Westlife, Mark Feehily has come out!

Westlife star Mark Feehily yesterday revealed his joy after going
public on his sexuality
The pop pin-up, who has enjoyed a record breaking 12 number one hits
with Westlife, said: "I've never been happier than I am this
weekend."
As Mark broke the news that he's gay, the 25-year old Sligo man
looked like a guy who didn't have a care in the world. He was on top
form as he hung out in London with his boyfriend Kevin McDaid (21).
Mark and McDaid, who is a member of british boyband V, have been an
item since January after meeting in Dublins celebrity haunt Lillies
Bordello following the Childline concert in The Point.

Oblivious:
Feehily was in the UK on friday with his Westlife cohorts Shane
Filan, Kian Egan and Nicky Byrne when the news broke.
He seemed oblivious to the fuss his revelation had caused in the
media. It was business as usual for Feehily as he worked on a photo
shoot with this Westlife pals for their next album, which is due out
in a couple of months.
But behind this week's public statement of his sexuality there have
been some dark moments for the pop singer.
Like most young gay people, Mark has battled through the personal
turmoil of coming to terms with the fact that he's gay.
He has had to face the difficult task of informing his parents,
family and friends of his sexual persuasion.
As a pop star, Mark has also had the extra burden of knowing that
his private life would one day be splashed across the media.
Regarded as one of the nicest guys in the entertainment world today,
Mark has shown through true courage by going public in a dignified
manner this week.
As he reflected on his revelation, Mark said: "To be honest, I've
been blessed with the people I have in my life, my family and
friends. They have been incredibly supportive. I accepted who I am a
long time ago. And I'm lucky, that I have the most amazing loving
parents. There were fantastic when I told them a few years ago."
"My mother and father are truly wonderful people. I feel so lucky to
have such love and support."
"From the moment I told them I got love and total acceptance from my
parents. They gave me a big hug and told me that it didn't matter."

Pressure
"Their only concern was that I might be living under enormous
pressure trying to keep my private life private. Like all parents,
they worry about their children."
"But having my family's acceptance and love, as well as my friends,
obviously meant everything to me. Thats all that really matters to
me."
Although he has kept his sexuality under wraps until this week, Mark
insists that he has tried to lead a normal life and has been open
and honest with the people around him.
"Even though my work involves a lot of public stuff, publicity and
interviews, I'm a very private person by nature", Mark says.
"I don't want to open up and discuss private stuff. Some people in
the business haven no problem letting the whole world see everything
in their lives and that's fine for them."
"Personally, I like to keep my personal life and family life to
myself. I realise that because I'm in the public eye there's going
to be a lot of interest in my new realationship."
"All I'll say is that I'm very happy that I'm in a relationship with
a good person. Kevin is great fun and great company. My happiness is
complete now.'
And Mark added that he's thrilled with the support he has received
from Westlife fans. "My record company tells me that all the e-mails
from fans have been totally supportive and I really appreciate
that", he said.--Retrieved from Westlife Castle

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Travolta tries to get it on with Fred Durst from Limp Bizkit

Travolta chokes on a bizkit

Fred Durst's hair-raising experience Fred Durst has been involved in manystrange episodes but none quite like thisstory that's going around LA. Fred metJohn Travolta recently and the two men gotquite chummy. One night, we hear, Travoltacalled Durst to say he was coming round. When he arrived, Travolta said "Johnnywants mouthwash. Johnny loves mouthwash."Durst gave him the mouthwash. Next thinghe knew, Travolta leaned in for a kiss.Seeing Durst's surprise, Travolta tooka step back, saying that he got the wrongend of the stick and left. Durst stood there,horrified. Not because of any kiss. But becauseTravolta wasn't wearing his wig.

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March 10, 2006

John Travolta's cross-dressing upsets Scientology founderIn an article that could have easily come out of The Onion, MSNBC is reporting that John Travolta's decision to play middle-aged mom Edna Turnblad in a remake of John Waters' classic Hairspray is causing a controversy in the Scientology community. Why? Let's just say that the religion's founder, L. Ron Hubbard, wouldn't be a big fan of this year's gay Oscar theme: A recent Rolling Stone article about Scientology reports that its founder, L. Ron Hubbard, felt that gays “should be taken from … society as rapidly as possible” because “no social order will survive which does not remove these people from its midst.”And while it's safe to say that Hubbard was probably not commenting on this specific decision - since, you know, he's been dead for two decades now - Travolta shouldn't be resting easy just yet. Hubbard is scheduled to be reincarnated any day now. And, if for some odd reason that doesn't happen, Travolta should still lookout for Hubbard's Earth-bound enforcer.
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Is Tom Welling gay? Oh god I hope so... regardless I want to see this movie!

Tom Cruise, Ben Affleck Bested by Tom Welling for Gay Role By Jonathan Wheat Apr 1, 2006, 10:05

HOLLYWOOD - Tom Cruise, Ben Affleck, Clay Aiken, and other stars were bested by Smallville's Tom Welling for the chance of playing Brad Pitt's love interest in Oscar-winning director Ang Lee's new film, When David Met Jonathan. The biblical epic, which relies solely on texts from the Old Testament books of Samuel, chronicles David and Jonathan's story of passionate love, intrigue, and deception.

According to Mr. Lee, he came up with the idea for When David Met Jonathan when a theologian friend of his mentioned there was a male love story in the bible.

"At first I didn’t believe it, but there it was—the story of David and Jonathan. Everything I needed for the screenplay was right there in the books of Samuel. By utilizing the biblical texts, we saved a bundle on writers' salaries and avoided ego problems."

When Mr. Lee read the description of David as "a handsome, ruddy youth," he thought immediately of Brad Pitt. Fortunately, Mr. Pitt was searching for a role like this to expand his repertoire, and he could still fit into the costume he wore in Troy.

The chorus of "pick me, pick me" began when Mr. Lee announced an open casting call for the part of Jonathan.

