The LGBT Travel Gui (A FABULOUS Gui to Gay Travel • 2023)

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• 7 HILAR GAY COMEDIANS WHO SLAY EVERY PERFORMANCE
• LGBTQ TRAVEL: A FABULOUS GUI TO GAY TRAVEL 2023
• FELLOW TRAVELERS: INSI MATT BOMER AND JONATHAN BAILEY’S EPIC, SEXY ROMANCETHE TWO ACTORS GIVE THEIR ALL TO THIS S-SPANNG LIMED SERI, WHICH EXPLOR A GAY LOVE STORY WH BOLD—AND EXPLIC—CEMATIC SWEEP.BY DAVID CANFIELDMAY 25, 2023BY BEN MARK HOLZBERG/SHOWTIME.SAVE THIS STORYSAVESAVE THIS STORYSAVEWHEN MATT BOMER AND JONATHAN BAILEY FIRST MET AT A FFEE SHOP ON CUMBERLAND STREET TORONTO, ON THE VERGE OF BEGNG SIX MONTHS OF FILMG FOR THEIR S-SPANNG LIMED SERI FELLOW TRAVELERS, THEY MA A PACT TO HAVE EACH OTHER’S BACKS. SOUNDS SIMPLE ENOUGH, GIVEN THAT THEY WERE ABOUT TO EMBARK ON SOME OF THE RICHT SCREEN WORK OF THEIR RPECTIVE REERS. BUT OVER ZOOM, BOTH ACTORS SPEAK OF THAT TRODUCTN NOW AS ALMOST SACRED. WATCH FELLOW TRAVELERS, AND YOU’LL UNRSTAND WHY. THE SHOWTIME EPIC PICTS AN EXTRAORDARY TIMACY BETWEEN S LEAD CHARACTERS, AND ASKS FOR TE VULNERABILY OM BOMER AND BAILEY, WHO LIVER WHOUT PROMISE.COURTY OF SHOWTIME.ADAPTED BY OSR NOMEE RON NYSWANER (PHILALPHIA) OM THOMAS MALLON’S 2007 NOVEL, FELLOW TRAVELERS (PREMIERG THIS FALL ON PARAMOUNT+ WH SHOWTIME) EXAM THE VOLATILE, PASSNATE, EPLY LOVG ROMANCE BETWEEN HAWKS FULLER (BOMER), A CHARISMATIC IF SOMEWHAT OPAQUE WAR HERO TURNED POLIL STAFFER, AND TIM LGHL (BAILEY), A RELIG IALIST LOOKG FOR HIS WAY TO THE DC GRD. THEY MEET AT THE DAWN OF THE EARLY-’50S LAVENR SRE, WHICH SENATOR JOSEPH MCCARTHY AND HIS CHIEF UNSEL ROY COHN PURGED WHOMEVER THEY EMED GAY OR LBIAN OM ERNMENT ROL—DUBBG THEM MUNIST SYMPATHIZERS—AND SPARKED A NATNAL MORAL PANIC AROUND HOMOSEXUALY. THE SERI THEN BUILDS TO A KD OF GRAND CHRONICLE OF QUEER AMERIN HISTORY, TRACG THE EVOLUTN OF HAWK AND TIM’S RELATNSHIP THROUGH VAR ERAS BEFORE CULMATG THE AIDS EPIMIC OF THE 1980S.A GUI TO HOLLYWOOD’S BIGGT RACARROWTHE PROJECT ME TO BAILEY AT A SERENDIPO MOMENT. FOR THE FIRST TIME HIS LIFE, THE BREAKOUT STAR OF BRIDGERTON WAS MAND AND BEG ASKED WHAT HE WANTED TO DO NEXT. “MY ANSWER WAS ALWAYS, ‘WELL, I’D LOVE TO DO A SWEEPG GAY LOVE STORY,’ BUT MY EXPERIENCE ACTUALLY WAS THAT I’D NEVER REALLY SEEN THEM,” BAILEY SAYS. “OR IF I HAD, I HADN’T SEEN ACTORS LIKE ME AND MATT PLAY THOSE ROL.” (BOTH BAILEY AND BOMER INTIFY AS GAY.) THAT DREAM OPPORTUNY ABPTLY PRENTED SELF FELLOW TRAVELERS, WHICH BAILEY JOED AFTER BOMER HAD ALREADY SIGNED ON AS BOTH STAR AND EXECUTIVE PRODUCER. “THE STORY HAD BEEN MARATG WH RON FOR A SOLID BEFORE I EVER ME ON BOARD,” BOMER SAYS. “RON HAD AN ALMOST RELIG ZEAL ABOUT THIS PROJECT, THIS WORLD, AND THE CHARACTERS THAT JT WASHED OVER EVERYONE VOLVED, AND MA THE PROFOUND EXPERIENCE THAT WAS.”BY BEN MARK HOLZBERG/SHOWTIME.NYSWANER HAD ALREADY DONE NSIRABLE REARCH ON FELLOW TRAVELERS, HAVG PREVLY PLANNED TO ADAPT THE BOOK AS A FILM. HE HAD MORE RECENTLY TABLISHED HIMSELF PRTIGE TV—WRG FOR SHOWTIME DRAMAS LIKE HOMELAND AND RAY DONOVAN—WHILE NTUG TO WORK MOVI. HIS SCRIPT FOR LAST YEAR’S AMAZON FEATURE MY POLICEMAN TRODUCED HIM TO PRODUCER ROBBIE ROGERS; NYSWANER SENT ROGERS THE FELLOW TRAVELERS NOVEL, WHICH SPARKED A NVERSATN ABOUT MAKG A LIMED SERI OUT OF . “THE AMBN OF GOG THROUGH THE DIFFERENT S AND FDG A REALLY PELLG STORY—NOTHG LIKE THAT HAD BEEN DONE, WHERE ’S AN EPIC GAY LOVE STORY THAT HAS THIS POLIL ELEMENT THAT’S WOVEN THROUGH ,” SAYS ROGERS. FELLOW TRAVELERS LEAV NO STONE UNTURNED, EXPANDG S WORLD BEYOND HAWK AND TIM TO FASHN AN EXPANSIVE HISTORIL TAPTRY. A RE PARALLEL STRAND OF THE DRAMA FOLLOWS JELANI ALLAD’S MARC HOOKS, A QUEER BLACK POLIL JOURNALIST FDG A NEW PARTNER OF HIS OWN (NOAH J. RICKETTS), WHILE NYSWANER’S EARLY EPISOS ALSO DIG TO THE VIC METHODS OF MCCARTHY (A TRANSFORMED CHRIS BER) AND THE APPALLG HYPOCRISY OF COHN (WILL BRILL). “SOMETHG LIKE AN TIMATED 10,000 PEOPLE LOST THEIR JOBS, AND A LOT OF FOLKS TOOK THEIR OWN LIV,” BOMER SAYS. “THAT’S THE LANDSPE THAT THE PEOPLE ARE ALG WH.”BY BEN MARK HOLZBERG/SHOWTIME.COURTY OF SHOWTIME.BUT HAWK AND TIM ARE OUR FLAWED, FASCATG HERO—WH FELLOW TRAVELERS CISIVELY SUATG THEIR TENSE CHEMISTRY WH A BROAR POLIL NTEXT. THE LH, SWEEPG, LIBERATELY OLD-FASHNED QUALY OF THE FILMMAKG, TEMPLATED BY EMMY-WNG DIRECTOR DANIEL MAHAN (AMERIN CRIME STORY), NTRASTS SHARPLY WH THE SHOW’S CREDIBLY SPECIFIC FOC ON ONE UPLE’S DYNAMIC. THAT TIMATE STORY IS LARGELY TOLD, WH A SURPRISG AND CCIAL BOLDNS, THROUGH SEX.