Soap star thought Ronaldo was gay

A Colombian starlet was not interested in soccer hottie Cristiano Ronaldo when their eyes met across a crowded LA pool.

Soap actress Elisa Sanchez told The Sun:

"He was really red, like he had been laying out in the sun too long, and kept putting oil on himself all the time.

"He was wearing these tiny little swimming pants. The way he was preening himself was hilarious.

"I had absolutely no idea who he was — and we were all convinced he was gay.

"He winked at me and tried to chat me up but I don’t speak English well. So I just said 'Sorry' and walked away."

It is a problem metrosexuals such as Cristiano face even in LA, it seems.

He loves big sweaty men .. but he ain't gay

A blog run by meatheads into fighting has annoyed us.

It seems the emotionally challenged people over at Fightlinker (bless) have taken to calling people 'gay' for all the wrong reasons.

Earning title shots off virgins is gay apparently.

What WE thought was even more gay was the amount of male flesh on show on the site ....

What are they about to do?

Anyway, it seems in Fightlinker world lots of things are gay ....

End of an era as Playgirl moves out of print

Lonely housewives and discriminating gay men will be sad to know that Playgirl magazine has decided to cease publishing in print.

The glossy soft-porn magazine will publish its last print issue in November before converting to an online-only format.

The revamped Playgirl.com website will feature more videos and pictorials and less editorial content, according to Nicole Caldwell, the magazine’s editor-in-chief.

“Playgirl is going all-Web,” Caldwell said in an email to MediaBistro.com.

“The last print issue will be the Jan/Feb 2009 magazine, which comes out Nov. 18.”

Playgirl Magazine debuted as the women’s alternative to soft-porn men’s magazines in 1973.

Although originally designed with the feminist in mind, the magazine quickly grew a gay male fan base as well.

Playgirl features pictorials of nude and seminude men in erotic poses, accompanied by articles on sex, lifestyle topics and celebrities.

Although marketed to women, Playgirl estimated in 2003 that gay men made up to 50 percent of the magazine’s readership, according to a report by Multichannel News.

The magazine has been published in numerous languages over the years, featuring international editions in Germany, France, Australia, Great Britain and the Netherlands.

Although celebrity pictorials are not frequent in Playgirl, the magazine has published nude and seminude photos of such Hollywood stars as Brad Pitt, Kevin Sorbo, Marcus Patrick, Fabian, Keith Urban and Scott Bakula.

Several openly gay models have also appeared within the magazine’s pages, including Playgirl’s 30th Anniversary centerfold Brian Dawson.

Ann Turner © 2008 GayWired.com; All Rights Reserved.

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.

Real cops mistaken for strippers

It sounds like the beginning of your stereotypical adult movie.

Men in uniform arrive at the door of an out of control party and the guests go wild with excitement.

There’s just one problem—no one had ordered a stripper for the 30th birthday party in question.

Two uniformed officers arrived at an out-of-control birthday party in Berlin after neighbours complained of a noise violation.

But according to The Associated Press, before the cops had a chance to explain, the female guests had yanked them inside and begun peeling off their uniforms.

According to police spokesman Bernd Hoffmann, no one had ordered a stripper—but the female party guests thought someone had sent them over as a surprise.

"It took them a while to realise they were real police officers," Hoffmann said. "It was a bit funny for all sides."

According to reports, the police arrived shortly after 12:45 in the morning on Sunday.

Though it took the guests a while to believe the men in uniform were indeed cops, after getting everything squared away, the party continued.


Adam Higgins © 2008 GayWired.com; All Rights Reserved

New Mormon beefcake calendar for 2009

Despite having been excommunicated from the Mormon church for putting together the first edition of the “Men on a Mission” calendar, Chad Hardy is moving full steam ahead with the release of the next installment.

The 2009 “Men on a Mission” will go on sale on September 1st at MormonsExposed.com, but we've got your first look at the Men of 2009 right here.   

Even as the Mormon religion and culture become more and more visible in mainstream media, it still hides behind a shroud of mystery.

Television shows such as Big Love try to shed some light, yet the fact is the series is fiction and not necessarily a true depiction of the people of the church.

Then there were the women of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Days Saints, a sect led by Warren Jeffs, who had their children removed, and eventually returned, from their custody. Again the Mormon Church was thrust in the spotlight under a cloud of controversy and again under close scrutiny.

