Hercules & Love Affair added to Brighton Pride lineup
Disco pop trio join Fatboy Slim and Jess Glynne on this year’s bill
jamiet
www.gaystarnews.com/article/hercules-love-affair-added-brighton-pride-lineup170315
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DVD: “The Way He Looks,” “Annie,” “Top Five,” & More!
DVD: “The Way He Looks,” “Annie,” “Top Five,” & More!
A blind gay boy in love, a comedian in crisis, and a little orphan named Annie make up this week in home entertainment.
Without further ado, here are the details!
($32.99 Blu-ray, $27.99 DVD; Strand)
A major hit on the LGBT film festival circuit finally arrives on home video. Brazilian teenager Leo has been blind since birth, but when a new student, Gabriel, shows up at his school and becomes a friend, his eyes are truly opened to something new and special. A genuinely sweet gay coming-of-age romance tale. Extras include a behind the scenes featurette, deleted scenes, cast and crew interview and the short film that helped launch the feature.
($38.99 Blu-ray, $30.99 DVD; Sony)
The evergreen Annie musical gets a 21st Century, multi-cultural redux starring Jamie Foxx, Quvenzhané Wallis, Rose Byrne, Bobby Cannavale, and Cameron Diaz. We can leave it at that, right? Extras include a commentary, featurettes, bloopers, deleted “Something Was Missing” performance by Jamie Foxx, music video and more.
($39.99 Blu-ray, $29.99 DVD; Paramount)
Chris Rock’s latest outing as writer/director is meta, satirical, and at times cutting — and far more accessible and funny than Birdman. Rock plays Andre Allen, a comedic actor whose struggle to stay sober — and disdain for his signature hit film franchise — has somehow deprived him of the ability to be funny. When he’s interviewed by a New York Times reporter (Rosario Dawson) about his hot mess of a dramatic slave movie and upcoming marriage to a reality TV star, for a full day and night, everything comes to a head. Great cameos from the likes of Jerry Seinfeld, Adam Sandler, and Whoopi Goldberg add to the fun and poignancy. Extras include a commentary, featurettes, deleted scenes, outtakes and more.
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Exodus: Gods and Kings
Son of a Gun
Lawrence Ferber
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9 Undeniable Reasons the St. Patrick's Day Parade Needs the Gays
9 Undeniable Reasons the St. Patrick's Day Parade Needs the Gays
You’ll never find the pot of gold if you can’t see the rainbow.
Daniel Reynolds
www.advocate.com/comedy/2015/03/17/9-undeniable-reasons-st-patricks-day-parade-needs-gays
Uganda: Prominent Muslim cleric blames drought on gays
Uganda: Prominent Muslim cleric blames drought on gays
LGBTI activist says the cause is deforestation, not homosexuality
darrenw
www.gaystarnews.com/article/uganda-prominent-muslim-cleric-blames-drought-gays170315
In Memoir, Barney Frank Lives Up to His Name
In Memoir, Barney Frank Lives Up to His Name
The former congressman talks to The Advocate about his autobiography and, as we’ve grown to expect, doesn’t hold back.
Trudy Ring
www.advocate.com/politics/2015/03/17/memoir-barney-frank-lives-his-name
US preacher Pat Robertson tells mother to treat her gay son like a drug addict
US preacher Pat Robertson tells mother to treat her gay son like a drug addict
‘Don’t enable his lifestyle’
darrenw
Michael Sam's booty gets raves in DWTS debut – but his footwork does not
Michael Sam's booty gets raves in DWTS debut – but his footwork does not
Football player and partner Peta Murgatroyd score 26 out of possible 40 dance the Cha-Cha to Uptown Funk
gregh
www.gaystarnews.com/article/michael-sams-booty-gets-raves-dwts-debut-his-footwork-does-not170315
Kevin Hart-Will Ferrell Comedy Shocks Audience With Gay Jokes
Kevin Hart-Will Ferrell Comedy Shocks Audience With Gay Jokes
Kevin Hart may have recently admitted that he’s too insecure to portray a gay character, but he certainly isn’t shy about making jokes at their expense. The busy comic actor, who seems to have a new film out every few months, costars with Will Ferrell in the upcoming comedy Get Hard and reports from the SXSW premiere of the movie Monday indicate that some of the film’s gay-themed humor may be outdated. In the R-rated bro-com, Ferrell plays a millionaire convicted of embezzlement and sentenced to a decade in prison who asks Hart’s character to help toughen him up before his gig in the slammer. And in the parlance of this film, “toughen him up” translates to “teach him how to blow a dude.”
Variety notes that the gay jokes, as well as a lot of race-based humor, had the audience in Austin, Texas, laughing and cringing simultaneously and describes the film as the “most high-profile comedy ever made about the subject of prison rape.” The Variety writer also reveals the following plot detail:
As part of his prison-prep routine, Ferrell decides to try to perform oral sex on a guy, and he takes an older gentleman into a bathroom stall. “I’m going to suck your d–,” Ferrell says, but he’s so disgusted by the thought, the scene will feel homophobic to some viewers. Another running joke has Ferrell shove objects up his anus.
HitFlix’s review suggests the film is essentially a two-hour joke that “gay rape is hilarious.” The writer adds:
There is nothing this movie can imagine that is worse than gay sex, it seems to be saying. How in the year 2015, as we see over 30 states finally recognizing same-sex marriage, can we possibly justify this thing? How can anyone sit in the theater and just laugh and laugh and laugh as the movie repeatedly screams, “Oh my god, gay people are so gross!”
The comedy will open nationally in theaters on March 27. Check out the trailer below.
Jeremy Kinser
Jeremy Irons' son tries to make sense of dad's 2013 comment that gay marriage could lead to incest
Jeremy Irons' son tries to make sense of dad's 2013 comment that gay marriage could lead to incest
Max Irons: ‘I remember thinking, “You don’t know what you’re talking about, you’re thinking about a problem out loud”‘
gregh
James Franco Asks Himself If He’s Really Gay And His Answer Might Surprise You
James Franco Asks Himself If He’s Really Gay And His Answer Might Surprise You
Well, I like to think that I’m gay in my art and straight in my life. Although, I’m also gay in my life up to the point of intercourse, and then you could say I’m straight. So I guess it depends on how you define gay. If it means whom you have sex with, I guess I’m straight. In the twenties and thirties, they used to define homosexuality by how you acted and not by whom you slept with. Sailors would fuck guys all the time, but as long as they behaved in masculine ways, they weren’t considered gay.”
–Straight James Franco interviewing the gay James Franco for Four Two Nine magazine in which one asked the other the very straightforward, nagging question everyone wants answered: are you fucking gay or what?
H/t: Slate
Jeremy Kinser