“THE NUANCE OF A PLITED, VOLATILE QUEER RELATNSHIP IS THE POWER BALANCE—AND THAT IS WHAT IS AMAZG ABOUT TIM AND HAWK,” BAILEY SAYS. “EVERY SGLE SEX SCENE IS A METICULO EXAMATN OF POWER.” FELLOW TRAVELERS HEATS UP AS HAWK GETS TIM A JOB WORKG FOR MCCARTHY—AND TASKS HIM WH SPYG ON THE SENATOR FOR TEL ON HIS TACTICS, AND SIGHTS TO HIS WEAKNS. THIS GIVE-AND-TAKE EVABLY MOV TO THE BEDROOM, THE SPAC WHERE THE TWO MEN MT GRAPPLE WH NOT ONLY THEIR HIDN BLOSSOMG LOVE, BUT ALSO THE TRANSACTNAL QUALY OF THEIR BOND. “THERE’S A LEVEL OF TST AND TIMACY THAT’S EVEN MORE VALUABLE WHEN SOCIETY IS AGAST YOU,” BOMER SAYS. “YOU KEEP YOUR SECRETS TOGETHER.” COURTY OF SHOWTIME.THE RULTG SEX SCEN, PTURG A RANGE OF ROLE PLAYS, WILL RG AS HIGHLY THENTIC TO GAY MEN, AND MARK UNCHARTED TERRORY FOR MASTREAM DRAMATIC TV—EVEN ON A WORK LIKE SHOWTIME. “NOT THAT WILL BE SHOCKG TO PEOPLE, BUT I HOPE WHEN PEOPLE WATCH , THEY’RE LIKE, ‘OH, WOW. THEY REALLY WENT FOR ,’” ROGERS SAYS. THE PRODUCTN MA TIMACY ORDATORS AVAILABLE TO THE ST THROUGHOUT FILMG, AND BOMER AND BAILEY FELT AN TRSIC TST WH EACH OTHER, ROOTED THAT CUMBERLAND STREET PACT. “I WILL BE SO TERTED TO SEE HOW PEOPLE RPOND TO ,” BAILEY SAYS. “TO ME, BEG QUEER ALSO IS ABOUT, AS TWO MEN, HOW YOU NEGOTIATE YOUR GIVG OF YOUR BODY TO THE OTHER PERSON. THAT IS SOMETHG THAT I’VE ALWAYS YEARNED TO SEE PROPERLY DONE BEE I KNOW HOW EXTRAORDARY IS TO EXPERIENCE .” AT ONE POT, BAILEY SENT BOMER A VIO OF TORVILL AND DEAN’S LEGENDARY “BOLERO” ICE DANCE. “WE’RE TWO ICE SKATERS DANCG TOGETHER— SORT OF FELT LIKE THAT,” BAILEY SAYS WH A LGH. BOMER CHIM : “IT WAS REALLY TERTG TO FD THE DIFFERENT TYP OF EXPRSN OF THEIR LOVE AND TIMACY OVER THE DIFFERENT TIME PERDS,” HE SAYS. “IT WAS LIKE OPENG A CHRISTMAS PRENT EVERY TIME I WOULD SEE JONNY A NEW TIME PERD AND SEE WHAT HE WOULD BRG TO THE TABLE WH THIS NEW CHAPTER OF TIM’S LIFE.”BY BEN MARK HOLZBERG/SHOWTIME.THE SHOW BEGS BY SHIFTG BETWEEN THE ’50S AND ’80S, BUT S LATTER HALF SHAK UP THE FORMULA, HURTLG TO PERDS OF LIBERATN. IN HAWK, BOMER CHARTS THE EXPANSN OF A MAN WHO’S PARTMENTALIZED A VAL PART OF HIS BEG FOR MUCH OF HIS LIFE. “LOVE IS DANGERO—’S A THREAT TO HIS VERY EXISTENCE, AND TIM IS REALLY THE ONLY PERSON WHO N CHALLENGE THAT,” HE SAYS. OVER TIME, HE MARRI A CHILDHOOD IEND, LUCY SMH (ALLISON WILLIAMS), WHILE NTUG TO SEE TIM. THE SHOW DO NOT EVER ST TIM A PIABLE LIGHT, HOWEVER. “HE’S VERY PURE, EVEN THOUGH HE’S ALWAYS SEARCHG FOR ABSOLUTN AND TTH, AND HE IS FUNDAMENTALLY VERY CLEAR ON WHO HE IS,” BAILEY SAYS. “I ULD SEE WHO THAT WAS.” THE ’80S SEGMENT OF THE SHOW, GLIMPSED THROUGH TO THE FAL EPISO, OPENS WH THE CHARACTERS SEPARATED—WH THEIR TENSE, HEARTBREAKG RNN LEADG TO THE NARRATIVE’S NCLN. OVER EIGHT HOURS, THE SHOW AMBLY RECREAT EVERYTHG OM ’50S DC TO ’70S FIRE ISLAND TO ’80S BAY AREA—ALL TORONTO AND SOMEHOW, PER ROGERS, UNR BUDGET. THE FAL SCEN TAKE PLACE AT THE FAMED AIDS QUILT, WH THE PRODUCTN SIGNERS THOROUGHLY REIMAGG THE INIC NATNAL MALL SE. THEY HAD COHN’S ACTUAL SQUARE ON HAND, AND SIGNED SOME OTHERS OM SCRATCH. “WHEN YOU SEE , YOU WON’T BELIEVE ,” ROGERS TEAS. “YOU’LL BE LIKE, ‘OH, MY GOSH, THIS LOOKS LIKE THEY SHOT DC.’”COURTY OF SHOWTIME.COURTY OF SHOWTIME.BY THE TIME PRODUCTN WRAPPED, BAILEY AND BOMER FACED A FULFILLG—IF NOT EASY—GOODBYE. “JT GETTG TO PLAY THE CHARACTER