The Spanish television channel Intereconomía was fined last Saturday (July 3) for having produced and broadcasted last year a homophobic self-promoting trailer, where they compared the day of the Orgullo gay, gay pride day in Spain, with the other “364 days of the Orgullo of normal people” [“orgullo” meaning “pride” in Spanish, editor’s note]. (more...)
Many lesbians have never gotten over Carmen's departure from The L Word. Sarah Shahi (i.e. Carmen) went to do a stint in the television series Life, and she was just as good there as on The L Word, but we have been waiting for quite some time for to headline her own tv series.
“GIRL POWER"
Shahi has finally gotten her chance. The American channel USA we've recently greenlighted Facing Kate, wherein Shahi will play a disaffected lawyer-turned talking head. 11 episodes have already been given the ok, for a probable summer start. The channel has also approved production on a new show called Covert Affairs, with Piper Perabo, another actress we've followed since Lost, Delirious (2001), and Imagine Me and You d'Ol Parker (2006). Who said playing a lesbian on tv hurts your career?
Catch some nice pics of them on Dorothy Snarker's Dorothy Surrenders.
The French press is abuzz with the wonders that regular citizens have managed to accomplish with Twitter accounts over the past few months. Major French tv channel France 2 and iconic newspaper Libération (Note: links to France 2 and Libération in French only) both had full-length special reports on the 'Twitter Revolution' last week. First images of the Haiti quake and exclusive footage from cellphones during the riots in Iran in 2009 through a website, huh?
La Révolution Twitter (LGBT version, that is)
Well, the Social Media Revolution has finally invaded out-world! This past week, an Australian 17 year-old tweeted Neil Patrick Harris, who has just landed a lead role as Gargamel in Sony's upcoming feature The Smurfs and a guest spot in the Fox Series Glee (Editor's Note: you may remember him from Doogie Howser, MD, or the movie How I met your Mother), and was lucky enough to get tips from him on how to approach his coming out to his family.
Aside from buzz on announcements of Harris's upcoming roles as the evil smurf hunter and the sworn enemy of Matthew Morrison's Will Schuester, however, the busy actor got press for his real-life character, not for an upcoming role.
THE FINER POINTS OF COMING-OUT
On the first of March, Harris took the time to respond to Jessie, the young Australian, who asked him on Twitter for guidance on breaking the news to his parents.
The first tweet came on February 28: "Do you have any advice for someone in the midst of a coming-out? My family won't understand and I am a musician in Australia, so up until now they've been rather proud of me. I'll be 18 years old soon, I know I am young, and I don't know who to talk to about this-everyone I know is either fake or just full of shit, and I admire you so much I figured I would just ask you."
"BE SAFE"
Neil Patrick Harris's response: "Stand tall. Be proud of who you are. Want to learn. Represent well. But more than anything else, be safe." Short (this is Twitter after all), but effective!
Jessie followed up be asking if Harris's coming-out to his friends went well (his own seemed to be taking the info in stride). Harris: "With no problems at all, in fact. Those who don't understand will just have to learn".
Throughout the entire week, Jessie tweeted his coming-out to his parents and friends. For the moment, his parents don't seem to be taking it very well, but he got an everlasting show of support from Twitter.
Info taken from the website Blast
Is it because of the rumours that she might be gay? Or is it just because she has finally understood it's just more fun to be a lesbian! Apparently, Marcia Cross has always wanted to kiss a girl, in Desperate Housewives (see last DH blog entry here).
E! Online asked her which Desperate Housewife she wanted to kiss, she responded: "All of them! They're all fabulous". And as a group? "Why not!" It could be called Desperate Lesbians: "I love it! I 'm in. We'll start a new rumor –and I don't care".
AfterEllen.com added its two cents by pointing out that Marcia Cross's character Bree, along with Felicity Huffman's Lynette, is the last Desperate Housewife to not have yet had her lesbian moment.
One of AfterEllen's readers says this kiss already took place. Here it is:
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_S6-GDa-LA
I don't know about Marcia Cross, but Bree as a lesbian, it makes sense, doesn't it? Especially since Dana Delaney (Katherine Mayfair) is now on the verge – Michael Ausiello over at Entertainment Weekly writes that ABC (major American network) has proposed her a role in the pilot of its news series Body of Evidence. If that series becomes successful, Katherine might leave Wisteria Lane. With all this drama, DH is becoming another Dynasty...
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sgmie274aAA&feature=player_embedded
The Internet has exploded with rumours on 'the big kiss', so don't blame Yagg for jumping on the bandwagon with spoilers, we warned you first! For all of you who haven't followed Desperate Housewives into its sixth season, here's the backdrop: Susan inherits a strip-club, promptly gets rid of it, and convinces Robin (played by Julie Denz), one of the strippers, to quit her job and change lifestyles. After a series of disputes Robin moves in with Susan's neighbor Katherine. They go out one night, get hit on by some guys, and Robin mocks the guys by kissing Katherine, who seems to like it even though she is clearly taken by surprise. In the next scene back at Katherine's house, Robin implores Katherine to 'explore her options' even further!
In an interview with The Advocate, published before the episode with the kiss, Dana Delany (Katherine on the show) discusses Desperate Housewive's ongoing usage of gay themes, her role in gay rights politics, and discloses that she came close to kissing Jennifer Beal on the set of The L Word.
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