How do you stir up ntroversy for a pay-ble TV seri about a guy who's been ad sce 1519? If he's Leonardo Da Vci, who a number of bgraphers have nclud was gay, and you're the Starz pay ble work, you pict Tom Riley, who plays young Leonardo wh a Brish accent, havg what appears [...]
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- INTERVIEW: TOM RILEY TALKS LEONARDO'S SEXUALY & DADDY ISSU IN "DA VCI'S DEMONS"{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 JIM HALTERMANAPRIL 1, 2013/4:39 PMBY JIM HALTERMANAPRIL 1, 2013 / 4:39 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"INTERVIEW: TOM RILEY TALKS LEONARDO'S SEXUALY & DADDY ISSU IN \"DA VCI'S DEMONS\"","DATEPUBLISHED":"2013-04-01T20:39:46.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2013-04-01T20:39:46.000+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":"JIM HALTERMAN","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;}{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;}ENGLISH ACTOR TOM RILEY HEADL DA VCI'S DEMONS AS LEONARDO DA VCI {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;}WE’VE BEEN HEARG ABOUT THE NEW STARZ SERI DA VCI’S DEMONS FOR AWHILE NOW, BUT AT LAST THE FRIDAY APRIL 12TH PREMIERE DATE IS NEARLY UPON {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;}EARLIER THIS YEAR, SERI CREATOR DAVID S. GOYER TALKED NDIDLY ABOUT HOW HE WILL APPROACH THE SEXUALY OF LEONARDO DA VCI SCE HAS BEEN SPECULATED ABOUT MORE THAN ONE HISTORIL ACUNT THAT THE ARTIST WAS HOMOSEXUAL. GOYER TOLD HE WOULDN'T BE SHYG AWAY OM ANYTHG TERMS OF WHO DA VCI MAY BE ATTRACTED TO OR SLEEPG WH. HOWEVER, WHETHER THAT HAPPENS SOONER OR LATER THE SERI REMAS TO BE {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;}BUT WHAT DO THE MAN PLAYG LEONARDO MAKE OF ALL THE FS? WE SAT DOWN WH ENGLISH ACTOR TOM RILEY RECENTLY TO BREAK DOWN ALL THGS DA VCI, OM HIS SEXUALY TO HIS DADDY ISSU, BOTH OF WHICH HE SAYS WE'LL SEE AS A PART OF THE {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;}AFTERELTON: WERE YOU SURPRISED THAT THE ISSUE OF DA VCI’S SEXUALY HAS BEE SUCH A BIG TALKG POT WH THE SHOW?{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;}TOM RILEY: NO, BEE WHEN I DID MY REARCH I SAW A PART OF , AND WHEN DAVID WAS WRG AND WE WERE DISCSG AND WHEN WE WERE CHOOSG CERTA EPISOS, WE WERE TERMED TO BE UTTERLY UNFLCHG ON A WORK WHERE WE N BE. SO WE MAY AS WELL PAY AS MUCH RPECT TO THAT {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;}AE: THERE’S GLIMPSE OF THIS THE FIRST EPISO WHEN DA VCI REFERENC THE MALE HTLER THAT BY AND WANTS TO POSE FOR {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;}TR: I WANTED THAT VERY {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;}AE: IS SOMETHG THAT BE A PART OF THE SHOW AS THE EPISOS ROLL OUT?{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;}TR: THE PROBLEM IS THAT I SPERATELY WANT TO TELL YOU. BUT ’S SUCH A KEY PLOT POT. AND THE SPOILER FOR SOMETHG THAT HAPPENS LATER THE SERI THAT REVEALS TOO MUCH ABOUT , ’S A REAL SPOILER. BEE FOR ME, THE THG ABOUT DA VCI IS THERE’S A HUGE AMOUNT OF SPECULATN ABOUT HIS LIFE ANYWAY. BUT I THK WAS DAN BROWN WHO ORIGALLY WROTE THE DA VCI CO THAT HE WAS A FLAMBOYANT HOMOSEXUAL. WHICH IS A BIZARRE THG TO WRE, WHATEVER THAT MEANS, WHATEVER THAT ENTAILS. SPECULATN EXISTS ABOUT HIM AND PEOPLE ARE SAYG THAT BEE HE’S MALY HAD MALE APPRENTIC [HE WAS GAY]. BUT, OF URSE, YOU ULDN’T HAVE A FEMALE APPRENTIC ANYWAY. THERE’S NO WRG ANY OF HIS JOURNALS ABOUT LOVERS…BUT BEE THAT SPECULATN EXISTS, ’S CERTALY SOMETHG THAT WE WANT TO {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;}I THK THE FIRST TRAILER ME OUT AND PEOPLE SAW A FLASH OF A SEX SCENE [WH A WOMAN] AND WENT, ‘OH, OBVLY THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS.” BUT YOU KNOW THE OPENG CREDS OF MAD MEN, YOU SEE A GUY LEAPG OUT OF A SKYSCRAPER. AND YOU DON’T THK ‘WELL THAT’S THE ONLY WAY THIS GUY EVER LEAV A BUILDG.’ SO SOMETIM DA VCI WILL TAKE THE ELEVATOR AND SOMETIM HE’LL CHOOSE THE STAIRS. HE HAD A PASSN FOR THE HUMAN BODY AND A PASSN FOR THE PEOPLE’S MDS AND WHATEVER SEXUALY THEY ARE. AND WHY WE WOULD WANT TO ERADITE SOMETHG THAT MAK THE CHARACTER MORE PLEX. IT WILL E TO PLAY A WAY THAT, YEAH, I’M PROUD {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;}DA VCI'S NEMIS ON THE SHOW IS COUNT GIROLAMO RIAR, PLAYED BY BLAKE {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;}AE: IN YOUR REARCH, WHAT DID YOU FD OUT ABOUT SEXUALY BACK DA VCI’S TIME?