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Out, the popular gay fashion and lifestyle magazine, unveiled the cover to its Out 100 special double issue, also the publication’s milestone 200th issue.

Celebs including recently out-of-the-closet pop star and new father Ricky Martin, as well as MSNBC news anchor Rachel Maddow, Oscar-nominated actress Julianne Moore, Olympic figure skater Johnny Weir, and designer and TV star Nate Berkus are this year’s cover honorees.

Here are the 16th Annual Out 100 Cover Award Honorees:

Entertainer of the Year — Ricky Martin: “I am Hispanic, and I am a gay man, and they both struggle. Is it a big responsibility? It can be as big as I want it to be,” Martin tells Out. Embracing both fatherhood and new status as a gay role model, Martin, who opens up in his new memoir, Me, looks forward to teaching his twin boys acceptance and love and a day when he proudly walks them down the red carpet!

Diva of the Year — Johnny Weir: “Every little boy should be so lucky as to turn into me,” Weir declared unapologetically after two Canadian broadcasters suggested he undergo a “gender test” during the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics. With his flair for flamboyance and commitment to glamour, Weir never shies away from controversy—or pageantry. As to the ubiquitous questions surrounding his sexuality, Weir’s opinion remains clear. “I’m not ashamed of anything, but I want it to be out there in my own words.”

Artist of the Year — Julianne Moore: “I don’t think a movie like The Kids Are All Right could be made if this wasn’t the way that families are living today all over the United States,” Moore states. The actress, a four-time Oscar nominee, began her activism some 25 years ago after her first experience with what would become the AIDS pandemic. Now, although she works to keep politics and career separate, Moore notes, “I choose a part because I’m interested in the role, the director, the script. I don’t go looking for something that seem political, but by virtue of the roles being intensely personal, it becomes that way.”

Newsmaker of the Year — Rachel Maddow: Growing up in the time of the AIDS pandemic gave Maddow a compelling perspective on the state of gay activism, especially now in the age of Obama. “We continue to have a sort of lackadaisical gay political movement that has a relationship with Democrat politicians that doesn’t serve gay rights: ‘We want to be close to you.’ Beautiful! But if we’re not getting anything for that, then it’s actually counterproductive.” Now Maddow’s self-titled MSNBC news hour serves as appointment TV for anyone even halfway interested in the surreal theater of American politics amid the surging tide of anti-Washington sentiment.

Stylemaker of the Year – Nate Berkus: Oprah protégé Berkus recently became the first openly gay man to host a daily nationally syndicated television show, and the guru is not taking that responsibility lightly. “Having a daily show is an opportunity for me not to push a political agenda, but to speak out for tolerance and understanding and equality,” he notes. “I’ve been given an enormous opportunity, and I plan to use it responsibly.” Berkus has already proved his commitment to responsibility, having recently appeared on Larry King Live and delivered a compelling plea to America to stop antigay bullying.

Out is available on newsstands and at select retailers or via subscription and on the web at http://www.out.com/.

It was father/son bonding on Saturday for Dean McDermott and his adorable son Liam. 

After eating too much birthday cake at daughter Stella’s 1st birthday party, Dean stopped by the Muscle Milk Fitness Retreat in Beverly Hills to burn off extra calories and to get in a quick workout to kick off his special Father’s Day weekend. 
 
Dean threw some hard punches with trainer Jarett Del Bene before taking a break to teach Liam an uppercut and right hooks.  Liam kept sipping the chocolate Muscle Milk saying he wanted to be strong like his daddy.  

We first fell in love with little Liam on his parents reality show Tori & Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood. The little cutie has the sweetest face and a very developed vocababulary for such a young tyke.

Acting legend Dennis Hopper passed away today at the age of 74 in his Los Angeles home from prostate cancer.

Hopper had an iconic and well respected career for which he was honored in March 26, 2010 with his own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Hopper was married five times and has left a strong impression among his peers for bouts with substance abuse, an issue that at times, made him difficult to work with.

In his upcoming book Hollywood Hellraisers: The Wild Lives and Fast Times of Marlon Brando, Dennis Hopper, Warren Beatty, and Jack Nicholson, show business biographer Robert Sellers profiled the late actor using anecdotes from his Hollywood friends, like this one from director George Hickenlooper.

“Unlike Europe, where you are born into a status or not, in America you can create yourself from nothing and then if you rise to the top and then plummet in a fiery crash you can reborn and rise again; you have unlimited chances and Dennis just epitomizes that more than any other actor. That’s what makes him iconic too, he’s risen from the ashes so many times and just doesn’t give a shit what people think and that’s a sign of a true artist.”

Entertainment Weekly compiled a great gallery of Hopper’s top 12 films of his career, including our favorites Easy Rider (1969) and True Romance (1993).

Lindsay Lohan finally sobered up after the Cannes boozefest and pulled it together in time to grace the Beverly Hills courthouse for a mandatory appearance.

Superior Court Judge Marsha Revel ordered the party girl to wear a SCRAM (Secure Continuous Remote Alcohol Monitor) ankle bracelet. Lohan must also submit to weekly drug testing and could face jail time if the terms imposed by the judge are not met.

Lohan’s lawyer, Shawn Chapman Holley, a high-profile celebrity lawyer who recently represented Reggie Bush, argued to fight the restirctions but the judge wasn’t having it.

Lohan’s next date with Judge Revel is on July 6.

Jennifer Aniston and Adam Sandler caught kissing in Maui?

Nah! The lovebirds were playing pretend on the set of their new romantic comedy ‘Just Go With It’, set for release in February 2011.

The film, directed by Dennis Dugan (‘I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry’ and ‘You Don’t Mess With the Zohan’) also stars botox sisters Nicole Kidman and Heidi Monag.