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Embarrassing KT Tunstall fans

The Sun, our great paper of record, today reports that lesbian fans of singer KT Tunstall have taken to turning up at her gigs and sitting in the front row urging her to come out of the closet.

Despite the fact she is straight and in a relationship with a man.

What odd behaviour. Unless there is something we do not  know, it appears that KT, like the majority of women, prefers to do sex with men.

How rude of these 'fans' to heckle her and claim she is actually just pretending.

How insulting. Imagine the reaction if a gang of straight women turned up at a George Michael gig and said:

"You know who you are - go on, admit it," meaning he is actually a hetero.

Anyone that cannot accept that some people are, tragically, born straight is just as bad as homophobes who say gay people are exercising a 'lifestyle choice.'

Of course, The Sun could just be making it all up - let us know if you have any further info please, dear PinkNews.co.uk readers.   

Scissor Sister Jake to get hitched?

A source "close to" snake-hipped gay popster Jake Shears has told one of those tabloid newspapers that he plans to do the decent thing and make an honest man of his boyfriend Chris.

They have been a couple for eight years. Aww.

The Sunday Mirror reports that Shears, frontman for Scissor Sisters, is planning a New York wedding. Which is nice, except Massachusetts is the only state in America where gay can actually get married.

But let us not spoil a nice "a source close to" story with trivial details like that. Oh, here is the quote:

"They are both blissfully happy with their apartment and the wedding is the next thing. They're ready to show everyone they're together.

"The apartment was a big commitment for Jake and Chris because it's a large place in Tribeca - Manhattan's coolest district.

"A wedding just takes it all on to another level, but one thing is for sure - it will be fabulous. They have a bit of time until next year to pick the best of everything."

We wish them well.

Will Young sticks up for gays!

That nice young man Will Young had an excellent piece published in The Times over the weekend.

The openly gay pop star argued that just because gays now have legal rights, it does not mean they 'have it all' and that a change in hearts, minds and attitudes is needed.

In contrast to Will's well-reasoned and modest article, the comments are  a sea of gay hatred and sickening bigotry.

It's depressing to hear people, and presumably middle-class people with good jobs who should know better, expressing such hatred for anyone.

Check this one out:

"Was born in an era when homosexuality was outlawed and still should be as far as i am concerned.It is not normal whichever way you throw the dice.I noticed you only came out after you won the contest.Says it all really does'nt it.

david lawrence, wadhurst, england"

Oh well, it goes to show you should never read comments - only unhinged people with nothing better to do think the world at large is interested in what they think. I mean really, they are worse than bloggers.

Jodie Marsh - more insulting nonsense

Oh dear. In a bit of trouble for being caught on camera using sickeningly homophobic language?

I got an idea, Jodie Marsh.

Why not push your boobs into the face of some hack from the Currant Bun and giggle a load of rubbish about how you think you might in fact be a little bit lesbian yourself, so that makes you throwing the word lesbian around as a term of abuse OK then.

"She kisses all her female friends and is unsure whether she is bisexual," reports The Sun.

"It’s just a girlie thing, not to please men," explained Jodie in  a naked attempt at damage limitation.

"There are women I fancy, like Pamela Anderson and Carmen Electra, so maybe I am a bisexual - I don’t know."

Now, let's not go too far - remember, Jodie, your only audience is socially-retarded men.

"But men float my boat more than women." THERE we go.

Listen here you awful woman - you aren't getting out of calling a perfectly nice journalist who interviewed you: "lesbian, blatantly! That short hair! And butch, looks like a man" that easily!

Sexuality is not some choice, like deciding to wear pink shoes or have your face scrubbed orange.

This latest guff is embarrassing for everyone concerned, not to mention mortifying and insulting for actual bisexual people.

photo:james l@flickr.com

Rupert Everett please be quiet

He really is the most monumental arse.

The Shrek star's latest gaffe finds him telling the Daily Express that he does not approve of gay adoption.

His reasons? Well, as you would expect, the 48-year-old put forward a considered and erudite case for why gay male couples make bad parents.

"I could never do that to a child. Can you imagine what it would be like, having your two dads coming to school speech days? And hearing those awful queeny rows while you are trying to get to sleep?"

