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I'll start with "Smells Like Teen Spirit": Load up on guns and bring your friends It's fun to lose and to pretend She's over-bored and self-assured Oh no, I know a dirty word Hello, hello, hello, how low? Hello, hello, hello, how low? Hello, hello, hello, how low? Hello, hello, hello With the lights out, it's less dangerous Here we are now, entertain us I feel stupid and contagious Here we are now, entertain us A mulatto, an albino A mosquito, my libido Yeah, hey, yay I'm worse at what I do best And for this gift I feel blessed Our little group has always been And always will until the end Hello, hello, hello, how low? Hello, hello, hello, how low? Hello, hello, hello, how low? Hello, hello, hello With the lights out, it's less dangerous Here we are now, entertain us I feel stupid and contagious Here we are now, entertain us A mulatto, an albino A mosquito, my libido Yeah, hey, yay And I forget just why I taste Oh yeah, I guess it makes me smile I found it hard, it's hard to find Oh well, whatever, nevermind Hello, hello, hello, how low? Hello, hello, hello, how low? Hello, hello, hello, how low? Hello, hello, hello With the lights out, it's less dangerous Here we are now, entertain us I feel stupid and contagious Here we are now, entertain us A mulatto, an albino A mosquito, my libido A denial, a denial A denial, a denial A denial, a denial A denial, a denial A denial
Wonder who he was taking the pix for.
Broadway's like an Agatha Christie novel! First FUNNY GIRL dies two months before rehearsals, now REBECCA kicks the bucket two weeks before rehearsals (and with the marquee up, too!) Who will die next? Who will survive? CLEAR DAY follows BONNIE AND CLYDE onto the junkheap. Which was the crappiest crapfest? Will NICE WORK, JCS and EVITA all sparkle brightly and save the musical season? Will Max make it through all the chorus boys in the first two weeks of rehearsals? Tony Battle: "Once" vs. "Ghost, the Musical?" (it takes a leap of faith to believe anything else that could compete will open this season). INTO THE WOODS at the Delacorte: Streep rumors! Dan Radcliffe as Jack rumors! Bernadette switching parts rumors! Rumer rumors! How much will they have to let Bernadette's FOLLIES dresses out so that Vicki can fit into them? Will Jan Maxwell be arrested for "outrageously taking advantage of the below market rents at Manhattan Plaza"? Will it be the show-trial of the season? And lastly - has anyone ever actually been IN Tyler Maynard's apartment?
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It simply makes no sense to me. Jesus lived as a gay Jew his entire life. Many camel caravan stops men's rooms still posses his aramaic writings offering a good time to all camel drivers who were hung as generously as there male camels. Jesus was a swinger and even drank the forbidden Jew-Hoo.
On The Jonathan Ross Show in the UK he was apparently visibly upset when Ross ambushed him with footage of him winning a modelling contest on The Big Breakfast (a morning show) in 1998. Can anyone post links to this story as well as to The Big Breakfast segment Hardy appeared on? I can't be bothered.
This was sad to read. he just seems too young to me to have gone through all this, but I guess that's because I always think of him when he was so young.
Daniel Radcliffe was drunk when he filmed several scenes for "Harry Potter" movies
Have any of you had a year where your life changed in multiple ways, whether for good or bad? A year ago, one of my friends was in a shitty job on the East coast, living paycheck to paycheck, and in a relationship where she was taken for granted and lied to. Now, she lives in Europe, has a job she loves, is in a healthy relationship, and making three times what she was making in the US. All these changes took place over the course of 9 months.
Author is referring to technology and the generational divide between those who grew up before home computers, Internet, smart phones, etc., and those who have never known a world without them. I remember the first time I used an ATM machine. Insert a card, punch a few buttons, and cash comes out! No more running out to cash a check on a Saturday night before the supermarket closes. What did you once find amazing that is now an regular part of your life? That I, as a gay man, would need to use a condom is another, unfortunately.
Things That Were Once Amazing, but Are Now Really Kind of Old News
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The brothers of Delta Lambda Phi might be expected to drink beer or party it up on occasion. But that other frat fundamental of chasing girls? On that score, not so much. That’s because Delta Lambda Phi is an all-gay fraternity, set to officially launch at McGill University on Saturday. It’s a first for a Canadian university campus. The frat brothers (until Saturday still considered “in training”) are understandably excited. Through their venture they’re not only piercing the bastion of heterosexual male masculinity that is the typical college fraternity. They’re also out to upend the stereotypes about fraternities themselves. They pose for their first group photo! Link below
First Gay fraternity in Canada has just opened its door at McGill University in Montreal.