Now, Hardy’s calendar will surely bring thousands of eyes (the 2008 edition sold over 20,000 copies) back to the church. And, once again, controversy will likely ensue as we get to see a different side of a new group of men on a mission.

Hardy’s mission is to use humour, not to mention some skin, to help debunk some of the misconceptions held about the religion. Hardy’s method is to prove that this “devout dozen,” as he calls them, can be proud of who they are and their bodies while still having a strong faith.

Similar to the LGBT community, Hardy seeks to promote tolerance and the education of the ignorant. We both aim to show that what is not understood is not necessarily scary, and it’s okay to have some fun and light-hearted humour along the way.

Without further ado, a preview of some of the men of the “2009 Men on a Mission” calendar!   

 

 

Mark Umbach © 2008 GayWired.com; All Rights Reserved

Mormon beefcake calendar leads to excommunication

It was bound to happen sooner or later.

The man behind the sexy beefcake calendar ‘Men on a Mission’ was excommunicated from the Mormon church over the weekend for what they considered to be an inappropriate representation of the church, the Salt Lake Tribune reported.   

Las Vegas resident Chad Hardy put out the 2008 calendar late last year featuring, as the official Website puts it, 12 returned Mormon missionaries who "have dared to pose bare-chested in a steamy national calendar."   

The calendar, which has sold close to 20,000 copies according to The Stranger, scored a ton of press upon its release last year, and rumblings of excommunication started almost immediately after its release.

'I felt like I spoke my truth," the 31-year-old entertainment entrepreneur told the Salt Lake Tribune.

"Bottom-line, they still felt the calendar is inappropriate and not the image that the church wants to have."   

According to the Tribune, some of the 12 shirtless models have been called to disciplinary meetings, though none have been formally punished.   

Hardy told to paper that his intention was never to disgrace to church but to step “outside the stereotypes and stepping outside of the image."

The sixth generation Mormon said he feels badly about how his excommunication will affect his parents, who live in Utah.

Hardy, who has been inactive in the church for the past six years, said he considered resigning his membership to avoid the hearing, but decided against it out of respect for his family.

According to Hardy, plans are already underway for a 2009 calendar.

Angela D'Amboise © 2008 GayWired.com; All Rights Reserved

Video: Germany's annual Christopher Street Day parade in Berlin.

While the Bulgarian police crack down on Sofia's first gay pride parade after a firebomb of a gay bar, and 150 homophobic mobsers attack gays, the LGBT community party on Christopher Street in Berlin. Buttocks galore.

Heroes cutie reveals teen experimentation

Star of cult TV hit Heroes, teen actress Hayden Panettiere has revealed that “there are occasions” when she has kissed the girls.

"It’s great to have boyfriends. Or girlfriends,” the teasing minx told Glamour magazine.

“There are occasions when you kiss your best friend growing up, having fun and goofing about. Like perfecting your technique.”

Her technique seems to have paid off - everyone knows she is dating her co-star Milo Ventimiglia aka the hot one.

“People are more interested in who celebrities are dating than the events going on in the world," said Hayden

"I’m not shallow. And I’m not sharing.”

Don’t blame you love - we wouldn’t share him either!

SATC's Kim to play Lumley role

Fresh off news that distance made the heart grow fonder for Carrie, Samantha, Charlotte and Miranda with the record breaking opening of Sex & the City over the weekend comes news that HBO is still very much in bed with Kim Cattrall.

Seems all that Sex & the City move stalling paid off — in signing on for the film, Cattrall also inked a production deal with the network, and now, the 51-year-old sexpot is set to executive produce and star in Sensitive Skin.

Adapted from a British series of the same name, the show will follow a wife and mother of a certain age who rediscovers her sexuality and begins to challenge her cookie-cutter life. The original series starred another gay fav… Patsy herself, Joanna Lumley.

According to the Hollywood Reporter, the series also comes packing a hefty penalty. That’s Hollywood speak for HBO having to pony up some major cash should they decide not to air the series.

It’s one of two projects Cattrall and HBO are likely to be pairing on in the near future — based on the $56 million opening for the Sex & the City movie over the weekend, sources say a sequel is already in the works.

Samantha Jones — screwing her way across a movie screen near you for the foreseeable future.

Adam Higgins© 2008 GayWired.com; All Rights Reserved.