AfterElton Briefs: Stevie Wonder Disappoints, Matt Bomer Is A Knockout, And Is There Trouble for the Gay "X-Men" Couple?
Posted by snicks on August 31, 2012
- Matt Bomer from the Sept. 11th episode of White Collar.
Friday, 31 August 2012
Matt Bomer boxing
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AfterElton Briefs: Stevie Wonder Disappoints, Matt Bomer Is A Knockout, And Is There Trouble for the Gay "X-Men" Couple?
Posted by snicks on August 31, 2012
AfterElton Briefs: Stevie Wonder Disappoints, Matt Bomer Is A Knockout, And Is There Trouble for the Gay "X-Men" Couple?
Posted by snicks on August 31, 2012
Sunday, 26 August 2012
Friday, 24 August 2012
Adam Lambert - Is This Love (Bob Marley Cover Take 40 Live Lounge, Sydney)
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Speaking of reggae music, in Sydney, Adam Lambert dropped by the Take 40 Live Lounge and performed a lovely rendition of Bob Marley's "Is This Love." At least to my ear, the tune is pronoun free, so it works well for a gay artist.
Speaking of reggae music, in Sydney, Adam Lambert dropped by the Take 40 Live Lounge and performed a lovely rendition of Bob Marley's "Is This Love." At least to my ear, the tune is pronoun free, so it works well for a gay artist.
Sunday, 19 August 2012
Tuesday, 14 August 2012
Michael Urie on Partners
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Michael Urie on "Partners" and Celebrity Sexuality
Posted by Jim Halterman, Entertainment Reporter on August 14, 2012
Take some established TV actors with impressive track records, borrow
generously from the real-life gay/straight alliance of the creators (who
just happened to create a long-running ground-breaking sitcom), throw a
hunky former Superman into the mix and you’ve got the ingredients of CBS’s new sitcom Partners.
In the series, which premieres on September 24th, Louis (Michael Urie, Ugly Betty) is the lifelong best friend of Joe (David Krumholtz, Numbers) and the two are partners in an architecture firm. Louis has a boyfriend in Wyatt (Brandon Routh, Superman Returns and Chuck) and Ali (Sophia Bush, One Tree Hill) is Joe’s girlfriend. The lines between all these relationships cross and get tangled providing (hopefully) enough laughs to be on the air for a long time. The series is created and inspired by the real-life friendship of Max Mutchnick and David Kohan, who created Will & Grace.
At the recent Television Critics Association press tour, AfterElton sat down with the uber-friendly and super cute Urie to talk about his return to series television, how he’d like see the love life of Louis and Wyatt portrayed, and the line between public and private in regards to a celebrity’s sexuality.
AfterElton: I’m so happy to see you back on TV.
Michael Urie: Thank you so much.
AE: I’m guessing that there were a lot of different things and offers that have come your way, and I know that you’ve done a lot of theater since Betty. Why was Partners the right project to commit to?
MU: Well, I have been casually looking for a TV job, but not actively. I like LA. I love working in LA, but I love living in New York. I love doing theater. So, I was very happy there. I wasn’t actively seeking a new TV job, but I was certainly reading pilots and letting them come my way, things like that. There’s not a part for me in every show, there’s just not. So I’m selective, but so are they. Do you know what I mean? But when this show came up I read i,t and I was like okay…well first of all the players, Max, David, Jimmy Burrows [TV director extraordinaire]. Yes, yes, yes.
AE: Their shows tend to run a long time.
MU: [nods] Also, CBS…multi camera…all of those things are good. Then I read the script and the part is so good, I figured out that I was playing Max Mutchnick. It’s the best part I’ve ever read for a TV show that I actually could have gotten. I was like, ‘I’ve got to make this happen. I’ve got to get this job. This is going to work. I can hear myself saying these words. I can see myself playing the part.’ I can’t imagine a better role for me in a show.
AE: Is it safe to say that you know Louis pretty well?
MU: I get this guy. It’s a good fit. Yeah.
AE: And you have Brandon as Wyatt, Louis’s boyfriend. Not too shabby.
MU: He’s so wonderful and dreamy.
AE: Did you have any say in that casting? Chemistry reads or anything like that?
MU: No, I did not. I was cast first, but I remember hearing about him being in the mix. I am a big fan of Superman Returns, especially him as Clark Kent. He is a funny actor. He would be funny in this kind of a part and handsome, guileless…I was really into it. Of course he’s handsome as hell. I love that. I love who he is. I love the kind of work he’s done. I think it’s a great story, and he’s a great actor. He’s easy on the eyes. Doesn’t hurt…
AE: We have a lot of gay characters on TV now, but sex still isn’t something we go into all that much at least in sitcoms. Will we see Louis and Wyatt’s sex life? Is that something that you want to be a part of the show?
MU: I want that to be a part of the show in as much as sex is a part of any sitcom. There is a certain wholesomeness to a situational comedy. We’re on at eight-thirty. We want young people to watch the show. I think we should see us in bed together. I think we should be adults. I think we should be portrayed as adults. I don’t know how racy it should get. We should definitely keep our demographic skewing young. Part of what is so great about this show is that people of all ages will enjoy it. Regardless of who it is that’s having sex, we wouldn’t ever want anybody to get scared away by sex. But I feel like we’re playing adults. We should act like adults.
AE: The whole cast seems to have really good chemistry from what I saw in the pilot. Even your scenes with Sophia are so cute. She’s adorable.
MU: I love her too. You know, four is a great number of core actors because it’s easy to get to know each other right away. David [Krumholtz] and I have spent a lot of time together, obviously. Sophia and I have spent a lot of time together. Brandon and I have gotten to spend one-on-one time together. We’re getting to know each other personally, which makes it so much easier once you’re working. You have a common emotional language, even a common physical language, which makes it a lot easier.
