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From the classics like West Side Story and Rent to recent Broadway hits like Avenue Q and Hollywood features such as Nine, we know how much homos LOVE musicals!

As fabulous as big productions are, there are a few films in the gay indie world that really capture hearts and minds alike. These films touch on topics like finding Mr. Right in The Big Gay Musical by veteran queer filmmaker Casper Andreas or just focus on pure comedic bliss in the wild, scantily-clad Naked Boys Singing! A fantastic addition to this genre is the critically-acclaimed sparkling love letter to San Francisco Fruit Fly. It's been playing the festival circuit for a year or so and is now having a mini theatrical in San Franciso on Aug. 11th & 12th and one-week run in New York on Sept. 24th! So when talented filmmaker H.P. Mendoza (star, writer and composer, Colma: The Musical) was in town last year I told a crew to go get an interview and don't come back unless they did. See Colma was one of our favorite films a few years ago so we just had to at least get a sound bite. Apparently the crew took my tonea little too far. Oops.

For no other reason than the fact that it's Wednesday with a big party in the USA weekend about to commence, we thought "Hey!", let's talk about the art and act of humping.

Now there are various forms of humping. Just go to Youtube and type in hump and you get a variety of goodness. Here are some of our favorites like the folks at the White Trash Network. Then there's the classic vid of a dog humping anything and everything in site, but what cracked us up is the different locations this dog uses to make Pikachu his bitch. And lastly (and to be honest my favorite) is the USB humping dog.

Then there's the act—however taboo—where people like to say hump a turtle. We are not judging here. A few years ago the hottest ticket at Sundance was Zoo. I was fortunate to score one and I will say that the documentary lives up to the hype. And don't forget about the classic Equus that man-child Daniel Radcliffe (and his pickle) revived when he starred in a staged production a couple of years ago in London. Hey, maybe horse-fucking isn't your thing and you just like a good ol' ass-pounding. Whatever you feel inclined to do on this Wednesday, just enjoy it.

If you were one of the fortunate souls to be out enjoying the gorgeous summer sun this weekend with a few choice friends, you might have missed that our favorite Diva release a brand new song "You and I". I caught it because, well... I have no life and was working all weekend. But once again I digress. And as much as many of you may hate Twitter or don't "get it" this is where all of the "important" bits of news happen. (Shameless plug; follow us here: @Homopop.) Two of my favorite feeds are @gagadaily and of course @LadyGaga, which are the actually words from the pop star's mouth herself! (I also love love LOVE @djchichilarue for all of her smut talk and the fag with his finger on the pulse @Perez Hilton. Anyway, this youtube link popped up and I was tickled pink! It's basically some queen in the audience of Elton John's White Tie and Tiara Ball who filmed it on their phone, but the best part is that Gaga herself posted it later through her own twitter feed! (By the way, I caught wind of this vid and re-tweeted before Perez. A small coup for us!) I love the fact that she embraces the fact that if it wasn't so accessful to her fans, she wouldn't have reached her icon status at her ripe old age of 24. What else can I say... just enjoy the soulful new song, my friends.

I finally got a chance to do the things that I have been lacking in my life for a long time like sleeping, eating a decent meal, having sex in the country like these guys and reading the NY Times. One of the things that struck me as odd was that the international star Anupam Kher who starred in Bend It Like Beckham (shout out to World Cup fans) was slated to play the presumed-homo Hilter in the Bollywood bio-pic until he pulled out of the production this weekend via Twitter. People were all up in arms over this film being made to begin with and to add to the controversy Kher removed himself from the production because of the emotional intensity playing the dictator. I wonder if there would be dance numbers staged like this? Famed documentarians Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato ( Party Monster) also tried to tackle Hitler's sexuality in their doc Hidden Fuhrer, but everything is speculation at this point. But I digress... I can understand where Kher's coming from though. I wouldn't want people to think I was the jackass who decided to kill over 6 million Jews as well as everyone else they decided to wipe out of existence.

