “No. I was alone, but I wasn’t excited. I wasn’t hot.”

There’s only one reason that someone would say that a wiener picture was “definitely sent to a girl”. G-A-Y. That’s like announcing out loud in the sex shop that you’re buying condoms and anal lube “to really give it hard to a girl“. They didn’t believe my ex-husband either. I sure as hell never got to use any of that anal lube. I guess he only cared about his gay lover’s comfort.

The butt-monkey in LA with a Buzz Lightyear necklace:

You know how I know you’re gay? You’re Channing Tatum in the March issue of GQ magazine.

Josh Brolin should thank his lucky stars that he escaped the evil clutches of Scientology. He’s revealed that he had a close encounter with Scientology, John Travolta, Marlon Brando, and a blow job. Okay, I made that last part up, but it’s really not a stretch. Says Digital Spy,

Josh Brolin has described Scientology as “f**king bizarre”.

The actor admitted his brief experience with the religion’s “auditing” treatment – which he insisted took place during “a real moment of desperation” in his life – and also recalled an incident in which he witnessed John Travolta “practising Scientology” on Marlon Brando.

“I watched this process going on – it was very physical. I was thinking, ‘This is really f**king bizarre!’” he recalled to The New Yorker.

“Then, after ten minutes, Brando opens his eyes and says, ‘That really helped. I actually feel different!’”

Brolin went on to say that he does not understand Scientology’s appeal to its famous members such as Travolta and Tom Cruise, adding: “Each has a good head on his shoulders, they make great business decisions, they seem to have wonderful families. Is that because they were helped by Scientology?”

Reps for Travolta have denied the incident with Brando.

C’mon, read between the lines, people. Closet gay John Travolta performing some “very physical” act on Brando, who’s got that well-known fellatio pic that’s been floating around for years? Yeah. I bet that really helped.

Josh Brolin, along with some Malin Akerman thrown in for good measure at the Bvlgari Private Event Honoring Simon Fuller And Paul Haggis To Benefit Save The Children And Artists For Peace And Justice, Which Has Got to be the Longest Title for Any Benefit:

These pictures settle that whole “is Peter Parker a flaming homo” question for me. Oh sure, you can tell me how this was part of a “stunt sequence” or some other hooey, but I know what two men dry-humping each other look like. No, really. There was that one time when I came home early from school and my dad was in this exact position on the kitchen counter with the plumber. Awk-ward!

There’s only one good reason to have your feet up in the air while straddling someone:

Photo source: Fame Pictures

“Zombieland” and “Pineapple Express” star Amber Heard officially outed herself at the GLAAD 25th anniversary bash in Hollywood Friday night when she walked down the red carpet with girlfriend of two years Tasya van Ree. Radar Online says:

Amber [explained her decision to come out, saying] she had to ask herself if by being closeted, she was part of the problem in denying “millions of hard-working, tax paying Americans” their rights.

“I think GLAAD is one of the many reasons that I, as a 24-year-old, can come out,” she explained.

Tasya Van Ree is a photographer and artist. She and Heard have quietly been together since 2008 but the GLAAD celebration was their formal coming out as a couple.

I think we all should embrace these brave young women and their courageous decision to come out of the closet. Embrace, and then maybe tickle, and then maybe playfully spank before we disrobe and oil each other up in a bout of frenzied sexual ecstasy. I don’t know any real live lesbians per se, but I know that’s how they do it in the movies my dad watches on Pay-Per-View.

Pics of Amber from Maxim and another almost naked photo shoot: