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Meet the five Mr Gay Hong Hong finalists: Edward Chao, Tommy Leung, Anthony Pura, Ernest Kam and Michael Morrill. Vote for who you think should be crowned Mr Gay Hong Kong 2013 on 19 October!

Gay actor Jim Parsons won the Emmy for lead actor in a comedy series for his role in The Big Bang Theory for the third time while Modern Family's winning streak continued for its fourth year; Behind The Candelabra won three awards at the the 65th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday night.

The HKLGFF will screen a total 54 films from around the world – exceeding any previous year's record – including five feature films and one short under the new bisexual category, one feature and four shorts under the lesbian porn category, and two French films to close: Stranger by the Lake, and Winner of this year's Palme d'Or at the Cannes film festival, Blue Is the Warmest Colour.

The award winning play by Singapore-born, US-based playwright Chay Yew will be staged for the first time in Malaysia since 1999 from Aug 23 to 25 in Petaling Jaya.

A new low-budget comedy continues the Thai film world's love affair with Tom lesbians, and non-lady-boy gay men. There is only one kathoey character in the film, reports Doug Sanders from Bangkok, a departure from the standard Thai queer comedies.

Blue Is the Warmest Color, a sexually explicit drama about a French teenage girl's love affair with another woman, has received the Palme d'Or for best film at the Cannes Film Festival on Sunday, the first time the award has gone to a gay romantic drama.

Singer and TV host Pongsak "Aof" Rattanaphong joins singer Ben Chalatit and lesbian singer Zee as being openly gay stars in Thailand.

From 10 April to 4 May, Singaporean theatre company Wild Rice is restaging their all-male version of The Importance of Being Earnest, a sparkling comedy by 19th century gay icon Oscar Wilde. We talk to director Glen Goei and 'leading lady' Ivan Heng – both of them local gay icons themselves.

Fresh off the stages in Hong Kong and Shanghai on his "We Are Glamily" mini-tour, openly gay singer Adam Lambert’s two songs have been deemed unsuitable for younger audiences and his concert in Singapore this Friday has been rated "Advisory 16 and above (some mature content)" by Singapore's media authority.

Fridae's Hong Kong Correspondent, Nigel Collett, reviews photographer Norm Yip's latest venture, his magazine beaux volume 1.