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"Idol" Battle Redux: First Videos From Adam Lambert and Kris Allen
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The Battle Continues - Can There Be Only One?
We watched them all spring, the unlikely friends, taking stage week after week, locked in a Highlander style battle for the hearts of America. In the end, America went hottie twink over studly goth. But by then it hardly mattered - they were both rock stars. And now they're proving it.
We've got music videos from both of them in advance of their new albums. Adam leads with a movie soundtrack, while Kris comes with his first single. Which one is going to launch them into the stratosphere of Carrie Underwood?
First up is Adam Lambert, with his video from the disaster flick from out director Roland Emmerich, 2012. "Time For Miracles" features visuals that only $200 million can buy. But it's not precisely classic Adam Lambert, like we're likely to get from his album.
Then we have Kris Allen with his debut single, »
- lostinmiami
Review: "Mr. Right" Doesn't Get Too Much Wrong
6 November 2009 8:35 AM, PST
James Lance as Harry
At the beginning of Mr. Right, a world premiere movie airing this Sunday as part of Logo’s Sunday night Fall Film Festival, Louise has just one small request of her video dating service:
That her next date not be gay!
Unfortunately, she’s drawn to gay men and that isn't especially helpful when trying to date. All of Louise's close friends are gay, and soon we meet them: Harry, who hates his job as a TV producer and is, more or less, in love with Alex, an aspiring actor with determination, but not much luck or talent.
William is a rugby player in love with Larrs, a soap opera star, but his nine-year-old daughter is determined to sabotage their relationship. Finally, there’s Tom, a successful artist, and his handsome “kept boy” Tom who happens to be in love with Harry.
We also meet Paul, »
- Brent Hartinger
"Project Runway" 6.12 Recap: "The Art of Fashion"
6 November 2009 6:36 AM, PST
The very best line of last night's Project Runway? Tim Gunn saying "I want Nina Garcia's stilettos to fly off her feet and shoot right across the runway!"
If they did it was between takes — and probably because Nina was aiming them at the designers' heads.
This final challenge before Bryant Park involved a field trip to the Getty Center where the designers (along with their models) poked around to find something inspiring.
Gordana takes her inspiration from a well known Monet. She says the foggy pastel colors remind her of her homeland. Which doesn't exactly make you want to go visit Serbia and might explain why every dress she's done this season has been a dishwater gray.
Irina and her model fall in love with a painting of two Rubenesque women. The result: Irina produces a dress that actually makes her stick thin model look fat!
Carol Hannah »
- dennis
The Morning Meme Friday, November 6, 2009
6 November 2009 5:31 AM, PST
Stuff happens, when you're either sleeping or or living the fabulous and fashionable life we know you have. So we're starting your days with a few tidbits to keep you the sparkling conversationalist your friends expect you to be.
From today's teaser photo, one of the strengths of Sesame Street that has allowed it to last 40 years is that they localize the characters in the 140 countries it plays in. You're looking at Kami, a Muppet that's part of the South African Sesame Street where the AIDS crisis has left so many orphans living with the disease. Kami is female and HIV+, teaching the kids what they need to know about the disease along with the alphabet. This National Geographic piece has more global examples.
Speaking of Sesame Street, it's evidently a piece of the left wing, communist agenda to indoctrinate children against the true America. This is all based on »
- lostinmiami
Best. Gay. Week. Ever. (November, 06, 2009)
5 November 2009 10:29 PM, PST
Knock, Knock. Who's There? The Closet. you're Still Around? You Better Believe It!
There's been a great deal of discussion on the site over the past couple of weeks about gay celebrities, the closet and what constitutes being "out." And even though we've discussed the issue numerous times before, it seems like it is once again time to revisit the topic. And it's a subject that is as tricky as ever and that can have real consequences for the celebrities involved.
Perez kicked the latest round of debate off when he posted an item about White Collar's Matthew Bomer. Without citing a source or saying how he knew, Perez simply claimed Matt was an out gay man. If true, we were certainly interested in writing about Matt and his show, but as we aren't a gossip site, I wasn't going to simply repeat Perez's claims — for lots of reasons. »
- michael
South Park Tackles "The F Word," Calls Everyone Over 20 Lame
5 November 2009 12:12 PM, PST
I live in the country, so I know about motorcycles shattering the peace.
