JMG Swag: Win Passes To World Premiere Of Magic Mike XXL In Los Angeles

Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures, we've got two passes to attend the world premiere of Magic Mike XXL next Thursday night at the TCL Chinese Theater in Los Angeles, where the entire cast will be in attendance. Enter to win by commenting (once) on this post. Entries close at midnight on Sunday and the randomly selected winner will be notified by a Disqus response or by email if you choose to leave one in your comment. If you are unable to be in Los Angeles on the night of the premiere, your winning entry can be transferred to your favorite fan of beefcakery. Below is all the legal stuff about the contest.

Enter for the chance to win passes to the star-studded Los Angeles premiere screening of "Magic Mike XXL!" One lucky winner and a guest will have the chance to attend the star- studded Los Angeles premiere screening of "Magic Mike XXL" on June 25*! “Magic Mike XXL” reunites Channing Tatum, Matt Bomer, Joe Manganiello, Kevin Nash, Adam Rodriguez and Gabriel Iglesias, stars of the 2012 worldwide hit “Magic Mike.”

Picking up the story three years after Mike bowed out of the stripper life at the top of his game, “Magic Mike XXL” finds the remaining Kings of Tampa likewise ready to throw in the towel. But they want to do it their way: burning down the house in one last blow-out performance in Myrtle Beach, and with legendary headliner Magic Mike sharing the spotlight with them. On the road to their final show, with whistle stops in Jacksonville and Savannah to renew old acquaintances and make new friends, Mike and the guys learn some new moves and shake off the past in surprising ways.

Joining the returning cast, in brand new roles, are Amber Heard (“The Rum Diary”), Donald Glover (“Community”), Stephen 'tWitch’ Boss (“Step Up Revolution”) and Michael Strahan (“Live with Kelly and Michael”), with Andie MacDowell (“Footloose”), Elizabeth Banks (“The Hunger Games” films), and Jada Pinkett Smith (“Gotham”).

“Magic Mike XXL” is directed by Emmy Award winner Gregory Jacobs (“Behind the Candelabra”), who served as a producer on “Magic Mike,” as well as numerous features in a long-running collaboration with Steven Soderbergh. “Magic Mike XXL” is produced by Nick Wechsler, Gregory Jacobs, Channing Tatum and Reid Carolin, with a screenplay by Carolin. Steven Soderbergh, who directed the first film, will executive produce. A Warner Bros. Pictures presentation, the film will be distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company. Rated R for strong sexual content, pervasive language, some nudity and drug use.

"Magic Mike XXL" opens in theaters nationwide July 1! NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Void where prohibited. The Sweepstakes is sponsored by JoeMyGod.com. One Grand Prize winner will receive a pair of passes to the Los Angeles premiere screening of "Magic Mike XXL" on Thursday, June 25 at 7pm*, a t-shirt, a hat, and a mini-poster! Four Runners-Up will each receive a t-shirt, a hat, and a mini-poster.

Sweepstakes open to U.S. residents & D.C. only 18 years of age & older.   *Travel and accommodations to the premiere are the sole responsibility of  the winner. Premiere location will be provided directly to the Grand Prize winner upon redemption. Prize is for the Los Angeles premiere screening  only and does not include after-party passes. Screening passes must be picked up at the event no later than 6:45pm. Passes are non-transferable and may not be sold. No entry will be permitted once screening begins.  Winner understands and agrees that Sponsor and the applicable prize providers have the right, in their sole discretion, to remove such winner or his/her guest from the screening if winner's or his/her guest's behavior is at any point uncooperative, disruptive, or may or does cause damage to person, property, or the reputation of Sponsor or any prize provider.

