You wanna talk about outta sight casting?  Star Trek: Starfleet Academy is going further than Gene Roddenberry ever imagined – we’re getting our first gay Klingon!  Since the show started, people have speculated that the character of Jay-Den Kraag could have a secret.  And he sure does.  In the most recent episode, he had more than a little sexual tension with a fellow academy cadet.  Actor Karim Diane portrays Jay-Den and he wrote this on social media: “Not gonna pretend like I wasn’t afraid to take on this role.  Part of me still kinda is.  I knew that I was gonna, you know, receive a lot of negative comments that were rooted in homophobia and racism and bigotry.  But what y’all have to understand, I have received 10 times more messages from LGBTQ people around the world telling me how much the character Jay-Den means to them.  And that is all that matters to me, truly.”

Tom Daley had a close encounter with the Muppets on Sesame Street.  His first scene was with Bert and Elmo.  “We’re fans of your athleticism, but also of your knitting,” said Bert, forever putting to rest those pesky rumors about his relationship with Ernie (he admitted that he’s knitting his “roommate” a scarf).  But things really got cooking when Tom shared the screen with Cookie Monster.  Daley gifted him with a kind of “cookie cozy” – with predictable results.  You can check it out on our website.