2009 Thanksgifting Holiday Gift Guide: Big Sounds & Musical Gear! Plus, Vampire Weekend's Worst & Best Gifts!

The folks at LOGO - with a little help from the fun lads of Vampire Weekend - have prepared a series of awesome holiday gift ideas to add some a little rock 'n' roll to your holiday shopping.

Watch the Vampire Weekend guys talk about their best and worst gifts ever above (Sorry Michael Jordan!), and then get a load of the thumping musical gear below!

Vers 2x Sound System

Vers is a company committed to making and distributing hand crafted products, whether they’re hard wood casings for your iPhone, or, like the product in question, these energy efficient speakers for your iPod.

Stylish and compact, the Vers 2x Sound System makes it easier for you to fill up a room with music rather than unwanted stereo space. Deceptively retro yet refreshingly modern, the product comes in a variety of different colors and styles. Personal favorites are Natural Cherry and Dark Walnut (the names alone sound so GQ).

2009 Thanksgifting Holiday Gift Guide: Sir Elton's Hot Candle, Sunglasses to Give You Wood!

We've got another fun Vampire Weekend video chatfest, and two more great holiday gift items, just in time for your sassy mad holiday shopping weekend. Check 'em out below.

Elton John Candle

"Give the Elton John Candle and contribute to the fight against AIDS"

The Elton John AIDS Foundation (EJAF), a non-profit org founded by big gay music legend Sir Elton John, teamed up with Candela to create a spice-scented holiday candle that is sold exclusively at Macy's.

The candle sheds light on the important issue of combating HIV/AIDS.

EJAF has been working hard in the fight against AIDS since the org established in '92.

Buying this candle will not only brighten up your Christmas, but it will help take the fight to the next level.

Candles are $25 and a percentage of each sale is donated to EJAF.

SHWOOD Sunglasses

"Hand Made from 100% sustainable wood"

Shwood is the Portland label that makes classic frames out of wood. They recently launched their latest models, the Govy and the Canby.

The Canby is super cute and a must-have piece of eyewear. It's available in zebrawood, maple and wenge hardwood.

These glasses go for $95 each.

2009 Thanksgifting Holiday Gift Guide: Dog Portraits & Maison Martin Margiela's Big Book

You know you know someone who would LIIIIVE for a portrait of their pooch this Xmas...

Been watching Logo and enjoying the Vampire Weekend hosted Thanksgifting Holiday Gift Guide segments? Then do come in...

Here's more details about some high-fashion-book reading and some sweet pooch art.

Maison Martin Margiela Book

The self-titled hard cover debut book by Maison Martin Margiela, this documents the works of the influential Paris-based designer, offering pictures by Margiela himself of his production in fashion, design, art and performance.

A peek inside the Maison Martin Margiela world, from the book.

Long elusive to the public eye, Margiela is a luminary in the contemporary international fashion scene, and this book offers the reader a rare glimpse into his extravagantly chic reality. The book also includes essays on Margiela by designers such as Jean-Paul Gautier and Vanessa Beecroft.

Dog Portraits

Two of Valerie Leonard's regal pooch portraits. Amazing.

Looking for an original gift idea? How about a commissioned portrait of your pet by one of these two uber-talented artists? Valerie Leonard and Kate Williamson paint these unforgettable portraits of your pets.

Valerie Leonard’s portraits are in the style of such 18th century luminaries as Thomas Gainsborough and Joshua Reynolds, incorporating the techniques of Renaissance portraiture mastered by the above-mentioned artists to paint well-crafted, carefully detailed pictures of your pooch.

Let Kate Williamson immortalize your best friend. This one is Oliver.

Kate Williamson opts for a simpler, warmer approach, with portraits that resemble beautifully captured snapshots of your beloved pet as seen through the lens of a master illustrator. Williamson’s portraits are more modern and fresh in style, though no less skillful as those by Leonard.

Woof, indeed.

2009 Thanksgifting Holiday Gift Guide: Rock Out with Vampire Weekend, The Beatles, Lady Gaga & a Hot Camera!

NewNowNext has got some great gift ideas for this holiday season. If you've been watching Logo you've seen some of the awesome gifts we have in store, and maybe you're psyched about the indie-group Vampire Weekend. They're adorable!

But since it's holiday time, we're celebrating the band - and cool gifts - all weekend long on-air on Logo. Check out the items and the video above.

The Samsung Dual View Camera

The Samsung Dual View TL225 is about $350 but it's worth the price because it is, "twice the fun of any other camera." If you check out the specs on the cam, you'll be impressed. This hot pick is for technology savvy individuals only. Is that you?

Say Cheese!

More cool gift ideas after the jump!

Dreamgirls Rocks Harlem's Apollo Theater! And We Are Telling You, You ARE Going! Check Our Review!

Moya Angela, Syesha Mercado, Chester Gregory & Adrienne Warren take a bow on opening night. Glorious!