OVER THE URSE OF 35 YEARS—SOME OF THE SCEN THAT TAKE PLACE THE LAST EPISO FOR ME WERE SUCH A RE OF PASSAGE TERMS OF SAYG GOODBYE TO THE CHARACTER,” BOMER SAYS. ADDS BAILEY, “IT’S BEEN JT THE MOST JOYO, EMOTNAL, AND ALSO RMATIVE EXPERIENCE I’VE HAD ON A JOB. I’VE NEVER GRIEVED A CHARACTER MORE.”WELL, KD OF. BAILEY ACTUALLY FILMED THE THIRD SEASON OF BRIDGERTON AT THE SAME TIME AS FELLOW TRAVELERS. “I HAD A REALLY WEIRD TIME,” HE SAYS. AT THE TIME, HE’D REGULARLY MUTE BETWEEN CANADA AND THE UK. AND FOR HIS LAST DAY MAKG FELLOW TRAVELERS, HE WORKED THROUGH AN EMOTNALLY DRAG 19-, MAYBE 20-HOUR SHOOT WH BOMER. THE WORK BLED TO THE WEEKEND. BAILEY FALLY LEFT THE SET FOR THE LAST TIME. AND BY MONDAY, HE WAS BACK REGENCY-ERA ENGLAND, TRANSPORTED 200 YEARS TO THE PAST, CHARACTER AS ANTHONY BRIDGERTON. “WHEN I SAY I GRIEVED , I DIDN’T ACTUALLY HAVE ANY SPACE TO,” BAILEY SAYS NOW OF FELLOW TRAVELERS. “BUT I STILL THK ABOUT TIM A LOT.” UNRSTANDABLY—THIS IS A LIFE STORY THAT’LL STAY WH YOU.LISTEN TO VANY FAIR’S LTLE GOLD MEN PODST NOW.MORE GREAT STORI FROM VANY FAIRHOW FOUR BILLNAIRE TECHNO-OLIGARCHS ARE CREATG AN ALTERNATE REALYEXCLIVE NEW DETAILS ABOUT MEGHAN MARKLE’S WEDDG DRSA BIRD’S-EYE VIEW OF EVERYTHG HAPPENG AT THIS FALL’S FILM FTIVALS—WHOUT THE STARSA SER SETBACK FOR TMP’S PLAN TO GET REELECTED AND PARDON HIMSELFMEET KYLE DCHANEL, THE PRETEND PLAYBOY WHO SEEMS TO HAVE FOOLED HALF OF MANHATTANTHE ULTIMATE GUI TO FALL MOVIFROM THE ARCHIVE: A FATHER’S ACUNT OF THE TRIAL OF HIS DGHTER’S KILLEREND-OF-SUMMER SALE! TAKE 25% OFF AT THE VF SHOPDAVID CANFIELD
• 12 PROMENT GAY PRENTERS ON BRISH {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}TVBY KATE ANRSONSEPTEMBER 18, 2007/10:33 AMBY KATE ANRSONSEPTEMBER 18, 2007 / 10:33 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"12 PROMENT GAY PRENTERS ON BRISH TELEVISN","DATEPUBLISHED":"2007-09-18T14:33:47.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2007-09-18T14:33:47.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"KATE ANRSON","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TV PRENTERS ARE TWO A PENNY. BUT OPENLY GAY TV PRENTERS, WELL, THAT’S A WHOLE DIFFERENT KETTLE OF FISH. SURPRISGLY, THOUGH, BRISH TELEVISN SEEMS TO HAVE MORE THAN S FAIR SHARE OF PRENTERS WHO JT SO HAPPEN TO BE OUT AND PROUD. AND SO, TO OUR NDOWN OF TWELVE OF THE TOP GAY PRENTERS, HOSTS, BROADSTERS, (LL THEM WHAT YOU LIKE!) ON BRISH TV. SOME ARE FAMO. SOME ARE NOT. SOME ARE DOWN RIGHT FUNNY. AND SOME ARE JT FAR TOO GEO FOR WORDS…{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ANDREW {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHISTLE FOR A HOTTIE ED! APPARENTLY ANDREW REALIZED HE WAS GAY AT THE TENR AGE OF FIVE! BEFORE GETTG TO TELEVISN PRENTG FOR CBBC, HE APPEARED THE BBC’S POPULAR CHILDREN’S DRAMA BYKER GROVE. OH, AND MORE RECENTLY, ANDREW GUT STARRED SEVERAL EPISOS OF DOCTOR WHO!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KRISTIAN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SMART AND CHARMG – THE PERFECT BATN! KRISTIAN IS A POPULAR DAYTIME TV PRENTER WH THE BBC. HIS SHOWS CLU TO BUY OR NOT TO BUY, UNCHARTED TERRORY AND TRADG UP. HE’S ALSO AN AWARD-WNG FILM DIRECTOR AND PROPERTY VELOPER. AND HE HOSTED THAT GAY SHOW FOR BBC {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALAN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THANKS TO HIS MP MEANOR AND SCY JOK, BRISH STAND-UP EDIAN AND TV PRENTER CARR HAS BEE A POPULAR FIGURE ON THE EDY CIRCU. THE -HOST OF CHANNEL 4’S BRILLIANT THE FRIDAY NIGHT PROJECT IS MUCH MAND AND ’S MORED ITV WANT HIM TO PRENT A PLANNED REVIVAL OF BLD DATE. OH MY. WHAT WOULD CILLA SAY?!