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trade roundup
Mr. Popper's Penguins and Other Adventures
Michael J. Fox is working again. As is Rebecca Romijn. Sean Penn and Melissa Leo make post-Oscar plans, and a great stage vet gets a potentially good role. More »
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oscars
Did India's TV Censors De-Gay Dustin Lance Black's Acceptance Speech?
For every questionable Oscars moment requiring the host to poke his head through a gloryhole and belt out a song about pubic hair, there was another demonstrating genuine emotion and class. More » -
jack valenti
Jack Valenti Once on FBI's 10 Most Probably Gay List
It's been two years since silver-maned MPAA drum-beater Jack Valenti passed to the great ratings board in the sky, where he's been gleefully defending the afterlife's classification system. (Heaven: PG-13 for strong language, partial angel-nudity.) More » -
demetri martin
How To Go From Stand-Up To Star of An Ang Lee Movie in Two Easy Steps
It's every actor's (and visual-aid-friendly comedian's) dream: James Schamus calls you up out of the blue, and asks you to come in for a "general meeting." More »
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By SethComment by The Velvet Blog: Martin is 35 years old. Look at that face and tell me he looks anything near that. For that alone, I hate... 2 Responses | Other threads
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gays
Witnesses Report Another Boy Bander Abducted by Gay.F.O.
A nation of 37ish, backwards-looking women screams out in agony today, tearing posters down from their office cubicles and hurling NKOTB-themed Trapper Keepers out the nearest window: The dream is officially over. More »
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By SethComment by JerseyCurl: He couldn't be the infamous Toothy Tile, could he? 5 Responses | Other threads
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gays
'House' Actress Victim Of Rare Viewers Who Hate Hot Lesbian Sex
After Olivia Wilde's O.C. appearance established her as "the actress you hire to have lesbian sex scenes midway through a TV drama's run," she's found her unique wares haven't gone over as well at House. More »
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gays
Tyra Banks Honored by GLAAD As She Attempts To Build Queeniest Biosphere Ever
GLAAD has announced that their annual "excellence in media" award will be going to Tyra Banks. No, seriously! This honor comes as word leaks about Banks's most insanely gaysploitive project yet. More »
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ratings
ABC Gaywashers Now Waving Brush In 'Ugly Betty's' Direction
Since Grey's Anatomy has been almost totally same-sex scrubbed, the ABC series remaining with the gayest sensibility is the Thursday night mainstay Ugly Betty. Now, even that show is in some incredibly butch danger. More »
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gays
The Best Hollywood Man-On-Man Kisses Of All Time
In honor of the Oscar nominations, we're launching a new feature: Movie Montages You'll Never See at the Academy Awards. What better way to kick things off than with this steamy gallery of men kissing? More » -
sundance
Did A Disguised Joaquin Phoenix Crash This Gay Sundance Party?
Many of you have wondered if the eccentric douchebag featured recently in our Sundance quotes roundup was none other than newly minted faux-idiot Joaquin Phoenix. Let's examine the evidence! More » -
sundance
Was Sundance's Prop 8 Compromise Just Lip Service?
After Proposition 8 passed and some in the film community were calling for a Sundance boycott, fest director Geoff Gilmore promised to take special steps to appease their concerns about supporting anti-gay businesses. Did he? More » -
gays
Meet the Man Who Gay-Married Ellen!
The eternally marriage-minded Ellen DeGeneres booked the man who performed her own wedding as a guest today. Who is this allegedly famous, bestselling author? Basically, he's Rick Warren for people who do yoga. More »
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Comment by icallthebigonebitey: It's incredibly shocking that Total Narcissist Ellen DeGeneres would have her spiritual guide/life coach/sycophantic enabler on her show. I hope... 1 Responses | Other threads
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olsen twins
Olsen twins' new career: judging drag queens on cable. [NYDN]
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gays
Gaywashed 'Grey's' Now Ready To Fire Anyone Who's Ever Watched 'Girls Gone Wild'
The gaywashing continues! Today brings news of Grey's Anatomy's umpteenth gay-related downsizing. Watch out, actors: Gay in real life? Marginalized. Gay on the show? Fired. Listened to an Indigo Girls song once? Decapitated on-screen, surely! More »
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Comment by RocketRockit: She's clearly leaving to check into some sort of mental institution. Heigl is "the most beautiful creature on Earth"?... 2 Responses | Other threads
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feuds
Hathaway Vs. Obama: It's On
Just before Anne Hathaway received Mary Hart's advice to shut up and bleach, the actress was on the Palm Springs red carpet with stern words for onetime paramour Barack Obama. More » -
breakups
Lindsay Lohan Forgets to Tell Rep to Deny Breakup
After Access Hollywood reported on the breakup between Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson (and TMZ independently confirmed it) one might expect Lohan and her rep to put up a high-profile, united front of denial. -
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Lindsay Lohan Ends Barely Acknowledged Same-Sex Relationship
Set down your water bottle. Halt your DJ set. Doff your fedora and bow your head. The romance between Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson is no more, says Access Hollywood.
