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I have to admit that when the opening ceremonies for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver kicked off over a week or so ago, I was fired up to watch. (However, I was not impressed with Nelly Furtado and Bryan Adams.) Now; not so much.

America is kicking some serious butt and taking Canada's montra—which bronzed Bob Costas loves to repeat every time he is on the air—of "owning the podium" to new heights. We watched Lindsey Vonn push through injury to finally win a gold medal. Although afterwards she gloated by saying "I worked so hard for this. I deserve it." But hey, she is apparently very confident. Another confident... I mean really cocky... skiier is superr-hot Bode Miller. He finally wins a medal—I mean three—including gold. He basically cooled down the verbage and is actually showing the world how good he really is. And then there's snowboarding's "flying tomato" Shaun White who basically wins every compitition he enters. One of the best moments thus far—even though it's not for a medal—is when Team USA in the 1980 throwback jerseys beat Canada in ice hockey. (I know that you all know this because it was all over the news, but this picture of Canadian fans is priceless.)

Of course the Games are not without controversy surrounding sports that many gays love... ice skating. Before I get into the elaborately fabulous Johnny Weir, what the hell are the Russian ice dancers wearing? Their costumes are the toned down version of the original Aboriginal costumes they wore during the European Ice Dancing championships last year! Regardless of pissing off the Aussies (like our transplant writer Cam Buckingham), anyone with any sort of fashion sense knows that this is just bad costuming. I simply just don't get ice dancing. I was discussing this with a friend of mine last night. It's not that I don't think ice dancers are athletes; rather, I expect some triple salchow and triple toe loops and such. But I digress...

On to Johnny Weir! I really think that he gave the performance of his life and was absolutely robbed because of his flamboyant lifestyle. I am not coming out and saying the guy is gay because the champion will not say whether he is or not. Labels are soo last decade anyway and such labels have nothing to do with his impeccable routine on the ice. That is except for a couple of pompous, French-speaking broadcasters who decided to make slanderous remarks. But why is Johnny Weir considered controversial? He is a vastly intellegent, talented athlete who has no problem saying what he thinks and skating how he feels... flare and all.

I guess I will keep watching, but honestly I need some more conflict to keep this homo interested... or I could just watch the Sex Olympics.

I never was a big fan of the mash-up—mixing various songs that are tied together with a slightly different score—especially when someone actually thought that mixing the legendary rock band Kiss with Popstar diva Kylie Minogue was a good idea. But then Fox came along with the award-winning, smash-hit TV show Glee (Golden Globe® for Best Comedy Series and SAG Award® for Best Ensemble Cast) that perked up our ears and captured our hearts. The storyline centers around high school geeks rising to the top, but not without tangling with the cantankerous Sue Sylvester—played by the wickedly talented, openly gay actor Jane Lynch—who wants to banish the glee club forever.

America may have finally learn her name from the TV show, but she has been starring in some of the most successful Hollywood hits like Julie & Julia and The 40-Year-Old Virgin. I look at it as she is finally getting the recognition she deserves. We (the diehard gay and lesbian contingency) first fell in love with her as the lesbian dog trainer in Best in Show. What is truly remarkable about Ms Lynch is that she has never been in the closet and thus acted in many, many independent gay and lesbian productions including both short and feature films.

Hell, I could go on and on about her, but we have an interview for you! A year or so ago when HOMOPOP was just a wee-babe, we were given the opportunity to interview Jane, but we didn't really have Mike, Robby O... or any of the other boys yet. I couldn't pass up this fabulous opportunity so I convinced the only person available for the day Spock BUCKTON (he even has a t-shirt) from our sister site POPPORN.com (Don't be alarmed people. Yes, they are heterosexuals, but they are funny as hell.) to do the interview for me and well... let's just say I had to pay him in "favors", but that's for another time.

Unless you live under a rock or a giant snow pile like some of us on the East Coast, Valentine's Day or is this Sunday Feb. 14th (which coincides with Chinese New Year by the way.)

Ahh to be in love during a bitter cold weekend. I remember the most romantic Valentine's weekend I had was a few years ago. I was dating this hot little prep who had the tightest ass and was a kinky s.o.b. to boot. He surprised me this year with a weekend getaway! Romantic and raunchy? I struck gold! We drove up to Boston and stayed at the fabulous gay bed and breakfast. All I really remember from the trip is it was like -10°F and we fucked... a lot. The relationship lasted about a year where we broke up and got back together around the same time at an orgy similar to this one. Soon we realized we were not meant to be—mainly because I moved on.

Why the hell am I tell you this story? I always reminisce of this fun time I had when Valentine's Day rolls around and even though I am very happy not having to deal with the romantic obligation; some of you don't feel the same way I do. Some get depressed thta they are alone while others get pissed that they have to try and purchase that "special gift" that says "I love you". So because of this I want to show you all how special you are to HOMOPOP. And to be quite honest, I would not being doing my name justice if I didn't have a gift for you.