Let's name 'em: Kellan Lutz Costas Mandylor Joshua Morrow Andy Samburg Chevy Chase Tom Welling John Travolta Jensen Ackles Jason Patric Jon Bon Jovi LL Cool J Chris Cuomo Brad Pitt Harry Hamilin Ivan Sergei Tom Berringer Warren Beatty
Nikki Finke posted this mass email sent by an agent to all his clients. Someone in the "Gay actors shouldn't worry about coming out" thread pointed out that celebs exist so other people can make money off them, and how those people tap into celebs greed and ambition in order to make them do what they want them do. This is a good example of that! (inside)
You''re welcome, guys:
Joe Manganiello''s Photo Shoot For GQ Magazine
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My partner's mom is spending the weekend with us, and it's become a thing where one night we all watch a documentary together. She takes this really seriously and gets really into it and usually we have something we've already picked out (and sometimes already watched) but we don't this time. DL is usually great for this sort of thing, so I'm hoping for some great suggestions. She loved Spellbound and Capturing the Freidmans. She likes documentaries with a stong storyline, so no fly-on-the-wall stuff like the Maysles. She doesn't go for anything too arty - she likes more lurid true-crime stuff. Oh, and if it's available on Netflix streaming, all the better.
thanks in advance!
"Across the Universe" is such a beautiful song. What is especially wonderful to you after a few drinks?
And they really ARE better than the old ones!!
The reason I''m asking is because if you get regular physicals with blood work to detect, cholesterol, diabetes and other diseases, wouldn''t cancer cells also show up in your blood?
Sugar tax needed, say US experts By Helen Briggs Health editor, BBC News website Consumption of sugar has tripled worldwide in the past 50 years Sugar is as damaging and addictive as alcohol or tobacco and should be regulated, claim US health experts. According to a University of California team, new policies such as taxes are needed to control soaring consumption of sugar and sweeteners. Prof Robert Lustig argues in the journal Nature for major shifts in public policy. Industry body the Food and Drink Federation said "demonising" food was unhelpful. Several countries are imposing taxes on unhealthy food; Denmark and Hungary have a tax on saturated fat, while France has approved a tax on soft drinks. Now, researchers in the US are proposing similar policies for added sugar and sweeteners, amid concern about the amount of sugar in the diet. The consumption of sugar has tripled worldwide over the past 50 years, with links to obesity, high blood pressure and diabetes. Continue reading the main story “Start Quote The key to good health is a balanced and varied diet, in the context of a healthy lifestyle that includes plenty of physical activity” End Quote Barbara Gallani Food and Drink Federation In a comment in the journal Nature, Prof Lustig, a leading child obesity expert, says governments need to consider major shifts in policy, such as taxes, limiting sales of sweet food and drinks during school hours, or even stopping children from buying them below a certain age. The professor of paediatrics at the University of California, San Francisco, told the BBC: "It [sugar] meets all the criteria for societal intervention that alcohol and tobacco meet." The researchers acknowledge that they face "an uphill political battle against a powerful sugar lobby". But they write in Nature, that "with enough clamour for change, tectonic shifts in policy become possible". "Take, for instance bans on smoking in public places and the use of designated drivers, not to mention airbags in cars and condom dispensers in public bathrooms. "These simple measures - which have all been on the battleground of American politics - are now taken for granted as essential tools for our public health and well-being. It's time to turn our attention to sugar." 'Realistic approach' Barbara Gallani, director of food safety and science at the UK Food and Drink Federation, said they recognised the worldwide health burden of non-infectious diseases and agreed action was needed. "However, the causes of these diseases are multifactorial and demonising individual food components does not help consumers to build a realistic approach to their diet," she explained. "The key to good health is a balanced and varied diet, in the context of a healthy lifestyle that includes plenty of physical activity." Commenting on the Nature commentary, Dr Peter Scarborough of the British Heart Foundation Health Promotion Research Group at the University of Oxford, said taxing certain food products was something policymakers should consider. But he said taxing only one type of food could have unintended consequences, such as people cutting back on fruit and vegetables to save money for other purchases. He told the BBC: "If you only tax one aspect of food like sugar you can have unintended consequences. "If you tax fat, salt and sugar, combined with subsidies for fruit and vegetables, you'll get healthier diets."