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GRAHAM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PERHAPS ONE OF THE UK’S MOST FAMO GAY MEN, NEVER MD TV PRENTERS, NORTON HAS MANY CHAT SHOWS UNR HIS BELT, CLUDG SO GRAHAM NORTON, V GRAHAM NORTON AND THE GRAHAM NORTON SHOW. HE’S ALSO PRENTED THE LIK OF ANY DREAM WILL DO, HOW DO YOU SOLVE A PROBLEM LIKE MARIA? AND STRICTLY DANCE FEVER FOR THE BBC. OH, AND HE PLAYED FATHER NOEL FURLONG ON CHANNEL 4’S CRILLY ACCLAIMED S FATHER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALISTAIR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AFTER GRADUATG WH A 2.1 GREE ENGLISH LERATURE, ALISTAIR LEFT THE UK FOR POLAND. HE BEME THE ONT-MAN OF YOUTH CURRENT-AFFAIRS SHOW, HEAT, GERMANY. IN 1999 HE RETURNED TO THE UK AND WENT ON TO HOST HOE DOCTOR ON FIVE, AS WELL AS GARN INVARS AND CASH THE ATTIC FOR THE BBC. SURPRISGLY, ALISTAIR HAS EVEN APPEARED FOOTBALLERS’ WIV, OF ALL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ANTHONY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BT KNOWN FOR HIS PRENTG WORK ON CHANNEL 4’S T4 AND MTV, AS WELL AS BBC HOLIDAY, CRANK HAS ALSO BEEN THE CELEBRY EDOR FOR NUMERO MAGAZ CLUDG OK!, MIZZ AND MORE. HE’S ACTED ALONGSI ANNA FRIEL AND WAS ONCE CROWNED MR LOVELY LEGS UK BY RICHARD AND JUDY. NOW THAT WE’D LIKE TO SEE!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PL O’{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THERE WAS A TIME WHEN TELEVISN PRENTER, ACTOR AND EDIAN O’GRADY WAS BT KNOWN FOR DRSG UP DRAG AS HIS ALTER-EGO, LILY SAVAGE. NOWADAYS HE’S BEE THE KG OF HIS OWN EARLY EVENG CHAT SHOW, THE NEW PL O’GRADY SHOW ON CHANNEL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BRIAN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FORMER FLIGHT ATTENDANT BRIAN WON BIG BROTHER 2001 AND HAS SCE GONE ON TO HAVE A VERY SUCCSFUL TV PRENTG REER. HIGHLIGHTS CLU SMTV LIVE, BRIAN’S BOYIENDS, I’M FAMO AND FRIGHTENED AND THE MT. MOST RECENTLY, HE’S BEEN DISPLAYG HIS OKG SKILLS, OR LACK OF, AS A TRAEE CELEBRY CHEF ON HELL’S KCHEN, NARROWLY MISSG A PLACE THE FAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JULIAN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ACTOR, EDIAN AND WRER, CLARY STARTED HIS REER ON THE ALTERNATIVE EDY CIRCU. IN THE EARLY 1980S HE LLED HIMSELF THE JOAN COLLS FANCLUB, WORE HEAVY GLAM MAKE-UP, OUTRAGEO CLOTH AND WAS RARELY SEEN WHOUT HIS PET DOG, “FANNY THE WONR DOG.” HIGH ON MP, HE’S HOSTED HIS OWN GAME SHOW, STICKY MOMENTS WH JULIAN CLARY, AS WELL AS THE ALL STAR TALENT SHOW AND UNRDOGS. IN 1992 HE APPEARED CARRY ON COLUMB, WHICH WAS A (VERY) UNSUCCSFUL ATTEMPT TO REVIVE THE CARRY ON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SIMON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DCRIBED BY HEAT MAGAZE AS “A ONE MAN ADVERT FOR GEEK CHIC”, PRENTER AND STAND-UP EDIAN AMSTELL STARTED OUT AS A PRENTER ON CHILDREN’S CHANNEL, NICKELOON. HE THEN WENT ON TO HOST POPWORLD ON CHANNEL 4 FOR SIX YEARS. UNAAID TO ASK CELEBRI ANNOYG AND IRRELEVANT QUTNS, HE MA BRNEY SPEARS CRY LONG BEFORE HER PERFORMANCE ON MTV’S VIO MIC AWARDS. AMSTELL CURRENTLY PRENTS NEVER MD THE BUZZCKS ON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BRENDAN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IRISH EDIAN AND TV PRENTER, COURTNEY CREATED AND PRENTED IRELAND’S H INTER CHAT ROOM DATG SHOW WANRLT. 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MORE RECENTLY, HE’S BEEN HOSTG HIS VERY OWN TEA TIME CHAT SHOW LLED THAT ANTONY COTTON SHOW ON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

7 HILAR GAY COMEDIANS WHO SLAY EVERY PERFORMANCE

Whether the bt LGBTQ edians are observatnal, suatnal, absurdist, blue llar, abstract, alternative, dark, or a long form storyteller, all of the funnit gay edians are unique, hardworkg, and hilar. Which gay and lbian stand up edians do you love?

LGBTQ TRAVEL: A FABULOUS GUI TO GAY TRAVEL 2023

Kathryn McKnon Berthold (born January 6, 1984) is an Amerin actrs, edian, and mician wily known as a regular st member on The Big Gay Sketch Show (2007–2010) and Saturday Night Live (2012–prent).