“We’re your Dreamgirls, boy… we’ll make you happy….” And yes, and they do deliver.

Dreamgirls is back! (Did it ever really leave?)  Now open at the Apollo Theater, Dreamgirls (written by Henry Krieger and Tom Eyen, originally staged by Michael Bennett) still packs that 60s/70s punch but now with a more modern flair, as the sets are largely flashy LED screens. The whole show is filled to the brim with girls belting their faces off, kitschy campy dancing and the requisite attractive male chorus.

Gay men take note: this show will serve you up your diva fix and then some: powerful women singing powerful songs that make you want to shout “you go girl!” or something equally as bawdy. Who needs Jennifer Hudson when you’ve got Moya Angela?! Playing Effie White, the big-boned steam train with a voice that could move mountains, Angela has some big shoes to fill.

Luckily, she does a great job, capturing the aura that original Effie Jennifer Holliday and newer Effie Jennifer Hudson portrayed. Because the role is so well known, it’s difficult to take a new spin on it without being compared to either of them, but Angela certainly brings the house down with her “And I Am Telling You” Act 1 finale.

Exclusive: Adam Lambert Visits Logo! Discusses the AMAs, GMA & Gay Stuff! Plus, Watch His New Video!

Glambert gets wired to chat up NewNowNext PopLab.

Tuesday, 6:45pm. Just got back from over at MTV where Adam Lambert was visiting...

Yes, ADAM LAMBERT!!!! You know, that guy from the recent AMA fuss, the one who shot to fame madly this year on American Idol, who was asked not to perform on Good Morning America (whaaa...???), and was weirdly dissed by Out Magazine's editor recently... THAT guy.

Lambert explained how he's feeling about the current fuss about his allegedly oversexed TV performance. You'll have to watch PopLab on Monday, December 7th at 7pm for the full deal, but basically Adam said: "The AMA show was meant to be fun, and the song's about sex, so why not go for it." Ya dig?

"The show wasn't meant to piss people off, it was just meant to be outrageous," Lambert said. "Why do people take it seriously? Obviously, I didn't."

But more importantly, Lambert stressed that gay performers are held to a weird double-standard where they're not allowed to get sensual or sexual on stage, in a way that even female performers like Madonna, or Christina or even Britney Spears can. "Because I'm a gay guy, I can't do that? It's discrimination."

Go Adam. Tell it!!!

Whoa. Is that fuzzy mic at crotch level getting a bit too familiar?

More new Glambert dish after the jump!!! And the real official video for "FOR YOUR ENTERTAINMENT!"

2009 Thanksgifting Holiday Gift Guide: Lady Gaga Mega Gift Package!

"Fa la la la la, la ga ga ga!"

You can catch Lady Gaga everywhere these days, from big gay National Equality Marches, to videos with Beyonce and appearances on Gossip Girl. You feel like you've had enough Gaga, don't you? Well, you haven't, at least not yet, because the perfect item for your Xmas list or to perhaps give someone else is a personal piece of Gaga.

Gaga puts a bow on it this Xmas. Snap!

As you know, Lady Gaga's Fame Monster album yesterday in a Standard Edition and if you didn't pre-order it, you should probably make a run to the iTunes music store asap.

Ahh, Memories! The Silliest Scandals of 2009: Michael Phelps, Speidi, Miley, Balloon Boy... Ack.

SMOKIN'...

TheFabLife.com is rounding up the Silliest Scandals of 2009 (and we've still got a month to go, folks!). Remember when Michael Phelps totally got caught smoking weed? And when Miley quit Twitter? And when Christian Bale yelled at people. And when Lady Gaga became a huge star?

Trip down memory lane as you pretend to work today...

And here's another scantily clad Phelps pic. Haven't you missed his big goofy medal-winning charms? Or at least his torso?

Phoxy Phelps looks back at 2009. WTF???

Lady Gaga Picks the Top 5 Moments of Her Career: Gay, Gay, Gay!!! Watch the Video!

Lady Gaga - MTV Shows

Um, so this Lady Gaga chick you may have heard of is really into gay people. Still! Watch!

You think Beyonce or Madonna or anybody at the VMAs or any other of her collaborators are peeved they weren't included in Lady Gaga's Top 5 Moments of Her Career? (Thanks, Buzzworthy!) If so, too bad. Gaga is apparently really all about the gays. And her family. And her fans. Which basically means... The gays.

And last night Lady Gaga hosted NewNowNext PopLab on Logo, which is where she got her start! Full circle! Watch the first clip! And go to LogoOnline to watch all of the PopLab episode!

Video: Kris Allen Interview!!! He Answers Your Tweets! Talks About His "Bromance" with Adam Lambert!

Adam Lambert's not the only recent American Idol alum getting the gays buzzing. What about the uber-adorable champ Kris Allen???

Allen's self-titled debut album is and out and getting folks frisky, and the guitar-strumming lad came by to visit Logo recently and we chatted him up, using the Tweets you guys sent in via @LogoChannel!