Set the bitch straight DL!!!!!
A Christian pastor is asking customers to boycott Starbucks due to the company's support of a bill to legalize gay marriage in Washington state, King 5 News reports. "Christians are upset with Starbucks for turning against God...Starbucks can follow Satan if they want to," Steven Andrew, and evangelical pastor and president of the USA Christian Ministries in California, said in a statement. "However, pastors are to help Christians. Are you on the Lord's side? Will you help the USA be blessed by God?" The call for the boycott was released Tuesday, a day prior to the bill's passage in Washington's State Senate Wednesday night, according to Reuters. USA Ministries is also asking for Christians to stop serving the brand at their church facilities and events. The Seattle-based coffee chain joined more than 100 other firms in backing the same-sex marriage bill. Other companies taking a similar position include Nike, Google and Microsoft, Half Moon Bay Patch notes. If the bill passes in the state house of representatives next week, Washington will become the seventh U.S. state to recognize same-sex unions.
Christian Pastor Calls For Starbucks Boycott Over Gay Marriage Support
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Before "Smells Like Teen Spirit" changed the musical landscape, dance music had a brief resurgence.\ \ What started that trend? I remember when "Vogue" came out and "Groove is in the Heart."\ \ C and C Music Factory hit it big and suddenly everything seemed dance oriented until Nirvana came along. \ \ Will other music fans elaborate? What was going on in the UK, dance music wise?
put a negative spin on the following: [quote]Jobless rate at 3-year low as payrolls surge Go!
You're a Fox News commentator and/or Republican candidate...
Adam Lambert is reportedly the new singer for Queen, replacing the American Idol winner's own late idol, Freddie Mercury. Lambert broke the news to the U.K.'s Daily Star. "The intention is to pay tribute to Freddie and the band by singing some fucking great songs," he said. "It's to keep the music alive for the fans and give it an energy that Freddie would've been proud of." Queen previously toured with former Bad Company singer Paul Rodgers taking Mercury's place. Speculation has been high since Lambert was joined by surviving Queen members Brian May and Roger Taylor during his Idol finals appearance in 2009. In November, they performed together at the MTV EMAs in Belfast. Lambert said he had no intention of replacing Mercury, who died in 1991. "That's impossible," he said. "The way I'm choosing to view it is that it's a great honor and one I'm in no way going to shirk." Lambert's second solo album, Trespassing, is due in March. A representative for Hollywood Records tells Rolling Stone, "The Daily Star item only mentions that Adam may perform with Queen at Sonisphere. This is not confirmed. Nothing has been signed. However, if this were to happen, Queen would be returning to the setting of their final concert with Freddie Mercury, which took place in 1986."
*Breaking* Adam Lambert Announced As The New Lead Singer Of QUEEN
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He was hit by a car crossing the street on Monday. His family wouldn't let see him in the hospital. They are saying I can't come to the funeral either.
It can be a great deal of fun. I've written several stories and posted them to various sites, and have gotten great feedback.
Mine - Clueless
That cannot be true, can it?
Beyonce offered $100,000,000 a year to be X Factor judge
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Evolved from hunky '80s TV star to husky, hairy bear. On Star Trek TNG, he always walked as if he was holding his stomach in. I remember watching the early episodes of ST TNG just to see him in that tight Starfleet uniform. At certain times, if he stood profile to the camera, you could directly see his bulge.
It was on AC360 and just now on Piers Morgan. Daddy, hold me.
You can''t imagine anyone would select- or will ever select again: Ethel, Gladys, Agnes, Irene...
What does it mean?
