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  • The 60th BFI London Film Festival begins today with loads of gay films

    The 60th BFI London Film Festival begins today with loads of gay films

    This year’s London Film Festival looks to be the gayest one yet. There are about a dozen films with an LGBT theme, and some of them are in your face gay.

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    Here’s a preview of what to look for, and which films you need to do absolutely anything to get a ticket:

    King Cobra is definitely one of the most scandalous films to be shown at the festival probably ever! A young man travels to Los Angeles at the urging of a sleazy gay porn producer (Christian Slater) to be his next star. A parallel story has James Franco as another gay porn producer who is in a relationship with his young male star. There is lots of skin shown in this film which is based on the real life story of former gay porn star Brent Corrigan. And as a bonus James Franco’s character gets fcked and scked.  Do anything to get a ticket to this!

    A film that is getting a lot of attention from the mainstream press is the excellent Moonlight. It takes place in 19980’s Miami and focuses on one man’s journey through three stages of his life. He’s black and gay, and we witness key moments in his life that made him the man he is. Compelling, with excellent performances all around. Naomie Harris plays his crack-addicted mother. A must see.

    What would happen if a famous and well-known footballer was gay? Well, in The Pass, two aspiring Premier League footballers (Russell Tovey and Arinzé Kene) share a passionate night while sharing a hotel room right before a big game. That night profoundly impacts Tovey’s characters’ life. Hard-hitting stuff with great performances. And It’s worth the ticket price alone just to see Tovey lying on a bed, with his wide legs open, wearing tight white underwear. PHWOAR! If you miss this at the festival you can buy the DVD or streamline it on VOD next year as it’s unlikely this film will get a cinema release.

    Winner of the Queer Palm Award at the Cannes Film Festival, The Lives of Thérése documents Thérése Clerc’s death at the age of 88. She was very memorable in the documentary Les Invisibles who at the age of 40 divorced her husband to embrace a life of activism, which included fighting for homosexual rights.

    Lovesong is about a young woman who lives alone with her two-year-old daughter while her husband works away. One day a female childhood friend comes to visit and a romantic spark ignites. With Jena Malone and Riley Keough.

    Taekwondo is all testosterone and men who are in a country house near Buenos Aires where one of them brings along a friend who does not tell the rest of the group that he is gay. A are they or aren’t they a couple plot develops, which could possibly tear the close friends apart.

    Another Argentinian film is La Noche. A young man moves around Buenos Aires at night, picking up guys, going to clubs, scoring drugs and having lots of sex. I’ve not seen this one yet but by the look of the poster it looks hot!

    One of the most popular films at the Flare Film festival earlier this year, Who’s Gonna Love Me Now excellently tells the story of Sar, an Israeli who has been driven away from his family’s traditional values and starts a new life in London where he joins the Gay Men’s Chorus. It’s beautifully told and directed and is a must see film.

    Gay director Tom Ford presents his second film (the first was the well-received A Single Man) with Nocturnal Animals. One of the festival’s must-see films, it focuses on Susan (Amy Adams), a glamorous and accomplished Los Angeles gallery director whose current marriage appears to be unravelling, and who fuels her insomnia by reading the manuscript of a disturbing novel – written and sent to her by her ex-husband (Jake Gyllenhaal). Expect lots of lush scenery and fabulous costumes.

    The latest from gay director Francois Ozon, Frantz tells the story of a young woman who mourns the tragic death of her fiancé in the aftermath of WW1. She eventually finds solace with a stranger, a man she sees putting flowers on her dead husband’s grave. But who is he really? Typical Ozon melodramatic plot, but will it be another Ozon classic?

    Wunderkind and gay director Xavier Dolan (Lawrence Anyways) presents his latest film, It’s Only the End of the World. A terminally ill writer returns home to break the news of his debilitating condition to his estranged family. It’s lots of sadness and sorrow – typical of a Dolan movie. With Marion Cottilard.

    Stars so far confirmed to walk on the red carpet include: Oyelowo, Pike, Sigourney Weaver and Liam Neeson (A Monster Calls), Casey Affleck, Nyong’o, Renner, Kidman, Patel, Ford and Taylor-Johnson, and Cotillard. Too bad Franco is not showing up.

    There is so so so much more going on at the festival. Grab a program if you see one around town, or go to the website mentioned way below.

    The 60th BFI London Film Festival will screen a total of 193 fiction and 52 documentary features, including 18 World Premieres, 8 International Premieres, 39 European Premieres. There will also be screenings of 144 short films, including documentary, live action and animated works.

