Author: News Desk
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What??? Zac Efron In Drag
Stop the presses – Hollywood sex god, Zac Efron has dragged up.
Looking a little like Katy Perry, Zac Efron, dragged up for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.
“@jimmyfallon is S-A-R-A with no H, because H’s are #Ew! Don’t miss #ZacEfron on #FallonTonight! #neighborstour,” the 26-year-old actor captioned the pic.
Do you think he makes a pretty lady?
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Drag Queens Of London Episode 3 Update
The UK’s top drag competition Tranny Shack Academy kicks off and new drag queens from around the country flock to Soho to audition for a coveted spot.Joining the queue to perform for the first time is farm hand Jacinder from rural Derbyshire. More used to wellies than wigs how will she cope on the hallowed Madame JoJo’s stage infront of dozens of competitive drag rivals?
Also facing this gladiatorial drag contest for the first time is super-confident American drag artiste Bourgoise, and office assistant Nick who creates his own alterego, Violet Sparks, with the guidance of good friend Rosie Beaver.
Whilst the new generation of drag queens fight for a spot in the competition established performer Vanity Von Glow starts to question if there’s more to life than drag as she sets out to forge a second career performing as a boy.
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Cast announced for new Russell T Davies drama series
VINCENT FRANKLIN, CYRIL NRI, JULIE HESMONDHALGH, FREDDIE FOX, FISAYO AKINADE, CON O`NEILL, JAMES MURRAY and CEALLACH SPELLMAN confirmed to star in CUCUMBER and BANANA on CHANNEL 4 and E4
Star of The Thick of It and Twenty Twelve, VINCENT FRANKLIN will join Coronation Street’s JULIE HESMONDHALGH in the cast of new Channel 4 drama series Cucumber, from the multi BAFTA award-winning writer of Queer As Folk and Doctor Who, Russell T Davies.
Filming in Manchester has begun on Cucumber (8 x 60’) for broadcast on Channel 4 in 2015, with E4 series Banana (8 x 30’) to start production next month. The cast also includes; CYRIL NRI (The Bill), FREDDIE FOX (Parade’s End), FISAYO AKINADE (Fresh Meat), CON O`NEILL (Uncle), JAMES MURRAY (Primeval) and CEALLACH SPELLMAN (Waterloo Road).
Life for 46 year old Henry (Vincent Franklin) and his boyfriend Lance (Cyril Nri) is comfortable and settled. But after the most disastrous date night in history – involving a threesome, two police cars, and Boney M – Henry’s old life shatters, and his new life begins.
While Lance gets to know the mysterious Daniel (James Murray), Henry soon finds himself with unexpected companions. 24 year old Freddie (Freddie Fox) and 19 year old Dean (Fisayo Akinade) have only been passing strangers, until now. But when they all find themselves under the same roof, they need to work out; are they friends or enemies? Can men from such different generations ever get on?
Henry’s sister Cleo (Julie Hesmondhalgh) is busy, professional, and a little chaotic. But coping with her three kids is easy compared to helping her brother. And as Henry’s life heads in extraordinary new directions, helped by his nephew Adam (Ceallach Spellman), it becomes clear that Cleo’s hiding one or two secrets of her own…
With the same ferocious wit, startling honesty and heartfelt warmth that made Queer As Folk a landmark Channel 4 series, Cucumber will explore the passions and pitfalls of 21st century gay life for Henry, Lance and co, while on E4, Banana will follow the individual lives of characters orbiting around Henry’s world. On 4oD, Tofu will be an anarchic and entertaining factual series about sex – from gay to straight, and anything in between – inspired by the dramas each week.
Cucumber, Banana and Tofu were commissioned by Channel 4 Head of Drama Piers Wenger and will be made by RED Production Company with Executive Producers Nicola Shindler, Julie Gardner and Russell T Davies. Tofu will be made by Benjamin Cook (Becoming YouTube).
Cucumber is written by Russell T Davies and produced by Matt Strevens, with directors; David Evans, Alice Troughton and Euros Lyn.
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Dustin Lance Black Speaks Out About Leaked Sex Pictures
Screenwriter and LGBT Activist Dustin Lance Black has spoken out about his sex pictures and his relief at finally being able to address the leaked photos.
