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Anybody know what's really going on with "Noah's Arc" these days? The movie? A third season? Umm, Noah...???
Noah's Arc fans get a bit of an update today thanks to a new story posted on AfterElton.com, which examines the future of the Logo series, Noah's Arc. Is a third season ever gonna happen? Are the plans for a Noah's Arc feature film for real? And how does that make fans feel? All of this (and more) get the editorial treatment in the piece, which quotes from gay African-American notables like bloggers Rod McCullum and Jasmyne Cannick.
If you're de-ga-ga for Noah and the guys, you'll wanna check it out.
    
Fragile young women will begin battle tonight as they aspire to achieve the versatility and high-quality wig-adhesion which is known as Miss Tyra Banks.
Tonight, she comes...
Along with 13 crazy young ladies ready to cry and stumble and be inducted into the cult of Tyra for the next few months. Saddle up, cowgirls... Cycle 8 is upon us!
The lads at the AfterElton blog have few comments about the coming season. And you know that this one will be on it...
 
Yes, Virginia... There is a big Aqua Girl pool party with your name on it!
Virginia Woolf, a pioneer of feminist thought and an artistic visionary, wrote of the importance of a woman being able to find “a room of one’s own”—a space that is exclusively hers to create and think and establish herself as an independent entity. That was in 1929.
Flash forward almost 80 years and I’d like to think if she were alive today, instead of filling her pockets with heavy stones and wandering into the River Ouse to end it all, Ms. Woolf would be in a less gloomy mood, and she'd line up with pockets full of drink tickets at the Splash Bash Pool Party at Orlando’s Gay Day premiere women’s weekend, Girls in Wonderland. Or maybe she’d rock Palm Springs for Girl Bar Dinah Shore Week, or hit the Club Skirts parties at The Dinah. Or maybe she’s gather up her gal pals—Vita Sackville-West, Violet Dickinson, and suffragette Ethel Smyth, for starters—and haul their Bloomsbury bums over to the Aqua Girl parties in South Beach. (Let’s see Nicole Kidman put on a fake nose and play that, aiiiight?)
More major party pics and info after the jump...
Continue reading "Lesbian Spring Break 2007! (And Then Some...)" »
Rest easy, folks. Aquaman and Superman are on hand to make sure NY Comic Con goes smoothly. And really gayish-ly.
This past weekend legions of men in tights and women in sensible shoes wielding Buffy paraphernalia took to NYC's Jacob Javits Center. Yep, it was time for NY Comic Con and esteemed homo writer extraordinaire Lawrence Ferber was among them.
Comic books aren’t just for geeks anymore, although there were certainly a hearty share of them on hand at the New York Comic Con. In between the husky Jedi's urgently twirling their light sabers in friendly battle, and spandex-clad superheroes and Star Wars characters striking poses for impromptu photo calls, all shade of queer navigated the aisles of comics, big movie displays and previews (for the likes of Fantastic Four 2, Hills Have Eyes 2, and Hostel 2), celebrity signing booths, and, well, seriously hot nerd boys and girls.
Continue reading "NY Comic Con Invaded By Gays!" »
VH1’s The Agency takes you behind the scenes of the worklife of a NYC modeling firm. Those folks are crazy and relentless. Except for gay boss Sean Patterson (center, above - in the red V-neck sweater), the guy who runs the place. He’s, like, smooth and cool. Read how he got that way...
The histrionics of The Agency cast members aside... Details magazine says: “Gay Men Make Better Bosses!” Who are we to argue?
What if you’re a young lawyer in a super-intense, workaholic, dog-eat-dog, corporate law firm? And you get a gay slur tossed at you? There may be no easy answers, as one up-and-coming NYC attorney is finding out. (Maybe he needs a gay boss, eh?)
Plus, more job-related gay stuff after the jump...
Continue reading "Gay at Work: Queer Bosses, Gay Slurs & More!" »
U.K. rapper QBoy is joining forces with England's Channel 4 to educate the youngters via podcasts. Woot woot!
QBoy is a rapper from the U.K. who’s been working the rap/pop biz for a bit now. He’s cheeky and up-front and pretty fun.(Think a gay take on The Streets, perhaps. Or a British Cazwell?) And QBoy’s “doin’ it for the kids” this week.
Meaning, since the Brits are often a bit more progressive with some matters regarding gayness, this week one of the big mainstream TV and radio networks in the U.K., Channel 4, is sponsoring its own “Gay Teen Sexuality Week” in which they’re offering podcasts (via Channel 4 Radio) all about being a gay teen and the issues that brings. QBoy’s hosting the podccasts, which you can get via Channel 4’s site. (You just have to quickly register, and then you’re good to go.)
Perhaps one of the things QBoy will advise the kids is about the importance of wearing clean underwear. A practice he seems fond of promoting personally.
And of course, you can hear QBoy's tunes on his site, and you can watch some QBoy's video clips if ya want, too (yep, hit MySpace). AND, he's going to be traveling with Deadlee and other homo rappers on the HomoRevolution Tour that takes on the American Southwest starting on March 29th.
Peace.
 
Actor Jeffrey Carlson (left) is playing All My Children's transgender character Zoe; on March 9th, he'll be joined by real-life trans writer/activitst Jenny Boylan (right) in a very special episode. Cool, eh?
All My Children is still following through with its Zarf/Zoe storyline. And while Zoe (as she's known now, and played to the hilt by actor Jeffrey Carlson) has been caught up in all the usual soap opera drama (coming out, accused of murder, arrested, beaten in a park, obsessively in love with Bianca, the town's beloved lesbian) the show seems committed to fully exploring Zoe's journey as a trans person. On March 9th, the show will feature an episode wherein actual real-life transgender actors and actresses will play themselves in a scene in which Zoe attends a support group for trans people, dealing with transitioning and telling their own stories.
One factor that bodes well is that participating in the episode is writer and Colby College professor Jennifer Finney Boylan (she's been on Oprah and Larry King), who's penned the book, She's Not There: A Life in Two Genders, a wise and funny account of her own transition. She's awesome. Go AMC!
And if you want to rock out with Zarf/Zoe, check out these videos on YouTube, which are musical tributes to Jeffrey Carlson's blonde and bodacious trans soap queen. They're pretty great.
Go Zoe, go!
Designer Chris Benz (here with his designer pal, Ashleigh Verrier, right) is a young womenswear mogul on the rise. For real.
With all the crazy Oscar gowns on parade last night (Yep, Nicole Kidman’s big red bow was bonkers, yo.) I was taken by the cool and cozy designs of up-and-coming designer Chris Benz’s looks for women this fall. (Actually, I saw him featured on Refinery 29’s cool site, but I know when I see something refreshing and promising.) Benz debuted his line (he’d been a designer at J. Crew for a couple of years previously) during this past NY Fashion Week, and drew some good notice then, too.
The Seattle-raised youngster is one of NYC’s sharpest design stars, and the look of his line is slightly grunge-meets-Great Gatsby. Meaning, I can totally see the hipster chicks in my Williamsburg neighborhood rocking these pieces, as well as smart uptown girls. And given how this model is totally giving up Kim Stolz hotness in these clothes, it’s obvious that stylin’ lesbians would serve up some Benz quite nicely, too. (The NY Times used the term “tomboy” for Benz’s designs. I rest my case.)
  
  
Whatever... The clothes are great. And what you’re seeing here are some of his Fall 2007 looks. Plus he cites Wednesday Addams as a major fashion inspiration. Love that.
Check his site for more info and fun press clips.
Cheers!
Ed (out in front) and the boys of Grizzly Bear get neck-deep in weirdness in their gorgeously shot new video!
Brooklyn’s Grizzly Bear, the ambient/rock/moody-pop guys led by gay dude Ed Droste and whose album, Yellow House, ended up on some “best of 2006” lists at the end of the year, have released a video for their single “Knife.” I love the song; it’s beautiful and ethereally romantic, but with a really solid, melodic structure.
And the video? It’s crrrraaazzzy. It’s beautifully filmed and will most likely kind of creep you out with all the weirdly dismorphic things going on in it. There are fleshy bits, and large anal-looking cavities in the desert and big contraptions that mulch up squidgy sausage bits and...
 
