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  • John Barrowman Slams Happy Days Musical Producer Amy Anzel

    Musical theatre producer Amy Anzel comes under heavy criticism after ‘gay’ comments on Channel 4’s Sound Of Musicals

    Actress turned first-time producer Amy Anzel came under heavy criticism from Twitter users and industry professionals last night after the Channel 4 programme, Sound Of Musicals, aired comments from her towards an auditionee of her forthcoming production Happy Days – The Musical, about his sexuality.

    Openly gay actor and TV Star John Barrowman Tweeted:

    Holly S**t! Did Amy Anzul [sic] actually say that about Gay’s “I love my Gays, Strip away the Gay” #soundofmusicals jb

    Amy Anzel, who is currently producing a musical based on the hit TV show Happy Days came under intense criticism after she asked a dancer to ‘Strip away the gay’ before asking the unnamed dancer whether he was, in fact, gay on national TV.

    Actor Layton Williams who has starred in Billy Elliot and Thriller Live tweeted about Anzel’s comments saying:

    “I love the gays, but can you lose the gay, you are gay aren’t you” – I think what she meant was… Can you butch it up!!!

    Happy Days is about to embark on a 24 venue UK Tour and stars former Sugababe Heidi Range, Emmerdale actor Ben Freeman and Eurovision favourite Cheryl Baker.

    The show also featured the openly gay impresario Sir Cameron Mackintosh, who was producing a new version of the show Barnum. Mackintosh was listed 4th on the Independent on Sunday’s Pink List in 2006.

  • Glaad accuses Baldwin of “degrading gay people” new new anti-gay slur storm

    Glaad accuses Baldwin of “degrading gay people” new new anti-gay slur storm

    Alec Baldwin is being accused of ‘degrading’ gay people by GLAAD in new video released by TMZ.

    Alec Baldwin
    CREDIT: Joe Seer / Bigstock

    In the video, the 30 Rock actor is heard calling a photographer a ‘c**ksucker’ although a media storm has been created after it was suggested that Baldwin actually called a photographer a ‘C**ksucking F*g head’. Baldwin is insisting that he said ‘Fathead’ and has threatened to sue TMZ for suggesting that he used a homophobic word.

    Baldwin said that acoustic analysis of the recording proves the word said was ‘fathead.’
    You can hear the audio here:

    In tweets released by GLAAD the organisation said:

    ‘Mr. Baldwin can’t lend his support for equality on paper, while degrading gay people in practice,

    ‘It’s clearly time Mr. Baldwin listens to the calls from so many LGBT people and allies to end this pattern of anti-gay slurs.’
    Baldwin took his own Tweet feed to reply:

    ‘If c’sucker offends, then I apologize. Anti-gay? Never.’

    He later delete that message and offered:

    ‘1-Rich Ferraro from @glaad informs me that c’sucker is an anti-gay epithet. In which case I apologize and will retire it from my vocabulary,’ he tweeted.

    ‘2- you learn something new every day.’

    The incident happened outside his apartment, after the sentencing of his stalker Genevieve Sabourin in New York.

  • Nick Grimshaw and Naomi Campbell Vogue

    Radio 1 DJ and Supermodel turned reality show judge Naomi Campbell vogued for their lives this morning and Tweeted the results.

    One of the world’s most famous Supermodels Naomi Campbell dropped by the Radio 1 studios to chat with Nick Grimshaw this morning.

    The model is currently fronting a brand new programme on Sky Living called The Face, where wannabe models fight it out to win the competition. Bit like ANTM, but British and with Naomi, Erin O’Connor and Caroline Winberg

    But the fabulous pair couldn’t contain themselves so did a bit of “Thursday” for the cameras – very fashion sweetie.

    Watch The Face on Sky Living on Monday 18th November 2013

  • JESSIE J: Switches On The Christmas Lights

    Singer Jessie J kicks off Christmas celebrations on Oxford Street, in London, by switching on the lights.

     

    Bestselling British artist Jessie J kick started the Christmas season by wowing shoppers with an explosive performance and admitting it has always been a dream to switch on the world famous Oxford Street lights.

