Red Carpet Interviews At AFER Event

Clip description via Karen Ocamb at LGBT POV:

Co-founded by actor/director Rob Reiner, AFER is leading the fight for marriage equality through it’s groundbreaking federal court case to overturn California’s Proposition 8. On the red carpet, AFER’s team and celebrities alike share their feelings on gay marriage with facts, personal experience and song. In attendance, Jason Mraz, Jane Lynch, Marisa Tomei, Adam Lambert, Yeardley Smith (voice of Lisa Simpson on The Simpsons), Bruce Vilanch, Rob Reiner, Attorney Ted Olsen and Plaintiffs Kris Perry and Sandy Stier, Paul Katami and Jeff Zarrillo.

Super Pride Swag Tuesday

The gay is hot and heavy in today's special Pride edition of Swag Tuesday! Courtesy of Fly Life, first up for grabs is a pair of tickets to the Lilith Fair's tour stop at the PNC Bank Arts Center in New Jersey on July 31st, where Sarah McLaughlan, the Indigo Girls, Carly Simon, Cat Power and a host of other lady-centric artists will perform.

Also courtesy of Fly Life, we have five copies of Lilith 2010, the brand new tour compilation CD featuring many of its most popular artists.

Lilith Fair Productions/Arista Records releases Lilith 2010 Tour Compilation, a collection of 16 tracks from a talented array of artists performing on Lilith 2010, in stores now! This special collection offers an abundant selection of songs from some of Lilith 2010's most anticipated performances including Rihanna's "Russian Roulette," Ke$ha's "TiK ToK," Court Yard Hounds' "The Coast," Colbie Caillat's "Fallin' For You," to Norah Jones' "Chasing Pirates," Corinne Bailey Rae's "The Blackest Lily," as well as Lilith co-founder Sarah McLachlan's "One Dream," to name a few album highlights.

Lilith 2010: Compilation is on sale now.

Next up, courtesy of Spin Cycle, are two tickets to the gay pride edition of Celebrity Autobiography starring Bruce Vilanch, Cheyenne Jackson, Mario Cantone, and others.

The hysterically funny hit comedy CELEBRITY AUTOBIOGRAPHY will present a special one-night engagement to coincide with New York’s annual Gay Pride celebration. CELEBRITY AUTOBIOGRAPHY: GAY PRIDE EDITION will be presented Saturday, June 26 at Off-Broadway’s Gramercy Theater. The historic theater has been transformed into a cabaret space -- complete with tables and waiter service -- just for the occasion.

Your winning entry to Celebrity Autobiography also includes access to a champagne pre-party with the cast!

Also via Spin Cycle we have two tickets to Jackie Beat: In 3D!

JACKIE BEAT, everyone's favorite big and bawdy, bold and ballsy, in-your-face funny "lady" brings her wildest show to date to Off-Broadway’s Gramercy Theater Just in time for Gay Pride, she premieres JACKIE BEAT: IN 3-D! It will be presented two nights only: Friday, June 26 (signed for the deaf) and Saturday, June 27 at 10:00 pm. Tickets are $20 (fixed rear mezzanine seating) and $25 (orchestra level tables), available at 212-352-3101 or www.SpinCycleNYC.com. Doors open 1 hour before showtime. A full bar and waiter service is available throughout the performance.

These Jackie Beat tickets are for the Saturday show and your winning entry includes access to private post-show party with the cast!

Also via Fly Life, we have five copies of Night Work, the brand new Scissor Sisters CD due for release on June 29th!

The third album "Night Work" from the illustrious and flamboyantly fabulous Scissor Sisters is one big party straight out of the greedy, heady days of excess when you queued outside of Studio 54 - desperately doing anything you could to get in. And when you flashed your tits or blew the door whore to get in and made your way down that infamous corridor to the dance-floor filled with hedonism, drugs and judgment and found that beautiful stranger to dance with - the sinfully delightful sounds of "Night Work" was most likely what you heard.

Pre-order your copy of Night Work now.

And last, but totally not least, we have five copies of Cyndi Lauper's brand new CD, Memphis Blues, which is out as of today.

