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We're celebrating the 25th anniversary of "Truth or Dare" this week. Here's Jose having a brilliantly fun chat with its dancers who have an unofficial sequel, if you will, making the festival rounds...

Clockwise from top: Carlton, Madonna, Luis, Gabriel (Rip), Jose, Kevin, Oliver, and Salim (aka "Slam")

Jose here. I was four years old when Madonna went on her Blonde Ambition Tour, but I distinctly remember being hypnotized by the woman with the pointy bra on TV that was making the Pope very upset. Fast forward a couple of decades and not only am I a huge Madonna fan, but I’ve made more sense of that specific era in her career thanks to the revolutionary documentary Madonna: Truth or Dare. So I was thrilled when I found out Dutch filmmakers Ester Gould and Reijer Zwaan had made Strike a Pose, a documentary about the male dancers that were...

With more than 30 years of experience in pop stardom, Madonna's earned a reputation as one of the hardest-working people in the biz - but what was she actually like to work for? People caught up with the backup dancers from her legendary 1990 Blond Ambition World Tour, who are the focus of the new documentary Strike a Pose (premiering at the Tribeca Film Festival on Friday), and they dished on collaborating with the queen of pop. "A lot of people ask me, 'Was she bitchy?' No!" says Oliver Crumes, who adds "there's nobody who can touch' Madonna's work ethic. "She...

With more than 30 years of experience in pop stardom, Madonna's earned a reputation as one of the hardest-working people in the biz - but what was she actually like to work for? People caught up with the backup dancers from her legendary 1990 Blond Ambition World Tour, who are the focus of the new documentary Strike a Pose (premiering at the Tribeca Film Festival on Friday), and they dished on collaborating with the queen of pop. "A lot of people ask me, 'Was she bitchy?' No!" says Oliver Crumes, who adds "there's nobody who can touch' Madonna's work ethic. "She...

In 1990, Madonna launched her Blond Ambition World Tour. As over-the-top sexual as it was groundbreaking, the modern-pop spectacle was one of the most controversial concert events in music history. And it changed her life - and the lives of her seven backup dancers. The tour and the 1991 movie about it that followed, Truth or Dare, skyrocketed the pop icon's career to the next level and made her dancers - Luis Camacho, Oliver Crumes, Salim "Slam" Gauwloos, Jose Gutierez, Kevin Stea, Gabriel Trupin and Carlton Wilborn - celebrities in their own right. As Truth or Dare turns 25, Duth filmmakers Reijer Zwaan...

In 1990, Madonna launched her Blond Ambition World Tour. As over-the-top sexual as it was groundbreaking, the modern-pop spectacle was one of the most controversial concert events in music history. And it changed her life - and the lives of her seven backup dancers. The tour and the 1991 movie about it that followed, Truth or Dare, skyrocketed the pop icon's career to the next level and made her dancers - Luis Camacho, Oliver Crumes, Salim "Slam" Gauwloos, Jose Gutierez, Kevin Stea, Gabriel Trupin and Carlton Wilborn - celebrities in their own right. As Truth or Dare turns 25, Duth filmmakers Reijer Zwaan...

Exclusive: Studio 8 has elevated four executive assistants to become creative executives. Rishi Rajani, Greg Self, Kevin Shih and Liz Varner have all been promoted in Jeff Robinov’s expanding film and TV production company. Studio 8 recently put its first homegrown film into production, Solutrean, the Albert Hughes-directed survival story set 20,000 years ago during the Ice Age. Rajani becomes Ce in the Literary department, focusing on intellectual property in film and…...

Exclusive: Studio 8 has elevated four executive assistants to become creative executives. Rishi Rajani, Greg Self, Kevin Shih and Liz Varner have all been promoted in Jeff Robinov’s expanding film and TV production company. Studio 8 recently put its first homegrown film into production, Solutrean, the Albert Hughes-directed survival story set 20,000 years ago during the Ice Age. Rajani becomes Ce in the Literary department, focusing on intellectual property in film and…...

Exclusive: Film premieres in Berlin’s Panorama Documentary strand.

In advance of its Berlin premiere in Panorama Documentary, Madonna dancer doc Strike A Pose has been acquired for Benelux distribution by Cinemien.

The film, directed by Reijer Zwaan and Ester Gould, tells the extraordinary story of seven young male dancers who joined Madonna on her Blond Ambition tour in the early 1990s ands who featured in the Truth or Dare documentary.

They became celebrities in their own right and were regarded as role models by many young gay fans. The film looks at how they adapted to life after their time with Madonna.

Five of the dancers are due in Berlin for the premiere. Attending are Luis Camacho, Oliver Crumes III, Jose Gutierez, Carlton Wilborn and Salim Gauwloos. Kevin Stea couldn’t make it. (The seventh dancer Gabriel Trupin died of Aids-related illness in 1995.)

“We’ve been very much in touch with them and they’re really...

Michael Silas is all about passion. Whether he’s competing on the Bravo dance competition series Step It Up And Dance, dancing for the likes of Christina Aguilera, Ne-Yo or Kelly Rowland or conquering the world with a certain up-and-comer named Lady Gaga, Silas exudes passion 110%. As one of Gaga’s original male dancers at a time when the world was just discovering her, he toured around the world as well as appeared in the "Poker Face", "Paparazzi", "Telephone" and "Judas" videos.

But what happens when that part of your life is behind you?

For Silas, his time working with Gaga was just the beginning. AfterElton recently caught up with him Los Angeles for an interview and photo shoot where the charming Silas looked back at his coming out struggles, keeping himself grounded while working with an international phenomena, his unwavering commitment to young gay people as well as who...