Matthew Montgomery

Who knew that when the tornado hit - Dorothy, and her little dog too, would have so much fun in the magical land of Oz?! With QFest 2010 well underway in the city of Philadelphia I feel just like that Gingham clad pigtailed little icon. It is not everyday (well right now it is) that you can walk out the office and into a theater to watch amazing LGBT films! The city seems to have a new life - the otherwise "Brosef" dominated streets of Old City are filled with lesbians, transsexuals, and gays... oh my! The theaters have lines that span to the streets, volunteers wide-eyed and eager to help excited moviegoers, and there is just a special something floating around in the air. Something that I like to call a sense of community. Open dialog during film Q/A, meeting new friends while waiting in line - the festival has brought out the best in the gay community - making it seemingly "familial".

Besides getting us out of the house and socializing with our peers (soberly) the festival has hit audiences hard with a bevy of great movies and the people who created them. Crowd favorites Elena Undone and You Can't Have It All opened the festival with packed theaters and rave reviews. The boys from BearCity took time from their busy schedule's to hang out with us in the park (video will be coming) before heading to the bear party at Tabu Lounge and Sports Bar. Weekend matinée's hosted the post brunchers, and Opening Weekend Awards were presented (one to our very own Matthew Montgomery - congrats!!).

Needless to say things have been both busy and exciting here in the city of brotherly love! Be sure to keep checking the blog for movie reviews, and of course our usual rants and raves! Also if you find yourself in good ol'Philly check the QFest site and see if you can catch a film...or a party!

If you have been living under a rock we absolutely love very few people in the world, but one of them is our contributing writer Matthew Montgomery. Well our boyfriend (well really Steve Callahan is, but we won't judge...) anyway, Matthew is being recognized today by Philadelphia Qfest for his brilliant acting. So he wrote you all a little letter.

Dear world, (and universe I suppose - why not stretch the drama a
little),

Today I am receiving (MY FIRST) Artistic Achievement Award for acting
at Philadelphia's QFest during the screening of Role/Play.

Thanks and all - but also let this be an unforgettable reminder to you
and your people that when one accepts who they are and fully embraces
themselves, it does NOT mean having to sacrifice success or eradicate
the trajectory of one's true potential only to be replaced with a
blunt substitute contingent upon self-oppression.

Remind us to never forget the simplistic, and yet the most hard-to-
swallow (pun intended) logic that the first step to acceptance begins
from within. It IS okay to love yourself.

If you don't know the struggle, then you lose the strength.

Till next time ....
Matty

Miss me? Thought so. Well, you’ll all be pleased to hear that I’ve been spending valuable time (and all of TLA’s travel expense money) nomadically searching the far ends of earth trying to track down one the most renown and most envied writer/directors … of West Hollywood - Nic Arnzen. I was just about to give up when I decided I’d give it one last shot. And now - a few back alleys, couple of bribes, dozen or so sex clubs, and countless unrelated blow jobs later; I’ve found him.

Welcome to the Barnum & Bailey mind of Nic Arnzen. If you haven’t heard of him - you’re an idiot. I had the chance to talk with Nic about one of his latest projects, WeHo, a web series full of glamour, bitch slaps, and hot dudes - and that’s just the first webisode! Stay tuned for upcoming episodes, but if you want a taste of Mr. Arnzen, then you’re a pervert. However, if you want a taste of WeHo, you can check out the first episode below. In the meantime, my little chat with Nic Arnzen on WeHo. READ MORE

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.

DEBUTANTE

I was recently blindsided by the discovery that … wait for it … there is actually a Matthew Montgomery film (my very very FIRST film as a matter of fact) that hasn’t been distributed yet. I know, folks. I gasped just as loud when I heard this preposterous news myself. It was like finding out that Gerard Butler was gay-ish all over again. In case you missed that Gerard reference cause you were living under a rock - or in my case hung over under a rock - then here you go. Your welcome. There was also an article evidently claiming this was false, how convenient, but being the good gay that I am, I’m not posting that one. (If you’re a party pooper, you can go Google it yourself.)

Actually, what he supposedly regurgitates is "I have been in relationships with women. And men. That doesn't make me gay. That doesn't make me straight." Well, at least he got that last part right. Before you start throwing stones (or glitter), I’m well aware of that part of the population who seem to think they’re “bisexual.” Personally, I think they’re just greedy. And awfully indecisive... like John Kerry. READ MORE

Robby O was so excited when I gave him the assignment to interview Matthew Montgomery during the his recent trip to the 2009 Philadelphia Qfest that he basically called off of work for a couple of weeks to to wat every movie and webisode he has been in like Back Soon, Socket and even Gone But Not Forgotten. I don't know how he did it, but he even got bootleg copies of Redwoods (2nd feature from director David Lewis) and David Kitteridge's Pornography (we mention this little gem before) before it screened during the festival. Hey, I wasn't going to ask because if it makes for a better interview. Anyway, Robby basically found the poor soul hung over by a tree. But like a good HOMOPOP soldier, he honed in on his target and attacked.... And this is what we captured.

So as you can see, this is how we get big stars to write for us. Who's next?

Hello suckers! Welcome to Matthew Montgomery’s very first blog with the fashionably risqué site, HOMOPOP. If this is anything like that diary I tried keeping a few years ago, you’ll soon find this blog covered in cobwebs and an inch thick layer of dust with illegible scribbles on the first three pages, dried drool spots dotting the bottom corners, with my passed out/drunk naked body next to it... ( kind of like this.) Wish me luck. I’m fairly confident I’ve turned over a new leaf though, and am thrilled to be asked here as a contributor, especially since it gives me another opportunity to talk about my favorite subject on Earth - me. Thanks for reading. You’ll be sorry. READ MORE

It must have taken a lot out of me, being in the US... It seems that hanging with party animals like Keeneye and Matthew Montgomery has taken its toll on this poor London lad and I have been unable to get more than a couple of hours sleep every night since. This leads, of course, to many more hours to fill in a day, and discoveries of many fascinating internet nooks and crannies. Last night, around 4am, I stumbled upon The World According To and what a fascinating forum they have! Never before have I seen so much male celebrity peen in the one handy place... Of course, we are all familiar with Brad Pitt and Jude Law’s appendage, but this site goes further... how about a close up of Jake Gyllenhaal’s shorts while he is surfing? Video of Mr. Harry Potter performing naked in Equus anyone? And why does Prince William hold his cock like that when he is peeing? It’s just odd isn’t it? Did the butler teach him to do that? It must have been a trick... and how long does someone have to be dead before a look at their peen is OK again? Is it ever? Heath Ledger or John Lennon anyone? The list is endless! As it turns out, however, counting cock worked no better than counting sheep for me. Maybe it’s time to stop counting entirely and just get totally drunk before I hit the pillow. Yes, that’s the plan for tonight.