See? This odd desert rock/shiny bejeweled beast pulls some crystals out of an orifice, and then they sink down into the chest of the bearded guy. And then it really gets interesting!
Just see for yourself. The band is in the midst of a tour around the U.S. Check them out if they’re near you.
 
Women on Top: Jennifer Hudson and Melissa Etheridge both scored Oscars last night, resulting in gay rejoicing all over the place.
The Oscars last night seemed fantastically lesbian to me... Ellen DeGeneres hosted! Melissa Etheridge won for Best Song and planted one on her wife, Tammy Lynn Michaels and thanked her excitedly once onstage. And I don't know the story behind that costume designer, Milena Canonero, who won the Best Costume Design Oscar for Marie Antoinette, but she was very cool (and channelling Judy Davis as George Sand, in that froofy costume drama-comedy Impromptu about 16 years ago). Loved that...
Love this shot! Oscar winning costume designer Milena Canonero (for Marie Antoinette) seems quite taken with her presenters, Emily Blunt and Anne Hathaway. Who can blame her, eh?
I was happy to see J-Hud win for Best Supporting Actress... And I was sorry Eddie Murphy didn't win, but there ya go.
But in other major gay movie news, the results from all of LogoOnline's Queer Year Polls are in. AND... Gay America (and elsewhere, I'm thinking...) totally voted for Helen Mirren, Jennifer Hudson and Forest Whitaker to all win Oscars! Yay! But us gays also voted for Eddie Murphy to win for Best Supporting Actor, and for Little Miss Sunshine to win Best Picture, so... Urf.
But even more fun might just be the non-Oscar-related categories that the gays voted for. The full list (and I mean full... it's long) is after the jump. Check 'em out. Turns out the gays love a sexy James Bond, and an even sexier (given the enthusiastic vote) Lost-star turned Bloodrayne warrior (meaning the women are liiiiving for Michelle Rodriguez). And you voted The Devil Wears Prada for Best Comedy and Children of Men as Best Drama, and Shortbus as Sexiest Movie, and Borat's rump-smooching won for Best Kiss and...
Awww, just check out all the gabby details, already...
And, go online to watch Queer Year in Film videos of our Logo panel gabbing deliriously about the year in Movies. (Full disclosure: I'm in the videos. Ack!)
Continue reading "The Oscars & Logo's Queer Year Winners!" »
Gisele and Emily and all the intense fashionistas at Runway Magazine are voting in the Queer Year polls online... Don't let them steer the ballots! Sound off for Effie! Or whoever!
Consider yourself warned… Just in case the Oscars weren’t already like the gay version of the Super Bowl already (even in a non-Brokeback year such as this) the kids at Logo are looking to make it even moreso this weekend. Knowing how much you love to sound off on who you think should win an Oscar, which movie star is the hottest, which action sequence was the best, which character is most likely to inspire drag queens, etc... They’ve jacked up an entire slew of movie and Oscar-related polls online, where you can go and vote on all of these things. Plus, you can see the results of how everyone else has voted, like, instantly.
There are also tons of photo flipbooks where you can check out photos of all the Oscar nominees, look back at all the gay characters on film from the past year, see best-dressed and worst-dressed round-ups.
More on the polls and Queer Year mania after the jump!
Continue reading "Who Should Win the Oscar? What's the Best Gay Film? Vote Online Gays, Vote!" »
The big red carpet gets rolled out yesterday at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood. Oscar time's a-comin'!!!
It’s officially Oscar Weekend. And the buzz is building. But don’t just take my word for it... The headlines are full of Oscar fodder:
Is this the year of the Foreign Films?
Are limos going “green” for Sunday’s ceremony?
Have the Oscars been hijacked by the YouTube generation?
Has Chris Rock been advising Ellen on how to host the big show?
And is Ellen ready for the big gig? (Duh... Yep!)
And check out this story... Not only will trophy handlers be pretty women during the Oscar telecast. There’s gonna be a cute trophy dude, model Eric Weldon. Yahoo! (go to page 2 in the story)
Model Eric Weldon: Is that an Oscar in your pocket or are you just happy to see him?
Wanna check the Oscar Odds? Go here.
And attention Oscar nominees: Look for this in your gift bag! Your rack will thank you!
And back to Ellen: She’s hoping for some impromptu nudity at this year’s show: 'I would streak, but I'm bloated.' " Yippee!
Ellen: "I'd give my Emmy for some spontaneous nudity at the Oscars!" Or something like that...
Hilary Duff rocks New York's Fashion Week. Lizzie Maguire in the house!
Hmmm... Okay, so maybe Hilary Duff isn’t considered a crazily beloved gay icon in the way that many of today’s pop music/movie star divas are. After all, so far she’s best known as a TV and movie star of kid-friendly fare like Lizzie Maguire and Cheaper By the Dozen, or super-girly flicks like Material Girls or A Cinderella Story. And her tunes from her debut solo album Metamorphosis were full-on pop, with the single “Come Clean” getting used as the theme song from the sudsy MTV reality drama Laguna Beach. But she’s got a new album coming on April 3rd, from which she’s released a first single “Play With Fire” (complete with a Kylie-esque video–and dance remixes, too) and now a second single, “With Love.” Her new tunes have a more raw, electro-pop, and decidedly dance-flavored feel... So is she trying to rope in the gays?
Why not ask her? Ms. Duff—who’s also a fragrance magnate and who oversees a thriving line of clothes for girls—was was at MTV recently taping an episode of TRL and doing some album promo stuff, and bizarrely, I snagged a few minutes for a quick interview with the star who’s worshipped by pre-teen girls (and who also snagged the affections of Aaron Carter and Good Charlotte’s Joel Madden). She sounded off on gay stuff, her music, the raucous antics of other nightclubbing young female celebs, Hillary Clinton vs. Hilary Swank, and why gothed-out Barneys sales clerks love her. And, she divulged that she may be performing at a certain snow-tinged bash out in Palm Springs this April.
Welcome to Duff Gardens, y’all!
Continue reading "Hilary Duff = Gay Icon? An Interview!" »
90210's Ian Ziering. Will "Dance" on ABC... Once he's finished with that tasty bottle of Hpnotiq.
And by “sort of” I mean... God bless former cast members of 90210 and achey-breaky country music stars, but this next season’s roster of contestants on Dancing with the Stars isn’t exactly blinding in its star power. But who knows? Maybe Leeza can cut a rug and maybe Laila Ali can throw some serious dancing punches...
  
  
Sure, they're (ahem) world-class celebrities... But can they lambada? Clockwise from top left: Heather Mills, Billy Ray Cyrus, Apolo Ohno, Leeza Gibbons, Laila Ali & Joey Fatone
New episodes of the show premiere on ABC on March 19, if you’re interested. The full list of celebrity-ish dancers will include champion boxer (and Muhammad’s kid) Laila Ali, Billy Ray Cyrus, NBA veteran Clyde Drexler, N*SYNC alum (and friend of Lance) Joey Fatone, former Miss USA Shandi Finnessey, talk show host Leeza Gibbons, Paul McCartney’s soon-to-be ex Heather Mills, Olympic speed skater Apolo Anton Ohno, Sopranos star Vincent Pastore, supermodel Paulina Porizkova, and 90210 star Ian Ziering.
Urgh...
Freeze, foxy people! Reno 911's Lt. Dangle, Deputy Wiegel and Deputy Travis Junior are coming to talk some gay news...
The guys over at CBS News on Logo run a tight ship. These guys are serious, dedicated, hard-news aficionados who are fearless in their quest to track down a story. And over the last few weeks I’ve been digging the in-depth reports that CBS News on Logo anchor Jason Bellini has been filing in his new vlog, Jason Bellini’s Here & Now. He’s filed interviews with NBA star John Amaechi, deconstructed the news fuss over the Dick Cheney/Wolf Blitzer kerfluffle, and has examined the evolving 2008 Presidential race and what it holds in store for gay voters.
But today might be my favorite vlog posting so far! Freeze, y’all—because the cops from Reno 911 pay a visit to the CBS News Studios. Their feature film, Reno 911!: Miami – The Movie comes out in theaters tomorrow. But if you need to get your short-shorts fix on right about now, go here and watch Jason’s pretty fun behind-the-scenes vlog visit with Lt. Jim Dangle, Deputy Trudy Wieigel, and Deputy Travis Junior (who I gotta admit, I kinda have a crush on).
More on Reno 911's hot cops and Jason's vlog after the jump...
Continue reading "Reno 911! Cracks Down on CBS News on Logo" »
 