Ok Rupert, a few points to raise with you.

First, don't talk to the Express. Just don't.

Second, where do you get off portraying gay men as having "queeny" rows? Stop projecting your hysterical existence onto everyone else.

Third, given that you were born with a silver spoon in your mouth in a comfortable two-parent family and packed off to a very expensive public school, you wouldn't really have a clue just how much a child living in a local authority home might actually not mind too much if they got two dads, who cared enough to come to their "school speech days."

What is a "school speech day" anyway? Button it, posh boy.

Lesbian actress to play US President

Hit TV thriller 24 has already brought us a black American President - now they are going two better.

While in real life the closest a lesbian has got to the Oval Office is Vice President Cheney's daughter Mary, the kids at 24 have decided that America is ready for a woman in the highest office in the land, and turned to top lesbian actor Cherry Jones to play her.

Ms Jones, 50, whose partner is also an actor (Sarah Paulson, currently starring in Studio 60, the latest show from The West Wing creator Aaron Sorkin) is one of the few performers in Hollywood who stays out of the closet.

Way back in the day,  in 1995 to be exact, she was thanking her partner while accepting a lovely Tony award.

She did it again in 2005, except that time her gf wasn't, as they say, out. Oops.

So, seventh series of 24, look out for President Allison Taylor. It airs in the US of A in January.

.gay and .lesbian now available!

New '.GAY' and '.LESBIAN' domain names & email addresses have been launched on the internet.

It's not just the new ".GAY" domain names that are being snapped up, suddenly, domains like ".HUNKY" and ".LESBIAN" are proving popular, as are others like ".MUSIC", ".GORGEOUS", ".MILLIONAIRE" and ".COOL".

People have discovered that you can now create almost anything you want.

Now you opt for fun "www.bigger.brother", for business "www.help.line", for personal "www.my.place" or just be creative "www.punk.rocker".

Already, tens of thousands of new websites are springing up across the world. A new dimension has been added to the Internet that anyone can use virtually without restriction.

These new domain names offer almost unlimited possibilities for all those wanting personalisation and easy-to-remember options. dotWORLDS (www.dotworlds.net), who are currently giving away these domains, have been inundated as Internet users continue to register more and more of the most memorable and distinctive names.

Imagination unlimited has arrived.

Of course there’s email too. It's revolutionary, free and amazingly you can even integrate it with your Outlook Express or other mail client. This is the Internet's first global spam-free email system.

Create almost any address your heart desires. Yes it's true. Now "johnny@tall.blond" can email "michael@bit.short" to tell him about the new growth hormones.



© 2007. GayWired.com; All Rights Reserved.

Jodie Marsh - nasty piece of work

For those of you who do not know, Jodie Marsh is one of the reasons we are so glad to be gay.

We will never wake up and find ourselves lying next to an orange, common, inflatable doll with a mouth like a sewer and the brain of a five-year-old. A low-rent version of Jordan - does it get any lower?

The Guardian reports this morning that the cerebral Ms Marsh, in the course of filming her vile new "documentary" about her "quest" to find a "husband," took time out from shoving her over-sized breasts out and pouting like an aged trout to slag off a freelance journalist who actually asked her some proper questions.

"I actually wanted to punch her in the face. Lesbian, blatantly! That short hair! And butch, looks like a man," she said, on camera.

No-one could ever accuse you of looking like a man, or indeed like a woman, Jodie.

Anyway - MTV left this little bit of footage in the reality show, which we applaud them for. It was insulting, homophobic, and shows just what an ugly person Jodie is.

Niki Shisler, author or therealjodiemarsh.com, an expose of the star, told The Guardian:

"It's an absolute typical response towards anyone she sees as criticising her. She's a bully and she's spiteful."

Boo!! We hate bullies.

photo: James L at flickr.com and the only one we could find that did not make us feel queasy ...

Yaris is a gay car, gay car, gay car

Those nice people at US website gaywheels.com have produced a list of the cars their readers are most interested in.

They searched their sever logs and found out that gay motorists can't get enough of the Toyota Yaris. Make of that what you will. 

