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  • BB Joel Strips Off For All Over Spray Tan

    Joel Williams got the celebrity tan treatment as he stripped to his underwear and received a good spraying.

    The 19 year-old from Cardiff pretended to be a TV presenter as twins, Amy and Sally ordered the local Conservative councillor to strip to his undies. Adjoa joined in the treatment as Joel stood in his tight white underwear.

    Joel, who was channelling a Blue Peter presenter questioned the girls about which Disney characters they would be and whether they would be princesses or witches.

    “Which do you think we’d be?” they asked in return.

    “I think you’d be witches” he replied.

     

    Careful Joel, they’re the ones with the spray cans in hand.

  • Big Brother: Adjoa Comes Out As Gay And Shocks Housemates

    During last night’s episode of Big Brother UK, Manchester based law student Adjoa Mensah came out as gay to some of her fellow housemates. Which caused them all to question her.

    We thought those days of coming out and causing shock were over, but apparently not in Big Brother, as demonstrated by the reactions from Big Brother housemates who couldn’t quite believe that Adjoa, 22, is gay. Despite never hiding the fact, housemates reacted with a variety of clichéd lines which included:

    “You go gurlll… Are you really?” said Harriet Jackson, 22, in surprise.

    “Do you know what I wouldn’t have guessed it though!” said Twin Amy Broadbent

    “Have you ever been with guys?” chipped in her sister, Sally.

    Adjoa shakes her head.

    Kieran question: “Never ever? You can never rule it out then?”

    Adjoa, whose first language is Dutch, took the questioning with good grace and replied: “That’ the one thing I don’t want to experience.”

    To which Kieran replied: “Why?” and talked about how shocked he was about her revelation.

    Adjoa who is also a committed Christian later went into the big brother to admit that she has a crush on Sarah saying: “Sarah is so lovely, and she’s hot and is just so sexy!”

  • The Nation Has Voted, Fish And Chips Tops The List

    All hail the local chippy – as fish and chips has been voted the nation’s favourite British dish, says new research.

    A poll of 2,000 Brits revealed the traditional seaside fare to beat the roast dinner, Victoria Sponge and the Cornish Pasty to come top of Britain’s favourite meals and snacks.

    Bacon butties, baked beans and Shepherd’s Pie also ranked highly in the list of 40, along with buttered crumpets and a cream tea.

    A proud 43 per cent of the adults polled even said British cuisine is the best in the world.

    Tom Lowes, Marketing Manager at Sykes Cottages who commissioned the survey for the ‘Discover Cornwall’ food and drink guide, said:

    “Over the years the nation’s tastes have become increasingly international when it comes to food.

    “We want to try flavours from all over the world, and it’s great that it’s so available to us.

    “But we Brits are undoubtedly spoilt when it comes to great local cuisine, and the results are proof that we still get excited by it.

    “The top three are firm British favourites, but the list demonstrates that regional delicacies whet the nation’s appetite too.’’

    The research showed seven in ten of the adults to rate a fish supper as the top traditional British meal – preferably straight out of newspaper at the seaside.

    The traditional roast dinner complete with gravy and Yorkshire puddings came second, ideally eaten at Sunday lunchtime in a decent British pub.

    While a full English breakfast usually consisting of bacon, sausages, baked beans and fried eggs made up the iconic top three.

    One in eight said fry-ups are most satisfying on a Sunday morning – other food made tastier by an event included a hot pie at a football match, and strawberries and cream while watching tennis.

    Those with a sweet tooth voted apple crumble, Victoria sponge and a classic Bakewell tart into the top 40 list, as well as pub favourite Sticky Toffee Pudding and custard.

    While some quintessential English snacks such as buttered crumpets, sausage rolls and Scotch eggs also featured in the list.

    Regional grub including Scotland’s haggis and tatties, London’s jellied eels and the famous Cornish pasty were deemed great examples of British fare, said the poll.

    And the chippy was shown to be a trove of Brit favourites, as the list also featured the Northern picks of mushy peas and chips with gravy.

    While further pub classics appeared in the form of bangers and mash, ham, egg and chips and a Ploughman’s lunch.

    When it came to washing it down, the top drink was unsurprisingly revealed as a cup of builder’s brew.

    For 13 per cent it was a pint of real ale that epitomises Britain, while one in ten said a tall glass of Pimms was their chosen Brit classic.

    Adults are patriotic when it comes to food – as 43 per cent said British food is the best in the world, with the West Country nabbing the crown for the best regional cuisine.