During church services on Sunday, Catholics around the country were read a blistering letter assailing the Obama administration for an "assault on religious liberty" in the form of a coming requirement that most church-linked organizations - among them hospitals, schools and universities - offer birth control coverage as part of their health care plans. Despite strong lobbying from religious groups, the Health and Human Services Department announced earlier this month that most church-linked groups will not be exempt from the requirements - which also mandate that no co-pay be charged for contraceptive services - though they will have an extra year to comply beyond the August 1 deadline. Churches themselves (along with any other employer that is explicitly focused on offering a religious message, and which primarily employs those who believe in that message) are exempt from the requirement. HHS gives religious groups more time to comply with birth control coverage rule Religious groups were outraged by the decision - saying it forced employers at church-linked organizations to violate their conscience - and on Sunday Catholic leaders took their complaints directly to parishioners. As Business Insider reported, similar letters were read in churches around the country complaining that "the Obama Administration has cast aside the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, denying to Catholics our Nation's first and most fundamental freedom, that of religious liberty." In an appearance on "CBS This Morning" Monday, Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich brought up the letters, using them as an opportunity to attack both the Obama administration and Republican rival Mitt Romney. "The Obama administration has just launched an attack on Christianity so severe that every single church in Florida had a letter read from the bishops yesterday all across the country - Cardinal [Timothy] Dolan was leading an effort to explain that, literally, freedom of religion in America is now being attacked by Obama," he said. "The Romneycare does the same thing. Romneycare has tax-paid abortions. Romneycare put Planned Parenthood, the largest abortion provider in America, in the bill. No right to life group's in the bill. Planned Parenthood is. Romney himself approved taking away a conscience clause from Catholic hospitals." (As Hotsheet pointed out earlier this month, Gingrich's comment that Planned Parenthood is part of the health care law Romney signed as Massachusetts governor is misleading, and Massachusetts law mandated that the health care law cover abortion.) In explaining the decision to require birth control coverage for chuch-linked groups, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said that "Scientists have abundant evidence that birth control has significant health benefits for women and their families, it is documented to significantly reduce health costs, and is the most commonly taken drug in America by young and middle-aged women. This rule will provide women with greater access to contraception by requiring coverage and by prohibiting cost sharing." "This decision was made after very careful consideration, including the important concerns some have raised about religious liberty," she added. "I believe this proposal strikes the appropriate balance between respecting religious freedom and increasing access to important preventive services. The administration remains fully committed to its partnerships with faith-based organizations, which promote healthy communities and serve the common good. And this final rule will have no impact on the protections that existing conscience laws and regulations give to health care providers." Via Business Insider, the full letter from the Bishop of Marquette, read in church Sunday, is below. Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ: I write to you concerning an alarming and serious matter that negatively impacts the Church in the United States directly, and that strikes at the fundamental right to religious liberty for all citizens of any faith. The federal government, which claims to be "of, by, and for the people," has just been dealt a heavy blow to almost a quarter of those people -- the Catholic population -- and to the millions more who are served by the Catholic faithful. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced last week that almost all employers, including Catholic employers, will be forced to offer their employees' health coverage that includes sterilization, abortion-inducing drugs, and contraception. Almost all health insurers will be forced to include those "services" in the health policies they write. And almost all individuals will be forced to buy that coverage as a part of their policies. In so ruling, the Obama Administration has cast aside the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, denying to Catholics our Nation's first and most fundamental freedom, that of religious liberty. And as a result, unless the rule is overturned, we Catholics will be compelled to either violate our consciences, or to drop health coverage for our employees (and suffer the penalties for doing so). The Obama Administration's sole concession was to give our institutions one year to comply. We cannot--we will not--comply with this unjust law. People of faith cannot be made second class citizens. We are already joined by our brothers and sisters of all faiths and many others of good will in this important effort to regain our religious freedom. Our parents and grandparents did not come to these shores to help build America's cities and towns, its infrastructure and institutions, its enterprise and culture, only to have their posterity stripped of their God given rights. In generations past, the Church has always been able to count on the faithful to stand up and protect her sacred rights and duties. I hope and trust she can count on this generation of Catholics to do the same. Our children and grandchildren deserve nothing less. And therefore, I would ask of you two things. First, as a community of faith we must commit ourselves to prayer and fasting that wisdom and justice may prevail, and religious liberty may be restored. Without God, we can do nothing; with God, nothing is impossible. Second, I would also recommend visiting www.usccb.org/conscience, to learn more about this severe assault on religious liberty, and how to contact Congress in support of legislation that would reverse the Obama Administration's decision. Sincerely yours in Christ, +Alexander K. Sample Most Reverend Alexander K. Sample Bishop of Marquette
He seems to be pretty open minded for such an young''un.
I was sad to see the "Rated R Superstar" retire last year. He was one sexy hunk of blonde manliness (particuarly in his earlier years). Never showed much in the way of a package, but could've been a grower.
Former model (thank you!) Let's talk!