I also think David and Max did such a good job of creating a pilot that really picked up in the middle as opposed to like ‘Diane walks into this bar called Cheers.’ Obviously that pilot was fantastic but…
AE: I see what you mean.
MU: [Partners] starts as lives in progress rather than people who just met and now they have to get to know each other. That’s all exposition, exposition, exposition. Our show feels like it could be the third or fourth episode. Obviously David and Max know what the hell they are doing, and they are so smart about creating story, but also managing to find all of these jokes to put in it because the story is really good. The story in the first episode is really strong.
AE: Yeah, even the foundation of the show, the fact that this is their friendship from the time they were kids and one happens to be straight and one happens to be gay.
MU: Some of my best friends are straight and always have been. We don’t necessarily talk about football, but I like doing things like that. Most of my straight guy friends are also going to see musicals. So, there are stereotypes of straight and gay people, but there is also a broken rule for every stereotype about that. I enjoy going to football games. I don’t necessarily know who’s playing or all the rules but…
[Mamie Gummer, also doing interviews for her new show, Emily Owens MD stops by to say hello to Michael]
AE: You mentioned you were directing a movie? Tell me about that.
MU: My boyfriend (Ryan Spahn) co-wrote it with Halley Feiffer. They are the stars and I directed it. Everyone plays themselves. It’s called, He’s Way More Famous Than You. We’re shopping it right now.
AE: Is directing a new area for you?
MU: It is. I co-directed a documentary that has been in the festival circuit and hopefully will be available to you very soon, and that was my first time directing. I shot it a year ago, almost a year ago.
AE: How does directing influence acting and back and forth? Does it make you think of things differently?
MU: Absolutely. I learned when I was directing. I was also in the movie, and I learned when I was directing on days when I was also acting…I feel like I’ve had a director’s mind forever, but it wasn’t until I had to direct myself that I realized why actors are pampered. I always thought, why are we so pampered? I don’t need this. But one day I was directing and acting and I got frustrated about something and it became impossible to act. So, now I have a very keen understanding of why actors are special on a set and how to keep them in it, not necessarily happy, but in it. One day somebody pissed me off about something that didn’t have anything to do with the scene, and I could not concentrate.
AE: Wow, I guess that was a good lesson?
MU: It was a good lesson. The scene worked out.
AE: I was looking at some past interviews that you’ve done and the whole sexuality thing comes up with actors and actresses and people always seem to want to know what to label people. I’m curious, why do you think everybody is so curious and obsessive about it? I know if I don’t ask – and sometimes I know I can’t depending on who I’m talking to – readers will comment with ‘Why didn’t you ask that?!’ So, what I want to ask is, why do you think we’re so fascinated with an actor’s sexuality?
MU: I don’t know. That’s a good question. I guess…well, I think it’s easy. It’s an easy question. It’s easy when somebody is known for playing straight roles but they are not romantically linked for whatever reason, it becomes a big question. You can Google almost anyone’s name and their name with ‘gay’ comes up. George Clooney, George Clooney Gay will come up. Which is weird to me. I think that there are some people that I think insist that anyone in the public eye must put their private life in the public eye…
AE: Like it’s part of the package.
MU: As part of the package, which I get, some people don’t. I struggle with whether or not sexual identity is private or public because, if we are to say that it is not a choice like being left or right handed, why would it be private? So, I don’t know. Honestly I don’t know.
I know that there was a period when I was being told and I wondered if my sexuality was public, would it affect my work? Then I realized that my sexuality being public would help my work actually. I’ve gotten to play so many great parts that are gay men. I wouldn’t give that up for the world at all. I certainly would never give up a great gay part for a lousy straight part So, I’m perfectly happy with where things are for me right now. But I wonder if certain other actors who might be known for their heterosexual sex appeal, if they were to come out as gay, if that would hurt them. The only times you see great actors who are known for their heterosexual sex appeal to come out as gay, they’ve already got a great heterosexual job.
AE: Interesting.
MU: It’s like this Chick-Fil-A thing, eventually we all are going to look back on this time in the same way that we’ve looked at all of the generations before us who have had inequality with shame. You know, we’re going to be ashamed that anybody ever was not equal the way that we look back and can’t believe women couldn’t vote, can’t believe…
AE: Oh yeah. I can’t wait for that day.
MU: …the holocaust and slavery and all the way back to anytime that anybody was oppressed. Obviously ours is far less violent than many have been, but it’s the same thing. Eventually it’s going to be ridiculous for anyone in a seat of power, like the CEO of Chick-Fil-A, to come out against any minority. There was an interesting article that my sister-in-law’s brother wrote, I don’t know who he wrote it for, but I read it on The Daily Beast. It was about the politicians who have changed their stance on…
AE: Equality and gay marriage.
MU: …and all of them changed their stance because they know somebody or they’ve met somebody and they’ve gotten to know somebody and they’ve come to realize, ‘Oh yeah, they’re nice.’
AE: Yeah, we’re not scary.
MU: We’re not scary. And nobody has ever changed their mind the other way. Nobody has ever been in favor of equality and then changed their mind.
Partners airs Mondays at 8:30pm beginning September 24th on CBS.
Michael Urie on "Partners" and Celebrity Sexuality
Posted by Jim Halterman, Entertainment Reporter on August 14, 2012
In the series, which premieres on September 24th, Louis (Michael Urie, Ugly Betty) is the lifelong best friend of Joe (David Krumholtz, Numbers) and the two are partners in an architecture firm. Louis has a boyfriend in Wyatt (Brandon Routh, Superman Returns and Chuck) and Ali (Sophia Bush, One Tree Hill) is Joe’s girlfriend. The lines between all these relationships cross and get tangled providing (hopefully) enough laughs to be on the air for a long time. The series is created and inspired by the real-life friendship of Max Mutchnick and David Kohan, who created Will & Grace.
