http://www.fridae.com/newsfeatures/ Updated: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:21:14 +0800 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:21:14 +0800 http://www.fridae.com/newsfeatures/article.php?articleid=2282&viewarticle=1&searchtype=all Thai actor Chaiwat &quoteTob&quote Thongsang of Bangkok Love Story fame is now training to compete in a body-building contest to be held later this year. Vitaya Saeng-Aroon speaks to the 20-year-old actor about his success after taking on a gay role and his future plans. Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:21:14 +0800 http://www.fridae.com/newsfeatures/article.php?articleid=2281&viewarticle=1&searchtype=all China may be leading in the gold medals tally in the Beijing Olympics but it's not doing too well in the Olympic hottie table, as Fridae's Beijing correspondent Dinah Gardner finds out. Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:21:14 +0800 http://www.fridae.com/newsfeatures/article.php?articleid=2280&viewarticle=1&searchtype=all In the biggest celebrity union since California's Supreme Court overturned a state ban on same-sex marriage, US talk show host Ellen DeGeneres and her long-time partner actress Portia de Rossi marry on Saturday. Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:21:14 +0800 http://www.fridae.com/newsfeatures/article.php?articleid=2279&viewarticle=1&searchtype=all Photographer, actor, writer, arts critic and Arts Programme Director of The Annexe, Central Market - arguably Kuala Lumpur's buzziest centre for contemporary arts - Pang Khee Teik is putting together Seksualiti Merdeka, Malaysia's first "sexuality rights" festival from Aug 29 – 31. Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:21:14 +0800 http://www.fridae.com/newsfeatures/article.php?articleid=2278&viewarticle=1&searchtype=all Panama, the southernmost country of Central America, has repealed its 60-year-old sodomy laws. Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:21:14 +0800