German bears love movies! Especially when they're the "Golden Bears" at the Berlin Film Fest. Queer movies like "The Bubble" (featuring its four scantily clad leads, above) got screened and shown love at last week's cinematic showdown.
NEWSFLASH! This past week bear chasers stormed Berlin! But the bears they were chasing weren’t (always) hirsute daddy-types. Instead, these folks were hoping for the prizes at the Berlinale, aka the Berlin Film Festival—the annual film-fest which convenes this time every year to screen movies from all over, and to dole out awards like the Golden Bear and, in the case of gay-themed films, the Teddys.
One of the most important film festivals in the world – along with Cannes and Sundance – Berlin officially recognizes its LGBT films and filmmakers with the annual Teddy Awards, given out especially to the best queer films of the year’s entries. Writer Lawrence Ferber (who's, like, one of the most plugged-in, film-going gays on the planet) attended this year's Berlin Film Fest and penned this write up. Which you're gonna love...
And yes, this year's Berlin movie-madness featured quite a few buzz-worthy queer works...
Read all about it after the jump!
Continue reading "Berlin Celebrates "Bear" Culture (With a Film Festival!)" »
  
And the winners are... Helen, Forest & Jennifer? Or not? What do YOU think?
Okay, you already knew that in living rooms, bars and coffee klatsches from coast to coast, gays gather to watch The Oscars each year, with everyone weighing on who they want to win, who they think will win, and who they think should win. This year’s the gays at Logo are looking to take your voting out of your house and into the online-o-sphere!
Yep, head now to LogoOnline and you can sound off on who you think should win an Oscar this year. Should Dame Helen be crowned The Queen of Hollywood, or should the Prada-draped Devil known as Meryl Streep take home the prize? Will indie fave Forest Whitaker score a golden scepter thanks to his regal role as The Last King of Scotland? And is there any doubt that Jennifer Hudson will be telling everyone that she’s not going home without an Oscar?
There's more after the jump, film-lovers!!!
Continue reading "Gay America Votes on the Oscars!" »
Hope you're having a WICKED-cool Tuesday...
Don’t be alarmed. The NNN blog isn’t feeling a bit woozy or horribly hungover or turning into an avocado or a mojito today (though that latter option sounds fun). Nope, you’re seeing green because for the next while, the blog is being sponsored by those gravity-defying witchy types at the musical Wicked, which just this week is opening in sunny Los Angeles at the Pantages Theater in Hollywood.
More details after the jump, some video links, and a furry little monkey who's very happy to see you!
Continue reading "GOING GREEN: Wicked Flies into L.A., Dorothy Gets Nervous, Brooms All the Rage" »
 
These are the gayest pics I could find of Washington and Lincoln. George is rocking some pastel interiors (and those tights! those shoes! that sassy pose!) and Abe is all like, "I have one thing to say... You better EMANCIPATE!"
Happy President's Day! I'm not officially working today, so how about a bit of info to get your patriotic juices flowing. Or something...
Here's a list of activities and topics that will keep you busy. (Think gay civil unions, remember gay pioneers who've passed, give props to our transgender comrades, and discuss--yes, still--Britney's hair.)
Continue reading "President's Day Buzz Bits: NJ Gay Unions, Past Pioneers & Shaved Pop Stars" »
Lily Allen at the Brit Awards in London this past Wednesday.
For the past few months, just about every human (including the gay ones) with good musical taste in the free world has been going nuts for up-and-coming British pop starlet Lily Allen and her recently released album, Alright, Still. She’s spunkily cute, rocks a poofy dress and sneakers like no one else, is bracingly frank and sassy when she’s mouthing off to the press, and her music is a totally irresistible blend of all of the best elements of ska, pop, rock and rap. It’s super-melodic, the beats are catchy and inventive, the lyrics are sharp, wry and funny and the entire attitude of all of her work is cheeky, colorful and intensely appealing. Yup, she rocks!
So, I was stoked to discover last night that I’d get a few minutes (like, five) on the phone with this brand new international pop star. Tonight she performs in Washington, D.C. and this Sunday she’s in Boston, so check her out if you can. You can get started by watching her "Smile" video here.
And click further to read our super-quick conversation from this morning. Enjoy!
Continue reading "Exclusive: Lily Allen Interview!" »
 
