Quickies: Tuesday, May 24 2011

> A woman is suing Michael Jackson's estate for $10 million in damages stemming from a herpes infection she claims he gave her in 1979.

> Rapture update: It seems the end of the world is now scheduled for October 21.

> Didn't we already go through all this a few weeks ago? Chicago Bulls player Joakim Noah fined $50,000 for calling a fan a "faggot."

> Writer -- and friend of Out -- Frank Bruni will become the New York Times'first gay Op-Ed columnist.

> Somewhere Dave Coulier is weeping: Alanis Morissettereleases a new song in honor of the anniversary of her marriage to husband Mario Treadway.