Quickies: Monday, September 12, 2011

> Spartacus: Blood and Sand actor Andy Whitfield has died of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. He was 39 years old.

> Beyonce lends her lovely song "I Was Here" to memorialize 9/11.

> Gay Iranians are fighting oppression via Facebook. Next step: fight oppression from Facebook.

> (Spoiler alert!) True Blood Season 4 ends, and so does one half of TV's sexiest gay couple.

> Contagion was #1 at the weekend box office. News of how good it is spreads fast.

--JUSTIN JANNISE

Previously >Public (Art) Erections: When Is a Statue Too Gay?

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