Here at Gaelick HQ we got talking one day, about the ladies and how you seem to like them a lot. One only needs to look at the traffic Álainn or Appallin’ generates. So we are going to bring you the A to Z of lovely ladies. They can be actresses, singers, tennis players, golfers, anything you like. If there is someone hot you think we are missing, for the love of Sigourney Weaver share!

Along the lines of Seasme Street (not sure if you are old enough to remember that) the letter will change but only when we run out of lovely ladies beginning with initial. Got the idea?

Without further ado, I give you

Ali Larter – Best known for her role in Final Destination 2 as Clear Rivers, oh Ali, I’d love to be your final destination

Amber Heard – Have you heard? Amber is a lesbian Sorry, I’ll stop with the bad puns now. Appreciate the walk.

Angelina Jolie – The ladies here at HQ are strangely divided on this one, some think she is hotness personified, * holds up hand *, others think she is skankalicious. What do YOU think. I think I want a strawberry, * fans self *

Anne Hathaway – Ah, Anne, me ould flower! The quintessential girl next door. And she loves us gays so she does * nods *

Angie Harmon – When she strides onto the tv screen and cocks the hip to one side showing off her badge, my heart does the strangest things.
Don’t get me started on her husky voice. Is it just me or is getting hot in here?

Who’s your favourite A lady? I notice all my choices were actresses, am pretty sure there are some lovely ladies who sing, dance, play tennis that I have missed

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Angelina Jolie

How many does she have now? The gorgeous actress is working on populating her own country with gorgeous children and is well on her way.

Alyson Hannigan

How cute is that picture! Alyson Hannigan seems to found the fountain of youth as she’s still as gorgeous as she was when she was playing the only lesbian on American television. Her little girl has the DNA to stay as cute as she is now, for a long time.

Angie Harmon

Not sure what the story is with that cardie in the pic on the right. She still manages to look drop dead gorge though. Angie has another little girl too, who is just a babóg. Plus, their dad is a hunk, I see modelling contracts in their future.

Lucy Lawless

Lucy has a two young sons as well as her daughter, Daisy, who she pictured with above. She also, tragically, had a miscarriage just after finishing Xena. The woman is 49 and look at her

Mariska Hargitay

Mariska upped the hot quota on the television for many, many years. She maybe not be as butch as Rizzoli, but she can cock that hip with the best of them. Her son’s granny was Jane’s Mansfield and his mother looks like that; we’re talking DNA lottery winner.

Milla Jovovich

I hope no one tries to bully this little cutie, Mamma Milla can seriously kick some arse.

Pink

A new entry to the parent club, those abs will need some serious work to get back into that shape. Somehow I don’t think she cares very much.

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These mags are made, mainly, by women for women and the market is fit as a fiddle, making millions. It’s also making heroines out of people whose only talent is choosing the right publicist. Look at Katie Price and yer man Peter Andre. On the cover of every 50c tabloid in the shops, what have they actually done in the last year? Made money by playing the game.

The reason I’m telling you something you already know is that my partner sent me an article this morning. It’s about Dr Hawa Abdi. Who? Precisely, people, precisely!

Dr Hawa Abdi is, as her name would suggest, a doctor. She set up a one-room clinic in her home of Somalia about 30 years ago and has saved countless lives since.

“Oh no,” I hear you complain, “Hal has gone all worthy on us”.

It’s not like me, so you know I have to have a reason, please indulge me for a moment.

Over the years, as the clinic grew into a hospital, tents have sprung up too,  turning the area into a small town of more than 90,000 people. It’s the only place people feel safe as Mama Adbi, as she in known, doesn’t take any flack from the armies that are intent on destroying Somalia while killing each other. She gets on with the business of saving people.

Now, why do I know the intestinal urges of Lindsey Lohan when I don’t know about people like Mama Abdi?

This is the kind of story that writes itself, editors, let’s be as crass as you seem to be; gorgeous people, heroic story, politically correct. Where’s the problem?

Escaping into a world of ab fab kitchens, fabulous dresses and a pseudo-earnest SMAW (singer, model, actress, whatever) talking about the difficulty in like you know acting, is all well and good. A bit of fantasy never killed anyone. But it’s taken over. The joke has eaten itself, to bastardise a phrase. What used to be a freak show is seen as the norm, as something to strive towards.

Thank what/who ever you believe in that there are still real heroes out there, like Mama Abdi. Tell us about any you’ve come across. Let’s cancel out the odious yet unavoidable drivel.

Let me put it to you this way, back in June, Dr Hawa Abdi, although recognised, didn’t win the Glamour Woman of the Year Award. It went to Cheryl Cole.

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Here there be spoilers!

The film itself is silly to the max. Angie (really she did) plays Evelyn Salt a CIA agent who may or may not be a Russian spy. Those damn Russians! It turns out that the wiley Russians have sleepers assassins all over the mighty U S of A, ready to take out a target when required. Is Evelyn one of these agents or has she been set up? If she is a Russian spy, why is she wearing a ushanka?

End of the spoilage

It is impossible to come out of Salt and not mentally compare it to The Bourne Identity. Both are one-against-the-agency action films, with the central character’s identity a mystery. Salt ain’t no Bourne though; the action sequences aren’t as polished, the central character isn’t as likable and everyday, even the music isn’t as good. Had anyone but Angie been in the main role, this film would be a flop.