But this leads to another topic about the Bollywood film industry—where are all the gays? It seems that the industry around the world has embraces themes and characters with homosexual tendencies. Most countries around the world (like Mexico with Raging Sun, Raging Sky) fund the arts and every year there are a number of significant films with GLBT characters. I am happy to re-iterate that there are Indian-themed films that have a little Bollywood flare like Touch of Pink, Mango Soufflé and Chicken Tikka Masala. All of these films are all comedies though and some even are boarderline screwball. That's fine, but I don't really see anyone going out on the limb to make a powerful Bollywood feature. I know there are heightened levels of homophobia within the Indian community so I hope that one day in the near future a filmmaker or even international star will breakthrough the taboo - like Sean Penn who won an Oscar® last year playing Harvey Milk. Now I know that Hollywood is a lot more tolerable to gay-themed films, but this country does not recognize gay marriage—or even commitment ceremonies, which is a different topic all together.

Let's get a little serious for a moment. Yes, it's seems out of the ordinary that HOMOPOP would actually have a serious bone in our body, but in fact we have several. We just don't necessarily like to flex them very often. We love talking about gay porn and pop stars, but it's good to mix it up once and awhile. With that said, we've been noticing a new development in the volative economy. "Experts" say that it's getting better, but let's face it, unemployment rate is at 10.4%. We are not going to dwell on this fact because that's extremely old, crotchety news. Instead we are all about the positives that are subsequently happening such as a few gays who are ballsy enough to throw caution to the wind and start their own business. It is certainly a well known fact that gay men have the most expendable income, but opening a your own business is something else all together.

I know it's been awhile since you've heard anything from HOMOPOP, but honestly there really wasn't any news or gossip that wowed us enough to write. It's like the old addiage, "If you don't have anything nice to say..." And even though every other queen in the world has voiced their opinion about the epic "Telephone" video featuring the shy kid from New York a.k.a. Lady Gaga and superstar Beyoncé; HOMOPOP has something a little bit different for you.

Truth be told; I moonlight sometimes a cameraman for our brethren over at POPPORN.com, and on the occasional [straight] porno shoot. While you might think it's awesome—which it totally is—it's a lot of hard work. And if you are going to judge that I shoot straight porno, well expand your minds folks. In my opinion fucking is fucking. Anyway, when I found out that 2 divalicious porn stars that I know—jessica drake and Alektra Blue— were in the "Telephone" video; I got overwhelmed with joy. I am now 1 degree from the new Queen of Pop! Why should you—a homo—care? Just look at them people. EVERY drag queen should aspire to be like them! So hot, nice, classy and sometimes trashy all at the same time! Keeneye, the sassiest fag I know, LOVES them, but I digress. I recently got a chance to ask jessica about her experience on set (she's the the first prisoner you see)... and here's what she had to say.

I have to admit that when the opening ceremonies for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver kicked off over a week or so ago, I was fired up to watch. (However, I was not impressed with Nelly Furtado and Bryan Adams.) Now; not so much.

America is kicking some serious butt and taking Canada's montra—which bronzed Bob Costas loves to repeat every time he is on the air—of "owning the podium" to new heights. We watched Lindsey Vonn push through injury to finally win a gold medal. Although afterwards she gloated by saying "I worked so hard for this. I deserve it." But hey, she is apparently very confident. Another confident... I mean really cocky... skiier is superr-hot Bode Miller. He finally wins a medal—I mean three—including gold. He basically cooled down the verbage and is actually showing the world how good he really is. And then there's snowboarding's "flying tomato" Shaun White who basically wins every compitition he enters. One of the best moments thus far—even though it's not for a medal—is when Team USA in the 1980 throwback jerseys beat Canada in ice hockey. (I know that you all know this because it was all over the news, but this picture of Canadian fans is priceless.)

Of course the Games are not without controversy surrounding sports that many gays love... ice skating. Before I get into the elaborately fabulous Johnny Weir, what the hell are the Russian ice dancers wearing? Their costumes are the toned down version of the original Aboriginal costumes they wore during the European Ice Dancing championships last year! Regardless of pissing off the Aussies (like our transplant writer Cam Buckingham), anyone with any sort of fashion sense knows that this is just bad costuming. I simply just don't get ice dancing. I was discussing this with a friend of mine last night. It's not that I don't think ice dancers are athletes; rather, I expect some triple salchow and triple toe loops and such. But I digress...