FELLOW TRAVELERS: INSI MATT BOMER AND JONATHAN BAILEY’S EPIC, SEXY ROMANCETHE TWO ACTORS GIVE THEIR ALL TO THIS S-SPANNG LIMED SERI, WHICH EXPLOR A GAY LOVE STORY WH BOLD—AND EXPLIC—CEMATIC SWEEP.BY DAVID CANFIELDMAY 25, 2023BY BEN MARK HOLZBERG/SHOWTIME.SAVE THIS STORYSAVESAVE THIS STORYSAVEWHEN MATT BOMER AND JONATHAN BAILEY FIRST MET AT A FFEE SHOP ON CUMBERLAND STREET TORONTO, ON THE VERGE OF BEGNG SIX MONTHS OF FILMG FOR THEIR S-SPANNG LIMED SERI FELLOW TRAVELERS, THEY MA A PACT TO HAVE EACH OTHER’S BACKS. SOUNDS SIMPLE ENOUGH, GIVEN THAT THEY WERE ABOUT TO EMBARK ON SOME OF THE RICHT SCREEN WORK OF THEIR RPECTIVE REERS. BUT OVER ZOOM, BOTH ACTORS SPEAK OF THAT TRODUCTN NOW AS ALMOST SACRED. WATCH FELLOW TRAVELERS, AND YOU’LL UNRSTAND WHY. THE SHOWTIME EPIC PICTS AN EXTRAORDARY TIMACY BETWEEN S LEAD CHARACTERS, AND ASKS FOR TE VULNERABILY OM BOMER AND BAILEY, WHO LIVER WHOUT PROMISE.COURTY OF SHOWTIME.ADAPTED BY OSR NOMEE RON NYSWANER (PHILALPHIA) OM THOMAS MALLON’S 2007 NOVEL, FELLOW TRAVELERS (PREMIERG THIS FALL ON PARAMOUNT+ WH SHOWTIME) EXAM THE VOLATILE, PASSNATE, EPLY LOVG ROMANCE BETWEEN HAWKS FULLER (BOMER), A CHARISMATIC IF SOMEWHAT OPAQUE WAR HERO TURNED POLIL STAFFER, AND TIM LGHL (BAILEY), A RELIG IALIST LOOKG FOR HIS WAY TO THE DC GRD. THEY MEET AT THE DAWN OF THE EARLY-’50S LAVENR SRE, WHICH SENATOR JOSEPH MCCARTHY AND HIS CHIEF UNSEL ROY COHN PURGED WHOMEVER THEY EMED GAY OR LBIAN OM ERNMENT ROL—DUBBG THEM MUNIST SYMPATHIZERS—AND SPARKED A NATNAL MORAL PANIC AROUND HOMOSEXUALY. THE SERI THEN BUILDS TO A KD OF GRAND CHRONICLE OF QUEER AMERIN HISTORY, TRACG THE EVOLUTN OF HAWK AND TIM’S RELATNSHIP THROUGH VAR ERAS BEFORE CULMATG THE AIDS EPIMIC OF THE 1980S.A GUI TO HOLLYWOOD’S BIGGT RACARROWTHE PROJECT ME TO BAILEY AT A SERENDIPO MOMENT. FOR THE FIRST TIME HIS LIFE, THE BREAKOUT STAR OF BRIDGERTON WAS MAND AND BEG ASKED WHAT HE WANTED TO DO NEXT. “MY ANSWER WAS ALWAYS, ‘WELL, I’D LOVE TO DO A SWEEPG GAY LOVE STORY,’ BUT MY EXPERIENCE ACTUALLY WAS THAT I’D NEVER REALLY SEEN THEM,” BAILEY SAYS. “OR IF I HAD, I HADN’T SEEN ACTORS LIKE ME AND MATT PLAY THOSE ROL.” (BOTH BAILEY AND BOMER INTIFY AS GAY.) THAT DREAM OPPORTUNY ABPTLY PRENTED SELF FELLOW TRAVELERS, WHICH BAILEY JOED AFTER BOMER HAD ALREADY SIGNED ON AS BOTH STAR AND EXECUTIVE PRODUCER. “THE STORY HAD BEEN MARATG WH RON FOR A SOLID BEFORE I EVER ME ON BOARD,” BOMER SAYS. “RON HAD AN ALMOST RELIG ZEAL ABOUT THIS PROJECT, THIS WORLD, AND THE CHARACTERS THAT JT WASHED OVER EVERYONE VOLVED, AND MA THE PROFOUND EXPERIENCE THAT WAS.”BY BEN MARK HOLZBERG/SHOWTIME.NYSWANER HAD ALREADY DONE NSIRABLE REARCH ON FELLOW TRAVELERS, HAVG PREVLY PLANNED TO ADAPT THE BOOK AS A FILM. HE HAD MORE RECENTLY TABLISHED HIMSELF PRTIGE TV—WRG FOR SHOWTIME DRAMAS LIKE HOMELAND AND RAY DONOVAN—WHILE NTUG TO WORK MOVI. HIS SCRIPT FOR LAST YEAR’S AMAZON FEATURE MY POLICEMAN TRODUCED HIM TO PRODUCER ROBBIE ROGERS; NYSWANER SENT ROGERS THE FELLOW TRAVELERS NOVEL, WHICH SPARKED A NVERSATN ABOUT MAKG A LIMED SERI OUT OF . “THE AMBN OF GOG THROUGH THE DIFFERENT S AND FDG A REALLY PELLG STORY—NOTHG LIKE THAT HAD BEEN DONE, WHERE ’S AN EPIC GAY LOVE STORY THAT HAS THIS POLIL ELEMENT THAT’S WOVEN THROUGH ,” SAYS ROGERS. FELLOW TRAVELERS LEAV NO STONE UNTURNED, EXPANDG S WORLD BEYOND HAWK AND TIM TO FASHN AN EXPANSIVE HISTORIL TAPTRY. A RE PARALLEL STRAND OF THE DRAMA FOLLOWS JELANI ALLAD’S MARC HOOKS, A QUEER BLACK POLIL JOURNALIST FDG A NEW PARTNER OF HIS OWN (NOAH J. RICKETTS), WHILE NYSWANER’S