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  • David Gest Exits Big Brother

    US producer David Gest has bowed out of Celebrity Big Brother.

    Channel 5 has confirmed that US celebrity producer David Gest has left the house for “medical reasons”.

    A Channel 5 spokesperson said: “Due to medical reasons, David Gest has decided to leave the Celebrity Big Brother House. His exit will appear in tonight’s show on Channel 5 at 9pm.”

    David Gest has been ill in the Celebrity House for the last few episode, spending numerous days in a separate studio Big Brother calls the “spare bedroom.”

    David Gest’s exit will be shown on Channel 5 tonight from 9PM.

  • ISIS Fighters Throw “Gay” Man Bound By Feet and Hands To His Death

    ISIS fighters in Iraq have thrown another man they believed to be gay to his death.

    The man who was bound by his feet and arms was thrown from a tall building to his death in Rawa City in Iraq after being accused of being gay in the latest affront to gay people, or people thought to be gay in Islamic State-controlled areas.

    The so-called Islamic State adopts Sharia Law for its judicial system. Sharia law forbids homosexuality.

    SHARIA WHAT DOES IT MEAN:

    Islam’s legal system, derived from the Koran

    Informs every aspect of Muslims’ lives

    Islamic jurists issue formal guidance through fatwas, or religious edicts

    Sharia law includes provisions for capital and corporal punishment but modern scholars say getting to that stage can be difficult

    Marriage is treated as a contract in Islam

    From The BBC

    Terrormonitor.org, the terror watch group released pictures of the man bound by his feet and hands being pushed to his death. The terrifying pictures were released yesterday.
    Earlier this month ISIS fighters allegedly threw a 15-year-old boy to his death after it was discovered that he was in a “relationship” with an ISIS officer. The officer was spared and demoted. The boy was executed.

     

  • Young Gay Man Sends Friends Final Message Moments Before Being Killed In Hit And Run

    A young gay man has been killed after being hit by a car in Texas City, moments after texting his friends to say he would be with them in moments.

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  • The Oscars go to… THEGAYUK predicts who will win and who should win The Oscars

    The Oscars are the ultimate prize of the movie industry but every year the nominees and winners are invariably made up of very worthy films and performances which hardly anybody paid to go see and most films did not even make it too your local Multiplex. (more…)

  • INTERVIEW: The Gay Director Who Was The Last Artist To Work With David Bowie

    Multi award-winning Broadway and West End director Ivo van Hove was the last artist to work with David Bowie before the beloved star died of cancer on Monday January the 11th. He became Bowie’s closest confidant when the two worked on the musical play Lazarus.

    Ivo, who is openly gay and has lived with his partner set designer Jan Versweyveld for over 35 years, was one of the few the singer confided in.
    “We began collaborating on our show, Lazarus, and at some point, he took me to one side to say that he wouldn’t always be able to be there due to his illness.” van Hove had to hide the difficult secret for more than a year.
    “I hid it, even from my partner. David did not want the show or his album tainted by his condition, even though they are final testaments.”
    Van Hove felt that Bowie was channelling himself when writing the character Newton, the lead character in the play.
    “I remember him reading and singing the complete show, he performed it for me in its entirety the first time. It seemed very existential, I understood Newton was him, and I told him: “I think I have to direct it as if it’s all in the head of Newton.” He was so happy I got it: “That’s exactly how I want it,” he said.
    “He slipped up once, revealing the story was really about him. I was talking to him about the songs, a unique moment I was allowed to ask him anything. Coco Schwaab said he never told anyone in the whole world as much about his songs as he told me. We were talking about Heroes, the ending and I told him my idea: I wanted to let the little girl disappear in the air. And he looked at me in horror: ‘But what happens to me then?’
    “So Freudian: he didn’t want me to know the story was about him, but it was. Newton was truly Bowie and I was thoroughly aware of that but I never spoke to anyone about it.
    The lyrics were so obvious in the play: ‘I’m a dying man that can’t die’. Just a quick sentence, but I couldn’t tell the actors its true meaning. I was at the birth of the play and told David we need one song that establishes the character completely.
    “He brought me a demo of Lazarus almost immediately. To me it was obvious: that was the entire play in a song. In the play near the end of the song Newton sees a “blue bird” and he says: ‘A blue bird. The blue bird is me. Maybe I come back, reincarnate as a blue bird.’
    “It symbolises hope. He has a 15-year-old daughter whom he wanted to leave with something, not just the darkness, which was so important. That’s why in the play there was a 13-year-old girl in the lead singing Life on Mars and Heroes with Newton. For Bowie that was his daughter singing to him.”
    Sadly Bowie’s declining health meant he could not be there for all stages of the rehearsal to stage process.
    “Often I’d call him to invite him for run-throughs the next day, he’d say, ‘No, I have a bad day’. Which, for him, was a very British understatement meaning, ‘It’s really not going well.’
    But he did visit as much as possible, which was a lot. And when he was there he was always dressed pristinely and smelled gorgeous, a true gentleman. You could see he’d gathered all his energy to be there and he’d stay for a very long time saying, ‘I’m hanging out, Ivo, I like it here’, completely relaxed.
    “The week before the premier he had not been able to make it to rehearsals or previews. He sent me a message saying, ‘I hope to get there by the premier’.
    “To me it meant he’d hope to get there or ‘maybe I’ll be gone for good”.
    “I thought he’d never make it to the premier, he was so ill. But he did and I’m so happy about that. He said, ‘I’m so happy I saw this.’
    “So many papers said he looked glorious, was shining, but the moment he stepped of stage he keeled over, he physically collapsed. Thankfully all the performers had already left to the dressing rooms, so no-one saw. I sat there with him for twenty minutes until his wife came to him; we had to wait until he was strong enough to make it to the car. After his collapse I’d kept talking to him for twenty minutes about everything. He remained calm, but was so very vulnerable, so fragile. I miss him so much, I loved him. I think I might be the last person to work with him.

