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‘United States of Tara’ Returns

March 4, 2010 in Television by Antonio Cerna | 1 comment

Emmy and Golden Globe winner Toni Collette returns for an all-new season of one of the best written shows on television, “United States of Tara.” Diabo Cody is the creator, head writer and exec producer—which explains the rich, smart dialog. If we haven’t already, let us now confess our love of actor Keir Gilchrist. He plays an hN man in the making as the young, bookish, sexually questioning, Marshall Gregor. The new season premieres Monday, March 22 @ 10:30p on Showtime. We’ll be watching.

Larry King Asks Johnny Weir How It Feels to Be ‘Fierce’

March 3, 2010 in Television by Antonio Cerna | No comments

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RuPaul Werks it Out: A TV show, a Book deal, and Billboards galore

February 5, 2010 in Television, books by hadjalexiou | No comments

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LET’S BE REAL: RuPaul has taken over New York City. Her p*ssy-perfect picture is plastered on subway ads, the sides of buses and every other LOGO commercial from here to next Sunday. Last week was (after mad anticipation from homos across North America) the first episode of season two of “RuPaul’s Drag Race.” (We’ll get to that too honey, I promise.) But in a perfectly-timed media storm, this week also saw the release of Ru’s new book: “Workin’ It!: RuPaul’s Guide to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Style”.

For anyone that wants to curl up with the soothing love of RuPaul’s voice before falling into slumber, this guide to living fabulously is like a pink fluffy hand-warmer that you put in your socks before skiing. Full of cheerful advice and hilarious anecdotes, it really does feel like the spice of her personality was caught and put into this 172-page coffee table liner, complete with flawless photos and bullet lists of How-To’s. Werk.

Lady Gaga + Elton John @ Grammys (Video)
The Gayest* Moment of the Night

February 1, 2010 in Television by Antonio Cerna | 1 comment

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Hands-down the gayest and best moment of the 2010 Grammys was the opening performance by Lady Gaga and Sir. Elton John. They made a perfect match. Frankly, it was pretty much down hill after that (not counting of course, Pink’s total lezzed out “the goddesses give birth” acrobatic performance — embryonic fluid included). Other gay* moments include Beyonce’s Versace dress and Laga’s Armani Privé tea suit.

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*Here @hN when we call something the “gayest” we mean it’s the best. Because, unlike our manly counterparts who insist that gay = lame, we believe gay = glorious.  Just ask Sir. Ian McKellen. We couldn’t have said it better if we tried.

P3 Guld 2010 | Fever Ray’s face melts

January 22, 2010 in Music, Performance, Television by Antonio Cerna | 3 comments

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The weirdest, coolest, outofthisworldest chick in music right now is not Lady Gaga (though, we can’t say we don’t lurv our girl GaGa—in our special way), the reigning Queen of Creep is Fever Ray’s Karin Dreijer Andersson. That b*tch is straight up cray-cray. And we love her for it. This week at “P3 Guld 2010″ (Sweden’s Grammy’s) Fever Ray front woman accepted the award for “Best Artist” with a melting face (sorry no video yet). Artistry at work indeed. Above a clip of Staygold & Robyn, Spank Rock & Damien Adore performing Live. With giant teddy bear head wearing acts (aptly named Teddybears), melting faces, and avant garde stylings, the American haven’t got a thing on the Swedes. Watch the full show here.

UPDATE: RuPaul’s Drag Race 2 is coming… and some Chelseans are upset

January 20, 2010 in Television by Antonio Cerna | 4 comments

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STFU! The billboards in Chelsea don’t lie. Something big is coming… and will entail blonde wigs, lots of tape, catty fights, runways, and pure, uncensored, full-on fagging out! “Ru Paul’s Drag Race: Season 2” starts Feb. 1, 2010. [Photo via contestant Shangela's FB].

UPDATE: I failed to mention above that the posters are totally illegal, and that the Gem Hotel (the building on which these posters are plastered) is fighting back — demanding the posters come down “immediately” even going as far as calling the posters an “abomination.” Whoa! [Read about it on Curbed]

UPDATE TO THE UPDATE: So, now we’re hearing a whole new story. This may be just another case of upset neighbors. What it does showcase however is the changing Chelsea demographic. Chelsea, NYC’s infamous gayborhood is no longer the den of fringe culture it once was. Have you walked down 8th Ave recently? The gentrified and gutted buildings are now homes for upper-middle class straight families! Well, at least according to one guy who told us recently, “Its  nasty cycle. The gays move in to a neighborhood, revamp it, restore buildings, then yuppies move in and hike up the rents, and the gays move elsewhere.” You have to admit, the man makes a good point, no?