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gays
Mickey Rourke to Sean Penn: 'No, YOU'RE the Homophobe'
As this year's Best Actor race begins to winnow down toward a Mickey Rourke/Sean Penn face-off, Rourke has cleverly masked his one misstep—calling a journalist a "faggot"—by casting texted aspersions toward his rival.
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Comment by WorldOfHurt: They could squash all of this by making out at the Golden Globes. 1 Responses | Other threads
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feuds
Kim Kardashian Feeling Litigious Over Courtney Love's Lump of Gay-Bashing Coal
When Courtney Love accused Kim Kardashian's brother of a hate crime, we anticipated the latter would continue the blog war with a rebuttal—we just didn't expect how cagey the response would ultimately be.
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Comment by tmp00: Did Kim text this while driving Reggie's Escalade over some accident victims on her way to her "DWTS" rehearsal? I'm Team... more » | Other threads
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courtney love
Courtney Love is Keeping Up with the Kardashians' Hate Crimes
Perhaps looking to shore up her gay bona fides after the "No, I voted Yes on 8" debacle, Courtney Love has broken her vow of blogging silence to report a Kardashian-fueled gay bashing.
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Comment by Cultmember: Village of the Damned....where are they now? 1 Responses | Other threads
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gays
Why Can't Ellen Page Just Hug a Woman With Her Legs On-Screen?
After teasing America's sapphic set with power lesbian proximity and a hint-filled SNL sketch, Ellen Page doused their rubyfruit dreams by canceling her upcoming lesbian werewolf flick. Now, word comes of a same-sex replacement!
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Comment by Colander: I'm not sure if America is ready for a lesbian movie that doesn't require an AdultKey. 2 Responses | Other threads
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gays
Let Anne Hathaway Save Your Gay Wedding!
Though Anne Hathaway offers herself up as a drinking buddy for the low price of $12,000, you can retain her services as a wedding hero for free — at least, if you're her gay brother.
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gays
Jay Leno to Wanda Sykes: 'I Made You Gay'
Nature, nurture, or Leno? That was the question last night when Jay Leno hosted the newly out (and pissed at Proposition 8) Wanda Sykes.
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Comment by Magister: I haven't heard anything from my neighbors, but out here in the heartland, I thought it was pretty clear that... 2 Responses | Other threads
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chelsea handler
Chelsea Handler Calls Tori Spelling a Faux Fag Hag
Gay men used to be known for their powers of artistic discernment, granting a priceless cultural imprimatur on the only trends, films, and iconic women who deserved it. No longer! Now, when even a reality show fourth banana like Audrina Patridge can have gays flinging themselves onto the pavement of Santa Monica Blvd. in a desperate attempt to be her new BFF, the standards for gay adoration have reached a watermark so low that it wouldn't even reach the hem of $220 capri pants. Thus it is that Tori Spelling has seen fit to anoint herself as a modern-day gay icon, an honor that E! talk show host Chelsea Handler tells The Advocate is simply canny marketing:
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Comment by Colonel Mustard: FAR be it from me to defend Tori Spelling, but she DID appear in Trick and acquitted herself rather hilariously... 3 Responses | Other threads
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brad pitt
Brad Pitt Gives a Clooney-Questing Ellen Some Man-on-Man Tips
Hypersexual lesbian temptress Ellen DeGeneres usually keeps her daytime chat show somewhat neutered, but today's Brad Pitt interview (beamed via satellite from New Orleans, where he was busy building homeless shelters using only the telekinetic energy stored up in each ab) really brought out the gay.
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Comment by TillieHarper: We the Blacks...Niggmata (I Have Holes in My Soul): I really love that he's building homes, but do they have to be so very hideous. I can pretty much guarantee... 3 Responses | Other threads
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gays
Finally: The Star-Studded Anti-Prop 8 Musical We've All Been Waiting For
History has show us that, when faced with adversity, less-fabulous civilizations' first response is force; more fully evolved, showtune-revering peoples, meanwhile, respond by PUTTING ON A MUSICAL!!! And so it goes with the ongoing battle for gay marriage acceptance in California, with Hairspray and South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut composer Marc Shaiman, in association with The Sacramento Community College Players, mounting Prop 8 - The Musical. It might be an exercise in literal choir-preaching written "six weeks later than he shoulda," but that doesn't make it any less of a heartwarming experience—at moments capable of sending jolts of pure theatrical electricity up your spine (we expect that to be hanging from a placard if this ever makes it to Broadway). And, let's face it, it's cheaper than tickets to the Celine Dion Taking Chances World Tour. Turn it into a game by trying to identify famous faces in the cast, then checking the credits at Funny or Die to see how many you got right.
