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Liveblogging "One Life To Live": A Very Kish Thanksgiving
25 November 2009 12:00 PM, PST
It's Thanksgiving in Llanview. Gather 'round for a heaping helping of turkey, mashed taters, and Kish. But beware of dropped forks, the new Mayor, and psychotic cult leaders.
Join us for the fun, and refresh for updates!
2:05Pm Est: Dorian is puffed up about Viki stepping aside as Mayor, and is so full of herself she's oozing.
In the aftermath of the Mitch Lawrence bombshell, everyone is still trying to get their bearings, which means Brody may yet end up in the shower again.
And Cris comes out in just a towel. I swear these people must know when we're liveblogging. He's drinking a glass of milk, and just let me state for the record ... it does do a body good.
Layla asks Oliver if he called his parents, and he says "yes, but they haven't called back".
Kyle walks in on Roxy chatting with Morris the Porcupine and »
- snicks
Five Reasons You Should be Watching ABC's "Flash Forward"
25 November 2009 10:01 AM, PST
Here at AfterElton.com we're usually all about the gay — Torchwood, Brothers & Sisters, Adam Lambert. But just like all of you, gay isn't the only thing we are and I occasionlly make time to watch a show without any gay/bi men on it. I know, I know! What a concept!
Case in point, one of my favorite shows of the fall season is ABC's Flash Forward — even though the gayest thing about it is the fact that Joseph Fiennes played gay in Running with Scissors.
Shocking, I know. A scripted program on ABC without a 'mo. But even so uit has its charms. I hereby present five reasons you should be watching.
1) Stuff happens, questions get answered.
Unlike certain shows — yes, I'm talking to you Fringe — so far Flash Forward hasn't gone off on endless tangents having nothing to do with the show's overarching mystery. Yes, I know the »
- michael
New on DVD: Mixed media, mostly music
25 November 2009 8:48 AM, PST
The week's new DVDs are all over the map, but there are lots of options for indie music fans.
Read on for more!
The curated All Tomorrow's Parties is an annual gathering of the coolest bands your mom has never heard of, and this new documentary of the same name—co-directed by gay filmmaker Jonathan Caouette (Tarnation)— features a staggering lineup, including The Gossip, Nick Cave, Iggy Pop, Grizzly Bear (the gay-inclusive band is pictured above), Sonic Youth, Portishead, Daniel Johnston, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Belle and Sebastian, Patti Smith, The Mars Volta and many more.
Queer-inclusive British band Placebo tells their story in the new documentary The Sun Also Rises, which weaves together news reports, exclusive interviews, performance footage and other archival footage of the glam pansexual trio.
You can't get much sexier than a group that releases a new CD box that comes complete with, uh, »
- ADuralde
Six reasons to save "Ugly Betty"
25 November 2009 8:14 AM, PST
We'd heard earlier reports that Ugly Betty would be moving to a more hospitable Wednesday night time slot. However, E! Online reported earlier this week that Ugly Betty might instead be limping toward cancellation.
Why, Ugly Betty? Why?!
There's no doubting that Ugly Betty's third season was a debacle in almost every way — but the first six episodes of this season have been the best Betty ever. I think it still has life, and apparently ABC does too. There's been lots of talk lately that the network is going to move the show to Wednesday nights and partner it with the breakout hits Modern Family and Cougar Town.
Here are six reasons I think Ugly Betty deserves a save:
1) Ugly Betty is still the gayest show on TV — Somewhere between the 78th and 79th time I heard "Don't Stop Believin'" on Fox this summer, I thought Glee was going »
- StuntDouble
Adam Lambert: The "CBS Early Show" Interview Is Not An Irony Free Zone
25 November 2009 7:22 AM, PST
How can you stay mad at that smile?
After his sexy American Music Awards performance, Adam Lambert had his scheduled appearance on ABC's Good Morning America canceled. But he still got up early, to do the competing CBS Early Show. And the whole thing may have been the savviest move yet from the performer.