Ice Queen Johnny Weir’s ‘Johnny Be Good’ Premieres on Sundance Tonight

January 18, 2010 in Television by smhayhurst | 2 comments

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weir_coinslot_censoredThe much-anticipated ‘Be Good Johnny Weir,’ an eight-part series documenting Weir’s preparation for the US Figure Skating Nationals, begins tonight at 10:30 PM on the Sundance Channel (check out the episode guide for encore performances in the case you miss it). The series is a continuation of the 90-minute documentary ‘Pop Star on Ice,’ produced and directed by James Pellerito and David Barba, that we covered at New York’s LGBT film festival NewFest in June (additional photos from the after party are here). There’s no suspense if Weir will make the Olympic team—the USFSA announced yesterday that Weir, along with nemesis Evan Lysacek and Jeremy Abbott, will represent the US in Vancouver—but we look forward to seeing Weir work toward redeeming himself after a disappointing 5th place finish in the 2006 Olympics. But we wonder if the flirty flamboyance portrayed in the video excerpts we’ve seen thus far are suggesting that this is also documenting his coming out. To date, Weir has not confirmed—verbally, that is—his sexuality. In any event, we trust his antics prancing around half-naked (yes, that’s his badonkadonk to the left) will keep the audience entertained.

Check out the video teasers (and Johnny’s coin slot) after the jump.

Globes 2010 | Best Dressed, Colin Firth

January 18, 2010 in Red Carpet, Television by Antonio Cerna | No comments

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We can all agree that among the most dashing of the mens’ nominees was “A Single Man” lead, Colin Firth, wearing a bespoke Tom Ford suit and vintage inspired cuff-links and studs. The cuff-links and studs are copies of 1920’s vintage models and were a gift from designer/director Tom Ford. According to WENN, the actor even went on to say, “I own a very nice house and I make a nice living, but I am not in a position to own these.” It is those small, delicious details that make a man stand apart amidst a sea of penguin suits and shiny shoes. Gentlemen take note: subtlety is king. We were so excited, we actually tweeted (or as our friends like to say, “twoted”) about it. Here is photo Firth alongside his wife, Livia Giuggioli via USA Today.

Jackie Beat… Mario Diaz… Dirty Sanchez… Las Vegas… and ‘Adam & Steve’

January 13, 2010 in Advertising, Television by Antonio Cerna | No comments

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A strange thing happened while we were watching LOGO staple, “Adam and Steve.” We call it a staple, because “Adam & Steve” is a gay rom-com that is actually good. Parker Posey co-stars, and that’s partially why it’s good, but more on that later. During one of many commercial breaks, we spotted Mario Diaz in the “What’s Your Excuse” ad campaign for Las Vegas. Who is Mario Diaz, you ask? Well, when he’s not starring in TV commercials, he makes up a third of our favorite West Coast electroclash threesome, Dirty Sanchez! Full Disclosure: Every time we hear “Dirty Sanchez” at a bar or club, we do a little dance.

Television: I Can Quit Whenever I Want

January 11, 2010 in Confessions, Television by Adrian Muniz | 3 comments

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I’ve been told that the first step to overcoming an addiction is admitting the problem. Please note: I’m not admitting that I have a problem. In fact, I’d posit that it might very well be you—the world at large—that are the ones with the problem. Me? I’m just a guy who just happens to have committed to memory the current network TV prime-time lineup, watches a lot of streaming television online, and, yes, maybe even considered lying to separate sets of friends by saying I was busy with one group instead of the other when what I would really be doing was avoiding them all so that I could stay home on New Year’s Eve to watch my newly purchased complete series box set of “Six Feet Under.” So, despite what you may have heard from my co-workers, my mother, my two roommates or from the boy I’m dating, I don’t have a problem. It’s just love. Right?

Everything I Know About Being Gay I Learned From Watching TV in the 00’s

December 28, 2009 in Television by Adrian Muniz | 9 comments

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Sometimes I forget that I was fortunate enough to have been able to come to terms with my sexuality at such an early age. I was 12. The year was 1997. And for every year of my existence before then I knew that I wasn’t ever going to be like all the other boys I grew up with, though I could never quite figure out why. Then all of a sudden it hit me—thanks to a Blockbuster Video membership and a few hundred viewings of Leonardo DiCaprio in “Romeo and Juliet”—that there even was such a thing as being gay, that I might be it, and that that was why my eyes always lingered just a little too long at Mark Wahlberg’s Calvin Klein ads as a kid.

The only problem with this kind of discovery when you’re a middle school kid in Harlem, however, is that there isn’t really a bevvy of positive gay influences to count on despite the fact that you’re growing up smack dab in the middle of Manhattan. New York may be a hotbed of gay culture but you wouldn’t know that if you ever ventured north of 110th st. Hell, you wouldn’t really know it from going north of 14th Street in the early 9o’s. And so, when it came to learning about my newborn sexuality, I turned to the one friend who helped me through everything from learning the correct way to tie my shoes to how to properly cope with my parent’s divorce: Television.

