Laverne Cox is Rocky Horror’s new Frank-N-Furter
In a potentially brilliant casting move, Laverne Cox has scooped the iconic role of “transsexual” Dr. Frank-N-Furter in a remake of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. The original camp stage show and 1975 film continue to be cult crowd-pleasers around the world, with the role of the bisexual fishnet-stockinged homicidal Frank-N-Furter, most famously played by […]
James Franco making film about gay porn murder
James Franco’s love affair with the gay community knows no bounds, as it’s been revealed that he’s once again involved in making a gay-themed film. On Tuesday, Franco posted a steamy shirtless on-set photo with actor Keegan Allen (Pretty Little Liars) who is starring in the film King Cobra, centred on the gay adult film […]
Powerful Kenyan LGBT film screens in Jozi and CT
An anthology film about Kenya’s LGBT community that landed its producer in jail will be screened in Cape Town and Johannesburg in the coming days. Stories of Our Lives, which recounts five LGBT people’s real-life experiences in Kenya, has won numerous awards, including the Teddy Special Jury Award and second Place Panorama Audience Award at […]
Elton John’s husband says President Putin’s a “genuinely lovely” guy
Elton John’s husband, David Furnish, has praised President Putin after the Russian leader phoned the singer last month. The star was at first the victim of a Russian prankster pretending to be Putin calling him to talk about the plight of LGBT people in Russia. The president then later genuinely phoned John and discussed meeting […]
Yoko Ono: John Lennon wanted to have sex with men
Yoko Ono has revealed that her iconic late husband, John Lennon, was interested in the idea of sleeping with other men. In an interview with The Daily Beast, the performer and artist said that she and Lennon, who was gunned down in 1980, believed that, “basically, all of us must be bisexual.” She explained that […]
While You Weren’t Looking première
South Africa’s newest gay and lesbian big screen drama, While You Weren’t Looking, premièred at Maponya Mall in Soweto on 29 September. Described as a complex interweaving tale, it begins twenty years into the new South Africa. It tells the story of an ageing academic and the now ‘straight’ freedom fighter he once loved, while a seemingly […]
Johannesburg Pride 2015: All the details
The 26th annual Johannesburg Pride, Africa’s oldest LGBTIAQ+ event, will take place on Saturday 31 October at the Wanderers rugby field in Illovo, under the theme of “#IAmWhoIAm.” According to the event’s organising committee, this year’s theme is all about “not judging a person for who they are and embracing diversity and tolerance.” They explain […]
Gay community’s sexiest male celeb finalists revealed
From a buff Free State crooner to a sizzling Soweto soap star, the 13 home-grown celebrity hunks in the Mambaonline Sexiest Man Survey 2015, brought to you by WeTheBrave.co.za have finally been revealed. Voting is now open at Mambaonline.com for the gay community (and their friends and supporters) to select their favourite South African male […]
K2 twins turned down 2 Mil Rand to masturbate in public
Following an acrimonious split with their manager, the hunky K2 brothers have revealed that they were offered almost R2 million to masturbate in public. In an interview in the latest Huisgenoot magazine, Charlie and Alex Kotze claim that their former manager, Johan Stephan, presented the explicit proposal to them. It entailed the duo masturbating and […]
Is Empire losing viewers because of too much “gay stuff”?
Rapper 50 Cent has suggested that the hit series Empire is losing viewers because it is too focused on gay characters and themes. The American show has been a major success for the Fox network and has been praised for its representation of LGBT issues in the African American community. The first season saw the homophobic […]