    The moment he got into his black car I knew this will be the last time I see him. I fully knew this.”

    About the video for Blackstar he says:

    “The video was obvious. The skeleton in a space suit, Major Tom. He wrote Space Oddity and Ashes to Ashes now dust to dust the conclusion. The whole video is full of it: the blindfold that reappears in Lazarus. The idea comes from a Greek tragedy. He was a well read clever man. He was influenced by books and visual art. You can see the iconography, completely developed by him. He knew everything often very obscure rare facts. He visited the Richter exhibition at least three times telling me, ‘Ivo you have to go, you have to go’, even though he knew I didn’t like art exhibitions.

    “I’m not sure if he planned his death, but it seems a bit too coincidental. He certainly planned for Blackstar to be released when it was – his birthday. It’s too coincidental. On the song “The Girl Loves Me” he asks, ‘where the f*ck did Monday go?’ I’ve got no evidence but I think he did. At the end in, “I Can’t Give Everything Away” he explains it all. ‘I gave you everything but I kept a little for me. I’m sorry.’
    “It was like Mozart writing his requiem or the famous Dennis Porter who kept writing scripts on his deathbed. His death became his final piece of art, it might sound strange but it’s what he wanted.”

     

     

  • Justin Bieber Protects His Nuts As He Sleeps

    Justin Bieber Protects His Nuts As He Sleeps

    Justin the squirrel?

    In this rather gorgeous picture of Justin Bieber in just his CKs, he shows us that he sleeps protecting his nuts, just like any good squirrel would… And we don’t blame him, a man needs to protect his crown jewels.

    Hours later he treated his fan base to these rather candid shots of him in a bath towel.

  • FILM REVIEW | Room

    FILM REVIEW | Room

    Room  | ★★★★★

    A mother and her son are trapped in a room and can’t escape in the very dramatic and suspenseful film ‘Room.’

    ‘Room’ will take your breath away. It’s one of the most talked about films of the year, deservedly so, with performances that are top notch. It’s an adaptation of a novel called ‘Room’ written by Emma Donoghue, who also wrote the script. And what a script it is. Although the film takes place in just a few locations, it feels like it goes far and wide.

    It’s a plot that could be ripped from the headlines: a young teenage girl was kidnapped at the age of 17 by a stranger and is held captive in a shed in his backyard with the young son who was born out of an unwanted sexual relationship with him – they call him ‘Old Nick’ (Sean Bridgers). Brie Larson plays Joy, and Jacob Tremblay is her son Jack, and both are superb. They survive in that shed, with grey concrete walls. it’s a room (or as they simply call it ‘room’), where they are held, prisoner.

