Fridae

Lesbian director Loretta Chen and gay playwright Ng Yi-Sheng want audiences to see one Singapore's most internationally known icons, porn actress Annabel Chong, in a different light. Their play 251 opens this Thursday.

Fridae's man-huntress, Alvin Tan, previews the Singaporean hunks for CLEO Magazine's Most Eligible Bachelors 2007 and picks his favourite manpanions!

Nowhere as gay as the last but the 79th Annual Academy Awards is for the first time hosted by an openly gay host Ellen DeGeneres and lesbian singer-songwriter Melissa Etheridge's who won Best Song for her global warming anthem, ''I Need to Wake Up,'' highlighted not only the environmental issue but also same-sex marriages.

Opening in Hong Kong on Friday, John Cameron Mitchell's Shortbus has attracted controversy worldwide for its characters seeking sexual healing and featuring "real" sex scenes. Fridae speaks to gay actor Paul Dawson who met his boyfriend and co-actor PJ DeBoy during the making of the film.

Fridae's Mariah Scary plays psychiatrist to the multi-talented and multi-"personality-ed" Hossan Leong and asks him/her/it/them about the upcoming comedy routine aptly titled Multiple Personalities Disorder running from Jan 31 - Feb 10 in Singapore.

Singapore's Happy club will close its doors for good after a final New Year's Eve countdown bash this weekend. Fridae has a heart-to-heart with co-owner Alan Seah who shares his thoughts about the gay clubbing scene and why "running away to Taiwan, Hong Kong and KL to be who we are for a weekend isn't the answer."

So says director Zabou Breitman, whose tender and lovely film The Man of My Life is about a straight man falling in love with a gay one. She talks to Fridae about masculinity, homophobia and why tops tend to think they're the center of the world.

Here's a gay play with a difference: the audience gets to choose the ending. After seven months in a committed relationship, Jason cheats on his boyfriend Daniel, having unprotected sex with a stranger. Can the relationship survive the consequences? You decide. Presented by The Necessary Stage (Singapore) in conjunction with Action For AIDS.

Nation's all time favorites, David S and Victor Cheng were the DJ's of the house until Kate Monroe came on at 4am for Feelin' Good, the closing party.

Nation.VI's second pool side party was finally graced by the sun god Apollo and saw a beautiful setting sun that warmed up the oiled bodies.