{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;}TR: IT WAS A PLETELY DIFFERENT CULTURE. AND BEE OF THAT ’S ALMOST HARD TO P SEXUALY ON ANYONE…PEOPLE SLEPT WH BOYS AND SLEPT WH PARTICULARLY HIGH-RANKG OFFICIALS. IT WAS SEEN AS SOMETHG SPECIAL FOR {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;}AE: LIKE THE POPE, WHO WE SEE PORTRAYED THE FIRST EPISO. THE POPE WANTS WHAT HE {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;}TR: THE POPE WANTS WHAT HE WANTS. IF THE POPE WANTS , THE POPE GETS . BUT THAT SAID, YOU KNOW ’S SOMETHG THAT I STRONGLY BELIEVE NOW IS THAT WHATEVER SEX PEOPLE CHOOSE TO SLEEP WH, I’M SURE DA VCI WOULD’VE WANTED TO HAVE BEEN FED BY WHAT HE DID RATHER THAN WHO HE DID. IN WHAT HE ACHIEVED RATHER THAN WHO HE {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;}AE: WELL LET’S TALK ABOUT THE RELATNSHIP WH LUCREZIA DONATI (LRA HADDOCK). IT LOOKS LIKE MAYBE STARTS OUT AS LTFUL BEE HE SE HER AND SHE’S GEO. DO LOVE VELOP BETWEEN THEM?{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;}TR: THERE’S CERTALY A NNECTN BETWEEN THEM. THEY’RE BOTH CREDIBLY QUICK THKERS. WHAT IS THOUGH, AND AGA ’S ANOTHER THG, ’S LTFUL BEE HE’S ATTRACTED TO THE HUMAN BODY, BUT ACTUALLY WHAT FASCAT HIM ABOUT LUCREZIA IS THE FACT HE N’T GET A HANDLE ON WHAT SHE’S ABOUT. THERE’S SOMETHG ELSE AND OBVLY AS WE SEE AT THE END OF EPISO ONE, THERE ARE CERTA THGS ABOUT HER THAT REMA UNKNOWN. SHE HAS A LOT OF SECRETS. SO BEE SHE’S A PUZZLE HE N’T SOLVE THAT MAK HER FASCATG. EVERYTHG ELSE IS SO SIMPLE AND OBV TO HIM, AND SHE IS SOMETHG THAT N’T QUE BE WORKED OUT WHEN HE WANTS , YOU KNOW UNR HIS {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;}DA VCI FDS SOLACE THE ARMS OF MANY, CLUDG VANSA (HERA HILMER).{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;}AE: SEX SCEN. WHAT DO YOU LOVE ABOUT THEM? WHAT DO YOU LOATHE ABOUT THEM?{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;}TR: WHAT DO I LOVE ABOUT THEM? [LGHS] I MEAN ’S THIS THG YOU MT HEAR SO MANY TIM, BUT THERE IS NOTHG…WE HAD A FANTASTIC HUNGARIAN MERAMAN ON THIS SHOW, BUT HE’S A VERY HEAVY BREATHER. SO LRA AND I WOULD BE DOG A SEX SCENE AND THEN YOU HEAR THIS [RILEY MAK HEAVY BREATHG NOISE] OM BEHD YOU, AND THERE’S NOTHG LS SEXY SO THE MOMENT YOU JT KD OF THK ‘WELL THIS IS RIDICULO ISN’T ?’ WE GOT THROUGH BY GIGGLG. I MEAN, BEE ’S RIDICULO AND AS LONG AS YOU’RE IENDS THEN YOU N LGH AND GO, ‘THERE’S YOUR WILLIE OKAY,’ AND YOU JT RRY {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;}AE: THE MYSTERY WH DA VCI’S MOTHER. IS THAT SOMETHG THAT TO PLAY MORE THE FIRST SEASON?{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;}TR: IT’S SOMETHG THAT TO PLAY. THE MYTHOLOGY OF THE SHOW IS REALLY STRONG ACTUALLY. THAT’S WHAT SURPRISED ME WHEN I WATCHED THE FIRST UPLE OF EPISOS, AND NTU. THERE ARE A FEW PERPETUAL MYSTERI AND THEY WON’T NECSARILY BE SOLVED BY THE END OF THE {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;}AE: THE DADDY ISSU ARE BIG, OF URSE, AND WE FELY SEE THAT PLAYED {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;}TR: DADDY ISSU ARE GENERALLY BIG. I MEAN ALL THE DA VCI REARCH, HE REALLY DID NOT GET ON WH HIS DAD. THERE ARE A UPLE OF MOMENTS THAT LAND AND ACTUALLY, LATER EPISOS, YOU’LL SEE THAT HE DO CRAVE THE GUY’S LOVE AND AFFECTN. HE JT WANTS REASSURANCE THAT WHAT HE’S DOG IS OKAY. DPE THE FACT THAT HE’S ARROGANT ENOUGH TO THK HE OBVLY IS. HE JT NEEDS SOMEONE FATHERLY AND PATERNAL TO GO, ‘YEAH YOU’RE RIGHT.’{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;}AE: HE ALSO SEEMS REALLY FEARLS. IS THAT SOMETHG YOU’RE NSCLY BRGG TO THE ROLE?{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;}TR: YEAH, I THK BEE ’S AN TERTG THG. I FEEL THAT HE NEVER FISHED ANY MISSNS. HE WOULD START AND THEN GET RID OF THGS. HE WOULD FLIP OM THG TO THG. HE WAS BORRLE TISTIC WAYS HE ALT WH PEOPLE, SOCIALLY EPT. I JT THK HE SAW THGS SUCH A DIFFERENT WAY. HE WAS ON THE TOP FLOOR OF A HOE WHILE EVERYONE WAS STILL TRYG TO WORK OUT HOW TO GET UP THE STAIRS. AND AS A RULT HE TENDS TO JT SORT OF DISMISS OTHER PEOPLE, DISMISS OTHER PEOPLE’S IAS. AND SO THAT LENDS AN ELEMENT OF, ‘WELL WHAT’S THE WORST THAN N HAPPEN? I N GET OUT OF THIS. MY BRA WILL GET ME OUT OF THIS. I WILL ALWAYS BE ABLE TO FD THE WAY OUT.’ AND THAT SURETY WILL ALSO GET HIM A LOT OF TROUBLE. HE’S GOT A BIG MOUTH. HE THKS HE N HAVE THGS THAT HE N’T. I THK THAT FEARLSNS JT OM BEG SOCIALLY EPT, BOTH AT THE LEVEL OF NOT REALLY BEG ABLE TO UNRSTAND HOW THGS WILL WORK, AND FALLY HE THKS IF THGS DO GO WRONG, I N THK MY WAY OUT OF {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;}AE: SCE THERE ARE MORE THAN A FEW SEX SCEN THE SHOW, IS FNS A BIG PART OF YOUR LIFE?{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;}TR: IT’S A BIG PART OF MY LIFE FOR THIS. I READ A FANTASTIC BGRAPHY ABOUT HIM BUT ’S THE ONLY BOOK THAT EXISTS BY A GUY WHO KNOWS HIM, SAYG HOW ATHETILLY PLEASG HE WAS AND HOW HE HAD A BODY THAT WASN’T WRTEN ABOUT ENOUGH. AND HOW HE ULD BEND STEEL BARS WH HIS BARE HANDS. BUT ALSO I KNEW HE WAS VEGETARIAN. I KNEW HE ULDN’T S STILL. HE WAS NSTANTLY MOVG SO I JT CID TO GET CREDIBLY LEAN AND ATHLETIC, AS MUCH AS I ULD BE. TO SEE WHAT THAT KD OF DIET AND THAT KD OF FAST MOVEMENT WOULD LEAD TO. SO YEAH, THAT WAS A CHARACTER CISN I REGRETTED [LGHS]. IT WAS HARD WORK, BUT I THK PAID {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;}DA VCI’S DEMONS PREMIER APRIL 12TH AT 10PM AFTER THE SERI FALE OF SPARTAC: WAR OF THE DAMNED 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;}{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
