While not as visually impressive as "Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)," Beyonce's "Diva," her third single off I Am…Sasha Fierce, still delivers the choreography, black and white cinematography, and costumes that's sure to invite YouTubers to another round of mimicry. Click for the video. CONTINUED »
Actress Candis Cayne is perhaps as far away from "hot tranny mess" as you can get — but only the mess part, because this girl is one hot tranny. And when not playing Billy Baldwin's secret paramour on ABC's Dirty Sexy Money, Ms. Cayne takes her act to The Abbey in West Hollywood, lip-syncing her way through a few pop numbers each week. And while she normally promises to learn the choreography for each track, when it came time to learn Beyonce's "Single Ladies" moves, she told the gaggle of gays before her that she was too overwhelmed with shooting episodes for the upcoming season of Nip/Tuck. Which we can forgive, because, well, if you're not calling in gay, it's quite alright call in Nip/Tuck. Work it out, Candice. [via PITNB]
Speaking of choice words, the stunningly loopy Britney Spears allegedly had some strong opinions on Grammy participants Beyonce and Amy Winehouse. Of Beyonce, Spears said, "Too bad she can’t dance as good as Tina — who’s old enough to be her grandmother!" The bipolar singer went on to describe Winehouse as "stoned": "She is so obviously stoned." And Spear so obviously forgot about her VMA performance, where she staggered through a disaster of her own making. [Mollygood]
Just in case you haven't been paying attention, it's a new year. While some of us may have resolved to quit smoking or stop getting crabs, the kids at HRC are pledging to do all sorts of inspirational things, like "keep coming out as a gender queer lesbian" or "put an end to DADT".
Don't be fooled, however. Not all of the activists have their head on straight. One queen vows to "perfect lesson one in the Beyonce handbook, and that is to look better than ever in front of the camera". Girl, you already got that. And, besides, it's innate, not something you learn…
Warning: there's a baby babbling in baby language. We're not sure what he's saying, but it sounds pretty crude. Also, the lesbianic music's really offensive.
• Yeah, Christ's birth isn't big on our list of religious celebrations, but we do love Mariah Carey's carnal enthusiasm for the holiday!
• British gays taking advantage of civil partnerships.
• Did Beyonce and Jay-Z get married? Sources say "Yes!" Other sources say "No!"
• Adrian L. Acosta talks - and talks! - about taking his mother to a gay bar.
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• 'Nuff said.
• Turncoat John McCain on Larry Craig's return to the Senate: "I don’t think [his resignation] keeps him from attending the luncheon if he wants to.” Civil.
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Can you resist Missy Elliot's "Fighting Temptation," featuring Beyonce, MC Lyte and Free? We can't…
We've also included Missy's collabo with MC Solaar and Nicole: "All N My Grill".
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Beyonce may be one of the world's biggest stars, but not even she can fight gravity's nefarious downward pull. Watch as the singer stumbles - twice! - at last night's show in Orlando. Don't worry, she didn't hurt anything. Except her pride.
[Via Dlisted]
Enrique Iglesias may love his tennis pro girlfriend, Anna Kournikova, but he's got mad love for his gay friend's sexual freedom.
NYDN tells us the Latin crooner tells July's Genre:
My stylist is gay and lives in L.A. and when he came to Miami, he went out. And I asked, ‘Your boyfriend doesn't care?' And he said, 'We have an understanding if I'm out of the city.' When I saw George Michael, he said the same thing…I'm going to have to have a talk with my girl!
Taking advise from George Michael, huh? We're not sure that's the most advisable adviser, but we're all about you getting out there and partying.
Meanwhile, Rufus Wainwright ain't loving Beyonce. He tells Spin,
I'm really sick of Beyonce. All of her songs are formulaic and produced in a way that's utterly mesmerizing in the basest way…But hey, it's your life, you know?
Wainwright's griping about formulaic song-writing? Right…
• Greg Scarnici - the adorable homo who brought us the now legendary Beyonce send-up - wrote the opening credits for Oscar Award-winning filmmaker Curt Johnson's animal-friendly doco, Your Mommy Kills Animals. MC Fashionista and BQE make the fur fly. Well, not really.
