FILM REVIEW: THE FALLS
Unlike Ang Lee’s Oscar winning 2005 film Brokeback Mountain, American director Jon Garcia’s film The Falls is not big budget, overlong or does not feature any major Hollywood stars. Instead, The Falls is a nuanced and superb analysis of how two young men find affection and sexual attraction for each other in the confines of a […]
POPULAR LOCAL ACTOR ATTACKED IN KNYSNA
Much-loved South African actor and soap star Terence Bridgett has been injured by two assailants while shooting a movie in Knysna. According to various news sources, Bridgett, who is well known in the gay community, was staying at a home rented for the duration of the shoot when he was attacked by the suspects. The […]
AFRICA’S FIRST GAY TV NETWORK ON ITS WAY
Africa’s first gay TV network is a step closer to reality with the company behind the ambitious project now asking what kind of pink entertainment you want to watch on the box. CloseTV will be a South African satellite-based broadcast platform that will deliver high-quality gay and gay interest content straight to your home. It […]
BLOND SWEDE TAKES MR GAY EUROPE TITLE
Jack Johansson, a 20-year-old blond dancer and performer from Sweden, has taken the Mr Gay Europe title at a gala event in Austria. Johansson, who studies at the Balettakademien (academy of ballet) and also freelances as a waiter, musical theatre artist, dancer, director, choreographer and producer, has blue eyes and is 179 cm tall. Although […]
WATCH: RICKY MARTIN TURNS SONG GAY IN MOROCCO
Singer Ricky Martin made a powerful statement last week when he changed the lyrics “she” to “he” while performing a love song in Morocco. Homosexuality is illegal in the Islamic North African country, with penalties including fines and between six months to three years imprisonment. Martin, who has been openly gay since 2010, made the subversive […]
THE 21 HOTTEST MEN OF THE 2014 WORLD CUP
They don’t call it the Beautiful Game for nothing! The 2014 World Cup in Brazil is not only a celebration of international football prowess but also a festival of manly eye-candy. With over 700 footballers from 32 countries taking part, there’s certainly an added benefit to enjoying a massive team sport contest like this: For […]
WATCH: NEIL PATRICK HARRIS ROCKS TONY AWARDS
Neil Patrick Harris not only took home a Tony Award on Sunday night but he also stole the show with a stunning drag performance. The openly gay How I Met Your Mother star was nominated in the category of Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical (which he won) for his take on […]
WATCH: NANDO’S AUSSIE GAY TV ADVERT
We’ve come across a humorous Nando’s Australian television ad featuring a clueless mother and her gay son that’s well worth watching. The ad, produced last year by Banjo Advertising as part of the South African chicken chain’s ‘Eat Interesting’ campaign, sees a family having a meal at one of its restaurants. The mother pesters her interior […]
WE LOVE JOSH HARTNETT’S GAY SMOOCH
American heartthrob Josh Hartnett has wowed his gay fans after he unexpectedly kissed fellow actor Reeve Carney in the horror TV show Penny Dreadful. In the fifth episode of the eight part series, Hartnett’s daring man of action Ethan Chandler dramatically grabs Carney’s Dorian Gray for a passionate man on man kiss. The men then start disrobing as they […]
17 DAYS OF PINK CINEMA IN DURBAN
This year’s annual Durban Gay & Lesbian Film Festival (DGLFF) takes place at the KZNSA Gallery, in Glenwood, from Friday 20 June to Sunday 6 July 2014. Established in 2011, the festival has become a fixture on Durban’s pink calendar and this year it once again coincides with Durban Pride, which takes place on Saturday […]