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Remember Gil Meyers, the sexy redheaded teacher from seasons 3 and 4 of 90210? He constantly gave Andrea a hard way to go, showed favoritism towards Brandon, and was accused by Scott Scandlin's little sister of getting a little too frisky. I always thought he had a little thing for Brandon, actually. And boy, could he fill out a pair of jeans.
What's her problem armchair psychologists?
1. My parents ' former assistant pastor came to our house and excitedly told us his wife had just had a son, "and they'd had to seduce labor." 2. My pre-law honors student insists on saying "back and force." After four years, I have grown fond of that construction. 3. I hear dozens of professionals say "physical year." And, at least in the South, there's no racial component; blacks and whites say it in equal proportion. 4. Aretha Franklin and her personal chef were profiled in my fave cooking mag. Chef was from New Orleans, and Aretha raved about his "vignettes." Of course the chef was making her [bold]beignets.[/bold] I laughed all night at that one. This was in the early '90s.
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You are jealous of me!
'It's amazing working with her!' 'S/he is such a generous actor!' feel free to add more cliches....
I understand it's got a cult following, and the concept is pretty good: a man who can see spirits tries to help his cousin, a pretty woman who runs a haunted apartment complex built from a renovated Victorian asylum her evil grandfather ran. The male stars are cute (including Will Young!), but for some insane reason they decided to make all the characters sort of chav-y, and the ghostly effects are pretty cliched.
I love her voice, she's so sweet and I really feel for her for having like half of her family murdered. But I'm pretty sure her husband is gay.
The ones I've know and read about are lying about their status. They claim to come from wealthy families and to have led glamorous lives. They claim to own properties and to have travelled all over the world. Of course people also lie about being sick and poor, especially when they want money, but that seems more calculated than pathological. Have you known pathological liars who seem to be motivated by something other than status/wealth?
Good panel for a change. God help me but that Rick Lazio is a hot daddy. And Wes Moore is one of the most beautiful men I've ever seen. Could he please be our second black president one day?
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Let's Post Pictures of Guys who look like they'd be really good in bed
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Demi Moore has been increasingly despondent and saddened about the path of her acting career has taken in the past 18 months and has increasingly grown dependent on prescription medication to deal with her anxiety and depression, RadarOnline is exclusively reporting. As Radar previously reported, the 49-year-old actress has been struggling with anorexia and taking the prescription pills Adderall leading up to her seizure on January 23. The Striptease star "is very, very unhappy with her acting career. Demi is despondent because she feels that her career has stalled. It's been a very long time since Demi was the marquee star that would open a movie. One of the reasons that Demi is obsessed with being young is that she feels if she is seen out with her daughter and Rumer's friends that might help increase her chances of being offered a role that might go to a younger actress," a source close to the actress tells us. Moore's next movie LOL, starring Miley Cyrus and Ashley Greene, finished filming last year, but the movie doesn't have a release date. Demi plays Miley's mom in the movie about teenagers dealing with the peer pressure and overbearing parents. According to our sources, Demi doesn't have "any future projects lined up." After her recent public meltdown, Demi dropped out of the bio-pic on Linda Lovelace, in which she was set to play feminist icon Gloria Steinem. Sarah Jessica Parker has since replaced her in the role and is already on set shooting her scenes.
He watches football on TV and every other word he says is "dude''.
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In the last decade. I'm talking moreso about internet porn like Sean Cody, and co.
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She's in the hospital with pneumonia. They're taking her off the meds and starting the morphine today. Of the 16 aunts and uncles I have, she's one of maybe four with whom I've been close. I'm going to miss her very much. It seems insane to me that we still don't have early lung cancer detection in this country. I think I may just get drunk every night until she dies.
Anyone watching?
My boyfriend and I moved in together a few months ago and now he seems to have lost all sense of common decency. He farts all over the place when I'm around even when we are in bed. I have asked him not to do that around me and he just says it's a natural thing and I shouldn't be offended. Well, I have had enough and I think I'm going to give him an ultimatem. Either he stops doing it around me or we are through.
