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Best. Gay. Week. Ever.
by Michael Jensen

A weekly column highlighting news about gay and bisexual men in pop culture.

Friday, March 31, 2006 (page 2)
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I WOULD'VE THOUGHT A CLOTHING LINE WOULD HAVE COME FIRST
By now, everyone knows there is going to be a computer game based on the hit show Desperate Housewives. Players get to be a mysterious new housewife who has to learn the truth about her own deep, dark secret on Wisteria Lane. On the boring block where I grew up, the secret would have been the housewives didn't shave their legs or they only pretended they didn't like oral sex.

Now if I got to design the game, we would learn that Mike Delfino was actually getting it on with hunky gardener, John, who was also seeing Tom Scavo while Felicity was busy at the office. Or how about a video game version of Grey's Anatomy where Patrick Dempsey treats a very hot columnist who shows up in the ER at 4 a.m. with terrible neck pain. And the only way to save the columnist's life was with an hour long massage. And the ER started to get really, really warm; so warm that even wearing surgical scrubs was unbearable...

No, I've never written for Chi Chi Larue. Why do you ask?

PLAYGIRL CENTERFOLD REACHES OUT AND TOUCHES ME
My devoted readers might recall that several weeks ago I asked your assistance in obtaining Kevin Talley's Playgirl photos from last year. This was necessary for journalistic purposes, as Kevin was in the news for having got a touch of Jesus and backing out of being Playgirl's Man of the Year. Well, none of you came through, for which you have already been roundly castigated. So imagine my surprise last week when I got an email from Kevin himself— with a photo attached.

Not having just fallen off the turnip truck, I suspected I was being hoaxed. So being the high-powered journalist that I am, I peppered the supposed Kevin with intense questioning to verify his identity. “Is this really Kevin ? Really, really for real Kevin? You're not just having me on, right? This is really you?” Impressive interrogation, no? I'm expecting a Pulitzer Prize momentarily.

Satisfied this was indeed the real Kevin Talley, I got him to do a brief interview about what it was like being a Playgirl model, what he thought of his gay fans, and why he decided to not pose nekkid again. You can read the whole thing over at the Big Gay Picture, but Kevin said it was fun posing and he thinks his gay fans are great.

BTW, the photo he sent was from his latest model shoot. Alas, he was modeling a suit. But here is one pic that is a little more fun!

THIS WEEK ON DVD: CHICKEN, FRUIT, WORKING WOMEN, AND SOME MOVIE ABOUT GAY COWBOYS
Unless you were born this week, you already know Brokeback Mountain lands on DVD shelves Tuesday morning. A number of folks already have their hands on a copy and are reporting on the DVD extras which include interviews with Larry McMurtry, Diana Ossana, lessons on shearing sheep, as well as Jake talking about cowboy training camp. Okay, I'm kidding about the sheep. Speaking of the Brokeback DVD, the folks over at Dave Cullen's Ultimate Brokeback had money left over from their Variety ad, so they've decided to buy 2,000 copies of Brokeback Mountain to donate to rural and “red” state libraries that might not otherwise have the cojones to carry the movie. How cool is that? You can help with the project by going here and donating a few bucks.

And if you saw Brokeback eight times in the theater and are hankering for something a little different on DVD, check out Strange Fruit, a thriller with a gay African-American hero. Or if you're in the mood for something a little more amusing, there is Chicken Tikka Masala, which sounds like an Indian version of Ang Lee's wonderful The Wedding Banquet.

Finally, be sure to check out the DVD release of 9 to 5, the classic Dolly Parton, Lily Tomlin and Jane Fonda comedy. Just don't ask yourself how come twenty-five years later Dolly Parton doesn't look a day older. It's like making sausage—there are just some things you don't want to know.

Now I'll shut up so you can have the BEST.GAY.WEEK.EVER!

That's it for this week! Check back next Friday for a new installment of Best. Gay. Week. Ever., or read previous installments here.

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