Portia de Rossi one of People’s “100 Most Beautiful”
People magazine has named out actress Portia de Rossi one of the “100 Most Beautiful People 2009″. The issue with the whole list, which includes among others actress Christina Applegate and First Lady Michelle Obama, hits newsstands in the U.S. today.

Portia de Rossi in “Better Off Ted”

Kelly McGillis comes out
Actress Kelly McGillis, who is best known as Tom Cruise’s flight instructor/lover in “Top Gun” and recently had a guest appearance on “The L Word” as a closeted soldier, came out as a lesbian in an interview posted on “SheWired.com”. The 51-year-old, who was married to men twice, says that she’s “done with the man thing” and that her next partner will “definitely be a woman”.

Kelly McGillis

Jessica Capshaw to join Grey’s Anatomy as a series regular
AfterEllen.com reports that actress Jessica Capshaw aka Dr. Arizona Robbins is in final talks to become a series regular on “Grey’s Anatomy”. If the deal is done, Arizona Robbins, who is currently dating Sara Ramirez’s character Dr. Callie Torres, will be the only lesbian series regular on U.S. broadcast primetime television next year as of now.

Arizona (Jessica Capshaw, left) and Callie (Sara Ramirez) kiss

In related news, German TV station Pro Sieben is currently airing the beginning of the 5th season of Grey’s Anatomy including the budding romance between Callie and Dr. Erica Hahn. Wednesday’s episode was all about Callie’s jitters about going on their first date:

R.I.P., Bea Arthur
Actress Bea Arthur, best known to younger generations as “Dorothy Zbornak” from the sitcom Golden Girls, has died last Saturday from cancer. She was 86.

That’s it for today, look for more “MeL’s News of the Week” (hopefully) next week

Portia de Rossi one of People’s “100 Most Beautiful” People magazine has named out actress Portia de Rossi one of the “100 Most Beautiful People 2009″. The issue with the...