EARLY EPISOS ALSO DIG TO THE VIC METHODS OF MCCARTHY (A TRANSFORMED CHRIS BER) AND THE APPALLG HYPOCRISY OF COHN (WILL BRILL). “SOMETHG LIKE AN TIMATED 10,000 PEOPLE LOST THEIR JOBS, AND A LOT OF FOLKS TOOK THEIR OWN LIV,” BOMER SAYS. “THAT’S THE LANDSPE THAT THE PEOPLE ARE ALG WH.”BY BEN MARK HOLZBERG/SHOWTIME.COURTY OF SHOWTIME.BUT HAWK AND TIM ARE OUR FLAWED, FASCATG HERO—WH FELLOW TRAVELERS CISIVELY SUATG THEIR TENSE CHEMISTRY WH A BROAR POLIL NTEXT. THE LH, SWEEPG, LIBERATELY OLD-FASHNED QUALY OF THE FILMMAKG, TEMPLATED BY EMMY-WNG DIRECTOR DANIEL MAHAN (AMERIN CRIME STORY), NTRASTS SHARPLY WH THE SHOW’S CREDIBLY SPECIFIC FOC ON ONE UPLE’S DYNAMIC. THAT TIMATE STORY IS LARGELY TOLD, WH A SURPRISG AND CCIAL BOLDNS, THROUGH SEX.“THE NUANCE OF A PLITED, VOLATILE QUEER RELATNSHIP IS THE POWER BALANCE—AND THAT IS WHAT IS AMAZG ABOUT TIM AND HAWK,” BAILEY SAYS. “EVERY SGLE SEX SCENE IS A METICULO EXAMATN OF POWER.” FELLOW TRAVELERS HEATS UP AS HAWK GETS TIM A JOB WORKG FOR MCCARTHY—AND TASKS HIM WH SPYG ON THE SENATOR FOR TEL ON HIS TACTICS, AND SIGHTS TO HIS WEAKNS. THIS GIVE-AND-TAKE EVABLY MOV TO THE BEDROOM, THE SPAC WHERE THE TWO MEN MT GRAPPLE WH NOT ONLY THEIR HIDN BLOSSOMG LOVE, BUT ALSO THE TRANSACTNAL QUALY OF THEIR BOND. “THERE’S A LEVEL OF TST AND TIMACY THAT’S EVEN MORE VALUABLE WHEN SOCIETY IS AGAST YOU,” BOMER SAYS. “YOU KEEP YOUR SECRETS TOGETHER.” COURTY OF SHOWTIME.THE RULTG SEX SCEN, PTURG A RANGE OF ROLE PLAYS, WILL RG AS HIGHLY THENTIC TO GAY MEN, AND MARK UNCHARTED TERRORY FOR MASTREAM DRAMATIC TV—EVEN ON A WORK LIKE SHOWTIME. “NOT THAT WILL BE SHOCKG TO PEOPLE, BUT I HOPE WHEN PEOPLE WATCH , THEY’RE LIKE, ‘OH, WOW. THEY REALLY WENT FOR ,’” ROGERS SAYS. THE PRODUCTN MA TIMACY ORDATORS AVAILABLE TO THE ST THROUGHOUT FILMG, AND BOMER AND BAILEY FELT AN TRSIC TST WH EACH OTHER, ROOTED THAT CUMBERLAND STREET PACT. “I WILL BE SO TERTED TO SEE HOW PEOPLE RPOND TO ,” BAILEY SAYS. “TO ME, BEG QUEER ALSO IS ABOUT, AS TWO MEN, HOW YOU NEGOTIATE YOUR GIVG OF YOUR BODY TO THE OTHER PERSON. THAT IS SOMETHG THAT I’VE ALWAYS YEARNED TO SEE PROPERLY DONE BEE I KNOW HOW EXTRAORDARY IS TO EXPERIENCE .” AT ONE POT, BAILEY SENT BOMER A VIO OF TORVILL AND DEAN’S LEGENDARY “BOLERO” ICE DANCE. “WE’RE TWO ICE SKATERS DANCG TOGETHER— SORT OF FELT LIKE THAT,” BAILEY SAYS WH A LGH. BOMER CHIM : “IT WAS REALLY TERTG TO FD THE DIFFERENT TYP OF EXPRSN OF THEIR LOVE AND TIMACY OVER THE DIFFERENT TIME PERDS,” HE SAYS. “IT WAS LIKE OPENG A CHRISTMAS PRENT EVERY TIME I WOULD SEE JONNY A NEW TIME PERD AND SEE WHAT HE WOULD BRG TO THE TABLE WH THIS NEW CHAPTER OF TIM’S LIFE.”BY BEN MARK HOLZBERG/SHOWTIME.THE SHOW BEGS BY SHIFTG BETWEEN THE ’50S AND ’80S, BUT S LATTER HALF SHAK UP THE FORMULA, HURTLG TO PERDS OF LIBERATN. IN HAWK, BOMER CHARTS THE EXPANSN OF A MAN WHO’S PARTMENTALIZED A VAL PART OF HIS BEG FOR MUCH OF HIS LIFE. “LOVE IS DANGERO—’S A THREAT TO HIS VERY EXISTENCE, AND TIM IS REALLY THE ONLY PERSON WHO N CHALLENGE THAT,” HE SAYS. OVER TIME, HE MARRI A CHILDHOOD IEND, LUCY SMH (ALLISON WILLIAMS), WHILE NTUG TO SEE TIM. THE SHOW DO NOT EVER ST TIM A PIABLE LIGHT, HOWEVER. “HE’S VERY PURE, EVEN THOUGH HE’S ALWAYS SEARCHG FOR ABSOLUTN AND TTH, AND HE IS FUNDAMENTALLY VERY CLEAR ON WHO HE IS,” BAILEY SAYS. “I ULD SEE WHO THAT WAS.” THE ’80S SEGMENT OF THE SHOW, GLIMPSED THROUGH TO THE FAL EPISO, OPENS WH THE CHARACTERS SEPARATED—WH THEIR TENSE, HEARTBREAKG RNN LEADG TO THE NARRATIVE’S NCLN. OVER EIGHT HOURS, THE SHOW AMBLY RECREAT