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The alter-ego of TV hostess Lilly Savage is to charge a fee of
£2 million for the second installment of his autobiography.
O'Grady, who created the prime-time drag act, charged £1 million for the first installment of his life story.
At My Mother's Knee and Other Low Joints, released last year by Transworld, sold 600,000 copies and topped last year's non-fiction hardback list, the Daily Mirror reports.
Cuteness personified, aka James Franco, has been telling The Guardian about his preparation for his role as a gay in upcoming movie Milk.
He plays opposite Sean Penn, and yeh they make out and Franco found kissing a guy weird.
"Sean and I did talk about spending the night together on the set where we did the apartment scenes, but it never happened."
Franco said he is very pleased with how the film turned out, and also shared an interesting insight into how he prepares for roles.
"He hung out with a real-life hustler for Sonny, even sitting in on - but not, he insists, participating in - a cocaine-doused threesome in a New Orleans hotel room."
Cripes.
The New York Post reports that the reason Madonna has had so little to say about brother Christopher Ciccone’s new tell all, Life With My Sister, may have little to do with her shock over its limited revelations or the fact that she’s consumed with preparations for her upcoming concert tour.
Instead some now suggest that the pop diva’s silence about her younger bro’s tome is due to the fact that she actually helped him write it.
According to the Post, an un-named insider told the paper the following about Madonna’s involvement in brother Christopher’s autobiography:
"She [Madonna] actually ghost-wrote parts of it with him, the way Princess Diana helped Andrew Morton write his book on her.
"That's why there's nothing too devastating in Chris's book. He's mean to others, but not so much to his sister."
Which might explain Ciccone’s harsh critique of brother-in-law Guy Ritchie’s alleged homophobia in the book and his kinder, more gentle view of his sister about whom he sticks to more well known facts. Ritchie and Madonna have been regularly rumoured to be experiencing marital problems as of late.
The revelation comes as rumours circulate that the timing of the book’s release was conspicuously set to coincide with and generate publicity for Madonna’s forthcoming Sticky and Sweet tour, ticket sales for which have been the subject of controversy in and of themselves.
While the New York Post last month reported that ticket sales for Madonna’s upcoming tour had been poor, Live Nation, with whom the singer recently signed a $120 million (£60m) deal, refuted those claims saying that ticket sales had been brisk and more dates added to the tour schedule.
According to Live Nation, as of June, the tour had already grossed $74 million.
No stranger to using controversy to her advantage, Madonna is said to turning the surrounding the announcement that she has been named in the divorce proceedings between Alex 'A-Rod' Rodriguez and his wife, into a cheeky stunt on her tour.
The star has reportedly ordered three baseball jerseys with the name 'A-Rod' on the back to be worn as costumes on stage.
Reps for Madonna have not yet responded to any of the rumours.
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British rap sensation QBoy has demonstrated his versatility this week - as well as shown once again that whatever he is, he ain't shy.
The sexiest gay rapper in the land graces the most recent cover of clubs n rentboys mag QX, wearing nothing but a pout.
We can’t really show you the cover cos its not worksafe.
A pronouncement from Q Towers reveals that the south London lovely is :
"currently featured in a photographic book of salivatingly hot models by Swiss photographer Patrick Mettraux entitled So Sexy It Hurts printed by Bruno Gmünder - on pages 60 and 61 for those who want a quick peek in the bookshop. www.brunogmuender.com."
Again, the pics are too sexy for this blog.
We can report that QBoy is in another new book, this one an anthology of poems! Lordy!
"One of his poems is featured in the Diamond Twig release The Ropes – Poems To Hold On To which is a book of poems in two halves; one by men, one by women, aimed at young people," our Q source explains.
Talk about busy! Nude modelling! Poetry! More nude modelling!
This year alone he has presented a documentary for Radio 1Xtra, which the children listen to, about them divas Salt N Pepa, AND will be playing all through the summer at top gigs such as Stockholm Pride.
Mmmmm. Swedes.
There is also a new remix of Coming Out 2 Play on www.myspace.com/qboymusic
For some gay men, it was among the best television ever made.
For others it was, in the words of the talking dog in Family Guy, a show about three hookers and their mother.
In any case one gay man has lots of happy memories of Sex and the City - and he is willing to share them. For money.
Clifford Streit, the former manager of Candace Bushnell, is reportedly working on "Unbecoming Stanford," a behind the scenes expose.
Bushnell's sex column in the New York Observer was the inspiration for the show.
SATC's gay best friend character (cliche? noooooo!) Stanford was apparently a charicature of Streit.
Anyway, among the revelations, as told to the New York Daily News:
Gay producer Darren Star turned Ashton Kutcher down for a part in the show because he was unconvinced he would go anywhere.
Kim Catrrall caused tensions on set by stealing all the limelight.
Two on-screen lovers were doing it in real life too.
There must be more dirt than that - get publishing Clifford!
A survey of 654 UK adults has confirmed what we always knew. Bubble-permed homophobe and professional bell end Jeremy Clarkson makes women sick.