    Jessie J says,

    ‘I always used to make my parents bring me to Oxford Street to see the Christmas lights so it’s an honour to actually be switching them on this year. I spend a lot of time shopping on Oxford Street and this year will be no different. The lights switch-on is a prestigious part of the festive season for Londoners and I’m proud to be a part of it.’

    Illuminating the world’s most iconic high street with a new £1.5 million light scheme, and lighting up the entire Selfridges building in spectacular style, Jessie J performed in front of thousands of excited shoppers and flicked the switch on the brand new Christmas lights display along the world’s most iconic high street.

     

    Christmas cheer really did start here, as thousands of shoppers watched high octane performances by Jessie J, supported by X Factor winner James Arthur and pop sensation Conor Maynard, at the globally renowned Oxford Street Christmas lights switch-on hosted by the world’s best department store, Selfridges.

    Remarkable circus theatrics made the event truly memorable, with eclectic performers Gifford’s Circus giving a real twist to the evening’s celebration. A breath-taking lights display lit up the iconic Selfridges building, celebrating its ‘Destination Christmas’ campaign.

     

  • I Can’t Sing Musical, throws serious shade at Geri Halliwell

    We don’t know how we feel about this but lyrics from the new musical I Can’t Sing throw shade at Spice Girl Geri Halliwell.

    Producers of a new show which is due to open in London next year have released a video in which Geri Halliwell is referenced. The song is called I can’t sing. Geri Halliwell is a former guest judge on the show.

    The song is called “I can’t sing”. Geri Halliwell is a former guest judge on the show.

    The show has been written by Harry Hill and Steve Brown and is due to open next year at the London Palladium.
    At one point the lead singer sings,
    “I had no idea, I didn’t think I could,

    Thought i made Geri Halliwell sound good.”

    Tsk Tsk… Now now, you know you shouldn’t be putting down Lady Halliwell like that.

    I CAN’T SING! goes behind the microphones and under the judges’ desks at the biggest show on earth, and exposes the (allegedly) true story behind The X Factor — a gloriously twisted tale of naked ambition, heartache, hunchbacks and talking dogs.

  • Lady Gaga warns about communications over the internet

    It seems as though Mother Monster, Lady Gaga, is a firm believer in Astrology as she Tweets a warning about communications over the internet.

    “Applause” singer Lady Gaga took to Twitter today to let her followers know you’ll not be able to ‘side-step the consequences of the things you say on the internet’
    She continued:

    ‘Today is a VERY important day for the ‘resetting’ of communication. Protect your karma, spread love, and THINK before you tweet.

    ‘Be compassionate to those around you who experience consequences for their 2013 communicative choices TODAY, its kingdom come. #ARTPOP2NIGHT

    Quite! Mystic Meg eat your heart out…

  • Olympic hottie Chris Mears gets an MRI

    Olympic demi god Chris Mears has been to hospital for an MRI scan on the ankle he injured at the gym.

    Olympic diver Chris Mears has tweeted that he’s been to the hospital to get an MRI on his ankle which he twisted on the 29th October.

    In his tweet he wrote:

    ‘So I just had an MRI on my ankle and get the results tomorrow! Hope all is well! Eeek’

    He tweeted a picture of his very sore looking foot on the 29th October.

    Chris is also gracing the cover of Coitus Magazine this month

  • Cher showcases new hair do

    She’s at it again, Cher, gay icon extraordinaire has showcase a new hairpiece on Twitter which is made entirely of feathers.

    The songstress Cher posed with the massive feather headdress for her Twitter fans.

    Cher was recently in the UK promoting her brand new album, (her 26th studio album no less), Closer To The Truth.

    It reached number 4 in the UK, while fairing slightly better in the US reaching number 3 on the billboard chart.

  • Marcus Collins Puts On Weight

    A rather dishy Marcus Collins has just tweeted this rather hornilcious picture of himself.

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  • GARETH THOMAS: ‘What Tom Has Done Is Very Significant’

    Gareth Thomas: Tom Daley will inspire young gay people, Ex-rugby international hopes many take inspiration from Olympian’s honesty and future success.

