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"Gay Celebrities" ??? ***
YES. NO. MAYBE SO???
by Tim Nasson
Publisher, www.wildaboutmovies.com
February 6, 2009

Channing Tatum

It used to be a Hollywood sin, especially if you were an A-list male celebrity, to come out of the closet. Girls, the majority of them straight, paid big money to see male movie stars such as James Dean and Rock Hudson kiss their female on screen counterparts. Not each other. (That was left for the wrap parties).

Today, things have changed. A little. Girls, who spend tens of billions of dollars each year, worldwide, on movie tickets and DVDS, still expect to see Channing Tatum kiss a girl - and like it, but if he were to kiss a boy in his own house, behind closed doors, perhaps they wouldn't really care? Or would they.

Well, there is a list as long as John Holmes's package of A and B-list celebrities who are currently "OUT OF THE CLOSET." See below, but then bear with us.

CONFIRMED GAY CELEBRITIES*

Clay Aiken
Anderson Cooper
Clive Barker
Lindsay Lohan

Sarah Gilbert
David Hyde Pierce
Heather Matarazzo
Michelle Rodriguez
Alan Cumming
Wilson Cruz
David Geffen
Kevin Spacey
Jodie Foster
Danny Pintauro
Chad Allen
Nathan Lane
TR Knight
Rupert Everett
Neil Patrick Harris
Stephen Fry
Lance Bass
Ricky Martin
Sean Hayes
Ryan Seacrest
Queen Latifah

It wasn't too long ago that there were people in the world who actually thought Clay Aiken was straight. And that Jodie Foster was not a lesbian. Live and let live. (Full disclosure, this author is openly gay and has been since the age of reason). There were also a couple, not many, gay men who could have been led to believe that Anderson Cooper was straight.

How times have changed. And so fast. While the above list includes just a portion of the 'out' gay celebrities, it is hardly comprehensive. Most of the names on the above list, Clay Aiken not withstanding, would have raised a few eyebrows even last year. But Elton John? Harvey Fierstein? Bruce Villanch? Rosie O'Donnell? Ellen Degeneres? Boy George? George Michael? Who cares?

If you're goodlooking, and a male celebrity, the rumors about the possibility that you're gay begin faster than a cat can catch a mouse in 10 square foot empty room. If you're very goodlooking, male and single, with no history of ever having dated a woman - or at least not since about high school - you might as well admit it. You're an actor. And gay. Big deal.

Below, we've compiled a list of current A and B-list male celebrities who have yet to 'come out' but who by all accounts - and there are many - lead everyone in Hollywood circles, at least, to believe that they may be gay. They are not, for the most part, pretending to have a girlfriend, prancing around fake-kissing a hired beard. (Except Zac Efron. Disney should be ashamed of themselves. They are the most horrid of all studios, in every sense of the word, trying to control their young stars' images more closely than Fox does all American Idol contestants).

WE'RE CONFIDENT: YES

Vin Diesel
James Franco
Chace Crawford
Edward Furlong
Nick Carter
Ben Savage
Anton Yelchin
Devon Sawa
Jack Noseworthy
Thomas Dekker
Michael Cera
Tad Hilgenbrinck
George Eads
Seann William Scott
Elijah Wood
Justin Timberlake
Jason Segel
Seth Green
Paul Dano
Jared Leto
Chris Klein
Daniel Radcliffe
Zac Efron
Jamie Bell
Leonardo DiCaprio
Lucas Black
Jonathan Taylor Thomas
Brad Renfro (late)
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Joshua Jackson
Peter Berg
Edward Norton

Lou Taylor Pucci
Jonathan Tucker
Chris Pine
Zachary Quinto
Corbin Bleu
Michael Clark Duncan
Travis Fimmel
Ben Barnes
Adrian Grenier
Shawn Pyfrom
Eric Szmanda
Jonathan Togo

Eric Christian Olsen

Nicolas D'Agosto

David Gallagher
Michael Angarano
Andy Samberg
Justin Bartha

Trevor Morgan
Robert Pattinson

From the above list, it wouldn't be shocking to see half, if not 3/4 'come out' before the end of 2010. The only one with anything to 'lose' by coming out, if he is gay, Leonardo DiCaprio. His star is so high - worldwide - that coming out publicly would mean, at least for a time, people (gay and straight) would laugh at the site of him kissing a starlet, naked on the beach, on the big screen. Knowing that he prefered the same sex, yet seeing him kissing and copulating on screen with the opposite, would make your head spin. In some lands it would.

