Wonder what a James Franco and Zachary Quinto sandwich would be like? Up-and-coming Teen Wolf actor Charlie Carver knows. E!’s Marc Malkin reports the three have filmed a torrid love scene for their upcoming indie flick Michael, about a former gay activist/magazine publisher “who became an antigay Christian fundamentalist after announcing he was now straight.”
LGBT cinema got lots of love when nominations for the Independent Spirit Awards were announced this morning. Love Is Strange, about a gay couple in their retirement years, received four nods. Justin Simien got two nods for his hit satire Dear White People (above). Gay fave Julianne Moore continues to dominate the best actress category for her work in Still Alice from out directors Wash Westmoreland and Richard Glazer.
Hugh Jackman has gone all Johnny Depp to become a very persuasive Blackbeard in the upcoming fantasy Pan, the gazillionth retelling of Peter Pan, which is definitely not to be confused with NBC’s upcoming musical version.
We missed the memo but it seems this is the week in which divas of a certain age are supposed to diss young female entertainers. First Bette Midler ridiculed Ariana Grande and now folk legend Joni Mitchell has put the kibosh on Taylor Swift‘s dream of portraying her in a movie, telling producers “All you’ve got is a girl with high cheekbones.” Uh oh, Tay-Tay’s totally gonna write a hit song about this slight.
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Ever wonder what goes on behind-the-scenes of Looking with all those ravishingly handsome actors like Jonathan Groff, Raul Castillo and Murray Bartlett? The video above will fill you in.
Apparently lumbersexual has always been a thing. More than 20 years ago Daniel Sawker posed for Playgirl (NSFW pics here) in what might be interpreted as a lumberjack-themed pictorial. The photos somehow came to the attention of a spiteful coworker recently and have allegedly caused the now 49-year-old man to lose his job so he’s filed a civil rights lawsuit over it.
Two of our favorite things on the planet — Chris Pratt and dinosaurs chasing children — are combined in the upcoming thriller Jurassic World.
That’s so meta! The Comeback‘s Valerie Cherish, played indelibly by Lisa Kudrow, will have you seeing red during this behind-the-scenes peek at her HBO series within a series.
America’s best Christian Kirk Cameron got pissed that critics dissed his recent Christmas movie so he came up with a lame-brained scheme to make the film appear more popular on review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes. Needless to say, it backfired in a most satisfying way.
adb
Er… did you actually watch the trailer for Pan? Jackman is playing Blackbeard, with Garrett Hedlund playing a much younger Hook.
I'm Black, and HIV-Positive.
And now why would I care about HBO’s show “Looking”. I saw the first two eposedes free “on-demand”, and the show was actually horribly “tsicar”.
I'm Black, and HIV-Positive.
And the rest of my original post (which Queerty didn’t have a problem with for some odd, *yeah right* unknown reason) went like this:
and Daniel Sawker… He has pretty eyes, but I couldn’t even see his penis in some of those pictures.
And am I the only person who thinks Chris Pratt’s fifteen minutes were up like fifteen minutes ago? I don’t see it, and I only saw it for a second. He’s mainstream dribble.
And that Jurassic Park, uh excuse me Jurassic World trailer was hurl worthy. All of that over emphasis on the dinosaur being female? No, seriously. Just give me a fucking break already. I’m not straight, and it doesn’t look envious.
I'm Black, and HIV-Positive.
But there goes Queerty, and it’s anti-non-white agenda on the front burner again. I bet the Republican right would have a field day if they only knew how deep the secret “tsicar” intentions of the gay community are! No wonder I said I’d have a better time trying to join the newfangled Ku Klux Klan than join the gay community. This is actually just a small, yet still accurate taste of just how “tsicar” the gay community actually is while you’re still sitting up faking on your moral high horses you bunch of two-faced “stsicar”!
Trippy
With respect to Daniel Sawker suing his company after finding his Playgirl pictorial: Hopefully his lawyer does a bit of research on men fired for posing in Playgirl. If so, Daniel’s in for a big win.
Back in ’78 or ’79 a guy in Charlotte was in Playgirl and was working for SouthernBell/ATT at the time. They fired him and he sued. He won and got his job back along with a nice settlement. (I think his name was Ron something-or-other).
As for Joni Mitchell… sing it, girl! Taylor may write catchy tunes for the tweener crowd, but she’s about as wooden as wooden gets on screen. I’d bitch about it, too. How about Amanda Seyfried?
Saint Law
@I’m Black, and HIV-Positive.: Do you enjoy the music of Al Jolson? What about reruns of the Black and White Minstrel Show?
Look em up. Something tells me they’d be right up your street.
JaredNorthcutt30
You mean a Cis male was actually fired for taking his clothes off? Women are fired everyday for this in slut-shaming America. How does that medicine taste, honey?
DarkZephyr
@JaredNorthcutt30: how is it Daniel Sawka’s fault that women get fired for this? Please explain.
DarkZephyr
@I’m Black, and HIV-Positive.: I don’t watch the show. In what way were the first two episodes r*cist?
Stache99
I believe Michael was the founder of XY magazine. It’s a fascinating story. I hope the movie deals with it honestly. With Franco it should be good though.
I’m a “Jurassic Park” freak so I’ll see it no matter what. This one actually looks really good though. Why do scientists keep playing God or something. Of coarse opening the Park again isn’t the smartest move. For entertainment value it’s fucking awesome. That monster is going to be bad ass.