On to Johnny Weir! I really think that he gave the performance of his life and was absolutely robbed because of his flamboyant lifestyle. I am not coming out and saying the guy is gay because the champion will not say whether he is or not. Labels are soo last decade anyway and such labels have nothing to do with his impeccable routine on the ice. That is except for a couple of pompous, French-speaking broadcasters who decided to make slanderous remarks. But why is Johnny Weir considered controversial? He is a vastly intellegent, talented athlete who has no problem saying what he thinks and skating how he feels... flare and all.

I guess I will keep watching, but honestly I need some more conflict to keep this homo interested... or I could just watch the Sex Olympics.

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.

Unless you live under a rock or a giant snow pile like some of us on the East Coast, Valentine's Day or is this Sunday Feb. 14th (which coincides with Chinese New Year by the way.)

Ahh to be in love during a bitter cold weekend. I remember the most romantic Valentine's weekend I had was a few years ago. I was dating this hot little prep who had the tightest ass and was a kinky s.o.b. to boot. He surprised me this year with a weekend getaway! Romantic and raunchy? I struck gold! We drove up to Boston and stayed at the fabulous gay bed and breakfast. All I really remember from the trip is it was like -10°F and we fucked... a lot. The relationship lasted about a year where we broke up and got back together around the same time at an orgy similar to this one. Soon we realized we were not meant to be—mainly because I moved on.

Why the hell am I tell you this story? I always reminisce of this fun time I had when Valentine's Day rolls around and even though I am very happy not having to deal with the romantic obligation; some of you don't feel the same way I do. Some get depressed thta they are alone while others get pissed that they have to try and purchase that "special gift" that says "I love you". So because of this I want to show you all how special you are to HOMOPOP. And to be quite honest, I would not being doing my name justice if I didn't have a gift for you.

I have a handful of G-PASSES for 30 FREE minutes to TLAgay.com's VOD site. As much as I want to think you are all innocent fuckers and are going to check out our gay cinema VOD site (which you should because it has the largest selection of gay independent films available for streaming); I know you are going straight for the porn (Yeah, I would too.) All you have to do is leave a comment and tell us your best Valentine's Day story or why you HEART HOMOPOP. Once you leave a comment shoot me an email at khart@homopop.com and I will send you the code for your free minutes. It's that simple... and the special gify is only good until Feb. 14th.

Let's recap: leave comment + email khart@homopop.com = 30 FREE Minutes on TLAGAY.COM's VOD site

Whether you love football or not, the Super Bowl is an annual event that gathers people from all walks of life just for the mere fact of watching the commericals. Hell, my mom even sits down to watch football once a year. Ok, she really reads during the game and then puts the book down during the commercials. It boggles my mind that corporate America spends gazillions of dollars (where they get this money is beyond me) for a 30 second or 60 second commercial, but then again when this viewing even draw so many eyeballs it must be worth it right? There has been some incredible commercials over the years. One of my favorite was last year's Thrillalicious when Naomi Campbell dances to Michael Jackson's Thriller with sassy lizzards in toe. I don't remember what product it was for, but it was a damn fine commercial.

The advertising for this year's Super Bowl is swarming with controversy and is actually getting more attention then the teams playing the big game—Indianapolis Colts lead by Mr. All-American quarterback Peyton Manning vs. the New Orleans Saints who will be hoisted on the shoulders of fast and furious running back Reggie Bush. First there is the debate over the commercial featuring Florida University's hunky quarterback Tim Tebow and his mom as they star in a Focus on the Family ad touting their pro-life sentiments. But apparently there is another ad sparking nervousness at CBS. The owners of gay male dating site called ManCrunch.com submitted their ad for approval on Jan. 18th and when they checked back a few days later they were told that all spots were sold out. Aw-shucks, right? But why did CBS then tell conservative news organization Fox News—of all places—that they are considering the ad yesterday (Jan. 28th)?

I can't wait to see how this all plays out on Super Bowl Sunday—and the game actually—but until then we have included the actually commercial in question. And if you are hot and bothered about football players or athletes in general; feel free to check out our selection that might help you blow off some steam.