At the recent Television Critics Association press tour, AfterElton sat down with the uber-friendly and super cute Urie to talk about his return to series television, how he’d like see the love life of Louis and Wyatt portrayed, and the line between public and private in regards to a celebrity’s sexuality.
AfterElton: I’m so happy to see you back on TV.
Michael Urie: Thank you so much.
AE: I’m guessing that there were a lot of different things and offers that have come your way, and I know that you’ve done a lot of theater since Betty. Why was Partners the right project to commit to?
MU: Well, I have been casually looking for a TV job, but not actively. I like LA. I love working in LA, but I love living in New York. I love doing theater. So, I was very happy there. I wasn’t actively seeking a new TV job, but I was certainly reading pilots and letting them come my way, things like that. There’s not a part for me in every show, there’s just not. So I’m selective, but so are they. Do you know what I mean? But when this show came up I read i,t and I was like okay…well first of all the players, Max, David, Jimmy Burrows [TV director extraordinaire]. Yes, yes, yes.
AE: Their shows tend to run a long time.
Urie and on-screen BF Brandon Routh laugh during the recent TCA panel for Partners.
MU: [nods] Also, CBS…multi camera…all of those things are good. Then I read the script and the part is so good, I figured out that I was playing Max Mutchnick. It’s the best part I’ve ever read for a TV show that I actually could have gotten. I was like, ‘I’ve got to make this happen. I’ve got to get this job. This is going to work. I can hear myself saying these words. I can see myself playing the part.’ I can’t imagine a better role for me in a show.
AE: Is it safe to say that you know Louis pretty well?
MU: I get this guy. It’s a good fit. Yeah.
AE: And you have Brandon as Wyatt, Louis’s boyfriend. Not too shabby.
MU: He’s so wonderful and dreamy.
AE: Did you have any say in that casting? Chemistry reads or anything like that?
MU: No, I did not. I was cast first, but I remember hearing about him being in the mix. I am a big fan of Superman Returns, especially him as Clark Kent. He is a funny actor. He would be funny in this kind of a part and handsome, guileless…I was really into it. Of course he’s handsome as hell. I love that. I love who he is. I love the kind of work he’s done. I think it’s a great story, and he’s a great actor. He’s easy on the eyes. Doesn’t hurt…
AE: We have a lot of gay characters on TV now, but sex still isn’t something we go into all that much at least in sitcoms. Will we see Louis and Wyatt’s sex life? Is that something that you want to be a part of the show?
MU: I want that to be a part of the show in as much as sex is a part of any sitcom. There is a certain wholesomeness to a situational comedy. We’re on at eight-thirty. We want young people to watch the show. I think we should see us in bed together. I think we should be adults. I think we should be portrayed as adults. I don’t know how racy it should get. We should definitely keep our demographic skewing young. Part of what is so great about this show is that people of all ages will enjoy it. Regardless of who it is that’s having sex, we wouldn’t ever want anybody to get scared away by sex. But I feel like we’re playing adults. We should act like adults.
The Partners cast: Routh, Urie, Krumholtz and Sophia Bush.
AE: The whole cast seems to have really good chemistry from what I saw in the pilot. Even your scenes with Sophia are so cute. She’s adorable.
MU: I love her too. You know, four is a great number of core actors because it’s easy to get to know each other right away. David [Krumholtz] and I have spent a lot of time together, obviously. Sophia and I have spent a lot of time together. Brandon and I have gotten to spend one-on-one time together. We’re getting to know each other personally, which makes it so much easier once you’re working. You have a common emotional language, even a common physical language, which makes it a lot easier.
I also think David and Max did such a good job of creating a pilot that really picked up in the middle as opposed to like ‘Diane walks into this bar called Cheers.’ Obviously that pilot was fantastic but…
AE: I see what you mean.
MU: [Partners] starts as lives in progress rather than people who just met and now they have to get to know each other. That’s all exposition, exposition, exposition. Our show feels like it could be the third or fourth episode. Obviously David and Max know what the hell they are doing, and they are so smart about creating story, but also managing to find all of these jokes to put in it because the story is really good. The story in the first episode is really strong.
David Krumholtz and Michael Urie as Joe and Louis in Partners.
AE: Yeah, even the foundation of the show, the fact that this is their friendship from the time they were kids and one happens to be straight and one happens to be gay.
MU: Some of my best friends are straight and always have been. We don’t necessarily talk about football, but I like doing things like that. Most of my straight guy friends are also going to see musicals. So, there are stereotypes of straight and gay people, but there is also a broken rule for every stereotype about that. I enjoy going to football games. I don’t necessarily know who’s playing or all the rules but…
[Mamie Gummer, also doing interviews for her new show, Emily Owens MD stops by to say hello to Michael]
Urie on Broadway in How To Succeed In Business... earlier this year.
AE: You mentioned you were directing a movie? Tell me about that.
MU: My boyfriend (Ryan Spahn) co-wrote it with Halley Feiffer. They are the stars and I directed it. Everyone plays themselves. It’s called, He’s Way More Famous Than You. We’re shopping it right now.
AE: Is directing a new area for you?
MU: It is. I co-directed a documentary that has been in the festival circuit and hopefully will be available to you very soon, and that was my first time directing. I shot it a year ago, almost a year ago.
AE: How does directing influence acting and back and forth? Does it make you think of things differently?
MU: Absolutely. I learned when I was directing. I was also in the movie, and I learned when I was directing on days when I was also acting…I feel like I’ve had a director’s mind forever, but it wasn’t until I had to direct myself that I realized why actors are pampered. I always thought, why are we so pampered? I don’t need this. But one day I was directing and acting and I got frustrated about something and it became impossible to act. So, now I have a very keen understanding of why actors are special on a set and how to keep them in it, not necessarily happy, but in it. One day somebody pissed me off about something that didn’t have anything to do with the scene, and I could not concentrate.
AE: Wow, I guess that was a good lesson?