Special Swag: Mike Signorile's New Book

Michelangelo Signorile's latest book, It's Not Over, goes on sale nationwide on Tuesday and we've got three copies to give away to JMG readers. From the Amazon description:

Marriage equality has surged across the country. Closet doors have burst open in business, entertainment, and even major league sports. But Michelangelo Signorile argues in his most provocative book yet, the excitement of such breathless change makes this moment more dangerous than ever. Puncturing the illusion that victory is now inevitable, Signorile marshals stinging evidence that an age-old hatred, homophobia, is still a basic fact of American life. He exposes the bigotry of the brewing religious conservative backlash against LGBT rights and challenges the complacency and hypocrisy of supposed allies in Washington, the media, and Hollywood.Not just a wake-up call, It's Not Over is also a battle plan for the fights to come in the march toward equality.

Journalist Glenn Greenwald raves:

For 25 years, Michelangelo Signorile has been one of America's most incisive critics and influential activists in the movement for gay equality, and It’s Not Over demonstrates he is better than ever. The new book is a penetrating look at one of the great social movements of our time and the challenges that lay before it. With detailed reporting and razor-sharp analysis, Signorile exposes the dangerous triumphalism that has taken hold. He reveals the bigotry and bias still deeply embedded in the media, the political establishment, and throughout American culture. And he provides an illuminating, stirring plan of action to vanquish it.

Enter to win It's Not Over by commenting on this post. You can either leave an email address that you check frequently or I can respond to your comment with the notice of your win. (You'll need to check your Disqus notifications.) Winners are chosen by using a random number generator. Entries close at midnight on Monday and I'll post the names of the winners on Tuesday when the book launches.

JMG T-Shirt Give Away

Courtesy of the folks at Pride Magazine, we have three JMG t-shirts to give away tonight. Enter to win by commenting on this post. Only enter once and please remember to leave an email address in the text of your comment. Entries close at noon tomorrow, east coast time. (Don't worry, only the winners will be contacted.)

UPDATE: Entries are now closed. Winners will be notified shortly.

REGULAR ORDERING UPDATE:  Two new designs have been added. Each shirt comes with the 2014 issue of Pride Magazine, which this year celebrates the first decade of marriage equality in the United States. But perhaps best of all, each purchase includes a $5 donation to the Ali Forney Center, New York City's homeless shelter for LGBT youth. JMG shirts are available in black or white and are a super-comfy poly/cotton blend. Mixed fibers! Yay, Leviticus! The shirts come in men's and women's sizes up to 3XL. When you get your shirt, send us a photo and we'll post your sexy selfies right here.

Special Blowoff Swag

In celebration of their Pride weekend debut at their new Manhattan venue, today we have two pairs of Blowoff tickets and two Blowoff t-shirts to give away. Blowoff takes place tomorrow night at the Gramercy Theater in the Flatiron District at East 23rd Street and Lexington.  This party will likely sell out and advance tickets are recommended.  Enter to win by commenting on this post. Only enter once and please remember to leave an email address. If you can't be in Manhattan tomorrow night, your winning entry is transferable to your favorite dancing bear. Entries close at 8PM tonight and the winners will be notified promptly. Several Blowoff t-shirt designs are at the link above.  Bear not included.

Special Movie Screening Swag

Today we have three pairs of tickets to attend a special advance screening I'm So Excited!, the new film by Pedro Almodovar, who will be on hand with stars Carlos Areces and Blanca Suárez afterwards for a Q&A session with the audience. The screening takes place Tuesday, June 4th in New York City. Plot synopsis:

A very varied group of people are in a precarious situation aboard a plane flying to Mexico City. A technical failure (a kind of justifiable negligence, even though it sounds contradictory, but that’s what human actions are) has endangered the lives of the passengers on Peninsula Flight 2549. The pilots, hardened, experienced professionals are striving, along with their colleagues in the Control Center, to find a solution. The flight attendants and the chief steward are atypical, baroque characters who, in the face of danger, try to forget their own personal problems and devote themselves body and soul to the task of making the flight as enjoyable as possible for the passengers, while they wait for a solution. Life in the clouds is as complicated as it is at ground level, and for the same reasons, which could be summarized in two: sex and death.

I'm So Excited! opens in select theaters June 28th. Visit the film's site for more information. Enter to win by commenting on this post. Only enter once and please remember to leave an email address in your comment. Winners will be notified tomorrow.