Singer Clay Aiken was so desperate to land the role that he created a disturbance on a Southwest Airlines flight bound for Chattanooga, Tennessee.

"He wouldn’t put down his cell phone when I asked him to," reported flight attendant Juli Harris. "He had this really crazed look in his eyes and kept saying he had to reach his agent."

Mr. Aiken was restrained by an on-board air marshal, and the pilot made an emergancy landing in Knoxville, where Mr. Aiken was arrested for bitch slapping Ms. Harris repeatedly. As a result of Mr. Aiken's arrest, his performance at a Piggly Wiggly opening in Chattanooga was canceled.

When asked about the possibility of Mr. Aiken playing the role of Jonathan, Mr. Lee cited the 18th chapter of 1st Samuel where Jonathan strips nude in front of David and hands him his clothes. "I just don’t think the public is ready to see Mr. Aiken that way."

Mr. Lee heard from Tom Cruise' people the minute the casting call announcement had been made.

"I questioned whether Mr. Cruise would be willing to play this role because Scientology describes same-sex love as 'a most vicious reversal of the second dynamic,'" said Mr. Lee. "Apparently, Mr. Cruise had gotten permission from Katie Holmes to play the role, as long as he remained silent during the love scenes.”

Lee also revealed that he had been contacted by Ben Affleck about playing the role of Jonathan, "but only if Matt Damon could be David."

Mr. Affleck contacted Mr. Lee after learning that the screen test would involve a scene in which David and Jonathan fall on the ground, kiss, weep, and make a covenant with each other as depicted in the 20th chapter of 1st Samuel.

"I told him the part of David had already gone to Brad Pitt," said Mr. Lee. "Besides, people are tired of seeing Ben and Matt together."

Mr. Lee admitted that Tom Cruise had been the leading contender for the role of Jonathan until Smallville star, Tom Welling, auditioned for the part.

"He waltzed right up to Brad and just nailed it. He really blew Cruise right out of the water."

Mr. Lee says he is prepared for any backlash from the Christian right-wing community.

"I can understand their getting upset over a gay depiction of the American cowboy, but if they have a hard time with the theme of When David Met Jonathan, I'll just have to suggest that they don't mess with the literal meaning of the scriptures."
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I heard from a friend that Justin Timberlake was gay?

"I heard from a friend that Justin Timberlake was gay, and thats why he broke up with Brittney Spears, and that Christina asked him out and he said no, and explained that he was gay."
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Jealous Justin Timberlake Makes Out With Carson Daly
No one could've anticipated the ex-NSYNC star's action, which was to grab MTV VJ robot tool Carson Daly and passionately kiss him outside after the show was over."I'm not gay!" Timberlake was heard to shout reassuringly as he grabbed the back of Daly's head and shoved it towards his enthusiastically protruding tongue. After this statement, the two kissed "deeply" for hours after the show's conclusion, according to many onlookers."They were the deep, honest, hungry kisses of two individuals deeply in love," said one observer later. "It would've been beautiful and inspiring if it wasn't so deeply disturbing.""Justin did a really good job of making it seem like he wanted to have wild, gay sex with Carson Daly," said another witness. "I mean, I know this was just a stunt to get back at Britney, but you really wouldn't have known. He's a wonderful actor.""The whole time, I was thinking to myself, 'I wonder if there's any danger of him [Timberlake] being electrocuted?'" reported a man who was on the scene. "You know, because of Carson Daly being a robotic tool and everything."Though Timberlake was not electrocuted, witnesses say he did fondle and caress Daly's ass for much of the session.The EV caught up with Daly later, when he relayed his impressions of the event to our reporter."It was definitely a surprising experience," he said. "But not surprising like, you know, an 'Oh no' kind of way. More like surprising in 'Holy fucking shit, this is what I've always dreamed of' kind of way."Daly then resumed writing his note to Timberlake, which appeared to read, "I had fun the other night. Do you like me? Circle yes or no." Below this, there was the option for Timberlake to indicate whether he liked Daly or not by circling the appropriate answer.Timberlake, however, claims that the move was intended "entirely to get back at Britney, and nothing else.""Listen, I like Carson Daly," he admitted. "He's a cool guy. In fact, you might even say I like men in general. I think they're cool and sexy, and sensual. In fact, you might even say that I would very much enjoy seeing Carson Daly without any clothing on. But to answer your question, no, I am not getting back with NSYNC."According to Spears, the kiss had "nothing to do" with Timberlake."This was all about me showing people that I've grown up now," she said. "Grown up into a slutty, shitty singer bordering on lesbianism."Spears' partner in crime, Madonna, did not have much to say about the event."What?" she said when asked, furrowing her brow. "Oh, when I kissed Britney? That's really no big deal for me. I've forgotten about it by now, actually. That's person number 1,342,989 that I've kissed. It's not really a special milestone."


George Michael has revealed he wants to have a same-sex kiss onstage, in a similar showstopper to Madonna, Christina Aguilera and Britney Spears at the MTV Music Awards.
The out singer joked with a German interviewer that he is keen to snog Justin Timberlake on stage, and has contacted the pin-up "but, unfortunately, he hasn't called back".
Source: http://uk.gay.com/headlines/6076

Justin Timberlake (CDs) is reportedly to play a gay love-interest in Will and Grace (DVDs). Justin wants to really take this acting lark seriously, but for now only as Jacks bad boyfriend.
Timberlake promptly hung up to peals of laughter from the assembled radio crew.
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Justin Timberlake says that he only agreed to play Sir Elton John in a new film if scenes depicting his wild past were included.
He says he felt honoured when he was offered the part but ordered that scenes of sex and drugs be added reports Digitalspy.
Sir Elton, who was infamous for his drug-fuelled parties in the 70s, hand-picked Justin for the part in the ¢G20 million film.
Justin said: "Knowing what a wild existence Sir Elton has led I thought 'Wow, you're offering me that role?' but when I read the script all the wild stuff had been left out."
"I told the studio that it would have to be warts-and-all so that's what it's going to be. I can't wait to get started."
Justin has played Elton before in the video for This Train Don't Stop There Any More.
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I heard a rumor that Vin Diesel is gay. Is this true?