MU: It was a good lesson. The scene worked out.
AE: I was looking at some past interviews that you’ve done and the whole sexuality thing comes up with actors and actresses and people always seem to want to know what to label people. I’m curious, why do you think everybody is so curious and obsessive about it? I know if I don’t ask – and sometimes I know I can’t depending on who I’m talking to – readers will comment with ‘Why didn’t you ask that?!’ So, what I want to ask is, why do you think we’re so fascinated with an actor’s sexuality?
MU: I don’t know. That’s a good question. I guess…well, I think it’s easy. It’s an easy question. It’s easy when somebody is known for playing straight roles but they are not romantically linked for whatever reason, it becomes a big question. You can Google almost anyone’s name and their name with ‘gay’ comes up. George Clooney, George Clooney Gay will come up. Which is weird to me. I think that there are some people that I think insist that anyone in the public eye must put their private life in the public eye…
AE: Like it’s part of the package.
MU: As part of the package, which I get, some people don’t. I struggle with whether or not sexual identity is private or public because, if we are to say that it is not a choice like being left or right handed, why would it be private? So, I don’t know. Honestly I don’t know.
I know that there was a period when I was being told and I wondered if my sexuality was public, would it affect my work? Then I realized that my sexuality being public would help my work actually. I’ve gotten to play so many great parts that are gay men. I wouldn’t give that up for the world at all. I certainly would never give up a great gay part for a lousy straight part So, I’m perfectly happy with where things are for me right now. But I wonder if certain other actors who might be known for their heterosexual sex appeal, if they were to come out as gay, if that would hurt them. The only times you see great actors who are known for their heterosexual sex appeal to come out as gay, they’ve already got a great heterosexual job.
AE: Interesting.
MU: It’s like this Chick-Fil-A thing, eventually we all are going to look back on this time in the same way that we’ve looked at all of the generations before us who have had inequality with shame. You know, we’re going to be ashamed that anybody ever was not equal the way that we look back and can’t believe women couldn’t vote, can’t believe…
AE: Oh yeah. I can’t wait for that day.
MU: …the holocaust and slavery and all the way back to anytime that anybody was oppressed. Obviously ours is far less violent than many have been, but it’s the same thing. Eventually it’s going to be ridiculous for anyone in a seat of power, like the CEO of Chick-Fil-A, to come out against any minority. There was an interesting article that my sister-in-law’s brother wrote, I don’t know who he wrote it for, but I read it on The Daily Beast. It was about the politicians who have changed their stance on…
AE: Equality and gay marriage.
MU: …and all of them changed their stance because they know somebody or they’ve met somebody and they’ve gotten to know somebody and they’ve come to realize, ‘Oh yeah, they’re nice.’
AE: Yeah, we’re not scary.
MU: We’re not scary. And nobody has ever changed their mind the other way. Nobody has ever been in favor of equality and then changed their mind.
Partners airs Mondays at 8:30pm beginning September 24th on CBS.
Monday, 13 August 2012
Major Crimes
I still don't like Captain Sharon Raydor's charactor though, I'm glad we still have Jonathan Del Arco and Phillip P. Keene but according to IMDb, Jonathan will be in 4 episodes and Phillip will be in 2 episodes at the moment. That means we can see Phillip on only one episode at the moment. That's too bad.
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Sunday, 12 August 2012
Saturday, 11 August 2012
Unlucky 13: Matthew Mitcham
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Nightmare for Mitcham in unlucky 13th
Australia's Matthew Mitcham will not get to defend his Olympic diving title after coming 13th in the semi-finals of the 10m platform.
ABC – 2012-08-11
Australia's Matthew Mitcham's defence of his Olympic diving title has ended in the semi-finals, with a terrible final dive pushing him into 13th place and out of finals contention.
Mitcham's performance in the preliminaries of the 10m platform event - where he finished ninth - had caused concern, but he was as high as eighth after four dives of the six rounds in the semi-final.
The problems started in round five, when his armstand back triple somersault dive in the tuck position scored only 74.25 points to leave him on the cusp of elimination.
His final-round dive was a back 2.5 somersault with 2.5 twists and pike - but the Australian over-rotated before entering the water, causing a big splash and poor scores from the judges.
His score of 70.20 points meant Mitcham had to rely on mistakes from his competition.
Once the final two divers successfully completed their dives, Mitcham looked close to tears as he realised his Olympic dream was over.
He had produced the dive of his life in the final round in Beijing to claim the gold medal, but struggled to prepare for London after missing nine months through a torn stomach muscle.
"It was always going to be a massive struggle for me," Mitcham said.
"I scored a 10 and I felt like this was it, I was on my way back," he said.
"I tend to get better and better and in the past I tend to follow it through."
Mitcham put the semi-final exit down to poor preparation, saying he just did not have enough time to get his dives consistent.
"I'm diving the same dives used in Beijing but now the degree of difficulty is less. I could have done dives with less degree of difficulty," he said.
Looking to Rio
Before London, Mitcham had announced that it would be his last Olympics. However, he now says he will look forward to Rio in 2016 - even if it is as a member of the press.
"I decided before London 2012 that it would be my last Olympic Games because of all the injuries and I couldn't see it getting any better," he said.
"But now I never want to miss another Olympics again. Whether it be springboard or media I'm going to be in Rio."
But Mitcham admitted he faced a lot of hard work to get his body up to the task.
He says if he is going to target the springboard, he wants to do it properly.
"I do have a history of springboard but I've always been a platform specialist and just done springboard to fill spots," he said.
"I have discussed it with my coach, the possibility. But it's going to take a long time to get my thighs as big as [Chinese diver] He Chong's.
"I want to be doing a forward four-and-a-half back, a reverse three and a half pike. I'll think about it.
"Now I need to give my body a rest, something I have not done the last couple of years."