**Travel and accommodations are the sole responsibility of the winner. The screening will take place on June 4th at 7pm. Screening location will be provided to the winners at the close of the sweepstakes.

BROADWAY CARES: Win Tickets To The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me

Courtesy of Broadway Cares, we've got a pair of tickets to the fundraising one-night-only revival of The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me, which plays the Gerald W. Lynch theater on Monday, May 20th.

For its 20th anniversary, The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me will be re-imagined from a one-man show to one featuring an ensemble cast performing a play that The New York Times originally called "rivetingly angry, intense, frenetic, frank and touching." The special performance is produced by Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and benefits BC/EFA and Sero Project. The one-night-only benefit performance of The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me features an ensemble of talented actors taking on the story, including author Drake, Brandon Cordeiro, two-time Tony Award nominee Robin De Jesús, two-time Tony nominee André De Shields, Claybourne Elder, Tony nominee Rory O'Malley, Anthony Rapp, Chad Ryan, Donald C. Shorter, Jr., Wesley Taylor, Aaron Tone and Tony winner BD Wong.

Enter to win by commenting on this post. If you cannot be in Manhattan on the night of the show, your winning entry is transferable to your favorite local theater buff.  Please remember to leave an email address in your comment. Entries close at midnight on Friday, Broadway-time.  Buy tickets here.

Special Swag Friday

Because I totally screwed up during the SCOTUS furor on Tuesday, this week's swag giveaway is today. And courtesy of the Karpel Group, we've got the new Depeche Mode album, Delta Machine, which is now on sale nationwide and online. Via Billboard:

Fans can count on Depeche Mode -- they've released a new album and embarked on a coinciding tour every four years since 1993. It's that time again, as the long-reigning synth-rock kings are back with a new LP, "Delta Machine," their 13th to date. Keeping with tradition, they'll head out on a 34-date European stadium tour, starting May 7 in Tel Aviv. Out Tuesday (Mar. 26) on Columbia, the new album finds vocalist Dave Gahan and songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Martin Gore refining some familiar sounds and trying out some new wrinkles.  .

We've got three physical copies of Delta Machine to give away. Enter to win by commenting on this post and please remember to leave an email address. Entries close at midnight on Monday, west coast time. Publicists: If you'd like to take part in giveaways on JMG, please email me.

VIDEO: Here's the second clip from Delta Machine.

Special Swag Friday

Courtesy of the film's producers, we have a special week's end giveaway of the Les Misérables Blu-ray™ Combo Pack, which is on sale beginning today online and at retailers nationwide.

Academy Award® nominee Hugh Jackman and Academy Award® winners Russell Crowe and Anne Hathaway star in Les Misérables, the critically acclaimed adaptation of the epic musical phenomenon. Set against the backdrop of 19th-century France, Les Misérables tells the story of ex-prisoner Jean Valjean (Jackman), hunted for decades by the ruthless policeman Javert (Crowe), after he breaks parole. When Valjean agrees to care for factory worker Fantine’s (Hathaway) young daughter, Cosette, their lives change forever. This enthralling story is a timeless testament to the survival of the human spirit and “an unforgettable experience” Les Misérables arrives on Blu-ray™ Combo Pack, DVD and On Demand March 22 from Universal Studios Home Entertainment. The Blu-ray™ Combo Pack is loaded with an extra 45 minutes of exclusive content taking viewers behind the scenes of the groundbreaking production for an unmatched entertainment experience and includes a Blu-ray™ disc, DVD, Digital Copy and UltraViolet™ for the ultimate, complete viewing experience.

We have three copies of Les Misérables to give away. Enter to win by commenting on this post and please remember to leave an email address in the text of your comment. Entries close at midnight on Sunday, west coast time. Publicists: If you'd like to take part in giveaways on JMG, please email me.

Win A Magic Mike Gym Bag

Courtesy of the Karpel Group, I've got three Magic Mike gym bags to give away. Each bag contains a Magic Mike branded v-neck t-shirt, tank top, army cap, dog tags, beach ball, and metal canteen. Magic Mike opens nationwide this Friday.