- LEONARDO'S SEXUALY "DA VCI'S DEMONS" AND FAMO GAY FOLKS THAT COULD BE {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 DANIEL MIKELONISNOVEMBER 1, 2012/2:02 PMBY DANIEL MIKELONISNOVEMBER 1, 2012 / 2:02 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"LEONARDO'S SEXUALY \"DA VCI'S DEMONS\" AND FAMO GAY FOLKS THAT COULD BE STRAIGHT-WASHED","DATEPUBLISHED":"2012-11-01T18:02:27.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2012-11-01T18:02:27.000+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":"DANIEL MIKELONIS","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;}{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;}TOM RILEY STARS AS LEONARDO DA {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;}EDOR'S NOTE [11/2/2012]: WE MAY HAVE JUMPED THE GUN ON THIS ONE. REPORTS THAT THE HISTORIL FIGURE LEONARDO DA VCI IS BEG PORTRAYED AS "STRAIGHT" OR A "LADI' MAN" STARZ' UPG DRAMA DA VCI'S DEMONS ULD WELL BE MISTAKEN. THE WORK HASN'T YET RELEASED SCREENERS FOR THE SERI (WHICH WILL LNCH THE SPRG). AFTER SPEAKG WH A REPRENTATIVE OM STARZ WE FEEL WOULD BE HASTY TO SIMPLY WRE OFF THIS SERI BEE OF EXTREME HISTORIL ACCURACY OR PERCEIVED "STRAIGHT-WASHG." (AFTER ALL, STARZ HAS A GOOD TRACK RERD FOR LGBT VISIBILY WH SPARTAC.) THE POST BELOW HAS BEEN RRECTED TO REFLECT THE FACT THAT WE REALLY AREN'T SURE AT THIS POT EXACTLY HOW LEONARDO WILL BE {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;}WHAT LTLE DIENC HAVE SEEN AND HEARD OF STARZ'S UPG SERI DA VCI'S DEMONS MAK SOUND AS IF EVERYONE'S FAVORE RENAISSANCE MAN WILL BE PLAYED AS A SWASHBUCKLG LADYKILLER ROMANTILLY LKED WH LORENZO MEDICI'S MISTRS. IF SO (AND THE JURY IS STILL OUT), THAT'S A FAR CRY OM THE REAL LEONARDO'S VEGETARIAN, PACIFIST, LIKELY HOMOSEXUAL BUT CELIBATE MORRISSEY-QUE LIFTYLE. WHILE BILLED AS SHOWG A 25-YEAR-OLD DA VCI'S SECRET HISTORY BATTLG AGAST RELIGN, MAKG THE FAMED VENTOR EXCLIVELY HETEROSEXUAL KDA SORTA FETS HE WAS CHARGED WH SODOMY AROUND THAT AGE. TWICE!{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;}WE'LL HAVE TO WA AND SEE HOW STARZ' NEW SERI PORTRAYS LEONARDO'S PERSONAL LIFE, BUT IF WE'RE REWRG NOTABLE DIVIDUALS' LIV AND SEXUALI TO UP THEIR TV ENTERTAMENT VALUE, WE HAVE SOME OTHER SUGGTNS. WHAT ABOUT...{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;}GETTG CLEAN WH THE WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS: A HAPPILY MARRIED NAKED LUNCH THOR AND HIS LOVG WIFE HELP FAMO ADDICTS KICK THEIR HABS. HIGHLIGHTS CLU ALLEN GSBERG ENLISTG BURROUGH'S HELP TO QU DRKG FOR HIS THREE DGHTER'S {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;}40 DAYS AND 40 NIGHTS OF SODOM: THE MARQUIS SA HAS ALWAYS BEEN AN RRIGIBLE BUT LOVABLE LOTHAR, BUT HILAR HIJKS ENSUE AFTER HE DISVERS RELIGN AND GIV UP SEX FOR LENT!{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;}CAPOTITN: FET IN COLD BLOOD, 'S LD FEET TROUBLG TMAN CAPOTE. LEAVG HIS BRI-TO-BE AT THE ALTAR, HE UNRTAK A SEXUAL ODYSSEY AND LEARNS HOW TO BE SGLE {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;}SHE'S TURG ON ME: ALAN TURG UPLOADS HIMSELF TO CYBERSPACE TRON – STYLE AND FIGHTS NAZIS. THERE HE FALLS FOR A BETIFUL FEMALE PROGRAM, BUT LTLE DO HE KNOW SHE'S ACTUALLY A VIS SENT BY THE THIRD {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;}MICHEL AND HIS FOU CO-EDS: PHILOSOPHER TECTIVE MICHEL FOUULT AND HIS SEXY TEAM OF UNRGRAD GIRLS TRAVEL THE WORLD, LIVERG DISCIPLE AND PUNISHMENT TO CRIMALS {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;}OSR WILR: WAY OL ATERNY SOCIAL DIRECTOR OSR WIL TEACH HIS CLUELS HMAN PLEDGE CLASS HOW TO PARTY, PICK UP WOMEN AND OTHER VALUABLE LIFE {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;}RILEY ON SET WH SHOW CREATOR DAVID S. {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;}WHICH OTHER FAMO PEOPLE ULD E A REVISNIST MAKEOVER? LET'S HEAR YOUR {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
