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  • James Franco plays gay again

    James Franco is obviously intending to get his a place in the Guinness Book of Records for playing gay-for-pay with his clothes on more than any other straight actor in Hollywood.

    His latest movie Wild Horses is about a Texas Ranger Samantha Payne (Luciana Duvall) who reopens a 15-year-old missing persons case, uncovering clues linking a local boy’s death to wealthy family man, Scott Briggs (Robert Duvall).

    Samantha will stop at nothing to discover the truth even if it means risking her own life. With the unexpected return of his estranged gay son Ben (Franco), Briggs must find a way to either silence the law for good, or come to terms with the hidden relationship between Ben and the boy that he tried to end years ago.

    Due to be released in the US on June 5th, and in the UK later this summer

    According to his instagram Franco is currently in the Hamptons trying to write a Musical which you can see from the photo he posted, for some reason he is doing somewhat naked.

  • Harry Potter Actor Goes Off On Anti-Gay Internet Trolls

    An actor who starred in the Harry Potter franchise of films has unleashed her disgust at anti-gay social network trolls, telling them to un follow her if they don’t back gay rights.

    The Irish actor Evanna Lynch, who played Luna Lovegood blasted nasty, scathing and downright cruel’ users who left remarks on an Instagram post which outlaid her belief in marriage equality.

    Last week Ireland had a public referendum to change its constitution to allow same-sex marriage. An overwhelming 62% of the votes cast were in favour of the change.

    In her statement on Facebook, she said that she would block anyone ‘breeds hate or revulsion or shame’.

    Read the full letter below:

    I am making a special request to all of you today in light of an ugly instagram thread that is really bothering me. Simply, if you are someone who perceives homosexuality as ‘disgusting’ or ‘f**ked up’ or ‘unnatural’, will you do me a kindness and please unfollow me on all social media platforms. And then block me.

    If I was someone who wanted to devote her life to fighting this fight to expand people’s minds on the definition of marriage and to break down people’s prejudices towards homosexuality I would probably encourage this constant antagonistic debate and I would invite the radicals to do verbal morality battles with me.

    But this is not my life’s purpose, it’s just life as I see it, something I endorse and the nasty, scathing and downright cruel remarks just Wear. Me. Out. I believe in always promoting a positive message and I don’t want your poison all over my carefully curated wall of light and positivity heart emoticon And let me be very clear and say people’s ‘beliefs’ have nothing to do with this. It is your attitude and the way you choose to react. Please don’t for a second pin the intolerance and hatred you spread on ‘religion’ for no religion endorses the darkness you’re spreading. It is possible to not like the idea of homosexuality, to find it a wholly alien, uncomfortable concept and to NOT impose this view on the people it affects and above all to NOT shame people for the way they are.

    Coming from Ireland, I am friends with a lot of people who handle their oppressive views on other people this way. I admire the grace with which they struggle to reconcile their beliefs with this changing society, and their respect for other humans. I have so much respect for these people, even though I will always consider their views misguided. If you can’t handle this concept then kindly LEAVE my page. There are other fiercer, more articulate, more outspoken and more controversial figures who lead the LQBTQ+ community and will gladly engage in fiery debate with you, will be fueled and energised by your anger and vitriol even and I ask that you go to them to wrestle verbally with your conflicting beliefs. I cannot deal with this kind of venom, and more to the point it is wasted energy on your part to put it here.

    And on a not-unrelated note, why are you following me? I think it’s safe to assume that the majority of you on here clicked ‘like’ on account of my portrayal of the character ‘Luna Lovegood’ in the Harry Potter films (Mackenzie Price fans…gosh, I am sorry but you’re a bit off track here). The clue is in the name, people! Luna Lovegood’s love is a GOOD kind of love. It is not conditional or possessive or needy or demanding. It doesn’t fall apart the moment you expose a piece of yourself that is unconventional or even unbecoming. Luna is a character who accepts all people and creatures in all forms, loves them for exactly what they are and who is constantly in awe at the diversity, strangeness and newness of each being she encounters.

    Did you ever wonder why she stares openly, unblinkingly and for uncomfortable periods of time at people? It’s because she is literally falling in love with an odd shaped freckle on their nose, the quirky way they pronounce ‘asked’, the uncontainable awkwardness they can’t hide for a beat longer under such loving scrutiny. And lastly the only way Luna can be quintessentially Luna is because she loves and accepts herself fully.

    If Luna were to condemn and villify such an intrinsic human thing as our sexuality and see ANY colour of it as wrong she would not sit so comfortably within herself and she would not be who we know and love. Luna is someone who has always taught me to love myself and I don’t know what you are doing on my instagram, facebook or twitter helping others feel awful about the way they are. If you are one of the people who bred hate or revulsion or shame on my instagram post today then you clearly haven’t thought very deeply about what I or Luna Lovegood represent and it’s time for you to unfollow.

  • Julian Clary To Rub His Ring For Panto

    Punters are you ready? King of Camp, drinker of Blue Nun and fister of politicians, Julian Clary is ready for Panto.

    Following last year’s record-breaking production of Jack and the Beanstalk, Birmingham Hippodrome has announced another all-star cast for this year’s action-packed pantomime Aladdin, which runs from Saturday 19 December 2015 until Sunday 31 January 2016.

    Julian, 56, who will play Spirit of the Ring, (insert ring jokes here) will be joined by MARTI PELLOW, LEE MEAD, MATT SLACK and ANDREW RYAN.