Mike (Channing Tatum) is an entrepreneur. A man of many talents and loads of charm, he spends his days pursuing the American Dream from as many angles as he can handle: from roofing houses and detailing cars to designing furniture from his Tampa beach condo. But at night… he’s just magic. The hot headliner in an all-male revue, Magic Mike has been rocking the stage at Club Xquisite for years with his original style and over-the-top dance moves. The more the ladies love him, the more they spend, and the happier that makes club owner Dallas (Matthew McConaughey). Seeing potential in a guy he calls the Kid (Alex Pettyfer), Mike takes the 19-year-old under his wing and schools him in the fine arts of dancing, partying, picking up women and making easy money. Magic Mike stars Channing Tatum, Alex Pettyfer, Matthew McConaughey, Cody Horn, Olivia Munn, Matt Bomer, Riley Keough, Joe Manganiello, Kevin Nash, Adam Rodriguez and Gabriel Iglesias.

Enter to win by commenting on this post. Only enter once and please remember to leave an email address you check frequently. Entries close at midnight tomorrow, west coast time.

Special Swag Friday

Courtesy of the Karpel Group, we have a Special Swag Friday prize today of two tickets to see the fabulous and legendary Justin Bond at Manhattan's Highline Ballroom on Wednesday, July 22nd, where Bond will debut songs from his new EP Pink Slip.

You may know Bond from his eternal lounge combo Kiki & Herb, which longtime readers will know remains one of my all-time favorite acts. Kiki & Herb was hatched in San Francisco in the early 90's and went on to play all over NYC, including Carnegie Hall and a 2007 stint on Broadway that earned them a Tony nomination. Recently Bond has been performing solo. Go here to preview the tracks from his new EP Pink Slip.

Tickets to Justin Bond's Highline show are available here. Regular admission is $25. VIP admission is $50, includes a meet & greet with the artist, and is a donation to the Ali Forney Center, NYC's shelter for homeless LGBT youth.

Enter to win two tickets by commenting on this post. Only enter once and please remember to leave your email address in the text of your comment. Entries close at midnight Sunday, west coast time. If you cannot be in NYC on the day of the show, your winning entry is transferable to another party.

Special Swag Saturday

Courtesy of Penetration Inc, today we have a special Saturday swag giveaway - the new album from openly gay rock legend Bob Mould, Life And Times, which is now available nationwide.

30 years since the formation of Husker Du and 20 years since their explosive demise and the subsequent release of his first lauded solo effort Workbook - called a "masterpiece" by critics- Bob Mould is marking anniversaries with an album filled with self-reflection and an unflinching examination of the world around him. Standouts like "Wasted World" and "I'm Sorry Baby, But You Can't Stand in My Light Anymore" highlight an artist completing a cycle decades in the making, his talent undiminished, his perspective acute.

Bob Mould is one of the most influential musicians of the alternative rock era, first for his early work with post-punks Husker Du, followed by the college rock-defining pop of Sugar and finally for his solo albums, notably his first, Workbook, which quieted Mould s previous ire to reveal his fine songwriting in a new light and allowed an introspective glimpse into the inner workings of an evolving artist. With Life and Times, Mould comes full circle, reclaiming his indie songwriting mantle from the generation of musicians he inspired.

We have five copies to give away. Enter to win your copy of Life And Times by commenting on this post. Only enter once and please remember to leave your email address in the text of your comment. Entries close at midnight Sunday, west coast time. Publicists: If you're interested in participating in Swag Tuesday on JMG, please email me.

RELATED: If you're heading to Coachella today, the Bob Mould Band (featuring Rich Morel) plays the Gobi stage at 2:30pm!

Swag Winners Alert

The new commenting system is working pretty well so far, we haven't had anybody voted off the island by readers and nobody has been banned since it started. However, among the bugs still being worked out is that I can't access readers' email addresses in their profiles. That's a big problem for Lady Randomocity, because she's spun her glittery wheel* and picked the three JMG readers who have won tickets to the Radio City Music Hall Speaker Series event on March 31st.