Dustin Lance Black, Oscar-winning screenwriter and LGBT activist has finally spoken out about 2009 leaked sex pictures on the red carpet, whilst out with his boyfriend Tom Daley.
Perez Hilton originally published the pictures of Dustin Lance Black engaging in bareback sex with an ex-partner.
In an interview with Digital Spy Lance-Black said:
‘If you invade my privacy, this is what you will find,” he wrote. ‘I have sex. It brings me joy, fosters intimacy and helps love grow…I am the victim of this “scandal”, not the perpetrator.
‘People have been so incredibly supportive.
‘It was about time [I addressed the picture leak]. I always just sort of think it’ll disappear, but it came up again.
‘Cleve Jones, who’s in Milk, is like a mentor to me, and he said, ‘Girl, you need just to say it and let people know what’s up’, so I went ahead and did that. It was good to finally get it done.’
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Top Russian Politician Calls Eurovision ‘Sodom Show’
The Eurovision Song Contest has been branded a ‘Europe-Wide Gay Parade’ by the Russian Politician who called Stephen Fry ‘Sick’.
Vitaly Milonov, a prominent anti-gay Russian politician has branded Eurovision a ‘Sodom Show’ and said that Austria’s Drag entry Conchita Wurst was a ‘pervert.’
Last year Milonov, who was instrumental in creating Russia’s anti-gay law, banning the ‘promotion of non-traditional relationships’ to anyone under the age of 18 has branded the actor, writer and broadcaster Stephen Fry ‘Sick’.
The Independent reports that he wrote a letter to to Russia’s Eurovision selection comittee requesting that Russia be removed from the competition altogether. He said that inclusion in the competition would: ‘contradict the path of cultural and moral renewal that Russia stands on’ and ‘insult millions of Russians’ watching the broadcast.
‘The participation of the obvious transvestite and hermaphrodite Conchita Wurst on the same stage as Russian singers on live television is blatant propaganda of homosexuality and spiritual decay,’ Milonov said.
Last year Turkish National broadcaster TRT was rumoured to have cancelled their broadcast of the 2013 Eurovision because of a lesbian kiss between two women in Finland’s entry Marry Me. There were in fact two gay kisses in the 2013 show.
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Facebook Users Demand Action To Remove Homophobia
A picture of Adolf Hitler cooking a Jew in an oven is the latest picture on Facebook to be deemed ‘not offensive’ by the social network as a group of users continue to demand a public meeting with Facebook representatives claiming the site is actively permitting content that incites racial and homophobic hatred to go unchecked.
Three weeks after its creation, the group “Facebook –No To Hatebook”, has attracted over 8000 members from around the world, and has claimed some success after multiple complaints in forcing the network to take down pages or content on pages that range from “HOAX OF GAS CHAMBERS”, “HOMOSEXUALz DESERVE IMMEDIATE DEATH”, “Death To Queers” and “Death to Islam”. However, frequently the pages or the content is put straight back up under a slightly different name.
The Group notes also that the social network’s policies are still preventing the removal of many clearly racist or homophobic pages, with Facebook saying they are ‘not offensive’.
Speaking on behalf of the group, Jonathan Glass said:
“There is now a clear palpable anger growing towards Facebook for the way that its users are being treated. We all love Facebook. It has reconnected us with old friends from around the world and we strongly see it as a force for good.
However, it also provides an outlet for people to spew violent hatred into the world more easily than ever before. This is not Facebook’s fault but it is their responsibility to do its best to remove these pages from its site. And not only are they failing miserably, but they rub salt into the wounds of those who are trying to combat this poison by sending an automatic 20 second response stating that the page does not violate their policies, regardless of clear racism, anti-semitism or homophobia on these pages. The page owners are then able to ban those of us fighting them from their pages, rather than Facebook banning them and their pages.”
Glass goes onto explain how
“There are literally thousands of racist, anti-semitic and anti-gay pages that Facebook delivers around the world,” and while “we are huge believers in free speech, when posts cross the line into incitement and violent threats Facebook has to decide if it wants to be a force for good in this world or a force for evil.”
The group says it has received many public and private messages of support from people and has invited Facebook to explain them in a public forum and for an open dialogue to commence.
