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The Advocate reports: He rose to fame thanks to The Daily Show, came out in 2011 and now works as a correspondent for CBS Sunday Morning, has a recurring role on The Good Wife and his own show on the Cooking Channel. But Mo Rocca’s newest claim to fame is that he is the first out man to deliver a …

Sam Smith has released his theme song to the upcoming James Bond film, Spectre. Via Vanity Fair: Smith is the first British male solo artist to sing the Bond theme in 50 years. Tom Jones recorded “Thunderball’s” main track in 1965. “Writing’s on the Wall” was penned by Smith and frequent collaborator Jimmy Napes. “This is one of the highlights …

NBC News reports: Can you feel the love tonight? Vladimir Putin has called Elton John — and this time it’s for real. Weeks after a pair of pranksters fooled the singer into thinking that he was talking to the Russian leader about gay rights in the country, Putin put in a brief personal call on Thursday. “He told Elton, I …

From the Hollywood Reporter: Jack Larson, forever typecast as the overeager cub reporter Jimmy Olsen on the 1950s television series Adventures of Superman, has died. He was 87. Larson, who later produced several films written and/or directed by his longtime companion, the late Oscar nominee James Bridges, died Sunday at his home in Brentwood, The New York Times reported. Further …

I really like this. Stereogum agrees: Listening to PWR BTTM will fuck you up — that’s the whole point. Liv Bruce and Ben Hopkins make the kind of music that challenges you to dig into your own pain, to really get inside of your wounds, and emerge stronger for having done so. Their debut album Ugly Cherries is out today, …

“Pranks are funny. Homophobia, however is never funny. I love Russia and my offer to talk to President Putin about LGBT rights still stands. I will always stand up for those that are being degraded and discriminated against. If this unfortunate incident has helped push this vital issue back into the spotlight, then I am happy to be pranked on …

Dance sensation Shamir has released the third single from his critically-raved launch album. Stereogum recaps the clip: Shamir plays an alien in the new Anthony Sylvester-directed video for “In For The Kill,” which sees him piloting a UFO around our planet and catching the attention of a whole bunch of humans on the ground, drumming up a lot of press …

A pair of well-known Russian pranksters today claimed that they were the ones who called Elton John and pretended to be Vladimir Putin. NBC News reports: Turns out it wasn’t Vladimir Putin on the line after all. Two pranksters claimed credit Wednesday for what musician Elton John apparently thought was a phone call from the Russian president. The singer has …

Elton John yesterday claimed that Russian president Vladimir Putin telephoned him after Elton called for a sit-down over Russia’s anti-gay policies. Elton wrote on Instagram: “Thank-you to President Vladimir Putin for reaching out and speaking via telephone with me today. I look to forward to meeting with you face-to-face to discuss LGBT equality in Russia.” Buzzfeed has more: The post …

CNN reports: Donald Trump has been blaring R.E.M. on the campaign trail, and the band doesn’t feel fine about it. The GOP presidential candidate took to the podium Wednesday on the steps of Capitol Hill to slam President Barack Obama’s proposed Iran nuclear deal. His walk-up music? R.E.M.’s 1987 hit “It’s the End of the World as We Know It …

John Grant, one of my favorite artists in recent years, takes us on a tour of a bathhouse in this new great track which features a vocal assist from an unseen Tracey Thorn of Everything But The Girl. Grant’s Pale Green Ghosts topped my best of 2013 list and he followed that up last year with I Try To Talk …

Grammy-winning and platinum-selling Pentatonix likely has another smash on their hands with this old school R&B track, which is from their forthcoming self-titled album due on October 15th. Their YouTube channel has nearly nine million subscribers.

From their coming album POPssical, due out on October 2nd on iTunes.

You’ll like this. The Mirror raves: Seann Miley Moore brought the house down on the X Factor. The 24-year-old Australian’s audition began as potentially one of the hottest of hot messes when he walked out onto the stage, but somehow he managed to turn it all around and impress everyone. Take a hairy fur jacket, a PVC skirt, leather platform …

The last project from gay director Todd Haynes was the critically-raved HBO series Mildred Pierce, which won five Emmys. Variety recaps: Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara quietly fall in love in the first trailer for their upcoming lesbian romance “Carol.” The film, directed by Todd Haynes, received rave reviews and generated Oscar buzz following its premiere at the Cannes Film …

Popular gay crooners Tom Goss and Matt Alber have joined up for a lovely new ballad. Goss explains the video concept: “I’ve been dreaming about this video for years. As soon as we recorded the song I knew I wanted to shoot a lyrical dance because I’m fascinated by movement and even more so by collaborative projects. About six months …

Rosie O’Donnell took to Twitter this afternoon to ask for help in finding her 17 year-old daughter, Chelsea. She has also posted a message on her personal site: Nyack, New York police authorities have been looking for her in the Rockland County area since Sunday, August 16. She was last seen Tuesday, August 11. She was wearing a black sweatshirt …

Cuban-American gay poet Richard Blanco is already winning raves for the poem he read today. The new work will be published in English and Spanish by the University of Pittsburgh Press late next month.

Openly gay Cuban-American poet Richard Blanco writes today on Facebook: “I’ve had to keep this a secret for months, but it’s finally out: the US Department of State has asked me to write a poem for the re-opening of the US Embassy in Cuba, which I will read at the ceremony on August 14th in Havana! So incredibly emotional for …

Openly gay Broadway veteran Mykal Kilgore has gone viral with his “Jackie Wilson-style” take on Celine Dion for Postmodern Jukebox. Those high notes! Kilgore has worked with Welsh popster Bright Light Bright Light and recently collaborated with Scissor Sisters member Del Marquis on his Slow Knights project. The clip has over half a million views already.