    But a Sunday lunch was most brag-worthy, as half admitted they would serve up traditional roast dinner to international guests, followed by a fruit crumble and a cheese platter.

    Tom Lowes of Sykes Cottages said,

    “When travelling, sampling local food is a great way of getting to know the local area.

    “And we should remember that this is as relevant in Britain, as it is with international holidays.’’

    BEST BRITISH FOOD

    1. Fish ‘n’ chips

    2. Roast dinner with Yorkshire pudding

    3. Full English breakfast

    4. Bacon butties

    5. Apple crumble

    6. Strawberries and cream

    7. Bangers and mash

    8. Cream tea

    9. Shepherd’s Pie

    10. Crumpets

    11. Ham, egg and chips

    12. Sausage rolls

    13. Cornish ice cream

    14. Baked beans

    15. Victoria Sponge

    16. Toad in the hole

    17. Sticky Toffee Pudding and custard

    18. Cornish Pasty

    19. Steak and kidney pie

    20. Pork pie

    21. Bakewell Tart

    22. Ploughman’s lunch

    23. Chips and gravy

    24. Rhubarb and custard

    25. Scampi

    26. Prawn cocktail

    27. Mushy peas

    28. Marmite

    29. Cheese and pickle on crackers

    30. Scotch eggs

    31. Cornish fudge

    32. Spotted Dick

    33. Irish stew and dumplings

    34. Chelsea buns

    35. Eccles cakes

    36. Pea and ham soup

    37. Cucumber sandwiches

    38. Haggis and tatties

    39. Cockles and mussels

    40. Jellied eels

  • Is Your Sex Drive Polar Opposite From That Of Your Boyfriend?

    We all remember that first flush of love, when you meet that one man that pushes all your buttons to the point you have to leave the pub early because you just can’t keep your hands off each other. Sex is all consuming and you just can’t wait to see each other to get straight into bed, on the sofa, on the stairs, in the back of the car. But what happens when the initial flush of lust begins to fade and you find that through the process of domestic bliss you and your partner have very different sex drives.

    My sex drive has not waned from the levels of testosterone I felt as a pubescent schoolboy and still experience spontaneous erections and a desire to have sex every day, twice per day and three times on Sunday. My partner on the other hand having burned himself out during the honeymoon period has a very different and lesser sex drive. Whilst I would have to describe our sex life as good and satisfying I still want it more. Despite the assumption many gay men prefer to be promiscuous and involve other people to purge this desire for sex, it is possible to remain in a committed monogamous relationship when your sex drives are polar opposites.

    Finding the common ground is definitely the key, but when you are as rampant as an adolescent on Viagra and your partner would rather have a cup of tea where do you go? Planned sex? I can think of nothing worse than having a date and time in the diary of when you are going to get conjugal with each other but the allure of guaranteed sex after a night or dinner out does have its benefits. Spontaneity and allowing the partner with the lower sex drive to instigate sex will help but can be as frustrating as waiting for the number 9 on a Sunday service.

    Acceptance is the key, I had to see the point from the other side and that not everyone wants or needs as much sex as I do. Do I really need as much sex as I want? The answer is no. I accept that I have a wonderful partner, we share everything, have fun, a fulfilling sex life and a great life together, sex is an added bonus not the key to our relationship. I am more hung up on the act of having sex than the love and intimacy that goes with it in a committed relationship and accepting this and being able to discuss it with my partner has made the fact we have differing sex drives a non-issue.

    We have great sex, quick sex, long sex, bad sex, what do I have to complain about? We are in a long-term partnership and still having sex. Just not enough.

     

  • FILM REVIEW | Rosewater

    This rather tense drama opens with Iranian journalist Maziar Bahari been awoken by Investigators in his mother’s house in Tehran and subsequently hauled off to jail. Then in a flashback, we see Bahari in London 11 days previously with his heavily pregnant English wife discussing his assignment from Newsweek Magazine to cover the impending Presidential Elections in Iran. They are both aware of the danger particularly as both his late father and sister had both been imprisoned by Ayatollah Khomeini for being communists.

    When Bahari arrives in Tehran a chance meeting hooks him up with a young driver who zips him around the city on his motor bike introducing the Journalist to his own liberal minded friends who are concerned that the present corrupt regime will rig the Elections to insure that their Candidate running against the incumbent President fails completely. When their worse fears are realised and the Government falsely declares that the President has been reelected with a landslide majority, the streets of the city are overrun with hundreds of thousands of protesters. The authorities react by sending out armed troopers to fire into the crowds, and when Bahari captures some of this on video that is shown on US TV, he has become a wanted man.

