Take-Two Interactive Software Inc., the video-game maker behind Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas’s controversial sex scene, is now raising eyebrows with its latest release, Bully, which features boys kissing, according to The Advocate. Bully stars 15-year-old Jimmy Hopkins, who must deal with cliques, fights and young love at his new boarding school. Along the way, he can win fights, complete missions, and ply girls (and boys) with candy and flowers in exchange for kisses.
The success of Superman Returns, helmed by gay director Bryan Singer, has prompted Warner Bros. to green-light a sequel, The Advocate reported. The first film has earned about $200 million in this country and almost $390 million worldwide.
Lesbian tennis icon Martina Navratilova is condemning hormone-related experiments on ‘gay sheep’ at Oregon State University and Oregon Health & Science University that seek to make the animals heterosexual, according to a press release from PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals). In letters faxed to the presidents of both universities, Navratilova writes, ‘How can it be that, in the year 2006, a major university would host such homophobic and cruel experiments?… I respectfully ask that you pull the plug on this appalling and misguided research…’
On the right (laugh) track: Out comedian Jason Stuart will bring his ‘Looking for Mr. Right Comedy Tour’ to Zanies, 1548 N. Wells, on Tues.-Sun., Nov. 28-Dec. 3. (Incidentally, his new movie Coffee Date will open at Landmark Theatre, 2828 N. Clark, on Fri., Dec. 15.) Call 312-337-4027.
The Internet domain Gays.com was recently sold for $500,000 through Sedo, the world’s largest marketplace for domain names and internet addresses, PRLeap.com reported. The new domain owners are Germans Julius and David Dreyer, who stated that ‘ [b] uilding an Internet portal for the gay community has always been one of our biggest goals.’
Gay clothing designer Tom Ford came in fifth in a list of AskMen.com’s top 49 men’s men, according to All Headline News. Actor George Clooney topped the list, with rap star Jay-Z, adventurer-entrepreneur Richard Branson and cyclist Lance Armstrong coming in second, third and fourth, respectively.
The openly gay individuals behind the designer clothing label Dolce & Gabbana launched its first-ever free-standing men’s boutique in the United States Oct. 2, according to the fashion publication DNR. Italian designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana have opened a temporary 2,500-square-foot space in New York City; a slightly larger permanent space will be unveiled in March near its current spot.