Nightmare for Mitcham in unlucky 13th
Australia's Matthew Mitcham will not get to defend his Olympic diving title after coming 13th in the semi-finals of the 10m platform.
ABC – 2012-08-11 |
| Unlucky 13: Matthew Mitcham crashes out of the men's 10m platform diving semi-final |
Mitcham's performance in the preliminaries of the 10m platform event - where he finished ninth - had caused concern, but he was as high as eighth after four dives of the six rounds in the semi-final.
The problems started in round five, when his armstand back triple somersault dive in the tuck position scored only 74.25 points to leave him on the cusp of elimination.
His final-round dive was a back 2.5 somersault with 2.5 twists and pike - but the Australian over-rotated before entering the water, causing a big splash and poor scores from the judges.
His score of 70.20 points meant Mitcham had to rely on mistakes from his competition.
Once the final two divers successfully completed their dives, Mitcham looked close to tears as he realised his Olympic dream was over.
He had produced the dive of his life in the final round in Beijing to claim the gold medal, but struggled to prepare for London after missing nine months through a torn stomach muscle.
"It was always going to be a massive struggle for me," Mitcham said.
"I scored a 10 and I felt like this was it, I was on my way back," he said.
"I tend to get better and better and in the past I tend to follow it through."
Mitcham put the semi-final exit down to poor preparation, saying he just did not have enough time to get his dives consistent.
"I'm diving the same dives used in Beijing but now the degree of difficulty is less. I could have done dives with less degree of difficulty," he said.
Looking to Rio
Before London, Mitcham had announced that it would be his last Olympics. However, he now says he will look forward to Rio in 2016 - even if it is as a member of the press.
"I decided before London 2012 that it would be my last Olympic Games because of all the injuries and I couldn't see it getting any better," he said.
"But now I never want to miss another Olympics again. Whether it be springboard or media I'm going to be in Rio."
But Mitcham admitted he faced a lot of hard work to get his body up to the task.
He says if he is going to target the springboard, he wants to do it properly.
"I do have a history of springboard but I've always been a platform specialist and just done springboard to fill spots," he said.
"I have discussed it with my coach, the possibility. But it's going to take a long time to get my thighs as big as [Chinese diver] He Chong's.
"I want to be doing a forward four-and-a-half back, a reverse three and a half pike. I'll think about it.
"Now I need to give my body a rest, something I have not done the last couple of years."
Friday, 10 August 2012
Mika New Single "Celebrate" [Review]
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Mika Unveils Video for New Single "Celebrate" featuring Pharrell [Review]
What makes Mika stand out head and shoulders from the rest of the pop pack is his finely-tuned gift for infusing his music with a childlike innocence and genuine joy. It's as if he discovers the world and its beauty for the very first time, and he shares those moments for everyone to enjoy. In other words, he wants "the whole world to celebrate" and spread his cheer around like confetti. That artistic point of view will continue on his forthcoming new album, entitled "The Origin Of Love," that the singer likes to describe as a record "about crazy love songs and tolerance."
After looking at "life in cartoon motion" and singing about "the boy who knew too much," Mika's new album is shaping up to be his most personal to day. Refreshed and rejuvenated, his new music once again relishes in simple joy but appears to hit a lot closer to home for the British singer. His new single "Celebrate" is a perfect example of that. "This single is what happens when you combine a 22 year old you find online, Fryars, with an extra-planetary Nick Littlemore and Pharrell Williams," Mika says about the song in a press release.
Mika adds, "Written by me, Pharrell and Fryars and produced by Nick, this kind of collaboration is only possible when everyone throws themselves into it wanting to have fun and without any ego. This collective and open attitude was at the heart of 'The Origin Of Love.' It was recorded in Miami and London but mostly in Fryars' north London bedroom studio."
In the fun new video for "Celebrate," Mika is shown working his way through a serious case of writer's block in his New York City loft with footage of the singer writing lyrics on sheets of papers trying to find the right words. He stares out of the window and heads into the city to find inspiration to end up on a dancefloor. Matching the happy outburst in the song, right at the 2:36 minute mark, Mika finds a break-through and knows exactly what to write. "Once again, I pull myself together and I remember those two letters, I will be OK," Mika sings, and shares a simple yet powerful truth that can never be repeated too much. (Mika "Celebrate" featuring Pharrell will released on September 30.)
Mika Unveils Video for New Single "Celebrate" featuring Pharrell [Review]
What makes Mika stand out head and shoulders from the rest of the pop pack is his finely-tuned gift for infusing his music with a childlike innocence and genuine joy. It's as if he discovers the world and its beauty for the very first time, and he shares those moments for everyone to enjoy. In other words, he wants "the whole world to celebrate" and spread his cheer around like confetti. That artistic point of view will continue on his forthcoming new album, entitled "The Origin Of Love," that the singer likes to describe as a record "about crazy love songs and tolerance."
After looking at "life in cartoon motion" and singing about "the boy who knew too much," Mika's new album is shaping up to be his most personal to day. Refreshed and rejuvenated, his new music once again relishes in simple joy but appears to hit a lot closer to home for the British singer. His new single "Celebrate" is a perfect example of that. "This single is what happens when you combine a 22 year old you find online, Fryars, with an extra-planetary Nick Littlemore and Pharrell Williams," Mika says about the song in a press release.
Mika adds, "Written by me, Pharrell and Fryars and produced by Nick, this kind of collaboration is only possible when everyone throws themselves into it wanting to have fun and without any ego. This collective and open attitude was at the heart of 'The Origin Of Love.' It was recorded in Miami and London but mostly in Fryars' north London bedroom studio."
In the fun new video for "Celebrate," Mika is shown working his way through a serious case of writer's block in his New York City loft with footage of the singer writing lyrics on sheets of papers trying to find the right words. He stares out of the window and heads into the city to find inspiration to end up on a dancefloor. Matching the happy outburst in the song, right at the 2:36 minute mark, Mika finds a break-through and knows exactly what to write. "Once again, I pull myself together and I remember those two letters, I will be OK," Mika sings, and shares a simple yet powerful truth that can never be repeated too much. (Mika "Celebrate" featuring Pharrell will released on September 30.)
