Olivia Newton-John, who has long been rumored to be a lesbian, sounds pretty fed up with the misinformation. Globe (March 11, 2013) quotes her as saying:

"I'm so not. I'm so heterosexual...What am I doing to make people think this? Later I thought it was cool. But there's no truth to it."

Rothenberg with Mike Doyle, Leslie Jordan & Linda Lavin. Logo by Billy Mitchell/Jay Cooper.

Today is the fourth anniversay of Adam Rothenberg's popular Q&A-based site Call Me Adam, which focuses on theater and entertainment. In honor of a milestone many blogs never reach, I turned the tables, interviewing the interviewer...

The worst music video in history was released today: "I Think You Might Like It" by John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John. Horrid song and such an awkward execution of a video, right down to including Kelly Preston—his real wife—as he sings with his arm slung around Olivia about "making love all night." They don't look good, either. Considering the money they have between them, they should've just paid for a good video or not done one, whether it's for charity or not.

Hey, at least it has a happy ending—just like any decent massage...

Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta are reuniting for a Christmas album, called This Christmas. The album will have an original duet written by the "You're the One That I Want" writer and guest spots by Barbra Streisand (really?), Kenny G, Cliff Richard, Tony Bennett, James Taylor and Chick Corea.

This has to be the most unexpected product I've read about since ever.

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Visiting NYC in 1988 and being the good gay tourist I was, I had this picture snapped of me with those infamous ACT UP outing posters on C Street (there is a chance this was taken in 1992 instead, but...seems like it would be late for that?). At any rate, let's see how accurate they were:

'I was the original madonna/whore before that Madonna whore!'

Everyone's favorite 30-year-old high school senior, Olivia Newton-John, turns 63 years old today.

Semi-recently

My first memories of her are from my older cousin, Cathy, loving her and wanting her records for Christmas. This meant she must be somehow cool, a grown-up thing, if Cathy liked her. (Forget that Cathy wore rainbow-colored socks with individual nooks for each toe and was into other '70s silliness like every other teenager!)

Submitted without judgment—just an interesting echo!

I was aware of Grease and drawn to Xanadu against my better judgment, but wasn't really drawn to ON-J herself until "Physical" became one of the most popular songs in history and she was transitioning from countrified wholesomeness into faux ho. Then I started buying her singles and had to catch up with greatest-hits collections in order to appreciate the entire career's worth of stuff she'd already sung up until that point.

The Markie Post years

In college, I was embarrassed by her song "The Rumour" with Elton John. I thought the line, "One the rumour spreads" was a tacky double-entendre and the song was kinda silly for her. But a guy named Andrew Cartt did once give me his number at a Chicago bar after watching me dance to it. And I was absolutely transfixed by "I Need Love"'s club mix, still one of my favorite ON-J pleasures.

Plus I can't forget her delectable ex, Matt Lattanzi

Following, my humbly offered grouping of essential ON-J tidbits...

Olivia Newton-John's charity single—a remake of her classic hit "Magic"—comes with a volunteer-populated video, below.

The single benefits The Olivia Newton-John Cancer & Wellness Centre...