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  • Perez likens Katie Hopkin’s isolation tactic like AIDS epidemic of the 80s

    Perez upsets Michelle Visage after he likens the isolation he’s felt by Katie Hopkins to AIDS in the 80s.

    Another day another argument between Katie Hopkins and Perez Hilton, but after likening the isolation he’s experienced by Katie’s anti-Perez campaign, Perez stated his outrageous claim that he feels like he’s been “diagnosed with AIDS in the early 80s and she was trying to get everybody to be afraid of me and ostracise me”.

    This angers RuPaul Drag Race judge Michelle Visage who shouts, “Having lost 20 plus friends to AIDS, that is a bit extreme!”

    The AIDS crisis ravaged the gay community in the US and across the world killing thousands of people during the 80s and 90s. Across the world, AIDS has been attributed to over 39 million HIV-related deaths.

    Perez continues to talk about how he has been “traumatised” by the Big Brother experience.

    Earlier in the series Perez offended many viewers by saying that the removal of actor Ken Morley was like being free from cancer.

    Celebrity Big Brother tonight from 8pm on Channel 5 and one more Housemate will be evicted.

  • FILM REVIEW | The Face of Love

    ★★★★ | The Face of Love

    You glance at the cast list and think that at last, Hollywood is acknowledging good actors who happen to be a little older than Channing Tatum. The 3 leads here are Annette Bening, Ed Harris and the late Robin Williams in a slightly left of centre love story.

    It goes like this, Annette Bening plays Nikki, an LA housewife and mother, who loves her husband, architect Ed Harris. The first part of the film shows this love while it films them on vacation for their 30th anniversary in Mexico until tragedy strikes.

    Widowed, Nikki does what you imagine anyone in that position does, they exist, get up, breathe, eat, sleep and try to form some kind of life without that special someone but without any meaning and this film shows that lack of purpose so well.

    That is until, on a whim, she drops by her favourite art gallery in LA, an old haunt from her pre-widow days and she spots a doppleganger; the spitting image of her late husband and that’s where the film goes into uncharted territory.

    I’ve read some online reviews of this movie and they aren’t kind, but I found it endearing and felt an empathy with Nikki and her web of lies as she’s negotiating a relationship with someone who looks like and to all intents and purposes is her late husband; but with a penchant for hats and less fake teeth (watch, you’ll understand)!

    Robin plays the third wheel – a neighbour, who lost his wife and has a crush painful on Nikki – a crush that comes to the surface when he makes a move and is, politely, thwarted due to Nikki’s sudden involvement with her late husband’s double!

    Her live away daughter’s reaction is a treat when she first, accidentally, meets her mother’s new lover – worth watching just for this.

    This is a lovely, delicious, silly and far-fetched movie – a Saturday afternoon treat, make yourself some popcorn, pour a wine and indulge kind of thing.

    Suspend disbelief as someone once said and enjoy.

  • THEATRE REVIEW | To Kill A Mockingbird, Sheffield Lyceum & National Tour

    ★★★★ | To Kill A Mockingbird, Sheffield Lyceum & National Tour

    Harper Lee’s classic American novel, which many will remember from their schooldays, is beautifully presented in this classy and stylistic play.

    Set in the deep south of America in the 1930s, issues of racism, prejudice and optimism are explored through the eyes of the young narrator, Scout, as she learns of the flaws in those who live amongst her in her neighbourhood and counterbalances this by watching her Father, an idealistic lawyer, as he defends a black man accused of raping a white girl. As tensions build within the small community, Scout learns about the impact of both hatred and of standing up for your beliefs, regardless of external pressures.

    Despite its somewhat heavy themes and the dramatic tension displayed on stage, the play still maintains a good mixture of very gentle humour and childhood innocence which lifted it slightly, ably aided and enhanced by a strong cast who provided universally excellent performances. In particular, Zackary Momoh stood out as the accused Tom Robinson, the young leads performed well and Luke Potter provided some delightful and atmospheric musical accompaniment. The staging of the play was impressive, with scenes interspersed with the cast members reading directly from the novel, acting in the role of narrator, before seamlessly morphing into various characters in the story as another narrator took over. The actors entered and exited the stage though the audience, and placed the audience in the shoes of the Jury during the trial scenes. The set was deliberately sparse, with simple props being used to set the scene, allowing the performances and writing to be the focus and avoiding the drama being overshadowed by being style over substance. Director, Timothy Schrader cleverly utilises these techniques to provide an absorbing and engaging presentation which draws the audience in.

