Gay shag list is "revolutionary"

A listing of which male celebs gays want to sleep with has been described as "downright revolutionary."

Gay entertainment website AfterElton.com said in a release that their "Hot 100 List" of hot people "is all about gay and bisexual men telling the world which men we think are sexy.

"Will last year's winner Jake Gyllenhaal repeat or will an out, gay man such as Neil Patrick Harris, T.R. Knight or John Barrowman nab the top slot?   

"We think the existence of such a list is downright revolutionary. After all, there are plenty of lists of beautiful people compiled by and for straight people."

Man the barricades! The revolution has come! At least in respect of lists of people who other people think are sexually attractive.

The AfterElton.com Hot 100 voting is open until May 16th and the winners will be revealed on June 2. 

You may vote here.

"Homosexuality" is 140 years old today

One hundred and forty years ago today, on May 6, 1868, the word homosexuality was invented.

Before then, there were very few value-neutral words to describe people who experienced romantic or sexual attractions toward others of the same sex.

Pejoratives such as “bugger,” “molly,” “sodomite,” or “pederast” were common, words loaded with condemnation and shame. But as the budding science of sexology began to grow, and as same-sex loving defenders began to speak out about what same-sex love was all about, their first problem was with how to name it. “Abominable vice” wouldn’t do.

A new word was desperately needed to describe their lives and feelings.

The love that dared not speak its name couldn’t. It didn’t have one.

Read the rest of this article here.

Madge's man preferred cookie to nookie

Madonna’s man Guy Ritchie killed his sex drive with cookies, the pop icon revealed.

Filmmaker Ritchie climbed on the trendy Cookie Diet bandwagon and despite the diet's success, his famous wife, was not pleased with all of the results.

"My husband went on that cookie diet and it was such a turn-off because he didn't want to have sex. He's not on it anymore, thank god!" was the dirty laundry Madonna aired to Johnjay and Rich, a Phoenix-based radio show duo.

Ritchie dropped several pounds on the Cookie Diet, an 800-calorie-a-day diet that Kelly Clarkson and Jennifer Hudson have also tried.

But while her husband slimmed down, Madonna was less than pleased with the sexual side effects.   

"He did lose weight, but he didn't really need to lose that much weight. I think he did it because all his friends were doing it and he wanted to see if he could do it,” Madonna said.

Sanford Siegal, the doctor who devised the Cookie Diet in 1975, shot back at Madonna’s assertion, saying that he’s "treated more than 500,000 patients" and he "can't recall any of them reporting a similar effect on their sexual appetite."

He added, "In the case of my cookies, they taste good enough but I can't imagine anyone preferring them to sex."   

Tracy E. Gilchrist © 2008 GayWired.com; All Rights Reserved

EastEnders bi storyline continues with nude scene

The impending bisexual storyline in the BBC One Soap Opera EastEnders continues to veer closer.

On Monday night, Steven Beale (played by Aaron Sidwell) accidentally exposed himself to his gay step uncle Christian (John Partridge).





In pictures first published on PinkNews.co.uk, later this week, Steven is seen becoming closer to Stacey Slater (Lacey Turner). But, the influence of Christian may become more obvious in the coming weeks.

Photos: BBC Pictures

Take part in the politics sex survey!

Blogger Iain Dale says ....

"The purpose of this short poll is to get your views on what Nick Clegg said this week about his sexual conquests, and then to see how different party supporters compare in matters of the bedroom.

"Skip any question you don't wish to answer! I'll publish the results during the week. And don't worry, you can't be traced, so please do be honest!"

Interested?

Then simply CLICK HERE!

Get this comment from, well, the comments section, about the sex survey:

"My sense is that there is much more gay sex in politics (especially among Tories)-- often involving researchers, political advisers and lobbyists, than there is straight sex. Am I right -- or just jealous - although those are not mutually exclusive categories."

How odd.

Enrique's dad speaks out

The grand old man of Spanish crooners has taken a leaf out of the book of Heineken.

"If I was gay I would be the best gay of all history," said Julio Iglesias.

Blimey, that is some boast. We disagree.

Hair is, like, so 70s, don't you think?

We are confident that any of his dishy sons would make a much better gay.



Like that one.



Or indeed that one.

But Julio's comments do beg the question:

Who WAS the best gay in all of history?

Our money is on Christopher Biggins.

Corrie prison: no bunk sharing with Bubba

For soap fans, especially the gay ones, a new storyline revealed by twinky actor Jack P Shepherd seemed too good to be true. It was.

Shepherd, 20, who has been in the soap since 2000, can be seen in the picture above wrestling a sea lion.

Sorry, hold on, that's his on-screen mum, Gail Potter Tilsley Hillman Platt. Yes, married three times AND she gave birth to a child that transformed into Adam Rickitt.

Anyway back to the story.

Shepard told the nice people on the This Morning sofa that during his character David's stay in prison there were "disturbing scenes."

"He's got a cellmate called Bubba, and Bubba likes to play sometimes ... they share bunk beds, you see. David's is the top bunk - and so is Bubba's, if you get my drift. There are a few shower scenes, too!"

The lovely people at the Daily Star interpreted this to mean:

"Corrie's David Platt is set to become a beefy prison inmate's bitch!"