Most Americans believe President Obama is more liberal than they are, according to a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll. On a scale of 1 to 5 -- with 1 being very liberal and 5 being very conservative -- respondents rated themselves as a 3.3 ideologically, slightly to the right of center. They perceive Obama to be a 2.3, to the left of center. Some of the Republican candidates are more aligned with the respondents, said the poll: "Americans perceive Jon Huntsman, Mitt Romney, and Ron Paul as closest to themselves ideologically, and Michele Bachmann and Barack Obama as furthest away." When it comes to the president, Gallup reported, "a majority of Americans, 57%, perceive Obama to be liberal, with 23% describing his views as moderate and 15% as conservative." Gallup's bottom line: If Americans chose their president solely on the basis of the fit between their own ideological views and their perceptions of the candidates' views, Huntsman, Romney, and Paul would be in the best position for the 2012 election. While a close ideological fit is clearly a political asset, many other factors go into selecting a president, including evaluations of national conditions, such as the economy, the performance of the president and his party, and the platform each candidate is running on. Indeed, Obama's mean ideology rating four years ago was 2.5, essentially the same as now, and he was perceived to be slightly more liberal (with a score of 2.2) immediately before the election. Americans' own ideology ratings in December 2007 (3.2) and October 2008 (3.3) were essentially the same as now, and closer to John McCain's (3.4 in December 2007 and 3.7 in October 2008) than Obama's. Also, the data make clear that Americans are not highly familiar with the views of the leading Republican candidates at this point -- at least one in seven cannot rate even the best known candidate (Romney), and at this point there is little differentiation in the views of the Republican candidates by party. As the candidates continue to campaign and a GOP nominee emerges, Americans will learn more about the candidate and may perceive him or her differently than they do today.
...Madonna will NEVER be able to top the fierce awesomeness that was Janet Jackson's 2004 Super Bowl performance, and she knows this, hence the fact that she's always slyly mentioning it in recent interviews. Tit and all, it was the best halftime show over the past decade, and will remain so.
Lucas Ridgeston covered in roaches, fed semen by teachers (graphic detail)
What''s your opinion on adults who play video games?
He looks ridiculous.
I take it for daily anxiety, but if I'm late taking it, I freak out. So is that the original anxiety I had or am I getting addicted to these pills? Please help and thank you.
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Were people genuinely shocked, or were they like, "Hey, yeah, I can totally see him doing that."
Will you all tell me something funny or interesting, or a short bedtime story? I promise not to post anymore tonight. Thank you.
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Ben Gazzara, an intense actor whose long career included playing Brick in the original “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” on Broadway, roles in influential films by John Cassavetes and work with several generations of top Hollywood directors, died on Friday afternoon in Manhattan. He was 81. He died of pancreatic cancer at Bellevue Hospital Center, his lawyer, Jay Julien, said. Mr. Gazzara lived in Manhattan. Mr. Gazzara studied with Lee Strasberg at the Actors Studio in Manhattan, where the careers of stars like Marlon Brando and Rod Steiger were shaped, and like them he had a visceral presence. It earned him regular work across half a century, not only onstage — his last Broadway appearance was in the revival of “Awake and Sing!” in 2006 — but in dozens of movies and all sorts of television shows, including the starring role in the 1960s series “Run for Your Life.” If Mr. Gazzara never achieved Brando’s stature, that was partly because of a certain laissez-faire approach to his career: an early suspicion of film, a reluctance to go after desirable roles. “When I became hot, so to speak, in the theater, I got a lot of offers,” he said in a 1998 interview on “Charlie Rose.” “I won’t tell you the pictures I turned down because you would say, ‘You are a fool.’ And I was a fool.” And yet Mr. Gazzara’s enduring reputation may well rest on his film work, specifically the movies he made with Mr. Cassavetes, the actor and director revered by cinephiles for his risk-taking independent projects and a directorial style that encouraged spontaneity. The two had had bit parts in the 1969 comedy “If It’s Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium,” but it was in “Husbands” (1970), directed by Mr. Cassavetes, that they, along with Peter Falk, really made an impression as unhappily married men out for a drunken night on the town together. As Mr. Gazzara wrote in his autobiography, “In the Moment” (2004), the on-camera camaraderie was so convincing that people assumed the three men had been lifelong friends; in fact they had barely known one another when the filming began, though they became friends during it. Mr. Gazzara’s most important role for Mr. Cassavetes was in “The Killing of a Chinese Bookie” (1976), in which he played a strip-club owner in debt to the mob. “It’s a thoughtful, intelligent interpretation of a role that just may not have as much depth to it as he’s ready to give it,” Vincent Canby of The New York Times wrote of Mr. Gazzara’s performance. In 1977, Mr. Gazzara had a supporting role behind Mr. Cassavetes and his wife, Gena Rowlands, in the backstage story “Opening Night,” with Mr. Cassavetes again directing. Speaking of Mr. Cassavetes recently, Mr. Gazzara said, “He set the climate for an actor to feel free to give whatever, and if it didn’t work, it didn’t work.” Mr. Cassavetes died in 1989. Two years after making “Opening Night,” Mr. Gazzara joined forces with another important director, Peter Bogdanovich, who gave him a rare leading role in “Saint Jack,” an adaptation of Paul Theroux’s novel about an American who operates a brothel in Singapore. He worked again for Mr. Bogdanovich in “They All Laughed” (1981), as a private detective who falls in love with the woman he is assigned to follow. The woman was played by Audrey Hepburn, with whom Mr. Gazzara had a brief romance after they met on the set of the 1979 film “Bloodline.” Mr. Gazzara worked with numerous other notable directors, among them Otto Preminger, whose courtroom drama “Anatomy of a Murder” (1959) featured Mr. Gazzara as a military man who is tried for killing his wife’s rapist and defended by James Stewart’s small-town lawyer. In David Mamet’s 1997 film, “The Spanish Prisoner,” he played the possibly duplicitous boss of an inventor who has come up with a valuable idea. Wearing a slick white suit, he was a producer of pornographic movies in the Coen brothers’ “Big Lebowski” in 1998. In Spike Lee’s “Summer of Sam” in 1999, he was a mobster.
Ben Gazzara, a Risk-Taking Actor of Stage and Screen, Dies at 81
My older brother was a stutter - still is but not as bad (he's over 50) It's a terrible affliction.
Is Shaunie O'Neal involved with Baseball Wives, the Basketball Wives spinoff? What do we think of Shaunie, anyway?
She speaks out of one side of her face... as a child she didn't.
I remember rubbing out a few when he was in TV shows in the 70's. Curly hair, hot body. He later became a director/producer.
He seems likeable. Is he?
The cocky chipmunked-cheeked thing annoys me.
WTF?
The basic gist is that some of the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills might be leaving, and Lisa Vanderpump is definitely NOT getting her own spinoff show – she taped a pilot and she was looking forward to getting away from the other bitches, but alas, Bravo didn’t pick up the show. There’s also a little thing about a woman named Linda Thompson, who is 61 years old and the ex-girlfriend of ELVIS, might join the show. But buried deep within the story is this gem: While Lisa may be out, two other women may be moving in. Sources say producers have asked Elvis’s former girlfriend Linda Thompson to join the cast, as well as 29-year-old LeAnn Rimes. Rimes made headlines in 2009 when she had an affair with new housewife Brandi’s then-husband Eddie Cibrian and has since married him. One insider says the Brandi/LeAnn match-up would be “an instant recipe for fireworks” – and that means big ratings! ****** I can’t believe the NE didnt include the fact that Linda Thompson is the ex-wife of Bruce Jenner and David Foster, mother to Brandon and Brody and was on that Princes of Malibu reality show. That’s only a few degrees away from a Kardashian.
She looks like a boy now and she needs hair to cover those jug ears. She's cute when she's smiling and not making a dumb face.
Did anyone see the clip? OMG, it was so good!!
He came out as male at age 14, and came out gay at 17. Now he says he is a white anti-racist. Explaining "most white people aren’t actively trying to do anti-racist work. I want two things to be clear: that I recognize that I’m white and have all the privilege that comes with that, and that I am trying to deconstruct and combat that privilege. Allyship should never be something you proclaim for yourself. The title of ally is something people confer upon you, people who belong to the group you’re allied to. I try to be an ally to people of color, and I describe myself as a white anti-racist so that people know where I stand."
Stephen Ira Beatty (son of Annette Bening & Warren Beatty) says he is a white anti-racist
Looks like he''s gained a good twenty pounds since he''s been behind bars.
Who did it? Novak? Wright? the Sandy police? the Wife? Can't tell the sociopaths without a program.