Before I start this, I feel I should mention that every time I try and provide commentary on a Comedy Central program, you guys tell me I have no sense of humor. You’re probably about to do it again. Keyboards ready? Good.
Last night South Park attempted to take on, in their own way, changing connotations for words like "faggot" and "gay." I agree their intent was noble. Execution, well, at least we can agree that Harley riders are annoying.
The general premise is a group of Harley riders goes around the town ruining everyone’s moments with their loud bikes. It comes out that the riders are really more into being the center of attention than anything else, to the point they start making the throbbing sounds, much like “motorboating” when they’re not riding »
- lostinmiami
Battle of the Network Gays: November 05. 2009
5 November 2009 9:37 AM, PST
Every week we pick the gays who we think have made the biggest splash in television (or pop culture in general) and leave it to you, the keepers of the flame, to decide who will be crowned Gay of the Week. We'll announce the winner on Friday, and that champ will reign until a new set of challengers are introduced the following week to try to steal his title.
Last week, we gave an honorary, in memoriam crown to "Friend of Dorothy (Zbornak)" Bea Arthur. This week we've got four new contenders vying for the throne, including two from the same soap opera. Will they split their vote and open up a path to victory for either a flame-haired former ice skater, or a pair of globetrotting gay brothers?
Check them out after the break, and vote for your favorite!
Sam & Dan from The Amazing Race. It was either the »
- dennis
Place Your Bets For Next Week's "Gossip Girl" Threesome
5 November 2009 6:30 AM, PST
There's a ménage à trois going down on next week's Gossip Girl, and it involves three of these people:
(Do you have any idea how hard it was to keep the Bass der Humphreys from colliding on that chart?)
The CW has been hyping the threesome (Sweeps-some?) for weeks now, leaking bogus spoilers to counter legitimate spoilers. Every entertainment site is predicting potential groupings, but there's no site more dedicated to kissing boys than us, so you know we've got to weigh in.
Step One: Process of elimination.
If we take out the characters who have been written off to Belarus (or similar), here's what what we're left with:
If we then take out the characters who have already participated in a drug-fueled threesome/murder plot and the characters who are in a committed relationship with Vanya the doorman, here's what we've got:
Now, we'll get rid of Lizzie McGuire »
- StuntDouble
The Morning Meme (Thursday, November 5, 2009)
5 November 2009 5:07 AM, PST
Stuff happens, when you're either sleeping or or living the fabulous and fashionable life we know you have. So we're starting your days with a few tidbits to keep you the sparkling conversationalist your friends expect you to be.
It's not quite like finding Daddy kissing Santa Claus underneath the mistletoe, but I really don't know how I feel about finding out that Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer has to be female. It's not anything against females, it's just the cartoon is a fond childhood memory. On the other hand, AfterEllen.com could do a story about Rudolph and her lesbian relationship with Clarice.
Think America is divided? At least with us, it's just polarizing political arguments. Evidently Africa is actually splitting in two, with a giant crack forming that will eventually become a new ocean. Buy some future beachfront property cheap now, be listening to the sound of the »
- lostinmiami
Logo's Legacy Campaign is "Mad" about Bryan Batt
4 November 2009 2:29 PM, PST
Joining Patrik-Ian Polk and Cheyenne Jackson as one of Logo's Legacy Campaign honorees is the very deserving Bryan Batt. The Mad Men star is another out actor who has made his mark as an actor, but also as a gay activist who has helped advance gay causes.
In addition to his television credits, Batt has a long strong of Broadway shows to his name including La Cage Aux Folles, Beauty and the Beast and Sunset Boulevard. And did we mention this New Orleans native is also an accomplished interior designer?
So congrats to Bryan on the very worthy honor!
Read more about the Logo Legacy Campaign. »
- michael
Matthew McConaughey Turns 40 Today. Who Should Replace Him As Hollywood's Rom Com King?
4 November 2009 1:30 PM, PST
Hard to believe but the oft shirtless and sometime drunken bongo playing Matthew McConaughey turns 40 today. He still looks mighty fine, but you know how Hollywood likes shiny new things — so we were wondering who might succeed him as the undisputed king of Hollywood romantic comedies.
