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Tom Cavanaugh to play gay hockey player...

cavanaugh.jpgRemember Tom Cavanaugh from the charming series "Ed" on NBC? I just think he's the sexiest thing and very talented.His guest spots on "Scrubs" as Zach Braff's brother are always very welcome and he brought a lot to the short-lived WB show "Jack and Bobby" which cast him as the gay uncle to Christine Lahiti's two sons.
94667_D0037b_250h.jpgNow Cavanaugh is playing gay again in "Breakfast with Scot," a movie about a gay hockey player. It tells the story of a gay couple who who end up adopting an 11 year old boy. What is really cool is that the NHL’s Toronto Maple Leafs have given the go ahead for the filmmakers to use the Maple Leafs’ name and logo. Well,Canada IS a country where they actually let gays get married. Still, Cavanaugh says: “I never in a million years thought when we finally went to shooting we’d be donning Leaf sweaters. I thought it’d be that thing where it’s the Toronto Razorbacks or whatever.�

The Maple Leafs apparently didn’t have the least bit of a problem with it, according to Towleroad.com. Leafs’ general Scott Ferguson said that while they aren’t trying to make a statement, it wasn’t hard for them to give permission once they had permission from the NHL.

But it DOES make a statement, a big one.


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Greg Hernandez

Greg Hernandez has covered the entertainment industry for the Daily News since 2001. He's considered a bit odd by some for his obsession with box office numbers, has been known to camp out near the kitchen at premieres for first crack at the hors d'oeurves, and Greg's never seen a red carpet he didn't want to stroll down.
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