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ENTERTAINMENT: ‘Sex Ghost’ Haunting British Reality Show

February 10, 2017 by scott

Well, that’s one way to scare up publicity. Two British athletes starring on a reality show are claiming that a sex ghost seems to be haunting their hotel rooms. British paralympian Kadeena Cox and retired rugby star Gareth Thomas are two of the celebrities competing on “The Jump,” a British show where famous people compete in various snow sports ― a “Ski Jump With The Stars,” if you will. The season’s first episode aired Sunday on the Channel 4 network. But the show is scaring up more attention for what’s happening in the celebs’ hotel rooms. During the episode, the … Read more

ENTERTAINMENT: Marvel’s First Lesbian TV Superhero?

February 7, 2017 by scott

Marvel has got a new TV show coming out, and it could feature the franchise’s first lesbian character on screen. Runaways, based on the Brian K Vaughan and Adrian Alphona series, have revealed the new cast. The characters are Alex (played by Rhenzy Feliz), a nerd who loves video games, Nico (Lyrica Okano), a ‘budding Wiccan’, Karolina (Virginia Gardner), a teen trapped by the expectations of her famous parents. By Joe Morgan – Full Story at SOURCE

Gay Talent Behind New Beauty and the Beast

February 6, 2017 by scott

It’s a timeless love story about two straight people. Well, a woman and a large, aggressive animal, who we’re nevertheless sure is heterosexual. And yet, there’s something universal about Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve’s classic French fairytale. The themes – looking past appearances, the transformative power of love – are irresistibly sweeping. And this year, the 1740 text is once again adapted for the big screen by Disney. Except of course, this time, Beauty and the Beast will be a live-action movie, starring Emma Watson as Belle and Dan Stevens as the Beast. Emma takes on the iconic role of the … Read more

Shocker: Snagglepuss is Gay!

February 5, 2017 by scott

Snagglepuss is to be reinvented by DC Comics as a ‘gay, Southern, Gothic playwright’. Flinstones writer Mark Russell, who turned the old Hanna-Barbera caveman comedy into a realistic and adult form – including with an introduction to readers to the ‘gay uncle‘ theory to how LGBTI people evolved. But now the fey pink mountain lion is going to get the same treatment, and it’s going to be taking place during the McCarthy era of when America was obsessed with catching communists. ‘It was not much of a stretch at all,’ Russell told HiLoBrow. By Joe Morgan – Full Story at … Read more

ART: Hogwarts on Her Body

February 1, 2017 by scott

Makeup artist and body painter Georgina Ryland just took Harry Potter fandom to a whole new level. Ryland recently painted a nighttime scene depicting Hogwarts at night on her body, and the result is truly a masterpiece. The Brisbane, Australia-based artist created the work of art using both makeup and paint. “This look is inspired by a scene from ‘Harry Potter and the [Sorcerer’s] Stone’,” Ryland wrote in a YouTube description of the look. “It took roughly five hours to paint but I could have happily gone for ten hours! It was challenging but fun to try it in this … Read more

ENTERTAINMENT: Iceman Gets a Kiss

January 30, 2017 by scott

Iceman has had his long-awaited first gay kiss since coming out in the X-Men universe. The younger time-displaced Bobby Drake met his first boyfriend, Romeo, back in All-New X-Men #13. Four issues later, we finally see the superhero get his moment. It begins with Inhuman Romeo and X-Man Iceman on one of their first dates. By Joe Morgan – Full Story at Gay Star News

COMICS: Batman a Trans Ally

January 27, 2017 by scott

January is a big month for trans fans of DC Comics, as one of the iconic brand’s writers has come out as transgender, and the latest issue of Detective Comics pulls back the cape on Batman’s support for a mysterious new character, who just happens to be trans. She is Dr. Victoria October, an unorthodox scientist in charge of a quarantined zone of Gotham City that she calls, “Monster-Town.” Of course, October isn’t the first transgender character in mainstream comic books. That honor fell to Batgirl’s roommate, Alysia Yeoh, who came out as trans to Barbara Gordon, in a tearful exchange in April 2013. But as Screen Rant told its readers, the … Read more

FILM: Seven 2017 Movies With Queer Actors

January 26, 2017 by scott

Not so many years ago, it would’ve been hard to name even five openly gay Hollywood actors and actresses. But in 2017, the long list of LGBTI movie stars is getting longer and longer! Here, we count down seven hotly-anticipated films coming up this year, featuring our favourite queer talent… 1. Sir Ian McKellen – and Luke Evans – in Beauty and the Beast He’s the openly gay star who received Oscar nods for Gods and Monsters in 1999 and Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring in 2002. And this year, the iconic Sir Ian returns to … Read more

FOR FUN: Spidey at Home

January 25, 2017 by scott

We’ll get tangled in his web anytime. Sarah Hester, an Oklahoma City-based photographer, has come out with a series of male boudoir photos that imagines what Peter Parker would look like in his birthday suit rather than his spider suit. This is the third time Hester has snapped photos of model and photographer, Zach Howell, for a sexy/nerdy photoshoot. In the past, the pair has collaborated on a Dexter and Harry Potter-themed photos. By Elyse Wanshel – Full Story at the Huffington Post

News: The Harry Potter Experience – in Brooklyn

January 24, 2017 by scott

Hold your hippogriffs, there’s a Harry Potter-themed restaurant in Brooklyn. With medieval-like light fixtures, big leather chairs, wax candles, goblets on the tables and a sorting hat, the Potter premise at Pasta Wiz is half-baked at best (there’s not even any Butterbeer on the menu). But it’s better than nothing. The Huffington Post spoke with Alex Dimitrov, owner of the Williamsburg-based restaurant that’s been open for only four days. “The place is magical so [the] Harry Potter theme came naturally,” he said via an email exchange, adding, “We do plan to have Harry Potter-themed events and meet ups.” By Carly Ledbetter – … Read more