While he admitted the live performance got a bit more sexual than what he had rehearsed, he was quick to point out that it was nearly 11pm and "family hour" was over at 10pm, and kids should be in bed. He also takes a controversial (irony, people) stance that if parents were offended, maybe they should Tivo late night programs before allowing their children to watch them. Active parenting? Radical concept.
The thing that caught me was that in the intro to the interview, CBS ran a pretaped piece, with sound bites from a conservative who »
- lostinmiami
The Morning Meme (Wednesday, November 25, 2009)
25 November 2009 5:54 AM, PST
Broadway Speaks is hosting "A Very Mary Christmas" to benefit The Ali Forney Center in providing services to homeless Glbt youth. Guests are Sandra Berhardt and RuPaul's Drag Race winner Bebe Zahara Benet (pictured in teaser photo), while performers include Nick Adam's biceps, Logo's own Jeffery Cole, Cole Escola, Bd Wong and more. Tickets are available from $25.
I spend so much time writing about homophobic NFL players and homophobic NBA players that I don't know what to do with gay-supportive NHL players. First we had a retired player write an editorial in USA Today wishing he'd done more to combat homophobia. Now we have Brendan Burke, son of hockey legend Brian Burke, coming out to his family, and his college team, and finding nothing but support.
It's not enough that The Daily Show is the best advocate we have on television, they have to go and make it even easier to love them, »
- lostinmiami
25 Men Who Might Actually Consider Posing for “Playgirl”!
24 November 2009 10:47 PM, PST
You can’t buy the kind of publicity Playgirl magazine has received for getting Levi Johnston to pose naked.
Well, actually, I guess you can. What did the magazine pay the ex-future-second-son-in-law anyway? Given all the ink and pixels that have been spilled over this, it was pretty good deal for Playgirl, especially since the word now is that he didn’t even do the whole lumberjack.
Not surprisingly, the magazine is said to be eagerly looking for other famous folks willing to disrobe.
We have some suggestions.
But let’s face it: Jake Gyllenhaal and Chris Evans are never going to pose naked for Playgirl. The same goes for virtually every other person on our annual Hot 100 list. These folks are at the very peak of their careers, and they need neither the money nor the, uh, exposure.
That said, there are plenty of other familiar faces (and bodies »
- Brent Hartinger
AfterElton Briefs: Wall-to-Wall Adam Lambert, Lady GaGa, Alan Cumming and more
24 November 2009 4:15 PM, PST
Mariah Carey wins for Precious
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 a decidely de-glammed Mariah Carey, who's going to be honored with the "Breakthrough Performance Award" at the Palm Springs Film Festival for her role in out director Lee Daniel's Precious. There's a mountain of Adam Lambert news, so I'm going to try and condense it: ABC is claiming 1500 complaints about Adam's performance. Compare that to 500,000 for Janet Jackson's wardrobe malfunction. Most even-handed reporting on the subject? The BBC wins by a mile. Despite characterizing the complaints as"moderate" ABC has chosen to cancel Adam's Good Morning America performance on Wednesday morning. Given his controversial American Music Awards performance, we were concerned about airing a similar concert so early in the morning. But his trip to New York City is hardly wasted, »
- lostinmiami
"Trauma" (15.10) Recap: Thank You
24 November 2009 12:06 PM, PST
On Monday night's Trauma we had the obligatory Thanksgiving episode featuring heartwarming stories (plane crash aside), but this outing also included a nice helping of gay cranberry sauce as Boone encouraged Tyler to finally come out to his parents.
I really like how the show continues to explore this aspect of their relationship. Boone is getting more comfortable with the fact Tyler is gay. In fact, check out just how comfortable.
Another nice scene between the two, and I like the way they are making Boone much more tolerant even if he still doesn't entirely get it. That being said, we have seen this sort of storyline before and I'd actually be interested in seeing these two get to the heart of Boone's homophobia — his religious beliefs. That would actually be something novel on television.
