Loud and Queer

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Well kids, this is going to be my last blog post.

Not forever, but maybe for a while…

After several years reporting on gay rights, gossiping about pop stars, and lusting after the likes of Kellan Lutz and Zac Efron, I am giving up the old blog and actually getting a real job. I’m going to be a go-go boy in the East Village!  Dreams do come true.

I couldn’t ask for a better audience. For those loyal readers out there (and I think there are 17 of you!), your devotion to this blog was endearing, delightful, and often sometimes more then a little bit depraved.  We had some good times didn’t we? Saw a lot of dick, too.

And my bosses – the gang here at Gay Live Network – who could ask for better people signing your paycheck. This team really let me do ANYTHING. The editorial oversight boiled down to: “Have fun and be funny.”  I did the first, I hope I did the second. I will let you all be the judge of that…

So lets NOT say goodbye…Hell, I hate goodbyes! I am a sneaky old slut and I’ve spent my years avoiding any goodbyes. Let’s keep this as a slight “see you later…”   While you might not have this blog to read everyday, you still can find plenty of gay giggles at some other blogs.  Check out Queerty and Dlisted. They will keep you in stitches.

Remember my sweets, keep being loud, proud, and keep checking in here at Gay Live Network! You never know what could happen….

I saw the new movie, Jack The Giant Slayer, this past weekend.  Its really a calvacade of action scenes strung together to get you boned up for a porn movie. No lie. Based on that old fable about Jack and the Beanstalk, is a slick new flick directed by super-queer Bryan Singer and stars Nichola

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s Hoult, Eleanor Tomlinson, Stanley Tucci, Ian McShane, Bill Nighy and Ewan McGregor. The film tells the story of Jack, a young farmhand wh

o must rescue a princess from a race of giants after inadvertently opening a gateway to their world. You can tell this movie was made by a gay mane – Ho

ult (who is driving all the ladies and gay boys nuts) is twinklicious, and McGregor is really holding up well. Seriously. He looks fantastic.

McGregor plays a knight who is in charge of helping rescue the princess. He gets a lot of screentime running around wearing some kind of tight black metallic number that makes him look very X-men-y (ANOTHER Singer flick). He also sports some uber-flattering facial hair and a face that isn’t as beat-up as you’d think for a 42 year-old man.  Whatever he’s doing, we should all be doing it.

Of course, its not hard to look young next to Ian McShane.  Sure, I know the guy is a much-revered actor – but he looks like someone locked him in a smokehouse for a couple hours.  Very leathery. Like an old saddlebag. I looked him up and found that he is only 28. Stop smoking Ian!

Rounding out the cast, is Stanley Tucci – who we all know and love for his breathtakingly poignant performance as Bald Gay Guy in The Devil Wears Prada. He is not quiet as gay in this flick, but he does prance around a bit.

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James Franco.

While he may not be GAY, he is sexy, handsome, intriguing, perplexing, intelligent, multi-talented, and fearless. He is an insider-outsider of Hollywood (but a native Californian of Palo Alto), and he is gracing the current cover of Details (March 2013). It’s not the first time, and, I’m guessing that it certainly won’t be the last.

You see it’s really not easy being James Franco. At 34, there’s a constant fascination with the actor. Whether he’s appearing in a film (his next project, to be released in 2013, The Wizard of Oz: Oz the Great and Powerful directed by Sam Raimi) or his own personal life (like pursuing his studies for his Ph.D. degree in English at Yale), editors of the magazine poised the question to his massive followers: “Is there any other actor who manages to be at once culturally ubiquitous and utterly elusive?”

Or, of Franco, they also ask: “Is this a serious post-Warhol actor/meta-celebrity or just another actor gaming his celebrity? And in either case, what is Franco trying to do?”

Journalist Ivan Solotaroff writes: “Franco has this stoner like way of zoning out, then talking in [William] Faulkner-length paragraphs.”