The group makes it very clear that they want to be Facebook’s partner in helping combat and remove the hate from the social network and has multiple suggestions on how they may do so which include:
1. Stronger algorithms to pick up and remove hate sites and individual posts on a more timely basis
2. More user support to respond to complains of hatred on a timely basis, improving what appears to currently be an automated non-responsive system
3. Creation of a watch list, which would monitor specific known individuals and organisations who promote and regularly publish hate
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Leicestershire Gay Man Left With 7 Stitches After Anti-Gay Attack
A man in Hinckley, Leicestershire, has been left with facial injuries needing 7 stitches after a homophobic attack.
Craig Chapman, 44, has spoken out after he abused by two men who tried to rob him, whilst walking his dog, the Hinckley Times is reporting.
He said to the paper: ‘My face was an absolute mess – I couldn’t see through my eye and I needed seven stitches. I had to be kept in hospital overnight in case there was damage to my spleen.’
The attack happened on the 16th April 2014, along Welwyn Road at around 4pm-4.45pm, when two men in a metallic blue Vauxhall Corsa approached Chapman.
The two men apparently got out of the car and said: ‘Oi gay boy’ and punched the victim in the stomach .
The first suspect is described as white, 18 – 25 years of age, approx 5’10’’, medium build, with short light brown hair possibly in a quiff. He was wearing a blue zip up top with white piping, blue jeans and Nike trainers with a blue sole and Nike logo on the side.
The second suspect, who was the driver of the vehicle, is described as white, 18 – 25 years of age, approx 5’10’’ with an athletic build. He was wearing a red baseball cap with a white NYC logo and large wrap around sunglasses.
Detective Constable Matthew Wiggins said: “This was a particularly nasty attack with the victim being left with a number of injuries. We are interested in hearing from anyone who may have witnessed the attack, or anyone who recognises the suspects from their description.”
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Me. I Am Mariah
In case you didn’t know who Mariah was, she’s named her forthcoming album to help remind you.
Mariah has revealed the name and release date of her forthcoming album. The Hero singer has named it: ‘Me. i Am Mariah. The Elusive Chanteuse’.
The album is due to be released on the 27th May and will include previous singles #Beautiful and You’re Mine (Eternal).
The album has been named after a drawing she drew of herself when she was 3 and a half years old.
The tracklisting for the new album is:
1. Cry.
2. Faded
3. Dedicated (feat. Nas)
4. #Beautiful
5. Thirsty
6. Make It Look Good
7. You’re Mine
8. You Don’t Know What to Do (feat. Wale)
9. Supernatural
10. Meteorite
11. Camouflage
12. Money ($ * / …) [feat. Fabolous]
13. One More Try
14. Heavenly (No Ways Tired/Can’t Give Up Now)
15. It’s a Wrap (feat. Mary J. Blige)
16. Betcha Gon Know (feat. R. Kelly)
17. The Art of Letting Go
18. Me. I Am Mariah… The Elusive Chanteuse -
Boy George And Adam Lambert Out On The Town Together
Legendary singer Boy George and the incredible Adam Lambert share a selfie moment in LA.
Boy George seems to be living it up large in LA as these tweets prove. The Do You Really Want To Hurt Me singer was spotted hanging out with American Idol alumni Adam Lambert.
Boy George, who showed off his toned new look last year proves he can still have fun and let loose hanging out with Adam Lambert saying: ‘Ha! LA makes me dizzy!’
and added: ‘How pretty is @AdamLambert
Adam Lambert made history in 2012 after becoming the first openly gay male singer to achieve a number one album on the US Billboard 100.
We have to agree Adam Lambert is pretty – and Boy George you’re not looking too bad yourself!
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Peaches Geldof “Likely” Died Of Heroin Overdose
The late Peaches Geldof ‘Likely” died of a heroin overdose toxicology reports will show.
The 25-year-old daughter of Sir Bob Geldof and Paula Yates died of a heroin overdose, the results of a toxicology report at her inquest will reveal today, according to The Times newspaper.
The hearing will be opened by North West Kent Coroner Roger Hatch at Gravesend Old Town Hall from 2pm. It will last around 10 minutes.
Writer, model and TV presenter Peaches Geldof was found at her home, which she shared with her husband, Tom Cohen and their two young sons on April 7th.
Paula Yates, Peaches’ mother died from an accidental heroin overdose in 2000 – she was just 41.
On the day she died, Peaches posted a picture of herself and her mother on her Instagram account.
The police have said that her death is not being treated as suspicious, but sudden and unexplained.