Cher’s career as an actress has been sporadic, and her work as a writer and producer has been pretty much non-existent. However it’s been revealed she’s hoping to expand her resumé with regard to the last two, as she’s signed up as a writer and producer on a new show being developed by LGBT-focussed US cable TV station, Logo.
THR reports that Cher is collaborating with comedian Ron Zimmerman for a pilot script set in early 1960s Hollywood. Not much more is known about the show, but Brent Zacky, Logo’s senior vice president of original programming, has revealed, “We read some of the stuff that Cher and Ron had written and it was really terrific. We came up with an idea set in Hollywood in the early ’60s, and we’re very excited to see how we get through the process. The deal is brand-new and we’re just getting started on the project.”
It’s yet to be decided whether Cher will have an acting role in the series, although it’s been suggested it’s a definitely possibility. There’s no news either on whether the series is gay-skewing or part of Logo’s recent attempts to broaden its focus to a larger potential audience. However knowing Cher, it’s going to be very gay friendly.
It’s long been a comic stereotype that a lot of strippers went to Catholic school, but it seem that it can turn the boys into sex maniacs too! Rupert Everett has been chatting to the Sunday Telegraph and told them that his Roman Catholic upbringing turned him into a ‘slut’ whose entire life was about sex.
It appears that Matt Dallas, star of Xyle XY and Eastwick has quietly come out on Twitter, and announced his engagement to LA musician Blue Hamilton at the same time. Matt tweeted:
This morning the nominees for the EE Rising Star Award were announced, which is the only gong given out at the BAFTA Film Awards that is voted for by the public. The nominees however were picked by a jury which included the likes of Tom Hiddleston and Mark Kermode. Previous winners (when it was the Orand Rising Star Award) include James McAvoy, Eva Green, Shia LaBeouf, Noel Clarke, Kristen Stewart, Tom Hardy and Adam Deacon.
Those mourning the end of The Twilight Saga can take some solace in the fact that another Stephenie Meyer adaptation, The Host, will arrive in cinemas on March 22nd. Now a trio of new posters has arrived that fit together into a banner image.
Going into this weekend, most box office watcher had expected Django Unchained and The Hobbit to fight it out for the top spot, with few thinking Texas Chainsaw 3D would be in the mix. In the end it was the horror movie that topped the chart with $23 million, far more than most expected.
Making gay themed movies is tough, especially if you’re planning a film that can’t be made on a micro-budget. As 
Glee, New Normal and American Horror Story creator Ryan Murphy has been trying to get his adaptation of Larry Kramer’s Tony Award winning play The Normal Heart off the ground for over a year.