EVERYTHG OM ’50S DC TO ’70S FIRE ISLAND TO ’80S BAY AREA—ALL TORONTO AND SOMEHOW, PER ROGERS, UNR BUDGET. THE FAL SCEN TAKE PLACE AT THE FAMED AIDS QUILT, WH THE PRODUCTN SIGNERS THOROUGHLY REIMAGG THE INIC NATNAL MALL SE. THEY HAD COHN’S ACTUAL SQUARE ON HAND, AND SIGNED SOME OTHERS OM SCRATCH. “WHEN YOU SEE , YOU WON’T BELIEVE ,” ROGERS TEAS. “YOU’LL BE LIKE, ‘OH, MY GOSH, THIS LOOKS LIKE THEY SHOT DC.’”COURTY OF SHOWTIME.COURTY OF SHOWTIME.BY THE TIME PRODUCTN WRAPPED, BAILEY AND BOMER FACED A FULFILLG—IF NOT EASY—GOODBYE. “JT GETTG TO PLAY THE CHARACTER OVER THE URSE OF 35 YEARS—SOME OF THE SCEN THAT TAKE PLACE THE LAST EPISO FOR ME WERE SUCH A RE OF PASSAGE TERMS OF SAYG GOODBYE TO THE CHARACTER,” BOMER SAYS. ADDS BAILEY, “IT’S BEEN JT THE MOST JOYO, EMOTNAL, AND ALSO RMATIVE EXPERIENCE I’VE HAD ON A JOB. I’VE NEVER GRIEVED A CHARACTER MORE.”WELL, KD OF. BAILEY ACTUALLY FILMED THE THIRD SEASON OF BRIDGERTON AT THE SAME TIME AS FELLOW TRAVELERS. “I HAD A REALLY WEIRD TIME,” HE SAYS. AT THE TIME, HE’D REGULARLY MUTE BETWEEN CANADA AND THE UK. AND FOR HIS LAST DAY MAKG FELLOW TRAVELERS, HE WORKED THROUGH AN EMOTNALLY DRAG 19-, MAYBE 20-HOUR SHOOT WH BOMER. THE WORK BLED TO THE WEEKEND. BAILEY FALLY LEFT THE SET FOR THE LAST TIME. AND BY MONDAY, HE WAS BACK REGENCY-ERA ENGLAND, TRANSPORTED 200 YEARS TO THE PAST, CHARACTER AS ANTHONY BRIDGERTON. “WHEN I SAY I GRIEVED , I DIDN’T ACTUALLY HAVE ANY SPACE TO,” BAILEY SAYS NOW OF FELLOW TRAVELERS. “BUT I STILL THK ABOUT TIM A LOT.” UNRSTANDABLY—THIS IS A LIFE STORY THAT’LL STAY WH YOU.LISTEN TO VANY FAIR’S LTLE GOLD MEN PODST NOW.MORE GREAT STORI FROM VANY FAIRHOW FOUR BILLNAIRE TECHNO-OLIGARCHS ARE CREATG AN ALTERNATE REALYEXCLIVE NEW DETAILS ABOUT MEGHAN MARKLE’S WEDDG DRSA BIRD’S-EYE VIEW OF EVERYTHG HAPPENG AT THIS FALL’S FILM FTIVALS—WHOUT THE STARSA SER SETBACK FOR TMP’S PLAN TO GET REELECTED AND PARDON HIMSELFMEET KYLE DCHANEL, THE PRETEND PLAYBOY WHO SEEMS TO HAVE FOOLED HALF OF MANHATTANTHE ULTIMATE GUI TO FALL MOVIFROM THE ARCHIVE: A FATHER’S ACUNT OF THE TRIAL OF HIS DGHTER’S KILLEREND-OF-SUMMER SALE! TAKE 25% OFF AT THE VF SHOPDAVID CANFIELD

However, he is perhaps bt known for beg a rrponnt on The Daily Show wh Trevor Noah, He quietly left the show November 2021 and is workg as a wrer and executive producer on the upg HBO seri adaptatn of the book The Gang’s All Queer: The Liv of Gay Gang Members. After breakg to the edy scene, this South Korean-born edian released their but stand-up album, Mol Mory, which vered racism the gay muny and his experienc fyg stereotyp about Asian Amerins.

And will soon appear alongsi fellow gay Asian ic Bowen Yang the gay romantic edy Fire Island. He filmed the documentary How Gay Is Pakistan?, worked as a wrer on the queer Netflix dreamed seri Sex Edutn and opened for Queer Eye‘s nonbary fashn maven Jonathan Van Ns on tour. The traed opera sger often throws attentn-grabbg mil performanc to his acts which ver datg, homophobia and his life New York Cy.

While he has been regnized as an important ntributor to the creasgly acceptg edy world, he has also acknowledged that gay edians existed long before he and his peers me around. 7 Hilar Gay Comedians Who Slay Every PerformancePri Month means that ’s time to enjoy art and entertament om our favore LGBTQ creators, so here are seven of the bt gay Jun. While we should be watchg a diverse array of stand-up edy all year long, now is the time to celebrate some of the bt gay edians the universe has to offer.

