Overbuzzed movies

Last night I watched Brokeback Mountain on Warner Channel and it was way better than I remembered. The last time a saw it was at the movies four years ago. At the time I thought BB Mountain was an overbuzzed movie, the kind of movie that becomes controversial even before being released and then when you finally watch it you've heard so much about it that you don't get what was expected.

But last night I was able to see Brokeback Mountain with different eyes (figuratively, not literally) and I could really see a feel the struggles both Ennis Del Mar and Jack Twist go through by trying to understand the feelings they have for each other. It was really enjoyable. Brokeback Mountain is definitely NOT an overbuzzed movie.

An overbuzzed movie that comes to my mind right know is The Passion of The Christ. The movie generated a lot of buzz for the religious subjects. Some people say that it was good because it showed how brutal Jesus' torture "really" was. But I don't think that showing the torture with explicit violence was cinematographically necessary, we already know how brutal can mankind be and maybe showing a different point of view on Jesus reactions woudl've been much more interesing.

And, did you know that The Passion of The Christ on DVD sold 2.4 millions copies on the first day? But does anybody actually wants to see the movie again? I mean, I can't imagine anyone saying "You know, why don't we make some popcorn and watch The Passion of The Christ DVD? As we watch the explicit torture we can practice our Latin, Hebrew and Arameic".

And also did you know that Ennis Del Mar means "island of the see"? I just thought that was cute.

What other movie (or movies) do you consider to be overbuzzed?

It Depends On The Dose

It depends on the dose, and frankly 50mg is not enough :P.

Thanks again FAIL Blog

Stolen Act

I hate Sabrina Sabrok. I hate her fake gigantic boobs, I hate her bleached hair, I hate her accent (and I have nothing against Argentina) and I hate her collagen injected lips. I hate her so much I had to find a picture of her with some random hunk so I wouldn't feel bad about posting it here. Why I hate her that much? I don't know, maybe is her mild celebrity status based on selling sex, maybe I just don't like her.

But now I can happily say this.
-F%ck you Sabrina, this b#tch stole your act.

Wow... that felt really good. I feel like having a cigarette, and I don't even smoke.

Note: I hate Sabrina but I respect those who like her for whatever reason.

Happy V-Day

And by V I don't mean Vajayjay.



Remember to give a big hunk hug to all your friends and loved ones.

For more hot guys like him visit Desktop Hunks

Mexican, Hunk And NOT A Telenovela Actor

I have nothing against telenovela actors, most of them make a great job in entertaiment. But I'm just glad to see a new (and beautiful) face in mexican modeling that we haven't seen in some telenovela.

Andrei de la Puente is a 25 years old mexican model. He just started building up a portfolio and is eager to break into magazines.

I love his body, his face, his hair and his but (hehehe).

You can check his profile in Model Mayhem and his photos as well (with some damn sexy tan lines)

Study Shows Irish Homophobia

The largest study on Ireland's LGBT mental health was published a few days ago and revealed some disturbing numbers.

• Almost 20%  have attempted suicide (most of them saw this related to their sexual identity)
• Almost one third had self-harmed at least once
• 80% had been verbally abused
• 58% had been bullied at school
• 40% had been threatened with physical violence
• 25% had been punched, kicked or beaten
• More than half had been called abusive names related to their sexual orientation by fellow students
• 40% had been threatened by fellow students
• 20% have skipped school because they were afraid of getting hurt
• 34% reported homophobic comments from teachers or staff
• Of those who have ever worked, 15% have been verbally threatened by colleagues

Wow... big numbers I must say. And that's in Ireland, a supposedly tolerant republic. Lucky for me I've never felt threatened at school, maybe in elementary school I was verbally abused for not being good at sports, but that's it. Still I'm pretty sure most of the mexican LGBT people hasn't been that lucky.

The study was carried out by the Children’s Research Centre in Trinity College and
the School of Education at UCD.

Despite all that homophobia, Irish still like to wear kilts

Source: Irish Times

"Tits da Bitch!" is German for "Christina Aguilera Is Photoshopped!"

Well, not exactly. But I did go to a german elementary school in México, so maybe I'm not that wrong. The thing is that some folks over Berlin did some pretty good and interesting Ad Busting at the Kaiserdamm metro station. Watch a complete Flickr slideshow.

Full Male Nudity Instead Of The Super Bowl

Those crazy guys from Comcast, first they throttle your internet conection then they give you porn at the Super Bowl.

“Our initial investigation suggests this was an isolated malicious act,” spokeswoman Kelle Maslyn said in a statement emailed to the Star. “We are mortified by last evening’s Super Bowl interruption and we apologize to our customers. We are conducting a thorough investigation to determine how this happened.”