Here are some more juicy details from his interview:

On homosexuality rumors: “One of my professors at Yale… had been a 19th-century- literature scholar. But as soon as he brought his queer life into that world, it gave him this energy and a realization: It wasn’t about being gay but about being different. And that gave me a feeling of enormous permission.”

On negative criticism: “All you have is what you work on and how hard you work on it. As far as the results or the reception, it’s out of your hands. That’s something I really had to come to understand.”

On his character Alien in Spring Breakers: “Alien is what happens if we get all our wishes: unrestrained consumerism, ego, id, sex…”

On taking on different careers: “…I’d become incredibly frustrated staying in the lines of my job description as an actor. I was making it hard, not only on everyone else, but on myself as well.”

There’s no doubt about it. AVICII, aka Tim Bergling, is most definitely “The One.” The two-time Grammy Award-nominated A-list DJ and producer recently revealed his brand new single with Dutch house legend Nicky Romero, “I Could Be The One”.

On Christmas Eve, AVICII vs NICKY ROMERO released the official music video, and the exuberant message of personal freedom has already amassed nearly 8.5 million YouTube/VEVO views.  This alchemic collaboration between two of dance music’s finest has had fans salivating since the instrumental was first previewed  in February 2012. Pairing Avicii’s infectious melodic talents with Romero’s big, high-energy sound, the result is a bold progressive house anthem from two rising stars. ‘I Could Be The One’ looks set to be one of the dance-pop crossover phenomenon’s biggest success stories as it has already infiltrated key Top 40 stations and is #1 on Beatport home page leading up to the wide release.

Earlier this month, Avicii launched his “Avicii x You” collaborative project, encouraging fans and producers globally to craft and send beats and sounds that will comprise his next track. In just one week, he received over 5000 sound submissions, from 2600 artists from more than 100 countries around the world.  This is quickly becoming the world’s largest artist collaboration project, being featured in CNN, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, MTV.com, and countless other sites and blogs. The artist and all other royalty participants in the final track have agreed to donate their royalties to the charity foundation, House For Hunger founded in 2011 by AVICII and Ash Pournouri to fight the constantly growing hunger problem worldwide.   Avicii’s 2011 House for Hunger Tour benefitted Feeding America to the tune of $1 million.

Last year proved to be remarkable for AVICII. He headlined Ultra Music Festival, Coachella, and Austin City Limits. He jumped to #3 on the DJ Mag Top 100 Vote, was ranked #3 DJ on Forbes DJ List, and reached #2 Musician on Forbes Most Powerful Artists Under 30. “Levels” became one of the most-played tracks in the world and netted him a second Grammy nom. His headline tour sold out in hours, and he was the first electronic artist to play Radio City.

Nicky Romero’s 2012 was a year emblematic of a world’s top-tier DJ. Aside from “Wild One Two” – the anthemic collaboration with David Guetta and Sia under the newly established record label Jack Back – Nicky has released countless other dance floor juggernauts such as “Toulouse”, “Generation 303”, “Camorra” and of course “Nicktim”. Unlike like many other producers, each of Romero’s releases reasserts the claim that he is here to stay. Having frequented the festival circuit with headline gigs at the likes of UMF Miami, Energy in Holland, Electric Zoo in New York, and Belgium’s Tomorrowland – not forgetting his residency at the Marquee club in Las Vegas – this has been one hell of a year for the now star-studded Dutch artist.

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One is; the other isn’t.

Gay, that is.

But queer designer Tom Ford and heterosexual uber-ally fashionista Justin Timberlake have teamed up for his first single on his latest album, appropriately named, “Suit & Tie”.  Did you see him perform on the Grammy’s? AH-MAZING!

If you did see him at the Grammy’s – then you know that “Suit & Tie” – featuring Jay-Z is one hot tune. But, back to fashion….The multi-talented Ford confessed that he “adores Justin.  He has innate style and enormous talent.”

For the album’s cover, Ford and his design team literally provided made-to-measure tailoring and accessories for Timberlake’s ensemble. The two worked very closely together with lucky Ford dressing sexy Timberlake in a satin peak-lapelled tuxedo, pique front shirt and a signature Ford oversize bow tie. Ford put Timberlake in other stylish ensembles, including a three-piece suit and a black lapel two-piece tuxedo.