    Taking place over 12 days, the Festival’s screenings are at venues across the capital, from the West End cinemas – Vue West End and the iconic Odeon Leicester Square; central London venues – BFI Southbank, BFI IMAX, Picturehouse Central, the ICA, Curzon Mayfair, Curzon Soho, Haymarket, Prince Charles Cinema and Ciné Lumière; and local cinemas – the Ritzy in Brixton, Hackney Picturehouse and Curzon Chelsea. Festival visitors will be able to enjoy a brand new cinema experience with Competition and Strand Galas presented at the new Embankment Garden Cinema, in the beautiful Victoria Embankment Gardens.

    Festival Information & Ticket Booking:

    Telephone Bookings: 020 7928 3232 between 10:00 – 20:30
    Online: www.bfi.org.uk/lff

    In person: BFI Southbank Office: 11:00 – 20:30

    THE 60TH BFI LONDON FILM FESTIVAL IS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH AMERICAN EXPRESS®

  • Apparently we’re doing a lot of crazy shiz in our beds…

    Apparently we’re doing a lot of crazy shiz in our beds…

    A third of Brits lets their pet sleep in bed with them – and one in ten people smoke under the covers, a study has found.


    A poll, of 15,000 adults, found that despite bed being a haven for most, some could be sharing the sheets with pet hair and old cigarette smoke.

    The average Brit also tucks into snacks or food while in bed at least once a week.

    But one in four admit they can go three weeks or more without washing their sheets.

    And one in twenty have a mattress which is more than 15 years old.

    Lisa Bond, Marketing Director at Britain’s leading bed specialist, Dreams, which commissioned the research, said,

    “For many, our beds are the most comfortable place in the home, and the area we would like to spend most of our time.

    “It’s important to be comfortable and have a supportive mattress which is why we recommend for the best night’s sleep, you replace it every eight years.”

    “Many people replace their cars more often than their mattress, yet you spend a third of your life in bed. You can’t underestimate the benefit of a good night’s sleep.”

    Researchers found just 43 per cent change their sheets at least once a week, while another 34 per cent do it once a fortnight.

    One in ten even admitted to leaving it a month or more between changing the sheets while another one in twenty regularly go for two months without clean bedclothes.

    The average pillows have also been on our beds for just over three years while duvets are an average of almost four years old.

    Brits have even been using the same bed sheets for an average of more than five years.

    Researchers also found the average adult will spend an hour and 30 minutes lying awake, on three nights each week – a total of four-and-a-half hours a week.

    But women lose more sleep – struggling to get a full night of shut eye four times a week compared to a man’s three nights.

    Being too hot is the most common reason for disturbed sleep, followed by stress, struggling to get comfortable and worrying about money.

    A snoring partner, health issues and being nervous or excited about something happening the next day also leads to sleepless nights.

    On top of that, 48 per cent of adults reckon they have at least one night a week where they wake up in some kind of pain or discomfort.

    Top 20 reasons for having a disturbed night’s sleep:
    1. You’re too hot
    2. Stress
    3. You struggle to get comfortable
    4. Worries about money
    5. Your partner is snoring
    6. You are nervous about something you have to do the next day
    7. Health issues
    8. You’re not tired
    9. Worries about your relationship/family
    10. You’re too cold
    11. You often have bad dreams or night terrors
    12. Worries about work
    13. You hear noises during the night
    14. Young children keep you awake
    15. Your partner fidgets a lot
    16. You spend too long looking at your phone/tablet before bed
    17. You’re too excited about something to sleep
    18. Your bed isn’t very comfortable
    19. You’ve eaten too late
    20. You’ve had too much caffeine

  • So Geordie Shore’s Gaz goes full frontal

    So Geordie Shore’s Gaz goes full frontal

    Goodness me Gaz Beadle.

    CREDIT: Gary Beadle/ Instagram

     

    The boy literally cannot keep his bits covered. We’ve long heard about the infamous “parsnip” well now we can actually clap eyes on it.

    The star who is currently starring on MTV’s Ex On The Beach is seen here in his his old stomping ground, the Geordie Shore house where he promptly stripped and skinny dipped in the pool – and there’s video – in glory colour.

    We have to thank our buds over at http://cocktailsandcocktalk.com/ for reminding us about this!

    So we have to do this, the pictures aren’t really safe for work… so – CLICK HERE if you want to see Gary in the nod.

  • So where will Bratavio be staying during the X FACTOR

    So where will Bratavio be staying during the X FACTOR

    You know you wanna see inside the X Factor house 2016?

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    Residents of Hadley Wood, North London, will soon find Bradley and Ottavio moving in beside them – as we can reveal the X Factor house for 2016. The house on Camlet Way, in the v v expensive neighbour of Hadley Wood.

    The house on Camlet Way, in the v v expensive North London neighbour of Hadley Wood, is estimated to be worth £3,623,000 according to Zoopla.

    When the Camlet Way home was last listed as a rental property on Zoopla in January this year, it had a steep monthly rental price of almost £13.5k!

    Boasting six bedrooms and four bathrooms, the contestants will be staying in a luxury pad located in the ritzy neighbourhood of Hadley Wood; an area that has seen property values go up by an average 4.87% (£31,178) over the past 12 months.