With all of the hoopla around her life and the fact that she is so gorgeous she’s almost ugly, it’s easy to forget that Angie is a damn good actress. Well-seasoned as she is, she single-handedly drags Salt from midweek movie to get out of the rain, to Saturday night must-see with the mates.

If you’re going to see the delectable Ms Jolie, you may surprised that she tones down the sexy. Only in the middle section, when she’s all Nikita with the jet black hair, is she smoking. Overall, Salt is a laughable and, if you like action films, it’s one to see.

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That’s exactly the kind of language we’d heard about Rachel Maddow before from the IdiotNet. The only change is the willingness (which I’m sure she treasures) to “tap that”. And when I say the IdiotNet I mean the websites that couldn’t be bothered looking past their initial reaction to the genius on their TV machine to the real social change that she represents.

They just felt fear, and went with nasty insults. The insults got nastier when they realised that she had once fit into their ideal of “how a woman should look”. Perhaps they’d decided it was ok for a woman to look like a dude if she had no other choice. A bit of patriarchial pity, I guess, goes a long way. But now — NOW — they realise that she wasn’t lying when she said, “It’s not like I’m trying to be girly and failing.”

Where I lived when I first came out, it seemed like everyone wore plaid shirts and doc boots, and I remember saying things like, “I like women who look like women.” It was problematic enough without being a lie. Which it was.

It’s hard to define butch. I may look at a woman and think “butch” when she thinks no such thing about herself. One of my more insightful twitter buds suggested this definition:

doesn’t do make-up but does use hair product
by @JacqKelly

But really, what we call butch or boi runs the whole gamut from women who get called “young man” sometimes to those who get called “sir” most of the time. I’m talking about women who wear jeans and hoodies and baseball caps, women who rock a three-piece suit,  women who haven’t worn an item of women’s clothing in 20 years, women who bind and pack. Even those who still willingly wear skirts sometimes. It can be about identity; it can be just about looks; it can be playfulness too.

Whatever definition or type or degree of boi or butch she is, a woman who spends her life presenting as other than “how a woman should look” is a lightening rod for hate and violent rhetoric.

The queer community has accomplished so much when it comes to acceptance. But when it comes to the trans, cross dressers, gender queer and just plain butch, there’s so much more to accomplish. Society may well be ready for two pretty girls in white dresses to walk down the aisle, but the wider society is still remarkably intolerant when it comes to people whose gender isn’t obvious to the casual observer.

That is why we should celebrate butch and boi  in our midst. Because until we are all celebrated, we’re still losing. If our families become accepted only because we manage to successfully play the straight game, we’re not really accepted.

Without further ado… allow me to celebrate some ungirly girls:

There’s Rachel Maddow, and since I started with her high school photo, I’ll finish with a photo that might be a bit more her style. The Standford and Oxford grad turned brilliant tv news anchor openly describes herself as butch and only wears makeup and “lady clothes” (her words) for television. Is on Twitter.

k.d. lang is iconic. Butch when lipstick lesbians were chic, she was the epicentre of controversy for large parts of the early 1990s. Her being out inspired Melissa Etheridge and Ellen Degeneres to come out, sparking a huge increase in lesbian visibility. Still awesome after all these years.

Model & actress Jenny Shimizu dated Angelina Jolie. But apparently this lesbian is also a pretty fantastic mechanic. I’m not sure I need to add anything here. Is on Twitter.

Samantha Ronson — known as SaMANtha Ronson by the IdiotNet. The bisexual butch DJ is the on-again, off-again consort to Lindsay Lohan. Also known for using language with reporters that would make, well, reporters blush. Is on Twitter.

Alison Bechdel — lesbian author of “tragicomic” Fun Home and comic strip Dykes to Watch Out For. Also responsible for the “Bechdel Test” that makes all feminists depressed about our DVD collections.

Annalee Newitz — bisexual technology and science journalist, now editor of Gawker blog, io9. Often rocks a tie and waistcoat with geek accessories. Used to write extensively about sex, sexuality and gender. Has recently expressed a desire for a detachable penis. Is on Twitter.

Skyler Cooper — classically trained actress and personal trainer. Owner of amazing arms about the size of me. Hopes to own a gym someday. Once played a lesbian Othello. Is on Twitter.

At first it seemed like there were so few, I’d have no one to write about. It didn’t take me long to realise how wrong I was. For more celebrating, visit sugarbutch‘s Top Hot 100 Butches.

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Jolie says that when she was growing up she was most like her daughter Shiloh: “Goofy and verbal, the early signs of a performer…. I used to get dressed up in costumes and jump around.

However, other publications have jumped on this statement about Shiloh.

She likes tracksuits, she likes [regular] suits. She likes to dress like a boy. She wants to be a boy. So we had to cut her hair. She likes to wear boys’ everything. She thinks she’s one of the brothers.”

Bad choice of phrase from Angie, as it confuses the great unwashed. Shiloh is a tomboy, as was I and many straight ladies out there. It doesn’t mean she wants to be a boy. Even if she does realise later that her gender is something to be assessed, it’s none of our business.

Commenters on the sites, though, are what made me write this.  Ok, we’re talking the Daily Mail here (or the Daily Fail as our webmaster likes to call it), but some of the comments are misinformed:

Yes the child does look more male in posture and expression as well as looks.
Odd how two of the most beautiful women Cher and Angelina have daughters who want to be male*. Perhaps when nature achieves its peak of female perfection it throws a wild card ?

