The results of After Elton's Hot 100 Hottest Guys Poll is in with Darren Criss at the top and Adam Lambert er...just underneath. The website commented on Criss' sudden rise to fame:

“Given the popularity of Glee, his making The AfterElton Hot 100 was probably a given, but even we didn't expect him to rocket to the number one spot, the first time a newcomer has debuted at the very top."
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Excited by the historic (and joyous) overruling of Prop 8, celebs have taken to Twitter to sing kumbaya and bask in the triumph of equality. The Hollywood ABC blog has compiled a list of their responses. Among them were three soap actors -- Michael Muhney (Y&R), Scott Evans (ex-OLTL) and Brett Claywell (OLTL). The latter two comments were especially bittersweet, since their own historic gay storyline on One Life to Live was given the shaft by panicked ABC execs buckling to bigotry. Here's what those three actors said (Scott Evans' is my personal favorite):

Michael Muhney:

Prop 8 over-freaking-turned! Here's to ANYONE in love enjoying the right to marry. The good guys won this time!

Brett Claywell:

With all the war and hunger and poverty, it's great to know that some still simply believe in love. Congratulations California! Equality is not [a] privilege. It's a human right!
 

Scott Evans:

What an incredible day. Not over, but what a huge step. Suck on that Prop 8 "yes" voters.

And as a non-celeb, if I may add my own: CONGRATULATIONS to all the couples in California who can now do what they should have been allowed to do all this time. May the rest of the country follow suit, and may this someday just all be a triumphant chapter in the history of American civil rights. 

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AfterElton.com is reporting that former One Life to Live star, Scott Evans, will have a small part in the first episode of AMC’s new series, Rubicon. They, however, caution fans of Evans’ OLTL character Oliver Fish not to expect someone like the lovable, upstanding cop. 

Let's just say Scott plays pretty much the exact opposite of Oliver Fish in every way.

Last year I loved One Life to Live’s Kish storyline, which followed the relationship of Kyle Lewis (Brett Claywell) and Oliver Fish (Scott Evans). It was probably my favorite love story I’ve ever seen on soaps. It was just a great romantic saga , that happened to be between two men, which, in today’s world, is a big deal, but I loved that OLTL didn’t treat it like it was.

TPTB didn’t treat Kish any differently than their other couples. They weren’t kept segregated from the rest of the canvas, which often happens when a show introduces gay characters. Individually, Kyle and Fish were just as well-rounded as the other characters. They weren’t just in Lanview to “be gay.”

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James Franco was at L.A. Gay Pride this weekend with performance artist Kalup Linzy, who will appear with him on General Hospital as part of psychotic artist/serial killer Franco's return to the soap opera this summer. World of Wonder interviewed the pair, revealing that Franco is a fan of Linzy's work, which is inspired by daytime soap operas, and was apparently able to convince TPTB to write Linzy into the upcoming story arc. The pair filmed a scene from GH, across the street from where L.A. Pride was being held, according to the interview, and were shooting a documentary about Franco's GH stints. I guess if James Franco had been inspired by One Tree Hill, Brett Claywell would still be employed by ABC Daytime. READ MORE

This week in daytime,

I wondered if All My Children's Zach (Thorsten Kaye) and Kendall (Alicia Minshew) fans were steaming mad about their couple's onscreen reunion, of sorts. Not being a Zendall fan myself I expect it had to be more than a little bittersweet to see a favorite couple return, only to dissolve before our eyes like a hairball in a drain pipe attacked by Draino. My sympathies are with you Zendall fans.

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