The full top 10:

1. Toyota Yaris
2. Saab 9-3 (sedan and convertible)
3. Mazda MX-5
4. Volkswagen Jetta
5. VW EOS
6. Dodge Caliber
7. Toyota Camry
8. Audi A3
9. VW Rabbit
10. Infiniti FX

Here at PinkNews.co.uk, our favourite car is a taxi.

Gaywheels.com made the following sober assessment of the Yaris:

"The 2007 Yaris continues Toyota's tradition of offering affordable, reliable cars over a wide range of the automotive market, and it represents a big leap forward in styling over its ancestor, the Echo.

"A four-door sedan is available in base and S trims, with the S adding a 60/40 split rear seat, a rear defroster, and a stereo system with a CD player.

"A three-door hatchback is equipped similarly to the S, except with daytime running lights, different instrumentation, and a shorter wheelbase.

"It also lays claim to being the least expensive Toyota sold in America. Both the three- and four-door models use a 1.5L four-cylinder engine that is tuned more for economy than power. The car's 106 horsepower do an adequate job of acceleration."

S trims? 6o/40 split? What?

LEAST expensive? Economic? "Adequate" acceleration? What is going on?

"Power conveniences, remote keyless entry, anti-lock brakes, air bags all around, an alarm system, and a rear spoiler are available, as are a number of post production options."

Aaah accessories. That's more like it!

Pop star not scared of gays

After yesterday's mystifying comments from Enrique Iglesias, a another pop singer has been sharing his views on Britain's favourite sexuality.

Shayne Ward, who won the votes of millions of the sort of people who watch ITV1 to become a national star, has been speaking to gay magazine AXM.

We don't know if it was a formal interview or if he has just been ringing round magazines in an attempt to boost his public profile, but no matter.

He appears to be suffering from reality TV-itis, whereby artists spawned from shows like X-Factor and all the rest have a brief period of intense success, then flop.

Shayne had a number one, then a number two, then a number 14.

Damn - time to tell the gays you love them.

"As a straight guy, it's flattering, it gives you great self-confidence. I'm not ashamed that it's a guy fancying me, I think it's a good thing," he said of the attention he gets from a certain section of the gay community.

Now, do you think he might have a single coming out?

Hmm, I think so actually. But hey -  anyone who can come up with such a delightful spelling variation for the name Shane is OK in our book.

The single (pictured above) is called "If That's OK With You." and it will be available in da shops from 19th August.

Pop star scared of gays

Singer Enrique Iglesias has revealed that he was scared before appearing onstage at London's G-A-Y nightclub last month.

Not scared he was going to be molested, of course, but rather, for some strange reason, that he might get booed off stage.

Enrique, next time you are passing a mirror, have a quick look at yourself.

And try to remember that the gays at G-A-Y have screamed hysterically at everyone.

The fact you can sing is an added bonus, but entirely irrelevant to the proceedings.

"When I went on stage, they were singing so loud I couldn't hear myself. My ears were ringing for two days, I promise," he said of his appearance.

The Times never makes any mistakes - right?

The Times, a London-based title once regarded as a 'paper of record' until it was sold to Rupert Murdoch, went tabloid and started to give acres of space to celebrity stories, has given PinkNews.co.uk a salutary lesson in the art of stoning greenhouses.

The paper's diary section, written by someone called Hugo Rifkind, today took PinkNews.co.uk to task over a minor typo on one of the many exclusive stories we are lucky enough to run.

Mr Rifkind wrote:

"Pink News also reports that Michael Cashman, the West Midlands Labour MEP, has "written to David Cameron three times about the failure of Tory MEPs to vote against homphobia (sic) but has not received a reply". Obviously, both sides need do more to raise awareness of homophobia. If even Pink News can't spell it, the situation is dire indeed."

Isn't it just?

The Times, of course, never carries any typos. Every single word on every single page in every single edition since the paper was founded in 1788 has been perfect.

Right?

Well, dear PinkNews readers, if YOU spot any typos in The Times, do let Hugo know hugo.rifkind@thetimes.co.uk

Such things appear to amuse him.

And do not forget to copy it to people@thetimes.co.uk

Gordon Brown on The Simpsons

OK

This is soo cool.

