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You know that guy you run into at bars that turns every question to sex? You're just trying to have a drink and momentarily forget that your sub prime mortgage is about to turn you into a hobo and this guy just keeps asking about your penis size. Well, The Advocate's Brandon Voss is that guy and he lets loose on actor Adrien Brody in the magazine's latest installment of "Big Gay Following" or as we like to call it, "The Last Gay Media Interview This Person Will Ever Do." Here's the business:
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» F'ing Outrage!
Homo-journo Brandon Voss and other nameless gays are mad at Denis Leary for using the word "fag." Leary blames his potty mouth on his Irish Catholic background. [NY Post] |
» Voss Out!
Homo-journo Brandon Voss finally gave his notice and will later this month leave his position as fag rag HX's editor-in-chief. We hear Voss, who has been at the magazine since 2004 and editing it since 2006, plans on spending more time freelancing for The Advocate and working on a novel, which we're sure will change the face of American literature. No one's officially been appointed HX's new editor, the rhetorical finger's pointing at associate editor John Russell. |
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In addition to discussing the requisite "man crushes" - MM writer Matt Weiner and costar John Slattery - Hamm talks advertising, his fictional character Don's forte: BV: How would you create a Mad Men ad campaign geared specifically to the gay community? Mr. Hamm, we respectfully disagree… |
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BV: How do you maintain such a good sense of humor about your mishaps? Scandals aside, Michael also offered his advice to closeted pop-stars: "Come out and accept that you’ll lose some of your audience.” Sounds good to us…. |
» Decisions, Decisions…
The kids at The Advocate sent us over their article on Kim Cattrall, whose Sex and The City movie soon debuts. While Cattrall's all well and good, the depth of the piece is - well, minimal. That's why we suggest you read what Martha Plimpton had to say to journo Brandon Voss. She's always been one of our favorites and has loads to say about playing gay and just being generally fabulous. |
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BV: Do you mind those gay rumors or that so many gay guys wish Pete were gay? She was totally going to say "act gay," wasn't she? |
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Kalinsky, who owns the Jeffrey retail chain, sat down with Voss to discuss "Fashion Cares," an annual fund raiser benefiting GMHC, Lambda Legal and the Hetrick-Martin Institute, which Voss describes as "one of the hottest parties of the year." Jeffrey's not amused, and quickly corrects Mr. Voss, "I don't see it that way, I guess… It's a charity event trying to raise money for some really great causes." Me-ow! Things get even stickier when Voss veers off topic to wonder whether Jeffrey's customers are largely lavender, but Kalinsky refuses to engage: "I don't approach life like that." Bless foolish Voss, for he kept going back for |
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My hair and makeup guys are the best… Everyone in life needs a gay friend because your boyfriend’s never threatened by him, you can hang out with him all the time, and you can change clothes in front of him. All my guy friends are gay. Gay men give me the best fashion advice, and nothing is better in life than shopping with your gay friends. And we gays think there's nothing better than propping up a broken girlfriend's self-esteem and ensuring sartorial survival. Nothing. |
» Ad Nauseam
HX magazine's internal battle keeps spilling into our mailbag: "It's bullshit that Matthew Bank listens to everything Neal Boulton tells him to do like a puppy dog (like fire Matthew Farris!). They have secret meetings that everyone can overhear. We've all seen the redesign and we all know what's coming. Brandon [Voss] worked his ass off at HX and there is no reason to shut him out like this." So, which of the names mentioned wrote this one? |
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You may recall this morning's post in which HX editor Brandon Voss celebrated his magazine's Black Party issue by trashing the competition, Next Magazine. Said Voss: We really liked what Next Magazine did for their Black Party Fashion issue this year, but for ours—which is traditionally out the week directly before Black Party, so that it’s still available when out-of-town Black Party revelers begin streaming in—we chose to focus on the “youth” aspect of this year’s “Dangerous Black Party for Boys” theme. Well, Brandon's bitchery may have been premature. A Next staffer emailed us this afternoon, insisted he didn't want to start any trouble, but then offered an unsolicited jab: "Brandon's statement about our black party issue is so lame, because we do TWO issues on it, the first one is fashion and the one out today is on the party 'proper' with a young party-goer mindset." (They also did a special field guide with merit badges, which we can only imagine require feats of inhuman flexibility.) So, to recap, HX and Next are mad at each other, but had the same idea: strapping down twinks. Why do we need two of these things again? |
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This week, HX Media Creative Director Matt Farris, who just returned to the company last year after a seven year absence, was laid off. This tipster also took some time to bash Genre editor Neal Boulton, who's acting as editorial director for HX. According to this person, Boulton's talk about trash talking HX staffers is really just a way for him to leak stories about himself and point the finger. Shocking. Meanwhile, in other HX news, editor Brandon Voss sent us some pictures from this week's Black Party issue. Voss included a note, which we've included, explaining the issue's shoot and taking some shots at main competitor, Next Magazine. |
» Revisit
Earlier this week we told you about Alec Baldwin's interview with The Advocate in which he bad mouths anti-gay brother Stephen's beliefs. Now we have a link to the actor's entire conversation with Brandon Voss. [The Advocate] |
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