How gay is television these days? GLAAD (Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) took a look at a year of programming and presented their conclusions last week. Their report rated the major networks, and their conclusions may likely surprise you.
The 17th Melbourne Queer Film Festival cements its place as one of the world's largest queer film festivals. MQFF screens more than 120 features, shorts and documentaries from Australia and all over the world. Over the past 14 years it is estimated that the festival has attracted 120,000 people, making it the second largest in the southern hemisphere.
Hannibal Lecter, one of the most intriguing
and chilling characters from modern popular literature, gets his 'back
story' in a dark thriller from the director of the art house hit Girl With A Pearl Earring. Casting the darkly handsome Gaspard Ulliel as young Hannibal doesn't hurt either!
Some high-profile gay actors have exited the closet recently and the fan reaction has been almost nonexistent. A gay man playing a randy heterosexual on TV? The industry still has its problems but viewers are just shrugging.
If you saw the indie gay flick "Eating Out" a couple of years ago then you know what a fun romp it was despite the lacklustre acting and silly script. Now with a sequel out, the aptly titled "Eating Out 2: Sloppy Seconds," the hunk quotient has been lifted even higher this time, even with the absence of Ryan Carnes...
