Updated Wednesday, November 14, 11:30 a.m. EST

People Magazine tried to throw us off the musky, Acqua di Gio (we imagine) scent of Channing Tatum all month. But lo and behold, we know a sexiest man alive when we see one.

The votes in the hottest, most important race in 2012 are in and it's now official, folks: Channing Tatum has been named People Magazine's "Sexiest Man Alive."

Check out Channing's understated cover and a blurb from the piece after the jump!

We previously reported on Patrick Sullivan, Jr., the disgraced former sheriff who was arrested in November for trading methamphetamine for sex with a gay male prostitute.

He was recently sentenced to 38 days in the jail that bore his name, the Patrick J. Sullivan Jr. Detention Center.

Well, that’s changed. More after the jump.

Well this explains why Miss Kelly Osbourne has been showing her face all over RuPaul's Drag Race-brand shows on Logo this week: the gay friendly past L.A. Pride Grand Marshal has been named the host of the 2012 NewNowNext Awards. More details after the jump!

The Human Rights Campaign has just announced that American Foundation for Equal Rights' founding board member Chad Griffin will replace Joe Solmonese as the org's president. Details follow. 

Blue Ivy Carter's name may be buzzing on Twitter, but millions of Beyoncés are now buzzing around Northern Australia. Details follow. 

Updated 4 p.m. (EST)

In what some might consider an interesting appointment, on Tuesday Ellen DeGeneres was announced as selected by the Obama Administration as a special U.S. AIDS envoy to raise global awareness about the deadly pandemic. Details and new video of Hillary Clinton giving Ellen the honor, after the jump!