Went to see the DE Experience aka Jonathan Hellyer in his new show at the weekend. Jonathan Hellyer’s new alter ego, former porn star Livinia Slutford, lies somewhere between outstanding and outrageous, but definitely ‘out there’.
“Fabulously filthy, with a voice like an angel and the sharpest claws in the business, gorgeously couture-clad Livinia leaves good taste in tatters. X-Factor wannabes are left weeping by her astounding vocal versatility - from Aretha and Frank to Lennox and Winehouse – and, after an hour in her company, you’ll be left wrung out, begging for more.”
Livinia was really great - not as great as the RVT’s DE Experience( possibly because Johnathon had toned down his act in this new character for the Edinburgh fringe audience). Well done Jonathan - good luck in Edinburgh we love you.
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Kylie’s new video by Marco de Silva is out. Kylie has just finished the video promoting her new single “All I See”. The song was produced in and for the US as Kylie breaks into that market. Marco de Silva produced the video. Shes doing the rounds of the US TV networks.
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CSI actor George Eads last week was offering chip dip recipes on Ellen DeGeneres’ talk show. The star of CSI, who’s stirred rumors of his sexuality by appearing at most events with his live-in male co-star, Eads delighted in sharing microwave cooking tips with fellow Texas-born Ellen DeGeneres.
After Ellen mentioned being from a small town near the Texas border, Eads asked if she crossed that border when she “broke the law.”
“Oh, yeah. Lotsa times,” Ellen quipped.
“Me, too. We’ve been on the other side of the law a lot,” said Eads. “We’ve got a lot in common.”
Just because he’s cute, single and in Hollywood, doesnt mean he’s gay (does it)? See for yourself.
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David and I were amazed by the strange glow in the sky last night over Battersea. Rushing up to the eleventh floor to get a better view, it looked like it had been turned into a football stadium. Minutes later a 200ft fireball, accompanied by columns of grey smoke, plumed into the sky as Battersea Power Station appeared to explode in the dead of night last night. Are we under attack? Apparently not. This was only a special effect for the latest Batman film.
In the paper today we read that the stunt scene, in which Batman actor Christian Bale narrowly cheats death, is believed to be the opening sequence of the fifth caped crusader movie The Dark Knight.
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It is an amzing milestone that not one nor two but three out actors, have been nominated for acting awards (including two in straight roles).
Nominated actors are
T.R Knight for Supporting Actor Drama Series (Grey’s Anatomy)
Neil Patrick Harris for Supporting Actor Comedy Series (How I Met Your Mother)
Sir Ian McKellen for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series (Extras)
Neil Patrick Harris who plays Barney Stinson on How I Met Your Mother came out last year and currently stars in the CBS comedy How I Met Your Mother. He shot to fame in 1989 at age 16 when he played a teen-prodigy doctor on the hit Doogie Howser, M.D. “It was a very fast but wonderful education,” he told PEOPLE in 1998.
Fans of Grays Anatomy will know that TR Knight came out last year also.
“I guess there have been a few questions about my sexuality, and I’d like to quiet any unnecessary rumors that may be out there,” T.R. said in a statement to the magazine. “While I prefer to keep my personal life private, I hope the fact that I’m gay isn’t the most interesting part of me.” he said to People Magazine.
McKellen’s category was actually part of the Creative Awards presented a week ago Saturday night where McKellen lost to Stanley Tucci for his work on Monk.
“Having spent his youth scaling the peaks of Shakespeare with spectacular bravado in his native England, Mr. McKellen has recently acquired international stardom in not one but two cult series of movies, ‘X-Men’ and ‘The Lord of the Rings.’ In those fantasy films Mr. McKellen portrays commanding creatures of metamorphic gifts unknown to ordinary humans…” (Ben Brantley, The New York Times). A not unworthy role model for us me thinks.
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Being back in the UK, I can take advantage of seeing fantastic UK TV programs, as they go to air. Thankfully BBC 3 started showing Torchwood (Dr Who spin off) from the beginning. (It was first shown in 2006).
Episode 1 Season 1 “Everything Changes” introduced me to Bisexual Timelord Captain Jack Harkness (John Barrowman) and crew. It started with a body. PC Gwen Cooper’s at a crime scene: what she sees there will change her life forever.
Russell doesn’t mess about with this opening episode - you’ll meet every regular cast member within four minutes of the start. Add in rain, helicopter shots and a Weevil. Director Brian Kelly has done a wonderful job.
Its great to see an actor who is gay, playing bisexual 51st Century character Captain Jack Harkness in a BBC Sci Fi drama. In real life of course John Barrowman is openly gay and married to partner architect Scott Gill. Barrowman is a great out gay role model. After watching the show last night, I had to go over to You Tube to watch the Jack and Jack kiss at the end of the season, as I cant possibly wait for 12 weeks for that!
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Heroes lovers, I was suprised last night to find out that Zach is not gay. Looks gay to me!
An NBC publicist told AfterElton in a phone conversation that Zach “is not gay”, that it was something that was “for sure” and “in all certainty.” AfterElton contacted NBC for confirmation after being told by Thomas Dekker’s management (Dekker plays Zach), the character of Zach is absolutely straight.