• Former Secretary of State and Chairman of the Joint Chief, Colin Powell spoke about Don't Ask, Don't Tell on this weekend's Meet The Press. Here's what old Mr. P had to say about the plan he helped devise: "I think it's certainly moving in [away from DADT]. I think the, the country has changed in its attitudes quite a bit. 'Don't ask, don't tell' was an appropriate response to the situation back in 1993. And the country certainly has changed…" While he didn't rescind his historic endorsement of the law, The Front Lines points out he's been mulling the homos: I will not second-guess the commanders who are serving now, just as I didn't want to be second-guessed 12 or 13 years ago. But I think the country is changing. We may eventually reach that point."
• The Economist + New York + Dick = New Fag Rag.
• Massachusetts' gay marriage vote to be delayed?
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Do queer singers have a responsibility to sing about queer things? According to Jake Shears and his Scissor Sisters, no. The American popsters recently sat down with Me-me-me to discuss the art of queering it up. Or, rather, not queering it up.
Debating whether or not the band's so-called queerness informs their music, Shears insists,
I think it’s shaped our aesthetic. There are no gay lyrics, it’s all totally coded. If you’re looking for a gay message, you totally have to dig.
He goes on,
I’m not interested in singing about gay people… I wanted the music to be accessible. I don’t want to appeal to just a tenth of the population.
The interviewer presses the issue, explaining that straight people identify with "straight" music, so it follows that gay people should be able to identify with 'gay" music. To this the openly gay Shears claims that being gay is but a mere part of his identity and admits that he finds queer-centric tunes to be a bit of a bore…
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Let's start this week on a high note, shall we? And ain't nothing as high as Beyonce's dress in his video for "Get Me Bodied" of B'Day.
We have the exact same piece, but the NYPD asked us to retire the look after it proved too short to accommodate, if you know what we mean. And we think you do…
The sounds a bit wonky, so we're also including the pop star's "Upgrade You" featuring her main squeeze, Jay-Z. After the jump, of course…
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• If there's one thing lesbians love, it's ladies. Yep, they're all about the chicks. So, of course the sappho-journos over at AfterEllen were all over the Shakira/Beyonce mega-collaboration, "Beautiful Liar". We've reposted the video after the jump, but you should head over and see what the girls had to say. "Sometimes, it’s difficult to distinguish Beyoncé from Shakira and Shakira from Beyoncé. But, really, who’s complaining?" Sluts. [AfterEllen]
• Now this is slutty: NYC Man seeks all of Hell's Kitchen. [craigslist]
• But the ladies at The View think Paris Hilton's the biggest slut of all. She's so slutty, in fact, that she could feasibly have sex with a horse. That's what Joy Behar says… [BWE]
• Peter Tatchell doesn't think London Mayor Ken Livingstone's a slut, but he does think he needs to check himself before wrecks himself. Livingstone implied that Tatchell's an Islamophobe. Tatchell says, "That ain't so, buster!"
• Michael Savage may be a total homophobe prick, but he's going to make CAA lots of money. [TMZ]
• Playboy TV is dead! Oh, dead god, no! Playboy TV is dead!! How ever will we go on? Oh, well,, we'll just have to use the internet. Like everybody else. [Jossip]
• The Black Party's Back. And this time it's holy. [Saint At Large]
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We've never read Tipping The Velvet by Sarah Waters, but we were just discussing it last night, which makes the discovery of this story all the more surprising.
Apparently Beyonce Knowles and Eva Longoria have signed on to play repressed lesbian lovers in Sofia Coppola's big-screen adaptation of the novel. Those of you familiar with the text (or the BBC version) know that things get pretty sexy, including a scene in which one of the characters gets fucked with a strap-on. Of course, as pioneering career women, Longoria and Knowles are jumping at the opportunity.
Beyoncé and Eva are said to be incredibly excited about the steamy love scenes and can't wait for filming on the project to start.
A source revealed: "They weren't at all coy about the sex scenes. In fact they both seemed to think it would be more fun than doing the same work with a man. It's going to be very hot."
So, what's bizarre about this story? Well, while we haven't read it, our lesbian friend tells us there are no people of color in the book. We suppose Coppola's using her artistic license on this one, which - despite what you may think after Marie Antoinette - is actually a good thing.
(Oh, and in case you don't know: "tipping the velvet" is code for cunnilingus.)