    To Kill A Mockingbird is a thought provoking and timely reminder of the impact of blind prejudice and despite being written around 55 years ago, it’s themes are still pertinent today, especially when considering the persecution of the gay community in various parts of the world. Overall, this is a high-quality production which is engrossing, engaging and enjoyable.

    To Kill A Mockingbird is playing at Sheffield Theatres (www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk) until 31st January 2015 before continuing on its national tour (http://www.tokillamockingbirdplay.com/).

  • Perez Wants More Money For Exit Interview

    Dramz dramz and more dramz as Perez hits out at Big Brother.

    Perez tells Patsy that he wants to leave the House, adding “it will take a miracle” to keep him in. He says that he’s not in the House for the money and admits, “I did it for the opportunity to let people know who I really am”

    Later in the diary room, Perez hides from Big Brother and refusing to give an exit interview unless Big Brother pays him more money. Talking tabout how he is feeling, he maintains that “If I said anything about people in this House, I said it to their faces, and the only person in this House that has kept me sane and given me the time of day is Nadia and you tried to fu*k that up”

    Big Brother asks if it would be a shame if he left the House and Perez admits, “I’m just trying to be rational about things now…I’ve been in here too long already. Everything is telling me that I should quit, but then I’m like afraid to quit. I don’t fu*king know!” Big Brother then tells Perez that he wants to set him “the ultimate secret mission”, and Perez will have one hour to return to the House and convince the other Housemates that he is leaving. He will then go to a secret room, where he will observe the Housemate’s every move as Big Brother’s secret puppet master. When asked if he’s up to the challenge, Perez responds, “I’m still fu*king here, so yes…. I don’t have a fu*king choice…I am fu*king still in the fu*king Perez show!”

    Perez re-joins the other Housemates to collect his suitcases, before heading straight to the bedroom, where Katie Hopkins is brushing her hair. When she sees Perez, she sniggers to herself. Nadia remarks, “He’s so upset. To have gone through all of this for no pay cheque at all.” In the bedroom, Katie Hopkins asks Perez if he would prefer her to leave the room, to which he responds a resounding yes. In the living Room, Michelle comments, “I don’t know why anyone is surprised; this needs to happen.” When Katie Hopkins joins the group, Calum says, “She’s so smug”, adding “The days don’t get easier! Fu*king hell. I’m thinking to myself, final countdown and there’s more drama”

    In the bedroom, Patsy tells Perez that she’s sorry he feels he has to leave. Perez replies that he’s “so confident in enough in myself that me leaving doesn’t mean that fu*king Katie Hopkins wins.” He adds, “I can handle her, it’s this fu*kin g bullsh*t that I can’t fu*king deal with”

    Most of the Housemates are in the living area, silently reflecting on Perez. Katie Hopkins remarks, “To be fair, it was just a Tweet”. Perez then walks into the garden, where he breaks the fire exit and leaves the Big Brother House. Calum says, “That’s a pretty big move” and Michelle speculates, “He’ll flip his lid with them out there”

    Unbeknown to the other Housemates, Perez will be living in a secret room, watching their every move as Big Brother’s puppet master. Perez takes a picture of himself off the wall and remarks, “The Perez show is back”, before settling down to watch the other Housemates on a monitor.

    Celebrity Big Brother TX tonight at 9pm on Channel 5.

  • Nathan Sykes Announces Solo Career And New Look

    Following months of speculation, Nathan Sykes, previously a member of chart topping band The Wanted, has announced his solo career in an exclusive cover feature for the highly respected style title Hunger TV. (more…)

  • FILM REVIEW | I Am Yours

    ★★★ | I Am Yours

    Newbie Norwegian filmmaker Iram Haq’s new drama is based on her own life and her struggle as a woman caught between two cultures. Struggling actress Mina, a second-generation immigrant, is an attractive 27-year-old divorcee who shares custody of her 6-year-old son with her ex-husband, a successful architect, and his new wife who can barely contain their disapproval of Mina and her rather flighty life.