- Xanthe, Cambs UK,

While others are just nasty:

Ugh Angie! You dressed the girl to look like boys thus nobody on your house would ever be prettier than you! I won’t be surprised if Zahara and Vivienne turn out to be ‘tomboy’ as well.

- Cindy L, Acle, Norfolk

The majority of them are grand, normal people just saying what we all think:

Lots of little girls are tomboys and prefer to wear boys clothes ( I know I did!), but it doesn’t mean that they want to be boys

- Una, Dublin

Why does the media think it’s not ok for a girl to dress like a tomboy? Are all girls supposed to like pink? Really?!

Also, if it’s this bad for a girl can you imagine what it would be like for a boy? If it were Pax or Maddox who were playing with dolls or dressing in pink. Can you imagine the press? They’d be camped out on the kids.

The whole thing has an over-riding sense of “don’t worry, she’ll be ok”. Which, by extension, means it’s not ok to be transgender. The concept that this could be the case seems to be verboten, “surely such a cute kid can’t be one of them”, or “she’ll grow out of it”. What if she doesn’t?

She seems to have two parents who are letting her be herself, and if that means being himself, here’s hoping he gets an easier time of it at home than he will in the media.

*Can I just point out that Cher’s daughter, Chastity, doesn’t want to be male. Cher’s son, Chaz, is male.

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The first ‘shocker’ of the morning, and seriously give yourself a moment to picture this, Kylie Minogue names Angelina Jolie on Lesbian Kiss List. Firstly, I found it funny that the article mentioned Kylie by her full name. Then again they said Angelina too. We like call her Ang here at Gaelick Towers; she said we could.  Secondly, is there a woman out there who hasn’t got Ang on their list? Speaking of which why on earth hasn’t she been featured in our Alainn or Appalling section, I must have words. But really can you picture all 5ft no inches of Kylie and towering Angelina. Too cute. And it appears that she wouldn’t mind Megan Fox or Scarlett Johansson either.

G’wan ya good thing Kylie!

The Torygraph reports Warren Beatty’s daughter ‘to have sex change operation’

Kathlyn Beatty, 18, has called herself Stephen and is attending college dressed as a man, the National Enquirer reported.

That would mean, eejits at the National Enquirer and Daily Telegraph. that Warren Beatty’s son, Stephen, is having a gender reasignment treatment. Get it right, please.

Over to the girls at Lezgetreal for the latest on Megan Fox, she has a new tattoo.

Megan Fox told MTV that she got the tattoo in honor of Mickey Rourke.

If you’re a fan of miss Fox, and I know there are a few of ye, check out this arty shot of her as official underwear wearer for Emporio Armani Underwear and Armani Jeans. Imagine that’s your job title? Official Underwear Wearer. Tough job

Time for your obligatory pseudo-bisexual story of the week. Who’s it this week? The suspense! Well, wait no longer because New magazine has the goss Cameron Diaz steps on the bisexual bandwagon

If I’m going to be with a woman sexually, it doesn’t mean I’m a lesbian.

That’s why the word bisexual is out there Cameron. New movie coming out maybe? And I am still scared from clicking through some links on New magazine’s website. Delighted to see Peter Andre has been named Dad of the year. Must.stop.reading. Oh, there’s Megan Fox again. She must be tired of looking at herself in all these mags.

We’re all, that’s a royal we by the way, fierce excited about the upcoming Real L Word airing on Sunday night. NY Times reports Gay, Female and Overworked Like Everyone Else

The old joke surfaces early on “The Real L Word.” ”What does a lesbian bring on a second date?” The punch line: “A U-Haul.” “The L Word,” which has inspired this new series, spent its five-year tenure on Showtime tirelessly working to upend the perceptions that underlie such bons mots: that lesbians mate like penguins, for life, with comparatively less vigorous libidos and healthier bean dishes.

I’m going to reserve judgment until I see the first episode. Then I shall abuse

Over at ukgaynews good news for our trans friends, they report European Parliament Says the EU Should Do More for Transgender People’s Rights

STRASBOURG, June 16, 2010 – The European Parliament adopted today a strong position in favour of safeguarding transgender people’s fundamental rights.

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I’m going to end with The Sun’s non-story on Fergie

BISEXUAL pop star FERGIE says CHERYL COLE is so sexy that she could turn any straight woman gay. Well Fergie, you’re not so bad. I have to say you performing Be Italian from the shockingly bad film Nine had me looking at you in a whole new light.

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Yet recently in Elle Magazine, she was quoted as comparing her fame to being raped. At least, that’s what the tabloid headline shrieked at the passer-by to catch the attention and drag them back to read about just what the Dickens the girl is talking about.

I had to do a double-take to make sense of what was all this was about. At a glance, the idea is that anyone would actually say that being famous is the equivalent of being raped will quite rightly ignite fury at a stupid quote from a girl far too young to know the weight of her words. However, upon reading further, the truth becomes clearer.

In the most recent edition of Elle Magazine, she actually said:

The photos are so… I feel like I’m looking at someone being raped. A lot of the time I can’t handle it. It’s fucked. I never expected that this would be my life.