I heard a rumor that Vin Diesel is gay. Is this true?

This Diesel's straight--not that there's anything wrong with that.

Congratulations, pigeons. You've fallen into the most boring and predictable publicity trap since J.Lo's second marriage.
Celebrities used to rake in the eyeballs by making fans guess whether they were really married or whether they were really tagging their costars or whether they had really adopted yet another hollow-cheeked war orphan from the Third World.
Now, it's all about a new kind of game: making you lemmings guess whether someone is gay. And every time you talk about some boy-toy's sexuality, every time you guess or obsess or fantasize or place a bet, that star's mystique factor, and quite possibly his box-office potential, ratchets up one more notch.
As long as that kind of boiling mystery lives, so does the celebrity's baffling appeal, across that whole rainbow o' sexual orientation.
So, go on. Make Vin Diesel even richer. The man either has no sense of irony at all, or he's having a whole lot of fun jerking you around about his sexuality.
For the record, he has made it quite clear he loves the ladies. But at the same time, between crashing muscle cars and saving the galaxy with a laser blaster, he has:
¡E Pranced around in a leather skirt at the MTV Europe Awards.
¡E Posed for a Mapplethorpe-esque nude shower photo, in which the camera grooves on a naked Diesel from--yes--halfway down. (People are making lamps out of the photo and selling them for $170 on eBay.)
¡E Appeared on the cover of Details--the most homoerotic so-called straight publication since International Male--accompanied by big, pink letters reading, VIN DIESEL: THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH.
¡E Incessantly paraded around the club scene either in muscle shirts or Prada.
"This is a man, after all, who shows up in his latest film wearing a fur coat, a fashion statement that is at once openly effeminate and self-consciously masculine," Janelle Brown drooled a few years back on Salon.com.
Does any of this suggest he's gay? Of course not! All it means is that the man knows how to get press, the New Millennium way.
"I write entertainment stories all day, and I know that if you have four headlines, the one with the word gay in it is the one people are going to read," says Jenny Stewart, entertainment editor for PlanetOut.com and Gay.com. "It certainly is an interesting way to get back in the headlines, isn't it?"
Of course. Otherwise Cynthia Nixon wouldn't be playing peekaboo games with the tabloids this week and instead just spell out that she has, apparently, been dating a woman since January.
But no, no, no. Sex and the City has faded into the Manhattan sunset! Miss Nixon has a career to save! Crank up the Mystique Machine!
"My private life is private," she cooed to the Daily News. "But at the same time, I have nothing to hide. So, what I will say is that I am very happy."
That's the way, Cin. Reel 'em in.

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Ian Somerhalder on gay acting roles.

Ian Somerhalder is one of those rare creatures - the successful male model-slash-actor. With Hollywood a virtual graveyard if the breed (RIP Antonio Sabato Jr), Somerhalder stands alone, looking gorgeous if slightly uncomfortable. Not surprisingly, he's determined to put those heady teenage years pouting for the likes of Calvin Klein, Versace and Dolce & Gabbana behind him. "Modelling was just a job," he says, perhaps a little too insistently. "[Acting] is a profession and a love."
The 23-year-old Californian's dramatic skills will probably never upstage that face, but in his pursuit of credibility he's already displayed surprising range. He was loathsome as one of the two Wyoming youths who murdered Matthew Shepard in the 2001 tv movie, Anatomy of a Hate Crime, and now he's batting for the other ream as college student Paul Denton, variously reviewed as "bisexual", "gay" or [our favorite] "unhappily homosexual", in the hedonistic anti-teen movie Rules of Attraction.
Adapted by Roger Avary (co-scriptwriter of Pulp Fiction) from the 1987 Bret Easton Ellis novel, it's the story of a lust triangle-Paul wants Sean, Sean wants Lauren, Lauren wanted Paul but never quite got around to him-set in an affluent New England liberal arts college. (Read: indiscriminate sex, good drugs.) While the film, laden with cinematic trickery and set to a psuedo-80's soundtrack, has been widely criticized for looking good but going nowhere, the same can't be said for its cast. Avary has shrewdly populated his nihilistic world with wholesome young actors-"fresh-faced" as Somerhalder puts it-most notably James Van Der Beek, best known as the articulately sappy title character in the tv show Dawson's Creek, who plays the predatorial lead character Sean Bateman (younger brother of Ellis' American Psycho Patrick Bateman).
Avary's choices cleverly heighten the impact of the many indignities and debaucheries (orgies, date rape, suicide, addiction) to which he subjects his characters. That the actors so obviously relish the opportunity to slut and snort their way through the film makes it all the more effective.
Of course then there's the moment that has caused screams of disbelief from countless female Dawson fans: Paul and Sean's kiss. Ask Somerhalder about their preparation for the fantasy sequence and he won't bite. "Just laughed and had a beer," he shrugs. "We just sat there, you know, it was what it was." As for tackling the sexually fluid role, Somerhalder had no anxiety. He thinks it's just a reflection of what's become "more socially acceptable". Besides, you'd expect a male model would be comfortable with it. "Yeah, you're right," he laughs. "If you're not, there's something wrong. I've been in the fashion industry for so long, I've lived in New York and LA and Europe, so many of my friends are gay."
One can imagine he's has similar experiences to his character's-gay boy lust after straight men in vain-but from the other side. If he has, he's not admitting to it, although he has at least given the situation some thought. "I talked to a lot of my friends and I came to the conclusion, it's got to suck. If you're gay and you're pining for straight men all the time, it's simply not going to happen. And I guess if you want something really badly and you literally cannot have it, that's got to be so not fun."
SOMERHALDER HITS BACK AT 'ANTI-GAY' SLUR
LOST star IAN SOMERHALDER is furious he was slammed as homophobic when he decided his famous gay kiss in THE RULES OF ATTRACTION would be his last.
The 26-year-old hunk nearly lost a lot of friends as a result of the public reaction to his remark, although he insists his words had been spectacularly misconstrued.
He says, "It's not me who can't handle it, it's the audience.
"SEANN WILLIAM SCOTT didn't get all of the backlash that I received when he did just the same in AMERICAN PIE (2).
"It was completely unjustified - fans and outraged men saying that I was making anti-gay remarks.
"I wasn't and those very close to me who are gay were visibly upset.
Somerhalder is the latest in a long line of young actors who are telling the world: "I'm not gay, but some of my best roles are." As he admits, "I've been asked a lot, are you overcompensating trying to state how straight you are? I'm not. It's challenging as a straight guy to make conscious efforts to be gay."
What the actor rejects is the suggestion that he's just wearing this season's label. "I don't even know about fashionable," he says, "I didn't really even pay attention to that. I just know that it was a challenge. Look, it's the one thing that you know when you wake up in the morning, and when you go to sleep at night-you know your sexuality. If you're really comfortable with it, then it's fine, and James and I had endless conversations about it. We knew that we had a chance to do something really cool and really funny, and frankly," he laughs, "fuck with a lot of people."
-Robin Lynch and Reese Esposito
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Is Ricky Martin gay? Does he like a golden shower?