Randy In Brooklyn
David Dust
John O'Malley

Above folks, please email me with your full names and mailing addresses.

*JMG newbies: Winners are selected by entering the total number of comments into a random number reordering program. Whosever comment number lands at the top gets the swag.

Special Swag Thursday

Courtesy of the Karpel Group, we've got three pairs of tickets to give away for the March 31st edition of the Radio City Music Hall Speaker Series where CNN host Anderson Cooper will interview Ariana Huffington, D.L. Hughley, and former Arkansas governor and 2008 presidential asshat candidate Mike Huckabee. Tickets are on sale here for $50 - $180.

Enter to win by commenting on this post. Only enter once and please remember to leave an email address you check frequently. Tickets are transferable to another party if you are unable to be in Manhattan on March 31st. Entries close Friday (tomorrow) at midnight PST. Publicists: If you'd like to take part in giveaways on JMG, please email me.

Special Swag Wednesday

Courtesy of Fly Life Inc, we have a special Swag Wednesday giveaway today - two tickets to the fabulous reunited Labelle concert on Feb. 26th at Manhattan's Beacon Theater. I saw Labelle's first performance together in decades at last year's Out 100 Awards and the ladies just blew the roof off the place. Tickets are on sale now.

Enter to win your tickets by commenting on this post. Only enter once and please remember to leave an email address you check frequently. Tickets are transferable to another party, so if you can't get to NYC for the show, you can gift the tickets to your favorite local homo. Entries close Thursday night at midnight PST.

Special Swag Friday

Courtesy of Fly Life Inc, today we have a special swag giveaway: two tickets to any show (except Toronto) on George Michael's North American tour.

The North American leg of the 25 LIVE tour will kick off in San Diego on June 17th and will continue through San Jose, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Seattle, Vancouver, Minneapolis, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, New York and several other major cities. The tour will incorporate 22 shows over the course of seven weeks and Michael will perform material taken from the entire span of his career, including some classic Wham! tracks. Michael has recently teamed up with iTunes and Ticketmaster to produce an innovative media package which allows fans rare access to Michael’s videos, songs, and tickets to one of his North American 25 LIVE concerts.

George Michael has enjoyed one of the most successful and enduring careers in the history of pop music, selling more than 85 million records globally and encompassing seven US No. 1 singles, two Grammy awards, three American Music Awards, an MTV Video Music Award and two prestigious Ivor Novello awards for songwriting. His record "Faith" has sold over 20 million copies alone. In addition, Michael has garnered 11 British No. 1 singles and seven British No. 1 albums. He recently was declared the most played British artist on radio over the course of the last 20 years.

OFFICIAL 25 LIVE CONCERT DATES:

6/17 San Diego/San Diego Sports Arena
6/19 San Jose/HP Pavilion
6/21 Las Vegas/MGM Grand
6/22 Phoenix/US Airways Center
6/25 Los Angeles/Great Western Forum
7/2 Seattle/Key Arena
7/4 Vancouver/General Motors Place
7/7 St Paul/Xcel Energy Center
7/9 Chicago/United Center
7/13 Dallas/American Airlines Center
7/14 Houston/Toyota Center
7/17 Toronto/Air Canada Centre
7/18 Montreal/Bell Centre
7/21 New York/MSG
7/23 New York/MSG
7/26 Philadelphia/Wachovia Center
7/27 Boston/TD Banknorth Garden
7/29 Washington DC/Verizon Center
7/31 Atlanta/Philips Arena
8/2 Tampa/St Pete Times Forum
8/3 Fort Lauderdale/Bank Atlantic Center

Enter to win by commenting on this post. Only comment once and please remember to leave an email address that you check frequently. Entries close at midnight Sunday, EDT. Purchase tickets here. George Michael's new double album TwentyFive is now available at retailers and at iTunes.

UPDATE: Here's a clip of George Michael talking about the tour and some bits of previous shows.

