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A kiss — just a kiss? Or a scandal?
Back in the 1940s and the “Casablanca” era, a kiss was famously “just a kiss”
Not any more.
It’s been seven years since Britney Spears and Madonna notoriously locked lips in a live MTV Music Video Awards show. But women kissing women (or just pretending to) is still making front page news, whether it’s Miley Cyrus on a “Britain’s Got Talent” performance last week, or Sandra Bullock at the MTV Movie Awards show this weekend.
(And let’s not even revisit the Adam Lambert male-on-male kiss furor last November)
But while Bullock’s apparently rehearsed smooch with Scarlett Johansson was mostly seen as just good fun, Miley Cyrus’ kiss (that she now protests wasn’t really a kiss although it may have looked like it) with a female dancer has not gone down so well, especially with fans of the Disney teen star.
Cyrus, 17, has found herself making plenty of headlines in the past few weeks as she tries to carve a new, more grown-up image since finishing shooting the final series of Disney Channel’s tween hit series “Hannah Montana.”
Glambert backs Mamasox for “American Idol”
“American Idol” is nearing its season finale next week amid questions about the show’s lackluster ratings and about who will replace alpha judge Simon Cowell. But if anyone has any questions about who everyone’s favorite runner-up, Adam Lambert, favors among the final three contestants, those doubts have been put to rest.
Glambert likes Mamasox.
The singer nicknamed Glambert last year for his “glam” persona and wild costumes told television network MTV that he favors Crystal Bowersox, the contestant nicknamed Mamasox, who is a 24 year-old mother with a young son. “I like her anti-establishment rebelliousness,” Lambert told MTV in a story posted on its website Tuesday.
Even so, the “For Your Entertainment” singer said he was unable to watch much of “American Idol” in recent weeks because he was touring Europe.
On Tuesday night, Bowersox will face off against Lee DeWyze and Casey James. A frontrunner from the beginning of this year’s competition, Bowersox has seen DeWyze emerge as a dark horse contestant.
Lambert knows something about that, because last year many “Idol” watchers expected he would take the crown, but the less flashy Kris Allen became the surprise champion.
I like all 3, Casey has a young Bob Segar sound, shy… Crystal already has her own niche and no doubt is going to make it own her own if she loses, but when Lee did Simon’s pick for a song…it blew me away! I have picked MamaSox from the very beginning (also have said from the get go, she has to get rid of that hair! It looks like my Gramma would say, something hangin’ off a sheeps rear end!), but now I’ll be happy with either one as the winner, cuz in reality they are all winners!!!
GLAAD sings “Glee”-ful tune at awards show
It seems almost everyone is jumping on the “Glee” bandwagon — the TV show about singing high school misfits won a Golden Globe award this past January, viewership spiked upward on last week’s return to U.S. airwaves last week, and the program is rapidly making veteran character actor Jane Lynch (who plays cheerleader coach Sue Sylvester) a Hollywood star.
Add to the group of “Glee” admirers, the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, or GLAAD. The organization dedicated to promoting positive images of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people (LGBT) in the media gave out awards on Saturday at a swanky fundraiser in Los Angeles and, perhaps it was no surprise, “Glee” was picked as best TV comedy. Series creator Ryan Murphy let slip a preview of next year’s plots. Chris, the gay member of the singing club, will get a boyfriend. “They are going to be prom kings and they are going to be popular,” he said to applause.
On the subject of proms, following the “Glee” group, Mississippi teenager Constance McMillen was on hand to give an award — not get one — to comedian Wanda Sykes for openly promoting civil rights equality. McMillen, 18, began making headlines earlier this year when her high school principal canceled her prom because McMillen wanted to attend with her girlfriend. Sykes, an openly lesbian comedian, joked with the crowd and McMillen that, “I really should give this award to you, but I’m not going to do that because it means a lot to me.” Sykes then told the teen, “you’re young, you’re going to get a lot more awards.” She already has, in a real way. Read about Ellen DeGeneres’ gift to the teen here.
Others singled out by GLAAD included Drew Barrymore who was given a Vanguard Award, and the movie “A Single Man,” directed by designer Tom Ford, was named 2009′s best film in wide release. Adam Lambert (pictured above) performed. The awards are part of a trio of events GLAAD holds every year in New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco. “Sex And the City” star Cynthia Nixon was honored in New York in March. Read about that here. And the San Francisco event takes place in June.
It was such a pleasure meeting you Saturday night Bob. It appears you enjoyed the event.
J
Shirts optional for Top 6 on SYTYCD
The shirts came off as the top 6 dancers on So You Think You Can Dance performed for votes for the last time before Wednesday’s finale.
Ryan Di Lello led the topless trend, showing up in two of three numbers without a shirt. He tossed on a flimsy top for his third number, but left it open, prompting judge Nigel Lythgoe to say, “I’m pleased you found a shirt, you just need to find the buttons.”
Shirt jokes aside, Ryan was just one of the six extremely talented dancers who left it all out on the floor in a final bid for votes before America chooses its next favorite dancer.