Is Ricky Martin Gay?
"Ricky Martin [widely rumored to be gay] went home from the Grammys with a couple of handsome trophies," Craig Kilborn reported in February 2000. "He also won some awards."

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November 22, 2005

Ricky Martin likes to pee on people

He's been accused of being gay and being straight and being all sorts of other things, but I don't ever recall rumors of him peeing on people, which makes it all the more strange that he would bring it up in an interview.

Ricky Martin told fans perhaps a little more about his sex life than some wanted to know. “I love giving the golden shower,” he told Blender. “I’ve done it before in the shower. It’s like so sexy, you know, the temperature of your body and the shower water is very different.”

I'm just going to assume that his limited grasp of the English language caused him to say something he didn't mean to say. Not because I don't believe it, but because the thought of Ricky Martin peeing on people in the shower makes me want to stab myself in the face.

Ricky Martin enjoys golden showers [The Scoop - thanks Rachelle!]

There was also a short reporting of Ricky Martin in the newspaper called "GLOBE" this mag is like any other Celebrity magazine. In this issue they were asking " Is Ricky Martin Gay" i'm afraid I no longer have this issue, but it basicly talked about Ricky's relation with a Gay friend who died recently and to the fact that Ricky had appeared on a Gay Magazine.

Is Tom Cruise just a homophobe? or Are the gay rumours true?

The Rumours I have heard about Tom Cruise come from Australia and the USA and the web. What I heard was that Nicole Kidman is a Lesbian and Tom is Gay, they had an arranged marriage for their mutual careers. Why was Nicole’s career really just in Australia, but when they married she was top in Hollywood. Apparently their contract was for 10 years, and they split just as it was closed. So I looked around the web to find out what was going on.- CJ

THE RUMOURS

In the late 80s, I guy I went to high school with moved to LA for modeling/acting. He was at a party & Tom Cruise was ALL OVER HIM LIKE WHITE ON RICE!!!! This guy was very, very hot, too, so I'm not surprised!! Tom Cruise would get much more respect if he would come out of the closet and be true to himself!!!!

Tom cruise is dating oprah's little decorator dwarf nate berkus. will see the outing very soon.

Once felt tom cruise up the night Jodi foster won her academy award. In the parking lot of spagos ..he just smiled... he might of had a few drinks..that a swifty lazar party

Posted by: tom spago May 23, 2005 9:15:35 PM

Tom is a gay 'un alright.

was out on the booze with Dr.Cox from Scrubs (no mess - he came to ireland and went out with my friend for his whole 2 wk stay and they still chat regularly, he's a cool and generous guy) and we was askin him to dish a bit of crap and he knows tom pretty well and its taken for granted that tom is gay among certain circles including his, obviously. his relationships are totally set-up by publicists.

Posted by: Quillber Jun 7, 2005 2:40:53 PM

Tom Cruise is some creation of a guy created from the city of broken dreams. Before "Taps" Tom Cruise was a feminine exceedingly good looking guy, and a recipe for the gay lifestyle, but got sidetracked when Don Simpson, et al, created the the ulitimate movie star of the 80s with a perfect smile. Tom Cruise isn't his real name and most of his history is erased from tangible memory for investigators to uncover. Tom Cruise is a metrosexual, asexual, bi-sexual creation that no one can define. Whoever sits on top of the pyramid scheme known as Scientology is another untapped mystery. It's not L.R. Hubbard, but some lunatic. Whoever can get access to the $5,000,000 contract (David Copperfield signed one with Cladia Schiffer) signed by Katie Homes to play the part of Tom's all-American girlfriend will rake in millions and be the envy of every journalist in the world. Get to work!!

Posted by: MrBMovie Jun 7, 2005 11:37:32 PM

I used to believe that the Tom Cruise "gay" rumor was simply wishful thinking by a segment of the gay community. However, I have a very good friend who is a real estate agent in California and a few years back he was showing Tom Cruise a house, along with a male "friend" of Tom's. The agent stepped away to make a phone call. When he returned, he caught Tom and his friend lip-locked in a passionate embrace. Whatever nonsense the Hollywood PR people spin, it will not change the fact that he was, is and will always be gay. This is no criticism as to his sexual orientation. Unfortunately, his image as a heterosexual hottie is one that probably needs to be maintained, in order for Tom to play the believable hetero-male roles. This is more of a commentary on our present day culture and society than anything else. Oh well - it is what it is. One thing I'm fairly certain of ... over the course of time, his gay status will be known and acknowledged by the majority. When you're a celebrity, it's pretty tough to hide something like this for very long.

