Daily Roundup: Backward glances

Gotta give teen TV soap opera Gossip Girl credit for tossing out a curveball — despite all the hype over it’s cheap “ZOMG! CHUCK IS GOING TO KISS A GUY!!” ratings ploy, his final line in this clip earned a well-deserved raised eyebrow:

This is either a) a straight guy ridiculously comfortable with his sexuality, or b) a bisexual coming-out scene (as in the books the show is based on). Time will tell but this hinting at past adventures certainly gives fans lots more material for slash fiction.

An unlikely inspiration for slash stories would be the bumbling cops in Hot Fuzz but the film’s creator Edward Wright and stars Simon Pegg and Nick Frost had a field day creating some on Twitter yesterday. C’mon guys, save it for the sequel!

Asked to write a letter to himself as a 16-year-old for a new anthology, Elton John revealed that he regrets not having sex for the first time until he was 23. This was a surprising choice of regret considering his failed marriage to a woman or, well, this:

But as he says, “Be proud of who you are.” Like 11-year-old James Gibson-Jones, who’s decided to become a ballet dancer despite the teasing his gay dads will get over it. The Toronto Star revisited the family in its pages this weekend for a charming profile.

And finally, while everyone seems to love the new show Glee, not everyone is sold on dumb-but-lovable Finn, played by Cory Monteith. But whether you love him or hate him, there’s something for everyone in this clip from a horror movie Monteith appeared in a couple years ago. Enjoy!

 

A former editor of the late, lamented fab magazine, Scott has been writing for Xtra since 2007 on a variety of topics in news pieces, interviews, blogs, reviews and humour pieces. He lives on the Danforth with his boyfriend of 12 years, a manic Jack Russell Terrier, a well-stocked mini-bar and a shelf of toy Daleks.

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