Issue Number 1022 | The Top Five | Advocate.com The Top Five  | ENTERTAINMENT | Advocate.com

Continental promo
 

The Top Five

The best of gay entertainment in 2008.
From The Advocate  January 13, 2009
The Top Five
From left: Sean Penn in Milk; cast of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia;
Hercules’ Andy Butler; cast of [title of show]; Stray Dog Winter

FILM

Milk
Sean Penn’s towering performance is impossible to ignore -- and so is the film, made even more relevant after the success of November’s antigay ballot initiatives.

XXY
This thoughtful, marvelously performed Argentinean import is about an intersexed teen deciding just who she -- or he -- wants to be.

Sex and the City
The film that managed to trump even Mamma Mia! as the summer movie with the gayest sensibility.

Were the World Mine
Filled with clever songs and gorgeous cinematography, this clever indie is Hedwig gone High School Musical.

The Edge of Heaven
The film’s lesbian romance is among the hottest and most absorbing ever filmed.

TV

It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (FX)
This comedy about a group of straight friends who own a bar in Philadelphia features more gay plots and subplots than seems possible.

30 Rock (NBC)
A rival to the legacies of Arrested Development and Frasier, this show scores even more points for continually making Tina Fey’s character get mistaken for a lesbian.

Mad Men (AMC)
The show’s portrayal of closeted ad exec Salvatore is enough reason to tune in, and looking at star Jon Hamm only makes it sweeter.

Brothers & Sisters (ABC)
The first series to feature a gay marriage and develop a plot line around life after they said “I do.”

Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-list (Bravo)
Our favorite comedian continues to tramp from Sydney Mardi Gras to bear conventions.

Page: 1 | 2

Reader Comments

These comments are reproduced as written by visitors to this Web site. They have not been edited for content, grammar, or spelling. The viewpoints appearing here are those of the writer, and do not necessarily reflect the opinion or views of advocate.com, The Advocate, or its affiliates.

  • Name: Paul M.
    Date posted: 2008-12-04 7:13 PM
    Hometown: Las Vegas

    Comment:

    Any Advocate comments/reviews on the Movie CIAO??


Back to top

Submit a comment for this story:

*Type your comment here (Required, 1000 characters max. HTML formatting and hyperlinks are NOT permitted.):

*Name (Required): 

*Hometown (Required): 

*E-mail address: (Required, but will not be displayed)

Is this comment for publication? 
Yes   No

Daytime phone number: (Required for print publication only and will not be displayed)

Please enter the words you see in the box, in order and separated by a space. Doing so helps prevent automated programs from abusing this service.

  

If you would like to submit a comment for posting, please fill out the form above. 

All comments submitted via this form are subject to posting or publication. (To send a private letter to an Advocate editor or writer, please use the e-mail button at the top of the page, or use snail mail.) If you would like your comment considered for publication in The Advocate magazine, please include your full name, your city of residence, and a phone number where you can be reached during business hours so that we can confirm your identity. Your e-mail address and telephone number are strictly confidential and will not be shared or used for any purpose other than to contact you about your comment.

See the Contact page for sending comments for reasons other than responding to Advocate editorial and news stories.

Please note that comments sent by fax or snail mail are unlikely to be posted, although they will be considered for publication along with all letters received via e-mail or via this Web page. Comments that chiefly concern Advocate.com content will be considered for posting only on the Web site. The Advocate reserves the right to edit submitted comments for grammar, spelling, obscenities, or libel; we will, however, do our best to preserve the original comment's style and intent. Comments considered for publication in The Advocate magazine may also be edited for length.