Posted by: Whatever Jun 10, 2005 6:02:50 AM

Tom Cruise is GAY -
He had a boyfrend in Australia/New Zealand for a long time. His relationship with katie Holmes was arranged and bought. She is getting lots of press for an otherwise unknown actress. This happens all the time

Posted by: isa Jun 11, 2005 2:55:13 AM

Word has it that when they were married, Mimi Rogers caught husband Tom Cruise in bed with her brother and all hell broke loose. Since then, Cruise has entered into contracted marriages to keep the gay truth at bay. Rogers was told to keep quiet and she would always work. Kidman was told to stay married for a limited term and she would be made a star. Now it's Holmes' turn. Of course, it could be just a rumour :)

Posted by: INSIDER Jun 13, 2005 11:01:32 AM

Tommy sucks dick like a champ. I should know, he sucked me dry on the set of "Frisky Business", and was begging me to drive it up his ass. I obliged, and he sang like a canary on speed. He is a bottom, and like it rough.

Posted by: rick Jun 16, 2005 8:58:30 PM

Yes..its is all true. Tommy boy is gay, a bottom, and kinky as hell. He is frequently seen with his "trainer" aka, the top to his bottom.. His highly paid PR spin docs earn their money. Enough already. A pathetic move on the part of the women. Wouldn"t it be nice if Tom came out, could continue to land his big action star roles and be a positive role modle of the gay american male. Sadly...thats not the case. Will he pull a Richard Chamberlain in 20 years....coming out once he no longer gets the roles he once did? We'll see.

Posted by: thatsMR.FAG2U Jun 17, 2005 11:15:38 AM

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TOMS BATTLE WITH PEOPLE SUGGESTING HE IS GAY IS QUITE EXTENSIVE

Tom Cruise is suing Kyle Bradford for defamation. Bradford, a gay porn star whose real name is Chad Slater, allegedly told French celebrity gossip magazine Actustar that he had an affair with Cruise during his marriage to Nicole Kidman. The $100 million lawsuit states, "There is not a germ of truth to this vicious, self- promoting story. While Cruise thoroughly respects others rights to follow their own sexual preference, he is not a homosexual and had no relationship of any kind with Kyle Bradford and does not even know him." A longer story at E! reviews Cruise's history of battling gay rumors and reports that Actustar has since printed a retraction. Daze reprints and translates the original Actustar story here.
Yahoo E! Actustar (May 2001)

After being sued by Tom Cruise for $100 million, Kyle Bradford posted the following statement on his personal web site: "Regarding the news everyone has been reading...... I have never been to France, I have never spoken with 'Actustar Magazine', and have never said any of the statements allegedly said by me. The things being reported internationally are totally untrue and very hurtful to all parties."
Kyle Bradford (May 2001)

Two Village Voice columnists address the Tom Cruise-Kyle Bradford story. Richard Goldstein reviews Cruise's history of litigation to quash gay rumors in light of past rumor control campaigns. "Recall that Oscar Wilde's ordeal began when he sued his lover's father for casting aspersions on his heterosexuality." Goldstein also considers the crux of Cruise's $100 million libel claim against Bradford: that gay rumors could destroy his credibility in action films. Is this still true today with so many gay characters and performers in contemporary pop culture? ... Michael Musto talks to Kyle Bradford's ex-partner, Randall Kohl, about Bradford's penchant for storytelling and obsession with Cruise. "He reminds me of a little kid telling stories to get attention. He'd tell me that Tom gave him a watch and also offered to buy him a car."
Village Voice (May 2001)

Tom Cruise has filed another $100 million lawsuit to quash gay rumors, this time against someone who sent emails offering a videotape which supposedly depicted Cruise having gay sex. His lawyer says, "[Cruise] is a great respecter of homosexual rights, but he's not gay, and he's ready to prove this in court," which would certainly boost ratings at CourtTV.
E! (Jun 2001)

Meanwhile, Kyle Bradford, the target of Cruise's first $100 million lawsuit, has announced his retirement from porn. A message on his personal website thanks his supporters and proffers life lessons learned during "the very public ordeal I've been through." Bradford also tried to auction off his domain names and exclusive rights to his wrestling videos at eBay, but the first auction didn't reach Bradford's reserve price, while the second auction shows up as "invalid," which may mean that eBay removed the listing. ... UPDATE: According to Auction Watch, eBay did indeed remove the second listing because Bradford placed it under "Computers/Domain Names" rather than an "Adult" category.
Kyle Bradford eBay Auction Watch (Jun 2001)

Tom Cruise has extended his $100 million defamation suit against gay porn star Kyle Bradford to include Bradford's wife Kristina Ann Kirstin. Cruise filed the original suit in May based on an article in the French tabloid Actustar, in which Bradford supposedly recounted his yearlong affair with Cruise. Bradford has since denied ever meeting Cruise or speaking to Actustar, and the magazine published a retraction. Kirstin admits she spoke to the National Enquirer about the alleged affair, but only after the original lawsuit was filed, and she denies saying anything defamatory.
Planet Out (Aug 2001)

Former gay porn star Kyle Bradford (real name: Chad Slater) has decided not to contest Tom Cruise's $100 million lawsuit against him. "If (Cruise's lawyers) persist, they will get a judgment against me for $100m. Then I file bankruptcy and it's dismissed. They exposed me and my whole personal life by doing this to me. It's like I'm being harassed by the celebrity... I don't think I ever want to see another Tom Cruise movie in my life."
BBC (Aug 2001)

