Last week, Rosie O’Donnell and Kathy Griffin joined forces to raise money for Friendly House, a women’s addiction treatment center in LA.  It was Griffin’s first time performing standup since her treatment for lung cancer, and she was welcomed back with a standing ovation.  But the night also marked the first public appearance of O’Donnell with her girlfriend, Aimee Hauer, who is a massage therapist.

Since we’re doling out good news, sexy Matt Dallas and his equally hunky hubby Blue Hamilton just made an announcement – they’ve adopted a daughter.  She came into their lives in a serendipitous way.  The couple chaperoned a field trip that their son Crow was on.  They noticed how well he got along with a classmate, Rosa.  Fast forward, a social worker called to see if they might be interested in adopting a girl.  They thought, “If it was a little girl like Rosa…we would be over the moon.”  Turns out, it WAS Rosa!  Bing, bang, boom – instant family!

In one of the most curious collaborations ever, Spanish auteur Pedro Almodóvar is set to make his long-awaited first English-language film – Strange Way of Life – about two aging gunslingers who have an “intimate relationship”.  One of those cowboys will be played by Ethan Hawke, while the other will be Pedro Pascal.  Almodóvar calls this film “my answer to Brokeback Mountain.”  God willing, something actually happens in this 30-minute flick.  Filming begins in August.