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16 Camp Classics That Keep Us Laughing
16 Camp Classics That Keep Us Laughing
Camp classic comedies are bigger and more outrageous than life. No wonder gay audiences love them.
Adam Sandel
www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/film/2015/05/13/16-camp-classics-keep-us-laughing
Cate Blanchett: I've Dated Women 'Many Times'
Cate Blanchett: I've Dated Women 'Many Times'
Actress Cate Blanchett has revealed to Variety magazine that she has been in same-sex relationships “many times.”
The two-time Oscar winner was discussing her role as the title character in the upcoming film “Carol.” Based on the 1952 Patricia Highsmith novel “The Price of Salt,” the movie tells the story of a young department store clerk played by Rooney Mara who falls in love with the older, married Carol.
Variety reports:
When asked if this is her first turn as a lesbian, Blanchett curls her lips into a smile. “On film — or in real life?” she asks coyly. Pressed for details about whether she’s had past relationships with women, she responds: “Yes. Many times,” but doesn’t elaborate.
Blanchett and her husband, playwright Andrew Upton, have four children.
In the wide-ranging interview, the Australian actress also discussed the difficulty of bringing a film like “Carol” to the big screen.
“Midrange films with women at the center are tricky to finance,” she said. “There are a lot of people laboring under the misapprehension that people don’t want to see them, which isn’t true.”
Blanchett also revealed that she doesn’t watch her own movies, doesn’t Google herself and said she’ll never join Twitter.
“I think I’d end up in rehab,” she said. “That stuff is addictive.”
“Carol” premieres on Sunday at the Cannes Film Festival.
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The A-List Interview: Allison Janney
The A-List Interview: Allison Janney
From Masters of Sex to Mom, the single Spy star loves playing dowdy prudes and chic vixens. In real life, playing house with a gay friend might be just her style.
Brandon Voss
www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/people/2015/05/13/list-interview-allison-janney
Parada ponosa 2015; Fotografska delavnica PRIDEm;
DESKTOP LYFE '95
BREAKING: Eureka Springs Votes to Uphold Ordinance Protecting LGBT Residents
BREAKING: Eureka Springs Votes to Uphold Ordinance Protecting LGBT Residents
Despite the efforts of anti-LGBT activists in Arkansas, equality continues to prevail in Eureka Springs, Arkansas.
HRC.org
REPORT: Half of LGB Americans Identify As Christian
REPORT: Half of LGB Americans Identify As Christian
A 6 percent increase in LGB Americans identifying as Christian reflects a “changing religious landscape.”
Eliel Cruz
www.advocate.com/politics/religion/2015/05/12/report-half-lgb-americans-identify-christian
Tom Brady (And His Song About Balls) Is Perfect
Tom Brady (And His Song About Balls) Is Perfect
New England Patriot quarterback Tom Brady may have just been suspended for four games without pay by the NFL, fined $1 million and taken away two draft picks as punishment for deflating footballs used in the AFC title game, but he’s still a winner in many ways. But before the news came down, Brady expressed himself through a catchy little ditty to let fans know exactly how he feels about anyone touching his balls.
Watch (and feel free to sing-along) below.
Posted by Sports Central on Thursday, 7 May 2015
Jeremy Kinser
STUDY: Number of People Calling Themselves 'Christians' Dives Over The Past Decade
STUDY: Number of People Calling Themselves 'Christians' Dives Over The Past Decade
A new study conducted by the Pew Research Center finds that the number of adults who identify as Christian in the U.S. is steadily falling reports The New York Times. Pew’s study finds that the number of identifying Christians fell eight percent since 2007; a decline of five million adults across various denominations, age and race.
The study doesn’t reveal an exact explanation behind the decline of identifying Christians, but the low numbers of identifying Christians among millennials and educated youth indicates that a religiously unaffiliated generation is rising. The study shows that the number of the religiously unaffiliated increased to 56 million, up from 36 million in 2007; a 16 percent increase. Notably, ex-Christians, or those who left the faith, now represent 19 percent of adults.
Another trend in the data shows that as time goes on, younger millennials are more likely to be less affiliated with religion than their older cohorts. Many argue that the declining number of Christians amongst youth is a result of political backlash against Republicans and conservatives’ religious association with political values; Mike Hout, a professor of sociology at New York University, concurs with the findings:
“The two are now intertwined. You can’t use one to predict the other, because if the Republicans switched to more economic or immigration issues, then perhaps the rise of the unaffiliated will slow down.”
However, non-Christian faiths within the U.S. remained relatively unaffected, with Judaism, Islam and Hinduism either remaining relatively unchanged or experiencing slight growth. Islam grew the most experiencing a .5 percent increase in practitioners and followers.
Anthony Costello