Special Swag Friday

Courtesy of the publisher, today we have a special swag giveaway, the new book from Joel Derfner, Swish: My Quest To Become The Gayest Person Ever, which goes on sale this Tuesday.

Joel Derfner is gayer than you. Don’t feel too bad about it, though, because he has made being gayer than you his life’s work. At summer day camp, when he was six, Derfner tried to sign up for needlepoint and flower arranging, but the camp counselors wouldn’t let him, because, they said, those activities were for girls only. Derfner, just to be contrary, embarked that very day on a solemn and sacred quest: to become the gayest person ever. Along the way he has become a fierce knitter, an even fiercer musical theater composer, and so totally the fiercest step aerobics instructor (just ask him—he’ll tell you himself).

In Swish, Derfner takes his readers on a flamboyant adventure along the glitter-strewn road from fabulous to divine. Whether he’s confronting the demons of his past at a GLBT summer camp, using the Internet to “meet” men—many, many men—or plunging headfirst (and nearly naked) into the shady world of go-go dancing, he reveals himself with every gayer-than-thou flourish to be not just a stylish explorer but also a fearless one. So fearless, in fact, that when he sneaks into a conference for people who want to cure themselves of their homosexuality, he turns the experience into one of the most fascinating, deeply moving chapters of the book. Derfner, like King Arthur, Christopher Columbus, and Indiana Jones—but with a better haircut and a much deeper commitment to fad diets—is a hero destined for legend.

Written with wicked humor and keen insight, Swish is at once a hilarious look at contemporary ideas about gay culture and a poignant exploration of identity that will speak to all readers—gay, straight, and in between.

Joel's was one the first blogs I ever read, back before the start of JMG, and he's now a pal of mine who I've had the pleasure of sharing the stage with at several readings. You may remember his last book, the well-received Gay Haiku. I started reading Swish on a recent flight to Florida and was actually sorry to have the plane land, I was that engrossed in it. It's hilarious, touching, and profound - often in the same sentence.

Enter to win your copy of Swish by commenting on this post. Enter once only and please remember to leave an email address you check frequently. Joel will be reading from Swish at 7:30 on Tuesday, May 13, at the Barnes & Noble on 6th Avenue and 8th Street in Manhattan.

Special Saintly NYE Swag

Courtesy of the Saint-At-Large, I've got two tickets to give away for their New Year's Eve party and go-go extravamanza in Times Square.

Join The Saint At Large, gaydom's premier dance party for over 28 years, as it delivers the euphoric rush of the beginnings of a new year in Times Square right into the heart of a gay dance party. Switching it up from last year's memorable concert debut of Jennifer Hudson at the Hammerstein Ballroom, the first party of the New Year begins moments AFTER THE BALL has dropped-- in the 11 million dollar, sparkling new Nokia Theatre.

AFTER THE BALL, the raunchy quality of Times Square will be recreated with a GAIETY NIGHTCLUB-like atmosphere with the naughty spectacle of Les Go-Go Bleu de Montreal and 42nd Street side show antics. The unchallenged leader of upbeat dance music, DJ Manny Lehman, takes the crowd on a journey of excitement and optimism for a new year. Add to this mix, the Enchanted elements of the opening stylings of NYC's favorite couple- CANDIS CAYNE & DJ MARCO and lighting brilliance from Saint At Large's GUY SMITH.

The party begins at 12:30AM, after the NYPD has swept out the expected two million revelers who will crowd Times Square to see the ball drop. Tickets are $70 through 12/31, $80 at the door (if available.) Buy tickets in person at Nasty Pig, Screaming Mimi's, Wear Me Out, or online at SaintAtLarge.com.

Enter to win the tickets by commenting on this post. Only comment once and please remember to leave your email address. As I have written many times, the Saint goes all-out with their parties. And from what I've read, the Nokia has fantastic sound. (The venue was formerly the Loews Astor Plaza, one of the largest single-screen theatres in NYC.) Go here for more on the party from Steve Weinstein.