Out NBA veteran John Amaechi (left), and his big-mouthed detractor, Tim Hardaway (right).
It’s been an up and down day for gay issues and homphobia in the news...
While gays in Mexico and Italy have staged successful events celebrating new strides in gay rights, other places are still struggling with queer issues and discrimination in a big way.
Today the media is abuzz with the ridiculously homophobic comments made by former NBA star Tim Hardaway, who responded with fervor when asked during a radio interview in Miami about how he felt about his former NBA-colleague, John Amaechi, who recently came out of the closet. Among Hardaway’s statements were: “You know, I hate gay people, so I let it be known. I don’t like gay people and I don’t like to be around gay people. I’m homophobic. I don’t like it. It shouldn’t be in the world or in the United States.”
Okaaay... This led Amaechi himself to respond deftly: "I don't need Tim's comments to realize there's a problem," Amaechi told The Associated Press in a phone interview Thursday. "People said that I should just shut up and go away - now they have to rethink that."
So that discussion is alive and thriving. Also, there was news yesterday about three gay men being attacked by a mob of 2,000 people in Jamaica.
And, just to add to this crappy news... Even here in diverse and super-gay NYC one still finds instances of homophobia (which isn’t news to Kevin Aviance or tragically, Michael Sandy).
A couple of days back, Devon Christopher, the publisher and CEO of the African-American magazine Bleu experienced harassment first-hand as he was berated by a subway worker.
Christopher was attempting to buy a MetroCard to ride the subway at the 125th St. stop of the 4/5/6 train in Harlem. And this, by his own account, is what happened:
Most days I use the MetroCard [vending] machine, however, today the machine’s were not taking credit cards. So I had to go to the booth unfortunately. I asked the agent for a Fun Pass. He replied that he doesn’t have Fun Passes and that I needed to use the machine. I informed him that the machine wasn’t taking credit cards. His response was “That’s not my problem.” We then began the following exchange:
DC: “I’m sorry you are having a bad day. Just let me get a $4 card.”
Agent #12049: “I’m not having a bad day. I just don’t like sissies.”
DC: “Excuse me?”
Agent #12049: “You heard me faggot. Go suck a d**k or something.”
DC: “Step out of the booth. Say it to my face like a man”
The agent then turned on his mic and started saying “FAGGOT, SISSY, FAGGOT, SISSY, FAGGOT, SISSY” repeatedly. The entire station could hear the word exchange.
In a city that I live in, work in, pay taxes and spend money, it is more than insulting to be treated this way by a city worker. In the station there were police officers, but they did nothing. What am I supposed to do? In a city that boasts of diversity, why is it okay for a citizen to be treated this way?
There ya go folks. Life as a gay person today. It's not all parades and makeover shows.
Not sure why Rufus is looking so alarmed... But he's got new music coming soon. As in May...
Attention Rufus-heads! Or, whatever mega-fans of Rufus Wainwright (of which I am one) choose to call themselves...
Some news is out about his forthcoming album, Release the Stars. As I reported a while back it's going to be executive produced by Pet Shop Boy Neil Tennant. And its being mixed by producer Marius DeVries (David Bowie, Björk, Madonna, Melanie C.) and features guest performances by Richard Thompson, actress Sian Phillips, and the very cool, out singer Joan Wasser (who's performed with Antony & The Johnsons, and solo with her Joan As Police Woman show).
And no tracks seem to be available online yet, but here's the track listing for the new album:
"Do I Disappoint You"
"Going to a Town"
"Tiergarten"
"Nobody's Off the Hook"
"Between My Legs"
"Rules and Regulations"
"I'm Not Ready to Love"
"Slideshow"
"Tulsa"
"Leaving for Paris"
"Sanssouci"
"Release the Stars"
Maybe you can catch Rufus do some of these tunes when he performs at Coachella in Indio, CA on April 27th. But the mega-fest is already selling out, so you might wanna get on that.
Parker Posey's gonna play a real Jezebel on TV.
This just in from TV land...
Parker Posey has signed on for a new Fox series for this fall. In the sitcom, The Return of Jezebel James, Posey will play a divorced woman who learns that she can't conceive a child, so she asks her sister to carry a kid for her. The show's producer Amy Sherman-Palladino sez: "Because it's a comedy, the character runs the gamut of emotions from laughing to flipping out to breaking your heart in 22 minutes, and only one in a zillion people has enough skill and charm to pull that off. Parker Posey is that person."
I'm down with that. I'd watch Parker do anything. He-he-helllllloooo! (Anybody remember Party Girl?)
Dashing (and out) actor Chris Sieber is gonna talk to the animals on "Wildlife."
Openly gay actor Christopher Sieber, known for the sitcom, It's All Relative and his work on Broadway in hits like Spamalot and Chicago, has signed on as a zookeeper, the leading role in NBC's comedy, Wildlife. And who says gay actors can't get work, eh?
Carson is going to help women get "Naked" on Lifetime.
Openly gay non-actor (though he's often very entertaining) Carson Kressley has been hired for a new gig. He's going to work for Lifetime, hosting their makeover show, How to Look Good Naked, in which he'll guide women through full-body makeovers that won't include surgery or extreme tactics, but rather will focus on confidence-building techniques. Somehow that includes taking a photograph of the woman in her undies, and posting it larger-than-life on the side of a building and listening to what people say about it. Yikes!
And the award for Hollywood's most gossipy insider goes to...
And finally, I'm sure you're a sucker for awards shows, but don't believe that participating in one is a super-glamorous affair. Rupert Everett is more than happy to burst your bubble:
"Giving an award is one of the most depressing pastimes known to man... You stand in the wings with another publicity starved celebrity in borrowed jewels. You breeze onto the set to one or other of your famous theme tunes. And after the award is doled out? ...You all sweep off stage and give interviews in the VIP area about vulnerability and becoming a better person (than anyone else), flogging your latest product in between the lies."
Ack!!!
Thanks, Rupe!
OK GO at The Grammys: They've got this fashion/red carpet thing down.
Hot off their Grammy win for Best Short Form Video and continuing with their tacky, yet oh so kitschy wallpaper theme (see the first video for “Do What You Want”, the video for “Invincible,” their amazing live show, and their logo – need I go on?) Ok Go, the kings of the “one-take video” have done it again. No their new video doesn’t have any catchy choreographed dance moves or cleverly used exercise equipment – but it’s still super entertaining nonetheless. The second video for “Do What You Want” directed by Olivier Gondry (brother of Michel Gondry) is a stunner. Covered from head to toe with the same paper as on the walls, the boys and friends dance around and just create havoc. Explains singer Damian Kulash "It's the most basic setup you can get. One camera shot, one room, one background, no tricks - its about achieving as much diversity as you can within that one shot."
And here's what the Ok Go boys look like when they're not covered in wallpaper.
And just because it’s hilarious, click here for a how to video on Ping Pong the boys made back in the day. Oh, those plucky popsters!
Fresh from Glasgow, Scotland: The Fratellis
In the long line of past iPod songs, The Fratellis’ new single “Flathead” is one that will get stuck in your head two beats into it. And while watching colored shadows of people dance is always entertaining, look out for the band’s original music video coming to a video iPod near you soon. If you’ve been living in a cave for the past month and haven’t actually heard the single yet, you can also click here to stream it. If you like what you hear and want some more, check out “Henrietta” another solid single off their new EP, The Flathead EP, available on, yes you guessed it, iTunes. Their first full length album, Costello Music, should be available in the US this March, so keep an eye out!
The Girls (and Boy) from Brazil: Cansei De Ser Sexy
What do you get when six art students, none of which can play any instruments, decide to start a band as a joke? Apparently, a hard rocking, super indie punk band that could be the biggest thing to come out of South America. Cansei de Ser Sexy (Portuguese for “tired of being sexy”–as you must know by now) have already had their songs used on a plethora of South American reality spin offs and a video game. A quick search on YouTube brings up the video for their single “Off the Hook,” which practically writes the book on do it yourself music videos.
 
Feeling The Cliks? "Oh Yeah."
Sticking with the international theme, those rocking friends from up North (meaning Toronto), The Cliks, have finally put out a video! After a major band overhaul, a bad breakup, and a nervous breakdown (smells like the makings of a perfect rock album) the trans-tastic band is back with a brand new album, Snakehouse, due out in April. But if you need your fill of Lucas and the ladies now head over to their MySpace page and check out the video for their first single “Oh Yeah.” Also, make sure to look out their contribution to The L Word soundtrack “Complicated.”
Kirsten Price: Showin' some love.
And while we’re on the subject (of The L Word, that is), Kirsten Price has wrapped up a video for “Magic Tree,” her soulful donation to the series’ soundtrack. I don’t know which is hotter, Kirsten’s old school R&B vocal stylings or the ladies of The L Word who star in her new video. There’s really no way to explain, you’ll just have to see it for yourself. Turn up the AC and turn off your cells, ladies.
Watch Bette and the gals tear it up in Kirsten Price's "Magic Tree."
 
Kirsten Price and Joss Stone get friendly at a benefit concert in 2005. Just for your pleasure...
P.S. Just for Valentine’s Day... Here’s an L Word catfight montage. Oddly, it’s got all the curse words bleeped out, but you’ll the general idea. Which is that love... hurts!
Nothing says "Happy Valentine's Day" like some panties in a store window. Right?
 
