Sharon Stone and Melissa Etheridge Voted Top Gay Icons

Sharon Stone and Melissa Etheridge have topped the annual list of homosexual icons published by the famous Out magazine.
The Basic Instinct 2 star is to be named 2005's Straight Ally, while cancer survivor Etheridge will receive the Entertainer Of The Year award.
Meanwhile, the actor-turned-California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger enters a new list - as a member of the magazine's Hall Of Shame, for his attitude against gay marriage.

Sharon Stone has proved again her determination, as she has settled a lawsuit she had brought against a cosmetic surgeon.
The actress had sued Dr. Renato Calabria for defamation and libel in December last year, charging he had falsely claimed to have given her a face-lift. The suit was settled, but the terms of the agreement were not disclosed. The doctor has agreed, however, to perform a number of free reconstructive surgeries for a charity of Stone's choice.


The two-time Grammy winner Melissa Etheridge has added another title: breast cancer survivor. The famous singer has defeated the disease and worked on a new album.

"My world stopped, which it had never done. I've worked since I was 11 years old, playing music and following the dream, and shaking and moving and doing it. And then, you have cancer and it was like 'Ooooohh.' It was like a big eraser. It was the only thing in my life that had ever made me just stop", the singer told The Early Show co-anchor Rene Syler.
Etheridge underwent surgery and chemotherapy.

"I'm very fortunate that I have a wonderful family around me and loved ones. I'm also fortunate because, financially, I could make myself comfortable at that time. I know there are millions of women who can't and I would lay there thinking of the women who would have to go to work on chemotherapy, and it just blows my mind.

Of course I thought about myself, poor me, poor me. But I also thought about the millions who were going through this", the singer added.

Melissa Etheridge has just released a new album, "Greatest Hits: The Road Less Traveled", and she has helped designing a lapel pin for breast cancer awareness.