A Los Angeles judge on Wednesday ordered Tom Cruise to pay $27,900 in legal fees to Kristina Ann Kirstin, the ex-wife of gay porn star Kyle Bradford (real name: Chad Slater). Cruise sued Bradford for $100 million over a French tabloid story which quoted Bradford discussing a torrid affair with Cruise. Bradford denied ever talking to the tabloid or ever having met Cruise, and the tabloid published a retraction, but Cruise is still pursuing the lawsuit. Then Kirstin tried to sell her own story about a Bradford-Cruise affair to the National Enquirer, so Cruise added her to the lawsuit. E! explains the latest twist: "On Wednesday, however, Superior Court Judge Aurelio Munoz raised questions about the logic of Cruise's complaint against Kirstin. Included in the four-page amendment was a declaration from Slater saying he didn't know Cruise at all--supposedly meant to show that Kirstin fabricated her tale. But Judge Munoz said the statement seemed to contradict Cruise's complaint against Slater." Munoz's ruling states, "Plaintiff is blowing both hot and cold in this same proceeding. This [declaration from Slater] is the only evidence to indicate [Kirstin] knew the story was false when she sold it. Plaintiff cannot have it both ways." Check out our full coverage of Cruise's anti-gay-gossip lawsuits here.
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In which the influence of a noted community weblog is revealed to the reader. A couple days ago, someone at Metafilter posted a BBC News article about the settlement in Tom Cruise's latest lawsuit against gay rumormongers. At least seven other weblogs have since linked to the same BBC News page, landing it in the Daypop Top 40 — even though the news item was published last December. Hey, no judgment, I snag links from Metafilter all the time. The long, ensuing Metafilter discussion thread is typically sardonic.
BBC News Daypop Metafilter (Apr 2002)

Author David Ehrenstein has posted several rounds of legal correspondence between Tom Cruise's lawyers and the lawyers for William Morrow & Company, publishers of Ehrenstein's book Open Secret: Gay Hollywood 1928-1996. (Link snagged from Metafilter, natch.)
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Tom Cruise has quietly dropped his $100 million lawsuit against Kyle Bradford's wife for telling the National Enquirer that her husband frequently bragged about having an affair with Cruise. This week's National Enquirer cover screams, "Tom Cruise Settles Gay Lawsuit! - The Secret Payoff Deal," but the article isn't available on the Enquirer website. Oh well, I need to do some grocery shopping today anyway. There is some discussion of this news on their message boards. (Oct 2002)

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July 13, 2005
Rob Thomas is offended
Rob Thomas is denying reports he had sex with Tom Cruise and is even more upset that he's been labelled a fellow Scientologist.
"If I were gay," says Rob, "Tom wouldn't be on the top of my list. It would be Brad Pitt. I'm more offended by the rumours saying I'm Scientologist."
Oh please, like Rob Thomas could even get Brad Pitt. Believe me I've tried, and that guy is impossible to please. I even put on my Axe body spray - only to have weird women start clawing at me and stripping me in public - but did Brad even notice? Nope, he didn't try to fondle my genitals or anything. Then again, I hear he has the flu so he probably just wasn't up for any genital-fondling action.

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Is Matt Damon Gay?

The Damon-Affleck-Paltrow Theory (DAPT)

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The thing you have to remember about Matt Damon here is that he is gay. But he doesn't want anyone to know that he is gay, and this is how this whole thing got started...

Matt Damon thinks that by coming out of the closet, he will join the likes of Anne Heche, in that he'll never be able to do a romantic comedy, or be placed with a leading lady, because, let's face it, how many people really bought into "Six Days, Seven Nights" with Harrison always-butch Ford, and Anne I'm-with-Ellen-DeGeneres-today-but-I'll-be-God-tomorrow Heche? Seriously?

But something bad happened one night... well, good for Matt, bad for Ben Affleck. Matt kissed Ben when they were both drunk, and someone saw them, and threatened to blow his cover. That person was Gwyneth Paltrow.

Gwyneth Paltrow without her suspicions of Matt Damon's sexual orientation may have never come into play

Nevertheless, here we have her. At the beginning of DAPT, Gwyneth Paltrow had just broken up with Brad Pitt, or I should say that he dumped her. They only dated for about a year, and I have great suspicion that he might have some DAPT-like secret going on himself, but I can only do one thing at a time.

After Gwyneth was dumped by Brad, she moved into Winona Ryder's place (more on her in a minute), and was with Winona at the party that sparked DAPT.

Gwyneth found Matt Damon and Ben Affleck in a compromising position at the party, and blackmailed Ben Affleck into going out with her, to keep her star shining.

Ben is the good guy in this theory. He was just trying to do something nice for his friend. So after getting drunk at a party, kissing Matt Damon, and receiving a phone call that changed Hollywood, Ben was roped right into DAPT

It might not all be bad, though. There was a lot of publicity surrounding his "romance" with Gwyneth Paltrow, and both he and Matt Damon have become huge stars. In fact, the only down side of DAPT at all would have to be the most overrated sack of crap's involvement in the first place.

Winona Ryder

Winona is the missing link. Simple as that. We pondered for months until we figured out that Winona Ryder was the one that brought these four together.

Her involvement in DAPT, other than being Gwyneth's generous roommate, involves losing a bet. The bet was that if Gwyneth could get Ben to date her, then she would date Matt Damon.

If you think about it, Winona Ryder is the perfect cover for a girlfriend of Matt Damon. As much as I am a Winona Ryder enthusiast... even I can admit that she looks like a man. Maybe not when she's got long hair, but when that hair comes off, you can't tell the difference. That must have helped Matt in public when he'd have to kiss her.

The Theory

For those of you who were not paying attention so far, I'll put it together for you.

You see, there was this party. Matt Damon and Ben Affleck went together because Matt wanted to have some fun, and Matt said that Ben needed to get out of the house, as he was missing his east-coast-high-school girlfriend, Cheyenne. Ben agrees, but then doesn't really have too much fun at the party, except for getting a little too tipsy.

Gwyneth Paltrow and Winona Ryder went to the party together because Winona was sick of sitting around her apartment, where she kindly let Gwyneth stay, listening to Gwyneth go on and on about how bad she felt about breaking up with Brad Pitt (by the way, for the record, Brad Pitt dumped her).

Matt Damon also got a bit tipsy at the party, and when he saw his friend Ben not having a good time, he invited him to a moment in private to talk things out. When they were in private, Matt got the wrong signals from his drunk friend, and kissed him.

Ben, after a moment too many, told Matt to stop it, that he was straight, in love with Cheyenne, and even though he was kind of mad would still keep Matt's secret.