She doesn’t bluntly compare the two acts. She is far from being nonchalant about rape, as the headlines would have you believe. Granted the words that were actually spoken carry much weight in them, but to understand where she’s coming from, one would need to realize that she isn’t merely complaining about a few nosy photographers or journalists. I’m not saying that one should compare such a horrendous act so lightly, and she didn’t. How many ways can a person really feel violated? Your body. Your mind. Your ears. Your eyes. Your moral standing. Your privacy. Your self. The worst possible way is sexually, as rape is violation of all of these things. At worst she over-stated, at best she was misquoted.

We can be assailed in so many ways but all we really note are the physical methods. What if somebody broke into your home, went through each and every area of the place touching your personal items, rifling through your most private papers, books, letters, leaving their intrusive mark upon each item and then simply left without taking anything? You would feel distraught. Regardless of something being missing, the fact that anybody had actually had the audacity to plunge their hungry curious fingers into your belongings and your life is enough to drive you to some form of grief. It’s a feeling of the self being invaded without necessarily being touched

The article that quoted Stewart obviously took the quotes they found most shocking from the Elle interview and created a plausible reason to cast a disgusted look and shake your head and say “What a fool”.

She is a young actress, full of energy and happy to be an actress, not a celebrity. In a recent snippet of an interview with Stewart she is quoted as saying:

I don’t want to be a movie star like Angelina Jolie. Nothing about being a celebrity is desirable. I’m an actor. It’s bizarre to me that everyone’s so obsessive.

Yet constantly throughout a variety of websites of magazines, the articles attempt to paint the actress as ungrateful for her fame and whiny about the calibre of the celebrity-status she has seemed to reach. It’s as though the media resents her for not being thankful for the pedestal they’ve put her on. This kind of negative press surrounding this misstep just adds to the churning pot of bad media she spoke out about.

In the interview, she was described as

Notorious for not smiling in pictures, not chatting in interviews, not being cooperative in photoshoots. In person, Kristen comes across as a young actress who simply isn‘t into being famous.

Can you imagine a worse off-shoot of your job than having to be ‘happy’ all the time? And who better to badger her to the point of non-cooperation than a pushy team at a magazine or newspaper? It’s a vicious cycle if you think about it.

For someone like Stewart just wants to do her job, enjoy it and be a regular girl without being badgered constantly for information on her private life, it must be a nightmare. She has every right to feel violated. But raped? Wrong word Kristen.

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Everyday

Will & Grace – The box-set of the complete seasons is €250, see it here for free. Living at 7pm and 1am

The Ellen Degeneres Show – The king of queens continues her multi-award winning chat show. TV3 at 2.10pm

11 Sunday

In & Out- When ex-pupil turned film star Matt Dillon inadvertently outs him in his Oscar-acceptance speech, a shocked Howard (Kevin Kline) must cope with the town’s reactions as well as his own feelings. Channel at 11.10pm

The Golden Globes – Our first chance of the year to sit on the couch in our jammies and slag off the stars and their dress sense while stuffing ourselves with choccie. Sky1 at 11.10pm

Maverick - Jodie in a dress. Giggling at Mel Gibson. Gag. Sky Movies Premier at `12.30am

12 Monday

My Crazy Media Life: Telling the World I’m HIV - Sixteen-year-old Carly has been living with a secret. Channel 4 at 10.35am

Resident Evil: Extinction – No brain required for this zombie-fest. Plus check out Milla kicking ass (right). Sky Movies Sci Fi/Horror at 1.50pm

Midnight Cowboy- A surprisingly queer mainstream Hollywood undertaking, with Dustin Hoffman and John Voight as a hustler and his sick best pal, who are trying to survive on the streets of New York. TCM at 9pm

Y Tu Mama Tambien - Two gorgeous teenage boys played by Gael Garcia Bernal and Diego Luna, go on a road trip with an equally gorgeous older woman, and learn about life, love and sex on the way. Film4 at 11.15pm

13 Tuesday

Mulholland Drive - Weird and wonderful David Lynch tale of a woman’s dream to become famous and her decent into the underworld of Hollywood. At least I think that’s what it’s about. Sky Movies Indie at 9am

The Good Shepherd - More Angelina yumminess, although she’s hardly in it. The Good Shepherd is an interesting look at the genesis of America’s CIA, but Matt Damon is woefully miscast and the film meanders a bit. Sky Movies Action/Thriller at 9.15am

The Sound of Music - Every lesbians’ first lesson in recycling and needle-point . Sky Movies Classic at 9.25am

West Side Story - Fabulous musical version of Romeo and Juliet. Sky Movies Classic at 12.20am

Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life - Proving that the longer the title the worse the film, this awful caper is derivative of every action film you’ve ever seen. But Angelina’s in it, so at least watch it on mute.  BBC3 at 8pm

Fame - Having the dubious reputation for making leg-warmers stylish, this is a fun-filled heart on its sleeve film which will have you tapping your feet.  TCM at 9pm

14 Wednesday

The Bone Collector - Above-average serial killer story with Angie looking particularly gorgeous in uniform. Sky Movies Action/Thriller at 1pm

Freaky Friday - Jodie proves she was a better actress as a child than some of the adults around. FILM4 at 7.05pm

Women’s Murder Club - I’ve been avoiding adding this to the listings because it’s just so bad, but I have been remiss as Angie Harmon (left) is most definitely worth a mention. Rwwwarrr (although she could do with eating a few pies). 3e at 10pm