I was getting a lil bit vexed with the amount of Simpsons movie-related nonsense I get sent on a daily basis.

Then I happened upon this gem - a site where you can submit a pic of yourself or indeed anyone and have it "Simpsonized."

Or, as we say in the land where English was totally invented, "Simpsonised."

But who to put through the process? Well above is the PM and below, for reasons of impartiality, here is David Cameron:

The programme did not seem to like any of the pics of Ming Campbell I had on file.

OH - and the site? Merely click here for hours of fun! But be warned, it takes AGES to complete the transformation.

Lindsay Lohan - too much information

Lindsay Lohan, who in the far-distant past used to be known as an actress, has had a busy week.

There has been much to report - too much for us to keep up.

First there was the "lesbian love letter" that Lohan allegedly posted on her MySpace. Which was then either hacked or sent by a friend of hers to the papers.

"Babe, if I don’t have you in my life then I should just go die," is what passes for a lesbian love letter these days.

"I want to marry you and have children with you. Go to bed babe. I love you. Lindsay Ronson."

Sounds like usual teenage girly bollocks to us, but everyone from TransWorldNews to Australia's Daily Telegraph was sure it was a lesbian thing.

Anyway, after a few minor stories over the weekend (Lindsay says 45 days in rehab really sorted her shit out: Lindsay is 'biggest showbiz party animal" according to a poll of secretaries and other readers of some website) it is back to serious news.

Lindsay Lohan is "furious" that she is in the papers again today. She let ex-boyf and gossip column whore Calum Best take some naughty pics of her. Now they too have been leaked to the press!

What is a girl to do?

Americans catch Beckham fever

by Duane Wells

Beckham-mania is already reaching frantic levels in Los Angeles as Hollywood braces itself for the arrival of its new centerpiece couple.

Honestly, I can’t remember a time when one couple’s move to the United States has been met with such fan fare.

AsW Magazine fetes the photogenic Beckham duo in a flashy spread in its latest issue, NBC is readying a one hour special on Ms. Beckham that will certainly go along way towards introducing the erstwhile pop singer and fashion mannequin to the American pop culture scene.

Now the Omni Los Angeles Hotel at California Plaza is offering a series of overnight packages aimed at offering guests a taste of the Beckham’s notoriously high-flying lifestyle.

A $500 (£250) shopping spree on Melrose Avenue, tickets to a sold-out L.A. Galaxy soccer game. unlimited imported beer and a private jet service are all part of the Omni Los Angeles Hotel at California Plaza's overnight packages honouring the impending Beckham invasion.

In total, the Omni Los Angeles Hotel is offering three Beckham oriented packages with pricing reflecting a percentage of the British soccer superstar's purported salary and endorsements from the L.A. soccer team:

-- 'Bend It Like the Brits' package for men
-- 'Pampered Little Brit' package for ladies
-- 'Living Large' package

'Bend It Like the Brits' package for men   

Men in search of the ultimate soccer weekend can indulge in this guys' guy package that includes deluxe accommodation in a Junior Suite, L.A. soccer club jersey of choice and two tickets to an L.A. soccer club game. Upon arrival, guests will receive an unlimited supply of imported beer during their stay, $500 gift card to a chic sporting goods store and a bottle of cologne inspired by, of course, David Beckham.

'Pampered Little Brit' package for ladies

While men are enjoying themselves at an L.A. soccer game, women can live the posh lifestyle with a $500 gift card for a shopping spree on Melrose, a gift basket containing skin and hair products and a fragrance also inspired by Mr. Beckham. The stay at the hotel includes deluxe accommodation in a Junior Suite, dinner for two in Noe Restaurant and the Dragonfly Package for two at The Spa at the Omni Los Angeles Hotel at California Plaza.

'Living Large' package

Finally, for those who live or want to live the ultra-glamorous life, the 'Living Large' package includes luxurious accommodations in the Presidential Suite. Guests who book this package will have his and hers high-end French designer luggage delivered to their doorstep before flying round-trip to Los Angeles on a private chartered jet. Upon arrival, guests will find a 24-hour personal assistant, chauffeured service in a luxury automobile, unlimited champagne and caviar, $50,000 luxury designed Italian wardrobe and dinner for two in Noe Restaurant.