Speaking of bongo playing...
There are so many handsome actors out there to choose from, but we decided to take this thing seriously and only consider actors who are 1) under 40, and 2) are already in the movies. (That means current soap actors, Broadway performers and the like are out of the running.)
"No Broadway performers you say? Thank God,
I thought I was going to have to go up against Nick Adams."
Using those parameters we came up with 13 potential chick flick friendly movie star successors to Matthew McConaughey. You can either peruse the following pages for a photo gallery of our worthy usurpers to »
- AfterElton.com Staff
Exclusive: Trailer for "Sherlock Holmes"
4 November 2009 8:58 AM, PST
Jude Law and Robert Downey Jr. in Sherlock Holmes
Via our corporate parent MTV, we've got a first look at a new trailer for Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes. What is immediately apparent is that Sherlock (played by Robert Downey Jr.) has been turned into a kick-ass action star.
They also seem to be having fun with the close living relationship between Holmes and crime solving partner Dr. Watson (played by a still painfully handsome Jude Law). The way these two bicker lovingly with one another it could almost be Hart to Hart set in the Victorian age.
Check it out after the break!
Sherlock Holmes hits theaters December 25th. »
- dennis
Pic Post! The Week in Sports November 04, 2009)
4 November 2009 7:31 AM, PST
Tokyo - October 30: Mark Chisholm of the Wallabies runs during an Australian Wallabies Captain's Run at the National Stadium on October 30, 2009 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Junko Kimura/Getty Images)
Tokyo - October 29: Dan Carter signals the back line during a New Zealand All Blacks training session at Kubota Spears Rugby Field in Chiba on October 29, 2009 in Funabashi, Japan. (Photo by Ross Land/Getty Images)
Tokyo - October 29: Stephen Donald in action during a New Zealand All Blacks training session at Kubota Spears Rugby Field in Chiba on October 29, 2009 in Funabashi, Japan. (Photo by Ross Land/Getty Images)
Tokyo - October 29: Rocky Elsom of the Wallabies passes during a Qantas Wallabies training session at Ricoh Kinuta Ground on October 29, 2009 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Koichi Kamoshida/Getty Images)
Tokyo - October 29: Dan Carter passes the ball during a New Zealand All Blacks training session at »
- dennis
AfterElton Briefs: "Glee" Rules the Charts, Bye-Bye Betty (For a Bit), Politics Rule the Tube, and more
3 November 2009 3:29 PM, PST
This is the Kathy Griffin hosting gig I want to see on ABC.
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.
Kathy Griffin will be hosting ABC's new series Let's Dance starting November 23. The premise seems to be celebrities duplicating famous dance routines from movies and TV shows past competing for a $250,000 cash prize to a charity of their choice. Proving California's some people-are-married, some-people-can't laws created last year by Prop 8 are messier than they appear, an employee is suing SkyWest Airlines because they won't provide is husband with the same free airfares they provide opposite-sex spouses. Basic Rights Oregon began the drive to repeal Measure 36, which is a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage in the state. Continuing our hard news theme this election day, during the hearings in Washington, D.C. »
- lostinmiami
New on DVD: Almodóvar, "High School Musical" and shirtless dudes!
3 November 2009 2:09 PM, PST
Like celebrity deaths, good things come in threes — at least they do this week on DVD.
Read on for more!
The films of gay Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar go in and out of print on DVD without any apparent rhyme or reason, so if you want to include his work in your home library, it's best to snap them up whenever you can.
This week sees three of his finest films getting new DVD releases. The Oscar-winning All About My Mother (newly remastered) still ranks as my very favorite of his movies, brilliantly mixing his gifts for outrageous comedy and tear-jerking melodrama. It's a "women's picture" in the very best sense.
Almodóvar's breakthrough in this country was the hysterical farce Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown — there's been talk for some time about turning this into a stage musical, so now's the perfect time to catch up with »
- alonsoduralde
New “EastEnders”' Character (Finally) Brings Diversity to Soaps
3 November 2009 12:09 PM, PST
When you look at the history of gay or bisexual people of color on soap operas, it’s a pretty monochromatic picture. With the exception of Nick Chavez, a part Cherokee, part Mexican-American gay character on ABC's One Life to Live, the closeted bisexual Chad Harris on the now canceled Passions, and Ravi Roy, a bisexual southeast Asian character on Britain’s Channel 4 drama Hollyoaks, most previous gay or bisexual male soap characters have been white.