Charming. Anyway the lovely people in the ITV press office have only gone and thrown a bucket of ice cold water over the whole Bubba/bunk sharing/shower scene thing.

"Jack was making what was clearly a joke and there's no truth in it whatsoever."

Shame.

Oz Gladiator's porn past exposed

Australian Gladiator contestant Sam Brodie may have lost his battle to win fame on the show, but his gay porn past has gained him a whole new level of notoriety.

DNA Magazine revealed this week that nude photos of Brodie were featured on the 'gay-for-pay' porn site SeducedStraightGuys.com.

Last month, the American version of the show was rocked with scandal after it came to light that gladiator Alex Castro had posed for gay porn sites.   

Sam Brodie, from Queensland, was one of the first contestants to appear on the recently re-launched Australian version of Gladiators, a remake of the 90's television series.

The 23-year-old sheet metal worker and Junior Olympic swimmer failed to win on the show and will not return. His performance on the show was so dismal that one of the gladiators, Hunter, called him a "waste of his time".   

Though his performance on Gladiator was less than stellar, Brodie's brief 15 minutes of fame were stretched out a bit longer when it was discovered he had previously posed nude for a gay porn site.

Photos of Brodie in various stages of undress were published this week in DNA Magazine. In the pictures, Brodie is featured in a variety of provocative poses.

The photos reportedly originated from the gay-for-pay porn site SeducedStraightGuys.com, which posted the photos under the pseudonym "Ben".

A blurb about "Ben" stated he was a "ladies man" and has aspirations to sleep with a girl from every country in the world, according to NineMSN.com.

Brodie may have also appeared in at least one porn video, rumored to be a masturbation film. The bio on SeducedStraightGuys.com states the reason why "Ben" posed for the photos and alleged film was because "it's one of his fantasies of course".

Last month it was revealed one of the gladiators on the American version of the show had previously worked as a gay porn model. Alex 'Militia' Castro posed for a number of nude photos for COLT under the alias of "Elian Castro" and is rumored to have been featured in several "solo" porn films.

Another of the gladiators, Justice, once worked as a stripper at a male strip club under the stage number "Thunder".

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

Gaydar investigated in More4 News report

PinkNews founder Benjamin Cohen reports on More4 News on the rise of gay hookup sites including Gaydar. Looking at how it's changing gay life and not always in positive ways.

Check out the report (that does contain references to bareback sex below)

Ricky Martin, Chace Crawford and other hetties

 by Ross von Metzke.

Who among us doesn’t remember abs man from American Idol?

OK, so his name is Alan Ritchson (see pic above) and while he didn’t exactly get very far on the singing competition, who can forget that attempted strip tease meant to entice Paula in which every gay viewer across America fell off their collective couches.   

It’s that collective gay gasp that’s continued to propel his career, from his Smallville appearance as Aquaman to his independent album to his numerous modeling gigs for companies including International Jock and N2N underwear.

Yeah, I know which one of those you picked up on. Smoking hot Alan in jock straps.   

Alan’s working on a couple of independent features and you can see him—well, an animated him—in the direct to video Justice League: The New Frontier, playing (but of course) Aquaman. If his animated self is anywhere near as hot as the real thing, you bet we’re dusting off our Blockbuster cards.

You know, for the past four years, I’ve stared at Priscilla Presley’s face and wondered if she got into a fight with Jocelyn Wildenstein or just crashed a Weho pumping party.   

Turns out the latter is close to the truth—she’s one of many celebs pumped full of industrial silicone by recently jailed Dr. Daniel Serrano. Licensed to practice medicine in his native Argentina—the plastic surgery capital of the world, according to many—he was running a bogus operation stateside, and now, he’s reportedly being shipped home by immigration.

I wanna know how a celebrity is going to walk into a plastic surgeon’s office without some frame of reference. I mean, seriously—if I were a woman going into get my face done today, I’d march my ass right up to Susan Lucci and say, “Who do you use”?

I would not be following around Meg Ryan with a pair of binoculars to see who glued those trout lips on her kisser, least of all following someone to his backseat in the K-mart parking lot to find out how many $20’s he’ll take for a quick refresh.

Still, I don’t wish any ill will on Priscilla—or Dyan Cannon, Nikki Kidman, Sly Stallone, Jessica Lange, Michael Douglas, Cher or any other number of celebs who’ve gone under the knife more times than I can count.   

Heads up—for future reference, what the FDA approves is just fine. We don’t need to be dabbling in disaster.   

Even though half of Hollywood is probably using something the FDA didn’t approve. What is it with celebrities and additions… the only think more addictive than illegal substances in perusing the gossip sites to find out who’s addicted to something.

Which is why yesterday’s most emailed post on Perez Hilton—Whitney Smoking Crack….Caught On Tape!!!!—pissed me off.   

 

I mean, don’t get me wrong—I clicked frantically, thinking it might explain why her big comeback album is two years in the making. But imagine my surprise when all I came up with is a You Tube of ’80s pop blip Rick Astley.   

Now I can do a mean “Together Forever” at karaoke, don’t get me wrong. But is that how we’re driving page views these days? Misleading the reader.

Not that I was Whitney to fall of the wagon, but if you’re gonna make a promise, hold up your end of the bargain.   

Now, for Ricky Martin naked in a sauna… click here!