    Even her hypocritical mother, the matriarch in their traditional Pakistani family, cannot stop criticising her daughter every time they meet. ‘What a fine man, imagine if he were still a member of this family’ she intones about her ex-son in law. Mina’s only joy, asides from her son, comes from her all her sexual liaisons with a slew of unsuitable men. When they sense her neediness, they all use this an excuse to manipulate and abuse her.

    This comes to a head when she meets Jesper a Swedish filmmaker visiting Oslo. He is quite the charmer and so Mina chooses to overlook that he is both self-centered and extremely passive/aggressive when it comes to the relationship that they fall into too quickly. She goes to great lengths to please Jesper in whom she has invested all her hope even to the point that doing so may jeopardise the one stable thing in her life i.e. her relationship with her son.

    The same time that Mina eventually appreciates that Jesper can not/will not make any commitment to a relationship especially when he realises he has to compete with a 6-year-old child for her attention, her mother comes to visit cap in hand to admit that her own perfect marriage is not what it seemed after all.

    It’s an impressive first feature from 38-year-old Haq and was selected to be Norway’s’ Official Submission for a Best Foreign Picture Oscar Nomination. She cast the movie very well with convincing performances from her two leads: Amrita Acharia a Norwegian/Ukranian/Nepalese actress best known for playing Irri in the Game of Thrones and Ola Rapace who was in Skyfall but is better known for being the ex-husband of Noomi Rapace.

  • FILM REVIEW | Pelo Malo (Bad Hair)

    ★★★★★ | Pelo Malo (Bad Hair)

    The opening scene of the extraordinary refreshing movie reveals a very reluctant Marta cleaning a luxury apartment aided and abetted by Junior her 9-year-old son who she has dragged along, as she cannot afford a babysitter.

    She’s annoyed as she feels that this work is beneath her but has to do it anyway as she is unable to get re-hired in her Security Guard job that she was suspended from for some unspecified reasons. Marta lives with her two children in a decaying tower block housing project in one of Caracas’s poorest working class areas and it’s a daily struggle simply trying to make ends meet and get enough money to feed the family.

    This is not the only reason why this attractive, but sullen, young woman looks angry all the time, as she is constantly battling with Junior, who even at this very early age, she suspects may have homosexual tendencies. The boy’s best friend is a potty mouth girl and he prefers to play with her dolls rather than pitch in with the other boys on the Estate and join their rough-horse games. Not only that but as he has inherited from his father (since departed) an unruly mop of curly hair, he is desperate to have it straightened in time for the obligatory photograph he needs to start High School next time.

    It’s yet another reason to continue the running spate with his mother who can barely disguise her loathing for her eldest child, and who chooses to use all her motherly love on the baby instead. However, Junior’s paternal grandmother, who has no real love for her ex-daughter in law, is happy to indulge her grandson. She has an ulterior motive though as she would like him to come live with her so that he will be around to take care of her when she gets older. She helps Junior experiment straightening his hair and even makes him an outfit to wear for the photograph. It’s based on one that his favourite pop idol wears but when the end result looks too girly for him, he starts to fight with his grandmother too.

    Junior is too young to understand what he is feeling and his fawning admiration for handsome teenager Mario who runs a news kiosk could, of course, be just a schoolboy crush, but Marta has already decided that it is unhealthy and is the reason that her effeminate son is developing into something that she so obviously finds abhorrent. She also knows that as the adult in this situation she has the power and the ultimate control and it’s what she will use to get her own way.

    All this family drama is played out against the rapidly changing political instability in Venezuela that is pushing this family (and so many others) into an uncertain future and making sheer financial desperation become a major factor in shaping people’s beliefs and standards. The odd thing that in this patriarchal society Marta is clinging to this outdated attitudes, which are rank with homophobia even though the job that she is so desperate to recover for herself is one that is traditional, a very masculine occupation.