    It’s got a skylight, a kitchen, a toilet next to the bed, a closet where Jack sleeps, a plant, and a mouse that pops out every now and then. And five-year Jack knows of no other life than the life he’s led in the room. He doesn’t really know anything about the world outside room, and he thinks that what he sees on television is make-believe, and not real people acting. When Old Nick pays visits to room for his sexual pleasure with Joy, Jack hides in the closet, and Joy refuses to let Nick touch him, or even to see him. But Joy has an idea that might work to get her son out of the room, and when the idea takes place and works, Jack is suddenly thrust out into the world. If you’ve seen the trailer you know that Jack and his mother have escaped the room, but it’s the five or so minutes when this happens that is the most suspenseful and compelling five minutes of this film, of perhaps any film, you will have seen for years. But Jack has to adjust to the outside world, a world he’s never been exposed to. This includes being exposed to other people, including his grandparents, the divorced Nancy (Joan Allen) and Robert (William H. Macy), and Nancy’s new husband Doug (Matt Gordon). And Joy has to adjust being out of the room as well – it’s an adjustment that’s not an easy one. Told from Jack’s point of view, we see through his very young eyes this brave new world that he knows nothing about, grandparents that he’s meeting for the first time, and more important leaving the room where he had lived all of his short life.

    ‘Room’ is a story about survival, emotions, and the tight relationship between a mother and her young son. It’s masterfully directed by Lenny Abrahamson who is responsible for holding our attention throughout the entire movie. It’s also credit to the actors who bring this story to life. Told from Jack’s perspective who is in every scene, we see his freedom as a rebirth of sorts, with Joy being his world in and out of the room. Only seven when he was cast, Tremblay captures, and holds us, in his every scene. It’s incredible that a young boy his age has so much range that he displays in the film. He’s simply incredible. It’s a shame that he didn’t receive a BAFTA, Oscar or Golden Globe nomination for this film, it’s the performance of the year. Larson is excellent as Joy. Larson rose to fame in her award-winning performance in 2013’s Short Term 12.

    She just deservedly won Best Actress at the Golden Globe Awards and is now the front runner for the Best Actress Oscar. But it’s Tremblay who steals the movie. He’s simply just amazing. ‘Room’ has been nominated for the Best Picture Oscar – deservedly so.

  • INTERVIEW: From Porn To Pop, Mickey Taylor On Making The Change

    Mickey Taylor is arguably the UK’s leading gay porn star after a hugely successful couple of years making movies for the biggest studios in Europe and North America.

    He is now one of the most in-demand performers currently working across the globe and later this month he see’s the realisation of his first full-length album of music which is the culmination of a lot of hard graft and we don’t know how he found the time.

    You will know Mickey from such films as Ruined,Hangin’, The Hooker Stories franchise and the hugely successful Fame Game as well as many others of course. This 6′, 22yo sexually versatile Brit lad with over 90 tattoos and a stunning 8″ appendage is a very established musician and trained dancer not only does he write his own music but he also writes for other performers too who love his songs.

    Other porn stars such as Dean Monroe and Colton Ford have of course moved into music but that has always been when they are retiring from the adult industry and moving on what is great about Mickey is that he is flying high with his music career whilst still totally at the top of the porn game becoming a double industry threat. Last year at the Prowler British Porn Awards one-third of all the trophies on offer including Best Porn Star of the Year. Our staff writer Paul Stag sat down with Mickey to get the lowdown on his album, his influences and his plans for his future music career.

    “So I’ve been writing this album for over a year now, I’ve gone through different ideas and concepts in that time and I wrote over 100 songs for this album at first I thought I wanted to produce a very earthy, emotional album but then I went against it and thought about going through a more club vibe. There is some Dubstep, Club Anthems, EDM, Pop and a few ballads. We even changed the name and artwork for the album once or twice but I’m very happy with it now and it reflects myself and what I want the album to say.

    “The Album is called “Puppets Lament” and I went with that title because it really does reflect my emotions and feelings while writing this. As a model and entertainer, it’s hard not to feel like a puppet or used for a corporate or companies personal gain. I wanted to say with this album that this in some ways is how a few people in my industry feel but it’s also about gaining my independence and finally being able to charge off on my own and find my style and what I want to do and say in the world. So this album basically expresses the pain but also the beauty of finding myself and being able to be me and do what I want now that I’m in a point in my career where I’m hired for who I am not what they can mold me to be.

    “I wanted to make the album as versatile as humanly possible. At the end of the day, this was a learning process and I had never released music or an album until now so it as much a discovery of myself as it was a discovery of my own sound and the direction I want to take.

    “This album has so many influences both lyrically and production wise. I draw influence and inspiration from Lana Del Rey, Halsey, Drag Pop, and even a little Nicki Minaj and David Guetta.