- "DA VCI'S DEMONS": THE ONE WH THE SODOMY {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 DANIEL MIKELONISMAY 11, 2013/11:33 AMBY DANIEL MIKELONISMAY 11, 2013 / 11:33 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"\"DA VCI'S DEMONS\": THE ONE WH THE SODOMY TRIAL","DATEPUBLISHED":"2013-05-11T15:33:37.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2013-05-11T15:33:37.000+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":"DANIEL MIKELONIS","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;}LET'S JT JUMP TO WHAT HAPPENED THIS EPISO, SHALL WE?{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;}FLASHBACK TIME! INNOCENT LTLE BOY LEO IS JT WATCHG OVER HIS SHEEP. THEN HE WANRS OFF TO A VE FILLED WH AD SONS OF MHRAS AND SOME DU HANGG OM THE CEILG. IT'S LIKE STAND BY ME, IF RIVER PHOENIX AND IENDS STUMBLED ONTO THE HEAVEN'S GATE CULT {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;}LEONARDO WAK UP JAIL TO HIS FELLOW MAT' HOMOPHOBIC SULTS. HE SHGS THEIR VERBAL BARBS OFF, UNTIL ONE CRIMAL STEALS A SMALLER PRISONER'S FOOD. WH THE KUNG FU PROWS OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NJA TURTLE HE'S NAMED AFTER, LEONARDO BEATS DOWN THE BULLY AND IS SENT TO SOLARY NFEMENT. TOM RILEY ABSOLUTELY GO OFF PLAYG SOMEONE WHOSE SANY IS STRETCHED TO S BREAKG POT, AND 'S FUN {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;}MEANWHILE LORENZO TRI FILLG THE MEDICI FFERS SCE THE VATIN BANKS WH PAZZI MUTUAL NOW. THIS VOLV WOOG HUMORLS SPANISH ROYALTY KG FERDAND AND QUEEN ISABELLA. IT'S NOT A FUN PROCS, AS THEY'RE PLETE PHILIST WHO SEE DONATELLO'S DAVID AND MERELY RPOND “EW, PENIS.”{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;}NEXT WE'RE URTSI AT THE SODOMY TRIAL. IN THE FLORENTE JTICE SYSTEM, LEONARDO IS REPRENTED BY TWO SEPARATE YET EQUALLY IMPORTANT GROUPS: THE POLICE AND OFFICIALS BRIBED TO NVICT HIM, AND HIS FENDG ATTORNEY FATHER. THIS IS HIS STORY. DUNH {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;}THIS IS WHEN DAVCI'S DEMONS STUMBL HANDLG LEONARDO'S SEXUALY. SURE, THERE'S A ROG SPEECH ABOUT UNFAIR LAWS, BUT S TEMPERED BY CRGEWORTHY MOMENTS. AS THE CHARG ARE READ, VANSA PIP UP STATG SHE CROTCH WRTLED WH THE ARTIST SO HE MT BE NOCENT. IT FEELS TACKED ON, ALMOST AS IF THE SHOW'S SAYG “LEONARDO GOT CHARGED WH SODOMY, NO HOMO.”{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;}CHARACTERS ALSO REERATE HOW PROGRSIVE FLORENCE IS FOR RARELY ENFORCG S NO GAY SEX LAW, WHICH BBED ME THE WRONG WAY. MAYBE THAT'S BEE MONTANA JT STCK S ANTI-SODOMY LAWS OFF THE BOOKS LAST MONTH. ALTERNATIVELY, ULD BE DUE TO MY HOME STATE OF TEXAS' PENAL PRENTLY NTAG THE STATEMENT “HOMOSEXUAL NDUCT IS NOT AN ACCEPTABLE LIFTYLE” (THAT'S HOPEFULLY CHANGG SOON!). SURE, THE LAWS ARE UNENFORCEABLE AFTER A 2003 SUPREME COURT LG. IT'S STILL A REMR THAT EVEN TODAY, PART OF OUR CULTURE HASN'T MOVED ON OM 15TH CENTURY ITALY. COUPLE THAT WH HOW THE SHOW REALLY HASN'T SHOWN ANY OF THE GAY CULTURE PAYS LIP SERVICE TO AND {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;}OKAY, RANT OVER. LEONARDO'S IENDS GATHER SUPPLI FOR SOME SCHEME, AND WE LEARN 'S LUCREZIA WHO ANONYMOLY TIPPED OFF THE FEDS. GIULO STARTS STAGG A PLAY TO IMPRS FERDAND AND ISABELLA A WONRFUL STORYLE. IT'S GREAT WATCHG HIM DO SOMETHG OTHER THAN SERVE AS TARGET PRACTICE FOR LORENZO'S WHERG GLAR. “THE TOWER” ADDS A LEVEL OF PTH TO HIS CHARACTER WE HAVEN'T SEEN UNTIL {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 EXECUTG A DARG PE PLAN VOLVG BAT GUANO EXPLOSIV, LEONARDO NONTS THE RPT JUDGE. HIS REVENGE PLAN IS PRETTY DIABOLILLY SICK: GLUE THE OFFICIAL A SEXUALLY SUGGTIVE POSN WH A PIG. IF THE CHARG AREN'T DROPPED, LEO WILL SHOW ALL OF FLORENCE THIS RATHER PROMISG IMAGE. UMMM... {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;}THE PLAN WORKS, AND THE ARTIST IS OUT CELEBRATG WHEN ALONG HIS OLD MALE LOVER WHO RECENTLY TTIFIED AGAST HIM. HIS EX BLUNTLY STAT WHAT LEONARDO HAS WH WOMEN ISN'T LOVE. LEO RPONDS HE'S “CUR”, SIRE ISN'T DIVID ALONG GENR L AND NOTHG F HIM. DID HE HAVE TO SAY “CUR”? AS STRONGLY HTG “BI-CUR” STEAD OF JT STRAIGHT-UP BI? MAYBE THAT'S A SMALL THG, BUT 'S STUCK WH {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 KISSG THE LAD GOODBYE [WE HAVE THE CLIP HERE], LEO PROMPTLY BANGS LUCREZIA BEE SIGH. EVERYTHG ENDS WH THE MAN OM VCI REALIZG HE WAS THE ONE HANGG OM THE CEILG THAT OPENG {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;}DPE S MISSTEPS, THERE WERE SOME GREAT PARTS “THE TOWER”. THE PERFORMERS SHE, THE SUBPLOTS ENTERTA. AS FOR S HANDLG OF LEONARDO'S SEXUALY, DAVCI'S DEMONS' TENTNS DON'T SEEM HOSTILE. TOM RILEY EVEN MENTED ON THE BACKLOT'S LATT TERVIEW WH HIM CLARIFYG A FEW THGS, WHICH IS ALL KDS OF AWOME. LABELS SHOULDN'T FE . HOWEVER, THAT SENTIMENT BELONGS TO AN OPTIMISTIC FUTURE WHILE WE'RE AN UNFORTABLE PRENT. TODAY, 'S HARD WATCHG A HISTORILLY GAY FIGURE ROMP WH WOMEN WHILE ATTRIBUTG HIS SAME SEX ATTRACTNS TO {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
- LEONARDO DA VCI’S SEXUALY: WHY HISTORIANS BELIEVE THE FAMED ITALIAN ARTIST WAS GAY
- LEONARDO, LADI' MAN: WHY N'T WE ACCEPT THAT DA VCI WAS GAY?
