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Taking a look at the world of film through gay eyes - news, reviews, trailers, gay film, queer cinema & more

Ice Bucket Challenge Redux: Chris Hemsworth, Vin Diesel, Tom Hiddleston, James Franco & Grant Gustin

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tom-hiddleston-ice-bucket-challengeIt seems celebs can’t get enough of doing the Ice Bucket Challenge. Just yesterday we posted the likes of Chris Pratt, Stephen Amell, Matt Bomer and Joe Manganiello getting drenched for charity, and since then they’ve been joined by plenty more.

As a result you can see Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston, Vin Diesel, The Flash’s Grant Gustin and a pant-free James Franco have a bucket of ice water chucked over their heads. Diesel in particular has an impressive list of people he’s calling on to take the challenge next.

I’m also a fan of Tom Hiddleston in a wet white t-shirt.

They’re not doing it solely to jump on a bandwagon, as those taking part and also raising funds and awareness for ALS (commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease in the US and motor neurone disease in the UK).

Take a look at the new Ice Bucket celebs below. [Read more…]

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James Franco’s Ex-Gay Activist Movie Gets Teen Wolf’s Charlie Carver

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charlie-carver-teen-wolfIt seems Charlie Carver can’t get enough of playing gay characters on screen. In Teen Wolf he was Ethan, who got involved in a relationship with the openly gay Danny, and now it seems he’ll be having an all-male threesome in Michael, the James Franco starring movie that tells the real-life story of Michael Glatze, who went from LGBT activist to ex-gay poster boy.

Deadline reports that Carver has joined the already filming movie as ‘Tyler, who gets involved in a relationship with Michael and Bennett (Zachary Quinto) and is heartbroken when Michael rejects his homosexuality’

As a young man, Glatze launched the magazine Young Gay America after working at XY, becoming a leading voice in the gay rights fight. However in 2004 he had a health scare involving a possible heart defect, which caused him to turn to conservative Christianity. Shortly afterwards he completely renounced everything he had previously stood for and said that he was now ‘ex-gay’. The 38-year-old is currently married to a woman.

Charlie Carver’s career until now has largely been in roles that call for twins, which saw him starring alongside his identical brother Max in the likes of Desperate Housewives, Teen Wolf and most recently the TV series The Leftovers, however it appears he’ll be getting a solo outing without Max in Michael.

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James Franco Shows Off His ‘New Lover’ Zachary Quinto

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james-franco-zachary-quintoToday’s daily instalment of ‘What is James Franco up to?’ has him posting a pic on Instagram of the actor sharing a car with Zachary Quinto. He accompanied it with the message, ‘My new lover, SPOCK! @zacharyquinto‘.

The comment is presumably another reaction to the recent Gawker article that took basically no evidence and spun it into proof that Franco was in a gay relationship with his friend Scott Haze. As Gawker’s main evidence was that Franco and Haze took one car home instead of two, there is some logic to the fact that a pic of him in a vehicle with Quinto means they are practically married.

The two are together as they’re currently co-starring in Michael, in which Franco play Michael Glatze, who went from being a prominent gay rights advocate to becoming one of the poster-boys for the ex-gay movement when he found God, renounced his homosexuality and married a woman. Quinto plays one of Glatze’s former lovers.

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James Franco Shares First Pics In Role As Ex-Gay Activist

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michael-james-francoI sometimes think we should just change the name of this site to the ‘What Is James Franco Up To? Blog’, as he’s so keen on everything gay that it sometimes feels like we’re keeping a minute-by-minute log of his exploits.

However now he’s done something else that’s worth sharing, as the very busy man has shared the first image from Michael, in which he plays a man who went from being on the frontlines of the fight for gay rights to becoming a prominent ex-gay activist.

Franco will be Michael Glatze, who started out as a young gay man who was passionate about helping LGBT youth, including marching in gay rights rallies and urging young people to celebrate their non-traditional sexualities. He also launched the magazine Young Gay America after working at XY, becoming a leading voice in the gay rights fight.

However in 2004 he had a health scare involving a possible heart defect, which caused him to turn to conservative Christianity. Shortly afterwards he completely renounced everything he had previously stood for and said that he was now ‘ex-gay’. The 38-year-old is currently married to a woman.

Zachary Quinto and Chris Zylka also star as Glatze’s former lovers, with Emma Roberts as his girlfriend.

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James Franco Has His Say About ‘Homophobic’ Gawker Article Implying He’s In A Gay Relationship

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James Franco & Scott Haze

James Franco & Scott Haze

Earlier this week the was plenty of internet buzz about a Gawker article called ‘James Franco Is Living With a Man’ that strongly implied the actor is in a gay relationship with frequent collaborator Scott Haze. The evidence Gawker had was taking little bits of a New York Times article – such as that the old art school buddies are ‘now so close that describing them merely as friends would be a disservice’ – and spinning it into a full-blown gay love affair.

The fact they seem to be sharing an apartment for the summer seems to be the major evidence, as apparently two men who aren’t screwing each other can’t possibly live in the same place. And for some reason the Gawker article seems to think that the fact they don’t take separate cars back to their shared apartment is absolute evidence they are bum buddies.

