Could Chely Wright Be The May 5th Reveal?

TMZ.Com is reporting that they have learned the big "coming out" announcement planned for this week will be ... country star Chely Wright.

There's been a big buzz over the last week as to which celeb was announcing he/she was gay and we knew it was going to be unveiled in PEOPLE mag next week.

Wright has a book coming out this week as well -- it's called, "Like Me."  And she has a CD coming out too -- called "Lifted Off the Ground."

The 39-year-old singer scored a #1 country song back in 1999 with "Single White Female," when she was named Academy of Country Music new artist of the year.

Wright is the first major country artist ever to come out.  She has been romantically linked to a number of celebs, including Brad Paisley.

This is a big deal in the country world.  Chely is rolling the dice on her career ... it's unclear how traditionally-conservative country fans will react. She lists Howard Bragman as her publicist, who was the mastermind behind the Chaz Bono story. 

Do you think TMZ solved this mystery or shall we keep digging?

Read more: http://www.tmz.com/#ixzz0mmGdmdpY

List Of Howard Bragman's Clients

There has been buzz all week about the big celebrity who is going to come out on May 5th in People magazine. The only concrete lead on this story is that the star is represented by Howard Bragman. Here is a list of his known clients:

Laila Ali
Meredith Baxter
Chaz Bono
Leeza Gibbons
Peter Guber
Ricki Lake
Carlos Mencia
Harold Perrineau
Jeanne Philips
Cathy Schulman
Steve Tisch
Isaiah Washington

 

May 5th Candidate # 4: Anderson Cooper

As the silver fox on CNN, Anderson Cooper has taken the title of sexiest news anchor from what once belonged to Matt Lauer.  Anderson is a member of the Vanderbilt family and someone that in many eyes would not be able to come out as gay, if that were the case.

Like all of the other candidates, Anderson has had the gay rumors on his back for awhile.  Anderson Cooper has always been hushed up about his private life, especially when it comes to his relationships, to “protect his neutrality” as a journalist. Nonetheless, he has been see with a few men who have been rumored to be his lover, the most recent of which is Jonathan Chase.

However, I do not think that people have put enough thought into this.  If Anderson is the one to come out, not thinking about all of the rumors that it will be a female, it would help his ailing network CNN and his ratings would take a huge spike.  A lot of people already like Anderson simply due to the gay rumors, his dashing good looks, and his ability to tell us some boring ass news, but still keep our interests piqued.  Would he lose viewers, yes.  Who wouldn't lose fans by coming out of the closet?  Some people are just small minded and have yet to adapt to the revolution that is taking place.  But the amount of fans that Anderson would gain by admitting his homosexuality would by far surpass anything negative that would transpire.

Contrary to what everyone believes, I think that Anderson is actually a major contender for the May 5th reveal.  He might have only gotten 11% of the readers votes so far, but I believe that he could come out and not suffer any loss from the fact.

Out Magazine has tried numerous times to push Anderson out of the closet, though I didn't agree with it at the time.  Not only did they mockingly place in on a cover with the caption, "Why the stars won't come out and play," they also made him #4 on the ranking of 50 Most Powerful Gays And Lesbians.  Jodie Foster, who was also mockingly featured on the same cover, has revealed that she is in fact gay.

May 5th Candidate #3: Queen Latifah

Rumors of the celebrity that is due to come out of the closet being a woman have been all over the net.  With clues being dropped everywhere you look, it has become a find a needle in a haystack situation for impatient people who cannot wait until May 5th.

In our poll so far, Queen Latifah has taken off, with 31% of the votes.  Reasoning is that Queen Latifah has a movie coming out and going on a press tour and drawing attention would suit her needs.  However, Latifah has never been one to let Hollywood in on her personal life.  Rumors have followed the singer/rapper/actress for most of her career.  She was even said to be engaged in 2007 to a woman that she had been with for 4 years.  Nothing ever came of the story, but if Latifah is in fact a lesbian, I doubt that she would choose now to come out of the closet.  Nothing in her life has changed to the point where she feels as if she needs to come out and I'm sure that if the rumors are true, she is the kind of woman who already is out to her friends and family.  Why come out to the world? 

I don't think Queen Latifah is the May 5th reveal, but you think she is.  That makes her candidate #3.

Zachary Quinto: Candidate Number 1

Zachary Quinto attended the post-premiere party for Monogamy during the Tribeca Film Festival at NYC’s Beba restaurant on Saturday night and met up with Star Trek co-star Chris Pine.  Chris Pine looked sexy as he always does, working the smoldering look.  Zachary showed up in classic Quinto garb and I just couldn't help but wonder why such a hot man would dress like that.

Zachary's taste in clothing leaves a lot to be desired, especially from someone who we all know is sexy.  Maybe I'm just mad that seeing him like this will more than likely damper his chances of starring in one of my fantasies.

All I am saying is that Zach needs a stylist.  I know that he is not Mr.Hollywood by any means, but really man.  Pull yourself together.

Also, with the announcement of May 5th's coming out party, I have read you emails and compiled  list of the most suspected candidates.  From now until then, I will post them and the reasons why everyone has picked them as the new out celeb.

A lot of readers wondered if Zachary Quinto would be the celebrity that would come out.  Some stated that he is the one celebrity that seems to not give a damn about what people think.  His outfit above is a great example for that argument.  But seriously, Zachary has never bought into the HW lifestyle and has lived his life openly.  With those statements, everyone felt that he would be open to coming out of the closet.

However, Zachary already lives his life the way he wants and doesn't seem like the kind of guy to go on an I'm gay press tour.  But some people feel that he is the one....