I didn’t say pictures… hahaha!   

But at least we’ve got related info.   

Some Ricky Martin fanatic—which is why you should take this news with a grain of salt—claims he shared a sauna with Ricky Martin over in Calcutta.

Calcutta? I can think of a lot of discreet places closer to home for Ricky than Calcutta. But this man swears it was him hidden beneath that beard and moustache, despite the fact that when he confronted the pop star, he was told he had the wrong guy.

The naked steam allegedly took place at the Grand Oberoi hotel and Ricky, the man says, has a tattoo on his lower pelvic area.

Later, when Ricky seemed to need help finding his locker, the man was all too happy to oblige—for an autograph. This timer, Enriqua gave it, smiled and left.

Is this exchange to be believed? Who can say… but, as it turns out, Martin actually was in Calcutta recently, working with a children’s organisation.

Damnit to hell—I walk into a steam room at Burke Williams and get Gene Simmons. I’m going to have to steam internationally more often.   

On the subject of gays in strange places, J.C. Chasez is absolutely insistent that he isn’t one, despite the fact that every time he’s out in public, Gossip Girl Chace Crawford seems to be at his side.   

Chasez swears they’re just friends, and takes issue with the fact that because they like to hang out and be affectionate in public that everyone thinks they’re dating.

First off—you don’t have to be dating to be screwing, which is how so many of the gay boys kick things off, after all.

Secondly, though some may consider this narrow minded of me, what does a 31-year-old seasoned vet of the recording industry who’s moving behind the scenes as a producer have in common with the 22-year-old pin-up star of the CW’s breakout hit show?

My gut says dick, but seeing as how I’ve seen nothing with my own two eyes, I’ll reserve judgment.   

We so want two gay ’Nsyncers. Make it happen, J.C.—that’s totally get your album released.   

Word on the street says another queen is sick of one of her gigs and wants to call it quits A.S.A.P.   

That queen is Tyra Banks, and for those of you crossing your fingers she wants to hang up her hat on her talk show, keep praying—no, word says Miss T is over America’s Next Top Model. She’ll continue to Exec. Produce, but she wants someone else in front of the camera.   

 

Why? Any number of reasons, from her rumoured spat with Jay Manuel—they aren’t talking, sources say—to the fact that she claims she only ever saw the show lasting three or four seasons (they’re closing in on eight).

Hell, maybe Tyra just wants to do a face plant into the nearest cheesecake. She’s earned that right. For more than a decade, she was swimsuit ready in a moment’s notice. Let the bitch eat.

For now, at least, Tyra’s committed to another season.   

Hey, if you get your wish, there’s always Kirstie Alley’s new diet plan—she could totally use a new side kick now that Valerie kicked the fat actress to the curb.   

There you have it fellas… more mud slinging that a gay rodeo. Until we chat again, remember… take the time to stop and smell the gossip.

 
© 2007 GayWired.com; All Rights Reserved

Tara PT considers gay daddy

That pillar of rectitude Tara "I know the Royals" Palmer-Tompkinson has taken the highly unusual step of speaking in public about her personal life.

In an interview with Hello! magazine the former cocaine enthusiast and It-Girl explained that it would be a "terrible" waste if she did not reproduce and she has considered asking a gay to inseminate her.

"I'm hoping that there's a man out there who will have a child with me the traditional way," she told the mag.

"Although I'm not opposed to IVF or having a child with a gay friend, I live in hope of it happening in a conventional way first.

"I have life experience and a fair bit of wisdom for my age, so I wouldn't smother them. I do hope I have children. I feel more passionately about that every day.

"It is the most important thing that can happen to a woman - it's one of the reasons we're here."

Well, Jordan has them, Britney has them, so we at PinkNews.co.uk Towers say hurrah for Tara, and may she have many little PTs to keep her hands full in years to come!

We draw the line at offering our seed, though. 

LiLo, sex tapes and suing Oprah: the week in entertainment

Kristin Davis and Lindsay Lohan sex deny sex tape rumours; The Hills star Audrina Patridge defends nude photos; Halle Berry welcomes a new addition; ABBA drummer Ola Brunkert and legendary author Arthur C. Clarke die; R.E.M. singer Michael Stipe 'comes out'; Sarah Jessica Parker mad at Maxim's "Unsexiest Women Alive" list; Oprah gets sued and Amanda Overmyer exits Idol with grace.

   

Celebrity Sex Tape #1 - Lindsay Lohan   

A porn video featuring a woman rumored to be Lindsay Lohan surfaced on the Net on Thursday, launching the second celebrity sex tape blitz of the week. The video allegedly features Lohan engaged in a sex act with ex-boyfriend Calum Best. However, both Lohan and Best are denying they are the ones in the tape. This is not the first time Best has been linked to a sex tape. The model and son of English soccer star George Best previously made a cell phone video of himself having sex with two prostitutes, according to FoxNews.com.   

Gossip site TMZ.com states they have confirmed the video is not of Lohan, but instead were taken from an XTube.com video posted several months ago of an unknown couple. Though the case is likely closed on this rumor, apparently Best would have been happy to have actually had a real video of Lohan doing the nasty. His representative told In Touch Magazine, "If it was Column we would have it shrink-wrapped and put out onto a DVD for Christmas… We'd all be retired by now if that were the case."