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    So will Bradley and Ottavio be sharing this bedroom?

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    The live shows begin this weekend on ITV.

     

    By the way, you can already book for the X FACTOR 2017 tour. Click here to book tickets in your area.

  • Oh my… S Club 7 is how old?

    Oh my… S Club 7 is how old?

    Do you remember S Club 7 – the first time round?

    Where were you when you heard S Club 7’s Bring It All Back?

    Jon Lee reminded us today how old we actually are. He took to Instagram to tell us that S Club 7’s first album went into the charts 17 years ago today. Basically half his lifetime ago!

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    So could a 20th reunion be on the cards for the 7? Speaking to Hannah Spearritt in Feb, she told THEGAYUK,

     

    “I think it would be lovely to do something to mark that but I had no idea it had been that long.

    “We got together around 1999. That’s crazy. So yes, it would be awesome to mark that 20th somehow.”

     

    Forgotten what it sounded like? Go buy it or Stream it from Amazon Prime

  • What was you scariest Grindr, Jack’d or Scuff meet up?

    What was you scariest Grindr, Jack’d or Scuff meet up?

    Ah, the world the of Internet and app dating.

    Dick pix, location requests and way too much information.

    Tell us about your scariest hook ups.

     

    I’m closer than you think…

     

    Was it so bad that you had to talk to someone about it?

     

    What it racist, homophobic, total asshole?

     

    Use the comments below to let us know and you could feature in a future article!

    *T&C apply.

  • FILM REVIEW | DEEPWATER HORIZON

    FILM REVIEW | DEEPWATER HORIZON

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    In what is the best action dramatic thriller you’ll see so far this year, Deepwater Horizon delivers on all levels. It’s also very inspirational and heartbreaking as we all know it’s a true story.

    On April 20th, 2010, eleven men were killed when their drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana exploded, creating the worst oil spill in history. Deepwater Horizon  tells the events leading up to the disaster, then the actual explosion, and it’s aftermath and impact on the lives of the people who survived, and is also a tribute to the men who lost their lives.

    Directed with much intensity by Peter Berg, a former actor turned director (2013’s Lone Survivor), and starring Mark Wahlberg as the real life Mike Williams – the Transocean chief electronics technician who worked for the company that owned the rig. Williams was the man who was overseeing the rig’s computers and electrical systems at the time of the explosion. ‘Deepwater Horizon’ shows, in detail, how family man Miller was in a race to save as many of the crew as possible, while putting his own life in danger. He also has a wife Felicia (Kate Hudson) and daughter back home he desperately wants to get back to.

    On that fateful day, the Deepwater Horizon, an ultra-deep-water, advanced oil rig owned by the Swiss company Transocean and leased by British Petroleum, was drilling deep in a well named Macondo about 40 miles off the Louisiana coast. What’s ironic is that when the explosion occurred executives from British Petroleum (who chartered the rig) were present because the drilling for oil was 43 days and $50 million behind schedule. John Malkovich plays Donald Vidrine, a BP executive who was there to push the men to complete drilling the well as soon as possible. Against the wishes of Deepwater Horizon’s installation manager Jimmy Harrell (Kurt Russell, very effective and in one of his best performances ever), Vidrine orders the crew to perform negative pressure tests (an attempt to lower the pressure inside the well to ensure that the well can withstand that pressure without any leaks). These tests were the catalyst to what happens next; mud, oil and water starts seeping out of the drills, intensifying and then stabelising, but then tragedy strikes. And when it does, everyone is caught off guard, including Andrea Fleytas (Gina Rodriguez), the 23-year old woman who helped operate the rig’s navigation machinery. The BP executives are shell-shocked, and them and the crew scramble for lifeboats that would lead them to safety. These are harrowing scenes of explosions, fire, and survival.

    ‘Deepwater Horizon’ excels in the way the story is told and shown; we are witness to the emotional and physical impact of the explosion, but we also get to experience it with the flames and crackling of the metal, crashing down and hurting some of the workers, thanks to special effects (with the pulsating soundtrack which adds to the intensity) that doesn’t even look like special effects – they’re that real. The explosions and fire are so intense you can practically feel the heat come off the screen. And while some may blame the film for being about one man whose heroic efforts saved everyone (with Wahlberg in action star mode, perhaps maybe a bit too much), Mike Williams did save lots of lives and this is indeed his story, and this film is the chance to tell that story, and it does so extremely well. Berg’s human centred approach to the story brings us closer to the lives of the people who were caught up in the disaster – it’s the human element to the story that is the takeaway – the survivors as well as the dead.

  • Gay couple threatened with a “gun” in Poole

    Gay couple threatened with a “gun” in Poole

    Two university students have said they were left fearing for their lives after being threatened with a gun and verbally attacked.

