Making sure it keeps up with the United States' constantly shifting cultural landscape, shopping website Etsy.com has come up with Lady Gaga vinyl iPad covers. The covers were designed by artist Ivy Bee. However, if that's too geeky the site sells just about all things Gaga, from earrings to T-shirts to the Mary Magpie goth Lady Gaga doll.
Jesse Tyler Ferguson, who plays one half of the gay couple on TV's Modern Family, has officially come out of the closet in real life. In an interview with OUT magazine, Ferguson talks about everything from his television role to his crushes on the Jonas Brothers. He also admitted having a crush on gold medal-winning skater/Dancing with the Stars contestant Evan Lysacek, saying, "I'm not hiding it. I hear he lives in L.A. too, so it's just a matter of time before we meet. Although I don't know if he's gay.… He's a brilliant skater, and he's also really handsome, and he seems like a really sweet guy, so I swoon when I see him."
Tough-guy actor Vinnie Jones—who has been in such movies as X-Men: The Last Stand, Snatch and Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball—has claimed that he has a "big gay following," MonstersAndCritics.com reported. Jones, 45, said that his leather outfit from his role of Juggernaut in the X-Men movie made him appealing to Los Angeles' gay-male demographic, adding that gets "gay fan mail."
Magnum, a Trojan brand of large condoms, is soliciting help from hip-hop artists for its new advertising campaign, according to MyFox Atlanta. The project features rapper Ludacris, and will launch in the urban publications XXL, Vibe and The Source. The winners gets $5,000 and a trip to the Birthday Bash hip-hop festival in Atlanta, Ga. Participants can visit MagnumLiveLarge.com to download a base track.
Bill Condon—the openly gay director who has helmed Gods and Monsters, Kinsey and Dreamgirls—will direct Breaking Dawn, the fourth and last film in the Twilight series, according to People.com . "I'm very excited to get the chance to bring the climax of this saga to life onscreen," Condon said in a statement. "As fans of the series know, this is a one-of-a-kind book—and we're hoping to create an equally unique cinematic experience." Series author Stephenie Meyer was reportedly very happy about Condon being chosen.
Rosie O'Donnell is among those saying that actress Lindsay Lohan needs help. Lindsay Lohan needs a severe intervention," O'Donnell told Access Hollywood when it caught up with her on the set of the Lifetime original series Drop Dead Diva. The always-outspoken O'Donnell also said of celebrity culture, "It never ends, it keeps like cancer, It keeps dividing and multiplying. Kate Gosselin is suddenly a celebrity. She's Dancing with the Stars with a new face and new teeth and her eight children are at home. I don't know, it's out of control."
America's Next Top Model runway coach Miss J was in the middle of a bomb scare April 27 on a flight from Paris to Atlanta, according to Access Hollywood. The flight was diverted to Bangor, Maine, after a passenger said he had explosives in his shoes. Miss J said, "I made my peace with my maker. When we hit the ground, I saw the FBI, the ground squad, I thought some s*** seriously just went down on this plane." He added that he thought the perpetrator, Derek Michael Stansberry, was "so damn cute!"
Military experts recently removed an arsenal of weapons—including grenades and aircraft bombs—from the waters of Italy's Lake Como, near the home of actor George Clooney, Access Hollywood reported. When contacted, Clooney joked, "This is not the first bomb I've experienced." In addition, it turns out that the body of a dead Swiss woman was also recently found near Clooney's estate; she had reportedly been killed by in Switzerland by her husband, who then crossed the border and dumped her in the lake.
In her new memoir, Foxy: My Life in Three Acts, The L Word co-star Pam Grier claimed that ex-boyfriend Richard Pryor used so much cocaine that it caused toxic build-up in her vagina, according to Advocate.com . Gay blogger Perez Hilton asked Dr. Jan Gurley about the possibility of this happening; Gurley called the scenario "extremely unlikely," adding, "This whole topic is yet another morality tale showing yet another reason why it's so important to insist on a condom."
Across the pond, new Doctor Who star Matt Smith, 27, will play gay writer Christopher Isherwood in a new BBC2 TV show, according to MonstersAndCritics.com . In 1964, Isherwood wrote the novel A Single Man, which was recently turned into a movie by fashion designer/director Tom Ford that starred Colin Firth, Julianne Moore and Nicholas Hoult. Smith's new show—which will detail Isherwood's move from England to Germany—will be called Christopher and His Kind.
Lucas Entertainment, headed by gay actor/director/entrepreneur Michael Lucas, won its court battle against the supposed owner of the Federico Fellini film, according to a press release. In February 2007, International Media Films ( IMF ) filed a lawsuit against Lucas Entertainment, Inc., alleging that Lucas Entertainment's pornographic film, Michael Lucas' La Dolce Vita, violated IMF's claimed copyright in Fellini's movie and associated trademarks. However, Judge John G. Judge Koeltl of the U.S. District Court in Manhattan said, among other things, that IMF lacked credible documentation of its chain of title.
The National Youth Advocacy Coalition ( NYAC ) has accused the hit TV show GLEE of being transphobic. During the April 13 episode, Sue Sylvester ( portrayed by lesbian actress Jane Lynch ) used the word "she-male" to punish a non-gender-conforming student as she cut his ponytail. NYAC Executive Director Gregory Varnum, in a statement, said that even though " [ t ] he program has set an ambitious goal of showing youth that being different is okay ... I would like them to use their talents to come up with a way to portray Coach Sylvester's character that does not revolve around her use of racist, homophobic and transphobic commentary. That strategy has been recycled many times already and frankly, it's getting old."
Actress Lynn Redgrave, the daughter of Sir Michael Redgrave and the sister of Vanessa Redgrave, has passed away at the age of 67, according to the New York Times. In a statement, the Redgrave family wrote: "Our beloved mother Lynn Rachel passed away peacefully after a seven year journey with breast cancer. She lived, loved and worked harder than ever before. The endless memories she created as a mother, grandmother, writer, actor and friend will sustain us for the rest of our lives. Among Lynn Redgrave's movies are Gods and Monsters, Georgy Girl and Kinsey.
Openly gay performers Sean Hayes and Levi Kreis have scored Tony nominations for, respectively, Promises, Promises and Million Dollar Quartet, according to Advocate.com . Also, the Broadway revival of La Cage aux Folles tied the musical Fela! with 11 nominations and, in an intriguing faceoff, Broadway legends Angela Lansbury and Barbara Cook are both nominated for Best Featured Actress in a Musical. ( Other nominees include Denzel Washington, Liev Schreiber, Laura Linney and Scarlett Johansson. ) The nominations for the 64th annual Tony Awards were announced May 4; the actual ceremony will air June 13 on CBS from Radio City Music Hall.
Officials in Egypt have banned Sir Elton John from playing there later this month because of comments he made about Jesus being gay, according to Advocate.com . Mounir al-Wasimi, the head of Egypt's Musician Union, reportedly would not allow "a homosexual who wants to ban religions, claimed that the prophet Issa ( Jesus ) was gay and calls for Middle Eastern countries to allow gays to have sexual freedom" to have a concert there. John was slated to perform May 18.
