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I never was a big fan of the mash-up—mixing various songs that are tied together with a slightly different score—especially when someone actually thought that mixing the legendary rock band Kiss with Popstar diva Kylie Minogue was a good idea. But then Fox came along with the award-winning, smash-hit TV show Glee (Golden Globe® for Best Comedy Series and SAG Award® for Best Ensemble Cast) that perked up our ears and captured our hearts. The storyline centers around high school geeks rising to the top, but not without tangling with the cantankerous Sue Sylvester—played by the wickedly talented, openly gay actor Jane Lynch—who wants to banish the glee club forever.

America may have finally learn her name from the TV show, but she has been starring in some of the most successful Hollywood hits like Julie & Julia and The 40-Year-Old Virgin. I look at it as she is finally getting the recognition she deserves. We (the diehard gay and lesbian contingency) first fell in love with her as the lesbian dog trainer in Best in Show. What is truly remarkable about Ms Lynch is that she has never been in the closet and thus acted in many, many independent gay and lesbian productions including both short and feature films.

Hell, I could go on and on about her, but we have an interview for you! A year or so ago when HOMOPOP was just a wee-babe, we were given the opportunity to interview Jane, but we didn't really have Mike, Robby O... or any of the other boys yet. I couldn't pass up this fabulous opportunity so I convinced the only person available for the day Spock BUCKTON (he even has a t-shirt) from our sister site POPPORN.com (Don't be alarmed people. Yes, they are heterosexuals, but they are funny as hell.) to do the interview for me and well... let's just say I had to pay him in "favors", but that's for another time.

Start your engines! We've been holding on to this spectacular video for awhile now. As many of you dedicated fans know Season 2 of RuPaul's Drag Race has begun! And if you are a bad homo and missed it last week, you can check out the season premiere right here!

But that's not why we are here. Oh no sir. While you all were frolicking around this past summer, we at HOMOPOP were sniffing out where the fabulous gay celebrities are. And on such a sweltering weekend in August, Mike and I climbed into his un-airconditioned car and headed to Washington DC to spend 24 hours with the illustrious and beautiful ,Shannel and Jade from Season 1! I caught wind that they were going to be performing at one of the hottest gay hotspots in DC called EFN Lounge. (Good thing I know the owner.) We basically got to ride around DC with Jade and Shannel in a giant SUV and record their every move! Sounds creepy, huh? On the contrary. We had the loveliest time filled with touristy attractions, 5 Guys hamburgers and shopping for supplies. The day went by so fast because of our absolutely wonderful conversation filled topics like coming out, putting our HOMOPOP hunk in drag and political satire. Then later that night we were givent he exclusive privilege to film them performing our our site... but not without catching them out back in the porta-john. (I'll leave your minds run wild on this one.)

And on a final note... I know what you might be thinking because TV doesn't lie and we all remember how bitchy these ladies can be, but I want to say don't judge a book by the cover! Jade and Shannel, you are two very classy ladies and thank you so much for our fun little adventure!

I could write a verbose article about all of the antics and chaos that ensued in 2009, but that would just deter us all from watching the MASH-UP Video.

HAPPY HOMO NEW YEAR from HOMOPOP! Peace on Earth ya'll. Thank you to all of our loyal supporters for following us throughout the year. 2010 is already shaping up to be balls-out fabulous. Here's a sneak preview: Queer Idol (Dwayne and Al think they are on the show of American Idol with Adam Lambert), MORE of Matthew Montgomery and an exclusive interview with............... JANE LYNCH! And that's just in January.

Love ya. Mean it!

NO WHALES IN WALES…

I recently had the honor of attending the Iris Prize Film Festival in Cardiff, Wales. And by recently I mean two months ago. To call me a procrastinator would not only be a sad understatement of truth, but a welcomed compliment as far as I’m concerned. As the old saying goes - It’s not easy being me. Who said that? Rodney Dangerfield I think. Listen, being an actor is HARD (We are keeping it clean since it's the holidays and all.) Constantly having to look pretty, spending endless hours in front of the mirror practicing my winning smile, checking my star meter rank on IMdb on a daily basis to make sure I haven’t dipped below the 20,000 mark. HARD, I tell you. (Ok, I couldn't resist the second time around.)

Where was I?… right - Wales. So I get this call from overseas one day—actually it was an email, but getting a phone call from overseas sounds much more important, so phone call it is. So I get this "phone call" from some guy with a funny accent who asks if I want to skip over the pond (that’s what they call it), and take a trip over to Cardiff, Wales as part of the Jury of the Short Film Selection, an award and prize that is actually pretty incredible and is one of the few these days whose primary agenda is promoting up and coming short filmmakers. Incidentally, one of the films I’m in this year, Redwoods, (directed by David Lewis) was part of their Feature Film Selection, competing for the feature film award alongside some other great works including, Hollywood je t’aime (directed by Jason Bushman), The Big Gay Musical (directed by Casper Andreas and Fred Caruso), Highly Strung (directed by Sophie Laloy), Give Me Your Hand (directed by Pascal-Alex Vincent), and Fiona’s Script (directed by Florencia Manovil).