 

>> Read more on this story.   

Celebrity Sex Tape #2 - Kristin Davis   

Steamy 'leaked' photos from a rumored sex tape featuring Sex and the City actress Kristin Davis exploded across the Net this week. The pics, featuring an attractive brunette with a strong resemblance to Davis, allegedly originated from ex-boyfriend Eric Stapleman. Stapleman claims, according to TMZ.com, the photos were taken years ago during their relationship and he sold them because he was angry with the actress.   

   

Davis, however, has stated through a representative that the photos are not of her and there "is no sex tape." While the latest information confirms that sex tape probably does not exist, it remains to be proven definitively whether the photos, at least, might still be of Davis.

 

>> Read more on this story.

 

Patridge Says Nude Photos Were "Artistic"   

Audrina Patridge, star of the MTV reality show The Hills, had no problem in acknowledging the nude photos of her leaked online earlier this week. The nude photos, apparently taken nearly five years ago, featured Patridge topless in a skirt and fully nude in a bathtub. Patridge quickly stepped up to say the photos were indeed of her, but that she was not ashamed of them.

   

The Hills star said in a post on her MySpace page that the photos were taken when she was "just out of high school and beginning to model… I was young and very trusting of others, and I didn't know to protect myself." Although she regrets having done them, Patridge said there was nothing wrong with the photos. "I intended them to be artistic and not in any way provocative… I'm not ashamed of these photos, but I don't want my young fans to think they have to do what I did."

>> Read more on this story.   

Halle Berry Welcomes New Baby   

Oscar-winning actress Halle Berry gave birth to a beautiful baby girl on Sunday. The 41-year-old star and model boyfriend Gabriel Aubry named their newborn daughter Nahla Ariela, which roughly translates to "honeybee" and "lioness for God." Berry reportedly had not picked out a name until just before leaving for the hospital to give birth.

   

Interestingly, both the child's first and middle names are similar to characters in two Disney movies—Nala from The Lion King and Ariel from The Little Mermaid. Rumor has it this may not have been an accidental resemblance as a source close to the actress reportedly said Berry has "always been a huge fan of the Disney films," according to Stuff.co.nz.   

>> Read more on this story.   

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Sad Goodbye to Ola Brunkert & Arthur C. Clarke   

This week, the world said goodbye to two iconic figures, one in music and one in literature.   

ABBA drummer Ola Brunkert was found dead at his home in Spain on Sunday, the victim of a freak accident. Sixty-two year-old Brunkert, who played with the band and performed on their albums, died after shattering a glass door when he fell into it. "A glass door in the kitchen of the house was shattered and it appears that this man fell through the door. He then managed to get out into the garden where he died," a spokesperson from the Civil Guard told the press.

>> Read more on this story.   

   

Legendary science fiction author Sir Arthur C. Clarke also died this past week. Clarke died at his home in Sri Lanka from respiratory failure at the age of 90. Clarke wrote over 100 fiction and non-fiction books during his life and co-authored the film 2001: A Space Odyssey with Stanley Kubrick. Although Clarke was never open about his sexuality, he has long been believed to be one of the most prominent gay writers of the last century.

>> Read more on this story.   

R.E.M. Singer Michael Stipe Talks About Being Gay   

Although technically R.E.M. singer Michael Stipe has been out as a gay man for nearly a decade, this week he decided to finally talk more publicly about his sexuality. Stipe told Spin Magazine he made the decision to 'come out' more about being gay because he recognizes "that to have public figures be very open about their sexuality helps some kid somewhere out there."

   

Stipe said that although he has always been open with his band members, family and friends, he previously believed being vocal about his sexuality wasn't all that important. Now, however, he says he understands why the GLBT community needs public figures to embrace their sexuality openly.

>> Read more on this story.   

Sarah Jessica Parker Bashes Maxim   

Sex and the City star Sarah Jessica Parker came out swinging this week at Maxim magazine for naming her the #1 "Unsexiest Woman Alive" on a recent list. Second on the list was Amy Winehouse, trailed by Madonna, Sandra Oh and Britney Spears. Although the Maxim poll was published way back in October, Parker has apparently been holding a grudge about it for some time.

   

In a recent interview with Grazia magazine, Parker slammed the magazine, saying "Do I have fake boobs, Botox and big lips? No. Do I fit some ideals and standards of some men writing in a men's magazine? Maybe not… It's so brutal in a way, so filled with rage and anger, so it was surprising to me that more people didn't talk about the providence of it, that it's coming from these men." Parker continued, "I played a lot of parts, women that are really interesting and attractive to me. Obviously someone thinks I'm palatable to some degree."

Oprah Facing Multiple Lawsuits   

Daytime talk show diva Oprah Winfrey is defending herself in two new lawsuits against The Oprah Winfrey Show in the news this week. One lawsuit is from a woman who claimed she suffered "severe and permanent injuries" after being trampled when the audience rushed for seats during a taping of the show. Orit Greenberg is seeking over $50,000 in medical fees and other damages. Greenberg claims she was pushed down a flight of stairs after show crew told audience members they could pick their own seats for the taping and a mad stampede ensued for the choicest seats.