Personally, I think Justin can do NO wrong…  And the style and glamour he is serving is to DIE for…. TO DIE!

 22-year-old, Brooklyn-born, celebrity-bred, Augustus Britton is a transplant from the East Coast to Hollywood.

He only arrived a handful of months ago in Los Angeles, but he quickly before he himself with his first starring role in Electric Slide, directed by Tristan Patterson.  Recently profiled in Interview (February 2013), the swarthy-looking, bad boy posture of Britton will undoubtedly go a LONG way.

Unlike many other actors, Britton was born with a creative, artistic gene.  He almost had no choice but to travel to the West Coast to seek out fame, fortune and the opportunity to hone his acting skills. (His father is the last American impressionist painter, Jeff Britton.)

Does he have a role model in the field of acting? You’re damn right, and the Britton apple doesn’t fall far from the family tree. His Hollywood familial ties are with his grandmother Estelle Parsons, an Academy Award winner (for best supporting actress in the classic, Bonnie and Clyde) of whom he speaks fondly: “She’s won an Oscar and been nominated for four Tonys. She’s a no bullshit artist.”

Sounds like Britton is cut from the same cloth.

Last night’s Super Bowl (Hooray for the Ravens!) got me thinking about all the blockbusters that 2013 has to offer. Besides Madea Gets A Job! This

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coming year has a solid slate of sci-fi, super-hero, and action-adventure movies to keep you stuffing the popcorn in your face!

IRON MAN 3 (Release date: May 3, 2013)

Following up the gigantic success of The Avengers, this movie kicks off “Phase 2″ for Marvel Studios, so how will it lead into Thor: The Dark World, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Guardians of the Galaxy, and Avengers 2. A new trailer debuted at the Super Bowl, and while I’m not overwhelmed with the perceived plot – I really really love this film series, for one major reason: Robert Downey, Jr.’s Tony Stark.

THE LONE RANGER (Release date: July 3, 2013)

The big screen return of the mysterious masked man has taken a DAMN LONG TIME! This iconic hero is getting a wild treatment, with the reteaming of Gore Verbinski and Johnny Depp – the duo behind the mega-success of Pirates of the Caribbean. Arnie Hammer as the Ranger ain’t a bad choice either. Hammer is so easy on the eyes…

KICK-ASS 2 (Release date: June 28, 2013)

I LOVE KICK-ASS.  Ultar-violent but awfully cute, the original made me laugh and cry. The sequel bring back most of the last flick’s cast, and also features Jim Carrey and Donald Faison. Internet sp0ilers reveal that Hit-Girl has retired though… No Hit-Girl! No retire!

STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS  (Release date: May 17, 2013)

J.J. Abrams turned this venerable sci-fi franchise around, taking a boring and staid property and updating it with sex, youth and relevance. The last movie made $258 million at the box office and was balls-to-the-wall amazing! This follow-up features a mystery villain that has the geek-world guessing, so expect long lines come spring!

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THOR: THE DARK WORLD (Release date: Nov. 8, 2013)

Chris Hemsworth, enough said. 

PACIFIC RIM (Release date: July 12, 2013)

A film about giant, human-piloted robots that battle equally big monsters? Hmmmmmmm….. Sounds like something out of Japan… This is superb director Guillermo del Toro’s love letter to all that is Godzilla, Shogun Warriors, Voltron, etc….

MAN OF STEEL (Release date: June 14, 2013)

C’mon! Sure, DC Comics has had a hard time of it when it comes to the big screen: Green Lantern, Jonah Hex, Watchmen or The Losers were all kind of stinkers. And Superman Returns? AWFUL.  But Man of Steel will turn out: Sure, it has Christopher Nolan (Dark Knight trilogy) as producer,  has Watchmen‘s Zack Snyder as director, and the incredibly hunky Henry Cavill as Superman. This is the movie to beat all the above, or to stumble the hardest.