The main reason why gay male actors of such a high profile do not come out is not that they are embarassed by or about being gay. It's the fact that worldwide audiences - and most of the movie box office comes from overseas, where being gay is still cause for execution - might not 'believe' their acting on the big screen if it involved the kissing of the opposite sex. Or take things one step further and boycott their movies altogether. Sad but true.

Why, you ask, did I compile a list of "We're Confident: YES," then? Because, for the most part, with the exception of Leonardo DiCaprio, (whom many high powered executives in Hollywood confirm, off the record, is gay, and his highly public romances with supermodels are for just that, appearances), virtually everyone on the above list has a profile on the most popular movie website in the world, www.imdb.com, created by their publicists or they themself. And, as of publication of this article, (3PM EST, 2/6/09), virtually all of their IMDB profiles did not include a spouse or significant other, of the opposite sex, nor any mention of ever having had a girlfriend*. Fascinating. We'll be watching the IMDB.com profiles closely to see how fast a 'girlfriend' is added. More power to the stars who leave their profile alone. If any actor feels as if they are truly on any list on this page in error, (in either the gay or not gay categories), please feel free to contact Wild About Movies. We'll print your response.

In addition, as being gay and having interviewed virtually every actor on each of the lists on this page during the past 20 years, and having been in and around Hollywood for as long, (friends with many celebrities, gay and straight, who love to gossip), its hard not to come to such conclusions. However true or untrue they may be. (Time will certainly tell). I remember predicting in 1997 that Oprah would be 'coming out.' That was the gossip around Hollywood inside circles. It hasn't happened yet. Oprah has never publicly outed herself but all indications lead one to believe that her constant companion and coworker Gail King, is not only her business partner but lover, as well. And if precedent means anything, her past and present same-time-slot competition is lesbian; Ellen DeGeneres, Rosie O'Donnell.

As for Zac Efron. The poor thing is owned by Disney - who has an 'image' to uphold. As is his alleged girlfriend, Vanessa Hudgens. The kid, Zac Efron, on any given day, is more feminine than Vanessa Hudgens - and needs to be left alone to sleep with whomever he chooses.

Who cares That They Are? (Whether they ever admit it or not...)

Tom Cruise
Richard Gere
John Travolta
Andy Dick
Haley Joel Osment

The Jonas Brothers (at least 2)

WE WISH. (OR AT LEAST USED TO WISH). BUT WE KNOW: NO!

Jason Earles
Josh Hartnett
Paul Walker
Christian Campbell
Rory Cochrane
Christian Bale
Matthew McConaughey
Cillian Murphy
James McAvoy
Bradley Cooper
Chris Kattan
James Marsden
Hugh Dancy
Daryl Wein
Shawn Hatosy

James Van Der Beek
Michael Sheen
Hayden Christensen
Paul Rudd

All of the above mentioned are either married to a female, (one that they are sexually involved with), in a committed, sexual relationship with the opposite sex or have proven otherwise to be incontrovertably heterosexual.

The jury is still out on the following.

MAYBE SO ???

George Clooney

Stephen Dorff
Colin Hanks
Joaquin Phoenix
Ethan Hawke
Sam Worthington
Tobey Maguire
Heath Ledger (late)
Jared Padalecki
Chris Evans
Ryan Gosling
Charlie Hunnam
Justin Chatwin
Ashton Kutcher
Jake Gyllenhaal
Anthony Clark

Channing Tatum

Yes. Tobey Maguire is married with kids. But so is Tom Cruise. Tobey Maguire's marriage was the most manufactured Hollywood marriage in memory. Well, since the 'marriage' of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes. It 'seems' to be a marriage of convenience. His wife? The daughter of the President of Universal, Ron Meyer - (president of the entire company Universal; movies, video, TV, theme parks, etc.)

As for Jake Gyllenhaal? We'll just say Reese Witherspoon loves her gays and that Jake is great with kids.

Now, Ashton Kutcher is the biggest mystery of all. Rumors have abounded for almost two decades that Demi Moore is a lesbian. Is Ashton Kutcher planning his biggest PUNK what with his foolish 'marriage' to Demi Moore, be it he is straight or gay?

* CONFIRMED = Outed themself or have been publicly outed by various news organizations and or more than one other high profile celebrity!

* The Justin Timberlake profile replete with mentions of girlfriends, especially the one to Britney Spears, is laughable. Once his career wanes, as did Lance Bass's, watch him fly out of the closet.

*** A WORK IN PROGRESS

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