'Batali on Stipe': I heard about it, but could not believe it

You may have been spending all year waiting for the hot man-on-man action forthcoming in Brokeback Mountain, but if you need an all-male fix before then, do not miss tonight's premiere of the Sundance Channel's new series Iconoclasts. The Reeler addressed this a while back, but I think it deserves repeating, especially now that the reality has taken shape, the chats are in the can and we can visualize exactly what kind of celebrity fellatio we are dealing with here:

R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe bears [sic] his soul to executive chef and restaurateur Mario Batali. Fashion designer Tom Ford shares his inspiration with artist Jeff Koons. Screen legend Samuel L. Jackson plays verbal one-on-one with sports legend Bill Russell. Oscar-winning producer Brian Grazer holds forth with corporate CEO Sumner Redstone. And more.

For those of you into girls, Renee Zellweger digs on Christiane Amanpour next month, but tonight you get "Jackson on Russell" as captured by esteemed documentarian Joe Berlinger. From the previews, it looks as though the pair is having a fine time golfing on the money Russell probably banked while destroying my beloved Sacramento Kings in 1988; you have to assume Russell was a primary influence for Jackson's awe-inspiring sell-out turn in The Man, and I can only hope they can slum long enough to give indie-minded Sundance viewers their money's worth. Alas, my mother does not let me watch such vulgarity, so please let me know how it goes.