Sir Ian McKellen has a leg up at the San Sebastian Film Festival
Following this assortment of carefully-selected news items, interested readers can find a refreshing pic of a hot man in underwear after the jump. Yes, we're serious.
- Out icon Sir Ian Mckellen received the Donostia Award today at the San Sebastian Film Festival in recognition of "an extensive professional career in which he has demonstrated enormous versatility in diverse cinematic roles, but also in theater and on television."
- Out Oscar winning writer/director Bill Condon (Gods & Monsters, Dreamgirls, Chicago) has been tapped to helm the new Laura Linney Showtime cancer comedy pilot The C- Word.
- Congratulations to out saxophonist Dave Koz, who received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame yesterday.
- Above you can see Rachel Maddow with her regular segment "GOP in Exile". This time she takes on the now infamous "all pornography is gay pornography" hilarity.
- Glee star Chris Colfer talks to thetvaddict.com about his character Kurt's coming-out party.
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on Wed, 2009-09-23 17:38.
Dave Koz
As a saxophone player (well at least in high school I was) and a gay man I've got one thing to say! Congratulations Dave!!!!. What an honor.
When I had a job and was driving home his show was what I listened to, to get me through the rush hour traffic scene.
His Christmas shows are always awesome!!!
Bob McDonnell
Is Virginia Republican governor candidate Bob McDonnell married? If so, I don't envy his spouse. It must be very, um, frustrating to be married to someone opposed to fornicating.
However, as a republican, McDonnell is no doubt also a practitioner of "do as I say, not as I do."
"Although the last, not least"
Sir Ian is also set to receive the 2009 Will Award for Classical Theatre, to be presented by The Shakespeare Theatre Company at its annual gala on October 25 at the Harman Center for the Arts, in Washington D.C. This one's for his Lear.
"The mountain has wings."
Bob McDonnell
Bob is a bit of a tool. He's trying to portray himself as a moderate, but opposes birth control for married adults, all abortion (even in the case of rape or incest), and opposed the revokation of the statute banning sex in any position except missionary.
Yes, Welcome to Virginia! Our state motto should be "Virginia is for Lovers: as long as your straight, married, of the same race, and only do "it" in the missionary position."
porn making people gay, oh my...
if porn turns people gay (in this case, it seems directed at mainly young boys who look at it) then damn...there are more gay men out there than i realized. i guess every man i see on the street or on the bus is gay.
wonder what made me gay? too much playing with naked barbie dolls when i was a kid?