The Brave One - Jodie all grown up as a woman on a mission to avenge the violent death of her lover. Sky Movies Action/Thriller at 11pm

15 Thursday

The Page Turner - Obsession and revenge in modern-day France. Zoot alors!. Sky Movies Indie at 2.40pm

Stardust  – Wonderful fantasy film with Michelle Pfeiffer looking delicious and Booby De Niro camping it up for all to see. Sky Movies Family at 2.45pm

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles - Above-average sci-fi show about the trials of John Connor’s mother (Lena Heady) as she tries to save the world on a weekly basis. Sky Movies Family at 2.45pm

Barbarella - Nutzy sci-fi film in which Jane Fonda travels space wearing very little. Not that that’s a bad thing. Sky Movies Classics at 9pm

16 Friday

Fire - Two women in modern India fall in love and find out just why it’s the love that dare not speak its name. Sky Movies Indie at 6.15pm

American Beauty - Fascinating look at the boredom and complications of modern suburban life in America. Sky Movies Premier at 9.45pm

17 Saturday

Eurovision: Your Country Needs You - Graham Norton hosts the series searching for the UK’s next Eurovision stars as the five remaining acts compete for a chance to perform a new song composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber. BBC1 at 6.35pm

Nine to Five - Three women tie up their sexist boss and take over the company, making it more successful than ever. Classic Lily Tomlin, Dolly Parton comedy. RTE1 at 11.45pm

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Everyday

Will & Grace – The box-set of the complete seasons is €250, see it here for free. Living 7pm and 1am

29 Monday

Mulholland Drive – Weird and wonderful David Lynch tale of a woman’s dream to become famous and her decent into the underworld of Hollywood. At least I think that’s what it’s about. Sky Movies Indie at 1.30pm

Mr and Mrs Smith – Angelina radiates off the screen as the hottest assassin ever to grace my telly. FILM4 at 9pm

ABBA: The Mamma Mia! Story – If you didn’t get a copy of the Mama Mia DVD for Christmas, then your girlfriend did, admit it. Here, the original musical’s creative team, including ABBA members Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson, talk about how the show has, in under ten years, become a global musical phenomenon. RTE2 at 9.30pm

Serial Mom – Kathleen Turner shines as a picture perfect middle-class mom, who also happens to be a merciless serial killer. Channel 4 at 2.35am

30 Tuesday

Cleopatra- The world’s first million-dollar movie, this is a visual spectacle which still holds up to scrutiny today. Don’t miss watching Lizzie Taylor and Dickie Burton sizzle. RTE 1at 8.30am

Bring It On - Eliza Dushku (right) proves that all she needs to do is enter a room and lesbian hearts will flutter. She is the poo. TV3 at 1.45pm

The Good Shepherd - More Angelina yumminess, although she’s hardly in it. The Good Shepherd is an interesting look at the genesis of America’s CIA, but Matt Damon is woefully miscast and the film meanders a bit. Sky Movies Action/Thriller at 3.40pm

Freaky Friday - Jodie proves she was a better actress as a child than some of the adults around. FILM4 at 6.55pm

31 Wednesday

Kylie X2008 - Kylie Minogue brings her fabulous live extravaganza to the O2 Arena in London. Performing classic hits and songs from her platinum selling album, X. Channel 4 at 11am

Transamerica - Bree is just days away from a life-changing operation when the unexpected appearance of a teenage son compels her to take a road trip across America with the boy, who has no idea who she is. Felicity Huffman deservedly won an Oscar for her performance as Bree in this excellent film. RTE2 at 9.30pm

Kylie Showgirl Homecoming Tour - More Kylie shenanigans as she returns home to Melbourne at the end of her hugely successful world tour. TG4 at 12.55am

Elton’s New Year’s Eve Party - Join the male leader of the gay mafia (Ellen is his female counterpart) as he welcomes the arrival of 2009.  Film4 at 12.55am

1 Thursday

Freaky Friday - Jodie proves she was a better actress as a child than some of the adults around. FILM4 at 4.50pm

All About My Mother - When Manuela’s son dies on his 17th birthday, she heads to Barcelona to find his father – a transvestite who has no idea he had a son. FILM4 at 12.45am

2 Friday

Hairspray – Tracy Turnblad dreams of TV stardom, and high school hunk Link Larkin. So when the wannabe teenybopper gets on to the Corny Collins Show, Tracy realises that her dreams could finally be coming true. TG4 at 2.10pm

The Ellen Degeneres Show- After a week off, the undisputed king of talkshows is back. TV4 at 2.10pm

Celebrity Big Brother – It’s back but the big question is will you recognise any of the ‘celebrities’? Barrel-scraping TV. Channel 4 at 9pm

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The film stars Angelina Jolie as Christine Collins, a single mother who, in 1928, comes home from work to be faced with every parents nightmare, her son, 9-year old Walter, is nowhere to be found.  Upon scouring the neighbourhood she calls the police who tell her he’ll probably turn up and not to worry.  This begins an amazing story which, as you probably know, is true

Five months later the police find a boy in Illinois and tell Mrs Collins that this is her son, she knows instantly that he is not but they refuse to believe her.  I don’t want to ruin the story on anyone so I’ll leave it there but to say that what happens next is both shocking and uplifting is an understatement.