It is still unclear how many viewers were affected by the clip, which lasted about 30 seconds, and featured full male nudity, Maslyn said.

The interruption was only seen by Comcast subscribers who received a standard definition signal, Maslyn said, while those who watched the game on high-definition televisions were not affected.

The pornography clip was from Club Jenna, an adult cable television channel.

The Arizona Daily Star newsroom was flooded with calls from irate viewers who said that the porn cut into the game with less than three minutes left to play, just after Arizona Cardinals player Larry Fitzgerald scored on a touchdown pass from Kurt Warner to put the team in the lead.

Callers said that the clip showed a woman unzipping a man’s pants, followed by a graphic act between the two.

And many people thought Janet Jackson's boob was too hot for the Super Bowl...



UPDATE: Gizmodo posted the NSFW clip. Not sexy, still funny.

A Football Thing

In the spirit of SuperBowl (which I'm not watching) I thought it would be fun to share this old but always hilarious sketch from MadTV.

Italian, Hairdresser, Gorgeous and Hung

Sometimes great things come with big packages, and that's the case with italian hunk Simone Lucioli. Bio via Tres Fab Sweetie!

His name is Simone Lucioli. He was born on February 8, 1980, in the city of Rome. Life eventually brought the sexy Simone to London, where he started his own business in a studio situated in the luxury of the rejuvenation spa in the London Baglioni Hotel. Here he got the opportunity to work with many celebrities, and it was also in this period in his life he had his first experiences in fashion photoshoots, working for Azagury and Fashion156. As it is often the case with people who work in the creative industry, Simone’s freetime activities are closely related to his professional life. He loves fashion. He loves taking care of himself, meaning going to the gym on regular times and following a healthy diet and life style. He likes to cook, watch comedy shows and hang out with friends in trendy bars and London clubs. Like his illustrious ancestors, he likes to travel, when time allows him. Single at the moment, and with a face and body like his, it seems only a matter of time before he will conquer not only London, but the rest of world as well. Photographer Dylan Rosser.

Photos via Hunks Portal

Remember, Always Shoot To The Head.

Call me a geek, but this must be one of the best pranks ever and is not even April's Fools Day yet. Some guys (or girls, I don't wanna be sexist) over Austin TX hacked various road signs to display messages like "Caution! Zombies! Ahead!!!" "Run For Cold Climates" and "The End Is Near !!!!!!!!!" It's like something you would see on the background of a Shaun Of The Dead scene

The hackers broke into the control unit of the road sings this monday and, after warning the Austin citizens about the undead, changed the computer password to make it a little harder to change the signs back. Some hours went by before the manufacturer of the signs could reset the password and display the original boring appropriate messages.

And even though some Austin drivers found the new warnings pretty amusing, the city council is not exactly thrilled about it. The police is investigating and the hackers could face a class C misdemeanor. But apparently is not very hard to tamper with those signs.

Sources: PITNB and some news site

Big Business

One of my favorite non-gay blogs is Not Always Right, a collection of quotes from employees who have the courage to face the stupidity of some costumers and need to release form such stress by telling the world their storys.

One of yesterdays post made me laugh like very few had. And here it is

His Bigness Is None Of Your Business
FABRIC STORE | TEXAS, USA
Me: “Hello this is ***, *** speaking, how may I assist you?”

Customer: “Ah, hello. I was just wondering… you see, I run an adult dance club outside of town.You know, with male strippers and such.”

Me: “… uh huh.”

Customer: ”Well, we order our clothing through a store usually, on the internet. But I have a new man and we need some clothes for him and he’s… large.”

Me: “… uh… huh?”

Customer: “Well he… he’s very large.”

Me: “Um, well… what.. was your question?”

Customer: “Oh. Well, I was wondering what kind of fabric you might recommend for a someone in our business.”

Me: “Oh. Well, I would think something black. We have some see-through stuff. I might suggest a shimmer see through fabric. We have some of those…”

Customer: “Oh good, good. Well, how much fabric do you think we’d need?”

Me: “Well, it depends on his size. If you take some measurements, I can–”

Customer: “Well, the thing is… it’s his… his business. Can I tell you about his business…?”

Me: “Go ahead…”

Customer: ”He is 12 inches long and three inches wide. Three inches! Have you ever heard of such a thing!”

Me: “No, can’t say I have…”

Customer: ”Three inches wide! I didn’t even know they made them that wide. Do you know anyone like that? That long and that wide?”

Me: “Uh… well, my friend is… I’ve never seen him… but his girlfriend tells me he’s… exceptionally… long.”

Customer: “Oh? Your friend?”