     Writing in his blog at Sportlobster openly gay former rugby star Gareth Thomas shares his thoughts of Olympian, Tom Daley’s ‘coming out’ video.
    “Hopefully this will give other kids and adults the strength to be honest and take a lot of inspiration from his story,” says ex-Wales rugby international, Gareth Thomas, who announced he is gay in 2009, becoming one of the first openly homosexual male athletes in any major sports team.
    “I don’t think someone coming out is enough – I think it’s his story after coming out that will inspire others. If he goes to Rio and wins the gold medal and has a fantastic life after that it will show other athletes that being honest and open is a good thing to do. Hopefully he can re-focus now and concentrate on his sport and show that being a gay athlete doesn’t define who you are.
    “Tom now needs to be true to who he is and not be who anyone else wants him to be. He has a big responsibility as he is now potentially responsible for many people having the confidence to come out publically about their sexuality. His announcement will change people’s lives and make lives better. He is now a role model who has influence over thousands, maybe even millions of people so that’s a huge amount of responsibility, which I’m sure he’ll take seriously once he realises just how much influence he has.
    “I came out to my family and close friends, and then two years later I came out in a newspaper. Often people ask me why I felt I had to come out, as it’s not an issue for them. We’re now in an age dominated by social media and so many people are interested in celebrities and their lifestyles outside of what they do for a living, that you have to come out publicly if you want to walk down the street hand in hand or go to a pub and drink without people talking and spreading vicious rumours. I came out in a public way because I wanted to live my life in a way that I wanted to and not be judged by people.
    “I thought it was very personal the way Tom made the announcement – you’re watching on YouTube and it’s almost like he’s talking to you. I thought it was a very humbling and genuine way of doing it and I take my hat off to him. People might look at the life he is living and think it’s fantastic but he’s been through a lot. You could see in his eyes that all he really wants is to be Tom Daley the diver and not have lots of people questioning him for his sexuality.
    “What Tom has done is very significant in other ways, because he’s so young and he’s fairly near the start of his career – it’s a great positive message to the world. For him to do it at such a young age is not only testament to him but to society. When I was playing it just wouldn’t have been possible to come out at his age in the rugby world. It was very much a different place then and I wouldn’t have found the acceptance that I found when I eventually did do it.
    “Tom is a great diver and this is just a declaration of who he is sexually, not a declaration of who he is as a person. I’ve watched him in the Olympics and, like most of the nation, felt like I was standing on the edge of every diving board with him. I know he’s a hugely successful young lad with a great life ahead of him. I just hope that this announcement makes his life even better.
    “I was never under pressure to come out and I didn’t do it because I wanted to be some kind of flag-bearer, it was just a position that I was put in. The more people that come out as being gay, the better the world is.
    “The world is constantly changing and people get educated every single day. When I first started playing rugby, being openly gay and progressing at the sport wasn’t possible. Now it’s been proven that it can be done, not just in rugby but across all sports.”
    Work has begun on the movie of Gareth Thomas’ life story, with Oscar-nominated Mickey Rourke, who owns the rights to the film, playing his part.
    Read Gareth Thomas’ Sportlobster blog: https://sportlobster.com/news/20567/congratulations-tom-daley-why-your-announcement-is-great-for-sport.html

  • Chris Brown arrested

    Chris Brown allegedly punches and hurls a gay slur at man in Washington DC.

    The singer Chris Brown has been arrested, after a man was punched in the face in an attacked that the victim is calling ‘homophobic’.

    Entertainment website TMZ reports that both Brown and a bodyguard were arrested and charged with assault.

    The alleged incident happened outside the W hotel in Washington DC as Brown was having his picture taken with two women, when two men tried to get in on the act.

    The victim reports that Brown said:

    ‘I’m not into this gay sh*t, I’m into boxing,’

    Brown then apparently punched the man in the face who was taken to hospital for his injuries that included a broken nose, which he may need surgery for.

    TMZ reports that the alleged victim didn’t understand why Brown was ‘so homophobic’. The unnamed man has already hired a lawyer.

    The singer’s team has denied the allegations, suggesting that the man was trying to board Brown’s bus and that the singer was trying to stop him.

    In a ‘worst case scenario’ TMZ reports that because Brown is still on probation for beating Rhianna in 2009, this latest incident could see him behind bars for up to 4 years for ‘violating his probation’