So I went. No shit, right? Free trip to Wales. All the attention and alcohol I want for a week? Count me in.

When I arrived, I was a bit stunned at the false advertisement of the city’s name. There wasn’t ONE whale is ALLLLLL of Wales, and trust me, I looked. Also, EVERYONE was driving on the wrong side of the road! And somehow, they’ve managed to get away with roping everyone in on it. Someone really needs to tell them. Looks pretty dangerous to me. I thought by my not driving, I’d escape this crazy, backwards road insanity. Nope. Being a pedestrian isn’t any better. In fact it might even be worse. I almost got run over by a honking car driving on the wrong side of the road at least twice a day. I counted. By day two, I was beginning to feel like I was playing a reality show version of Frogger.

Other than the crazy drivers, and mediocre plumbing, (and the lack of whales in Wales), the rest of the trip was pretty spectacular. Redwoods even won BEST FEATURE - and I only had to blow one person to get it!

If you want to track this self-proclaimed movie star besides Homopop, check out Matthew's website Matt-Montgomery.com.

When did the gay or lesbian subplot become cool on daytime TV? I remember being conflicted when I was a wee lad home sick from school and had to stay at my grandmother's house because she was the only one available to take care of me. On one hand I loved being out of school, but on the other hand I dreaded it because I knew I had to watch soaps after Bob Barker wrapped up the"Showcase Showdown" on the Price Is Right. As much as I fought it, I was out of luck. I either went upstairs and took a nap or I was forced to watch sappy hetero love on shows like "The Bold & The Beautiful", "The Young & the Restless" and of course "General Hospital".

Needless to say there was nothing that interesting to me. I thought the leading men where too over-the-top for me to really be attracted them. At some point in the last decade, more and more shows are having a gay or lesbian characters. One of the most memorable ones is in the early 90s when cutie-pie Ryan Phillipe's character came out on "On Live to Live". Clearly this was the impetus for all gay men everywhere to fall in love with this future hunk. All My Children seems to be the most progressive of daytime TV. In the mid 90's Michael Delaney told his students he was gay, which split the town in an uproar. Erica Kane (Susan Lucci who is like a drag queen anyway) has a lesbian daughter and AMC also introduced the first transgendered character.

Recently though "One Life to Live" has been leading the charge with blonde-hair, blue-eyed Officer Oliver Fish (Scott Evans) who is an way-out policeman (hot!) But let's not stop at that bit of news because the double whammy is that Evans is actually an out actor! I am tickled pink with all of this gayness. Honestly though I don't think anyone else could pull this off. Scott, has a very supportive family including being the brother of Hollywood hunk Chris Evans who starred in Fantastic Four and son of actress Lisa Evans (who plays his mother on OLTL.) He recognizes the importance of being true to his character because he knows that many of the LGBT viewers do not have supportive families like he does. In my opinion, there really isn't a better character in a leading man. Why couldn't all of this homosexual tendencies were happening when I was growing up? I am certainly delighted that the networks realize that there is more to life than a heterosexual world... at least in daytime TV that is.

We have been saving this little nugget for a long time waiting for the right opportunity to unveil our very special interview when Robby O catches up with Mink Stole. If you don't know who Mink is then a) we might have to take away your gay card and b) you better watch every John Waters' movie ever made because she is the one staple actor in every. single. film. (If you ask who John Waters is then I feel very, very, very, very, very sad for you.)

Ok maybe I'm being a little harsh because I am sure some of you 20-something gays may not have been born yet during the hay-day of such classic queer cinema like Female Trouble, which is currently out of print or Pink Flamingos. But I am sure you have seen Mink (pictured here with Rexx during Philadelphia QFest) in recent independent hits like Out at the Wedding and A Dirty Shame. And that's why we are here! Recently, the Eating Out series has birthed a new feature and Mink is once again part of it. Traditionally Stole portrays the quirky female character that always throws a curve ball into every plot and in Eating Out: All You Can Eat (the third in the series is written by the dynamic gay writing duo Q. Allan Brocka—Rick & Steve & Boy Culture, and Phillip J. Bartell) she stars as Aunt Helen. You have to see the movie because we aren't going to give you any more details my friends. But know this... the third installment features young, hot boys—twinks and studs alike—so run right out and get your copy today! Or just order online here.

Regardless, we are so thrilled that the legendary, avante-garde actress was able to take time out of her busy schedule (she is busy with her band and advice column) and chat with us a for a few minutes. We are not worthy Mink Stole. We are not worthy.