    “But I also pull a lot of inspiration from my own life and those around me. I sing about a relationship I’m in right now as well as one’s in my past. I sing about crazy nights out I have been on and some of the awesome things I’ve seen and also some of the crazy times I’ve had between the sheets or my own personal fantasy haha.

    “The first single on the album was called ‘Pain‘ which is also seen in the Naked Sword original adult movie ‘Fame Game’. Myself and Will Read who produced this track wrote this in a day and we recorded an hour later. I wanted to kinda show a vulnerability in the song and sing with truth so the track is actually about a really messy break up I had two years ago.

    “I have so many people who have worked with me on this album! Aleks Rey produced most of this album and i have a lot to thank him for and all his work helping me develop. I have a few artists on the album both UK and US such as Virginia Wright, Aleks Rey, and Chris Crocker.

    “My next single ‘Look Me In The Eyes Ft. Chris Crocker will be out a few days before the albums release date which is the 29th January. This new track is very Pop but with a Club and Rap vibe but I guess you’ll see when it’s released.”

     

  • Gay and Lesbian Critics Announce Film Award Nominations

    The Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association comprised of over 130 reputable critics and entertainment journalists nationwide, have released its nominees for the best in movies and television of 2015 awards, called the Dorian Awards.

    The selections come across 23 categories, from mainstream to LGBTQ-centered film, with titles as varied as Carol, The Big Short, Mad Max: Fury Road, Ex Machina, Mad Men, and Tangerine.

    This year, the 1950s-set lesbian romance Carol is in the race for Film of the Year, with its stars Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara competing for Film Performance of the Year — Actress. Also up for the top film prize: Brooklyn, Mad Max, Spotlight and The Big Short, director Adam McKay’s tragic comedy about Wall Street’s hand in America’s 2008 economic collapse.

    In news that may spice up award-season chatter, Tom Hardy was nominated for Film Performance of the Year — Actor for his dual role as England’s notorious mobsters the Kray Twins in Legend. Hardy’s fellow nominees include Leonardo DiCaprio for The Revenant, which happens to costar both actors. As for Director of the Year, nominations for Sean Baker (Tangerine) and George Miller (Mad Max) reflect a breadth as well.

    GALECA’s categories run the gamut from Wilde Wit (named for the group’s “patron saint,” Oscar Wilde) to Visually Striking Film to TV Current Affairs Show. In its trademark cheeky Campy Flick and Campy TV Show races, Fifty Shades of Grey and American Horror Story: Hotel respectively lead the charge.

    Dorian winners will be announced next Tuesday, January 19. The group’s annual, Hasty Pudding-esque Winners Toast is set for Sunday, March 6, in Los Angeles, and “any nominees or victors who care to join our LA-area members for champagne and pomme frites and fun are most welcome,” said GALECA John Griffiths, GALECA president and Television Critic for Us Weekly.

    Past GALECA toasts have drawn Lea DeLaria,Transparent’s Melora Hardin, famed marriage rights activists Jeff Carrillo and Paul Katami, The Comeback’s Robert Michael Morris, indie star Val Lauren, trailblazing actor Wilson Cruz, singer/author Sam Harris and ABC Studios Executive Vice President Patrick Moran.

    As for its Timeless Star honor, GALECA has decided to award their humble career-achievement honor to actress Jane Fonda, the veteran star of the film classics Klute, Coming Home, 9 to 5 as well as the past year’s Youth and ongoing Netflix comedy Grace and Frankie. Past Timeless picks include Sir Ian McKellen, George Takei and Fonda’s Grace costar Lily Tomlin.

    Here are the nominations for the film categories:

    FILM OF THE YEAR

    The Big Short / Paramount, Regency

    Brooklyn / Fox Searchlight

    Carol / The Weinstein Company

    Mad Max: Fury Road / Warner Bros., Village Road ShowSpotlight / Open Road, Participant, First Look

     

    DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR

    (Film or Television)

    Sean Baker, Tangerine / Magnolia Pictures

    Todd Haynes, Carol / The Weinstein Company

    Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu, The Revenant / Fox

    Tom McCarthy, Spotlight / Open Road, Participant, First Look

    George Miller, Mad Max: Fury Road / Warner Bros., Village Road Show

     

    PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR — ACTRESS

    Cate Blanchett, Carol / The Weinstein Company

    Brie Larson, Room / A24

    Rooney Mara, Carol / The Weinstein Company

    Charlotte Rampling, 45 Years / Sundance Selects

    Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn / Fox Searchlight

     

    PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR — ACTOR

    Matt Damon, The Martian / Fox

    Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant / Fox

    Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs / Universal

    Tom Hardy, Legend / Universal, Cross Creek

    Eddie Redmayne, The Danish Girl / Focus, Working Title

     

    LGBTQ FILM OF THE YEAR

    Carol / The Weinstein Company

    The Danish Girl / Focus, Working Title

    Freeheld / Summit

    Grandma / Sony Pictures Classics

    Tangerine / Magnolia Pictures

     

    FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR

    The Assassin / Central Motion Pictures, Well Go USA

    Mustang / Cohen Media Group

    Phoenix / Sundance Selects

    Son of Saul / Sony Pictures Classics

    Viva / Magnolia Pictures

     

    SCREENPLAY OF THE YEAR

    Emma Donoghue, Room / A24

    Phyllis Nagy, Carol / The Weinstein Company

    Charles Randolph and Adam McKay, The Big Short / Paramount, Regency

    Josh Singer & Tom McCarthy, Spotlight / Open Road, Participant, First Look

    Aaron Sorkin, Steve Jobs / Universal

     

    DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR

    (theatrical release, TV airing or DVD release)

    Amy / A24

    Best of Enemies / Magnolia Pictures, Magnet

    Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief / HBO

    Making a Murderer / Netflix

    What Happened, Miss Simone? / Netflix

     

    VISUALLY STRIKING FILM OF THE YEAR

    (honoring a production of stunning beauty, from art direction to cinematography)

    Carol / The Weinstein Company

    The Danish Girl / Focus, Working Title

    Mad Max: Fury Road / Warner Bros., Village Road Show

    The Martian / Fox

    The Revenant / Fox

     

    UNSUNG FILM OF THE YEAR

    The Diary of a Teenage Girl / Sony Pictures Classics

    Ex Machina / A24

    Grandma / Sony Pictures Classics

    Me and Earl and the Dying Girl / Fox Searchlight

    Tangerine (Magnolia)

     

    CAMPY FLICK OF THE YEAR

    The Boy Next Door

    Fifty Shades of Grey

    Magic Mike XXL

    Jupiter Ascending

    Stonewall

     

    “WE’RE WILDE ABOUT YOU!” RISING STAR AWARD

    Rami Malek

    Kitana Kiki Rodriguez

    Mya Taylor

    Jacob Tremblay

    Alicia Vikander

     

    WILDE WIT OF THE YEAR

    (honoring a performer, writer or commentator whose observations both challenge and amuse)

    Billy Eichner

    Rachel Maddow

    Tig Notaro

    John Oliver

    Amy Schumer

     

    WILDE ARTIST OF THE YEAR

    (honoring a truly groundbreaking force in the fields of film, theater and/or television)

    Andrew Haigh

    Todd Haynes

    Lin-Manuel Miranda

    Tig Notaro

    Amy Schumer

     

    TIMELESS STAR

    (to an actor or performer whose exemplary career is marked by character, wisdom and wit)

    Jane Fonda

     

    by Tim Baros

  • Ofcom Receives 200 Complaints After Megan Brands Tiffany A “Ghetto” C**T

    Ofcom has received over 200 complaints after Celebrity Big Brother’s Megan McKenna’s foul rant in last night’s episode.

    This season of CBB is keeping the regulator Ofcom busy with complaints about Channel 5’s flagship show. First hundreds of complaints poured in over Winston McKenzie’s homophobic remarks and now Megan McKenna’s foul-mouthed tirade has sparked fury amongst Big Brother fans.

    In the argument 23-year-old reality star dropped “C bombs” about the openly gay actor John Partridge, calling him a “lying sh*t” and “a two-faced little c*nt!” before launching into a filthy tirade about fellow housemate Tiffany Pollard.

    In her outrageous monologue to Big Brother she branded Tiffany a “ghetto c**t” during her outburst.

    Megan’s meltdown in the house meant that producers had to separate her from the main house and call in security to calm the Ex On The Beach star down

    Ofcom has confirmed that it has received hundreds of complaints regarding her use of language.

  • LORD PADDICK | Anti Poppers Law Could Make Criminals Out Of Florists

    The Lord Brian Paddick has slammed the Psychoactive Substances Bill, which could make so called “legal highs” including Poppers illegal as “ridiculous”.

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