J-Hud says "hey!" from the cover of Vogue. And she blows you a kiss from the Dreamgirls premiere today in Tokyo.
Everyone’s favorite Dreamgirl/valentine Jennifer Hudson is on the cover of next month’s Vogue! Bizarrely, she’s only the third African-American non-model, after Oprah Winfrey and Halley Berry, to grace the cover of the magazine. And Vogue’s Andre Leon Talley is stoked. Watch this video!
Nice "B-day" suit, Beyonce!
Not to be outdone, everyone’s other favorite Dreamgirl/valentine, Beyonce, straps on a bikini and does the cover of the Sports Illustrated annual swimsuit issue.
AND...
Nothing says love like free condoms! And they’re giving them away in NYC today! On the subway, even.
The 100 Greatest Love Songs... Ever! As chosen by the NY Daily News. I think the list is a bit lame. (Where’s The Cure? Where’s Leonard Cohen? Where’s Ciara?) But your mom and dad might like it.
Worst. Valentine’s. Day. Gifts. EVER! (Though I kind of wanna bake up the “heart-shaped potato.” Got sour cream?)
An actually cute gift idea for Valentine’s Day: A foxy T-shirt from Minoritees. They’re gay-owned and downright fierce.
Perhaps an ever better gift? How about some “green” lube? “Green” as in eco-friendly! Watch this handy video to get schooled!
Happy Valentine’s Day from Camille Paglia! She’s back writing for Salon!
Finally, NYC’s own Xavier (a young, up-and-coming, soulful artist) has posted an MP3 of his latest love song, “Something About Us.” Listen, and then get busy.
Xavier's got some aural love for you this V-Day. Enjoy!
Manatees will get it on with males or females. And perhaps, mermaids?
In need of some love this Valentine’s Day? Maybe you should think like a manatee. As a CNN story today offers: “...Manatees have orgies and do not really care whether their partners are male or female.” Meaning that they’re easy. (And evidently, they're good listeners.) So, if you're lonesome today, or just feeling randy... Maybe you should double your chances of hooking up and broaden the scope of what you’re looking for?
Or you can just go and take one of the many animal sex tours that zoos around the country are offering for voyeuristic patrons. At New York's Central Park Zoo, they offer "Jungle Love." San Francisco offers "Woo at the Zoo," and in Boise, Idaho, it's possible to enjoy "Wild Love at the Zoo." Some of the tours even offer candlelight dinners for couples tankside or cageside, so you can nosh while animal mating rituals are played out in front of you.
It's just a thought... Or you can just go to a bar.
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"Isn't it bionic... Don'tcha think?" Michelle Ryan is the new Jamie Sommers.
NBC has a big announcement today: (No, not the Tiki Barber sportscasting news...) They've cast the role of Jamie Sommers in this fall's Bionic Woman series.
And the super-human hearing goes to... Michelle Ryan! Who, you've probably never heard of, as she's most known as a TV star in the U.K. having played Zoe on the long-running soap EastEnders for the past five years. Which may not sound like proper training for a quasi-robotic superhero, but consider that her soap opera alter-ego survived rape, incest, attempted suicide, prostitution, a fake pregnancy and even attempted murder, I think she'll measure up just fine. And, she's totally cute.
The next lesbian superhero icon?
Whatevs. I'll be stoked to watch Ryan slip into the tennis skirts and Bata sneaks of Jamie Sommers (a former tennis pro, played in the original series by the dreamy Lindsay Wagner). And there had better be some Fembots to battle, too. And, word has it, the new show will also feature a bionic dog.
Ahhh, television...
Yep, that's Ellen... At her W Magazine cover story photo shoot.
I posted last week about Ellen DeGeneres’ foxy turn on the cover of the next issue of the storied fashion tome, W. Usually, the mag features the likes of Gwyneth, Nicole or Charlize, but they’ve now included the super-fabulous Ellen (who's sexy in her own right) among their ranks of glamazons.
Another shot of Ellen during the shoot. Fashion-y!
Anyway, check out this fun video that Ellen took behind-the-scenes of her W cover shoot. Dani, Yoanna, CariDee or Naima ain’t got nothin’ on Ellen. And you’ll love how the audience howls and cheers when Ellen gets sexy in the clip. It’s all very girl-on-girl, sisterhoodly-fabulous.
And the fab end result...
This whole silly bit also reminded me of the short-lived, nighttime soap (circa 1984) Paper Dolls, all about oversexed teen models and the women who controlled them. The cast included Mimi Rogers, Brenda Vacarro, Lauren Hutton, a very young Nicolette Sheridan and “Morgan Fairchild as Racine.” Watch the lengthy opening credits...
Yes...
yes...
And yes!
Brilliant!
007 Daniel Craig: Tired of being told he's hot?
Actor Daniel Craig has nabbed a few headlines today for lashing out at a journalist at the BAFTA awards ceremony (which is like the British Oscars). And some headlines are pointing out that he snapped at a “gay journalist,” and are making a fuss about that specific fact. Here’s the deal as reported by PinkNews, the British gay web news service:
Johann Hari, best known for his rigorously intellectual comment and investigative writing for The Independent, revealed that Craig called him a "f*cking fool" at the event.
It seems Hari had made the mistake of complimenting the new James Bond on his physical appearance.
"When we first spoke, he was in a vile mood. I just made a joke about how great he looked in his shorts in the film," Hari told the Daily Mail.
And here’s another version of the story... from UK.Gay.com:
Daniel Craig has hit the headlines once again, but this time it’s because he gave short shrift to a gay journalist.
Johann Hari apparently approached Craig at the BAFTAS and said, "Why didn't you wear your little blue speedos? Maybe you would have won then."
Understandably, the hunky Bond star was unimpressed with this observation and called The Independent journalist a “f*cking fool”.
Ah, the power of the press to interpret a story...
Frankly, Craig’s actions don’t sound necessarily anti-gay. He just seems grumpy. And who knows? Maybe the journalist was a jerk? Besides, Craig’s always been known as a gay-friendly celeb, and has played gay(ish) and shared on-screen love scenes in films like Love Is the Devil (where he played Francis Bacon’s male lover) and Infamous (where he smooched Truman Capote, played by Toby Jones).
That said, I do agree with Mr. Hari.
Craig did look rather spiffy in his swim trunks.
Robbie Williams: Goofy, in rehab, but not a homosexual.
British pop star Robbie Williams is a busy fellow. He turns 33 today, and he’s checked into rehab (somewhere in L.A.) to deal with his addiction to prescription medications, his spokesperson said today.
And he’s still not gay. That's because back in December 2005 he was awarded a bunch of cash when he sued People and London’s Daily Star and over allegations he was secretly a poofter.
However, word has it that Williams will be good to go (rehab-wise; not gay-wise) by March 25th, when he’s supposed to show up and strip at Elton John’s 60th Birthday bash. Busy, busy, busy...
Lucy Lawless (right, next to the little ghoul creature) is gonna do some "footballin'" this fall.
We know that Lucy Lawless is sporty. Playing Xena seemed like running a mystical decathlon in every episode. Now, the towering talent has been cast in the soapy spouse drama, Footballers Wives, coming to ABC TV. Which is totally fun news.
The annual insanity that is the Eurovision Song Contest is revving up. And the Danes are sending a drag queen to deliver their winning tune. Yippeee!
NBA star John Amaechi is out, and now he’s part of an HRC campaign. And yesterday, he guested on the ESPN talk show Outside the Lines to talk about the gayness. Andy’s got a good wrap-up.
And it turns out that the Dallas Mavericks' owner, Mark Cuban, says that an active gay NBA player, if he came out, could make some major bucks. Woo-hoo!
Belinda Carlisle cops to some past same-sex action? So, was like, “Circle in the Sand” some kind of secret quasi-lesbian code?
T.R. Knight and some Grey’s Anatomy costars got bumped from their VIP tables at Grammy party in L.A. because P. Diddy’s crew needed them. Just so ya know...
And if you enjoyed the Grammys last night (which were pretty good, given the Mary J. and Xtina and Gnarls peformances, and all the Dixie Chick wins), you might enjoy this strange video of a bunch of kids (or “Kidz”) performing “Crazy” by Gnarls Barkley. Yes, you’ve heard a zillion covers of the tune, but this one’s kind of charming, in a grating-kiddie-bop kind of way.
Kidz Bop goes "Crazy." You'll love the little guy in front.
Deadlee: Bringing his hip-hop HomoRevolution to town...
Saw a mention on Towleroad that lead me to this article/interview with Deadlee about a concert this Sunday in Long Beach, CA which will raise funds for this spring's HomoRevolution Tour. (Whew!) The basics are that a group of about 8-10 queer hip-hop artists will be touring around the Southwest this March and April, spreading their killer beats and rhymes, as well as smashing through boundaries and perceptions about who can crank out hip-hop, and opening minds in the process.
The folks on the tour are all pretty awesome. I'm partial to Bigg Nugg (the bearish rapper from Ohio), Melange Lavonne (who's all intense and fresh), Salvimex (L.A. boys who apparently put the "B" in LGBT) and NYC's own Soce, The Elemental Wizard. But get more about the whole deal at the HomoRevolution website.
 