What they didn't know was that the overrated sack of crap Gwyneth Paltrow was lurking behind the almost-but-not-quite closed door, and saw the whole thing. Being overrated, she knew that without a handsome, talented boyfriend, the press would give up on her and stop following her around, thus making her a has-been. So she figured that if she blackmailed Ben Affleck she'd get what she wanted, and Matt would get what he wanted (no, not Ben--to have his secret safe, what's wrong with you?!)

Winona flat-out laughed at Gwyneth when she heard the overrated sack of crap's plan. She told Gwyneth, very sarcastically, if she pulled it off, she'd help Matt by dating him to make it look like he was, in fact, straight.

Gwyneth thought this was a grand idea, because Winona had always looked like a man anyway (and though Winona was insulted by this, even she couldn't argue) and Gwyneth called Ben the next morning.

Ben was furious at Gwyneth's plan, but didn't have much of a choice, seeing as how he wouldn't ever let his friend Matt down, so he told Gwyneth that she had one year.

Sure enough, one year later, Gwyneth and Ben broke up. (Matt and Winona broke up some time in between, as well).

REACTION TO THE RUMOURS

After Good Will Hunting, Damon and Affleck appeared in several films together, did joint interviews, interviewed each other, and seemed as tight at 30 as they had been at 10. It struck some people as weird, made them the butt of innumerable "are they gay?" jokes, and eventually started to hurt their careers.

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But sources claim the singer turned down the amazing opportunity because he didn't want to play a gay role.

One explained: "There have been so many gay rumours surrounding him that he didn't want to get typecast as a gay character."

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Celebrities With Beards

A "Beard" is a term used in gay communities which refers to the female companionship that a gay or gay-leaning bisexual male wears in his life to disguise the face of his true preference for the companionship of other males. Gays and gay-leaning bisexuals have been known to take on a beard as young as 13 years old, from studies of suicide notes of teens who committed suicide due to concerns over their (homo/bi) sexuality.

The use of beards has long been a favorite strategy of Hollywood agents and publicists, often recommended to, or imposed upon, a male celebrity, and sometimes the beard is even paid a lump sum or a salary to play the desired role. In the past, the "beard" strategy has often been combined with leaked stories/pictures to selected reporters regarding liaisons between gay celebrities and females (beards or otherwise), which often then showed up in various rags, and in the modern-day these strategies are sometimes combined with paying Internet surfers for their opinions to combat fans who say their favorite celebrity is gay/bisexual.
And taking it even further, upon the recommendation of agents and publicists, some gay or gay-leaning bisexual celebrities even pick up hookers and/or hire call girls, and pay them primarily to spread stories about their (heterosexual) prowess throughout the community.
However, there are always people in a celebrity's life who know the truth, and that truth often bubbles to the surface, either from the celebrity's own community, or the community of friends which the celebrity frequents.
And when all else fails, and when a young gay actor refuses to play ball and remain closeted, then there is always the old "nude pictures" trick, where someone gets the young actor into a position where allegedly unflattering nude pictures can be taken of him, and then those pictures are used as blackmail for the entire career of the young actor, forcing the young actor to play ball and remain closeted, whether he likes it or not.
The agents, publicists, celebrities, etc., who do these things are not necessarily bad people, often they simply don't understand that their efforts are contributing to the disproportionate numbers of gay/bi teen suicides, and many of them simply do what they are doing for money, or for recognition. Check out the Human Rights Campaign web site to begin to understand the impact of such choices on gay/bi teens.
And the reason why Hollywood tries so hard to hide the truth about the sexual preferences of so many of their actors is found in this article: Where Have You Gone, Rock Hudson?


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How many gay people are there?
Sexual Behavior in the Human Male (1948) and Sexual Behavior in the Human Female (1953) reported that: 37% of males and 13% of females had at least some overt homosexual experience to orgasm; 10% of males were more or less exclusively homosexual and 8% of males were exclusively homosexual for at least three years between the ages of 16 and 55. For females, Kinsey reported a range of 2-6% for more or less exclusively homosexual experience/response. 4% of males and 1-3% of females had been exclusively homosexual after the onset of adolescence up to the time of the interview. Kinsey devised a classification scheme to measure sexual orientation. It is commonly known as the Kinsey Scale.

Understanding what Homosexuality is.
Males do not represent two discrete populations, heterosexual and homosexual. The world is not to be divided into sheep and goats. It is a fundamental of taxonomy that nature rarely deals with discrete categories... The living world is a continuum in each and every one of its aspects, (p 639).


While emphasizing the continuity of the gradations between exclusively heterosexual and exclusively homosexual histories, it has seemed desirable to develop some sort of classification which could be based on the relative amounts of heterosexual and homosexual experience or response in each history... An individual may be assigned a position on this scale, for each period in his life.... A seven-point scale comes nearer to showing the many gradations that actually exist, (pp. 639, 656) Kinsey, et al. (1948). Sexual Behavior in the Human Male .


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Is Jesus Christ Gay?

Indications that Jesus did have a homosexual orientation

"In the Gospel of John, the disciple John frequently refers to himself in the third person as 'the disciple whom Jesus loved'." 4 For example, during the Last Supper before Jesus' execution, he describes how the "beloved" disciple laid himself on Jesus' inner tunic -- his undergarment. See John 13:25 and 21:20. Robert Goss, assistant professor of comparative religion at Webster University in St. Louis, LA, noted that Jesus and the beloved disciple: "... eat together, side by side. What's being portrayed here is a pederastic relationship between an older man and a younger man. A Greek reader would understand." 5 Jesus appears to have loved all of his male and female followers in a close, trusting, non-erotic manner. However, the "beloved" disciple appears to be in a special relationship with Jesus; the disciple was "the" beloved. He was in a class by himself.

On the other hand: Some commentators have suggested that it was a common practice in Judea at that time for heterosexual man to lay his head on another's undergarment. Such behaviour was common between two heterosexuals in an emotionally close but non-erotic relationship during the first century CE. 6

Jenny Stokes, research director for Saltshakers, a conservative Christian group in Australia, said that there are five words for love in Greek (the language in which the Gospels were written: Agape: spiritual, unconditional love,

Eros: erotic love,

Philia: love between friends,

Storge: familial love.

