Michael Douglas: No porn in Liberace biopic, please
Behind the Candelabra, the Liberace biopic, intiially featured a little gay porn. However, Michael Douglas, who plays the flamboyant pianist, requested that director Steven Soderbergh cut gay porn images.
Douglas explained that he wanted to be able to show his young kids the film without having to explain the explicit shots.
He said he had no problem sharing intimate moments on camera with his co-star Matt Damon, who plays Liberace’s young lover Scott Thorson. It was the more graphic images of overly large male genitalia that worried him.
“Liberace loved sex, and I didn’t have a problem with that," he said. "But, at one point, Steven Soderbergh wanted to show Lee (Liberace) watching a gay porno…
“I said, ‘I’d like my kids to see this R-rated movie, but I don’t want to show them a 14-inch dick!’ It was the only thing I objected to, so we cut to different parts of the apartment during the porno… It may not have been 14 inches, but it was huge.”
Thanks a lot, kids!
Michael Douglas Banned Giant Penises From Liberace Biopic, Behind The Candelabra! [Big Gay Picture Show]
ACLU pushing for 'Modern Family' gays to get married
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) really wants Cam and Mitch from Modern Family to tie the knot.
The group has started a campaign demanding that producers of the hit show include an episode where the two characters wed. There's even a petition for people to sign, cleverly designed in for the form of an RSVP to the ceremony.
”Mitch and Cam are a couple that America has come to know and love, and seeing them get married, and seeing the characters in the story grapple with their desire to get married, makes it real for a bigger part of America,” explained James Esseks, director of the LGBT Project at the ACLU.
He said that the episode would help draw even more attention to the current court battles over gay marriage rights.
“The freedom to marry is being advanced in American living rooms as much as in court rooms,” added ACLU Executive Director Anthony D. Romero. “As we wait for the Supreme Court to rule, we want to keep this issue on the minds and screens of Americans everywhere.”
If this is something you feel strongly about, you can RSVP at the ACLU website.
Therapy sessions re-enacted by puppets
There's a new 'reality' show on TV. Called Felt, the Logo series reveals the real life struggles of couples in sex and couples therapy. The catch: the real-life dialogue is acted out by puppets.
Twenty-four couples, both gay and straight, were given free therapy sessions, as long as they agreed to tape the process.
“We wanted to create a show about therapy, but we wanted to take the pain out of watching people talk about their sex lives,” said Micah Fitzerman-Blue, an executive producer. “Using puppets as an intermediary between the real and the adorable works. There’s nothing gross about a puppet.”
“Puppets almost create a safe zone,” added Rachel Clark, one of the counselors on the show. “It’s not gross, or uncomfortable. You can learn about relationships without falling asleep.”
Participants get to maintain their anonymity throughout the show. They are never revealed on camera, and even the producers never get to meet them.
Counseling Kept at an Arm’s Length [NY Times]
Sean Hayes on TV and playing gay, again
Sean Saves the World is a new sitcom coming this fall on NBC starring Sean Hayes (who most of us fell in love with as the loveable Jack on Will & Grace). I'm not sure this is must see TV, but I'll give it a chance when it starts in September.
NBC axes 'The New Normal'

The New Normal, the NBC sitcom about two gay men trying to have a baby with a surrogate, will not see a second year. NBC announced this week that the show has been officially cancelled.
Piers Morgan takes on homophobe Ben Shapiro
Say what you will about Piers Morgan, when it comes to speaking out for gay rights he's been nothing short of amazing. And this time he's taking down Ben Shapiro for dismissing NBA player Jason Collins' recent coming out.
Rapper gets blowjob during concert performance
Last week, rapper Danny Brown got some unexpected attention during his recent Minneapolis concert, when a female fan went down on him while he was onstage and in the middle of a song.
And even with his dick in her mouth he kept right on performing!
"Okay so this is how it all went down,” explained a witness. “I was near the front row and all night Danny had been going up to the crowd and having random girls touch his dick through his pants. Then this girl in front of me starts flashing him and he goes up to her and grabs her tits. Then all of a sudden gets up close pulls his shirt up a little and she start blowing him…
“He rapped the entire time during, too."
Kitty Pryde, who was also performing that night, was pissed when she heard the news. The focus of her anger: the cock obsessed fan.
"I'm mad that a person thought it was okay to pull another person's pants down during their performance in front of about 700 other people," argued Pryde. "I'm mad that a person thought it was a good idea to perform a sex act on another person without their consent. I'm mad that nobody made her leave. I'm mad that Danny had to actually wonder what he was supposed to do at that point.
"Everyone wants the option of blaming it on Danny, because people can't accept the fact that a white girl raped a black dude in front of a bunch of people."
Rape, dear Pryde, is a very serious charge. Brown could easily have stepped away in this particular case. And when his buddy Kendrick Lamar asked him about it, he didn't seem bothered by the free BJ.

The tweet was eventually removed and Brown has not commented on the incident.
Mika takes on 'Popular' hit
The song 'Popular' from the musical Wicked gets reworked by Mika.
Or, if you prefer the original ...
Put on your 'Kinky Boots'

Broadway has a new hit on its hands, and it's all kinds of gay!
The show is called Kinky Boots, and follows young businessman Charlie Price who inherits his father’s shoe factory. The company is on the verge of bankruptcy and Price doesn't know how to turn things around. His saving grace comes in the form of the fabulous drag queen Lola, who suggests that Price consider making a new kind of boot for a very specific clientele: drag queens.
Kinky Boots is based on a 2005 British movie of the same name (which, in turn, is loosely based on a true story), though critics were less than kind when the original film was released. One even dismissed it for its "formulaic britcom plot."
The Broadway version, updated by Harvey Fierstein - the man behind Torch Song Trilogy - is getting a much better reception. It even made over $1 million in ticket sales in its opening week.
Some of the credit, of course, goes to Cyndi Lauper, who scored the show. Many critics and fans have praised her work, and even the performers are impressed.
“I get to sing real true pop music written by one of the formidable songwriters of our time when it comes to really truly authentic sounding pop music,” Billy Porter, aka Lola, said. “When you hear something like ‘I’m Not My Father’s Son,’ it’s on par with ‘True Colors’ or ‘Time After Time.’ The imagery in that song, ‘With the strength of Sparta and the patience of Job’—who writes that in a pop song? Who references those things in a pop song? That’s what I love about it, and I’m glad people are receiving it that way, because it’s a pretty brilliant score.”
Here's hoping it tours soon, so the rest of us can check it out!
You can check out an extended intrview with Cyndi Lauper and Harvey Fierstein after the jump ...
Washing away the labels
Singers Ryan Amador and Jo Lampert join forces in this moving song, "Define Me."
In the video, they remove labels people use against others because of their sexuality. "We're starting this party tonight, where people will be undefined."
Colton Ford is back with a sexy new single

I'll admit it: I've never been a huge fan of the music put out by former porn star Colton Ford. However, I do find his latest single, 'Let Me Live Again,' to be quite catchy. And it doesn't hurt that the video is so hot!
If you're not a fan of Ford's music, you can always enjoy some of his previous work in porn!
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First look at McKellen's new sitcom
Well, here they are: the first official trailers for Sir Ian McKellen's new British comedy Vicious. He stars with Derek Jacobi, and the two play an elderly gay couple. Even better, the show is being written by Gary Janetti, the Emmy nominated writer/producer behind hit shows Family Guy and Will & Grace.
With this much talent, it should be hard to fuck it up.
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