So, wanna go to the movies?

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Warm Bodies is the first – that I know of – zombie romantic comedy, or zom-rom-com in Hollywood-speak.

It’s set in a world most of us movie goers are familiar with, an Earth where some weird plague has killed almost everyone or turned them into the living dead. No need for an explanation on the science of how it happens, it just does. So, the zombies start munchie on any any humans they can, you know: “BRAINNSSSSSSSSS”…  To protect themselves from these already-dead killing machines, the remaining humans go all paramilitary and build big walls. Yup, nothing new here…

But in this George Romero world, we find “R” (played with some real acting chops by Nicholas Hoult)- a young male zombie who is tired of being a zombie. Thru his deft narration, we find out all about his very boring life. Trust me, its boring. Don’t pick zombie if you have a choice.  R and a bunch of other zombie slackers live in an airport, trudging around and occasionally heading into town to hunt.  On one hunt, they come across the super-tasty Perry (super-tasty Dave Franco) and his girlfriend Julie (Teresa Palmer ).  R immediately eats Perry’s brain, and falls in love with Julie. Love triangle neutralized!

Over the course of the next hour, we see one of the must unusual romantic metaphors I have ever seen on the big screen. Watching a walking corpse try to make whoopie with a young lady who has been trained for 8 years to kill him, is WAY more awkward then any shit YOU had to go thru…

I’ll stop there… I don’t ant to give away too much more about the movie.  It’s a cute little romp and it deserves your $. Even if you don’t like zombie movies, or horror movies, this one really isn’t that scary. I am afraid of my cat and I didn’t even jump once.  So, if your looking for horror – go see Mama!

In one of the most subtle and sweet coming-out events, Matt Dallas (the ultra-hunk from Kyle XY) announced on twittter his gay-engagement.

Here’s his tweet and the pic he tweeted!

Dallas had not publicly come out as gay until Sunday, but there had been RAMPANT speculation about his sexuality for years. I mean, I’m not much of a gossip – but every queer in Chelsea had a story about THIS ONE! In early 2009, he was linked to “Mean Girls” actor Jonathan Bennett, from whom he reportedly split that same year.  But who is his new beau? Blue? (What kind of fucking name is that?)

Blue Hamilton is clearly a dog-lover, or possible a dog-tolerator-when-dog-is-hot-tv-star-boyfriend-piece.  Hamilton is  obviously very private — he only has 70 Twitter followers and his tweets are protected.  He also won’t let me follow him. I’ve tried. Lord, have I tried…

I did find this picture of Blue and Matt from March – clearly taken by a blind person.

On his Twitter profile, Blue writes, “I live for music and all things creative. besides silent movies. i believe in aliens and hope time travel exists before i die.”

His record label, Trending Records, says, “When not crafting his beautiful music he [Blue] reportedly renovates houses, is an avid dog enthusiast, an equal rights supporter, wine connoisseur, and environmentalist. He also hates people who are too self involved to care about others.”

Dedicated readers to this site know how much I adore Kellan Lutz.

When other hunky actors start to distract me, Lutz pops out of nowhere to get my groin going again…  Like, for example, this adorable little turn on 30 Rock.

But beyond the many silver screen, idiot box, and astonishing ab accomplishments of this tasty young man – he’s also a HUMANITARIAN! Like Bono!

His dedication to SavingInnocence.org, a non-profit that fights the sex trafficking of children within our own nation, is commendable. The actor’s involvement stems from the belief that “hundreds of thousands of children are at risk”. The foundation’s purpose is to bring an end to “the commercial sexual exploitation of children . . . by [rescuing] victims and restoring the cultural values of innocence and human worth.”

Says Lutz: “We all need to stand up to actively protect the innocence of our children.”  OMG… Did your eggs just drop? Mine did? I don’t have any but I swear they did.

To throw some sunshine on Lutz, the editors of GQ recently acknowledged him as an honoree as The Gentlemen’s Fund (November 2012). Congratulations!

So if you see Kellan out their, drop to your knees and give this young god some love!