Kathryn McCormick was perhaps the stand-out performer of the evening, with at least one judge proclaiming that the show should be renamed “the rise of Kathryn.” Her gentle contemporary routine with Jakob Karr was called a “game changer” by judge Adam Shankman, who added, “you humbled me.”
But while Kathryn and Jakob are both extraordinarily strong dancers, the big obstacle standing in their way on the quest for the top prize comes in the form of krumper-turned-jack-of-all-dances, Russell Ferguson.
Russell also performed much of the show topless, but oddly enough, Nigel did not object. And judge Mary Murphy was once again rendered to tears by his journey from auditions through to the top 6.
“You are just someone special,” she said. “I have never seen someone grow, in six season (of SYTYCD), as much as you have.”
Don’t mess with the Mouse, Adam
(Writing and reporting by Corinne Heller)
Appearances by glam rocker Adam Lambert on two additional shows broadcast on the ABC network have been canceled following complaints to the Disney-owned station.
ABC had also canceled an appearance by Lambert on its “Good Morning America” news program a day after he performed at the live American Music Awards November telecast on ABC in November, during which he kissed a male keyboardist and simulated oral sex and other racy acts.
The 27-year-old singer, who came out publicly as gay after finishing second this year on “American Idol” , wrote on his Twitter website on Wednesday: “Yes, sadly friends, ABC has canceled my appearances on Kimmel and NYE. I don’t blame them. It’s the FCC heat.”
“It’ll all blow over,” he wrote on his Twitter page. “Let’s focus on something positive!”
Lambert was to perform on ABC’s annual “New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” special and on the late-night talk show “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” later this month. He has appeared on rival networks since his AMAs performance and has an appearance coming up later in December on “The Jay Leno Show”.
Lambert’s a great guy, he just made a mistake. He’s not a mean person at all and I hope it all works out for him.
Wild child Adam Lambert sheds his family friendly “Idol” glow
“American Idol” runner-up Adam Lambert built a broad base of support during his run on the show this year. After all, “Idol” got to be the top-rated program on U.S. television by appealing to moms, dads, teens, doctors, lawyers, Indian chiefs and everyone in between.
So when he took the stage on Sunday night at the American Music Awards and simulated oral sex with a back-up dancer, kissed a male keybordist on the mouth and gestured to the audience with his middle finger, he was bound to lose some of that broad “Idol” audience. Lambert all but said as much when he told Rolling Stone magazine that if his performance “offends (people), then maybe I’m not for them.”
But was it right for Lambert to put on such a sexually charged performance at the AMAs on network television, shortly before 11 p.m. on the East and West Coast and before 10 p.m. Central Time, when some teens and younger viewers might still have been watching the show? Does Lambert bear a special responsibility to reign in his sexual provocation, since he presumably has many young fans from his “Idol” days?
ABC on Tuesday canceled Lambert’s scheduled appearance on its “Good Morning America” as a result of his performance at the AMAs, after it received more than 1,500 complaints about his stage antics, but the singer has other TV appearances lined up.
Of course, the fact that Lambert is openly gay plays a significant role in the controversy. Last week, Aaron Hicklin, the editor-in-chief of gay magazine “Out” posted an open letter to Lambert after the singer posed for a cover shot. In the letter, Hicklin said that Lambert’s record label and management insisted that the magazine “must avoid making (Lambert) look ‘too gay’” and that they insisted he only appear on the cover in a group shot, not by himself.
Hicklin also criticized Lambert’s appearance in the magazine Details, in which he was photographed cupping the breast of a statuesque, nude female model. Hicklin suggested it would have been more radical to pose with a guy.
Lambert responded to Hicklin’s criticism by telling Entertainment Weekly magazine that Hicklin “has his agenda and has his opinions, which I respect, but they’re not necessarily my opinions” and that the editor “really crossed a line” with his criticism.
He lost me with the over the top sexual exhibtions. I was a total fan on American Idol and am not a fan of any major sexual posturing of the stars I support, male or female. I was ready to buy ALL Adam Lambert’s CDs. Not now.I guess he’d rather be a marginally sucessful gay star that has turned off the older straight fans. Fine, Aloha, Adam.
“Idol” runner-up Adam Lambert debuts new single
Singer Adam Lambert has graduated from “American Idol,” ended his flirtation with classic rock band Queen and now he has one message for his fans, “Baby, do what I say.”
That last quote among the lyrics from Lambert’s new single “For Your Entertainment,” the title track from his upcoming album. The album comes out on Nov. 23, but the single came out on Friday, debuting on “Idol” host Ryan Seacrest’s L.A. radio station. It’s now playable at Lambert’s official website. To listen, click here.
The single features lyrics like the following, “Let’s go/ It’s my show/ Baby, do what I say” and the equally assertive, “Oh, do you know what you got into?/ Can you handle what I’m ’bout to do?/ Because it’s about to get rough for you/ I’m here for your entertainment.”
You can say this for Adam, he’s not shy.