I’m not usually a big fan of Eastwood’s directing style, I find it very slow and methodical, but in this case I must make an exception.  The film moves along nicely and we never loose sight of Christine’s journey or her turmoil.  Jolie is brilliant and deserves a lot of credit for her portrayal of an amazing woman.  She manages to depict the characters strength and courage but never looses sight of her vulnerability.

She is well assisted by fine actors such as John Malkovich who plays a Presbyterian minister who is taking on the corrupt LAPD in everyway he can.  Malkovich is brilliantly understated and allows Jolie to take the lead but his characters drive and passion are not lost.

There were also a few smaller parts that were played with real dept, Amy Ryan and Jason Butler Harner are two such examples.  Ryan playing a perfectly sane mental patient and Harner a very disturbed and violent killer.

The warbrobe and set design was flawless, not that I’m an expert in 1920′s style, but this really allowed you to be taken right into the story and really added to the piece as a whole.

This kind of film isn’t for everyone but if you enjoy being emotionally engulfed by a story then this picture is for you.

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Everyday

The Ellen DeGeneres Show - Check out Her Royal Gayness, King of Queens. TV3 at 2.10pm

Buffy the Vampire Slayer – Willow goes all dark and dramatic. Channel 6 at 5.10pm

Will & Grace – The box-set of the complete seasons is €250, see it here for free. Living 7pm and 1am

I’m a Celebrity…..Get Me Out of Here! – Aren’t Martina and George lovely? They’re only fabulous and, hopefully, will continue to represent us in the jungle. Channel 6, ITV and TV3

29 Saturday

Two Civilisation – Film clips, behind-the-scenes footage, archival photos and on-camera interviews with colleagues who shared James Dean’s final year with one of the greatest actors ever to grace a cinema screen. RTE2 at 2.30pm

Stephen Fry’s America – Fry concludes his epic journey through all 50 states with a trip to the Pacific Northwest, starting in San Francisco. BBC2 at 7.05pm

30 Sunday

Hollyoaks Omnibus – Neville decides to embrace the idea of The Jolly Roger being a gay pub. With a name like that, how could it not be? Channel 4 at 9am

Girl, Interrupted – Angie steals the show, and an Oscar, in this tale of teenage mental ill-health. Winina Ryder does nothing but annoy Film4 at 12.45am

1 Monday

Real Crime – On New Year’s Day, 1993, Colin Ireland decided he would be famous. So he embarked on a killing spree that, within three months had resulted in the brutal murders of five gay men. Using never before broadcast footage of the killer’s confession, Ireland describes how and why he did what he did. ITV at 10:40pm

Fire – Two women in modern India explore the love that dare not speak its name.Sky Movie Indie at 4.25pm

2 Tuesday

Little Man Tate – Jodie shows she’s as good behind the camera as in front in this tale of a child prodigy trying to come to terms with being a kid as well as a genius. Sky Movies Family at 10pm

Beach Volley Ball – Oh yeah baby! CH4 at 1.15am

3 Wednesday

The Page Turner – Obsession and revenge in modern-day France Zoot alors!. Sky Movies Indie at 2.30pm

Wilde - The wonderful Stephen Fry plays Oscar Wilde in this biopic of the gay icon, with Jude Law as the love of his life, Bosie. Sky Movies Modern Greats at 3.50pm

Maverick – Jodie does comedy. In a dress. With frills. Sky Movies Modern Greats at 5.50pm

Silent Hill - You may think there is nothing lesbionic about this horror, but check out the cop….yum! Film4 at 9pm

A Queer Try – A repeat of the series following Northern Ireland’s first gay rugby team, the Ulster Titans, from their earliest days as a team to their bid for glory at the Bingham Cup. BBC1 at 11:20pm

4 Thursday

Nina’s Heavenly Delights – Silly, soppy and sexy story of a Scottish woman dealing with her Indian up-bringing. And cooking some delicious curry along the way. Sky Movies Indie at 4.55pm

Star Stories – Find out just how Elton John became head of the gay mafia. Channel4 at 10pm

Breakfast on Pluto – Gorgeous tale of Patrick ‘Kitten’ Braden. Not to be missed. Channel4 at 12.45pm

5 Friday

Unless you love I’m a Celeb, there is not a jot on for you tonight. Shouldn’t you be out having a good time? Get off that sofa!

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And what a week to cover: lesbian invisibility returns to the small screen, with a vengeance. Except, that is, for Angelina Jolie. Fans of the be-lipped wonder can knock themselves out with about 85 million appearances from her throughout the week.

Everyday

The Ellen DeGeneres Show - Check out Her Royal Gayness, King of Queens. TV3 at 2.10pm

Buffy the Vampire Slayer – Is Tara still shuffling around this mortal coil..? Channel 6 at 5.10pm

Will & Grace – The box-set of the complete seasons is €250, see it here for free. Living 7pm and 1am

Hollyoaks Later – This short series, a week-long spin-off of Channel 4 fixture Hollyoaks, develops the storyline of Sarah and Zoe. Apparently, they kiss, and maybe more. And the dirtee hussies are confined to post-watershed hours, where they belong. E4 10pm

23 Sunday

Peil na mBan Beo – It’s women’s GAA – how lesbionic can you get? TG4 at 5.20pm

Divas II – A whole rake of ladies get together for a sing-song, including P!nk, who is definitely not a lesbian. UTV at 8pm

