Cohen's 'gay sex scenes' given an NC-17 rating

Sacha Baron Cohen's new film has been given an NC-17 rating due to its 'gay sex scenes'.

TheWrap.com reports that 'Bruno', which has the full title: 'Bruno: Delicious Journeys Through America for the Purpose of Making Heterosexual Males Visibly Uncomfortable in the Presence of a Gay Foreigner in a Mesh T-Shirt' contains "objectionable scenes".

Cohen, in the persona of gay Austrian fashionista Bruno, "appears to have anal sex with a man on camera. In another, the actor goes on a hunting trip and sneaks naked into the tent of one of the fellow hunters, an unsuspecting non-actor".

The NC-17 rating from the Motion Picture Association of America officially "signals that the content is appropriate only for an adult audience", but logistically, if the film does not receive an R rating (which means a child can watch so long as he/she is accompanied by an adult), the film might not be screened in certain cinemas.

It is now most likely that the offending scenes will be spliced out of the film and put onto an unrated DVD available to buy just before next year's Oscars...

Hugh Jackman's wife tires of the gay rumours

Hunk actor Hugh Jackman, who will be seen in epic war movie Australia with the lovely Nicole Kidman in the coming months, has spoken about the persistent rumours that he is on good terms with Dorothy.

Apparently his wife gets tired of it.

"She said the most infuriating times would be in the bathroom because all she'd hear is: 'Is he or isn't he gay?' 'I don't know, he's married'. 'Oh, who cares? I'm sure he's gay'," he told People magazine.

"She used to call out from the stall: 'He's not gay. I'm telling you he's not.' And there would be silence until someone said: 'I think that's his wife.'"

Good on you Mrs J, stand by your man etc.

James T Kirk is sexy? He is in the new version!

Check out the trailer for the new Star Trek movie!

We are not really Trekkies here at PN towers - but we know what we like!

Director delighted by Superman's gay kiss

Brandon Routh and Justin Long

Kevin Smith, the man that brought us slacker comedies, has said that the gay scenes in his new movie featuring Superman actor Brandon Routh and Hollywood hottie Justin Long were “cute.”

Routh plays the boyfriend of Justin Long's gay porn star in comedy Zack And Miri Make A Porno.

"I asked him, 'Brandon, do you have some sort of morals clause in your contract that you can't play a role like this, since you played Superman?'," director Smith said.

"He's like, 'What, is this 1942? Of course I don't have that! As long as I don't play another superhero'.

"I said, 'Fantastic, now go in there and kiss that dude!' I did think it was cute that I got to direct Superman making out with a guy."

Spiderman hunk nearly slept over with Madonna's ex

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.

Spawn of Brangelina make magazine debut

People Magazine is enjoying the victory of being the first publication in the U.S. to feature photos of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s newest family additions.

The magazine published a collection of photos of the Pitt-Jolie family, including the first photos of the 3 week old twins, in this week’s issue.

People, along with the British tabloid Hello! magazine, reportedly paid $14 million for the privilege of being the first to publish photos of twins Vivienne Marcheline and Knox Leon.

After months of speculation and a slew of false media reports, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt became new parents once again on Saturday, July 12.

Jolie gave birth to twins at the La Fondation Lenval hospital in Nice, France.

The couple named the baby girl Vivienne Marcheline, the middle name for Jolie's late mother Marcheline Bertrand, and the baby boy Knox Leon.

Knox Lean weighed just over 5 pounds at birth, with baby girl Vivienne Marcheline weighing in right at 5 pounds.

The twins arrived shortly before 8 p.m. on Saturday, French time, and were born 15 minutes apart.

The couple, often nicknamed Brangelina, has one other biological couple together, Shiloh, 2, and three adopted children, Maddox, 6, Pax, 4, and Zahara, 3.

The newest Jolie-Pitt son has already received the nickname “Fort Knox” in the press because of the stupendous price paid for the first photos of the babies.

A cover photo featuring the twins was featured on the People Magazine website on Sunday, with more photos published in the print publication released on Monday. British tabloid magazine Hello! published the photos in tandem with People in the UK.

The combined price of $14 million was paid for the photos by the two magazines, according to The Associated Press.

The money will reportedly be donated to a foundation created by Pitt and Jolie to help children around the world.

Although various media reports fueled a rumour that Jolie and Pitt resorted to fertility treatments to conceive the twins, the couple told People that the twins were not a result of in-vitro fertilisation.

“If they had been conceived through IVF, we would have been happy to discuss it,” Jolie told People.

“But we have been fortunate never to have had fertility problems.”

Jolie and Pitt, who have been together since 2005, came out publicly in support of equal gay marriage rights by stating in 2006 to Esquire magazine that they would not marry until "everyone else in this country who wants to be married is legally able."