'Memphis Blues,' produced by Mercer Street, is a blues album and features special guests Allan Toussaint, B.B. King, Jonny Lang, Charlie Musselwhite, and Ann Peebles. The album includes such tracks as 'Just Your Fool,' 'Early in the Morning,' and 'Rollin and Tumblin.' The album is available for purchase in stores and online. Lauper's tour will begin on June 25 at Morristown, New Jersey's Mayo Center for the Performing Arts. The tour will continue until September 3, making stops in cities including Boston, Cleveland, Chicago, Montreal, New York, New Orleans, Dallas, Albuquerque, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Seattle, and Vancouver.

Visit Cyndi's site for information about the tour.

Enter to win the above GAY GAY GAY prizes by commenting on this post. Only enter once and please remember to leave your email address in the text of your comment. Entries close on Wednesday at midnight, west coast time. If you cannot be in the NYC area on the day of a show, your winning entry is transferable to your favorite prideful homo. Publicists: If you'd like to take part in Swag Tuesday on JMG, please email me.

A Chat With Bruce Vilanch

Comedian, Broadway performer, and writer for the stars Bruce Vilanch has been all over New York City this week, hosting the NYC Pride rally in Central Park and performing at Sunday night's 20th annual edition of Broadway Bares.

This Saturday he'll be reading at a special gay pride edition of Celebrity Autobiography: In Their Own Words, the hilarious series in which stars read verbatim from the often tragically funny self-tomes of fellow big shots. Bruce called me yesterday and responded to a series of questions provided courtesy of some of my Facebook followers.

Do you consider yourself a bear or a bear icon? BV: "Well, I was asked to be on the cover of Bear Monthly! Finally I know what it's like to be objectified! But I'm not my own type. I'd have to be talked into doing me."

What do you think of the shout-out LCD Soundsystem gave you on their single "Pow Pow"? They kind of use you to attack Michael Musto. BV: "I was stunned, amazed, flattered and I went right out and bought the CD."

Who's the biggest dick you ever had to work with? BV: "Definitely Jeff Stryker. He's short, but not when he's lying down."

You co-wrote Eartha Kitt's disco classic "Where Is My Man?" Do you still get residuals for that? BV: "I do! And now the checks come in Euros! I've never performed the song, though, because Eartha would have killed me. Maybe now that she's dead...."

When are you going to grow back your famous beard? (Which was shaved off to perform in drag as Enda Turnblad in "Hairspray.") BV: "I'll grow it back when somebody pays me to. But I'd love to do a revival of the show."

Which celebrity do you most regret pissing off? BV: "Barbra Streisand. I talked about her legendary cheapness in my book Get Bruce and she issued a statement denouncing me."

Which celebrity have you worked with the longest? BV: "Bette Midler, for 40 years. Which is difficult because she's only 32."

What's your favorite Paul Lynde story? BV: "I don't really have a favorite one. Most of the good ones I can't repeat. And involve alcohol."

I'd love to see you and Harvey Fierstein write a book or play together. Would you work with him? BV: "Of course. But Harvey hasn't needed my help yet."

You were in an episode of "Bosom Buddies." Did you get to see Tom Hanks naked? BV: "I ate a hot dog in that episode. But it wasn't Tom's."

How many T-shirts are in your famous collection? BV: "About 3000. I keep them in the Shady Pines Home For Aged T-Shirts."

What would do you do about the Gulf oil spill? BV: "I think we should use whatever Antonio Banderas uses to control all that oil on his hair."

Who was the inspiration for your character in Diana Ross' "Mahogony"? BV: "Kay Thompson."

What do you think about Elton John performing at Rush Limbaugh's wedding? BV: "Elton goes where the money is, which is why he has so much of it. I think he and Rush found common ground somewhere. Like at the buffet table."

What the heck is up with your hair? BV: "My hair is real. It's not a wig. It's one of my defining features. Like my 12" dick."

Are you available? BV: "Honey, I'm available with a capital "A." Like a scarlet letter."

Is Whoopi Goldberg a lesbian? BV: "Oh, she's been to the carnival. But there's a long line of white men who can attest otherwise."

Who are you reading at "Celebrity Autobiography"? BV: "I'm reading Star Jones. And maybe Beyonce. Whoopi likes to say I'm a closet negress."

Celebrity Autobiography takes place on Saturday at the Gramercy Theater. Get tickets here. Joining Bruce Vilanch at the show will be Cheyenne Jackson, Mario Cantone, John Cameron Mitchell, BD Wong, and others. You can also catch Bruce all this month on Showtime's Gay & Lesbian Comedy Slam.

[Photo credit: Father Tony]