Elton John has mother's milk bought to baby Zach by FedEx

Once upon a time he might have had fresh flowers or fine wine shipped to his door from miles away.

Now Sir Elton John�s priorities have changed � if not the extravagance.

Since becoming a father, the singer has had breast milk for his four-month-old son Zachary delivered to his home by courier service FedEx.

Happy families: Elton John with four-month-old Zachary

In charge: The 64-year-old singer looked delighted to be burping his little baby

Pucker up: Elton John kisses the head of baby Zachary

In an interview broadcast in the United States, the 64-year-old revealed the lengths he has gone to to ensure Zachary is fed on milk expressed by his biological mother, who acted as a surrogate for Sir Elton and his partner David Furnish, 48.

Sir Elton told talk show host Barbara Walters: �[Zachary�s biological mother] has been providing him with breast milk.

�We have the breast milk FedExed from where she is.�

In the UK, only a third of babies are exclusively breastfed when they are one week old, dropping to 7 per cent by the time babies reach Zachary�s age.

Most mothers favour artificial alternatives, such as milk formula. The most recent figures, from 2005, show that 53 per cent of babies are fed exclusively on such substitutes at some point between four and ten weeks of age. Sir Elton and Mr Furnish became parents on Christmas Day.

The couple are thought to have been present when Zachary arrived weighing 7lb 15oz at a Beverly Hills hospital and have so far been bringing up their baby in California.

In the interview with Miss Walters, Sir Elton is shown burping Zachary and cuddling him before singing him a lullaby.

He sings: �I love my little boy, he�s my little pride and joy. He�s the most gorgeous little bubba in the world.�

The star then kisses Zachary�s head before adding: �Yes you are, you are a gorgeous thing.�

Sir Elton, who has been with Mr Furnish for 17 years, recently revealed the inspiration behind their son�s full name, Zachary Jackson Levon Furnish-John. He said: �Zachary is one of my favourite names, and David�s. And one of our favourite churches in Venice, where we have a home, [is] called San Zaccaria.

�It was John the Baptist�s father�s name and John the Baptist was born three days before Jesus Christ.

�Jackson is a name I�ve always liked and David�s dad is called Jack and it�s an old English name that means son of Jack.

�And it was just going to be Zachary Jackson and then as he was born on Christmas Day, and [my] song Levon says �he was born a pauper to a pawn on a Christmas Day�, I chucked that in for a bit of rock star influence.�

US TV getting more gay friendly

�The Good Wife� is getting a gay brother; new teen TV show �Hellcats� features a lesbian cheerleader; and as for �True Blood� � TV watchers now need two hands to count the vampires who will suck the blood of either gender.

The number of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) characters on prime time US television is growing, with 58 regular LGBT roles on network and cable shows this season, the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (Glaad) said in a report today.

GLAAD said that 23 LGBT characters account for 3.9 per cent of regular characters in scripted network shows like Emmy-winning comedies �Modern Family� and �Glee� in the 2010-2011 TV season, which started last week.

On mainstream cable networks, the number of regulars jumped to 35 from 25 last year, with HBO�s surreal vampire drama �True Blood� taking the crown as the most inclusive program on TV with six recurring characters who are either gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender.

Chris Colfer is an openly gay actor, who also portrays a similar character in hit TV series �Glee�.




There are an additional 32 recurring roles on broadcast and cable TV shows, but Glaad lamented the fact that there were no black LGBT characters on network comedies and dramas.

Glaad president Jarrett Barrios said the increase in gay and lesbian characters on TV reflects �the shift in American culture towards greater awareness and understanding of our community.�

�The recent critical and commercial success of shows like �Modern Family� and �Glee� clearly indicate that mainstream audiences embrace gay characters and want to see well-crafted stories about our lives,� Barrios added.

ABC�s mockumentary-style �Modern Family� won the Emmy for best comedy series, and earned another Emmy for the actor who portrays one-half of a gay couple raising an adopted baby. Popular Fox musical comedy �Glee� won a best directing Emmy and features an eclectic cast, including a gay teen and a high school singer raised by two men.

glaad welcomed the addition of gay characters this year to high-rated shows like CBS lawyer drama �The Good Wife�, whose bisexual, Indian investigator will be joined by a gay brother for lead actress Julianna Margulies.

New ABC shows �The Whole Truth� and comedy �Happy Endings� both have gay characters, while the new CW show �Hellcats� features gay cheerleader Patty Wedgerman and NBC�s new lawyer show �Outlaw� has bisexual Lucinda Pearl.

On cable networks, AMC�s spy thriller �Rubicon� features a gay lead character with past romantic entanglements, while Showtime programs feature seven characters who are gay, lesbian or bisexual, including dark comedy �Nurse Jackie�.

Today�s report is the 15th annual �Where We Are on TV� study by Glaad, which campaigns for the inclusive and accurate portrayal of gay, lesbian, transgender and bisexual people and events in the US media.

Jake Gyllenhaal in gay scandal

Maroon 5's Adam Levine tells gay magazine Out that Jake Gyllenhaal isn�t gay, he just likes banging dudes. Just kidding





You�ve also gotten a lot of attention for hanging out with Jake Gyllenhaal.
Will everyone stop thinking that dude is gay? Seriously guys. How immature is it of the media to perceive this guy � it has to be because of Brokeback, right? I�ve known this dude forever. He�s one of my oldest friends, and it�s very weird that they have this � it�s very immature and infantile the way they treat his whole situation. If him hanging out with his bros means he�s gay, it�s like further perpetuating that weird homophobia that exists in our culture, which is just stupid. So, yeah, he�s my buddy. I fuckin� love the guy.

Adam Levine needs to get a sense of humor because he sounds way too butt hurt over this. Hehehe. Get it? Butt hurt? I�m so clever!