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    A gay teenager and his partner in Poole has spoken about how they were verbally abused and had what looked like a gun pointed at them. According to the students, a driver and passenger in a silver Peugeot stopped to abuse them in the early morning of 26th September.

    Speaking to the Bournemouth Echo, 18-year-old Darren Mcswiggan said that a car sped up to him and his boyfriend, who were walking towards Poole Quay. Mr Mcswiggan then said that he and his boyfriend Michael King were subjected to a homophobic verbal assault.

    Mr Mcswiggan then said that he and his boyfriend Michael King were subjected to a homophobic verbal assault.

    During the verbal abuse. Mr Mcswiggan said that what looked like a gun was waved at them. He told the newspaper that he thought that he and his boyfriend were going to be killed.

    The driver is described as: in his 20s white and messy dark hair. He spoke with a Polish accent. The passenger is described as: in his 20s, slim and long messy hair.

    Dorset Police said that they are investigating the incident.

    A spokesperson said,

    “It was reported two 18-year-old men were walking along the pavement when a car drove up to them. The driver shouted homophobic abuse toward the pair and then threatened them with what was believed to be a pistol.

    “The victims were not physically injured in the incident.

    “The vehicle – described as a silver Peugeot 106 or similar – drove off at speed.

    “A search of the area was carried out, however the offenders were not identified.”

    Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call police on 101.

  • Bravatio hit back at “copycat” allegations

    Bravatio hit back at “copycat” allegations

    X Factor duo Bratavio has hit back at claims they copied another artist’s look.

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    The band, formerly known as Bradley and Ottavio, now Bratavio, have hit back at Danny GoGo after fans accused the duo of copying Danny’s style.

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    Danny GoGo took to twitter to slam the flamboyant pair suggesting that they got their costume inspiration from an outfit he wore.

    Many of Danny’s 78,000 twitter fans were quick to agree, saying that Danny’s look was “better” and calling the singer a “trend starter”.

    Some of his fans even went as far as to say that Bradley and Ottavio had “ripped off” an original look of Danny’s and that they were nothing more than “copycats”.

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    However, Bradley and Bratavio were quick to answer the accusation saying that the look was first conceived in 2012.

  • Fans OUTRAGE over “copycat” X FACTOR Bratavio

    Fans OUTRAGE over “copycat” X FACTOR Bratavio

    All is not well on Twitter. Danny GoGo’s fans are raging over the style and appearance of X Factor‘s Bratavio.

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    So Bratavio, formerly Bradley and Ottavio, have been accused of copying singer and trend setting Danny GoGo’s style and his fans are not happy about it.

    All was well until Bratavio were spotted wearing their now famous multicoloured candy looking costume for this weekend’s “Judges Houses” – where they successfully made it through to the live shows. They sang XTina’s “Candy Man” to impress Louis Walsh.

    So far so good right? Except the 23-year-old Danny GoGo took to twitter to slam the flamboyant pair by saying:

    Well I guess you’ve got to get your inspiration from someone else!!

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    Many of Danny’s 78,000 twitter fans were quick to agree, saying that Danny’s look was “better” and calling the singer a “trend starter”.

    Some of his fans even went as far as to say that Bradley and Ottavio had “ripped off” an original look of Danny’s and that they were nothing more than “copycats”.

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    Danny GoGo then another took a swipe at the X FACTOR pair, by suggesting that the casting of Honey G and Bratavio was a “laughing stock” and that they’d never get signed to a recording deal.

    The decision to put Bratavio into the live shows proved to be highly controversial. Trolls on social media were quick to condemn Louis Walsh and bombarded him with homophobic slurs.

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    We’re not sure – look at Jedward.

     

  • Wait… Did X FACTOR show Simon Cowell’s penis?

    Wait… Did X FACTOR show Simon Cowell’s penis?

    People have been questioning whether they saw Simon Cowell’s penis over the weekend…

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    So some people thought they caught a glimpse of a Cowell cock during this weekend’s “Judge’s Houses” episode of X FACTOR. Did they?

    Simon Cowell was joined by two Spice Girls, Mel B and Emma Bunton to select three hopefuls for the forthcoming marathon of live shows to be become Britain’s Next Top Ignored Popstar.

    During the selection process, as Cowell had his legs crossed, people started to question what exactly was going on between his legs.

    So obviously we did a little bit of investigation into what has now been dubbed as “toegate”.

    Basically, we looked a little harder at the evidence and it turns out that it’s just Cowell’s toe and the music mogul himself reckons it a large toe at that.

    Simon was forced to admit that the toe’s placement was indeed an embarrassment for him. He told Rylan Clark and Matt Edmonson on the Xtra Factor,

    “It was just my toe. It was quite embarrassing when I saw it online but it was just my toe.

    “I have a very large toe.”

    Thank goodness.

     

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