Melange Lavonne (left) and Soce, the Elemental Wizard are gonna step up the HomoRevolution.
And so is Salvimex...
And Ohio's Bigg Nugg, too.
And, check out Deadlee's interview (and his music) and get out and support the HomoRevolution Tour!
Represent, Gays!
P.S. You can also check out Deadlee's video for "Gold Soldier II" on Logo's The Click List tonight at midnight. This week Deadlee hits the #6 spot in the Top Ten. Coolio!
Anna Nicole, the center of attention, in 2004.
Some not-very-shocking news on Anna Nicole’s death. Prescription drugs were found in her room.
Anna Nicole’s mother, Vergie Arthur, has this to offer: "She was too drugged up. By the last interview I saw of her, she was so wasted." Okay. Thanks, Mom. Whatever happened to “hugs, not drugs.”
And who’s gonna get Anna Nicole’s dead billionaire's fortune—her baby girl? Or not?
Here’s a good, extensive obit for Anna Nicole (in the International Herald Tribune, no less).
And what about Trimspa? How are they gonna deal with all of this, eh?
Yesterday, Rosie O’Donnell strangely discussed Anna Nicole on The View. Crrrrazy!
And finally, click here to watch a bizarre Bryan Ferry music video featuring Anna Nicole. It’s from that long-ago era when Anna Nicole began modeling and we’d never heard her speak, if you can imagine that. Strange...
Anna Nicole Smith at the Gay Pride Parade in Los Angeles in 2005.
Yep, Anna Nicole Smith has died. We'll find out more in the next day or so, of course. But it's sad, in a lot of ways. Scarily, she was sort of the ultimate post-millennial celebrity. She became famous as a pretty face, then as a mess, then as a reality TV star, then as a courtroom star, and then (or always) as a tabloid star.
No doubt more will unfold about this. And about her boyfriend/lawyer, Howard K. Stern. And, of course she lost her son this past year, and...
Well, here are some pics to remember her by.
I can't help but think that she meant well, most of the time, but who knows?
Hmmmm...
At the Heatherette show when she made her big Trimspa-slim comeback in the fall of 2004.
The cameras always followed her...
Sometimes (or often) she was on camera when she really shouldn't have been, like this woozy appearance at the American Music Awards in 2004.
Or when she was in a bunny suit.
So long, Anna Nicole...
Model Chad White got all strapped up for the Heatherette runway. Now all those crowds stranded outside clamoring to get in make sense...
As I’ve reported, New York Fashion Week is chugging along full-throttle right now. And Tuesday night saw the seasonal crazy-fest that is always one of the most colorful Fashion Weeks events—the Heatherette show. Always a loopy, mobbed party scene, this year’s show in the Bryant Park tents was evidently notable for the messy mobs all trying to get in, and the evident mismanagement of the guest list and seating scenario. Seems like lots of folks who had seats reserved for them never made it in, due to an unruly mess at the door. (Britney and Paris Hilton didn’t make it either, so folks shouldn’t feel too bad about missing out.)
Various articles in different outlets describe this scenario, my favorite being the piece on New York Magazine’s site that vents angrily about the chaos outside the show, and then goes on to gush about ultimately how fun and hilarious it all is. Which seems appropriate, after all. I mean, how can anybody take this stuff too seriously?
 
 
A quartet of looks from the Heatherette runway. Zany, eh?
I’m a fan of Heatherette, and I always love that their shows are basically a cartoonish send-up of a fashion show. The point behind it all seems just to have a big silly party. I can’t argue with that.
Just check out the pics from the duo’s “Wizard of Oz” themed shows and you’ll see what I mean. These aren’t clothes you’re really going to wear. They’re crazy costumes and party togs, meant to be paraded out by foxy models for fun. And click here for more shots of the hunky guys who walked the runway in the show...
Amanda Lepore, Heatherette's muse, gets crowned as Glinda the Good Witch backstage, right before she hits the runway, flanked by little girl ballerinas in tutus. Hurrah!
And like Traver Rains’ (one-half of the Heatherette design duo) T-shirt proclaims, “I don’t think we’re in Kansas anymore...” Nope, you’re in froofy, festive and flamboyant Heatherette-land. Cheers!
Heatherette's Traver Rains and Richie Rich flank towering fashionista/celebutante Kimora Lee Simmons just after she made a superstar turn on their runway. Glamorous, and ridiculous... Just like Fashion Week oughtta be.
Classic. And hot right now...
They’re not just for nurses (or your Grandpa in Boca) anymore. Yep, white shoes (we’re talking Adidas Stan Smiths, classic Nike Air Force Ones and other such paragons of vanilla virtue) are what’s hot in fashion-land, folks. Marc Jacobs wore his pristinely white Stan Smiths on Oprah recently, and other sartorial types are also opting for the snow-toned sneaker this season.
They go with anything, and I’m all for ease when figuring out what to put on in the morning. And you can get cheap versions (think Converse, Vans) or high-end takes on the shoe (Dries Van Noten, Prada).
However, don’t let your bright whites get scuffed up. You’ll terrify the very sensitive Dan Peres, editor of Details, who tells the NY Times:
“Some people do everything they can to make them look worn and dirty, which is wrong. I’ve seen fashion editors in the Tuileries Gardens in Paris, shuffling their feet in the dirt to make their Chucks look worn in. I just stood there in horror.”
Lord helps us all...
Now, get out your tootbrush and scrub those sneaks!
 
Former NBA player John Amaechi is coming out! Welcome to openly gay-land, sir!
Okay, I should really say FORMER NBA player comes out, since John Amaechi retired from his last stint with the Utah Jazz in 2003 (he also played with the Orlando Magic and the Cleveland Cavaliers), but nonetheless, it’s kinda cool. He’s the first NBA player ever to come out as a gay. (Plus, he’s big, tall, good-looking and has a cool British accent. What’s not to love?)
Amaechi shoots for the English team at the Commonwealth Games a few years back.
Amaechi tells his story in Man in the Middle, to be published by ESPN books and which hits stores on February 13th (or on Feb. 20th; reports are conflicting). Turns out that the British b-baller is really frank about his life as a closeted pro athlete. And it’s cool to report that’s he’s very graceful, smart, self-deprecating and witty in how he tells his tale. Turns out that after his initital post-collegiate stint with the Cleveland Cavaliers, Amaechi spent three years playing basketball in Europe, where he dated and had a regular boyfriend in England for a while (awwwww...). He came back to the NBA in 1999, and remained celibate until he joined the Utah Jazz. Then, as Outsports writes:
His guaranteed contract with the Jazz set his mind at ease, and it was there that he began venturing out to gay establishments and building a mostly gay circle of friends (the first wide circle of friends of his life, according to the book).
"Those grumpy social conservatives who continue to insist that gay life is lonely and unhappy have obviously never met my friends," Amaechi wrote.
In fact, it turns out that Amaechi has been in touch with OutSports’ Cyd Zeigler for the past few months, and Zeigler even helped him hook up with publicist Howard Bragman, who also steered the coming out process for other pro jocks like WNBA star Sheryl Swoopes, NFL-er Esera Tuaolo and golfer Rosie Jones.
This is gonna hit bookstores in the next week or so. Get it!
You can hear more from Amaechi directly this weekend. He’ll be the subject of ESPN's weekly talk show "Outside the Lines" this Sunday, February 11th at 9:30 a.m. ET. The book will also be excerpted next week on ESPN.com and in the next issue of ESPN: The Magazine.
Does this mean we can expect bad puns on the term "swish"??? (Which usually references the sound a ball makes when it goes through the net...) Oooof.
Congrats, Amaechi!
Designer Marc Jacobs (right), at his own Fashion Week after-party. Cheers?
Fashion Week is nothing if not a chance for mad photo ops. Even pedestrian pics like these sort of speak volumes...
Like above, you've got uber-designer and good gay Marc Jacobs up close and personal at his own Moet & Chandon-fueled afterparty last night. I love this pic as Jacobs appears to look like less the usually cool cucumber that he tends to come off as, and more just a regular schmoe who needs a good night's sleep, while surrounded by the chaos of party people and hangers-on.
And these shots from the front row of his big Fall 2007 show caught my eye, too.
"Diane, I don't know about you but I'm famished. I'm going to eat that flimsy little fey person sitting over there..."
Vogue's Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour (right) presents her daughter Bee Schaffer (left) with a cute little Fashion Week present: Harry Connick, Jr.
Fierce, Fiercer, Fiercest: Designer Roberto Cavalli, Vogue's Andre Leon Talley and Jackie O's severe sis, Lee Radziwill.
H.E.L.L.E.A.U.X.
Who needs an actual fashion show with entertainment like this?
 