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Friends actress diagnosed with breast cancer

Emmy nominated Samantha Who? star Christina Applegate has been diagnosed with breast cancer, her publicist Ame Van Idin confirmed in a statement on Saturday.

 

"Christina Applegate was diagnosed with an early form of breast cancer. Benefiting from early detection through a doctor ordered MRI, the cancer is not life threatening. Christina is following the recommended treatment of her doctors and will have a full recovery. No further statement will be issued at this time."

 

Emmy and Golden Globe nominated for ABC’s run-away hit Samantha Who?, about a young business woman who comes out of an eight-day coma with complete amnesia about her past, 36-year-old Applegate won an Emmy in 2003 for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for playing Jennifer Anniston’s character Rachel Green’s self-involved younger sister Amy on Friends.

 

Samantha Who? marks Applegate’s full-time return to television since her iconic role as the flaky Kelly Bundy on the Fox’s Married with Children, which ran for 11 seasons beginning in 1988.

 

A spokeswoman for Lee National Denim Day, a national fundraiser to benefit breast cancer programmes, Applegate took up the cause after her mother, a breast cancer survivor, beat the disease.

 

The actress is slated to appear at Stand Up To Cancer, a one-hour television special to be aired on ABC, CBS and NBC on Sept. 5 to raise funds for cancer research.

 

Applegate faced tragedy earlier this summer when her boyfriend Lee Grivas died of a drug overdose in early July.

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Cute Hollywood star explains gay confusion

He was the hottest skateboarder in town in Lords of Dogtown and wowed critics with his performance in Into The Wild, and now Emile Hirsch has demonstrated another talent - the convoluted story.

On the set of his new movie Speed Racer, the 23-year-old explained how the crew came to think he might be a gay:

"Me and (co-star) Kick Gurry were in the trailer hanging out.

"Kick was sitting back with his hands behind his head and I was doing push ups.

"It was hot so I peeled my driver's suit down a bit, and then Eric, the wonderfully gay production assistant, walked in. I jumped up really quick, but I was out of breath.

"Eric slammed the door shut. We went to Eric later and tried to explain. He was like, 'Shhhhh. I will never tell.'"

Oh dear - how embarrassing.

Anyway, Emile will be seen in the upcoming biopic of assassinated gay politician Harvey Milk, though we don't know if he will be doing any gay sex scenes.

He plays gay rights activist Cleve Jones.

Bi time for Bond actor?

   

PinkNews.co.uk's favourite thespian is in the frame for a big screen adaptation of our favourite Roman Emperor, the lovely Hadrian.

Daniel Craig is tipped for the role in an upcoming biopic directed by John Boorman, adapted the 1951 novel by French author, Marguerite Yourcenar.

The Roman is the subject of an exhibition at the British Museum.

Publius Aelius Traianus Hadrianus, to give him his full name, was made emperor in AD117, when the Roman Empire was at its prime.

Many of the artefacts at the exhibition relate to his male companion, Antinous, a young Greek.

Antinous accompanied Hadrian during his travels.

Basically, they were gay for eachother.

When Antinous died, Hadrian was so distraught he named an Egyptian city after him.

Craig has done gay-themed before, in the  biopic of Francis Bacon, Love Is The Devil.

The film is infamous because the hunky actor does a naked scene and you can see his bits and everything. 

In an April 1st interview for the Daily Star Craig said he thinks the secret agent's fans would say "why not" to a bi James.

He also told the tab that he has been getting attention from homosexuals - set to increase if he goes for the Hadrian role.

Transformers star arrested for drunk driving

The latest young Hollywood star to face down a string of bad press and run-ins with the law, Transformers actor Shia LaBeouf was arrested early Sunday morning for a DUI. He was taken to the hospital with minor injuries.   

The 22-year-old rising star, riding a wave of success after starring in this summer’s new Indiana Jones installment, was making a left hand turn when his car struck another vehicle and rolled over.   

The actor was rushed to the hospital with an injury to his left hand which will require surgery, a spokesperson for the sheriff’s office said in a statement. Both LaBeouf’s female passenger and the woman driving the other car suffered minor injuries.

All three were taken to Cedar’s Sinai Medical Centre in Los Angeles, where they remained as of this morning.   

LaBeauf’s image has suffered a major blow since his days as a squeaky clean Disney star. Last year, he was arrested for trespassing when he refused to leave a Chicago Walgreens after employees reported he appeared to be drunk.

Then, earlier this year, his image suffered two blows—one for lighting up in a no smoking zone and the other for a since removed YouTube video in which he’s filmed fighting a friend and calling him “faggot.”   

The actor later apologized for the video, saying it had been taped long ago and was simply a tape of him and a good friend mouthing off.

The actor was booked on suspicion of a DUI but released to receive treatment for his injuries.


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