MIKA - Celebrate ft. Pharrell
MIKA's brand new single "Celebrate" from his forthcoming album The Origin Of Love.
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I liked his old hair style, but new short one is sexier. And of course I can't wait his new album.
Thursday, 9 August 2012
Jonathan Groff: 'I hopes he's encouraged gay actors to come out'
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'Glee' Jonathan Groff: 'I hope I've encouraged gay actors to come out'
Published Thursday, Aug 9 2012, 15:43 BST | By Daniel Sperling |
Glee star Jonathan Groff has expressed hope that his success encourages more gay actors to come out.
The 27-year-old, who plays Jesse St James in the Fox musical comedy, said he doesn't "hold that belief" that his sexuality has any detrimental effect on his career.
"I wasn't yanked out of the closet [but] when I came out, people said it may have a negative effect on my career, and that's definitely something I thought about before I did it," he told Out Magazine.
"But I don't hold that belief. I just go on my auditions and plug away as I normally would. At the end of my career, I can look back and ask, 'Well, did it, or didn't it?' But at the moment, I just have to move forward and hope that people will follow my actions."
Groff found himself at the centre of a major controversy in 2010 when a Newsweek article cited him as one of a number of gay actors unable to convince as straight characters, something which Glee creator Ryan Murphy later branded "blatantly homophobic".
Groff will next hit TV screens in Kelsey Grammer's Boss, which returns to Starz for its second season on August 17.
'Glee' Jonathan Groff: 'I hope I've encouraged gay actors to come out'
Published Thursday, Aug 9 2012, 15:43 BST | By Daniel Sperling |
The 27-year-old, who plays Jesse St James in the Fox musical comedy, said he doesn't "hold that belief" that his sexuality has any detrimental effect on his career.
"I wasn't yanked out of the closet [but] when I came out, people said it may have a negative effect on my career, and that's definitely something I thought about before I did it," he told Out Magazine.
"But I don't hold that belief. I just go on my auditions and plug away as I normally would. At the end of my career, I can look back and ask, 'Well, did it, or didn't it?' But at the moment, I just have to move forward and hope that people will follow my actions."
Groff found himself at the centre of a major controversy in 2010 when a Newsweek article cited him as one of a number of gay actors unable to convince as straight characters, something which Glee creator Ryan Murphy later branded "blatantly homophobic".
Groff will next hit TV screens in Kelsey Grammer's Boss, which returns to Starz for its second season on August 17.
Wednesday, 8 August 2012
Roberts will marry in Manhattan
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MSNBC’s Thomas Roberts To Become First Out And Married News Anchor
Anderson Cooper, step off the throne — there’s another queen in town.
MSNBC anchor Thomas Roberts has been out since 2006 and come
late-September, longtime partner Patrick Abner will make an honest man out of him.
Roberts and Abner will marry in Manhattan with 150 guests in attendance so in preparation, Roberts has flown into full bridezilla mode. He told The New York Observer, “I was on the treadmill for three miles this morning. I will be on it for three miles tomorrow. I had a Red Bull for lunch and I eat gum. I’m the typical groom!”
You say groom, we say “where’s the veil?”
After being canned at CNN — not a result of his coming out or so he claims — Roberts resurfaced at MSNBC where he’s taken a decidedly less objective stance than the silver-haired squire of Gloria Vanderbilt. Though he doesn’t necessarily make a beeline to LGBT-centric stories, Roberts believes that his seshuality can be an asset when covering them.
“Because I am who I am, I can provide a different viewpoint, because people at home might know who I am or where I’ve come from—and that’s O.K.,” the blushing anchor said.
His relative forthrightness doesn’t mean that Roberts begrudges Mr. Johnny Coming-Out-Lately. Rather, Roberts sounds proud of his former colleague. “Now people can stop asking me when do you think Anderson’s going to come out,” Roberts said. “I have had that for years! And I think it’s great … I think he’s in a place now where he wants that personal-professional synergy. And he deserves that.”
Since things are so chummy-chummy between the two, hopefully Cooper will turn up as maid of honor at the wedding. Or at the very least, flower gay.
By: Lester Brathwaite
On: Aug 8, 2012
MSNBC’s Thomas Roberts To Become First Out And Married News Anchor
Roberts and Abner will marry in Manhattan with 150 guests in attendance so in preparation, Roberts has flown into full bridezilla mode. He told The New York Observer, “I was on the treadmill for three miles this morning. I will be on it for three miles tomorrow. I had a Red Bull for lunch and I eat gum. I’m the typical groom!”
You say groom, we say “where’s the veil?”
After being canned at CNN — not a result of his coming out or so he claims — Roberts resurfaced at MSNBC where he’s taken a decidedly less objective stance than the silver-haired squire of Gloria Vanderbilt. Though he doesn’t necessarily make a beeline to LGBT-centric stories, Roberts believes that his seshuality can be an asset when covering them.
“Because I am who I am, I can provide a different viewpoint, because people at home might know who I am or where I’ve come from—and that’s O.K.,” the blushing anchor said.
His relative forthrightness doesn’t mean that Roberts begrudges Mr. Johnny Coming-Out-Lately. Rather, Roberts sounds proud of his former colleague. “Now people can stop asking me when do you think Anderson’s going to come out,” Roberts said. “I have had that for years! And I think it’s great … I think he’s in a place now where he wants that personal-professional synergy. And he deserves that.”
Since things are so chummy-chummy between the two, hopefully Cooper will turn up as maid of honor at the wedding. Or at the very least, flower gay.