Kris fires off about his music, his fake hotel names, and the mythical romance that is "Kradam" (as in Kris + Adam Lambert). And he share about his big, hairy feed. OY!

Best Idol couple ever? Kradam hits the AMAs red carpet last night.

After the jump, watch Kris perform "Live Like We're Dying" live on "It's On with Alexa Chung" on MTV.

Adam Lambert's AMA's Performance: Dirty? Fun? WTF? What Did You Think?

Does this mean Glambert won't be playing the Super Bowl?

Men on leashes, boy-crotches rammed in boy-faces, tongue-lashings with androgynous keyboard players, stripper chicks and guys in light-bondage couture... It's just another night in Adam Lambert's world folks!

MTV News has the skinny on the Idol star's slutty TV debut at the AMAs? Was it hot? Or not?

MTV Shows

What did ya think?

Project Runway Season 6 Ends, Not With a Bang but With a Winner

Episode 14: The End, part 2

—by Eric Walter

It's probably fair to say there were no real surprises in part 2 of the Season 6 finale.

Will Carol Hannah come through her bout of plague and go on to Bryant Park? Will Irina find the time to finish, or will she choke on her ambitious collection? Would the returning auffed designer-helpers serve out their time without adding their own drama?

The answer to all of the above is of course yes. (Disappointed?)

Things did get a little tense behind the scenes at the Fashion Week show. Tim loses his cool like a high-strung wedding planner with a late bride. His reputation is on the line, too, and he won't have any amateurish hiccups ruining his ... I mean, your show!

Make. It. Work. Now.

But in the end it all went remarkably well for everyone. And maybe that's the only real surprise of the season.

Some of best individual pieces were the notorious 13th looks Heidi assigned in last week's episode. It says a lot about these three women that some of their best work is done under pressure. It absolutely justifies the existence of the show and its totally unrealistic challenges.

The 13th looks, from left to right: Carol Hannah's dress added
some more color to the collection, Althea's speedy street-smart
ensemble impressed the judges, and Irina's black-on-black gown
added some frill to a severe collection.

I didn't have a favorite going into this week. No one was grabbing me and forcing me to pay attention. It seemed there was no underdog, no chance of an upset. I kind of didn't care who won. I would have agreed with any result.

After seeing all three collections, however, I did have a favorite.

2010 RuPaul's Drag Race Calendar! Download It! Hang It Up! Live for It!

It's Drag Time: Mark these calendars and get your weaves secured for Season 2!!

Are you into the juicy video sneak peeks we've served up today for Season 2 of RuPaul's Drag Race? Ready to make a date for all of the catty, ruthless drama that Ru and her 12 drag superstar-wannabes are gonna bring to you in early February?

Then maybe you need to download the 2010 RuPaul's Drag Race Calendar, okaaayyy?

Tyra Sanchez is busting out all ovaahhhh in June: Happy Gay Pride!!!

You can print out the calendar, and use it to sass up your office, your kitchen, your school locker, your mobile home, your prison cell... Wherever you call home, these girls will keep you company!

Besides, Season 2 of this wig-flipping drag queen reality show doesn't really begin airing until February so you've got a bit of a wait. And get a glimpse at more of the gals after jump!

This Week In Fabulous 11/20: Big Butts, Big Muscles and Plenty of Shirtless Men!

Just a little preview of the hotness in this week's post!

--By Cory Stottlemyer

In honor of Levi Johnston's upcoming Playgirl editorial, this week's post is dedicated to hunky men! I'd say that's a pretty fabulous week.

5. Oprah's Nate gets his own show!

Gosh darn, he's adorable!

The ever so cuddly-looking Nate Berkus is getting his own show! I think we all knew it was just a matter of time before the magic power of Oprah spread to her favorite designer. Let's hope he's far more endearing than Oprah's past spin-offs (*cough* Dr. Phil *cough* Rachael Ray *cough*).

Bootylicious reality stars, hot mythical creatures and sexy males models after the jump!

RuPaul's Drag Race, Season 2!!! Get an Absolut First Look Now! Vrooommm!!!!

Watch Videos from RuPaul's Drag Race

Oh, hell... It begins again. Today it's time to get a sneak peek at the hot, delicious, steaming tranny glamazons hurtling your way in spike heels for the second season of RuPaul's Drag Race.

This time around there are 12 girls scratching for the crown; and they look pretty twisted and amazing. In the Absolut First Look clip above (cheers!) you also get a quick glimpse of some of Season 2's guest hosts which include Kathy Griffin, Dita Von Teese, Debbie Reynolds, Cloris Leachman and Henry Rollins, for starters. And judges Santino Rice and fashion journalist Meryl Ginsberg are both back too.

From the looks of the clip above, it looks like we're getting more gloss, more acrobatics (splits!), messy drama, maybe a medical emergency and some bitch-slappery!

Get a glimpse of all of the Drag Race Season 2 contestants in their little video intros.