


Neil Gaiman fans have something to look forward to this summer - the big screen adaptation of the comic genius' graphic novel, Stardust. Starring Charlie Cox and Claire Danes, the film tells the story of a man named Tristan who ventures into the faerie world to find a shooting star. Fantastic insanity ensues.
Of course, it wouldn't be a faerie land without a bit of sexual ambiguity. The gender-bending comes in the form of Robert De Niro's Captain Shakespeare: a pirate with a taste for the sexually untraditional. New York Daily News' Ben Widdicombe offers a little insight:
"Whenever [Robert De Niro ] had any gay questions, I just said, 'What do you think, Bob?'"De Niro as a butt pirate? That alone is worth the price of admission.That was director Matthew Vaughn (aka Mr. Claudia Schiffer ) at the premiere of his fantasy film Stardust on Saturday night. Somehow, he got De Niro into a corset (for a cancan number, no less) for his role as a flying pirate with a nontraditional lifestyle.
"He asked me, 'Am I [supposed to be] gay or am I transsexual?'" Vaughn told me. 'Any kind of pirate you want to be, Bob.'"
It's been over 48 hours since Out Magazine's annual Out 100 awards: the standard length of time needed to digest all the homo happenings. We must say, we haven't seen that many gay luminaries since...well, since last year's Out 100.
We must admit, it's all a bit of a blur. Good thing we brought along our crafty camera man, Ted, who chronicled all of editor Andrew Belonsky's misadventures. While some people were more than happy to talk to us, others were a little reluctant (that's an understatement). And, as you'll see, most people didn't even know who the fuck we were. Nice, huh?
Watch as Anne Hathaway says she could bench-press our fearless editor, designer Michael Kors brags about knowing everyone, Out EIC Aaron Hicklin lets us in on the secrets behind the selection process, Noah's Arc's Wilson Cruz gripes about not being admitted into the VIP area, Kelis hypothesizes on why the homos love her and Michael Lucas gives us shit for all the nasty comments (and, it seems, attempts to win Belonsky's ice cold heart).
We also managed a few words with Claire Danes. She really wasn't in the mood to be interviewed, but Cruz and Hathaway totally used peer pressure to make our dreams come true. Thanks, homies.
Oh, yeah, and we totally chickened out on flirting with Choire Sicha. We were so close, but he looked really busy (read: intimidating).