   

The other pending lawsuit comes from a woman who claims she was the one who came up with the idea for Winfrey's new hit show, Oprah's Big Give. Darlene Tracy claims the idea for the show was stolen from a reality program proposal she sent to Oprah's company in 2005. She claims she spoke several times with an executive producer of The Oprah Winfrey Show about the proposal around a show called The Philanthropist, but eventually was told they would be passing on the series. However, Tracy claims that only a year later, Winfrey launched the idea for Big Give—which she claims is basically the same as her proposed idea. A representative for the company said the claims were "without merit."

Read more on this story.   

Amanda Overmyer Exits Idol with Class   

Rocker girl Amanda Overmyer was voted off American Idol this week, but unlike some other vanquished contestants, she seems to be taking the loss in stride. Overmyer told Entertainment Weekly after leaving the show that she hopes she can make a career out of singing, but "this will not be the unicorn I will chase for the rest of my life."

   

Overmyer said she will see where her stint on Idol takes her, but that she is prepared to return to her life as a nurse who performs on the side if that's what ends up happening. When EW stated that usually ex-Idol contestants go on and on about how they are "destined to be a star," Overmyer replied frankly, "I hate those fucking answers. Are you kidding me?"

Ann Turner © 2008 GayWired.com; All Rights Reserved

EastEnders bisexual storyline ticks away

Steven Beale (AARON SIDWELL) and Stavey Slater (LACEY TURNER) [Photo: BBC Pictures]
EastEnders' bisexual ticking time bomb continues.

attitude has some strange readers

Whiling away the hours here at PinkNews.co.uk headquarters, one of our dedicated team of monkeys came across an intriguing site called newsstand.co.uk

One particular feature of the site appealed to us, namely that when viewing an entry for a magazine and considering buying it, newsstand.co.uk offers consumers a selection of other, related titles.

attitude, the estimable gay glossy with more resurrections than Lazarus, has some odd bedfellows, as you can see below.



While it is amusing to think that your average, style-conscious attitude reader also really digs Take A Break and Bella, the outlook for Mens Health is less rosy.

As you can see below, the only real question is, do any breeders actually read it? Why don't they just come out?

Old man hopeful over nude Lohan shoot

Playboy mogul Hugh Hefner hopes to land Lindsay Lohan for a nude photo shoot as Marilyn Monroe for the magazine. Hefner was reportedly impressed by Lohan's recent Monroe recreation spread in New York Magazine and is interested in doing a similar photo shoot for Playboy.

Hefner is also rumoured to be interested in asking the Olsen twins, Mary-Kate and Ashley, to pose naked as well.   

Actress Lindsay Lohan was the prima donna of buzz in February for posing semi-nude in a New York Magazine recreation of a Marilyn Monroe's last professional photo shoot.

Now it seems Playboy's Hugh Hefner wants Lohan to recreate another famous Monroe spread in the pages of his magazine. According to a report by Splash News,

Hefner hopes to convince Lohan to recreate Monroe's naked swimming scene from Something's Got to Give.   

Considering Lohan's New York Magazine portrayal sparked an Internet frenzy over the photos, even crashing the magazine's web site, it is unsurprising that Hefner might wish to capitalize on the publicity of another nude Lohan shoot.

Lohan is not the only starlet to currently hold Hefner's interest. According to reports by several gossip sites, including Star Magazine, Playboy would also like to acquire the Olsen twins for a nude photo shoot.

Hefner reportedly asked the twins to pose for the magazine when they turned 18, but was refused.

Now Hefner is rumored to be trying to seal the deal with the twins again to celebrate their 22nd birthday.

An unnamed 'insider' told Star that Hefner believes the twins are "every young man's fantasy."   

Although speculation is high on Hollywood gossip sites that Lohan might actually go for the idea of another nude spread, it is considered likely the Olsen twins would only hand Hefner another rejection.

Ann Turner © 2008 GayWired.com; All Rights Reserved

Poll says David Beckham is the top choice of gays

Youth magazine AXM has put together a list of the sexiest men in the eyes of gays across Britain. As ever David Beckham is apparently the man at the top.

Number five, Blue Peter presenter Gethin Jones is our favourite from the list.

1. David Beckham
2. Channing Tatum
3. Hayden Christensen
4. Ryan Philippe
5. Gethin Jones
6. Dermot O'Leary
7. Matt Di Angelo
8. James Marsden
9. Alex Pettyfer
10. Gerard Butler

Basketball snog upsets fans

Sometimes a kiss is just a kiss, and sometimes it requires an extreme explanation.

This week, columnist Pam Platt, who had posted a picture in the Louisville Courier-Journal of two University of Louisville Cardinal’s basketball players in what looked like a kiss, was forced to explain the photo after numerous complaints from outraged fans.

In a game where the Cardinals basketball team outplayed the Kentucky Wildcats in the annual men's Battle of the Bluegrass, photographer Sam Upshaw Jr. snapped a picture of Card’s Jerry Smith hugging Juan Palacios after an important play.   

The picture was posted as the header for the article about the game, and fans wrote in apparently disgusted by the photo of two men that appeared to be kissing.

In her column explaining the photo, Platt said that some of the responses included, "'Awful,' 'an embarrassment,' 'horrible decision,' 'poor judgment,' 'distasteful,' 'a mystery' and 'shame on you'.”