12 PROMENT GAY PRENTERS ON BRISH {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}TVBY KATE ANRSONSEPTEMBER 18, 2007/10:33 AMBY KATE ANRSONSEPTEMBER 18, 2007 / 10:33 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"12 PROMENT GAY PRENTERS ON BRISH TELEVISN","DATEPUBLISHED":"2007-09-18T14:33:47.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2007-09-18T14:33:47.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"KATE ANRSON","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TV PRENTERS ARE TWO A PENNY. BUT OPENLY GAY TV PRENTERS, WELL, THAT’S A WHOLE DIFFERENT KETTLE OF FISH. SURPRISGLY, THOUGH, BRISH TELEVISN SEEMS TO HAVE MORE THAN S FAIR SHARE OF PRENTERS WHO JT SO HAPPEN TO BE OUT AND PROUD. AND SO, TO OUR NDOWN OF TWELVE OF THE TOP GAY PRENTERS, HOSTS, BROADSTERS, (LL THEM WHAT YOU LIKE!) ON BRISH TV. SOME ARE FAMO. SOME ARE NOT. SOME ARE DOWN RIGHT FUNNY. AND SOME ARE JT FAR TOO GEO FOR WORDS…{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ANDREW {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHISTLE FOR A HOTTIE ED! APPARENTLY ANDREW REALIZED HE WAS GAY AT THE TENR AGE OF FIVE! BEFORE GETTG TO TELEVISN PRENTG FOR CBBC, HE APPEARED THE BBC’S POPULAR CHILDREN’S DRAMA BYKER GROVE. OH, AND MORE RECENTLY, ANDREW GUT STARRED SEVERAL EPISOS OF DOCTOR WHO!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KRISTIAN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SMART AND CHARMG – THE PERFECT BATN! KRISTIAN IS A POPULAR DAYTIME TV PRENTER WH THE BBC. HIS SHOWS CLU TO BUY OR NOT TO BUY, UNCHARTED TERRORY AND TRADG UP. HE’S ALSO AN AWARD-WNG FILM DIRECTOR AND PROPERTY VELOPER. AND HE HOSTED THAT GAY SHOW FOR BBC {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALAN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THANKS TO HIS MP MEANOR AND SCY JOK, BRISH STAND-UP EDIAN AND TV PRENTER CARR HAS BEE A POPULAR FIGURE ON THE EDY CIRCU. THE -HOST OF CHANNEL 4’S BRILLIANT THE FRIDAY NIGHT PROJECT IS MUCH MAND AND ’S MORED ITV WANT HIM TO PRENT A PLANNED REVIVAL OF BLD DATE. OH MY. WHAT WOULD CILLA SAY?!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GRAHAM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PERHAPS ONE OF THE UK’S MOST FAMO GAY MEN, NEVER MD TV PRENTERS, NORTON HAS MANY CHAT SHOWS UNR HIS BELT, CLUDG SO GRAHAM NORTON, V GRAHAM NORTON AND THE GRAHAM NORTON SHOW. HE’S ALSO PRENTED THE LIK OF ANY DREAM WILL DO, HOW DO YOU SOLVE A PROBLEM LIKE MARIA? AND STRICTLY DANCE FEVER FOR THE BBC. OH, AND HE PLAYED FATHER NOEL FURLONG ON CHANNEL 4’S CRILLY ACCLAIMED S FATHER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALISTAIR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AFTER GRADUATG WH A 2.1 GREE ENGLISH LERATURE, ALISTAIR LEFT THE UK FOR POLAND. HE BEME THE ONT-MAN OF YOUTH CURRENT-AFFAIRS SHOW, HEAT, GERMANY. IN 1999 HE RETURNED TO THE UK AND WENT ON TO HOST HOE DOCTOR ON FIVE, AS WELL AS GARN INVARS AND CASH THE ATTIC FOR THE BBC. SURPRISGLY, ALISTAIR HAS EVEN APPEARED FOOTBALLERS’ WIV, OF ALL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ANTHONY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BT KNOWN FOR HIS PRENTG WORK ON CHANNEL 4’S T4 AND MTV, AS WELL AS BBC HOLIDAY, CRANK HAS ALSO BEEN THE CELEBRY EDOR FOR NUMERO MAGAZ CLUDG OK!, MIZZ AND MORE. HE’S ACTED ALONGSI ANNA FRIEL AND WAS ONCE CROWNED MR LOVELY LEGS UK BY RICHARD AND JUDY. NOW THAT WE’D LIKE TO SEE!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PL O’{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THERE WAS A TIME WHEN TELEVISN PRENTER, ACTOR AND EDIAN O’GRADY WAS BT KNOWN FOR DRSG UP DRAG AS HIS ALTER-EGO, LILY SAVAGE. NOWADAYS HE’S BEE THE KG OF HIS OWN EARLY EVENG CHAT SHOW, THE NEW PL O’GRADY SHOW ON CHANNEL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BRIAN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FORMER FLIGHT ATTENDANT BRIAN WON BIG BROTHER 2001 AND HAS SCE GONE ON TO HAVE A VERY SUCCSFUL TV PRENTG REER. HIGHLIGHTS CLU SMTV LIVE, BRIAN’S BOYIENDS, I’M FAMO AND FRIGHTENED AND THE MT. MOST RECENTLY, HE’S BEEN DISPLAYG HIS OKG SKILLS, OR LACK OF, AS A TRAEE CELEBRY CHEF ON HELL’S KCHEN, NARROWLY MISSG A PLACE THE FAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JULIAN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ACTOR, EDIAN AND WRER, CLARY STARTED HIS REER ON THE ALTERNATIVE EDY CIRCU. IN THE EARLY 1980S HE LLED HIMSELF THE JOAN COLLS FANCLUB, WORE HEAVY GLAM MAKE-UP, OUTRAGEO CLOTH AND WAS RARELY SEEN WHOUT HIS PET DOG, “FANNY THE WONR DOG.” HIGH ON MP, HE’S HOSTED HIS OWN GAME SHOW, STICKY MOMENTS WH JULIAN CLARY, AS WELL AS THE ALL STAR TALENT SHOW AND UNRDOGS. IN 1992 HE APPEARED CARRY ON COLUMB, WHICH WAS A (VERY) UNSUCCSFUL ATTEMPT TO REVIVE THE CARRY ON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SIMON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DCRIBED BY HEAT MAGAZE AS “A ONE MAN ADVERT FOR GEEK CHIC”, PRENTER AND STAND-UP EDIAN AMSTELL STARTED OUT AS A PRENTER ON CHILDREN’S CHANNEL, NICKELOON. HE THEN WENT ON TO HOST POPWORLD ON CHANNEL 4 FOR SIX YEARS. UNAAID TO ASK CELEBRI ANNOYG AND IRRELEVANT QUTNS, HE MA BRNEY SPEARS CRY LONG BEFORE HER PERFORMANCE ON MTV’S VIO MIC AWARDS. AMSTELL CURRENTLY PRENTS NEVER MD THE BUZZCKS ON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BRENDAN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IRISH EDIAN AND TV PRENTER, COURTNEY CREATED AND PRENTED IRELAND’S H INTER CHAT ROOM DATG SHOW WANRLT. HIS HOSTG SKILLS HAVE ALSO FEATURED ON HOW GAY ARE YOU?, ANT AND DEC’S SATURDAY NIGHT TAKEAWAY, WEDDGS LIVE, THE CLOTH SHOW AND IRELAND’S PRIME-TIME TALK SHOW, THE BRENDAN COURTNEY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ANTONY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BEFORE FDG FAME AS GAY BARMAN AND FACTORY WORKER SEAN TULLY CORONATN STREET, COTTON APPEARED THE ORIGAL UK VERSN OF QUEER AS FOLK. MORE RECENTLY, HE’S BEEN HOSTG HIS VERY OWN TEA TIME CHAT SHOW LLED THAT ANTONY COTTON SHOW ON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

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