Kiss Me James Franco (SNL)

December 27, 2009 in Television by Antonio Cerna | No comments

Admittedly, this skit “The family that kisses together…” wasn’t terribly funny. But we’ll never pass on a chance to see James Franco kissing a bunch of dudes on TV. Would you? Excerpt from SNL Season 35: Episode 10 with James Franco hosting. [via Hulu]

‘White Christmas’ | A Gay Extravaganza

December 24, 2009 in Television by Antonio Cerna | No comments

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Merry Christmas Eve, Gents! |Irving Berlin and Bob Fosse collaborate with Bing Crosby and this is what you get–a magical, musical gay spectacular, “White Christmas.” Growing up, this scene in Irving Berlin’s jukebox musical “White Christmas” is perhaps my first memory of two men in what I like to call proto-drag. It made me super uncomfortable sitting in the living room with my parents watching. “Did they think I was gay?” Well, duh. Thank you Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye for giving me my first TV Drag Christmas.

The Search for Unpasteurized TV
The Best of Vintage Britcoms

December 18, 2009 in Television by smhayhurst | 3 comments

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RAW, PLEASE | With just a week remaining before Christmas, master procrastinators out there—like me—still have quite a bit of shopping to do. A recent suggestion of the DVD box set of ‘Chef!,’ a mid-90s BBC show, reminded me of all the superb Britcoms that my friends and family (and readers) would wholly appreciate.

Tom Ford on Charlie Rose

December 17, 2009 in Film, Television by Antonio Cerna | No comments

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In case you missed Charlie Rose (the TV show) this weekend, then you missed Charlie Rose (the man) interview Tom Ford (the director), who is promoting his new film, “A Single Man.” (Read our review first). You can watch the entire 30 minute program on charlierose.com. Full transcript below.

It makes sense that Ford would court the art-house crowd with a Charlie Rose interview. This is Ford’s either second or third visit on the Charlie Rose show. We found this clip (see below) of Ford from 2004. Full disclosure, we totally tuned in back then, and we’re graciously tuning in again now. Except this time, we’re doing so virtually. And if you can allow yourself to get over Ford’s sometimes condescending inflection then, you’ll find he’s a much more intelligent man you may have imagined a style-obsessed, openly gay, artsy, connected type such as Ford would be. “Why does the world want to see a Tom Ford film?,” asks the designer/director. We’ll let you, dear reader, answer that for yourself.

National Dog Show | KCP’s Pooch Parade

November 30, 2009 in Television by Antonio Cerna | No comments

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Man’s Best Friend | We all have our own Turkey Day traditions — parades, football, cranberry sauce. For me, T-day means I get to watch the “National Dog Show.” Two hours of exquisitely groomed Afghan Hounds and Colored Bull Terriers, prancing Doberman Pinschers and darling St. Bernards — this is the stuff Christopher Guest parodies are made of. Somebody queue Jane Lynch and Jen Coolidge. But it wasn’t a “Rhapsody in White” style Standard Poodle who took the title this year. The 2009 “best in Show” winner was none other than 4-year-old Scottish Terrier, Sadie. Perhaps, featuring dogs is a bit unorthodox, but what’s more homoneurotic than a showcase of bitches and beagles on parade?

TV Has Got A Bad Case of Broadway-Face

November 16, 2009 in Television by Adrian Muniz | 2 comments

I make no qualms about admitting that musical theater isn’t exactly my cup of tea. In fact, on one specific occasion on this very blog I railed against the most musical theater-y shows on TV right now, “Glee.”

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But it isn’t singing and dancing that I have a problem with. Contrary to popular belief I actually enjoy both in certain contexts! There is, however, something in me that just prevents me from fully engaging in what many have tried to convince me is the sheer joy of watching someone break into song and and dance on television or on stage. It’s my own personal “fetch”—it’s just not going to happen. But, nevertheless, I was born and raised on the island of Manhattan and there is just no escaping the fact that, as a native New Yorker and a student of popular culture, I would be exposed to Broadway, its many shows and its many stars. Sadly, I know way too much about it, which is why I’ve noticed something very peculiar happening in the less nauseating world of non-musical-theater-inspired television programming: these two worlds are colliding. Famous Broadway actors are everywhere on TV, not just singing and dancing, and it looks like I’m in for a world of trouble.

Dolly Parton talk to Joy Behar about her gay following

November 16, 2009 in Television by Antonio Cerna | No comments

The “Ugly” Truth

October 19, 2009 in Fashion, Television by Adrian Muniz | 2 comments

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Here’s what I learned while watching the Ugly Betty premiere on Friday night:

1. Michael Urie and Becki Newton must have done something really serious to piss off Emmy voters. (Kristin Chenowith? Really?)

2. TV happens on Friday nights and not all of it stars Jennifer Love Hewitt.

and 3. Hundred-dollar lunches, private gyms, and access to company Towncars are all part of a day’s work at a major magazine publisher because the industry is thriving!

1 and 2? Yes. 3? Yeah… No.

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