I have a handful of G-PASSES for 30 FREE minutes to TLAgay.com's VOD site. As much as I want to think you are all innocent fuckers and are going to check out our gay cinema VOD site (which you should because it has the largest selection of gay independent films available for streaming); I know you are going straight for the porn (Yeah, I would too.) All you have to do is leave a comment and tell us your best Valentine's Day story or why you HEART HOMOPOP. Once you leave a comment shoot me an email at khart@homopop.com and I will send you the code for your free minutes. It's that simple... and the special gify is only good until Feb. 14th.

Let's recap: leave comment + email khart@homopop.com = 30 FREE Minutes on TLAGAY.COM's VOD site

Start your engines! We've been holding on to this spectacular video for awhile now. As many of you dedicated fans know Season 2 of RuPaul's Drag Race has begun! And if you are a bad homo and missed it last week, you can check out the season premiere right here!

But that's not why we are here. Oh no sir. While you all were frolicking around this past summer, we at HOMOPOP were sniffing out where the fabulous gay celebrities are. And on such a sweltering weekend in August, Mike and I climbed into his un-airconditioned car and headed to Washington DC to spend 24 hours with the illustrious and beautiful ,Shannel and Jade from Season 1! I caught wind that they were going to be performing at one of the hottest gay hotspots in DC called EFN Lounge. (Good thing I know the owner.) We basically got to ride around DC with Jade and Shannel in a giant SUV and record their every move! Sounds creepy, huh? On the contrary. We had the loveliest time filled with touristy attractions, 5 Guys hamburgers and shopping for supplies. The day went by so fast because of our absolutely wonderful conversation filled topics like coming out, putting our HOMOPOP hunk in drag and political satire. Then later that night we were givent he exclusive privilege to film them performing our our site... but not without catching them out back in the porta-john. (I'll leave your minds run wild on this one.)

And on a final note... I know what you might be thinking because TV doesn't lie and we all remember how bitchy these ladies can be, but I want to say don't judge a book by the cover! Jade and Shannel, you are two very classy ladies and thank you so much for our fun little adventure!

Whether you love football or not, the Super Bowl is an annual event that gathers people from all walks of life just for the mere fact of watching the commericals. Hell, my mom even sits down to watch football once a year. Ok, she really reads during the game and then puts the book down during the commercials. It boggles my mind that corporate America spends gazillions of dollars (where they get this money is beyond me) for a 30 second or 60 second commercial, but then again when this viewing even draw so many eyeballs it must be worth it right? There has been some incredible commercials over the years. One of my favorite was last year's Thrillalicious when Naomi Campbell dances to Michael Jackson's Thriller with sassy lizzards in toe. I don't remember what product it was for, but it was a damn fine commercial.

The advertising for this year's Super Bowl is swarming with controversy and is actually getting more attention then the teams playing the big game—Indianapolis Colts lead by Mr. All-American quarterback Peyton Manning vs. the New Orleans Saints who will be hoisted on the shoulders of fast and furious running back Reggie Bush. First there is the debate over the commercial featuring Florida University's hunky quarterback Tim Tebow and his mom as they star in a Focus on the Family ad touting their pro-life sentiments. But apparently there is another ad sparking nervousness at CBS. The owners of gay male dating site called ManCrunch.com submitted their ad for approval on Jan. 18th and when they checked back a few days later they were told that all spots were sold out. Aw-shucks, right? But why did CBS then tell conservative news organization Fox News—of all places—that they are considering the ad yesterday (Jan. 28th)?

I can't wait to see how this all plays out on Super Bowl Sunday—and the game actually—but until then we have included the actually commercial in question. And if you are hot and bothered about football players or athletes in general; feel free to check out our selection that might help you blow off some steam.

Do you believe this? Our little blog got bamboozled by YouTube—Google actually—when they just suspended our account saying that HOMOPOP violated some "google terms or service". Ok, so we might have once in the beginning but we rectified the situation with covering up some naughty bits for our Sex Skins review featuring Mike and Marcus. At some point in the last month with hit 30,000 views and I guess that was some cause for alarm, but really?

In my opinion this is some form of censorship of gay content like we show here. Type in "gay porn" (I am purposely not linking to youtube) in their search engine and there are thousands of videos to be had—naked wrestlers, porn stars, etc.... You know content we aren't afraid to hide from. Some videos are more risque than others, but seriously YouTube WTF?

Yes, American Idol started up again last night. As they announced the changes (goodbye Simon!) I completely forgot about it until I read everyone's posts on twitter. Some folks were widly excited and others called the show "tired and old". In 2009 I spewed the snark at Idol (me and The Huffington Post), but its a new year, and I have vowed to not be so harsh towards fellow gays like Adam Lambert. For me personally, as you know, I don't care about this show, but many of you do. I should really watch it for it's pop culture glam and glitter, but I ended up watching the emotionally-charged and fabulously fucked-up film Savage Grace starring the absolutely stunning—even for a woman—Juliannne Moore and her brooding homosexual son Stephen Dilliane.

