Friday’s Gay Entertainment Edition

Filed Under Gay Entertainment, Gossip, Headlines | July 17th, 2009 

Friday’s Gay Entertainment Edition includes: Emmy Gossip, Censorship, Interviews, Art and more.

Gay Entertainment & Celeb News and GossipArt: Vancouver’s queer arts festival offers a different way to celebrate Pride — Pride in Art grows up.

Celeb Interviews:

- HuffPo: Exclusive Interview with Margaret Cho On Her New TV Show, Feeling Beautiful, Homophobia, and Her Outlook on Life.

- AfterElton: Torchwood’s John Barrowman: ‘I Love Captain Jack, what he stands for and represents.’

Emmy Gossip:

- “Prayers for Bobby” gets Emmys nods

- Kathy Griffin, up for two more Emmys, has been tapped to host the “Schmemmys”

- Neil Patrick Harris gets another Emmy nomination for “How I Met Your Mother”

- Cherry Jones and Sir Ian McKellen get Emmy nods

Errr….I did check out sites other than Greg in Hollywood for the above gossip but I liked his posts best.

- I haven’t noticed this in any of the gay blogs and news sites that I normally trawl (perhaps its too camp?) so I’ll mention it…Little Britain USA has two Emmy nominations. 1) Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup For A Series, Miniseries, Movie Or A Special. 2) Outstanding Makeup For A Single-Camera Series (Non-Prosthetic).

Film & Censorship Issues: No ‘Milk’, but ‘lesbian vampire’ film OK in Samoa

Pagentry: Degrassi: The Next Generation’s Paula Brancati and Out actor, Adamo Ruggeiro are slated to host The Search for Miss Teen Canada-World Event on July 25, 2009 at the John Bassett Theatre in Toronto.

Paranormal: Video Interview of gay medium, James Van Praagh on Talking with the Dead.

Records: ‘Dancing Queen’ record bid fails big time. (It was a good idea)