    He is thrown into solitary confinement in Evin prison and is accused of being a spy for the CIA, the MI6, or any other Western organisation his captors claim are set on bringing the downfall of the Iranian Nation. Its a combination of paranoia and panic as the Investigator clutches at straws to make his claims stick. Bahari is blindfolded most of the time, and he establishes some sort of relationship with his tormentor…. known as Rosewater for his predilection for spraying himself liberally with the scent … who seems to bumble his way through their daily sessions of interrogation without gaining any information or a ‘confession’ from Bahari after several weeks.

    As time passes and ‘Rosewater’ is pressured by his Superior to get a ‘result’ he taunts Bahari more and deprives him of anything to read and feeds him with ant infested food, but beyond depriving him of his liberty and hope, he surprisingly never really resorts to physical torture that one may have expected

    This re-telling of the ghastly imprisonment of London based Iranian Newsweek Journalist Maziar Bahari in a Tehran jail for 118 days is the directing/writing debut of US TV journalist Jon Stewart whose own celebrity rather overshadows that of his subject.

    Whilst Stewart does an admirable job, he still doesn’t quite succeed in overcoming his main difficulty in maintaining the tension in a true story the greater part of which is just about these two men in jail, that we already know the outcome off, and that Bahari will survive.

    Gael Garcia Bernal however does an excellent job portraying the scared imprisoned journalist, and Shohrer Aghdashloo steals all her scenes in the cameo role of his mother.

  • 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.

  • Rugby Player Grabs BIG WILLIE

    During a Rugby match seen live on Australian TV this weekend Newcastle rugby player Korbin Sims walked up to Eagles player Willie Mason and grabbed his balls.

     

    The baffled commentators asked: “What is going on out there? ” as were others watching at home.

    Mason, who has previously played alongside Sims, said said after the game he thought it was “hilarious”.

  • 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.

  • THEATRE REVIEW | Carrie The Musical

    A musical adaptation of Stephen King’s supernatural novel Carrie, which was a hit 1976 film, has just opened, and it’s very good!

    It’s hard to believe that music could be used effectively to tell the story of Carrie White, a high school student who’s picked on by her fellow classmates. But the songs in the show work, telling the tale of this strange young woman, who lacks self-confidence and has an overprotective and very religious mother, helped by a super-talented cast who look like they have just stepped out of the pages of an Abercrombie and Fitch catalogue.

    Evelyn Hoskins, in the role that made Sissy Spacek a star (as well as receiving an Oscar nomination for her performance) plays White. Timid, meak, and small in stature, she’s not like the rest of the girls in her school.

    Carrie the Musical, told in narrative form by one of the girls who survives the climactic ending, opens (as does the film) with Carrie experiencing her first period in the gym showers. She has no idea what is happening to her body, and this gives her female classmates the opportunity to ridicule her, and to call her names, including Scary White. Carrie is angry about this, and uses her supernatural powers to make the lightbulbs explode. Meanwhile, one of the girls videotapes it and soon enough the other students are watching it on their mobile phones.

    The female classmates are led by Chris (Gabriella Williams). She’s mean, evil, yet glamorous and very popular. She’s got a ‘thing’ for teasing Carrie, and the rest of her friends follow suit. Carrie is taken under the wing of gym teacher Ms. Gardner (Jodie Jacobs), who makes the girls reluctantly apologize to Carrie. All but Chris apologises, so Ms. Gardner bans her from the upcoming prom. Chris vows to get even with Carrie. Meanwhile Sue (Sarah McNicholas) feels sorry for Carrie, and feels bad for making fun of her in the locker room. So she asks her boyfriend Tommy (Greg Miller-Burns) to take Carrie to the prom. At first he says no, but then agrees to take her after Carrie is inspired by a poem he had written that he read aloud in class, which is one of the shows most poignant scenes.

    Carrie’s mom (Kim Criswell), just about treats her daughter like a small child, not listening to her but praying for her sins and singing religious songs. She’s fanatical yet motherly in a creepy kind of way.

    So Tommy asks Carrie to the prom, and she says yes, much to the utter dismay of her mother. There’s no surprise what takes place at the prom if you’ve already seen the film or read the book. Carrie and Tommy go to the prom and Carrie gets blood dumped on her as they stand on stage after being voted Prom King and Queen (with the vote being manipulated by Chris’s gang of girls). Carrie uses her powers to cause mayhem, death, and destruction, and it’s all expertly executed by the cast and crew of the show.