The singer with a penchant for flashy costumes and eye makeup, who finished second this year on “Idol” to Kris Allen, appears on the cover of his forthcoming debut album looking glamorous and ladylike, and even somewhat resembling pop star Rihanna. The openly gay Lambert said that the cover shot was meant to look “campy” and “ridiculous.”
Lambert declared recently that “glam is back” when the cover art was unveiled. How long has glam rock been gone? Most people would say it didn’t last much past the early 1980s, so back when MTV was still known for playing music videos, and Ozzy Osbourne was known as the “Prince of Darkness,” instead of as the star of reality show “The Osbournes.”
Can Glambert revive the music popularized by the likes of the New York Dolls, David Bowie and his heroes, Queen? Or will the music start to fade like so much old make-up?
Oh no! Not you again ninotoy/nino/whatever your name is! Don’t you have anything better to do than searching for Adam Lambert articles and spreading hate?
For Your Entertainment is SOOOO GOOOOD! It’s catchy, fun. . . and that voice! Love it!
Adam Lambert — still out to shock
Remember “American Idol” runner-up Adam Lambert?
Last season, his penchant for flashy costumes and eye makeup on the No. 1-rated TV talent show earned him the nickname “Glambert”. After the show ended, he disclosed publicly that he was gay. You can read about it here and here.
The cover of his forthcoming debut album “For Your Entertainment” is getting people talking about Lambert all over again, six months after he lost the “Idol” title to Kris Allen.
In a Twitter entry, the glam rocker called the album cover “deliberately campy” and said it was designed to be “ridiculous”.
“Thank you to those who appreciate and understand that the album cover is deliberately campy. It’s an homage to the past. It IS ridiculous,” Lambert wrote.
“For those that don’t get it: oh well… Glad to have gotten your attention,” he continued. “Androgyny. Rock n Roll.”
Lambert recently told Entertainment Weekly about his goals for the album, saying: “I wanna rock; I want people to dance, I want people to cry, I want people to smile and laugh. And I wanna play dress-up!”
Of course I will be buying Adam’s. This will be his first CD and it will blow us out of water!!! I am sure many more albums will be coming from this phenomenal artist!!! He’s truly a rare gem to hit the music world and I’m lovin’ it!!!!
Kris has nothing for me to comment on except his ridiculous fans who loving trolling stories about Adam!
Lambert says Allen won “Idol” because he’s “a great artist”
“American Idol’s” Adam Lambert surprised and awed fans all season with his unique brand of vocal gymnastics and dramatic flair, but nothing shocked “Glambert” followers more than when he placed second to low-key Kris Allen in the ultra-popular singing competition on Wednesday night.
Lambert himself, however, appeared unfazed by the loss of the “Idol” crown. Backstage after the show, he said he looks forward to making an album, and blew off the suggestion that his sexuality had anything to do with the season’s outcome.
“First or second– it doesn’t matter to me,” Lambert, who was clad in a black Roberto Cavalli jacket with a flashy brooch, told reporters. “For me it’s not really about what happened tonight, it’s about tomorrow. It’s about next.”
When one reporter suggested that the blogosphere would speculate about whether he lost because of questions about his sexuality, Lambert avoided confirming or denying that he is gay.
“Blogs have a lot of opinions, don’t they? I think that Kris won because he’s a great artist and I was happy to be a runner-up to that,” he said, adding that he and Allen had found a lot of common ground despite their very different backgrounds and styles.
“If there’s anything that can come from this experience, and I hope that all the fans out there can pick up on, is that even if you’re really different there’s a way to get along with each other,” Lambert said. “And it’s not about ‘Oh, you beat me because of this,’ or ‘You, you’re different.’ It’s about finding the common stuff that makes it work.”
Alan has a gift with his talent as does Elton John the difference between the two is that Elton John doesn’t exploit his sexual intrests this is so important if you want to please the public being Gay is what it is a lot of people look at being gay as discusting and that is thier right .Mozart was a brillant musical genuis but a jerk in his personal life and people didn’t like him much but admired his talent .Adam should give the public his gifted talent and keep the gay stuff in his private life like Elton John does . Just an opinion
“Idol” singers have “chill” attitudes ahead of finale
They went head-to-head in the final showdown of “American Idol” on Tuesday night, but if any animosity exists between finalists Adam Lambert and Kris Allen, it was not apparent when they spoke to reporters backstage after the show.
The only moment of friction, and it was all a joke, came when Lambert, the taller contestant between the two, lowered the microphone for the shorter Allen after the two stepped onto a speakers’ podium. Allen laughed at the gesture.
Allen summed up his and Lambert’s attitudes when he was asked how he was handling the hype surrounding the finale.
“I think both of us are kind of chill guys, so we can totally deal with it,” Allen said.
The two finalists had been roommates until recently, and as a joke question a reporter asked which contestant looks better naked.
“We don’t get naked together, sorry,” Lambert said, to laughter from reporters.
kris allen is awsome used to live like 20 minutes b4 and also i have met him
Y is it so hard to let people live. People. Most of the time we dont show interest in every day peoples lives, but once we noe its a celebrity everyone wants to add their 2 cents.