Now it is not apparent whether the complainers were offended that the magazine seemed to be capitalising on a sensationalized photo, or if they were disgusted by the thought that two men may have accidentally touched mouths in a moment of excitement.

What is clear is that Platt did not feel the need to apologise for the photo as much as she felt the need to explain why it was chosen.

In her follow-up article Platt stated, "What is it about two athletes sharing a moment of physical and emotional closeness in the middle of a big game, in the middle of a basketball court, that puts some people off so much?"

dylan vox

© 2007 GayWired.com; All Rights Reserved.

Zac Efron is the coolest

You may only know him as the boyish star of High School Musical, but in an all-grown-up interview with Details magazine young Zac Efron has shown some true class.

As well as looking very attractive, he has given a really dignified response to gossip-slag Perez Hilton, probably the least-liked gay man in the world.

Hilton has a bit of an obsession with Efron’s sexuality. When asked about it, the 20-year-old star said:

“I know it’s very addictive to read that kind of stuff. It’s entertainment. Perez has obviously struck a chord in the public eye.

“He’s doing something right. That deserves admiration. I think he does a great job. Um—' He pauses for a moment, then adds, 'Honestly, if the worst he can say about me is that I’m gay, then I think I’ll be fine. I can handle it.”

Oh, you go Zac!

Watch this delightful clip that accompanies the interview:

(Check out his comments about Leonardo DiCaprio!)

Read the whole interview here.

Lesbian gossip from La La Land.

Will the writers’ strike smash the celebrity oglers dreams of a Cate Blanchett / Angelina Jolie celebratory kiss at the Golden Globes?

Did Posh Spice pull a Showgirls on Baby Spice? Legendary Liza takes a holiday tumble off a Swedish stage, Paula Abdul has an APB out for some missing urine.

Hillary Swank, Lisa Kudrow and Gina Gershon romp around as BFF’s and adorable Ellen Page gets knocked up.   

 

 

 

 

 

If nobody’s there to fondle the Golden Globes, will they even bother to put on a show? The Hollywood Foreign Press—whatever the f*** that really is—has announced the slew of oddball nominees for its annual celebrity pat yourself on the back throwdown and Oscar precursor.

While the Golden Globes, which melds television and film personalities in a more laidback and boozy setting than the Academy Awards, has become the second High Holy Day of the year for this celebrity gawker, but the blasted writers’ strike promises to muck up the awards.

A few anti-scab celebs who possess strange qualities called honour and integrity have vowed not to cross the picket line, over the backs of the geek squad—the writers—to get to their awards.

Among these goody-two shoes celebs is the inimitable Ms. Glenn Close, nominated for a Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series-Drama (that’s a mouthful) for her butch turn as take-no-prisoners attorney Patty Hewes on the lesbo-centric Damages. Damn her scruples!   

   

A hodge-podge of stars landed nods this year including some gay gal goddesses.

With the writers on strike and the show’s content sure to suck, I say the nominees join the L Word gang and engage in Turkish Oil Wrestling to determine the winner. Everybody wins!   

Imagine Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture-Drama—whew—nominees, Empress Angelina Jolie of the Holy Order of Hot Lips for A Mighty Heart, Queen Cate Blanchett for The Golden Age, Lesbian Vigilante Jodie Foster for The Brave One and stunning stick figure Keira Knightley for Atonement, topless and oiled up vying for their awards.

Dame Julie Christie is also nominated for her turn in Away From Her, but at Julie’s age, she’s safer playing the ring girl.

While Jodie and her truckers drawl v. bad-assed Angelina seems like the ultimate match-up, Keira might just Bend it Like Beckham and pull a surprise win on this one.   

Comedic and Musical Queens of the Red Carpet will include film fest darling Amy Adams for Enchanted, little newcomer Nikki Blonski as the big-screen Tracy Turnblad in Hairspray, Merchant Ivory darling gone awry Helena Bonham Carter for Sweeney Todd, Marion Cotillard for her uncanny Edith Piaf in La Vie en Rose and baby—not sure if she’s a dyke but she’s damned cute—Ellen Page for Juno.   

   

Other possible oil wrestling match-ups include the Best Performance / Television-Drama gang that pits Patricia Arquette for Medium, Glenn Close, Minnie Driver for The Riches, Edie Falco for The Sopranos, Sally Field for Brothers and Sisters, Holly Hunter for Saving Grace and Krya Sedgwick for The Closer, against one another.

Looking very much like an Emmy’s redux—and I can’t recall who won the Emmy.

Probably a yawn, Grey’s yawn Anatomy, yawn boring broad.

Fingers crossed for Ms. Minnie on this one. But the nominated babes alone constitute a win. In a town like Hollywood where the women are put out to pasture at 35, this category rife with sexy older women and MILFs alike.

Funny ladies who garnered nods from the Foreign Press include the hottest MILF on the block Mary Louise Parker in Weeds, hot nerds America Ferrara for Ugly Betty and Tina Fey for 30 Rock, the cat with nine lives Christina Applegate for her smash hit Samantha Who? and Anna Friel for the darkly comic Pushing Daisies.   

Look for more red carpet eye candy and estrogen heavy hitters in the Best Supporting / Motion Picture category with Big Mouthed Beauty Julia Roberts for Charlie Wilson’s War, Queen Cate for her Bob Dylan drag in I’m Not There and the frighteningly smart ice queen Tilda Swinton for Michael Clayton.   