"A third of women
said they would actually be physically repulsed by a man they saw reading 'The
World According To Clarkson' in public," according to the survey by a book swapping website.
Celebrity autobiographies such as 'Being Jordan' or 'Beckham: My World' are multi-million pound bestsellers, but read them in public at your peril, warns Britain's largest book exchange website, Readitswapit.co.uk.
A survey by the website reveals that the majority of Brits change their perceptions about people they see reading these books in public places.
Two out of three Brits surveyed said they would
perceive someone who read Jordan's and Beckham's biographies in public as
'unattractive'.
Readitswapit.co.uk co-founder Andrew Bathgate said: "Jordan and Beckham are two of the most image-conscious celebrities on the planet – so it's ironic that if you read their autobiographies in public, your own image will suffer."
Overall, 97% said that, if they were single, their perceptions about a member of the opposite sex could be affected by the types of books they saw that person reading in public.
So what to read to impress the Tube commuters and increase your chances of pulling? Wuthering Heights and War and Peace apparently. No look in for Harry Potter, then.
Would you have a 2ft tattoo inked on to your body as a surprise for your children?
Well, factory worker Paul Croft did.
The etching of Dumbledore on his back "seemed like a good idea at the time."
But since the revelation from Harry Potter JK Rowling that Dumbledore is gay, Paul has been getting stick from his co-workers.
"It's been terrible," he told The Sun.
"I've always liked Dumbledore - just not in that way. I went into work and everyone was sniggering.
"When I walked in, one of the lads said, 'Oi, Paul - heard about Dumbledore?'
"There were wisecracks about 'Watch your backs, lads.' Someone asked me if I was planning to get a tattoo of Graham Norton. I thought, 'Why me?'"
Sounds like a fun place to work.
Paul's tattoo, which set him back £500, shows the gay wizard as portrayed by the late Richard Harris in the first two Potter films, holding a scroll with the names of Paul's five children written on it.
Ex-con Norman Parker's memories of gay criminal David Martin’s prison days can be found in his new book: Dangerous People, Dangerous Places.
Martin was a notorious criminal in the early 1980s with a penchant for fleeing the long arm of the law. He is best known for his connection with the police shooting of film editor Stephen Waldorf in 1983.
Waldorf was mistakenly identified as David Martin and shot five times while driving in Earls Court, London.
The incident gained similar coverage to that of Jean Charles de Menezes, who was killed by armed police in 2005.
Stephen Waldorf fortunately survived and was awarded compensation.
The influence of prison life on Martin and homosexuality within England’s prisons are both described.
Parker tells of Martin’s experience of "a world that constantly belittled him because of his sexuality."
In 1983, Martin was convicted of involvement in armed robbery and sent down for 25 years. He committed suicide early into his sentence.
Norman Parker spent nearly three decades in prison for murder and manslaughter.
He earned an honours degree whilst inside, and since release has pursued a career in journalism.
He wrote the best-selling book Parkhurst Tales and in his new book he travels the world in search of the world’s most dangerous people.
David Martin’s story is told in chapter 13, Dave the Rave, of Parker’s new book Dangerous People, Dangerous Places.
Iconic American gay mag The Advocate has unveiled a list of 100 gay and lesbian heroes (and heroines) of the last 40 years, which is how long they been on the go!
Among a list that includes the first out police officer in LA and a man who had the sodomy laws struck down stand two British legends, both knights of the realm.
Sir Elton John and Sir Ian McKellen are on the 100 list, which The Advocate want people to vote on so they can whittle it down to 40 - one for each year, you see.
Other people you might want to vote for are Rosie O'Donnell, Ellen Degeneres, Gianni Versace, Andy Warhol, Armistead Maupin, Greg Louganis and the lovely Martina Navratilova.
Vote here for your heroes! (And heroines!)
The Advocate explained what they are looking for:
"What do we mean when we say "greatest gay hero" of the past 40 years? First, the person must be entirely out. Second, it's not enough to be supremely talented or superbly competent--that person must have done something significant to improve our LGBT lives.
If we've missed someone you'd like to nominate, go ahead and write them in under "OTHER." This is not a scientific poll, but a snapshot that reflects the awareness of our readers and editors at this pivotal moment in history."
A father is taking the local council to court because his sons were exposed to "The Whole Lesbian Sex Book"
The teenage boys "found" the book, at the local library, and now their concerned father wants the council to pay £5,000 per child as compensation.
Do I really need to tell you what country this is happening in?
Yep, the Land of the Free.
“[They were] greatly disturbed” said Earl Adams his letter to the city, according to pandagon.net
“[We had] many sleepless nights in our house.”
Yeah I bet you did, lots of tossing and turning. Poor little angels.
The fact that the teenagers were apparently looking for books about military academies is more disturbing than their discovery of books about lesbianism.
The family live in Bentonville Arkansas, which as you know is a hotbed of Sapphic passion.
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