God Bless America – Following Barack Obama’s victory and the defeat of equality for same-sex relationships, this programme looks at the effect of religious conservatism on voter behaviour in the U.S. Channel 4 at 7pm

I’m A Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here!- What? There are three homersexualists in it this year – we’re allowed to watch.. TV3 and UTV at 9pm

24 Monday

Nina’s Heavenly Delights – Soppy but sexy story of a young woman who comes home to Scotland to look after the family’s Indian restaurant. Sky Movies Indie at 4:30pm

I’m A Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here! – Our celesbian and her two ‘moes continue their adventures in nature – who’ll be kicked out?! TV3 and UTV at 9pm

Katherine Lynch’s Wonderwomen – You either love it or you hate it: the series continues with Dublin’s drag scene’s Lynch and her questionable content. RTÉ2 at 10pm

25 Tuesday

The Black Dahlia – With a cast that includes Mia “L Word” Kirshner, Hilary “Boys Don’t Cry” Swank, Fiona “Ireland’s most fabulous dykon” Shaw; a cameo from k.d. lang, and several 1940s lesbian bar scenes; and director Brian De Palma, whose credits include Dressed To Kill, this is recommended queer viewing. Sky Movies Drama at 3:45pm

High Society’s Favourite Gigolo – The rise and fall of Britain’s first black entertainer, and highest paid entertainer of the 1920s and ’30s, Leslie Hutchinson, is examined in this episode of the High Society series. We’ll see if the programme looks at his relationships with Cole Porter, Ivor Novello and fellow bisexual, Tallulah Bankhead. Channel 4 at 9pm

The Culture Show – Angelina Jolie makes appearance number 1 of the week, talking about her career and new film, A Mighty Heart. BBC2 at 11:20pm

26 Wednesday

I’m A Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here! – ITV’s website ranks the gays among the least popular of the contestants – will it prove correct?! TV3 and UTV at 8:30pm

La Ciénaga – This intense family drama where the adolescents play while the adults are away, and described as “Chekov in Argentina”, includes a lesbian-crush sub-plot. I warned you that this week lesbian invisibility is taking over – I’m taking the lesbiality where I can find it! Film4 at 10:55pm

A Queer Try – A repeat of the series following Northern Ireland’s first gay rugby team, the Ulster Titans, from their earliest days as a team to their bid for glory at the Bingham Cup. BBC1 at 11:15pm

27 Thursday

A Culture Show Special: Angelina Jolie – It’s Angie again! This time she’s yakking on about her film career (again) and her other recent film, Changeling. BBC2 at 7pm

I’m A Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here! – Is this thing still on..? TV3 and UTV at 9pm

Life or Something Like It – It’s Angie again again! This is a comedy, or something. BBC2 at 11:50pm

28 Friday

Mulholland Dr. – Another weird offering from David Lynch, featuring the muchas appealing Naomi Watts and Laura Elena Harring. Sky Movies Indie at 5:30pm

I’m A Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here! – Oh, good lord, these z-list slebs (except for Martina, of course), are bad enough without subjecting us in TV-land to slatherings of icky creepy-crawlies and guck. Make it end! TV3 and UTV at 9pm

The Late Late Toy Show – There’s nothing particularly gay about this programme, but it’s The Late Late Toy Show! Although it’s never been the same since The Plank wrecked it.. RTÉ1 at 9:35pm

Katherine Lynch’s Wonderwomen – More from the other Lynch and her probably offensive caricatures. RTÉ2 at 11:20pm

The Culture Show Uncut – Oh for goodness sake. Seriously, Angie, there’s such a thing as overkill, hon. BBC2 at 12:05am

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Everyday

The Ellen Degeneres Show - Check out Her Royal Gayness, King of Queens. TV3 at 2.10pm

Buffy the Vampire Slayer- Tara is alive in these episodes, but not for long…Channel 6 at 5.10pm

Will & Grace -The box-set of the complete seasons is €250, see it here for free. Living 7pm and 1am

3 Monday

Katherine Lynch’s Wonderwomen – Dubs who’ve been on the gay scene will recognise Katherine Lynch as one half of Lynch and Hamilton, the duo who entertained a few years ago. Here’s hoping she can make it on RTE. RTE2 at 10pm

Law & Order SVU - A gay episode!!!!! TV3 at 10pm

Grey’s Anatomy- It’s getting closer to that kiss. Living at Midnight

South of Nowhere- This is a ridiculous time to screen a tv show for teens. This hit American show tells the story of Ashley and Spencer (above left), two girls who fall in love. RTE2 at 3am

4 Tuesday

Coming Out to Class – Openly gay British rapper Marcos ‘QBoy’ Brito investigates the realities of coming out in Britain’s schools. Channel 4 at 10.05am

Dreamgirls – So bad it’s…well awful, but before Corky in Bound, Gina Gershon played a lesbian in this camp as knickers film (right). Sky Movies Modern Greats at 2.05pm

How the Irish Have Sex – Continuing the series looking at how Irish people’s views towards sex have change over the years. TV3 at 9pm

Mr and Mrs Smith – Switch off the sound and enjoy. E4 at 9pm

5 Wednesday

Batty Man - Follow comedian and actor Stephen K Amos as he explores why homophobia is so prevalent in the black community. He travels to Jamaica to meet people living in fear for their lives for being gay. Channel 4 at 10.05am