INTERVIEW: TOM RILEY TALKS LEONARDO'S SEXUALY & DADDY ISSU IN "DA VCI'S DEMONS"{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 JIM HALTERMANAPRIL 1, 2013/4:39 PMBY JIM HALTERMANAPRIL 1, 2013 / 4:39 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"INTERVIEW: TOM RILEY TALKS LEONARDO'S SEXUALY & DADDY ISSU IN \"DA VCI'S DEMONS\"","DATEPUBLISHED":"2013-04-01T20:39:46.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2013-04-01T20:39:46.000+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":"JIM HALTERMAN","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;}{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;}ENGLISH ACTOR TOM RILEY HEADL DA VCI'S DEMONS AS LEONARDO DA VCI {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;}WE’VE BEEN HEARG ABOUT THE NEW STARZ SERI DA VCI’S DEMONS FOR AWHILE NOW, BUT AT LAST THE FRIDAY APRIL 12TH PREMIERE DATE IS NEARLY UPON {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;}EARLIER THIS YEAR, SERI CREATOR DAVID S. GOYER TALKED NDIDLY ABOUT HOW HE WILL APPROACH THE SEXUALY OF LEONARDO DA VCI SCE HAS BEEN SPECULATED ABOUT MORE THAN ONE HISTORIL ACUNT THAT THE ARTIST WAS HOMOSEXUAL. GOYER TOLD HE WOULDN'T BE SHYG AWAY OM ANYTHG TERMS OF WHO DA VCI MAY BE ATTRACTED TO OR SLEEPG WH. HOWEVER, WHETHER THAT HAPPENS SOONER OR LATER THE SERI REMAS TO BE {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;}BUT WHAT DO THE MAN PLAYG LEONARDO MAKE OF ALL THE FS? WE SAT DOWN WH ENGLISH ACTOR TOM RILEY RECENTLY TO BREAK DOWN ALL THGS DA VCI, OM HIS SEXUALY TO HIS DADDY ISSU, BOTH OF WHICH HE SAYS WE'LL SEE AS A PART OF THE {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;}AFTERELTON: WERE YOU SURPRISED THAT THE ISSUE OF DA VCI’S SEXUALY HAS BEE SUCH A BIG TALKG POT WH THE SHOW?{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;}TOM RILEY: NO, BEE WHEN I DID MY REARCH I SAW A PART OF , AND WHEN DAVID WAS WRG AND WE WERE DISCSG AND WHEN WE WERE CHOOSG CERTA EPISOS, WE WERE TERMED TO BE UTTERLY UNFLCHG ON A WORK WHERE WE N BE. SO WE MAY AS WELL PAY AS MUCH RPECT TO THAT {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;}AE: THERE’S GLIMPSE OF THIS THE FIRST EPISO WHEN DA VCI REFERENC THE MALE HTLER THAT BY AND WANTS TO POSE FOR {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;}TR: I WANTED THAT VERY {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;}AE: IS SOMETHG THAT BE A PART OF THE SHOW AS THE EPISOS ROLL OUT?{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;}TR: THE PROBLEM IS THAT I SPERATELY WANT TO TELL YOU. BUT ’S SUCH A KEY PLOT POT. AND THE SPOILER FOR SOMETHG THAT HAPPENS LATER THE SERI THAT REVEALS TOO MUCH ABOUT , ’S A REAL SPOILER. BEE FOR ME, THE THG ABOUT DA VCI IS THERE’S A HUGE AMOUNT OF SPECULATN ABOUT HIS LIFE ANYWAY. BUT I THK WAS DAN BROWN WHO ORIGALLY WROTE THE DA VCI CO THAT HE WAS A FLAMBOYANT HOMOSEXUAL. WHICH IS A BIZARRE THG TO WRE, WHATEVER THAT MEANS, WHATEVER THAT ENTAILS. SPECULATN EXISTS ABOUT HIM AND PEOPLE ARE SAYG THAT BEE HE’S MALY HAD MALE APPRENTIC [HE WAS GAY]. BUT, OF URSE, YOU ULDN’T HAVE A FEMALE APPRENTIC ANYWAY. THERE’S NO WRG ANY OF HIS JOURNALS ABOUT LOVERS…BUT BEE THAT SPECULATN EXISTS, ’S CERTALY SOMETHG THAT WE WANT TO {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;}I THK THE FIRST TRAILER ME OUT AND PEOPLE SAW A FLASH OF A SEX SCENE [WH A WOMAN] AND WENT, ‘OH, OBVLY THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS.” BUT YOU KNOW THE OPENG CREDS OF MAD MEN, YOU SEE A GUY LEAPG OUT OF A SKYSCRAPER. AND YOU DON’T THK ‘WELL THAT’S THE ONLY WAY THIS GUY EVER LEAV A BUILDG.’ SO SOMETIM DA VCI WILL TAKE THE ELEVATOR AND SOMETIM HE’LL CHOOSE THE STAIRS. HE HAD A PASSN FOR THE HUMAN BODY AND A PASSN FOR THE PEOPLE’S MDS AND WHATEVER SEXUALY THEY ARE. AND WHY WE WOULD WANT TO ERADITE SOMETHG THAT MAK THE CHARACTER MORE PLEX. IT WILL E TO PLAY A WAY THAT, YEAH, I’M PROUD {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;}DA VCI'S NEMIS ON THE SHOW IS COUNT GIROLAMO RIAR, PLAYED BY BLAKE {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;}AE: IN YOUR REARCH, WHAT DID YOU FD OUT ABOUT SEXUALY BACK DA VCI’S TIME?{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;}TR: IT WAS A PLETELY DIFFERENT CULTURE. AND BEE OF THAT ’S ALMOST HARD TO P SEXUALY ON ANYONE…PEOPLE SLEPT WH BOYS AND SLEPT WH PARTICULARLY HIGH-RANKG OFFICIALS. IT WAS SEEN AS SOMETHG SPECIAL FOR {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;}AE: LIKE THE POPE, WHO WE SEE PORTRAYED THE FIRST EPISO. THE POPE WANTS WHAT HE {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;}TR: THE POPE WANTS WHAT HE WANTS. IF THE POPE WANTS , THE POPE GETS . BUT THAT SAID, YOU KNOW ’S SOMETHG THAT I STRONGLY BELIEVE NOW IS THAT WHATEVER SEX PEOPLE CHOOSE TO SLEEP WH, I’M SURE DA VCI WOULD’VE WANTED TO HAVE BEEN FED BY WHAT HE DID RATHER THAN WHO HE DID. IN WHAT HE ACHIEVED RATHER THAN WHO HE {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;}AE: WELL LET’S TALK ABOUT THE RELATNSHIP WH LUCREZIA DONATI (LRA HADDOCK). IT LOOKS LIKE MAYBE STARTS OUT AS LTFUL BEE HE SE HER AND SHE’S GEO. DO LOVE VELOP BETWEEN THEM?