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Damon and Douglas to play gay in film of Liberace’s life
Matt Damon and Michael Douglas have signed on to play lovers in the upcoming biopic about flamboyant pianist Liberace. Douglas will play Liberace, and Damon will play his boyfriend and personal assistant, Scott Thorsen, who eventually outed the flamboyant pianist via a $110 million palimony suit in 1982. The film — directed by Stephen Soderbergh […]
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Elton John: ‘Jesus was a compassionate, super-intelligent gay man’
In a new interview with Parade magazine, Elton John speaks about the transition from his raucous rock-star years to becoming a committed philanthropist, and in the web exclusive, opens up about love, his partner, and what his thinks about Jesus Christ. On Christianity, John told Parade: “I think Jesus was a compassionate, super-intelligent gay man […]
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Anne Hathaway says she left Catholicism in support of her gay brother
Actress Anne Hathaway has revealed her family left the Catholic church and became Episcopalians after her brother came out. The Devil Wears Prada star grew up as a Catholic in New Jersey but when Hathaway’s brother Michael told the family […]
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Stephen Baldwin admires ex-gays for turning away from ‘that lifestyle’
Stephen Baldwin, the youngest (and least talented) of the Baldwin brothers, and recent house guest of the UK’s Celebrity Big Brother, gave a revealing interview in the Guardian this weekend, in which he praised ex-gays and once again condemned same-sex marriage. From the Guardian interview: We speak again on the phone and I ask him […]
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Letterman under fire from HRC, GLAAD over transgender joke
The HRC and GLAAD issued statements today condemning a sketch on CBS’ Late Show with David Letterman Tuesday night, which mocked the appointment of Amanda Simpson to a senior position at the U.S. Department of Commerce. Last night we posted (via Facebook) the skit during the opening monologue, when Letterman announced Simpson’s historic appointment and […]
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Springsteen lends voice of support for NJ gay marriage bill
Adding his voice to the debate on gay marriage, native New Jersey resident Bruce Springsteen has called for lawmakers in his state to pass the measure. “I’ve long believed in and have always spoken out for the rights of same-sex couples,” Springsteen wrote on his website. “Like many of you who live in New Jersey, […]
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Ron Livingston sues over ‘malicious’ gay attacks on Wiki
Actor Ron Livingston (Office Space) is suing an alleged hacker who keeps changing his Wikipedia biography to say he’s in a gay relationship. Livingston, who earlier this year married actress Rosemarie DeWitt, claims a mystery internet bandit has been relentlessly changing his Wiki page to say he’s in a relationship with a man named Lee […]
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Levi Johnston: ‘gay icon’ says gays are people too (video)
On Monday night, Levi Johnston appeared on the Joy Behar Show to talk about his new roll as a “gay icon.” Behar asked Johnston how it feels to be a gay icon from a “conservative background,” and observed that he seems “to be very comfortable being a gay icon.” Johnston mentions that “growing up in […]
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GLAAD criticizes ABC over cancellation of Lambert appearances
In the third statement released in two days about the ABC v. Adam Lambert controversy, the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) on Friday explicitly criticized the network for using a “double standard” against the “American Idol” runner-up and called on the community to protest ABC, reports the Los Angeles Times. GLAAD’s previous two […]
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‘Family Ties’ mom Meredith Baxter: ‘I am a lesbian’
For seven years, actress Meredith Baxter has been hiding a secret. Now Baxter, who played the devoted hippie mom constantly butting heads with her conservative kids on “Family Ties,” is making a public admission. “I am a lesbian and it was a later-in-life recognition,” she told Matt Lauer on the TODAY show. “Some people would […]