Me: “Yes.”

Customer: “But you’ve never seen it?”

Me: *inwardly wanting to die* “No.”

Customer: “Would he be interested in exotic male dancing?”

Me: “Let’s focus on the fabrics. So you want to know how much you’ll need. Now, I can’t see you needing more than two yards in total. Probably less.”

Customer: “And that will cover his business…?”

Me: “That… will cover… his business.”

Customer: ”Because he’s big. Now your friend, how did you say you knew he was so big?”

Me: “Okay… you know what? I’m terribly sorry but my job isn’t to recruit my friends for an exotic dance club. Why don’t you measure your man, bring me the measurements and I will show you how much you need.”

Customer: “Now, is he a black man?”

Me: “Thanks for your call… goodbye.” *click*

NBC Says: No Veggie In Your Va-Jay-Jay

So, those crazy persistent guys from PETA got their Super Bowl Ad rejected by NBC. The network thinks the comercial "depicts a level of sexuality exceeding our standards". My theory is that they almost puked after watching it... but that's just me.



The list of shots NBC found too creepy inappropiate is

• Licking pumpkin
• Touching her breast with her hand while eating broccoli
• Pumpkin from behind between legs
• Rubbing pelvic region with pumpkin
• Screwing herself with broccoli (fuzzy)
• Asparagus on her lap appearing as if it is ready to be inserted into vagina
• Licking eggplant
• Rubbing asparagus on breast
  

I can imagine Super Bowl fans, with a hamburger on one hand a hot dog on the other watching the comercial and thinking "hhhmm... sex with veggie loving chicks or a good stake... hhhmm... yeah I'll stick to the meat and those impotence meds they keep announcing"

And don't believe everything that has been "shown by studies", after all 63.2% of statistcs are made up

Source dlisted

Gay B C... (You Know The Rest Darling)

The next video is an art project that shows how "recruitment propaganda" for the so called "gay lifestyle" would look like.



From the video description

Right wing groups and the church argue that the very existence of gay publications and groups effectively advertise, glamourise and recruit people into the gay lifestyle.

They see it as 'recruitment propaganda'.
Which is of course rubbish.
This is an art project that explores what a recruitment campaign might look like...

Gay Alphabet poster charts coming soon.

/ This is an independent project not affiliated with any agency /

Killed By Condom

Oh FAIL Blog. Thank you for countless hours ofschadenfreude. But thank you even more for your latest Nominee for a Darwin Award

I'm not alone

Apparently I'm not the only one who noted the absence of Arráncame La Vida at the Oscars. Daniel Hernández from Intersections also blogs about the costliest film in mexican history and how it made it to the nine finalist prior the nominations (not eleven like I said).

I stumbled upon Daniel Hernández' blog by accident but it seems really intersting, note his post on mexican Mariachis' homenage to Barack Obama in Mexico City.

81th Oscars: Milk, Heath Ledger, Penelope Cruz and no México

Like I said in a previous post Milk had great chances for the Academy Awards, and managed to get 8 Nominations, including Best Movie, Actor In A Leading Role and Directing. Sadly there was no Oscar nomination for mexican hottie Diego Luna :(.

Heath Ledger got a completely deserved nomination for his performance as The Joker on The Dark Knight. Most people will say he only got nominated because how and when he died, but I couldn't disagree more. Heath Ledger's work was at it's finest and has great chances of winning.

Another nomination that made me happy was Penelope Cruz'. I really enjoyed Vicky Cristina Barcelona and Penelope Cruz along with her character are by far the best parts of the movie. I hope she wins.

And unfortunately Arráncame La Vida (AKA Tear This Heart Out) didn't make it to the Best Foreign Language Film nomination, even though it was within the top 11 foreign films. Arráncame La Vida, by Roberto Snider, is based on the novel by Ángeles Mastretta and tells the story of Catalina Guzman, a young, humble and naive girl from Puebla (my hometown) in the 1930's who marries Andres Ascencio a rich and macho army general politician and trough the years evolves into an clever, idealist and independent woman. Some historical facts reveal that the story is based on the life of Maximino Avila Camacho. If you ever get the chance to see Arráncame La Vida I really recommend you do it.

Is there a definitive way I can tell?

Well... you can always try this. But maybe just ask him would be enough.

Don't Overtake

see funny english mistakes

But why not? Everyone knows five is not enough!

Will Mexico Get Milk?

Apparently yes, but not until february.

The late release of Milk in México is one of those little things that always reminds me of the intolerance towards homosexuality in México. Milk has everything to be a hit here, it has cast full talented actors, an encouraging story, generates Oscar buzz, and on top of it Diego Luna has an importan role. But it discusses homosexuality, so you rarely here about the movie in mexican media (except for a few great film experts like Lucero Solórzano on the radio).

