After his gross-out satire The Interview threatened to trigger a third world war, the actor/director/artist/novelist shot a subtle drama about a gay activist who be a straight pastor. He speaks to Ryan Gilbey about phg the lims
Contents:
- EMEM COM OUT AS GAY SONY’S ‘THE INTERVIEW’
- WATCH EMEM REVEAL HE’S GAY IN A SCENE FROM THE INTERVIEW
- EMEM SAYS COMG OUT AS GAY IN ‘THE INTERVIEW’ WAS NOT AN ACT
- EMEM ADMS HE'S GAY IN 'THE INTERVIEW' [VIDEO]
- 'IT'S A S' BRGS A LOST GENERATN OF GAY MEN TO LIFE
- JAGUARS’ KEV MAXEN IS FIRST MALE ACH TO E OUT AS GAY US MEN’S PRO SPORTS
- WHAT 40 YEARS OF CELEBRY TERVIEWS TGHT ME ABOUT ATTUS TOWARDS GAY MEN
- THE INTERVIEW: STRAIGHT TO GAY FIRST TIME FEMIZATN
- ANNE RICE AND HER HOMOEROTIC VAMPIR LEFT AN IMMORTAL MARK ON GAY CULTURE
- JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS' KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE COACH TO COME OUT AS GAY MAJOR U.S. SPORTS
EMEM COM OUT AS GAY SONY’S ‘THE INTERVIEW’
Catch up wh the latt celebri of tert the gay muny - gay actors, micians, mols, athlet, TV personali and more. * the interview gay *
Anyone who tuned out their fay and tuned The Interview on Xmas day was treated to an Emem meo where the rapper — who is equently acced of homophobia for g the very bad f-word nsistently — out as gay.
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WATCH EMEM REVEAL HE’S GAY IN A SCENE FROM THE INTERVIEW
Tom Hardy is known for many thgs: His lead rol Inceptn and Mad Max: Fury Road; his embrace of femism; his tense love for dogs; his shape-shiftg beard; his pillowy lips. But among his (many) gay fans, the 37-year-old Brish actor is perhaps bt known for somethg very different: Admtg, and later nyg he admted, that he ed to have sex wh men. * the interview gay *
But among his (many) gay fans, the 37-year-old Brish actor is perhaps bt known for somethg very different: Admtg, and later nyg he admted, that he ed to have sex wh 2008—ancient Hollywood history—Hardy posed for the December ver of the gay Brish magaze Attu as part of a publicy tour for the “crime edy” RocknRolla, which Hardy played a closeted London gangster named Handsome Bob. Now, ’s not unmon for ostensibly straight men to pose for gay publitns Bra; Daniel Radcliffe, for example, has graced the ver of Attu at least twice. But an acpanyg terview wh Attu’s Simon Gage, Hardy let on that he wasn’t always one thoand percent ’s the relevant part:It’s such a tradn of London gangsters, the gay thg, what wh the Krays...
EMEM SAYS COMG OUT AS GAY IN ‘THE INTERVIEW’ WAS NOT AN ACT
Rapper Emem says he's gay, at least the film, "The Interview." * the interview gay *
I love the form and the physily but the gay sex b do nothg for me. But there’s plenty of stuff a relatnship wh another man, pecially gay men, that I need my life.
A lot of gay men get my thg for sho. I have fe feme quali and a lot of gay men are credibly ’s enough text and subtext here to fill several doctoral dissertatns queer theory.
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EMEM ADMS HE'S GAY IN 'THE INTERVIEW' [VIDEO]
A new Brish TV drama looks at the liv of gay men London at the very start of the AIDS crisis — back when no one wanted to stop the party, and no one thought the vis uld touch them. * the interview gay *
“He was discsg a gay role and quot g om the character, ” the same person time we checked IMDb, the only gay role Tom played was RocknRolla oppose Gerard Butler. ” Bis, plenty of gay men do not practice anal sex. Not havg engaged do not necsarily mean Hardy has never had sex wh is possible, of urse, that Hardy was g peratn as a metonym for beg gay, treatg this particular behavr as the fg act of gay men.