    It is nevertheless a wonderful melodrama that even with the futility of the embittered mother’s position she still wants to fight the natural development of her child even though he obviously has no idea of what he is even happening to him and his sexuality. Samantha Castillo as Marta, and a complete scene-stealing turn by Samuel Lange Zabrina as Junior enhances it with a stunningly realistic performance.

    It won writer/director Mariana Rondón the major award at the prestigious San Sebastián International Film Festival but the main reason that this excellent movie deserves our attention is because she chose to tackle the very sensitive subject of budding sexuality, and in an environment/culture that is facing such turmoil right now anyway.

  • PEREZ In CBB Walk Out Drama

    Earlier today, Big Brother asked Perez to stage a fake walkout of the Big Brother house. Perez will be living in secret while the other Housemates are blissfully unaware of his ongoing influence on the events within the House.

    Things are going to be hotting up as Katie Hopkins seemingly gets her way, but all is not as it seems as Perez, fakes a walk-out from the Channel 5 reality show. However Perez will be running the show, without the remaining celebrities knowing anything about it.

    With tempers running high, Perez’s walk out, will seem in context with the rest of show this season, as Alexander O’Neal walked out of the house – and Ken Morley and Jeremy Jackson were made to leave after their behaviour broke Big Brother’s rules.

    The walkout happens after today’s luxury shopping task. The Housemates were gathered on the sofas, where it was revealed that Big Brother had been hacked. A series of previous conversations and Diary Room chats are then played out to the group, which caused a mixed reaction. Big Brother then tells the Housemates that he has detected some corrupted audio files and they must help to identify who said each, in order to win a luxury shopping budget.

    When a corrupt audio file is played into the House, the Housemate responsible must own up and explain the reason behind their comments. Perez is first to stand up and explain why he said that he thought Calum would be evicted over Alicia. When Perez suggests that the “showmance” between Cami-Li and Calum won’t happen because Calum has a girlfriend, Calum is visibly shocked before saying “it’s all good. All I can bring to the show is a fu*king showmance” Katie Hopkins jokes, “Calum’s translation of ‘it’s all good’ means, ‘I’m going to fuc*ing kill him!’”

    So will all be much happier in the house?

    Celebrity Big Brother TX tonight at 9pm on Channel 5.

  • Transparent Free For One Day Only

    To celebrate its recent GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS Amazon have announced that you can watch the all of the episodes of TRANSPARENT free this Saturday for just one day only.

    This excellent groundbreaking series is about a retired college professor who decides to transition into the woman he always felt he was, and then has to deal with breaking the news to his three very spoilt grown-up children. This warm wonderful comedy is a sheer joy and one that we were happy to give a 5 Star review to in THE GAY UK.

    So can cancel all your plans this Saturday, get warm and cosy, and sit down in front of your smart TV or computer and just click on www.amazon.co.uk. for a real FREE treat.

    P.S. If you are one of our many American readers then you can get this treat too, just click www.amazon.com

     

     

  • Katie Hopkins And Michelle Visage Becoming Bossom Buddies

    Katie Hopkins and Michelle Visage seem to be getting on very well, as Visage says she was instantly drawn to the former Apprentice star.

    Katie Hopkins has never been shy about wanting to be a gay icon and well, she’s appears to be learning from one of the best in the form of Michelle Visage.

    Talking to Big Brother, Michelle says, she is surprised who she has connected with in the house and says that Katie Hopkins is the biggest surprise. She says that they ‘were instantly drawn to each other’ and that they have the same sense of humour and that they are ‘so similar in so many ways’.

    The pair have also bonded over their dislike for Perez Hilton, who Visage has called out numerous times for setting back the gay community fifty years. During yesterday’s debate task Perez called Katie Hopkins homophobic, which caused Katie to explode, screaming “don’t ever call me homophobic, that’s the one thing I’m not..” and Michelle criticised Perez for his use of the word.

  • What If Page 3 Had Men On It…

    What If Page 3 Had Men On It…

    We’ve got to say we’re kind of loving this… considering men’s nipples are always on show and for general amusement of the populace…

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