Rachel Allen: Bake! - Gorgeous Rachel Allen cooks up some yumminess. Pity she’s so posh, they’re cupcakes love, not ‘capcakes’. RTE1 at 7.30pm

Fire - Excellent film about two Indian women who risk everything to enjoy the love that dare not speak its name. Sky Movies Indie at 8pm

Boys Don’t Cry- Hilary Swank is superb in this devastatingly moving film about trans-guy Brandon Teena. Sky Movies Indie at 10pm

Rick and Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World - Although America’s gay sweethearts (Rick & Steve) and America’s lesbian sweethearts (Kirsten & Dana) do not get along at all, they decide to have a baby together. Steve is jealous that the lesbians prefer Rick’s sperm, so he comes up with an alternate plan – with the help of Pussy the cat. Synopsis from imdb.com. E4 at 10.30pm

The L Word - Shane and Carmen (left….sluuurp) get ready to tie the knot. Channel 6 at Midnight

Laramie Inside Out - Filmmaker Beverly Seckinger, who grew up in Laramie, was compelled to return to her hometown to see how the murder of Matthew Shepard had altered the site of her own closeted adolescence. RTE1 at 1am

6 Thursday

Underdogs - It’s back. Check out how the girls get on trying to make it onto the Underdogs footie team. TG4 at 9.30pm

Aeon Flux- Ridiculous sci-fi shenanigans, but check out Charlize (right)….drool. RTE2 at 9.30pm

7 Friday

In and Out - According to this silly film, the only thing you need to know to be gay are the complete works of Barbra Streisand. I’m straight so. Film4 at 9pm

Katherine Lynch’s Wonderwomen- Dubs who’ve been on the gay scene will recognise Katherine Lynch as one half of Lynch and Hamilton, the duo who entertained a few years ago. Here’s hoping she can make it on RTE. RTE2 at Midnight

Nina’s Heavenly Delights - Soppy but sexy story of a young woman who comes home to Scotland to look after the family’s Indian restaurant. Sky Movies Indie at 3.20am

8 Saturday

Wilde - Tender biopic of author and acclaimed wit Oscar Wilde, focusing on his affair with Lord Alfred Douglas at a time when homosexual liaisons were illegal. Sky Movies Modern Greats at 7.30am#

Maverick- Jodie does blonde-giggly girl schtick. Cringe. Sky Movies Modern Greats at 11.50amand 5.50pm

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I know I have no right to judge people but it just seems off that parents would sell pics of their kids!!! I can understand if someone is being followed and basically stalked for a picture so they decide to just release one picture to all media in an attempt to recapture some privacy, but to take bids?

I don’t know, maybe I’m being a prude but it just seems wrong to sell a picture of a baby to the press. The real problem though is the people who buy mags etc to see the picture. If those people didn’t do that then the picture wouldn’t be worth anything and this kind of thing wouldn’t happen. So why do people run to buy the magazine that has the first picture of a baby such as that of Angie and Brad or Kate and Tom?

Is it really that interesting to see what this baby looks like? The baby hasn’t asked for all this attention, they didn’t enter into a career knowing they’d be followed and photographed? I think they deserve some privacy but I am clearly in the minority.

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Tonight I was in the mood to watch something fun. I go through these phases of not wanting to think when I go to the cinema, usually it’s when I’m stressed and need to shut my brain down. Well I couldn’t have picked a better film for brainless fun than this. Talk about outlandish!!!! Even for those conusors of the Hollywood action film this movie really does require you not to think – at all. It has some good actors in it but the plot – well there was not one original thought that went into it.

The story sees James McAvoy playing a character as dull and low in self esteem as you could imagine. He is then literally sweep off his feet by the sexy Angelina Jolie and turned into a top assassin. Angie’s group of killing machines are headed by the ever brilliant Morgan Freeman but our three main characters are all caricatures of themselves. To say the events of the film are far fetched would be an understatement to say the very least.

Having said all that the film is fun and you do catch yourself smiling at the matrix-like pace of it all. I’m not going to recommend this one to my mates but it did make me laugh with it rather than at it which was a nice surprise and the three main actors really do try to add to a plot which is as thin and unoriginal as you’ll find.

One for a stressed day when you just want to forget reality and enjoy some nice popcorn away from it all.

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I have been waiting for this film to come out for ages! I saw the trailer (here) a while ago and just loved it, but then I love animated films.

The story is of a Panda, played by Jack Black, who is a fanatic for Kung Fu but finds himself working, for his Dad, in a noodle restaurant. One day the prophesy names him as the Dragon Warrior and the resedent master needs all the patience he can muster as he tries to turn this lazy, out of shape slacker into a Kung Fu fighter ready to save the day.

This film isn’t just funny, there’s loads of action in it too and it really keeps your attention. This is helped by the freedom given to the directors through the medium of animation which allows the fight sequences to be quite impressive. I hope there’s some little overweight kid out there who sees it and is made believe a little in his/her ability.

The bad guy of the piece is a snow leopard by the name of Tai Lung, played by Ian McShane, and he really is a great character. From the get go he is painted as a really scary guy and this really ads to the piece.

If I was to find a fault with the film it’s that there are a good few characters who get very little screen time and I don’t think that ads anything to the film as a whole. All in all though it’s well worth a look.

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