There was only one scene that struck me as out of place.
Yes, Tyler is »
- michael
Liveblogging "One Life To Live": A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words
24 November 2009 11:58 AM, PST
What does the above pic say to you? To me it says that Oliver and Kyle are ... willing to share a shirt. What other symbolism could there be?
Anyway ... Join us for the fun, and refresh for updates!
2:05Pm Est: Damn! Yesterday's show featured a steamy shower scene with Brody (I think a girl was in there with him, but i don't recall), and it looks like it's over. Now see, usually this show makes days last for weeks, so why can't the shower last a few episodes?
Schuyler has found out that Stacy has been lying this whole time about the baby, but she and Evil Ethel convince him that the baby she's carrying is his.
Danni is screaming at Todd to leave her mom and dad alone, and Todd says "Ross isn't your dad ... I am".
Markko is scared that Dorian is going to find out that »
- snicks
TwitterWatch: Nph Grovels, Jake Shears Crams It In and What Do Rihanna and Mika Have in Common?
24 November 2009 9:41 AM, PST
Welcome back to TwitterWatch, our weekly potpourri of celebrity gossip, news and drama tweeted by the stars themselves! Our celebrity menagerie this week includes
Surprise! Adam Lambert’s kicking us off this week with this tweet following his Ama performance:
And if you thought Adam’s performance Sunday night was shocking, check out this tweet from Boy George:
Bryan Safi seems to be tweeting through murky waters:
And Billy Eichner (whom we’ve recently interviewed) tweeted a suggestion for Bravo exec Andy Cohen:
Alec Mapa tweeted this little gem, and I kinda wanna see what happens…
Who said 140 characters wasn’t enough? Somehow Jake Shears managed to fit in an album update, a movie recommendation and even throw in a nightmarish dream:
Then there’s poor Mika … looks like he’ll be rocking Rihanna’s “Russian Roulette” look for a while:
And finally, Neil Patrick Harris shows us »
- chrisclanks
David Bromstad Makes Your Yuletide Gay (and a Whole Lot More!)
24 November 2009 8:19 AM, PST
If you're looking for a fabulous sparkly gay holiday, you can't go wrong tuning in to Hgtv, with its wall-to-wall holiday home decorating programming. And leading the parade is the network's best-known gay personality, David Bromstad, with an insider's tour of a Disney World Christmas.
Bromstad's no stranger to the happiest place on earth. "When I was a kid, what I wanted was to be a Disney animator," he said. "My dad took me to Disneyworld and I met with a lead animator there, and that's how I got started. I was a Disney freak. I was obsessed."
His obsession paid off, and he worked for Disney World for several years, until his victory on the first season of Design Star sent his life in a totally different direction. But getting back to his Magical Kingdom roots pretty much made his year. "I mean, I used to slave for them »
- michael
Gays of our Lives (November 24, 2009)
23 November 2009 7:27 PM, PST
Welcome to another edition of Gays of Our Lives. This week we start with Gool Theater where Luke and Noah’s new story arc begins. And if you think Oakdale’s cutest gay teens have had some strange storylines before … this one takes the cake. Plus, Fer faces losing his boyfriend when David might have to move away in Física o’ Química, Simon ‘Doctors’ a boy being bullied and helps to console a gay man who might lose custody of his adopted daughter. And Riley looks to be de-gayed on Degrassi: The Next Generation.
Gool Scoops And Spoilers has the dish on Emmerdale as bad boy Aaron Livesy acts out, Luke gets a really bad idea on As the World Turns (what else is new?), Kyle and Oliver celebrate their first Thanksgiving together on One Life to Live and the Walkers go to Hawaii for Justin and Rebecca’s wedding on Brothers & Sisters. »
- Anthony D. Langford
AfterElton Briefs: "A Single Man" Gets Re-Gayed, Glbt Media Lives On, David Sedaris, and more.