Stache99
@I’m Black, and HIV-Positive.: In the original the dinosoars were female to prevent them from reproducing. However, by adding the amphibian DNA they were able to self reproduce.
In Queerty’s world everyone is young, attractive, and yes white. Even stories that have nothing to do with sex like caring for some new white hottie that got beat up. It happens all the time but for some reason it never seems to happen to anyone that doesn’t fit that profile on Queerty. Sometimes they’ll throw in someone older or a token black or hispanic after so many complaints. I guess it is what it is.
Stache99
@I’m Black, and HIV-Positive.: I hear what your saying brother. I’m white but I’m also 47. Anytime I hear about my peers on Queerty it’s usually about another child molester or something negative. Welcome to the invisible club. Lol
stranded
@Stache99: “With Franco it should be good though.”
lol.
Stache99
@stranded: I meant them putting some known names into the movie. However, I get the humor. Good and Franco doesn’t usually meet up;)
I'm Black, and HIV-Positive.
@DarkZephyr: The lead character (who was a white man) went on a date with a latino, and he was drunk, and it was disclosed during the course of the date that the latino was circumcised at which point (and keep in mind this was written into the show’s content) at which point the lead character then just drunkenly blurts out that he had never been sexual with a latino before, and so he just had his white friends show him naked pictures of latino’s men’s penises, and then he just drunkenly mentions that he was yes actually dissappionted that he wouldn’t get a chance to look at an uncircumcised penis that night, (keep reading as it gets worse), but the drunken rant didn’t stop there, because he (the lead character) then theorized that he shouldn’t be mad as a circumcised would theoretically be all the more “cleaner” for him, at which point the latino justifiably gets up, and walks out of the bar on him, but you do understand the tsicar pathology surrounding trouting airing your dirty laundry like that was somehow appropriate or acceptable entertainment fair for all members of the gay community as though we hadn’t already abundantly seen the seriously “tsicar” depths of the gay community in actual practice already enough to know that this wasn’t just some one time foray into a riske theme for a randomly gay themed cable show. The amount of two faced, double standard “msicar” involved in trying to present all of that like “Ha ha ha! The funny trials of tribulations of the gay community if you’re a white man. We can just never get “ecar” relations straight. Ha ha ha! What a comedy of errors it is being a gay white man having to deal with all the lower races.” The latino walking out wasn’t enough, because I could see the brainwashing attempt, and I was thoroughly insulted. But you know the gay community: Nothing like entertainment that only appeals to the patented “tsicar” pathologies of gay white men.
Stache99
Oh lastly, Kirk Cameron. Ha. Anytime his movies get polled he consistently gets bad ratings. Doesn’t surprise me in the least he tried this. I think people were probably shocked at first with his shit getting a good rating and then did some digging.
JaredNorthcutt30
@DarkZephyr Not Daniel Sawka’s fault, per se. But he is engrossed in the life of privilege, succumbing to the patriarchal construct. The system in place usually interlinates this reality for the bepenised. Rare occurrences that fracture this reality are few and far between.
jwtraveler
Oh, I see I got an auto-flag for my previous comment. I see that that word which I won’t repeat is not permitted on Queerty. I’m sorry. Please don’t block me.
MrKev
@I’m Black, and HIV-Positive.: I agree with you – it’s all such a joke. I gave up on the gay “community” a long time ago because it’s all so “tsicar”. And like you said, when a gay character is thrown into a show, it’s always a white guy.
Even this stupid James Franco movie about gay men has all white people in it. Screw all of these creeps. I won’t be watching.
Captain Obvious
@MrKev: Not always, but often if the guy isn’t white they have to take a jab at his masculinity… something they seem to do with black male characters regardless of sexuality anyway. If anything it just shows a lot of insecurity and self-obsession which leads nowhere good.
DarthKitsune
In defense of Bette Midler, Ariana Grande does need to tone down her “sexy” outfit choices, she looks far too young and it takes away from her incredible voice. I hope Ariana takes the advice from such a wonderful veteran of the industry.
TomOH
I think a far better choice to play Joni would be Danish folk musician Tina Dico, who is basically a modern day Joni Mitchell herself. If she could hide her accent for the role, she would be absolutely perfect. Taylor Swift’s music is too juvenile and simple-minded, plus she grew up with a silver spoon in her mouth, whereas Joni came from a far more humble background. Taylor would spend the whole movie mugging for the camera and glorifying herself than honoring Joni’s life. It would be an insult to have Taylor play her, the only reason she’s being considered is because she’s the flavor of the moment. Also it would be a shameless attempt to put Taylor in the same league as Joni, when she is definitely not.
tricky ricky
@I’m Black, and HIV-Positive.: NO chris pratt’s 2 minutes of fame are not up yet and yes you are the only one that thinks so. and tsicar? did you just make that up? if you did that’s pretty boqwtma of you.
tricky ricky
@JaredNorthcutt30: I had to look cis up. somebody actually had to come up with a word for normal people?
tricky ricky
@tricky ricky: I have no idea what word I could have used that would be inappropriate
I'm Black, and HIV-Positive.
@tricky ricky: I don’t know. Did I just make it up asshole? Exposed tsicar! Take it elsewhere, because you don’t scare nobody nowhere.