    Hoskins is perfect as Carrie. Though while at times her singing is reminiscent of a watching a high school musical, she really comes into her own as the show proceeds, especially after showing some real emotion when Tommy asks her to the prom. As her mom, Criswell is superb. She’s Piper Laurie (who played the mother in the film) with pipes, especially when singing ‘ When There’s No One.’ Williams is fantastic as well. She’s the bully, yet she’s also the beauty. Carrie is Williams’s professional debut. But Miller-Burns is the standout among the cast. As the young man who takes Carrie to the prom, we see a sparkle in his eye, a richness and emotion to his voice, and he’s the perfect actor to play Tommy, the man every boy wants to be like and the man every girl wants to be with.

    The stage becomes, from one minute, the locker room, then a class room, then Carrie’s dining room, to the finale – the school’s gymnasium where the prom is held. The dumping of the blood on Carrie’s head and the mayhem that follows is superbly executed, and extremely intense. Director and Choreographer Gary Lloyd has done an amazing job in putting together this production. Carrie the Musical, with music by Michael Gore and Lyrics by Dean Pitchford (of Fame fame), was a big flop when it debuted on Broadway in 1988 and subsequently in an Off-Broadway production in 2012. But with its London debut the show looks ready to hit the West End. Let’s hope it does, with the same cast and crew – it’s bound to be a hit.

  • 11 Mariah Carey Songs Every Gay Boy Needs In His Life

    There’s nobody that quite manages to fulfil their Diva quota like Mariah. In among the glitter, butterflies and working out in five-inch heels, she’s written some belters to help you get through the darkest moments of your life.

    Hero (Music Box)

    If you’re in need of a pick me up and need to hear something inspirational then Mariah’s Hero, is the tune. Don’t take any old version. Get out your original copy of Music Box, go on. We know you’ve got it. Yes, the one with the face.

    Anytime You Need A Friend (Music Box)

    From the same album Anything You Need A Friend is a tune that cuts right to the heart, if times is down and you’re smile is a frown, Mariah will be there. Plus it has the most insane high note at the end.

    Can’t Take That Away (Rainbow)

    Mariah’s own personal theme. It has everything you need in a self-empowerment tune. Self-affirmation and a peppy tune. Get out your hairbrush, stand in the mirror. Legs slightly parted, like the #1 album and sing it biatch. Make sure you get that run at the end right or she’ll be after you.

    Make It Happen (Emotions)

    If you need sh** to happen, you got to make it work. So if you’re facing adversity, get it together and make it happen.

    I Am Free (Daydream)

    Like a bird baby. Be a prisoner no more. Come out. Free to love, free to soar… Free to fly.

    Outside (Butterfly)

    Mariah wrote this song about being bi-racial and the adversity she faced. The lyrics speak of being an outsider and it’s something we can totally relate to.

    When You Believe (#1s)

    Basically this song is so Diva. Its very core is basically gay. In a good sense. And you will WIN when you believe.

    Through The Rain (Charmbracelet)

    One of her best ballads on one of her worst performing albums, which is a real shame, because it’s actually a gooden. You really get a sense that at her lowest ebb, it was herself that she could depend on.

    Almost Home

    Speaking of getting through and making it, Almost Home talks about the journey’s end. It’s in sight. Don’t give it.

    Obsessed

    Yep. You. Stop obsessing about my sexuality. Westboro Baptist Church I’m looking at you.

    I Want To Know What Love Is

    Bae. You have it from your gay fans all over the world.

     

  • Out Big Brother Star Aaron Frew Looking For A Man

    Model and personal shopper Aaron Frew is looking for love on this year’s Big Brother.

    Wearing a Zebra costume, Aaron, 24, told Emma Willis that he was potentially looking for love in the Big Brother compound, but as the only out contestant in this year’s competition, he may have to wait a ltttle longer to find his soul mate.

    When Emma asked what he was hoping for in the Big Brother house, he answered: “The man of my dreams”, before adding he was very nervous about walking down Big Brother’s world famous runway and thought he might poop himself.

    Emma reminded him that they didn’t have a poop scoop on set.

    The model, who has worked with Lara Stone and Pixie Geldolf is originally from Northampton and only recently came out to his mother and the reason for him applying for Big Brother was to show his mum “what he’s all about.”

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