Now James has had his say about the article, and as always with a man who loves to stoke the speculation around his sexuality, he’s more rolling his eyes and pointing fingers at the attitude behind the writing of the article than worrying about the fact it says he and Haze are probably shagging.

Take a look at his response below: [Read more…]

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Zachary Quinto & Chris Zylka Will Be James Franco’s Former Lovers In Ex-Gay Activist Movie

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zachary-quintoBack in April we reported that James Franco was once more showing off his interest in all things gay by signing up to star in a movie about Michael Glatze, who went from being an outspoken LGBT advocate to an ex-gay activist.

Now he’s got some company in the film – which is going by the simple title Michael – as Variety reports that Zachary Quinto and Chris Zyka have signed up to play two of Glatze’s former lovers, while Emma Roberts will be his girlfriend.

Glatze started out as a young gay man who was passionate about helping LGBT youth, including marching in gay rights rallies and urging young people to celebrate their non-traditional sexualities. He also launched the magazine Young Gay America after working at XY, becoming a leading voice in the gay rights fight.

However in 2004 he had a health scare involving a possible heart defect, which caused him to turn to conservative Christianity. Shortly afterwards he completely renounced everything he had previously stood for and said that he was now ‘ex-gay’. The 38-year-old is currently married to a woman.

Director Justin Kelly comments, “This isn’t just a story about an ‘ex-gay’. It’s actually a very relatable story about the power of belief and the desire to belong.”

Benoit Denizet-Lewis, who wrote the New York Times Magazine article the film is based on adds, “I’m excited that everyone involved in this project is intent on telling a story that captures the full breadth of Michael’s unusual life, from the inspiring gay leader I knew when I was young to the Christian pastor he is today.”

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The Interview Trailer – James Franco & Seth Rogen need to kill a dictator

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the-interview-poster1Seth Rogen likes to have a Franco around, whether it’s Dave in the recent Bad Neighbours of James in the upcoming The Interview.

Now a trailer and poster for the latter have arrived. And this time around Seth has to kill a dictator!

Here’s the synopsis: ‘In the action-comedy The Interview, Dave Skylark (James Franco) and his producer Aaron Rapoport (Seth Rogen) run the popular celebrity tabloid TV show “Skylark Tonight.” When they discover that North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un is a fan of the show, they land an interview with him in an attempt to legitimize themselves as journalists. As Dave and Aaron prepare to travel to Pyongyang, their plans change when the CIA recruits them, perhaps the two least-qualified men imaginable, to assassinate Kim Jong-un.’

It’s due out in October. [Read more…]

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Which Guy Is James Franco Going To Bed With In A New Pic?

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james-franco-keegan-allenPoor old James Franco. He so wants to be gay, but he just can’t get over the fact he prefers genitals that don’t dangle.

That doesn’t stop him doing ‘anything but’ though, which includes a new picture he’s posted on Instagram where he’s cuddled up with another guy.

So who is the hunk in the photo? Well as Franco says, “BED SELFIE WITH KEEGAN ALLEN!!!!! TIME TO GO NUTS!!!!”

Allen is the star of Pretty Little Liars, who’s been working with Franco on a biopic of Charles Bukowski. It appears they took the pics after Allen saw Franco in a new production of Of Mice And Men that James is starring in.

However, as the pic below from Allen’s Instagram shows, the duo weren’t quite as cosy and naked as the image above suggests.

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Third Person Trailer – Fresh look at James Franco, Mila Kunis, Olivia Wilde & Liam Neeson in Paul Haggis’ star-studded tale

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Paul Haggis won an Oscar for his multi-stranded tale Crash (although many people think he shouldn’t have). Now he’s back in ensemble movie mode for Third Person, which tells three stories set in Rome, Paris, and New York, set at different times in couples’ relationships.

The star-studded cast includes James Franco, Mila Kunis, Olivia Wilde, Liam Neeson, Kim Basinger, Adrien Brody, Maria Bello and Moran Atias.

Neeson plays a man who leaves his wife to go live with the much younger Olivia Wilde, Franco and Kunis are a former couple who can’t stop warring over custody of their son, while Adrien Brody is involved with a woman whose child has ended up in the hands of people traffickers.

It’s certainly sounds like there’s plenty of drama (and Crash haters will probably already be cringing). The movie hits the US in June, but it’s not clear when it will come to the UK. [Read more…]

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Salma Hayek Is Having A Sausage Party With Seth Rogen & James Franco

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salma-hayekThe voice cast of the R-rated animated comedy has grown, with Deadline reporting that Salma Hayek has signed up for the film, which is based on an idea by Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg and Jonah Hill.

Rogen and Hill will also lend their voices to the film, alongside James Franco, Edward Norton, Michael Cera, Nick Kroll, David Krumholtz and Kristen Wiig.

The slightly nutty sounding film is about a sausage who falls out of his shopping cart, sending him on a journey with other lost food items as they try to get back to their aisles in the supermarket before the dreaded 4th of July sale. Hayek with play Teresa the Taco.

Conrad Vernon (Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted) and Greg Tiernan are directing from a script by Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Kyle Hunter and Ariel Shafir. It’s described as ‘very R-rated’ and should be in cinemas in 2015.

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