I don't know if you all know this, but there is a sexy, indie gay-themed film coming out in theaters in NYC and LA this Friday on Nov. 13th called Dare. It might have fallen off your radar or maybe you haven't heard of it yet, but this hot little gem is a flick you need to check out. Since Brokeback Mountain exploded on the scene a few years ago, quality gay indie movies seem to have jumped the shark like Fonzy did in the Happy Days' Hawaiian episode. Now it seems that almost every movie being released has some sort of "homo" character as part of the supporting cast who's listed waaaay down at the bottom of imdb.com film page. After wading through the muck for a few years, along comes this seductive and provocative coming-of-age narrative that will restore your love for independent films again.

Dare (starring Emmy Rossum, Zach Gilford, Ashley Springer, Sandra Bernhard, Alan Cumming and Ana Gasteyer) orginally splashed down during the 2009 Sundance Film Festival where it received a whole lot of buzz, and shortly afterwards director Adam Salky and writer David Brind landed a distribution deal for their baby. So we sent film critic Robby O on the case to interview the thought-provoking director and here's what he had to say... READ MORE

It's really about freakin' time someone made another Christmas film for us homos—24 Nights is the only other gay Christmas film that I can think of. I mean we celebrate the holidays too, right? Thankfully talented director Rob Williams (3-Day Weekend, Back Soon, Long-term Relationship) and his production company Guest House Films has filled the void with the film festival smash hit Make the Yuletide Gay.

Out-and-proud college studen Olaf "Gunn" Gunnunderson (hottie Keith Jordan) leaves his cutie-pie boyfriend Nathan (way out homo Adamo Ruggiero, "Degrassi: The Next Generation") and heads back to his parents' house for Christmas break—and back into the closet. You remember what that's like... I know I do. Hilarity ensues when Nathan shows up unnanounced at the front door, and the fued between Gunn's mom and her neighor Heather (played by the legendary bad girl Alison Arngrim—Nellie Oleson from Little House on the Prairie) reaches epic proportions! And for gay cinema fans, you will also recognize Derek Long (Socket) who stars as Gunn's dad.

If you want a fun, festive holiday treat, then check out Make the Yuletide Gay. This is definitely a charming film for the whole family... and not just your gay one either!

Even though we don't typically don't focus on political issues, occasionally we like to straddle the lines because it's important for our LGBT community.

Gay marriage has been a scorching hot topic lately starting with the Prop 8 fiasco in last year's California election. In fact Maine is going through the same legislative bullshit, but there has been some great, positive strides recently with the March on Washington Rally and President Obama speaking at the HRC black tie dinner. Shockingly though, HOMOPOP was not invited to the event, nor did we have the thousands of dollars to attend this function. But I did show my solidarity by being down in DC only a block away whooping it up at the EAGLE with a bunch of daddies like Mike ran into in the NYC Eagle. And to show even more support we headed to the classy dick bar Secrets and danced our asses off with beefy naked strippers, but I digress.

The best part about this hot button issue is all of the celebs coming out of the woodwork to support us. Keeneye talked about the Baltimore Raven's Superstar Brendon Ayanbadejo as well as our recent post about Adam Bouska and his No H8 Photo Campaign. What really makes stand up and hoot and holler with glee (and not the TV show) is when queens get to actually stand up in front of celebrities and propose to each other. That takes a lot of guts for the celebs - like Mariah Carey to be a part and the homos for not throwing up being in the face of their idols! I commend them both! Say what you want about Mariah, she's been clawing her way back to her diva status and in my opinion, this little coolness has put her back on top again. Big props from HOMOPOP.

Look, I have nothing against bisexual people. I mean, I have been guilty of having long-term relationships with women—muff diving for miles and miles, arms worn out, tongue red and swollen. Most of us have done it haven’t we? Most even lived to tell the story—there was a friend of mine way back, though, that never made it back to shore. I am glad for bisexual people… double the fun and all that. You know, NEATO, but now bisexuality in the "celebrity" universe seems all the rage. This weekend Mika (the FABULOUS, flamboyant, camp singstress who looks great in leotards and face paint) came out as bisexual, saying, "I've never limited my life, I've never limited who I sleep with. So, whatever. Call me whatever you want. Call me bisexual, if you need a term for me." God, I am SO BORED with the whole "not limited myself" line... Yes, occasionally you might like to sleep with a chick, sometimes you might like just jerking off, occasionally, when the mood takes you might like to get a member of the school band stick a flute up your ass... but at the end of the day it is the altar of cock that you worship. It is the cock that keeps you up at night. You know it. We know it! And right now we need more than ever to stand our dicks up high and be counted! Celebrities are constantly taking the safe route like our friend Adam Lambert. Although he made up for it later. And half of the male cast if this year’s UK X Factor also appear to be bisexual too. So yes, we do want to label you, we want you to label yourself—hell you even have a flag! So maybe when the voices grow loud enough; there won’t be any need to silence them... or bi them up anymore.