{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;}TR: THERE’S CERTALY A NNECTN BETWEEN THEM. THEY’RE BOTH CREDIBLY QUICK THKERS. WHAT IS THOUGH, AND AGA ’S ANOTHER THG, ’S LTFUL BEE HE’S ATTRACTED TO THE HUMAN BODY, BUT ACTUALLY WHAT FASCAT HIM ABOUT LUCREZIA IS THE FACT HE N’T GET A HANDLE ON WHAT SHE’S ABOUT. THERE’S SOMETHG ELSE AND OBVLY AS WE SEE AT THE END OF EPISO ONE, THERE ARE CERTA THGS ABOUT HER THAT REMA UNKNOWN. SHE HAS A LOT OF SECRETS. SO BEE SHE’S A PUZZLE HE N’T SOLVE THAT MAK HER FASCATG. EVERYTHG ELSE IS SO SIMPLE AND OBV TO HIM, AND SHE IS SOMETHG THAT N’T QUE BE WORKED OUT WHEN HE WANTS , YOU KNOW UNR HIS {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;}DA VCI FDS SOLACE THE ARMS OF MANY, CLUDG VANSA (HERA HILMER).{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;}AE: SEX SCEN. WHAT DO YOU LOVE ABOUT THEM? WHAT DO YOU LOATHE ABOUT THEM?{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;}TR: WHAT DO I LOVE ABOUT THEM? [LGHS] I MEAN ’S THIS THG YOU MT HEAR SO MANY TIM, BUT THERE IS NOTHG…WE HAD A FANTASTIC HUNGARIAN MERAMAN ON THIS SHOW, BUT HE’S A VERY HEAVY BREATHER. SO LRA AND I WOULD BE DOG A SEX SCENE AND THEN YOU HEAR THIS [RILEY MAK HEAVY BREATHG NOISE] OM BEHD YOU, AND THERE’S NOTHG LS SEXY SO THE MOMENT YOU JT KD OF THK ‘WELL THIS IS RIDICULO ISN’T ?’ WE GOT THROUGH BY GIGGLG. I MEAN, BEE ’S RIDICULO AND AS LONG AS YOU’RE IENDS THEN YOU N LGH AND GO, ‘THERE’S YOUR WILLIE OKAY,’ AND YOU JT RRY {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;}AE: THE MYSTERY WH DA VCI’S MOTHER. IS THAT SOMETHG THAT TO PLAY MORE THE FIRST SEASON?{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;}TR: IT’S SOMETHG THAT TO PLAY. THE MYTHOLOGY OF THE SHOW IS REALLY STRONG ACTUALLY. THAT’S WHAT SURPRISED ME WHEN I WATCHED THE FIRST UPLE OF EPISOS, AND NTU. THERE ARE A FEW PERPETUAL MYSTERI AND THEY WON’T NECSARILY BE SOLVED BY THE END OF THE {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;}AE: THE DADDY ISSU ARE BIG, OF URSE, AND WE FELY SEE THAT PLAYED {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;}TR: DADDY ISSU ARE GENERALLY BIG. I MEAN ALL THE DA VCI REARCH, HE REALLY DID NOT GET ON WH HIS DAD. THERE ARE A UPLE OF MOMENTS THAT LAND AND ACTUALLY, LATER EPISOS, YOU’LL SEE THAT HE DO CRAVE THE GUY’S LOVE AND AFFECTN. HE JT WANTS REASSURANCE THAT WHAT HE’S DOG IS OKAY. DPE THE FACT THAT HE’S ARROGANT ENOUGH TO THK HE OBVLY IS. HE JT NEEDS SOMEONE FATHERLY AND PATERNAL TO GO, ‘YEAH YOU’RE RIGHT.’{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;}AE: HE ALSO SEEMS REALLY FEARLS. IS THAT SOMETHG YOU’RE NSCLY BRGG TO THE ROLE?{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;}TR: YEAH, I THK BEE ’S AN TERTG THG. I FEEL THAT HE NEVER FISHED ANY MISSNS. HE WOULD START AND THEN GET RID OF THGS. HE WOULD FLIP OM THG TO THG. HE WAS BORRLE TISTIC WAYS HE ALT WH PEOPLE, SOCIALLY EPT. I JT THK HE SAW THGS SUCH A DIFFERENT WAY. HE WAS ON THE TOP FLOOR OF A HOE WHILE EVERYONE WAS STILL TRYG TO WORK OUT HOW TO GET UP THE STAIRS. AND AS A RULT HE TENDS TO JT SORT OF DISMISS OTHER PEOPLE, DISMISS OTHER PEOPLE’S IAS. AND SO THAT LENDS AN ELEMENT OF, ‘WELL WHAT’S THE WORST THAN N HAPPEN? I N GET OUT OF THIS. MY BRA WILL GET ME OUT OF THIS. I WILL ALWAYS BE ABLE TO FD THE WAY OUT.’ AND THAT SURETY WILL ALSO GET HIM A LOT OF TROUBLE. HE’S GOT A BIG MOUTH. HE THKS HE N HAVE THGS THAT HE N’T. I THK THAT FEARLSNS JT OM BEG SOCIALLY EPT, BOTH AT THE LEVEL OF NOT REALLY BEG ABLE TO UNRSTAND HOW THGS WILL WORK, AND FALLY HE THKS IF THGS DO GO WRONG, I N THK MY WAY OUT OF {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;}AE: SCE THERE ARE MORE THAN A FEW SEX SCEN THE SHOW, IS FNS A BIG PART OF YOUR LIFE?{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;}TR: IT’S A BIG PART OF MY LIFE FOR THIS. I READ A FANTASTIC BGRAPHY ABOUT HIM BUT ’S THE ONLY BOOK THAT EXISTS BY A GUY WHO KNOWS HIM, SAYG HOW ATHETILLY PLEASG HE WAS AND HOW HE HAD A BODY THAT WASN’T WRTEN ABOUT ENOUGH. AND HOW HE ULD BEND STEEL BARS WH HIS BARE HANDS. BUT ALSO I KNEW HE WAS VEGETARIAN. I KNEW HE ULDN’T S STILL. HE WAS NSTANTLY MOVG SO I JT CID TO GET CREDIBLY LEAN AND ATHLETIC, AS MUCH AS I ULD BE. TO SEE WHAT THAT KD OF DIET AND THAT KD OF FAST MOVEMENT WOULD LEAD TO. SO YEAH, THAT WAS A CHARACTER CISN I REGRETTED [LGHS]. IT WAS HARD WORK, BUT I THK PAID {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;}DA VCI’S DEMONS PREMIER APRIL 12TH AT 10PM AFTER THE SERI FALE OF SPARTAC: WAR OF THE DAMNED 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;}{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
In advance of the sodomy trial episo’s airg, seri star Riley spoke to gay entertament news se The Backlot about the episo.
Goyer talked ndidly about how he will approach the sexualy of Leonardo Da Vci sce has been speculated about more than one historil acunt that the artist was homosexual. But I thk was Dan Brown who origally wrote The Da Vci Co that he was a flamboyant homosexual.
Speculatn exists about him and people are sayg that bee he’s maly had male apprentic [he was gay]. If so (and the jury is still out), that's a far cry om the real Leonardo's vegetarian, pacifist, likely homosexual but celibate Morrissey-que liftyle. Many scholars now believe that the great geni Leonardo Da Vci was homosexual.