All the Omni packages are available beginning July 21, 2007 through November 30,2007.   

If there was ever any doubt that we live in a celebrity-obsessed culture Beckham mania and these Omni hotel packages put them to the rest.

© 2007 Navigaytion.com; All Rights Reserved.

Are you one of the Village People?

Village Drinks, the popular social networking group for professional gay and lesbian Londoners, has spruced up its website.

Now, as well as meeting interesting and attractive people at their drinks events, Village Drinks officianados can stay in touch with people they meet through the website and  upload a free personal profile and picture - clean ones!

There are currently more than 4,000 gay and lesbian professionals in London on their books.

Neil Spring, the smartly-dressed young man behind Village Drinks, told us how excited he is about the new site:

"People are sick and tired of stuffy, pretentious networking events.  It was time for a change.  People want to meet new people and they want fun. 

"We also believe that communication with our peers should be a right; not a privilege; so we aren’t charging people to access the site and network online. 

"It may not be the most sophisticated site in the world; but it reflects our ideals; to meet new people and to have fun."

Neil also revealed that VD are launching regular events in Manchester and Brighton later this year.

In the meantime, the London summer party is on 26th July at the CC Club. Details on the website.

90210 star marries gays

The career of Tori Spelling continues unabated.

The former star of Beverly Hills 90210 has announced to the world that not only has she opened a B&B, she is now qualified to do weddings.

Last week she did a same sex union and get this - they happened to be filming a documentary about Tori at the time! Coincidence or what?

"It was so beautiful as I united Tony and Dex as life partners in love. They wrote their own beautiful vows and there was so much love surrounding them that there wasn't a dry eye in the driveway!" wrote Ms Spelling, 34, on her MySpace page.

The B&B she runs with husband Dean McDermott is called Chateau La Rue and is (where else) in California.

And the show title? TORI+DEAN: Inn Love.

Check out her myspace

here.

Harry Potter star would kick them out of bed

Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe seems to have taken his Extras persona to a new level - saying that he would kick a lover out of bed for calling him Harry.

"No one has ever said it in the throes of passion. That would be the end of that," he told a magazine.

Harry, sorry, Daniel, pictured above in a publicity shot for nudie West End play Equus, has also been talking about how hard it is to know if people want to go out with him because they like him or because he is famous ... bless. They grow up so fast, don't they?

New gay animation makes South Park look like The Flumps

 GayWired.com columnist Ross von Metzke shares this bit of delightful dish on Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in the World, is TV station Logo’s first foray into South Park-style politico-animation.

Logo made a smart move by casting Rick, Steve and their colorful crew of characters as Lego inspired critters—by not attempting to set the bar particularly high with their animation skills, the powers that be behind Rick & Steve can focus on what they excel at—humour.   

   

And it comes in droves—mostly of the stereotypical variety.

Filipino-American Rick and A&F muscle queen Steve make their happy home in West Laghuna Beach.

Rick’s BFF Kirsten and her butch-dyke girlfriend Dana want to have a baby—with Rick’s sperm. And what follows is a truly fucked up descent into horribly inappropriate homo gags.

Kirsten and Dana will stop at nothing to have their baby—even if it means breaking into a rest stop bathroom so Kirsten can “fill er’ up.”

When that goes south, they try disguising Kristen as a boy for an online hookup—if she can just get her trick to ejaculate into a cup, she’s home free.

Meanwhile, Rick and Steve have troubles of their own—their relationship is stale and, like most gay couples going through a mid life crisis a decade before the rest of the world’s men, they seek out a third but strike out, Rick fears, “because I’m Asian.”

The third couple to populate Rick & Steve’s happy little world are 19-year-old circuit queen Evan ("Some people don't give me enough credit for how smart I… Ohmygod! I loooove this song!") and his 50-year-old, HIV-positive boyfriend Chuck, who begs Evan not to sleep with anyone else after he dies—even though he’s already sleeping with other people now.

It’s every stereotype gay ghettos across the world perpetuate times 100, and while it’s not likely to win over many fans to gay lib from the straight side of the fence, for our community, it’s a home run.