    Julian Clary has established himself as one of the country’s most recognisable and popular stage and television entertainers. He has turned his hand to comedy, acting, presenting, writing and in 2012 Julian won Celebrity Big Brother. As well as his autobiography, Julian has become an accomplished novelist with a number of best-sellers to his credit. He is a hugely- popular panto performer and has headlined some of the biggest pantomimes around the UK, including Dick Whittington at Birmingham Hippodrome opposite Joan Collins in 2010. Julian plays the Spirit of the Ring.

    Hurrah! Get Booking campers.

  • Ellen DeGeneres Mother Of Hot Twins?

    On her TV Show this week talk-show comedian Ellen revealed that she has been keeping a secret since 1989.

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  • Marilyn Monroe Movie Retrospective

    For the whole of the month of June the BFI are running a retrospective of movies of one of world’s greatest gay icons: Miss Marilyn Monroe.

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  • Andi Peters “I’m Only 21”

    Andi Peters likes a joke. Proclaims to be only 21.

    Recently the former Live And Kicking star was pictured with sporting legend Daley Thompson along with day time TV hunk Ben Shephard, who quipped in a tweet: “Is it me or is @Daley_thompson actually younger than @andipeters??”

    Before adding: “Looks Awesome” – Seems like Ben Shephard might have a budding bromance on the rise. However was Andi less than impressed by being compared with Thomson is 12 years his senior?

    Andi Peters was quick to jump in with: “I’m Only 21.”

    Andi Peters who has a rigorous workout regime looks quite honesty stunning. The presenter is now aged 44 and will be turning 45 in July.

  • Cate Blanchett Admits To Relationships With Women

    When we wrote about Todd Haynes’s new movie ‘Carol’ that premieres this week at Cannes about two ‘straight’ women who fall in love, we knew that the project had been ‘in the closet’ for 15 years before it made it to the screen.

    It turns out that now that it was not only thing in there too. In a very frank and wide-ranging interview with Variety Magazine the movie’s Cate Blanchett now admits that she has had her fair share of girl on girl action too off the screen.

    When asked if this is her first turn as a lesbian, Blanchett curls her lips into a smile. “On film — or in real life?” she asks coyly. Pressed for details about whether she’s had past relationships with women, she responds: “Yes. Many times,” but doesn’t elaborate.

    Like Carol, who never “comes out” as a lesbian, Blanchett doesn’t necessarily rely on labels for sexual orientation. “I never thought about it,” she says of how she envisioned the character. “I don’t think Carol thought about it.” The actress studied the era by picking up banned erotic novels. “I read a lot of girl-on-girl books from the period,” she says.

    Ms Blanchett married to playwright and director Andrew Upton and mother of 4 children, has already been nominated for an Oscar six times (she’s already won for2004’s “The Aviator” and 2013’s “Blue Jasmine”) and the pre-Cannes buzz is that the new performance could net her another one.

  • David Hockney Says Too Many Gay Men Want To Be Boring

    Too may gay men have become ‘boring’ and ‘conservative’ according to Britain’s most famous living artist David Hockney in an interview this week in The Daily Telegraph.

     

    “They want to be ordinary – they want to fit in,” said Hockney, “Well I don’t care about that. I don’t care about fitting in. Everywhere is so conservative.” He added too many gay men were determined to lead ‘ordinary’ lives by entering into civil partnerships and having children through adoption or surrogate mothers.

    When he was asked if he would ever have marry a man, he was aghast at the suggestion. He admitted that he stayed in contact with former lovers, except when they had become “so boring” that he didn’t want to spend time with them.

    Hockney disclosed that despite a string of lovers, the love of his life was “maybe” Gregory Evans, his 62-year-old manager.

    Hockney and Evans had been lovers for about a decade through the 1970s but have worked together for 40 years.

    On a recent visit to San Francisco he was dismayed that the bohemian lifestyle of the city’s large gay community had seemingly vanished.

    “It’s a very boring city now. Where are the Harvey Milks,” he asked, in reference to the gay rights campaigner who was shot and murdered after becoming the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in California.

  • Chris Hemsworth: Massive Penis Is Basically Everything

    Thor actor Chris Hemsworth has shown off his rather impressive body and what appears to be an incredibly long schlong in the new trailer for Vacation.

    The 31-year-old actor who is currently starring in The Vacation, voted as People Magazine‘s Sexiest Man Alive, is showing off an impressive body and equally impressive member, through his rather thin boxer shorts.

    The film is due to be released in the US in July. Warner Bros have yet to announce a date for the UK release.

    No word has been released yet on whether the shockingly big outline is actually the actors.

     

  • Steve Grand Has Really Got Something Worth Baring All For

    Gay singer-songwriter Steve Grand who became a star overnight last year when his first video went viral, stopped by vlogger Davey Wavey’s house to do some real musical promotion for his new album.

    So far a lot of the promotion that he receives is not for his music, but for his looks, so he wanted this to be different. It was until Davey literally got his hands on him.

     

     

     

  • PICK OF THE WEEK: Aiden Leslie

    Aiden Leslie has literally been making waves with the launch of his new video that he shot on Breezy Point Beach in NY.

    The 38-year-old openly gay singer-songwriter has already made quite a name for himself on the nightlife circuit, and now he is taking a more soulful approach with his latest song I Just Go.

    Take a look at the video as Aiden really is as hot as he looks and we are happy to nominate him as our Pick Of The Week.