LEONARDO'S SEXUALY "DA VCI'S DEMONS" AND FAMO GAY FOLKS THAT COULD BE {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 DANIEL MIKELONISNOVEMBER 1, 2012/2:02 PMBY DANIEL MIKELONISNOVEMBER 1, 2012 / 2:02 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"LEONARDO'S SEXUALY \"DA VCI'S DEMONS\" AND FAMO GAY FOLKS THAT COULD BE STRAIGHT-WASHED","DATEPUBLISHED":"2012-11-01T18:02:27.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2012-11-01T18:02:27.000+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":"DANIEL MIKELONIS","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;}{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;}TOM RILEY STARS AS LEONARDO DA {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;}EDOR'S NOTE [11/2/2012]: WE MAY HAVE JUMPED THE GUN ON THIS ONE. REPORTS THAT THE HISTORIL FIGURE LEONARDO DA VCI IS BEG PORTRAYED AS "STRAIGHT" OR A "LADI' MAN" STARZ' UPG DRAMA DA VCI'S DEMONS ULD WELL BE MISTAKEN. THE WORK HASN'T YET RELEASED SCREENERS FOR THE SERI (WHICH WILL LNCH THE SPRG). AFTER SPEAKG WH A REPRENTATIVE OM STARZ WE FEEL WOULD BE HASTY TO SIMPLY WRE OFF THIS SERI BEE OF EXTREME HISTORIL ACCURACY OR PERCEIVED "STRAIGHT-WASHG." (AFTER ALL, STARZ HAS A GOOD TRACK RERD FOR LGBT VISIBILY WH SPARTAC.) THE POST BELOW HAS BEEN RRECTED TO REFLECT THE FACT THAT WE REALLY AREN'T SURE AT THIS POT EXACTLY HOW LEONARDO WILL BE {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;}WHAT LTLE DIENC HAVE SEEN AND HEARD OF STARZ'S UPG SERI DA VCI'S DEMONS MAK SOUND AS IF EVERYONE'S FAVORE RENAISSANCE MAN WILL BE PLAYED AS A SWASHBUCKLG LADYKILLER ROMANTILLY LKED WH LORENZO MEDICI'S MISTRS. IF SO (AND THE JURY IS STILL OUT), THAT'S A FAR CRY OM THE REAL LEONARDO'S VEGETARIAN, PACIFIST, LIKELY HOMOSEXUAL BUT CELIBATE MORRISSEY-QUE LIFTYLE. WHILE BILLED AS SHOWG A 25-YEAR-OLD DA VCI'S SECRET HISTORY BATTLG AGAST RELIGN, MAKG THE FAMED VENTOR EXCLIVELY HETEROSEXUAL KDA SORTA FETS HE WAS CHARGED WH SODOMY AROUND THAT AGE. TWICE!{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;}WE'LL HAVE TO WA AND SEE HOW STARZ' NEW SERI PORTRAYS LEONARDO'S PERSONAL LIFE, BUT IF WE'RE REWRG NOTABLE DIVIDUALS' LIV AND SEXUALI TO UP THEIR TV ENTERTAMENT VALUE, WE HAVE SOME OTHER SUGGTNS. WHAT ABOUT...{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;}GETTG CLEAN WH THE WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS: A HAPPILY MARRIED NAKED LUNCH THOR AND HIS LOVG WIFE HELP FAMO ADDICTS KICK THEIR HABS. HIGHLIGHTS CLU ALLEN GSBERG ENLISTG BURROUGH'S HELP TO QU DRKG FOR HIS THREE DGHTER'S {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;}40 DAYS AND 40 NIGHTS OF SODOM: THE MARQUIS SA HAS ALWAYS BEEN AN RRIGIBLE BUT LOVABLE LOTHAR, BUT HILAR HIJKS ENSUE AFTER HE DISVERS RELIGN AND GIV UP SEX FOR LENT!{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;}CAPOTITN: FET IN COLD BLOOD, 'S LD FEET TROUBLG TMAN CAPOTE. LEAVG HIS BRI-TO-BE AT THE ALTAR, HE UNRTAK A SEXUAL ODYSSEY AND LEARNS HOW TO BE SGLE {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;}SHE'S TURG ON ME: ALAN TURG UPLOADS HIMSELF TO CYBERSPACE TRON – STYLE AND FIGHTS NAZIS. THERE HE FALLS FOR A BETIFUL FEMALE PROGRAM, BUT LTLE DO HE KNOW SHE'S ACTUALLY A VIS SENT BY THE THIRD {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;}MICHEL AND HIS FOU CO-EDS: PHILOSOPHER TECTIVE MICHEL FOUULT AND HIS SEXY TEAM OF UNRGRAD GIRLS TRAVEL THE WORLD, LIVERG DISCIPLE AND PUNISHMENT TO CRIMALS {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;}OSR WILR: WAY OL ATERNY SOCIAL DIRECTOR OSR WIL TEACH HIS CLUELS HMAN PLEDGE CLASS HOW TO PARTY, PICK UP WOMEN AND OTHER VALUABLE LIFE {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;}RILEY ON SET WH SHOW CREATOR DAVID S. {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;}WHICH OTHER FAMO PEOPLE ULD E A REVISNIST MAKEOVER? LET'S HEAR YOUR {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
If he's Leonardo Da Vci, who a number of bgraphers have nclud was gay, and you're the Starz pay ble work, you pict Tom Riley, who plays young Leonardo wh a Brish accent, havg what appears to be sex wh a masked woman the trailer for Da Vci's Demons, the "historil fantasy" created by The Dark Knight anchise screenwrer David S. Leonardo wak up jail to his fellow mat' homophobic sults.