'IT'S A S' BRGS A LOST GENERATN OF GAY MEN TO LIFE
Jacksonville Jaguars associate strength ach Kev Maxen is believed to be the first openly gay male ach major North Amerin men's sports after g out publicly an terview wh Outsports. * the interview gay *
Though historil acunts differ slightly, each Kray tw is said to have been gay. The rapper, who’s been unr fire for his homophobic lyrics over the last 15 years, mak a big announcement to Fran’s Skylark.
When I rap about gay people, that’s bee I’m gay. Do likg Katy Perry's "Firework" and margaras make you gay? But largely unnoticed is the blatant homophobia baked to the film's plot at every possible moment.
Gay marriage has been legalized 35 stat and DOMA was led unnstutnal.
JAGUARS’ KEV MAXEN IS FIRST MALE ACH TO E OUT AS GAY US MEN’S PRO SPORTS
AMC’s new show fally lets Ltat and Louis be gay, do crim. * the interview gay *
You'd thk we'd be over tastels and unnecsary gay jok as the LGBT muny achiev slow and steady progrs toward equal protectn unr the law.
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WHAT 40 YEARS OF CELEBRY TERVIEWS TGHT ME ABOUT ATTUS TOWARDS GAY MEN
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But real life, the rapper has ntued to e homophobic slurs his mic while reassurg that he supports gay 's not funny to mock Emem for g out of the closet — fact, mak light of a real-life stggle many people face. Rogen's character exclaims, "This is the greatt moment gay history! " No, pretty sure 's Pictur Home Entertament/YouTubeThe movie ntu to make tastels gay jok left and right.
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THE INTERVIEW: STRAIGHT TO GAY FIRST TIME FEMIZATN
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Is lkg their homoerotic bond to their daddy issu supposed to be heartwarmg? Sony Pictur Home Entertament/YouTubeThis isn't to say that gay jok should be banned om pop culture.
ANNE RICE AND HER HOMOEROTIC VAMPIR LEFT AN IMMORTAL MARK ON GAY CULTURE
The inic Amerin thor of gothic fictn, cludg "Interview Wh the Vampire," was a vol support of gay rights. * the interview gay *
But the manner which this film jts wh gayns don't e off as clever — jt tired and cheap. But for the most part, many of s gay jok are not effective. They're only effective the sense that they'll make a 12-year-old boy who still drops the word "gay" around as a synonym for "dumb" lgh.
Bros throw around gayns an effort for some cheap farce — and they strike out. Instead of relyg on butthol and guy-on-guy actn, edians and movi should strive for smarter tak on the passé gay joke.
Marshall Mathers, also known by his stage name Emem, one of the most succsful rappers of all time, ma a meo the highly ntroversial edy film The Interview, which he plays himself, announcg durg an terview that he is gay. Acrdg to Emem, when asked about the movie and s dialogue, which he nonchalantly proclaimed to be a gay man, the rapper said that he ad-libbed that whole scene himself, and that although the film was played like a joke, was his way of discsg his te opn on the matters of sex and celebri.
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS' KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE COACH TO COME OUT AS GAY MAJOR U.S. SPORTS
I’ve rapped about sex, I’ve rapped about beg gay. The rapper, who has been tensely sctized throughout his reer for g homophobic slurs, said that he jt ed rogatory terms to be ironic, and that his sex life is private, and that everyone’s sex life should be as public or as private as they want to be.
“After puttg a lot of thought to , I me to the ultimate ncln that there are probably thoands, if not lns of fans of me that are gay and livg a lie. Rapper Marshall Mathers, aka Emem, 42, adms he’s homosexual “The Interview, ” the ntroversial actn edy distributed by the Columbia Pictur un of Sony Pictur Entertament.
The Detro-raised mician is playg a riture of himself the film, but his adpan actg is spot-on as he says: “When I say thgs about gay people, or people thk my lyrics are homophobic -- ’s bee I’m gay. I mean, ’s kd of like I’ve been playg gay peek-a-boo.