Rick & Steve airs Tuesday nights at 10pm on Logo. www.LogoOnline.com

It should be in the UK sometime soon, meanwhile check out the clip on YouTube:

© 2007 LesbiaNation.com; All Rights Reserved

Gay to star in Hairspray

Yes it is true - finally a real homosexual in a Broadway musical.

While controversy whirls over the film version of Hairspray, starring John Travolta (are Scientologists homo-hostile?) and High School Musical cutie Zac Ephron, the stage version announces an inspired piece of casting.

Lance Bass will be taking up the role of DJ Corny Collins on Broadway next month.

Lance, who caused shock and awe across the planet of Earth by revealing his homosexuality to the world last year, has also caught the attention of British tabloids lately. He has a new boyf, called Pedro Andrade.

People.com says that a source told them that a friend of Lance told someone:

"You could tell they're very happy with each other."

I bet - he sounds like a catch. According to his modelling agency:

"Pedro originally hails from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil where he began his acting       career at the early age of 7. He has appeared on numerous commercials, TV shows & movies throughout Latin American and the United States.

"He comes from an impressive line of socially and environmentally conscious and artistic people: His grandfather, Hermogenes Andrade, is the biggest       Yoga Guru in Latin America with over 15 books published on Yoga. His      father, Jose-Homero Andrade, is a painter. His mother, Ana-Lucia Cunha, is a lawyer. And finally, his godmother, Maria Thereza Andrade, worked for      Brazil’s Congress & the United Nations."

Here is a video from Perdo about being a model:

Jake Shears coming out story

It is the story gays love to tell each other - how I came out.

For Scissors Sisters front man Jake Shears, the story has a tinge of teen angst.

It seems the 16-year-old Jake chose a family holiday to drop the  bombshell.

"I was 16 on vacation in Las Vegas. My mom told me to be quiet as my father was trying to watch the news," he  told dad-rock mag Q.

Ditto’s sexual rant at Angelina Jolie

Rock singer Beth Ditto has a pop at Angelina Jolie for not being a true bisexual.   

The super-sized chick is not impressed by Angelina telling the world that she likes both boys and girls.

Ditto wonders why start a family with Brad Pitt if girls are you thing.   

Ditto’s girlfriend, who likes to dress up in men’s clothes, raged:

"If she were a lesbian, or had lesbian tendencies, she'd be with a woman not a man."   

Angelina and former Calvin Klein model Jenny Shimizu dated for a while and slipped between the sheets as lovers in the movie Foxfire.   

Fans at a recent concert were left with their mouths hanging open when Beth surprised them by showing them one of her most intimate parts, her vagina.   

At a festival last week, Ditto knew no shame when she pulled up her skirt, pulled her knickers down her generous curves and flung them into an amazed crowd.   

One fan said: "Beth had been putting on an incredible show, and was dancing around the stage when she seemed to get carried away in the moment.

"She pulled her dress up and quickly took down her panties before hurling them into the throng of fans."

Which characters set gaymers pulses racing?

Thanks to the prevailing wisdom that all video gamers are hormonally charged heterosexual men, most developers design their wares with that demographic in mind.

As such, it should be no surprise that big-breasted babes abound in much of the software sold in stores today.

That doesn’t mean gay guys are left with no one to ogle when they fire up a game on their PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 or Wii.

In fact, more than a handful of hunks have paraded across the screen over years, with the following list highlighting the hottest:

 

Guile (Street Fighter series)—The Street Fighter series has hosted a number of hotties over the years, but Guile stands head and shoulders above the rest because of his military background (who doesn’t like a guy in a uniform?).

 

He loses a few points for the weird ‘do, but everything else is so spot on that it can be overlooked.

 

 

Leon S. Kennedy (Resident Evil 2 and 4)—Leon Kennedy proves you can be fashion-forward even while working to rid the world of zombies. Thankfully, he seems to be a looker even without the tight jeans, the bomber jacket and manicured mane. Now Capcom (the game’s producer) needs to give him a few alternate outfits to prove that point. Here’s an idea: Maybe he could run around in his tighty whities in the series’ upcoming sequel?