By: Lester Brathwaite
On: Aug 8, 2012
Sunday, 5 August 2012
Saturday, 4 August 2012
Mika Is Gay, Finally
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Mika Is Gay, Finally
We hesitate to call it “coming out,” because, well, come on.
But for some reason, popstar Mika has always been a bit cagey about his personal life: ”labels are the one thing that I’ve never agreed with — simply because I just don’t fit into them in my own personal life,” and “call me bisexual,” he’s said in the past, echoing Boy George 20 years ago.
But apparently he’s warming up to labels and cooling to ladies, at least according to an upcoming Instinct article. “If you ask me am I gay, I say yeah,” he tells the magazine. Oh, okay!
We are happy for you, Mika. Not just because it is nice to hear you talking unreservedly about your life, but also because this brings our fantasy of you making out with Rufus Wainwright one step closer to fruition. Now kiss!
By: Benji Douglas
On: Aug 4, 2012
Mika Is Gay, Finally
But for some reason, popstar Mika has always been a bit cagey about his personal life: ”labels are the one thing that I’ve never agreed with — simply because I just don’t fit into them in my own personal life,” and “call me bisexual,” he’s said in the past, echoing Boy George 20 years ago.
But apparently he’s warming up to labels and cooling to ladies, at least according to an upcoming Instinct article. “If you ask me am I gay, I say yeah,” he tells the magazine. Oh, okay!
We are happy for you, Mika. Not just because it is nice to hear you talking unreservedly about your life, but also because this brings our fantasy of you making out with Rufus Wainwright one step closer to fruition. Now kiss!
By: Benji Douglas
On: Aug 4, 2012
Voice.fr - Oui, je suis gay
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Mika fait son coming out
"Oui, je suis gay"
Publié le Samedi 04 Août 2012 à 16:03 par P.L.N
Ca y est, Mika s'assume complètement ! Dans un entretien accordé à un magazine américain, le chanteur de Relax, Take It Easy a enfin officialisé son homosexualité.
C'est au mois de septembre que sortira le troisième et très attendu album de Michael Holbrook Penniman Jr, alias Mika, intitulé The origin of love, dont le premier single est Celebrate. Mais c'est pour une toute autre actualité qu'on parle du chanteur à la voix haut perchée, d'origine libanaise. En effet, le sémillant jeune homme a décidé deux choses : la première est de décevoir ses fans du beau sexe qui soupiraient d'amour pour lui, la seconde est de donner espoir à ses aficionados plus virils. En clair, ça y est, Mika l'a dit lui-même... tatatiiiiin : il est gay ! Ah la la, la grande nouvelle que voilà ... Enfin presque puisqu'il y a quelques jours, il avait dédicacé son album "à l'homme qu'il aime" lors d'un live en Grande-Bretagne, dans un club à majorité homosexuelle. Autant d'indices qui n'avaient pas manqué de susciter quelque interrogation chez les détectives les plus affûtés.
Mika a officiellement fait son coming out dans le magazine américain instinct, comme le rapporte le site Têtu : "Si vous me demandez si je suis gay, je vous réponds que oui. Ces chansons parlent-elles d’une relation avec un homme? Je dis oui. Et c’est seulement à travers ma musique que j’ai trouvé la force d’accepter ma sexualité au-delà du simple contexte de mes paroles de chansons. Voici ma vraie vie.", a ainsi déclaré l'artiste qui a vendu une vingtaine de millions de disques depuis son avènement dans le paysage musical international en 2007. Pour Mika, on imagine que cette annonce aura le don de couper l'herbe sous le pied des journalistes qui se focalisaient un peu trop, selon lui, sur les aspects méconnus mais supposés de sa sexualité.
tranlated by google
That's it, Mika is assumed completely! In an interview with an American magazine, the singer Relax, Take It Easy has finally formalized his homosexuality.
It's in September that will release the highly anticipated third album by Michael Holbrook Penniman Jr., aka Mika,, entitled The origin of love, whose first single is Celebrate. But that's a different news that speaks to the singer's high-pitched voice, of Lebanese origin. Indeed, the spirited young man decided two things: first, to disappoint his fans from the fairer sex who sighed with love for him, the second is to give hope to his fans more virile. Clearly, this is it, Mika has said himself ... tatatiiiiin: he's gay! Oh la la, the big news here is that ... Well almost as few days ago, he had dedicated his album "the boy who knew too much," during a live in Britain, in a predominantly gay club. These indications had not failed to raise any question among the sharpest detectives.
Mika has officially made its coming out in the American magazine instinct, as reported by the site Têtu: "If you ask me if I'm gay, I would answer yes. These songs are they talking about a relationship with a man? I say yes. and only through my music that I found the strength to accept my sexuality beyond the simple context of my lyrics. Here is my real life. ", told the artist that sold twenty million records since its inception in the international musical landscape in 2007. Mika, one imagines that this announcement will have the gift of cutting the grass under the feet of journalists that focused a little too much, he said, but on unknown aspects of his supposed sexuality.
Mika fait son coming out
"Oui, je suis gay"
Publié le Samedi 04 Août 2012 à 16:03 par P.L.N
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Ca y est, Mika s'assume complètement ! Dans un entretien accordé à un magazine américain, le chanteur de Relax, Take It Easy a enfin officialisé son homosexualité.
C'est au mois de septembre que sortira le troisième et très attendu album de Michael Holbrook Penniman Jr, alias Mika, intitulé The origin of love, dont le premier single est Celebrate. Mais c'est pour une toute autre actualité qu'on parle du chanteur à la voix haut perchée, d'origine libanaise. En effet, le sémillant jeune homme a décidé deux choses : la première est de décevoir ses fans du beau sexe qui soupiraient d'amour pour lui, la seconde est de donner espoir à ses aficionados plus virils. En clair, ça y est, Mika l'a dit lui-même... tatatiiiiin : il est gay ! Ah la la, la grande nouvelle que voilà ... Enfin presque puisqu'il y a quelques jours, il avait dédicacé son album "à l'homme qu'il aime" lors d'un live en Grande-Bretagne, dans un club à majorité homosexuelle. Autant d'indices qui n'avaient pas manqué de susciter quelque interrogation chez les détectives les plus affûtés.
