romeo juliet

Romeo, O Romeo, wherefore art the queers in Shakespeare’s greatest love story? You will find out just why they are ever present in Ampersand: A Romeo & Juliet Story, during New York International Fringe Festival. Ampersand is a queer rock-musical comedy that takes a Sapphic spin to the original Shakespearian drama and shakes up the formula with modern day twists.

"A rose by any other name..."

If only we had this version in high school...

The Pretty Little Liars star plays Juliet in a fascinating, super-queer short of Romeo and Juliet, which screens at Newfest this weekend. 

It girl Carey Mulligan has landed the coveted role of Daisy Buchanan in director Baz Luhrmann’s re-imagining of The Great Gatsby. It was only recently that the An Education Oscar nominee Mulligan threw her hat in the ring for the role among others including Michelle Williams, Rebecca Hall, Blake Lively and Scarlett Johansson.Luhrmann, of Romeo and Juliet and Moulin Rouge fame, is taking it on with Leonardo DiCaprio as Jay Gatsby, which Robert Redford played in the original, and Tobey Maguire as Gatsby’s friend Nick Carraway.

Writers Penny Cavanaugh and Michaela Upton bring us a sports movie full of action, passion and lesbian sex. Need we say more?

Toronto’s zoo is splitting up a pair of same-gender penguins. These Happy Feet males, Pedro and Buddy -- jokingly referred to as "Brokeback Iceberg" -- have been nesting with each other for a year. While we can banter and bicker about the heterosexist actions of a zookeeper, our actions on animal homophobia aren’t any better.

...and it is one hot photo!

Emmy-winning “it” girl Claire Danes looks about as amazing as she ever has in her new Homeland-themed photo shoot for Vogue.