According to Anodis (mexican LGBT news agency) UNAM's international gay film festival tried to get the premiere of Milk, but Universal International Pictures gave it to the 6th International Contemporary Cinema Festival (FICCO). The FICCO will run from February 17th to March 1st but it's website is so chafa (chafa = mexican slang for crappy) it doesn't have the festival's programming.

Luckily Milk has good opportunities for the Oscars, and a Best Movie nomination usually means wide release before the ceremony in México. So I really hope the academy will consider Milk for Best Movie. Now if Diego Luna somehow gets a Best Supporting Actor nomination mexicans would go crazy and wouldn't even care about all the gay subjects in the movie. But that nomination is not very likely.

Also Cinemex has Milk: Un Hombre, Una Revolución on it's comming attractions section but has no date for the premiere. Another possible name for the movie in México is Mi nombre es Harvey Milk

Gordon Anderson for AXN

From january issue of AXN Magazine. Cover boy Gordon Anderson does a photo shoot for John McRae. He's eyes just drive me crazy



More pictures from the same gallery



But don't be fooled by his gorgeous face and body. Gordon Anderson is more than jus a pretty face. He's also a great artist, you should check some of his work.

Blame Amsterdam

This is like the South Park Movie all over again. Trina Campbell a self proclaimed "stay at home mom" from West Vancouver Canada was having a typical shopping day with her 13 years old daughter at an American Apparel store when she saw a magazine in a backpack on display.

The magazine turned out to be issue number 20 of Amsterdam based magazine BUTT displaying a naked man walking away on it's cover. Trina felt "intrigued" and took the magazine, when she oppened it she saw what she describes as "a full, double-page spread of two men engaged fully in a sex act”. She closed the magazine as fast as she could and walked away with her daughter (who hasn't lucky enough to see the two guys doing a rim job). Trina was so shocked she "actually started crying".

Once safe from those horrible european liberal ass loving magazines Trina felt her responsability was to complain to the store and call the attention of all the local media, so that no other concerned decent person would ever be exposed to such a graphic material. You can see Trina making headlines here, here, here, here, here, and here.

At least people are ragging against American Apparel for displaying the magazine and not against BUTT magazine. But who knows, if life continues to imitate South Park next thing you know there will be a war between Canada and Amsterdam with Satan and Sadam Hussein involved.

Two see the rim job that maked Trina cry visit ICKAPRICK & IRONPUSSY

Lizzy The Lezzy is back!

Lizzy the lezzy, "The first animated lesbian stand-up comedy web series", is back with it's 18th episode. This time she talks about gays and lesbians that have gay siblings.

Also it appears that she has a new girlfriend and at the end she gives her insights on intimacy with a guy, and she does have a point I must say.

A Simple Question

"Why are we..." a brand new short Ad by Eric Leven


Why are we... from Eric Leven on Vimeo.

Unfortunately not all the simple questions have simple answers.

Via KnuckleCrack and Joe.My.God.

Homophobia shackles HIV prevention in Latin America

According to the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) homophobia has been one of the main obstacles in preventing HIV spread in Latin America over the past years.

Aside from the individual pain homophobic attitudes inflict, the continuing stigma attached to same-sex relations is complicating hugely the task of slowing the spread of HIV in a region where sex between men is a leading mode of HIV transmission, health experts say
...
In parts of Central America, where there is major political and social resistance to recognising the rights of gays, lesbians and transgender people, HIV incidence rates amongst MSM are particularly high.

Also, every week two persons in México are killed in violence related to his or her sexual orientation.

The full story here

Luke and Noah have hot gay sex

Off-screen, that is.

So, the entire gay blogosphere is going crazy about day-time's only favorite gay couple first post-coital scene. The scene was cute and long awaited by a large number of fans (more than seven months). Afterelton even did a liveblogging of the episode.

I really liked the whole thing, it means more visibility for gay characters in television. For me is really special since gay characters in mexican television are mostly sissy effeminate queens (not that I don't like sissy effeminate queens) and people tend to think all gays are that way.



For some funny remarks about this video visit fey friends' Top Seven Things No Gay Man Would Ever Do That Luke and Noah Did On Yesterday's As The World Turns

Cuir is the new Blog

As a recently graduated student from college in Mexico I feel the urge to start new adventures. So, with plenty of free time I thought it would be a good idea to start a blog... a GAY blog.

My interests include movies, hunky actors, pop culture, musics, tv shows, science, and more. I hope my interests will be (positivly) reflected in this blog.

Thank you to whoever is reading this.