Mika a officiellement fait son coming out dans le magazine américain instinct, comme le rapporte le site Têtu : "Si vous me demandez si je suis gay, je vous réponds que oui. Ces chansons parlent-elles d’une relation avec un homme? Je dis oui. Et c’est seulement à travers ma musique que j’ai trouvé la force d’accepter ma sexualité au-delà du simple contexte de mes paroles de chansons. Voici ma vraie vie.", a ainsi déclaré l'artiste qui a vendu une vingtaine de millions de disques depuis son avènement dans le paysage musical international en 2007. Pour Mika, on imagine que cette annonce aura le don de couper l'herbe sous le pied des journalistes qui se focalisaient un peu trop, selon lui, sur les aspects méconnus mais supposés de sa sexualité.
tranlated by google
That's it, Mika is assumed completely! In an interview with an American magazine, the singer Relax, Take It Easy has finally formalized his homosexuality.
It's in September that will release the highly anticipated third album by Michael Holbrook Penniman Jr., aka Mika,, entitled The origin of love, whose first single is Celebrate. But that's a different news that speaks to the singer's high-pitched voice, of Lebanese origin. Indeed, the spirited young man decided two things: first, to disappoint his fans from the fairer sex who sighed with love for him, the second is to give hope to his fans more virile. Clearly, this is it, Mika has said himself ... tatatiiiiin: he's gay! Oh la la, the big news here is that ... Well almost as few days ago, he had dedicated his album "the boy who knew too much," during a live in Britain, in a predominantly gay club. These indications had not failed to raise any question among the sharpest detectives.
Mika has officially made its coming out in the American magazine instinct, as reported by the site Têtu: "If you ask me if I'm gay, I would answer yes. These songs are they talking about a relationship with a man? I say yes. and only through my music that I found the strength to accept my sexuality beyond the simple context of my lyrics. Here is my real life. ", told the artist that sold twenty million records since its inception in the international musical landscape in 2007. Mika, one imagines that this announcement will have the gift of cutting the grass under the feet of journalists that focused a little too much, he said, but on unknown aspects of his supposed sexuality.
Friday, 3 August 2012
Mika comes out to Instinct, no surprises here!
[Source]
Mika comes out to Instinct, no surprises here!
Posted by Randy Shulman |
August 3, 2012 2:30 PM
[Photo: Mika at the 2011 HRC National Dinner in Washington DC by Ward Morrison/Metro Weekly.]
Here's Mika talking briefly with Metro Weekly's Justin Stewart at the 2011 HRC National Dinner.
Mika comes out to Instinct, no surprises here!
Posted by Randy Shulman |
August 3, 2012 2:30 PM
"If you ask me am I gay, I say yeah. Are these songs about my relationship with a man? I say yeah. And it's only through my music that I've found the strength to come to terms with my sexuality beyond the context of just my lyrics. This is my real life."Pop star Mika comes out fully in an exclusive interview with Instinct, to appear in the magazine's September issue. So far only this teaser has been released.
[Photo: Mika at the 2011 HRC National Dinner in Washington DC by Ward Morrison/Metro Weekly.]
Here's Mika talking briefly with Metro Weekly's Justin Stewart at the 2011 HRC National Dinner.
EXCLUSIVE SNEAK PEEK: Mika Tells Instinct, “Yeah, I’m gay.”
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EXCLUSIVE SNEAK PEEK: Mika Tells Instinct, “Yeah, I’m gay.”
Written by Instinct Staff | Friday, 03 August 2012
Many likely remember a 2009 Dutch magazine cover featuring pop star Mika with the sprawling headline “Mika Clears Things Up: Call Me Bisexual.”
The only problem was that the story, which he calls “disappointing,” didn’t clear things up at all because it wasn’t exactly what he intended to say.
Earlier this week, in a world exclusive, Mika sat down with Instinct to set the record straight (so to speak):
“If you ask me am I gay, I say yeah. Are these songs about my relationship with a man? I say yeah. And it’s only through my music that I’ve found the strength to come to terms with my sexuality beyond the context of just my lyrics. This is my real life.”
For more with Mika, including his first public comments about his relationship and the role he feels celebrities play as representatives for the LGBT community, check out the upcoming September issue of Instinct Magazine—coming soon.
EXCLUSIVE SNEAK PEEK: Mika Tells Instinct, “Yeah, I’m gay.”
Written by Instinct Staff | Friday, 03 August 2012
Many likely remember a 2009 Dutch magazine cover featuring pop star Mika with the sprawling headline “Mika Clears Things Up: Call Me Bisexual.”
The only problem was that the story, which he calls “disappointing,” didn’t clear things up at all because it wasn’t exactly what he intended to say.
Earlier this week, in a world exclusive, Mika sat down with Instinct to set the record straight (so to speak):
“If you ask me am I gay, I say yeah. Are these songs about my relationship with a man? I say yeah. And it’s only through my music that I’ve found the strength to come to terms with my sexuality beyond the context of just my lyrics. This is my real life.”
For more with Mika, including his first public comments about his relationship and the role he feels celebrities play as representatives for the LGBT community, check out the upcoming September issue of Instinct Magazine—coming soon.
Wednesday, 1 August 2012
Matthew Mitcham Single Ladies ukulele cover London2012
Matthew Mitcham doing Single Ladies on his ukulele at London2012... because someone on twitter asked me to upload a video of me playing the ukulele. I profess to be neither a great instrumentalist nor singer, I'm just an Olympic diver who likes to strum away in his spare time. I think this is where I am supposed to credit Beyonce or something...
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