Anyway, I realized that HOMOPOP sponsored its very own "Idol"-like show back in the summer called Queer Idol where all of the usual suspects: Mike, Dwayne, Al and Nick Starr all got up in front of the audience and belted out their favorite tune.

(I know they are all going to kill me for posting this, but oh well. We hide no footage. It make take us 7 months to put it out though!)

I could write a verbose article about all of the antics and chaos that ensued in 2009, but that would just deter us all from watching the MASH-UP Video.

HAPPY HOMO NEW YEAR from HOMOPOP! Peace on Earth ya'll. Thank you to all of our loyal supporters for following us throughout the year. 2010 is already shaping up to be balls-out fabulous. Here's a sneak preview: Queer Idol (Dwayne and Al think they are on the show of American Idol with Adam Lambert), MORE of Matthew Montgomery and an exclusive interview with............... JANE LYNCH! And that's just in January.

Love ya. Mean it!

It's no lie that one of our favorite celebs is Lady Gaga. Say what you will about her crazy antics and outlandish costumes, the little Italian girl from NY has talent. She recently met the Queen of jolly ol' England (where our illustrious Cam Buckingham resides), has been nominated for a few Grammys® and MTV named her Woman of the Year. Hell, I am bestowing her Queen of Homopop for 2009 right now!

Ss you know, our new Queen (Madge will forever be the Queen of the Universe for us) is currently hitting the road on her Monster Ball Tour... As a side note, if you can get me a couple of tickets, I will hook you up with something from Homopop. But I digress. If you are lucky to to see her wild show; you might possible get to see the fantabulous emerging band Semi Precious Weapons. We got a sneak peak of with a free download and let me tell you, this gender-bending quartet kicks ass. It's like listening to the Scissor Sisters fused glam rock of Ziggy Stardust and toss in a little edge-rock like The Kills. All of this pretty much equal awesome in our book. Front man Justin Tranter is ruggedly glam, which doesn't seem possible to be rugged AND glam at the same time, but trust me he is. So why should you care about Semi Precious Weapons?

A.) They are fabulous homos.
B.) They are the first band under the Haus of Gaga label where Madame Gaga and Vince Herbert (who produced some amazing R&B artists including Lady Gaga, New Kids on the Block, Toni Braxton, Debra Cox and Babyface) are Executive Producers.
C.) Opening act on Lady Gaga’s Monster Ball tour worldwide through 2010
D.) Um, hello... we said so.

Lastly, because you have all being such wonderful followers, here's a little gift for you... FREE DOWNLOAD from SWP!!

NO WHALES IN WALES…

I recently had the honor of attending the Iris Prize Film Festival in Cardiff, Wales. And by recently I mean two months ago. To call me a procrastinator would not only be a sad understatement of truth, but a welcomed compliment as far as I’m concerned. As the old saying goes - It’s not easy being me. Who said that? Rodney Dangerfield I think. Listen, being an actor is HARD (We are keeping it clean since it's the holidays and all.) Constantly having to look pretty, spending endless hours in front of the mirror practicing my winning smile, checking my star meter rank on IMdb on a daily basis to make sure I haven’t dipped below the 20,000 mark. HARD, I tell you. (Ok, I couldn't resist the second time around.)

Where was I?… right - Wales. So I get this call from overseas one day—actually it was an email, but getting a phone call from overseas sounds much more important, so phone call it is. So I get this "phone call" from some guy with a funny accent who asks if I want to skip over the pond (that’s what they call it), and take a trip over to Cardiff, Wales as part of the Jury of the Short Film Selection, an award and prize that is actually pretty incredible and is one of the few these days whose primary agenda is promoting up and coming short filmmakers. Incidentally, one of the films I’m in this year, Redwoods, (directed by David Lewis) was part of their Feature Film Selection, competing for the feature film award alongside some other great works including, Hollywood je t’aime (directed by Jason Bushman), The Big Gay Musical (directed by Casper Andreas and Fred Caruso), Highly Strung (directed by Sophie Laloy), Give Me Your Hand (directed by Pascal-Alex Vincent), and Fiona’s Script (directed by Florencia Manovil).

So I went. No shit, right? Free trip to Wales. All the attention and alcohol I want for a week? Count me in.

When I arrived, I was a bit stunned at the false advertisement of the city’s name. There wasn’t ONE whale is ALLLLLL of Wales, and trust me, I looked. Also, EVERYONE was driving on the wrong side of the road! And somehow, they’ve managed to get away with roping everyone in on it. Someone really needs to tell them. Looks pretty dangerous to me. I thought by my not driving, I’d escape this crazy, backwards road insanity. Nope. Being a pedestrian isn’t any better. In fact it might even be worse. I almost got run over by a honking car driving on the wrong side of the road at least twice a day. I counted. By day two, I was beginning to feel like I was playing a reality show version of Frogger.

Other than the crazy drivers, and mediocre plumbing, (and the lack of whales in Wales), the rest of the trip was pretty spectacular. Redwoods even won BEST FEATURE - and I only had to blow one person to get it!

If you want to track this self-proclaimed movie star besides Homopop, check out Matthew's website Matt-Montgomery.com.