"DA VCI'S DEMONS": THE ONE WH THE SODOMY {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 DANIEL MIKELONISMAY 11, 2013/11:33 AMBY DANIEL MIKELONISMAY 11, 2013 / 11:33 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"\"DA VCI'S DEMONS\": THE ONE WH THE SODOMY TRIAL","DATEPUBLISHED":"2013-05-11T15:33:37.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2013-05-11T15:33:37.000+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":"DANIEL MIKELONIS","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;}LET'S JT JUMP TO WHAT HAPPENED THIS EPISO, SHALL WE?{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;}FLASHBACK TIME! INNOCENT LTLE BOY LEO IS JT WATCHG OVER HIS SHEEP. THEN HE WANRS OFF TO A VE FILLED WH AD SONS OF MHRAS AND SOME DU HANGG OM THE CEILG. IT'S LIKE STAND BY ME, IF RIVER PHOENIX AND IENDS STUMBLED ONTO THE HEAVEN'S GATE CULT {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;}LEONARDO WAK UP JAIL TO HIS FELLOW MAT' HOMOPHOBIC SULTS. HE SHGS THEIR VERBAL BARBS OFF, UNTIL ONE CRIMAL STEALS A SMALLER PRISONER'S FOOD. WH THE KUNG FU PROWS OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NJA TURTLE HE'S NAMED AFTER, LEONARDO BEATS DOWN THE BULLY AND IS SENT TO SOLARY NFEMENT. TOM RILEY ABSOLUTELY GO OFF PLAYG SOMEONE WHOSE SANY IS STRETCHED TO S BREAKG POT, AND 'S FUN {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;}MEANWHILE LORENZO TRI FILLG THE MEDICI FFERS SCE THE VATIN BANKS WH PAZZI MUTUAL NOW. THIS VOLV WOOG HUMORLS SPANISH ROYALTY KG FERDAND AND QUEEN ISABELLA. IT'S NOT A FUN PROCS, AS THEY'RE PLETE PHILIST WHO SEE DONATELLO'S DAVID AND MERELY RPOND “EW, PENIS.”{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;}NEXT WE'RE URTSI AT THE SODOMY TRIAL. IN THE FLORENTE JTICE SYSTEM, LEONARDO IS REPRENTED BY TWO SEPARATE YET EQUALLY IMPORTANT GROUPS: THE POLICE AND OFFICIALS BRIBED TO NVICT HIM, AND HIS FENDG ATTORNEY FATHER. THIS IS HIS STORY. DUNH {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;}THIS IS WHEN DAVCI'S DEMONS STUMBL HANDLG LEONARDO'S SEXUALY. SURE, THERE'S A ROG SPEECH ABOUT UNFAIR LAWS, BUT S TEMPERED BY CRGEWORTHY MOMENTS. AS THE CHARG ARE READ, VANSA PIP UP STATG SHE CROTCH WRTLED WH THE ARTIST SO HE MT BE NOCENT. IT FEELS TACKED ON, ALMOST AS IF THE SHOW'S SAYG “LEONARDO GOT CHARGED WH SODOMY, NO HOMO.”{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;}CHARACTERS ALSO REERATE HOW PROGRSIVE FLORENCE IS FOR RARELY ENFORCG S NO GAY SEX LAW, WHICH BBED ME THE WRONG WAY. MAYBE THAT'S BEE MONTANA JT STCK S ANTI-SODOMY LAWS OFF THE BOOKS LAST MONTH. ALTERNATIVELY, ULD BE DUE TO MY HOME STATE OF TEXAS' PENAL PRENTLY NTAG THE STATEMENT “HOMOSEXUAL NDUCT IS NOT AN ACCEPTABLE LIFTYLE” (THAT'S HOPEFULLY CHANGG SOON!). SURE, THE LAWS ARE UNENFORCEABLE AFTER A 2003 SUPREME COURT LG. IT'S STILL A REMR THAT EVEN TODAY, PART OF OUR CULTURE HASN'T MOVED ON OM 15TH CENTURY ITALY. COUPLE THAT WH HOW THE SHOW REALLY HASN'T SHOWN ANY OF THE GAY CULTURE PAYS LIP SERVICE TO AND {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;}OKAY, RANT OVER. LEONARDO'S IENDS GATHER SUPPLI FOR SOME SCHEME, AND WE LEARN 'S LUCREZIA WHO ANONYMOLY TIPPED OFF THE FEDS. GIULO STARTS STAGG A PLAY TO IMPRS FERDAND AND ISABELLA A WONRFUL STORYLE. IT'S GREAT WATCHG HIM DO SOMETHG OTHER THAN SERVE AS TARGET PRACTICE FOR LORENZO'S WHERG GLAR. “THE TOWER” ADDS A LEVEL OF PTH TO HIS CHARACTER WE HAVEN'T SEEN UNTIL {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 EXECUTG A DARG PE PLAN VOLVG BAT GUANO EXPLOSIV, LEONARDO NONTS THE RPT JUDGE. HIS REVENGE PLAN IS PRETTY DIABOLILLY SICK: GLUE THE OFFICIAL A SEXUALLY SUGGTIVE POSN WH A PIG. IF THE CHARG AREN'T DROPPED, LEO WILL SHOW ALL OF FLORENCE THIS RATHER PROMISG IMAGE. UMMM... {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;}THE PLAN WORKS, AND THE ARTIST IS OUT CELEBRATG WHEN ALONG HIS OLD MALE LOVER WHO RECENTLY TTIFIED AGAST HIM. HIS EX BLUNTLY STAT WHAT LEONARDO HAS WH WOMEN ISN'T LOVE. LEO RPONDS HE'S “CUR”, SIRE ISN'T DIVID ALONG GENR L AND NOTHG F HIM. DID HE HAVE TO SAY “CUR”? AS STRONGLY HTG “BI-CUR” STEAD OF JT STRAIGHT-UP BI? MAYBE THAT'S A SMALL THG, BUT 'S STUCK WH {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 KISSG THE LAD GOODBYE [WE HAVE THE CLIP HERE], LEO PROMPTLY BANGS LUCREZIA BEE SIGH. EVERYTHG ENDS WH THE MAN OM VCI REALIZG HE WAS THE ONE HANGG OM THE CEILG THAT OPENG {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;}DPE S MISSTEPS, THERE WERE SOME GREAT PARTS “THE TOWER”. THE PERFORMERS SHE, THE SUBPLOTS ENTERTA. AS FOR S HANDLG OF LEONARDO'S SEXUALY, DAVCI'S DEMONS' TENTNS DON'T SEEM HOSTILE. TOM RILEY EVEN MENTED ON THE BACKLOT'S LATT TERVIEW WH HIM CLARIFYG A FEW THGS, WHICH IS ALL KDS OF AWOME. LABELS SHOULDN'T FE . HOWEVER, THAT SENTIMENT BELONGS TO AN OPTIMISTIC FUTURE WHILE WE'RE AN UNFORTABLE PRENT. TODAY, 'S HARD WATCHG A HISTORILLY GAY FIGURE ROMP WH WOMEN WHILE ATTRIBUTG HIS SAME SEX ATTRACTNS TO {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
It feels tacked on, almost as if the show's sayg “Leonardo got charged wh sodomy, no homo. ”Characters also reerate how progrsive Florence is for rarely enforcg s no gay sex law, which bbed me the wrong way.
Alternatively, uld be due to my home state of Texas' penal prently ntag the statement “homosexual nduct is not an acceptable liftyle” (that's hopefully changg soon! Couple that wh how the show really hasn't shown any of the gay culture pays lip service to and, rant over. Today, 's hard watchg a historilly gay figure romp wh women while attributg his same sex attractns to cursy.
LEONARDO DA VCI’S SEXUALY: WHY HISTORIANS BELIEVE THE FAMED ITALIAN ARTIST WAS GAY
In Leonardo, the character is shown to be gay – somethg that chim wh the current amic subject of da Vci’s sexualy has been discsed for s, wh historians, artists and even Sigmund Frd weighg wh theori about his sex life. A ntroversial say by Frd 1910, entled “Leonardo da Vci and A Memory of His Childhood, ” psychoanalys the artist, posg that he was gay, but celibate.
LEONARDO, LADI' MAN: WHY N'T WE ACCEPT THAT DA VCI WAS GAY?
A portra of da Vci, cir 1500 (Getty Imag)The Guardian’s art cric Jonathan Jon wrote that da Vci was “almost certaly gay”, but highlighted his life-long creative fatuatns wh women. Plan to-renews until ncelledTry for eeThe recent bgraphy of da Vci by Walter Isaacson also agreed that the artist was likely gay.
(Photo by Leemage/Corbis via Getty Imag)Was Leonardo da Vci gay?