 

This writers’ strike pits my morals against my pervy, celebrity-obsessed side.

Come on scribes, buck up so that we writers who live vicariously through celebrity can leeringly watch for the accidental Angie / Cate brush-up against one another on the red carpet… or the Sally Field buzzed on Veuve Clicquot solipsistic “you like me, you really like me speech!”  

In a moment not unlike the cult classic, Showgirls’ climactic turn when slutty, climber of a showgirl tosses marbles at Gina Gershon’s rabid bi-sexual bitch diva Crystal Connors in hopes of landing the Vegas review’s top slot, Posh Spice threw a wad of David Beckham’s spat-out chewing gum at Emma “Baby Spice” Bunton, causing Baby Bunton to take a spill that landed her on crutches.

Not exactly, but still, Baby Spice is laid up—and not in a good way—which promises to put a kink in the Spice Broads—uh, Girls—UK leg of their comeback tour. Stretch Girls, stretch… you’re not spring chickens—or birds as the Brits say—anymore.

   

At the end of the day, Baby’s prognosis is good and she’ll be outshining Poser Posh again in no time.   

In other stage tumbling news, the Legend, The Lush, The Liza took a nasty little spill off a stage during a performance in Sweden last week.

Poor Liza slurred her way through a painful rendition of her mama Judy Garland’s other signature song, “The Man I Love”, before tumbling off the stage into the arms of a hapless technician.   

Liza, who’s purportedly 12-stepping it clean and sober, says she felt dizzy before the performance—which smacked of some of Judy’s more painful public moments— but reports are that Liza’s on everything from anti-depressants to Oxy to kill her decades of pain.

“Maybe This Time” Liza will get luck and pull through because you know, “Life is a Cabaret” for the old gal.

All snark aside, pull through Liza. From and old-school pseudo-gay man like me, after you, Bette and Barbara, we’ll be stuck with Britney and bemoaning where have all the great entertainers gone?   

Empress Madonna of the Holy Order of Virgin Facsimiles—or “Like a Virgin—who’s a true performer and always a pleasure to watch, has landed herself a slot in The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

It just goes to show you that in rock and roll you can defile a wedding dress and numerous crucifixes, conflagrate Jesus and piss off the Catholics by portraying him as black, make out with Sandra Bernhardt and release a soft-core porn sex book. Good on Madge!   

In the stranger things have happened category, American Idol’s resident pharmaceutical receptacle, Paula Abdul, is missing some piss. Seriously, Abdul—because she hasn’t made enough of an ass out of herself on American Idol each season—admitted that a crazed fan once filched Paula’s urine sample from the doctors’ office. Look for that stuff on eBay any day now!

Here’s a quick and dirty year-end movie round up:   

 

Cutie Pie Ellen Page garners critical raves as a knocked up—and not the Katherine Heigl kind of yawn-inducing knocked up—teen in the indie flick Juno, which also stars that other big mouthed beauty, Jennifer Garner.

Little Ellen’s a smarty pants who takes herself seriously, and who says she feels sorry for the likes of the Britney’s and Lindsay’s.

Really, Ellen’s just trying to say she feels for those gals with IQ’s lower than 90, who somehow find themselves in the limelight.

A baby butch Ellen played a real castrating vigilante who whacks off Patrick Wilson—as a pedophile’s—nuts in the post-feminist shocker Hard Candy, but look for more of her in the lesbian werewolf flick Jack and Diane, co-starring Olivia Thirlby.   

The films synopses reads like this, “Jack (Thirlby) and Diane (Page), two teenage lesbians, meet in New York City and spend the night kissing ferociously. Diane's charming innocence quickly begins to open Jack's tough skinned heart. But, when Jack discovers that Diane is leaving the country in a week she tries to push her away.

Diane must struggle to keep their love alive while hiding the secret that her newly awakened sexual desire occasionally turns her into a werewolf.” –That sounds like every date I had in high school.

It’s great to see everyone’s favorite mumbler Jennifer Jason Leigh back in action in Margot at the Wedding, even if she pulled the short straw of playing Jack Black’s wife.

The film stars Nicole Kidman, but Leigh’s worth the price of admission. Written and directed by the Squid and the Whale’s Noah Baumbach, look for loads of latent pseudo-sensitive poor-me male discovery and insight.   

It’s been too long since Claire Fisher road into the sunset in the Six Feet Under series finale but never fear, sexy and smart Lauren Ambrose stars in Starting out in the Evening with Six Feet Under co-star and indie queen Lily Taylor.

Also appearing is Jessica Hecht, the cracker-jack actress who played Susan, Ross’s lesbian nemesis on Friends.   

Hillary Swank, Lisa Kudrow and Gina Gershon play BFF’s in the romantic comedy P.S. I Love You, which also stars Gerard Butler and Kathy Bates.

If Hillary Swank has learned anything from her career trajectory, she should steer clear from any role that doesn’t involve lopping off her hair and packing a tube sock, or packing the punches in an over-the-top melodrama co-starring Morgan Freeman as a wise and haggard old man.

Tracy E. Gilchrist © 2007 GayWired.com; All Rights Reserved.