For those of us who have followed the show closely and taken even a cursory look at NBC’s marketing efforts around the show (which have repeatedly insinuated, implied and led most viewers to believe that the character is gay), this is interesting—and troubling—news.
What does it mean when a network’s website portrays character as gay, and yet the publicity department suddenly claims that he isn’t? Or when the series creator and writer are quoted in an interview conducted before the show premieres that the character is, indeed, supposed to be gay? [Ed. Note: See creator Tim Kring's response to the controversy on the AfterElton.com blog.] That’s not even factoring in all the loaded dialogue and the character’s gay-friendly Myspace page (how many straight teens love Priscilla: Queen of the Desert, Velvet Goldmine, and Hedwig and the Angry Inch?).
Is it possible for a character’s very sexuality to be mis-marketed? Or is there a different, more disturbing situation occurring?
While hats are off to Dekker for landing the plum lead role in the upcoming Terminator spin-off series, The Sarah Connor Chronicles (as announced on Thursday), it does make one wonder exactly where the pressure to bury the character’s gayness might have come from.
Two scenarios seem the mostly likely: for unknown reasons, NBC suddenly shied away from the idea of a gay character. Or Dekker’s management wanted Zach to be straight. (Dekker’s management declined to comment on the topic.)
Considering that Dekker has notably played gay on television before – in a hilarious turn as an obsessed gay teen fan on the short-lived 90210 satire Grosse Point – why should there be any concern on his part with playing gay? Indeed, so many actors have now done so it seems hard to believe it should be an issue for any actor. It’s beyond disheartening to think that in 2006, a peripheral character’s sexuality could be such a volatile matter for studios, actors, and management – particularly when it’s obviously not an issue for the show’s fans.
As for NBC, the network wasn’t able to explain exactly how Zach got “gayed” in the promotional materials, but they suggest that it’s all some kind of miscommunication. However, in the entertainment industry, where shows, careers, and breakout phenomena are based on a myriad of interlocking, carefully-thought out parts, “miscommunication” can mean anything from a genuine “mistake” to “change of mind.”
A few things are clear, and can be backed up by evidence from interviews with the show’s creators and in the show’s official publicity materials: Zach was conceived as a gay character, he was developed as a gay character, and as of the November 20th “Homecoming” episode, he was a gay character. And yet a decision was made by someone – be it studio execs, talent management, or otherwise – to “straighten him out”. To get a better idea of how the character of Zach – or perhaps more importantly, public perception of Zach – has changed over the last few months, let’s pull a Hiro Nakamura and jump back in time…
Zach appears in the series’ very first episode as the newfound best friend and only confidante of Claire Bennett (Hayden Panettiere), a Texas cheerleader who has recently discovered that she has the ability to regenerate instantly. What by all rights should be a peripheral, two-dimensional role (each of the other “heroes” has their own rather unrealized sidekicks) manages to be more than that thanks in no small part to Dekker.
Zach is an awkward but surprisingly self-assured kid whose sensitivity makes his sexuality a subject for debate with the other kids at school. In the first episode of Heroes, there’s a crack about Zach getting an erection in the locker room – typical high-school gay-baiting. Zach doesn’t operate within the school hierarchy – he’s a loser who hangs out with a pretty cheerleader, and for that he’s labeled an outsider.
The character, played by 19-year-old Thomas Dekker, disappeared during the show’s hiatus because producers and the actor’s manager couldn’t agree on his sexual orientation.
“(Dekker’s) manager threatened to pull him from the show because he was up for the John Carter role in The Sarah Connor Chronicles and she didn’t want him playing a gay character because it might affect FOX’s interest in hiring him,” Heroes co-executive producer Bryan Fuller said in an interview posted on popgurls.com. “It got really ugly. I was very upset by it – I was not happy about it at all.”
The status of upcoming movie projects starring Owen Wilson was unclear on Tuesday after the Oscar-nominated comedian’s reported suicide attempt, entertainment industry press said.
Film trade journals The Hollywood Reporter and Daily Variety said Wilson had been due to start filming the comedy “Tropic Thunder” in the coming weeks while work on another film “Marley and Me” had been pencilled in for January.
Variety reported that the films were “in flux” following Wilson’s hospitalization for undisclosed medical reasons in Los Angeles on Sunday.
Sources close to the actor have been quoted in several media reports as saying the 38-year-old funnyman, one of the most bankable actors in Hollywood, had attempted to commit suicide.
A one-line statement from Dreamworks, which is releasing “Tropic Thunder” next summer, said work on the film was ongoing. “Filming on ‘Tropic Thunder’ continues,” the company said.
A spokesman for 20th Century Fox meanwhile brushed off questions about “Marley and Me,” in which Wilson is to star in alongside Jennifer Aniston.
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Dieux Du Stade Calendar 2008
The 2008 Calendar of your favourite rugby team: Dieux Du Stade (Gods Of The Stadium), the French Rugby Champion team from Paris, France has arrived!