23 November 2009 4:04 PM, PST
Does the new poster, right, make it look less like Colin Firth and Julianne Moore are a couple?
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 two posters from Tom Ford's upcoming A Single Man. The poster on the left was the one that had people saying the marketing had been de-gayed. The one on the right, we're told, was designed by Tom Ford himself. Improvement? James A Roppo, a senior vice president for a record company has been arrested for failing to tweet. It's a crime now. Or at least it's a crime when you've had a mall taken over by tweens trying to see singing sensation Justin Bieber, and the cops want you to tweet for the tweens to go home. Don't know what a Justin Bieber is? »
- lostinmiami
Video: Kris Allen answers Tweets from NewNowNext!
23 November 2009 2:02 PM, PST
Contrary to all appearances, the world does not revolve around Adam Lambert these days. In fact, there is this other guy named Kris Allen who won a fair few of our reader's hearts even though he bested Adam in the American Idol finale.
Kris recently dropped in on John Polly from NewNowNext to answer Tweets from readers and to wish a certain group of readers Happy Holidays!
And for even more Tweets answered by Kris, head over to NewNowNext!
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- michael
Adam Lambert: Censorship, Outrage, and Faux Shock at the "American Music Awards"
23 November 2009 1:30 PM, PST
I guarantee there was a dress rehearsal.
On ABC's The View this morning, Barbara Walters, was ticked off at her own network because they wouldn’t let her air his performance so they could talk about it. Too racy for daytime, which in the age of DVRs is just silly. Maybe they could hire the pixilator guy from The Amazing Race?
I’ll buy that Adam kissing his male keyboardist wasn’t rehearsed. I’ll also state that I went to bed last night thinking the keyboardist was female. The shot was long, the hair was wild, and the costume sparkled. Shoot me.
But the rest of it? Staged as all get out. I would bet anything, anything at all, that ABC knew exactly what they were getting with Lambert's performance. There were rehearsals. I guarantee one was in costume, and those costumes scream sex. And not safe, let’s-make-a-baby-sex, »
- lostinmiami
"The Amazing Race" (15.10) Recap: We're Not Working With Anybody, Ever, Anymore!
23 November 2009 12:10 PM, PST
Oh dear.
Okay ... it's true that Sam and Dan did commit a spectacularly jerkish move on last night's The Amazing Race, but I'm here to defend them.
Why? Well, this is a race, and you're supposed to do whatever you can to win while playing within the rules, which is what they did.
Also, the finish turned out to have a Twilight Zone-esque "ironic twist" that may come back to haunt them.
Finally, what they did that's causing such an uproar wasn't even their worst moment of the night.
We start out with the teams having to fly to Prague, which baffles Dan.
Dan: Do they speak Spanish there? Sam:: No! Dan: Well, what is it? Sam: Prague? It's a country
Things go downhill from there.
Once in Prague, the racers have to locate a man in a praga to receive their next clue. Most »
- snicks
Ask the Flying Monkey! (November 23, 2009)
23 November 2009 5:03 AM, PST
Have a question about gay male entertainment? Send it to aftereltonflyingmonkey@yahoo.com! (Please include your city and state and/or country.)
Q: On last week’s episode of The Amazing Race, both Sam and Dan’s groin areas were pixelated during their mudflats volleyball game in Tallinn, Estonia – but no one else was. Upon arrival at the mudflats volleyball court, Sam, after a thorough survey of their male competitors, remarked how gorgeous and good-looking they all were in their black trunks. Could it be a case of uncontrolled standing ovation or just attire malfunction? – Anonymous
A: What are you suggesting – that they both had uncontrolled standing ovations? That makes me wonder what’s in the water back in Liberty, Missouri.
But it’s true: plenty of viewers were perplexed by the curious case of the pixilation of the underwear of Amazing Race’s hot gay brothers. »
- brent
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