Quote of the Day: Richard Chamberlain on Actors Coming Out of the Closet
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Drama, Prime Time, ABC, Gossip,
"It’s complicated. There’s still a tremendous amount of homophobia in our culture. It’s regrettable, it’s stupid, it’s heartless, and it’s immoral, but there it is. For an actor to be working is a kind of miracle, because most actors aren’t, so it’s just silly for a working actor to say, 'Oh, I don’t care if anybody knows I’m gay' — especially if you’re a leading man. Personally, I wouldn’t advise a gay leading man–type actor to come out. ... Despite all the wonderful advances that have been made, it’s still dangerous for an actor to talk about that in our extremely misguided culture. Look at what happened in California with Proposition 8. Please, don’t pretend that we’re suddenly all wonderfully, blissfully accepted."
-Openly gay actor Richard Chamberlain discouraging other gay actors to come out of the closet. (Chamberlain can currently be seen playing Ron Rifkin's love interest on Brothers & Sisters.)
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Daily Show Warns John McCain: It Gets Worse
Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Comedy, Late Night, Talk Shows, Cable, Daily Show, The, Video,
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The Daily Show's news team was clearly passionately moved by the outpouring of support for the gay community, which has been presented in the form of It Gets Better videos.
The US military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy is a hot topic among legislators right now, and teen suicides of homosexual youths are a rising concern. Many celebrities and politicians have stepped forward to make messages of support for gays of all ages. Comedy Central's contribution? This "It Gets Worse" video aimed at Senator John McCain -- yes, the one who was almost our president.
The "It Gets Worse" video is classic Daily Show, and very tongue-in-cheek. Check it out above!
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Tim Gunn Speaks Out to Gay Youth
Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Reality, Bravo, Cable, Video,
Project Runway’s Tim Gunn recently released a video message to all the gay youth the world, revealing a personal secret as he offered up encouragement.
“I attempted to kill myself,” Gunn reveals in the video. “I’m happy to say today that attempt was unsuccessful. But at the time it was all that I could contemplate.”
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90210: Season 3 Spoilers
Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Drama, Prime Time, The CW, Gossip, Rumors, Spoilers, Video,
90210 returns to the CW this fall with the Season 3 premiere, scheduled for September 13. New spoilers have revealed that Adrian Grenier (Entourage) will appear on the September 27 episode with his band The Honey Brothers. The episode will center around Naomi Campbell (AnnaLynne McCord), who will be celebrating her 18th birthday.
Earlier in the year, 90210 revealed that one of its main hunks will come to terms with his homosexuality in the upcoming season. We know who it is, and we’ll reveal the name after the jump…
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Family Guy’s Stewie Outed
Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Animation, Comedy, Prime Time, FOX, Family Guy, Gossip,
Creator and voice talent for Family Guy, Seth MacFarlane sat down recently to do an interview with Playboy. During the discussion, he mentioned that youngest member of the household Stewie (the diabolical baby with matricidal tendencies) is homosexual.
“We had an episode that went all the way to the script phase in which Stewie does come out,” he revealed. Apparently, the episode revolved around Stewie’s problem with kids in school, resulting in a time-travel excursion to the writing of the Bible. MacFarlane says Stewie’s sexual preference explained “why he’s so hellbent on killing [Lois Griffin] and taking over the world. He has a lot of aggression, which comes from confusion and uncertainty about his orientation.”
I never knew so much thought and character development went into Family Guy, myself. The episode MacFarlane describes never made it to air, as it was decided to keep the matter ambiguous.
Not anymore!
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Rumer Willis to Make an Appearance on 90210
Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Drama, Prime Time, The CW, Gossip, Rumors, Spoilers,
The gorgeous daughter of Demi and Bruce, Rumer Willis will appear on an episode of 90210 in the upcoming season. The raven-haired beauty has made guest spot appearances on Army Wives and CSI among other projects, so she’s no stranger to syndicated TV.
In Beverly Hills, she’ll become homosexual Gia. The character works for the school’s Blaze News, the paper for West Beverly Hills High. According to reports, she’ll appear in only one episode.
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Is Grey’s Anatomy Abandoning Its Gay Storylines?
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Drama, Prime Time, ABC, Grey’s Anatomy, Gossip, News,
It looks like Dr. Hahn won’t be seeing much more than leaves on Grey’s Anatomy after this week. Despite the buildup to Erica’s moment of clarity with Callie last Thursday, actress Brooke Smith has been let go from the show. This shocking news comes just as Hahn’s relationship with Dr. Torres was reaching a new level.
In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Smith revealed that the announcement - delivered by Shonda Rhimes herself - was made last month. Ironically, Brooke was informed of her departure right after the “leaves” episode was filmed. Unfortunately, the reasoning being the casting decision has been raising a lot of speculation. (Even Patrick Dempsey seemed clueless on today’s episode of Ellen.)
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Clay Aiken to People: Yes, I’m Gay
Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Music, Reality, FOX, American Idol, Gossip,
All over America, girls are sobbing into pillows. One of the most seemingly eligible bachelors is off the market - at least as far as they’re concerned. Years of speculation, rumors and probing questions have finally come to an end.
That’s right. American Idol runner-up Clay Aiken is gay. As if we didn’t know.
The full story premieres in People’s newest issue, set to hit newsstands on Friday. “Yes, I’m gay,” reads the Aiken quote. If your jaw isn’t dropping, that’s okay - this guy has had “gay” written all over him from the word go, and the thought that anyone might really be thrown for a loop with this info is the real shocker.
Yes, Clay…we know you’re gay. We just can’t believe you’re finally ready to own it. “It was the first decision I made as a father,” said Aiken in his interview. “I cannot raise a child to lie or hide things. I wasn’t raised that way, and I’m not going to raise a child to do that.”
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Will There Be A Male-Male Couple on DWTS?
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Prime Time, Reality, ABC, Dancing With The Stars, Gossip, Rumors,
If you thought talk about Paula Abdul trying to get on Dancing with the Stars was controversial, this piece of gossip might just top that one.
According to the New York Daily News, Lance Bass could soon become the second performer from ‘N Sync (the first being Joey Fatone) to demonstrate his dancing skills on the DWTS floor. The twist? The openly gay singer may supposedly be assigned to male partner.
While I have no problems with the reality show wanting to diversify (I don’t think they’ve even had an openly gay celebrity up until this point), do the producers really need to try the stunt pairing? Would this whole thing be more distracting than its worth? Shouldn’t Lance want to be judged on his own merits? And how exactly would the judges score any possible lifts anyway?
Then again - this all could just be a wild rumor. (Fingers still crossed.) You can expect the final lists of Season 7 contenders to be released sometime in August.
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As the World Turns’ Gay Kiss
Back in January, we told you about a grassroots campaign some fans of As The World Turns had started.
Although the CBS sudser was the first soap to introduce a gay kiss, the program for some reason left the characters - and the viewers - wanting more.
Yesterday, 7 months later, the drama finally allowed Luke and Noah to show some more PDA:
Hallelujah! Who knew this issue would still be so controversial in 2008?
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