 

Kratos (God of War I and II)—What makes Kratos so hot? Well, for starters, the folks who designed him were inspired by Greek mythology—Hercules in particular. Unfortunately, they also made him sociopathic. Considering it looks like he stepped, dripping with sweat, out of Gladiator, I’m willing to give him a pass for not being completely sane.

 

Solid Snake (Metal Gear Solid)—If Snake were a character in a movie, he’d be James Bond. Instead of hanging out at casinos and having sex with supermodels, though, he’d be spending his spare time in swamps and eating rats. OK, so Daniel Craig doesn’t have much to worry about when it comes to casting the next 007 flick. That said, I doubt Snake would be caught dead packing his Speedo.

 

Frank West (Dead Rising)—Frank isn’t the most photogenic guy in the world (his schnoze is a bit suspect, for starters), but he exudes a cool confidence that puts any and all of his superficial shortcomings to shame. (The leather jacket and unbuttoned shirt help matters as well.) Of course, I guess you have to be confident when your job consists of killing zombies.

 

El Blaze (Virtua Fighter 5)—Professional wrestlers may lack a few things (a sense of style, a well-developed vocabulary), but at least some of them are easy on the eyes. That’s certainly the case with the shirtless (and disturbingly shiny) El Blaze, the latest addition to Sega’s seminal series of fighters. Now if only we could convince him to ditch the silly mask...

 

Dante (Devil May Cry series)—Here we go again, a game character who’s dedicated to exterminating demons. While Dante’s designers may have been creatively challenged when they came up with his back story, they obviously worked through their issues when they brought him to life physically. He’s definitely a bit of a pretty boy—what with that chic hairstyle, red leather jacket and low-rise pants—but the tight abs and well-defined chest are sure to attract guys with all tastes.

 

Vaan (Final Fantasy XII)—Finally, a twink! Vaan’s a 17-year-old street urchin who dreams of becoming a “sky pirate.” Whatever. In the real world, you just know Vaan would be sashaying around town and chatting on his new iPhone while ogglers of both genders follow his every move.

         

© 2007 GayWired.com; All Rights Reserved.

Big Brother homophobia

Channel 4 has defended itself against accusations that it treats gay slurs less seriously than racist language on reality show Big Brother.

On Sunday a female contestant called Liam a 'poof,' yet no action was taken against her.

More at http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-4840.html

Spice Girls: Say you'll be there?

The crowd-pleasing girlpower quintet have struck again in the wake of refreshed fears that they will spark ladette culture and a renewed trend for platform heels.

The day they broke up, which was in the middle of a world tour in the 1990s, was a sad time for Ginger's fans who had paid good cash to watch her in action. The group continued to perform minus the flame-haired diva, who then sported a pneumatic doll look.

However, controversy surrounds whether the split was due to genuine reasons, like Geri Halliwel's artistic discontent and  differences with the rest of the group, or just a corporate ploy which hoped to re-unite the band with a world tour and a 'best of' compilation, earning more buck from the bang.

Bookies who bet on the latter are celebrating a symbolic victory in boozers across the British Isles, even though it will be impossible to prove the corporate strategem behind this reunion.

The world tour and the Best Ever Spice Girls album are slated for release in December, when the famous five will lip-sync their way to £10m each.

Meanwhile, you can pander to the spin and visit: www.thespicegirls.com

Enrique jealous of homo friends

Enrique Iglesias, has expressed his wish to be gay - or is it just all that male company that's rubbing off on him?

The 32-year-old Spanish-born singer has shown a touch of the green-eyed monster towards his gay friends and has said that he wouldn't mind the gay cliche of an open relationship.

Enrique, who is rumoured to have taken a trip down the aisle with Russian beauty Anna Kournikova, told Genre magazine:

"My stylist is gay and lives in Los Angeles and when he came to Miami, he went out.

"And I asked, 'Your boyfriend doesn't care?' And he said, 'We have an understanding if I'm out of the city.'

"When I saw George Michael, he said the same thing. I'm going to have to have a talk with my girl!"

Maybe Iglesias may not be ready just yet to follow in his father's footsteps.

Julio Iglesias brags that he has slept with over 2,000 women in his lifetime.