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  • Time to chose Mr Gay World 2018

    Time to chose Mr Gay World 2018

      The 10th Edition of Mr. Gay World takes place in Knysna South Africa at from 20th to 27th May 2018  This annual competition is not about beauty and brawn (as if) but it aims to ‘find a spokesperson who best represents the finest qualities of the gay community and embodies the spirit of his nation’.…

  • New (and not so new) Brit Music from Sam Smith, Rick Astley & Olly Alexander

    New (and not so new) Brit Music from Sam Smith, Rick Astley & Olly Alexander

      The first music video in our selection is from Brit Oscar winner Sam Smith and it is for the remix of his track Pray featuring the rapper Logic.  It was directed by Joe Connor and filmed on and beside the shores of Lake Como, Italy and mostly set inside the famous Villa Erba, and…

  • Sasha Velour stuns us singing Weill

    Sasha Velour stuns us singing Weill

      Confession time.  At the risk of being forced to hand back our ‘gay card’, we have to say that we never watch Ru Paul’s Drag Race.  Never ever. Maybe if we had known that Sasha Velour had been in power as the reigning queen of the show, we would have relented. We have just come across…

  • Pierre Cardin : Pursuit of the Future

    Pierre Cardin : Pursuit of the Future

    The 95-year-old legendary couturier and innovative fashion designer PIERRE CARDIN is having another busy year in the limelight.  Right now a new documentary on the great man made by married filmmaking couple Todd Hughes and P. David Ebersole is being previewed at Cannes (watch this space for details). Cardin is also being honored with a major retrospective exhibition “Pierre Cardin: Pursuit…