NEWSFLASH: New music from M.I.A. and Avril Lavigne is way more fun than today's news items about Snickers, Paris Hilton, Ted Haggard and SF Mayor Gavin Newsom.
I know you kids are aware of the big gay news of the day, like...
That controversial Snickers ad with two guys kissing won’t air anymore. And the site that featured the football players' icky reaction has been yanked down. But is Snickers sorry?
Paris Hilton is now an enemy of GLAAD. They want her to take responsibility for her actions (using the f-word and n-word)... Good luck with that.
Ted Haggard, who just a few weeks back saw his evangelism empire crumble because he’d been reportedly having sex with a male hooker and doing crystal meth is all better know. He’s been cured of gayness and is apparently “completely heterosexual.” Okayyyy...
And gay-friendly (and pretty darn hetero-friendly) San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom is entering rehab. Seems that drinking makes him boink his friends’ wives... Let’s hope he wasn’t toasted when he allowed all those gays to get married a couple of years back, eh?
But while all that stuff's been going on...
M.I.A.'s new video for her forthcoming single "Bird Flu" has made its way online. More new music is coming from her before long, but check out this crazy clip. Squawk, squawk!
And if you prefer something a little more teenyboppy, you can go here and hear the new single from Avril Lavigne called "Girlfriend." It's catchy and kind of insidiously festive.
Enjoy!
Yep, glamazons... That's gaydom's own Ellen DeGeneres looking glossy and gorgeous on the cover of the next issue of W Magazine. The oversized fashion tome dresses up the talk show queen (and Oscar host), and features a great in-depth interview with the lesbian superstar--and her girlfriend Portia de Rossi, too.
In the interview, Ellen talks a bit of fashion...
"I usually wear Jil Sander, or I wear Marc Jacobs, or I wear Viktor & Rolf.... I love Raf Simons, but I didn’t know he was even doing the [Jil Sander] collection. I like Neil Barrett. I love clothes, so when I wear clothes, they’re usually somebody’s. You know, I’m not wearing Kmart."
And she talks about how in red-carpet scenarios, she feels a bit overlooked:
"Whenever Portia and I are on the red carpet, they’re yelling out for her to tell them what she’s wearing. But nobody cares [about what I’m wearing] because I have a suit on, even if it’s a Gucci suit. That to me is frustrating, because I put effort into getting ready too. But I guess it’s not as important, and I’m not as dressed up somehow."
But don't think she's gone all totally glam on us:
"It was fun [for the shoot] having somebody do that to my hair, and do that makeup. But would I want to do that every single day? No. "
Further in the article, she offers her take on the newest generation of comics like Sasha Baron Cohen (she loves), Sarah Silverman (she also loves) and Kathy Griffin (er... not so much.)
No matter how cold it is, Alicia Keys is looking pretty smokin' as she makes the Fashion Week rounds.
Yep, NYC is in the midst of a scorching Fashion Week, wherein we’re getting glimpses at what folks will be wearing come this fall. However, as I write this, it’s about 16 degrees outside.
So while skinny models huddle to stay warm, here’s a look around NYC to see how the fashion-fires are flaming, and who’s hot and who needs an electric hand warmer.
A sure sign that’s it frigid out there? FUR!!! Yep, on and off the runway, the buzz is about fuzz. Not sure how you feel about that sort of thing... You may be a concerned animal-lover who shuns fuzzy gear, or you might be a mink-maniac who likes to dress up in ermine, Sherman. Either way, there’s no denying that big furry hats are on a lot of folks’ minds—and heads!
 
Vogue men Andre Leon Talley and Hamish Bowles have big fuzzy hats on the brain.
 
This woman's also feeling a bit fuzzy headed. And this male model at the Z Zegna show is like a pelt poster-child.
 
Destiny's Child alum Kelly Rowland threw on this furry parka before she hit the frosty fashion front lines, and on the Oscar De la Renta runway, this miss brought a bodacious bear-ish bonnet out for a stroll.
  
And they're not sporting fur, but these models at the Thom Browne show bring some bespoke urban guerrilla-meets-Leigh Bowery in the Great White North kind of vibe to the proceedings. If nothing else, their ears (and faces) are gonna be warm.
And no matter what the temp is outside, these models hanging backstage at the Buckler show seem just fine keeping warm all by themselves.
Further around Fashion Week...
Former N*SYNC-er J.C. Chasez struck a waxen pose at the Jill Stuart show.
Elle's new Creative Director (and Vitals and W Magazine alum) Joe Zee hit the shows, and got featured on the front page of the Fashion Week glossy The Daily. Not that he's proud or anything...
And Isaac Mizrahi brought some wheel realness to his collection. He's recovering from a car accident, thus the wheelchair. Get well, Izzy!
And then there's this dude who’s just rocking his “homeless Viking dandy” look.
Hurrah!
Drenched Colt Dallas Clark beams after Indy's big rainy win at the Super Bowl last night.
Quick thoughts on watching the Super Bowl last night...
I was happy the Colts won. Yep, I too am a sucker for America’s Sweetheart, Peyton Manning, mainly because of those funny MasterCard commercials. (I loooove it when the kid shrieks when he gets spritzed in the face with the latte steam. Cracks me up every time. Durrrr...)
Peyton Manning and Colts coach Tony Dungy endure the throngs of media types and well-wishers following their big win.
But I also love the Bears running back, Thomas Jones. We both went to the same high school and college, and he’s a super-cool, classy athlete. Still, I was glad to see the Colts turn it out. (Maybe I just like blue-and-white more than black-and-orange?)
The Bears' Thomas Jones: All wet at the end of the big game.
Frankly, the highlight of the game for me was Prince’s halftime show. I thought it rocked, and I love seeing the androgynous superstar—who seemed to turn on his fey charms last night, bigtime—seizing the focus for a fun, splashy and sassy musical throwdown at this traditionally patriarchal sports-fest. Also, that back-up singer in white with the tamborine charging around the stage was fierce. As where the two long-haired back-up dancers. And the phallic guitar silouette moments were hilarious! Plus, the grand finale with “Purple Rain” served up all-anthemic like in a rainstorm, while marching bands wearing glow-in-the-dark piping on their uniforms strutted around was just killer. Go Prince! Best halftime show, ever!
Prince reigns in the rein last night during the Super Bowl's fiercest halftime show, like, ever.
Who doesn't love a big quasi-phallic Princely bit of shadow dancing during halftime, eh?
But what’s with that Snickers ad where the male mechanics accidentally kiss—then have to uncomfortably re-assert their “manly” status? I mean, it wasn’t unconscionably offensive, but it was uber-lame. And I always thought two guys kissing was twice as manly...
At first, I was surprised by this ad’s boldness—the two guys munching on the same candy bar was pretty suggestive... But then it wussed out and retreated to its weird version of quasi-homophobic immaturity. And if you go to the Snickers site, you see other possible endings, which are also kind of offensive. And the video of the players reacting to the ad is a weird little showcase of unpleasantness. And hello--I expect Snickers knew they'd get a bad reaction from the athletes, and still chose to run the clips of them being grossed out by two guys kissing. What's that about? As, Andy at Towleroad mentioned about all of this, no wonder pro athletes stay in the closet. Let me know what you think.
Also, not sure of any further reports about Colts’ coach Tony Dungy’s involvement in this Focus on the Family event. Sounds creepy.
Anyway... Here are some choice Super Bowl pics from last night... Including a shot of the always festive Johnny Knoxville hitting the Playboy Super Bowl party in Miami (with Alyssa Milano).
Johnny Knoxville and Alyssa Milano: Say cheese!
Happy Colts Dallas Clark and Robert Matthis get frisky with the big Vince Lombardi trophy after the Colts win the big Bowl game last night. Or maybe they're trying to re-create that Snickers ad?
Colts Reggie Wayne and Anthony McFarland also got all excited last night. Awwwwww...
Colts kicker Adam Vinatieri beams in the locker-room post-game.
Towel-clad Colts players celebrate the post-game way in the locker room with their coach--and about a zillion reporters.
Meanwhile, a bummed-out Bear, Hunter Hillenmeyer, takes it all in as Chicago loses. Better luck next year, dude.
Liz Hurley is gonna give us the new Jordache look. Which involves headless hotties?
British model/Austin Powers star/former-Hugh Grant-squeeze Elizabeth Hurley made news a couple of days back when it was announced she’s to be featured in a new campaign for the revamped Jordache jeans line later this year. Which is nice.
Even nicer are the pics of Liz hanging with some models at a Jordache press event yesterday.
I’m liking Jordache better already!
Darren Hayes (left) has a new buzzworthy electronica solo release coming this summer. Wookies everywhere are stoked!
Darren Hayes, one half of the soft and cushy pop-rock outfit Savage Garden, came out of the closet as a gay last year. Now comes word that Hayes' next release will be a zippy, scorchily catchy electronica double-CD release, slated for this August. It’ll be called This Delicate Thing We’ve Made. Helping Hayes make it will be the likes of mixing maestro Ash Howe, who’s lent his talents to the works of Nelly Furtado, Dido and Kylie.
Just fyi...
Huzzah!
Perhaps Norman Mailer is imagining some "bounteous" German buttocks?
Norman Mailer’s latest book, The Castle in the Forest, is an imagined version of the youth of Adolph Hitler. But that’s not all, folks… For the first time ever, the notoriously macho/surly man's-man author Mailer has included some gay action in the pages (very authoritatively voiced, one might add). No, it’s not young Adolph getting it on, same-sex-style. It’s his older brother who gets frisky with a guy.
Included in the juicy pink prose are lines like “happy blood-filled organ” and a rear end described as a “bounteously endowed temple.” Woo-hoo!
Does this mean Mailer and Gore Vidal might find a common ground over which to kiss and make up after decades of feuding?
Errrr… Don’t count on it.
 
