GLAAD's Lauds and Laughs

The GLAAD Media Awards at the Kodak Theater on Saturday night may have started off on serious note as T.R. Knight took the stage proclaiming “I’m angry, very angry at the inequality we face everyday and hopefully I can turn my anger into action, starting with being here tonight."

But things soon loosened up when Garry Marshall gave a history lesson, noting, “When ‘The Odd Couple’ first aired, they kept saying ‘We’re going to cancel the show because it’s about gay people,’ now they cancel the show if there’s no gay characters.”  Tennis great Martina Navratilova also lightened the mood by poking fun at America’s favorite “Idol” after a film tribute of her career highs and hair lows, “That video, those hairstyles. Sanjaya has nothing on me. At least I can play tennis,” the Stephen F. Kolzak winner gasped. Jake Gyllenhaal also had the aud laughing when he presented the Vanguard Award to Jennifer Aniston noting:  "People say actors are brave for taking certain roles. I say, 'No!' What's truly brave is picking out an outfit to wear in front of this crowd." (L. Repstad)