Last time we talked Gay Life Across America, Indianapolis had quite literally rolled out the welcome for Greg Fieser and his reality TV cohorts. But things change when Greg makes his way to the oldest gay bar in Indiana, a building falling apartt before his eyes, standing next to a brick crack den. Good times!
David Moretti finds that an awful lot has changed since his days of bashing Mario's head into a brick to get a mushroom that would make him big. Together with this straight friend Ryan the audience is taken away on David's journey of discovering Wii for the fiirst time.
All those hotties on the TV don’t just show up on your favorite shows by chance. Any time you see an actor in a role on the big or small screen, chances are hours of audition and discussion have taken place before the actor even walked on set. GayWired talked to one successful TV casting veteran about finding that right actor, the changing nature of sexuality in the business and the rumored casting couch.
Love her or hate her, few musicians can honestly say they've riled up the Christian right and the gay community in the same year. Katy Perry celebrates her place on the cover of this year's Out 100 by talking about wanting to become the next Amy Grant, communal showers and why America has a lot of catching up to do when it comes to acceptance. [more]
Wanda Sykes is way gay -- and married... on TV, that is; Lance Bass gears up for the semi-finals on Dancing With the Stars; David Blue gets his heart broken by Michael Urie on Ugly Betty; Joy Behar hosts a spirited debate on Prop. 8 and the gay drama continues on As the World Turns. [more]
The three members of Labelle -- Nona Hendryx, Sarah Dash, and Patti LaBelle herself -- grew up together with the gay community. Arriving in the early ’60s with a classic girl-group sound that transitioned into an R&B/rock hybrid, these tough-voiced, spectacularly dressed divas felt the support of gay audiences even before they hit the big time.
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Unless you've spent the last two weeks living under a rock, you've probably noticed a distinct change in the gay community. Whether we're shutting down intersections or literally causing people to get out of their cars and just watch, the gays are pissed -- and here to document it all is David Moretti. [more]
This week Tracy E. Gilchrist and Ross von Metzke bitch about Amy Winehouse's unfortunate and untimely perm, Nicole Kidman's and Charlize Theron's on-screen betrothal in The Danish Girl, Salma Hayek's breast feeding addiction, Jennifer Aniston's 'uncool' remarks about hot-ass man magnet Angelina Jolie and Sherri Shepherd's on-screen education. Too bad Elisabeth Hasselbeck doesn't catch on. [more]
Sherri Lewis of the weekly podcast 'Straight Girl in a Queer World' is no stranger to the public eye. As lead singer of the ’80s pop band Get Wet, Lewis (whose stage name is Sherri Beachfront) appeared in one of the first music videos on MTV with the Top 40 hit 'Just So Lonely.' But she may be best known for putting a human face on the issue of heterosexual women with HIV.
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There are few people more raucously funny or just plain real than the one and only Lady Bunny, whose larger than life persona and even bigger hair have mesmerized gay and straight audiences around the globe for the last two decades. In this chat withGayWired.com, the Lady Bunny discusses last week’s election results, reveals her honest assessment of The View’s Sherri Shepherd and more!
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Sleeping in converted railroad cars; being chased down the highway by a helicopter. Indianapolis rolls out the decidedly sketchy red carpet for our game show casting crew as Greg Fieser tries to make the most (and get the most footage) out of a sticky situation.
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We've been on Katy Perry's case since her breakout song, 'Ur So Gay,' dropped in late 2007. She told us then that 'there's a little gay man trapped inside' and that what made her different than other pop starlets was her sense of humor. Now Perry has been named Musician of the Year in this year's Out 100, and she's still proving that attitude and humor can take a girl a long way indeed.
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When happens when you turn a whole bunch of liquored up accountants loose on the set of CSI: NY while star Gary Sinise works the crowd on guitar? One damn entertaining video blog.
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