The 2012 Grammy’s had Jennifer Hudson sing, I will always love you, as a tribute to Whitney Houston who passed away in her hotel room the night before. Hudson’s soulful version, which started without any musical accompaniment did justice to the original and was the high point of the award ceremony.
Maybe its a cliche for a gay blogger to post something about Whitney Houston on the evening of her death, but I loved her voice and her music. This song has a lot of memories and remains one of my favorite Whitney Houston songs despite the title’s obvious irony.
Tomorrow afternoon, Clare Danes will receive the prestigious pudding pot and be named the 2012 Hasty Pudding Theatricals Woman of the year. Those outside of the Boston area and not in theater may not be aware of this award which each year draws famous actors to Cambridge where they are teased (all in good fun) about bad roles then paraded down through Harvard Square.
Hasty Pudding Theatricals have presented their unique brand of student-written theater every year since 1844, the only exceptions being for World Wars I and II. This long running theater group of Harvard University has a distinguished list of male and female actors who have received the prestigious pudding pot.
Past female actors who have received this award include: 2011 – Julianne Moore, 2010 – Anne Hathaway, 2009 – Rene Zellweger, 2008 – Charlize Theron, 2007 Scarlett Johansson and many more. You can see the full list here.
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Later this year Joshua Tree, 1951, a new movie that takes a look at 1950s Hollywood hunk, James Dean, will hopefully be released.
Dean’s role is being played by the very good looking James Preston. If you watch the two minute video below you will notice the filmmaker plays up the rumors of Dean’s bisexuality and by casting the very handsome Dan Glenn as James Dean’s roommate, Robert Gant (remember him from Queer As Folk) as “the famous director” and a host of other equally attractive men, it is sure to appeal to the gay community.
I have no idea how far these rumors are pursued in the film but I’m intrigued.
According to the Out.com article, which first made me aware of the film, a distributor has yet to be signed so keep your fingers crossed that this will be visiting an independent theater in your town soon.Posted in Art & Film, Pop Culture, Video
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Last week’s SNL had Charles Barkley as a the host. Despite the fact that he had hosted the show two times previously, he still appeared stiff. Its amazing that he can be so funny on air but the minute he has to do a skit he sounds like a robot. One of the better bits from the last SNL was this fake advertisement for Chantix.
Have bills from your holiday spending started to arrive?
Maybe this video of the charming Darren Criss and the Glee cast singing a cool mash up of Destiny’s Child – Bills Bills Bills – will put a smile on your face. I hope the damage to your wallet was not too severe and the holidays were good to you.
James Cerne is a local artist who adds a lot of color to the Boston gay scene. He recently pulled together a 5 minute video combining Madonna’s song Ray of Light with scenes from the popular Wonder Woman television series from the late 1970s. Linda Carter spins, jumps and catches bad guys all to the disco beat of Madonna’s song. It’s a guilty viewing pleasure, enjoy.
Have you seen the Ab Fab video about the Kardashians?
Check out this hilarious 30-second clip. It’s fab, dahling.
Edina: “Look there’s a new disease called Kardashians darling…”
Thanks for the heads up Julian.
You best be wearing pink.
I rarely go to the movies, mostly because so few of them hold any interest, and when something does seem to catch my attention, the movie reviews are enough to keep me away. However, every once in awhile a movie is announced that piques my interest and I’m likely to see no matter what the critiques have to say. At the risk of appearing gayer than Christmas (sorry Santa), Mirror Mirror which comes out next year is one of those films.
The movie’s story line is both familiar and interesting, the cast looks fantastic, and the costuming appears stunning. If the movie is half as enticing as the official trailer I may even go opening weekend to see this film which stars, Julia Roberts as the evil queen, Lily Collins as Snow White, and Nathan Lane as Brighton.
Gaga ups the gay quotient in this homoerotic music video for her song Teeth.
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Okay, so technically I’m a day late and its more like a Traumatic Tuesday, but that wasn’t a song by The Bangles who are performing in Boston tonight.
Although I’m not going to see the show, I have no shortage of fond memories of this 80s girl band, who I first saw perform at the Orpheum in Boston back in <gulp> 1985. I’m not sure if tickets to see their show at the Wilbur are still available, but you can get more information here.
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