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By SethComment by Huge Tracts of Land: Thanks for doing this after the election! Wheeeeeeee! 3 Responses | Other threads
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dancing with the stars
Roasted Bass The Special Of The Day On 'Dancing' Finale
We were shocked to learn that Dancing with the Stars continued its search for America's Next Top Cha Cha-ing Z-Lister after Cloris Leachman was unceremoniously ejected from the proceedings. (Did they really have to insist her partner grab her by her limbs, spin her around, and launch her into the bleachers? That still seems excessively harsh to us.) But continue it did, and multi-purpose, large-breasted Hollywood personality Brooke Burke deservedly took the show's coveted disco ball trophy. More »
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By SethComment by Old No.7: Some marketing genius needs to have Lance & Clay go on the road together, and call it Oh, My Aiken-Bass... 3 Responses | Other threads
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proposition 8
He Speaks! Ever since his Proposition 8 contribution came to light, LA Film Fest director Richard Raddon has maintained radio silence. Now, with his resignation confirmed, he's finally issued a statement about the brouhaha. We've got it for you after the jump: More »
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Comment by TryThisAtHome: I voted no on prop 8, but I really don't understand why people have to resign from their posts if... 13 Responses | Other threads
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proposition 8
Following His 'Yes on 8' Donation, LA Film Fest Director Richard Raddon Resigns
For all the rumblings about a Cinemark boycott at Sundance or an El Coyote fatwa after the anti-gay Proposition 8 passed, one troubling scenario hit a little closer to home for a newly mobilized gay Hollywood. Almost two weeks ago, it came to light that LA Film Festival director Richard Raddon gave $1500 to the "Yes on 8" cause, a revelation that caused Raddon to tender his resignation to Film Independent. At the time, the board did not accept Raddon's offer, though the move didn't quite stem the debate over Raddon's future and whether a potential boycott would devastate the festival when it returns next summer. Now, David Poland breaks word of a new development. More »
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Comment by MCU: Uh, Bill? A lot of people are hate African Americans and Jews because, to them, it's a religious issue,... 1 Responses | Other threads
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snl
Seth Meyers's Gay 'SNL' Damage Control Interview
Last week's SNL had no less than eight sketches featuring gay themes or gay content. The comedy in these sketches, without exception, derived from one of three premises: 1. Men kissing or otherwise enjoying each other's bodies. 2. Men acting effeminately. 3. Men describing the sex they've had with other men. And then there was that part where Seth Meyers silenced the anti-Prop 8 audience by telling then, "OK. Vote's over." All this led us to describe the proceedings as a gay minstrel show. More »
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prop 8
BREAKING: Six of seven CA Supreme Court agreed today to review the legal challenges to Prop 8 brought by married same-sex couples. Until they rule, all further same-sex marriages are suspended, and the status of those already wed remains to be determined. What are the chances they'll overturn the challenge? Slim, but they have done so in the past: "In 1966, the California Supreme Court struck down an initiative that would have permitted racial discrimination in housing. Voters had approved the measure, a repeal of a fair housing law, by a 2-to-1 margin." Hang in there, D.L. Hughley—we realize how confusing all of this can be! [LAT]
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By SethComment by Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.: Why did none of the bigots notice that their logo is obviously 2 dads with 2 kids before they had... 1 Responses | Other threads
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ben silverman
Kim Masters Attempts to Lay Out Defamer-Sourced Case for Ben Silverman's Homosexuality
We consider ourselves connoisseurs of beleaguered (but enthusiastic!) NBC chief Ben Silverman, so we were a little surprised when we heard that Kim Masters had published a rumor roundup on The Daily Beast today that included three whole paragraphs tracking speculation that Silverman might be gay. Had our gaydar been scrambled by distinctly unfabulous shows like My Own Worst Enemy and Project Lipstick, we wondered? Then we read the article, in which Masters (citing Defamer as her primary source) appears to lay out her entire same-sex case by mistaking some of our "funny ha-has" for actual, industry-pervading rumors: More »
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Comment by PunnyMcGee: Hasn't Tina Fey said there are about four characters on "30 Rock" that are vaguely based on Ben Silverman... most... 1 Responses | Other threads
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prop 8
Race-And-Gay-Baiting ABC Reporter Susan Donaldson James Unclear On Concept Of 'Double Indemnity'