The Gospel references to "the disciple whom Jesus loved" use the word "agape." 3 Whether the authors originally used "eros" and the word was subsequently changed is open to speculation.

"Jagannath" interprets the Gospels differently. He argues that Jesus may have been bisexual. He wrote: "In the Book of John a word is used eight times that means 'is in love with' with the implication of sexual intimacy. Five times it is used with reference to Jesus' relationship with John. Once it is used to define Jesus' relationship with Lazarus. And it is also used to describe his relationship with Mary and with her sister Martha." 7

During the crucifixion, in John 19:26-28, Jesus is described as seeing his mother and an unidentified man: "the disciple standing by, whom he loved." Jesus probably loved all of his 12 or 70 disciples in a non-sexual manner. But this particular disciple is identified as "the" disciple who Jesus loved. That might indicate a special intimate relationship with one special disciple.

The late Morton Smith, of Columbia University reported in 1958 that he had found a fragment of a manuscript which at the Mar Saba monastery near Jerusalem. It contained the full text of Mark, chapter 10. Apparently the version that is in the Christian Scriptures is an edited version of the original. Additional verses allegedly formed part of the full version of Mark, and were inserted after verse 34. It discusses how a young man, naked but for a linen covering, expressed his love for Jesus and stayed with him at his place all night.

"J Richards" suggested that Mark 7:14-16 shows that Jesus approves of homosexual acts. The critical phrase reads: "There is nothing from without a man, that entering into him can defile him..." Richards suggests that Jesus gave great emphasis to this teaching, directing it to everyone. Richards suggests that the sentence refers to dietary laws and also extends to "blood transfusions, medication, organ transplants, and artificial insemination" and to homosexual acts as well. 8

On the other hand, these words have historically been interpreted as overturning the Mosaic law about eating,

Rollan McCleary, was awarded his doctorate from the University of Queensland in Australia during 2003-MAY for his work researching the sexual orientation of Jesus and his disciples. He obtained about $33,000 US in funding from the government to finance his degree. He concluded that Jesus and at least three of his disciples were gay. He based this conclusion on excerpts from the Gospel of John and on Jesus' astrological chart based on the approximate year, month, day and place where he was born. Considering that many theologians have concluded that Jesus was born sometime in the Fall, between 4 and 7 BCE, it is difficult to understand how an accurate astrological chart can be prepared. Dr. McCleary told Australian Broadcasting Commission radio that, in the past, "one or two queer theologians" had attempted to show Jesus was gay. "People haven't taken them very seriously because they don't have any evidence and they say things so sensationally that people are not really going to listen or just be very angry. What I'm doing is showing a much more theological and also astrological dimension on all this which will make a lot more sense to people." 9 He has written a book based on his doctoral thesis which was published in 2004. 18

An anonymous webmaster wrote about a revelation that he received during her/his daily prayer and meditation: "Suddenly many aspects of the New Testament made sense. Jesus never married. He preached love, tolerance, and forgiveness of sins. He did not condemn and vilify as his so-called followers do today. He surrounded himself with men whom he loved. The Bible says nothing of Jesus' sexuality, yet we are taught that he was both divine and fully man. Why did he never marry? Why is the New Testament silent about his sexuality? It became so clear when I had the insight that Jesus was probably gay and that He understood hatred and bigotry first-hand." 10

Mark 14:51-52 describes the incident when Jesus was arrested by the religious police. It describes how one of Jesus' followers was scantily dressed. The King James Version says he had a linen cloth cast on his naked body; the size and location of the cloth is not defined. The New International Version says that he was "wearing nothing but a linen garment." When the police tried to seize him, they were able to grab only his cloth; the man ran away naked. Reverend Peter Murphy wrote: "We don't know from the sources what really was going on, but we do know that something was very peculiar between Jesus and young men." 11 (Emphasis in the original.)

Michael Kelly wrote of Jesus' attitude towards a same-sex couple as described in Matthew 8:5-13: and Luke 7:2: "One day a Roman Centurion asked him to heal his dying servant. Scholars of both Scripture and Ancient History tell us that Roman Centurions, who were not permitted to marry while in service, regularly chose a favorite male slave to be their personal assistant and sexual servant. Such liaisons were common in the Greco-Roman world and it was not unusual for them to deepen into loving partnerships....Jesus offered to go to the servant, but the centurion asked him simply to speak a word of healing, since he was not worthy to welcome this itinerant Jewish teacher under his roof. Jesus responded by healing the servant and proclaiming that even in Israel he had never found faith like this! So, in the one Gospel story where Jesus encountered people sharing what we would call a 'gay relationship,' we see him simply concerned about ?and deeply moved by ?their faith and love." Kelly implies that Jesus' sensitivity towards the gay couple might have arisen from his own bisexual or homosexual orientation. 1

Some commentators argue from silence. They note that there is no passage in the Christian Scriptures (New Testament) that directly describes anything about Jesus' sexuality. There are many direct and indirect references to Jesus' sensuality. He was accused of being a "drunkard and a glutton" and of partying with "prostitutes and sinners." He apparently enjoyed a tender foot massage from a woman. Yet, neither Jesus' sexuality nor his celibacy is mentioned. Yet, sex is referred to, elsewhere in the Bible, quite often. One might argue that the books in the Christian Scriptures might have once described Jesus' sexual relationships, but that these passages have been vigorously censored by the later church because they were unconventional.

Other commentators have noted that Jesus is silent towards homosexuality in the Gospels. Yet, Paul's opinions and those of many other authors in the Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament) are clearly stated. They conclude that Jesus might have been gay himself. Odler Jeanlouie speculated: "Is it meaningful that, in the Sermon on the Mount, central to his teaching, he offered a one-way trip to the Kingdom of God, to anyone who is persecuted?" 12

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