FLAMBOYANT singer Boy George yesterday denied he was obsessed with the rock musician who is suing him for malicious falsehood. Cross examined by the man who he claims was his lover in the early 1980s, the former Culture Club star accused Kirk Brandon of being "homophobic" in bringing his London High Court action.
Brandon, who found fame with Theatre of Hate and Spear of Destiny, asked George if he though that "outing" people was a good idea.
George replied: "I don't think you should he ashamed of what you are. I don't think you should wilfully drag people out of their closet if they don't want to be. But our relationship was public knowledge."
The hearing continues today.
Gabriel Figueroa, the pioneering cinematographer in Mexico who also worked with top US directors such as John Huston and John Ford, died of a stroke following heart surgery, aged 90, on Sunday.
He was one of the last survivors of Mexico's golden film era during the 1930s and 40s, leaving only a handful of figures such as screen star Maria Felix, a captivating beauty who symbolised the times, and Ismael Rodriguez, who directed the late Pedro Infante, Mexico's version of the singing cowboy.
In the 1930s, Figueroa studied tinder the US cinematographer Gray Toland in Hollywood, where he developed the "deep focus" technique permitting complex compositions. He worked with Huston on Night of the Iguana (1955) and Under the Volcano (1984) and with Ford on The Fugitive (1947).
Poet and novelist Dulce Maria Loynaz, one of Cuba's leading authors, died on Sunday, aged 94. Her many awards included Spain's Cervantes literature prize in 1992.
The official Prensa Latina news agency said Loynaz was born into a well to do family in Havana. "Her work was distinguished by the faculty of masterfully combining the universal and the Cuban and the use of authenticity in language."