ABCNews.com was way ahead of the Prop 8 curve, promoting early debate on what would evolve into the hot button topic of the day with such non-award-winning reportage from the front lines of the sexual-orientation culture wars as "Stars' Gay Marriage Possible Career Suicide," and "H'wood's Bisexual Double Standard: Hot for Girls, Gross for Guys." Today, they once again enter the emotional fray, with a sensitively argued think-piece entitled "Prop 8 Sparks Gay-Black Divide: Wanda Sykes Comes Out Amid Black Homophobia and Interracial Division Between Gays." It begins: More »
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By SethComment by MissNormaDesmond: I think the writer probably meant "double jeopardy", but was unable to come up with the correct phrase, due to... 4 Responses | Other threads
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stephen baldwin
Stephen Baldwin Comes Around on Obama, Still Hates Gays
After all our trouble wrangling up moving boxes and change-of-address forms, Stephen Baldwin has officially reversed his decision to relocate to Canada. Reports this morning say that the bitter Republican convert was just joking about that pre-election pledge to head north in the instance of a Barack Obama victory, adding that the whole mess amounted to less a broken promise than yet another grave misunderstanding by humorless liberals. Whoops! Now we're told he even likes Obama: More » -
snl
SNL's Gay Minstrel Show
Where do you mine for easy laughs when you no longer have the most satirizable election in history at your disposal? In SNL's case, that would be the Gays, a topic this week's Paul Rudd-hosted episode visited and revisited so often, we lost count. And where does the show stand on the subject, in this, arguably the most important week for gay civil rights in history? Enjoy the highlight reel above, accompanied by this handy synopsis: More »
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By SethComment by DarkKnightShyamalan: And the minstrel show comparison isn't even quite accurate, since those were about black people parodying themselves for the benefit... 16 Responses | Other threads
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gays
Wanda Sykes: So In Favor of Gay Marriage That She Had One Herself
Though Wanda Sykes has taped PSAs asking us to never again use the phrase, "That's so gay," we hope she'll make an exception in this case, because you know what's so gay? Wanda Sykes! The comedian has been a constant presence at the anti-Prop 8 marches in Los Angeles over the last week and a half, but on Saturday, she popped up at a Las Vegas rally and officially came out as a lesbian. What's more, she revealed that she went ahead and married a woman in October — and it wasn't Julia Louis-Dreyfus! Yes, we just made a joke about a New Adventures of Old Christine plotline. We're sure that five of you are very pleased. After the jump, relive the biggest hint Sykes ever gave us — her riff on gay marriage from the stand-up special Sick and Tired: More »
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Comment by NoWireHangers: I've always liked Wanda Sykes. It's great that she came out, because as Prop 8 brought to light, homophobia is... 3 Responses | Other threads
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trade roundup
Stop The H8 With Super-Breath!
· Showtime and Stan Lee are indeed developing a drama about the life of a gay superhero, as Hero author Perry Moore hinted back in May. And he just happens to be gay, OK? He's not, like, Poppers Boy or Wonder Trannie. [Variety] More » -
proposition 8
'No on 8' Lunch At El Coyote Even Worse Than Their Fajita Plate
We'd previously teased today's El Coyote throwdown between "Yes on 8"-donating manager Marjorie Chrisoffersen and a crowd of gays hungry not for quesadillas but for vengeance; now, word has come out about the confrontation, and it sounds like things went not so well. The blog Shut Up! I Know! has a first-person account: More »
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Comment by hedur: once again this idea that liberals are open-minded has been debunked. they're open minded until ANYONE disagrees with them.... 5 Responses | Other threads
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bruno
Meet Tomorrow's Asher-Shtupping Stars Of 'Bruno' Today!
As we've learned from his last big screen effort, Sacha Baron Cohen employs a wide variety of low-tech tricks to sell his comedy illusions. For example, to create those Borat Polaroids in which his face grazed his teenage son's exposed manhood, a gay porn star was hired who looked young enough to be the Kazakh's spawn. But with follow-up Bruno, the stakes and degree of technical difficulty have upped considerably. More » -
proposition 8
No, Courtney Love Didn't Not Vote No on Prop 8. Yes?
Last week, addled ghost flapper Courtney Love celebrated the elections the best way she knew how: with a confused blog entry indicating she mistakenly voted "yes" on the anti-gay Proposition 8. Not one to let Drew Barrymore and James Franco hog all the credit, Love has now posted a series of blog updates meant to rectify the matter: More »
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