Speaking of new movies, the Charlize Theron-produced Cuban hip-hop documentary, East of Havana, hits selected theatres starting today, too. Which is cool.
Also interesting are these pics (above) from the film’s premiere this week, which drew lots of celebs. Including Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Mysterious Skin, Brick) and Victor Rasuk (Raising Victor Vargas, Lords of Dogtown), who seemed to really be having a good time at the premiere.
Awwwww…
Opera divas? Elizabeth Reaser and Gretchen Mol from Puccini for Beginners.
Today sees the big release of the new lesbian/bisexual/just-all-around-frisky film Puccini for Beginners. It’s about a woman whose girlfriend leaves her, then she gets involved with a guy, and then a girl, and then she finds out that her new guy and girl used to be together. Gack!
And there’s great opera music involved, charmingly cinematic NYC settings and witty banter galore. The film stars Elizabeth Reaser, Gretchen Mol and Justin Kirk, and you can read a good review of it here. And you can watch a trailer and scenes here.
His and Hers: Reasor and Justin Kirk. They're a couple, too.
Just in time for Valentine’s Day, a movie for folks who love girls, or guys—or both!
Would a bit of Borat spice up the usually bland Oscars?
Today’s Oscar queries include a random batch of news and notes. Sure, the big event (on Sunday, Feb. 25th) is still weeks away, but I can’t help getting caught up in the buzz.
Folks are looking forward to Ellen hosting this year’s Oscar’s ceremony. But the whole thing still be a bit too dry? Will viewers stay tuned? One bright idea: Bring on Borat!!!
If this delivery is headed to your Oscar party, you're on the right track.
Don’t fool yourself into thinking that your little Oscar get-together is all that cute. I mean, really... Dave White’s eager to tell you “Why Your Oscar Party Is a Bore!”
J-Hud: She's everywhere you want to be. And then some!
Jennifer Hudson is the name on everyone’s lips. And yes, she’s going to perform at the Oscars. Why not? She’s been singing just about everywhere else! Attagirl!
Oscar's greatest (and most fabulously flamboyant and fierce?) gay hope: Patricia Field!
And finally, there’s been lots of talk about who there are no good gay nominees for Oscar this year. Ummm... Hello???!!!! How about legendary (and lesbian) Oscar nominee Patricia Field, who’s up to win a trophy for Costume Design for The Devil Wears Prada... The woman is a fashion force to be reckoned with and a downtown NYC icon. Give her props!
 
Bloc Party's Kele is not feeling Jack White. Snap!
Musical Unrest Alert: Bloc Party’s lead singer, Kele Okereke (who’s not officially come out or anything, but folks sure claim that he has) has a new issue on his mind. He’s over Jack White.
Peter Bjorn & John... "You know how to whistle don'tcha?"
So, you love that Peter Bjorn & John tune, “Young Folks,” right? Who doesn’t? Well... Actually some folks who’ve caught the band live in NYC this week. Let’s call it “Whistle-Gate...”
Yeah, they're bad. But not in a good way.
Seminal hardcore punk band Bad Brains are reuniting and planning a new album. Which would be good news... Except for the fact that they’re evidently homophobes. Boo! Hiss!
Swedish popstar Juvelen: Must love cats?
On a more gay-friendly note, Homo Eclectic posted some musical gems last Friday, along with news about new music from The Ark, another Swede named Juvelen, Andrew Bird and more.
The next buzzy band you have to stay on top of... The Klaxons. Spiffy T-shirts, guys.
The next band to get truckloads of indie blog buzz? The Klaxons! Just so you’re ready.
Xiu Xiu: Melancholy... And cute as all get out!
And that nice melancholy gay singing/songwriting duo known as Xiu Xiu is gonna tour. With indie darling (and Wolf Parade maestro) Sunset Rubdown. Oh, the moody, musical bliss!
And here with a bit of groovy funkiness... Sunshine Anderson has some new stuff out. Which is a good thing. Her “Heard It All Before” (from way back in 2001) is still fresh. Let the Sunshine in!
Foxy! And waaayyy before his time.
And just so you know... I'm liiivvving for the new "best of" compilation from the Rev. Al Green. "Let's Stay Together" and "Here I Am" and "I Can't Stop." This is how soulful was meant to sound. Get it!
Vogue's Andre Leon Talley and Oscar nominee Jennifer Hudson. Talley's gonna deliver his fashion expertise come showtime.
I love that come Oscar night, Vogue’s editor-at-large (and all-around fabulous, fearsome fashionista) Andre Leon Talley is going to be an official red-carpet commentator serving up interviews and insights with the celebrities about what their wearing. The man’s a towering icon (literally and figuratively) and no doubt has probably worked with most of the big honorees (the female ones, anyway) during Vogue fashion spreads, so I’m sure he’ll bring some fun viewpoints to the broadcast.
Earlier this week, Talley hosted a retrospective fashion show of some of Oscar’s most renowned outfits of yore. Some of the winners’ most memorable outfits were trotted out, including the shiny (and somewhat see-through) number that Barbra Streisand wore when she won the prize for Best Actress in Funny Girl.
 
On the left, Streisand's Oscar dress; and the barely there number worn by Cher when she picked up a trophy for Moonstruck. Swanky!
Of course, not all the famous Oscar dresses could be tracked down. For instance, the famous swan dress worn by Bjork a few years back was a no-go. Boo hoo! That frock is legendary!
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