Hello Kitty vibrators come to the UK

Kooky Japanese fictional icon Hello Kitty has her face plastered across the latest marketing wheeze from her corporate owners - a vibrator.

This "ultimate treat for grown-up girls" is available from www.LoveHoney.co.uk.

“The Hello Kitty Vibrator was originally released 10 years ago as a shoulder massager, but women soon found another use for it,” says LoveHoney.co.uk’s head buyer Bonny Hall.

“The vibrators were withdrawn from sale several years ago and became something of an urban myth and very sought-after. We’ve managed to track them down so Kitty’s UK fans can now have the pleasure of adding the ultimate girlie accessory to their Hello Kitty collections.”

Lordy. Who's next?

The Bart Simpson Ben Wa Balls?

Sexy priest calendar to rival rugger boys

OK, we are not quite sure what is going on here, but thanks to gaywired.com for bringing it to our attention.

A calendar of tasty Roman Catholic priests is on sale in Italy.

On the website the following explanation is given for its existence:

"It contains generical (sic) information about the Vaticano State."

Weird. All yours for ten euros, or you could opt for the Gondoliers calendar instead.

Oh, and they are looking for model priests for 2009. Bless.

Durham students warned again not to knock one out in the showers

This unbelievably funny notice was placed on the wall at Durham University, threatening students who masturbate in showers with DNA testing.

It's a bit old, but we hadn't seen it before and it appears to be appearing again.

Golden Girls erotica - we are not making this up

The MuuMuu’s. The housecoats. The AquaNet. The cheesecake. Several things come to mind when you think of the Golden Girls, but Bea Arthur’s stacked rack isn’t one of them.

That’s about to change thanks to Lenora Claire, who just a couple of short years after placing the winning bid for a nude painting of Bea Arthur on eBay, is hanging her piece next to dozens of others in an ode to Dorothy (Arthur), Rose (Betty White), Blanche (Rue McClanahan) and Sophia (Estelle Getty)—Golden Gals Gone Wild, the art show.

The eBay purchase, Claire says, came about completely by accident—in a mad search for the Golden Girls DVD sets, she came across a listing: NUDE PORTRAIT – BEA ARTHUR, GOLDEN GIRLS.

“I thought, ‘What? I’ve got to click on this,’” she laughs. “I got in a bidding war with this person and $110 later it was mine.”

As it happens, the piece was done by Los Angeles local Chris Zimmerman, who’s work is tied in with the Tom of Finland crew.

The two hit it off, Claire wound up with more of Zimmerman’s work, but the Bea Arthur piece—the crown jewel, if you will—got primo placement over her bed.

Some friends gawked, some laughed, some were even repulsed.

At one point, Belinda Carlisle made an offer on the piece.

But since art is supposed to make you feel something, the strong reactions got Claire to thinking: Why not an art show?

And thus Golden Gals Gone Wild (name changed so she doesn't get sued by Disney/Touchstone) was born.

A long time Golden Girls fan (from Sophia’s supermarket rebellion to the infamous condom episode), Claire says the idea for doing the art show was further inspired by interviews she did with Julie Newmar and Cassandra Petersen (Elvira)—two smoking hot older women, she says.

“As a woman living in Los Angeles, you’re very aware of this ageism,” she says.

“I saw these two hot older chicks and I thought, ageism and sexuality. We don’t really address that culturally. So with the Golden Girls, it’s funny, it’s camp, everybody loves them, but there’s depth to it.”

Which is why the show has attracted so much attention. What started with one painting from one artist has turned into a showcase for more than 30 artists, including Ed Mironiuk, the artist behind Saturday Night Live’s TV Funhouse, and Party Monster Michael Alig, doing his piece from behind bars and sending it to James St. James of World of Wonder, which is putting on the show in their gallery.

Expect puppets, mosaics, nudes, underwear, an oil painting of the girls as hoes with Different Strokes’ Mr. Drummond as their pimp—all there for your enjoyment as you nibble on a piece of cheesecake, Jackie Beat performing original tunes about the Golden Girls as a DJ spins in Depends.

While it might all sound a bit camp (and it is, Claire’s quick to assure), it comes from a place of deep love for each of these women, and a desire for people to look at the art, remember fondly a bit of classic TV and, hopefully, take a bit of that nostalgia home.

“I want them to seriously come in and seriously buy it,” she says. “It’s all for sale. It’s a FART movement… putting the fun, the fuck, whatever you want the F to be, into art. It’s fine art. I’ve sold art, I’ve worked in galleries, I’m very serious about it.”

But even with visions of the ka-ching of cash registers dancing around in this curator’s head, she’s not above doing a bit of guess work when it comes to speculating on the rack most likely to bring the crowds in.

“I’ve seen photos of Betty White, because she was a pin up girl in the 40’s, and at least in her young days she had a pretty rocking body,” Claire says.

“It’s hard because Bea always covers up with those weird (drape) looking things, so she could have huge old knockers under there, I don’t know. Estelle Getty doesn’t really have anything. I would say probably Rue or Betty has the best rack.”

Find out if she’s right this Saturday from 8pm to midnight at the World of Wonder art space in Hollywood. For more information click here.

Betty White as Rose, by Ed Mironiuk

Ross von Metzke © 2007 Gay Wired; All Rights Reserved