Nick Chavez, Chad Harris, Ravi Roy
But as regular readers of AfterElton.com's Gays of Our Lives column well know, EastEnders, a long-running soap on Britain’s BBC One (and one of the U.K.'s highest-rated programs), recently added some much needed color to the picture. It's something that anyone interested in gay male visibility — soap opera fan or not — will find interesting.
On April 21, 2009, the show introduced the character of Syed Masood, »
- Brent Hartinger
TwitterWatch: Stephen Fry’s Tweeted Tiff, Christian Siriano Glams Up For Halloween and More!
3 November 2009 8:34 AM, PST
Welcome to another week of TwitterWatch! We’re jumping right into our first ever Twitter controversy! And it’s all because someone called Stephen Fry … boring? Let’s take a look:
So it all started when this bloke, JimJamming, sent out a little tweet:
Well Jimmy’s friend, Brumplum, one-upped him and tweeted the following:
Well, you don’t just get called boring on Twitter and let it fly … you get snarky!
And, well, it kind of gets a little complicated from here. Apparently Stephen Fry’s 934,000 followers went berserk and tweeted Mr. Brumplum his comeuppance. I’d go into details, but I’m not about to have 934,000 tweeters attack me, so you might want to head over to the New York Times and get the whole story.
Okay, so now the rest of the tweets may not have caused quite as much of an international uproar, but I’m »
- chrisclanks
Gays of our Lives (November 3, 2009)
3 November 2009 5:05 AM, PST
It’s another week and another edition of Gays of Our Lives. This week in Gool Theater there’s romance, passion, heartbreak and surprises on One Life to Live as Kyle, Nick and Oliver prepare themselves for Llanview’s big gay wedding. Plus, Scott welcomes a visit from his mother on River City, Syed and Christian deal with a blackmailer on EastEnders and Santiago and Diego encounter new problems on Rich Kids, Poor Parents.
Noah’s back on As the World Turns and even I’ve missed him. But what’s he been doing while he was away? Find out in Gool Scoops And Spoilers. Plus, Simon discovers he has an imposter on Doctors, Kyle makes his choice between Nick and Oliver on One Life to Live, Lenny searches for a way to get away from Carsten on the German version of Good Times, Bad Times and Gool Sneak Peeks for Brothers & Sisters, »
- Anthony D. Langford
Jake Gyllenhaal in new "Prince of Persia" Trailer
2 November 2009 4:32 PM, PST
Wouldn't you just know that minutes after I put up the last post and plan to sign off for the day, the new trailer for Jake Gyllenhaal's Prince of Persia has to get slipped under the office door. Man, a hardworking editor's day is never done!
Both Jake and the movie look pretty good — as long as I ignore the fact it's based on a video game. Still, if all those straight boys get Angelina Jolie as Lara Croft then I'll damn well take my beefcake action picture based on a video game too!
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- michael
AfterElton Briefs: Gay Travel Awards, Hot Mormons, Larry Johnson, Generous Boy Banders, and more
2 November 2009 3:27 PM, PST
Things from the Church of Latter Day Saints you might worship
Following this assortment of carefully-selected news items, interested readers can find a refreshing pic of a hot man in underwear. Yes, we're serious.
Above, you can see the cover image from the latest Mormons Exposed 2010 calendar. This year they have one exploiting men, and a new one exploiting women called "Hot Mormon Muffins." t/y reader Campion. TripOut Gay Travel Awards from Logo have been awarded to some fabulous destinations and companies. Speaking of gay travel, it's not welcome in Vatican City, despite them being hard up for tourist dollars. Bishop Kaleta says, "When asked if the Vatican is open to dialogue about welcoming such homosexual groups of tourists in the future, Bishop Kaleta responded that “such demonstrations are just not ethical.” Speaking of religious homophobes, James Dobson has announced he's stepping down from Focus on the Family in February, »
- lostinmiami
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