[italic]No one has one more to undermine Citizens United[/italic] [bold]Why, in the battle over Citizens United, the Supreme Court never had a chance [/bold] The Supreme Court has always had its critics. Chief Justice John Marshall had to contend with the temper of President Andrew Jackson (“John Marshall has made his decision, now let him enforce it!”). And Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes went toe-to-toe with FDR, who wouldn’t let up with the court-packing. But in the history of the Supreme Court, nothing has ever prepared the justices for the public opinion wrecking ball that is Stephen Colbert. The comedian/presidential candidate/super PAC founder has probably done more to undermine public confidence in the court’s 2010 Citizens United opinion than anyone, including the dissenters. In this contest, the high court is supremely outmatched. Citizens United, with an assist from a 1976 decision Buckley v. Valeo, has led to the farce of unlimited corporate election spending, “uncoordinated” super PACs that coordinate with candidates, and a noxious round of attack ads, all of which is protected in the name of free speech. Colbert has been educating Americans about the resulting insanity for months now. His broadside against the court raises important questions about satire and the court, about protecting the dignity of the institution, and the role of modern media in public discourse. Also: The fight between Colbert and the court is so full of ironies, it can make your molars hurt. When President Obama criticized Citizens United two years ago in his State of the Union address, at least three justices came back at him with pitchforks and shovels. In the end, most court watchers scored it a draw. But when a comedian with a huge national platform started ridiculing the court last summer, the stakes changed completely. This is no pointy-headed deconstruction unspooling on the legal blogs. Colbert has spent the past few months making every part of Justice Anthony Kennedy’s majority opinion in Citizen United look utterly ridiculous. And the court, which has no access to cameras (by its own choosing), no press arm, and no discernible comedic powers, has had to stand by and take it on the chin. [italic](continued)[/italic]
"I'm not trying to outdo anyone, sir," Banfield shot back. "I am trying to hold you accountable for the things you did." Video:
CNN's Ashleigh Banfield Quizzes David Vitter Over Prostitution Scandal
I am BEYOND disappointed in the new song. So for all of the eldergays, and elderfraus, lets remember better days, and better music. I think my favorite is Like A Prayer, with Ray of Light nipping on it's heels.
Also known as "Rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic."
Rosie OWN show sheds employees, scales down to smaller studio
But when you finally did you were unimpressed? Mine was Beef Wellington. Good way to ruin a $100 piece of tenderloin.
According to his twitter, Bret Easton Ellis (author of transgressive novels such as American Psycho, Less Than Zero, and Rule of Attraction) says he is currently writing a film role with James Deen in mind. A few years ago I had asked James Deen (via myspace) if he would ever venture into non-porn films, and he answered "maybe, but is having too much fun fucking chicks."
'Less Than Zero' Author Writing Film Role For Pornstar James Deen
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So adorable. So Canadian. Love his little lisp thing.
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SOUTH LOS ANGELES (KTLA) -- Authorities arrested a 61-year-old elementary school for allegedly gagging and blindfolding students, putting cockroaches on their faces and feeding them semen. Mark Berndt, a teacher with more than 30 years' experience at Miramonte Elementary School, was arrested at his home in Torrance on Monday after a year-long investigation. He has been charged with 23 felony counts of lewd acts on a child, and is being held on $2.3 million bail. Police say the crimes occurred between 2008 and 2010 at various locations, including the school and Berndt's home. The alleged crimes involved boys and girls between 6 and 10-years-old. Berndt allegedly told the children they would be playing "a game." The investigation began in October 2010 when Berndt turned in a role of 35-mm film to be processed, authorities said. Employees at the photo shop found more than 40 photographs of kids in a school classroom, with their eyes blindfolded and mouths covered with tape. They notified police as required by California law. Some of the photos depicted Berndt with his arm around the children, or with his hand over their mouths, according to police. Sheriff's Lt. Carlos Marquez of the Special Victims Bureau said it was determined the children were given semen on a spoon or on a cookie. A blue plastic spoon and container found in trash in Berndt's classroom tested positive for semen and that the DNA matched Berndt, the sheriff's statement said. None of the photos showed the students actually eating the semen, but Marquez said the children reported they didn't like the taste. There were also photos of children with large, live Madagascar-type cockroaches on their faces and mouths. Sheriff's detectives served a search warrant at Berndt's home in Torrance, where they found 100 others, depicting similar scenes. They also discovered a DVD depicting adult sexual "bondage," which instigators say mirrored the bondage-type pictures of the children. An additional 250 photographs were later recovered by Sheriff's Special Victims Bureau detectives from the film processing store. Police say there were more than 26 children identified in the 390 total photos. Approximately 10 children have not yet been unidentified. "I am sickened and horrified by the behavior of Mark Berndt," LAUSD Superintendent John Deasy said in a statement. Deasy said he was notified about the investigation on Jan. 7, 2011. According to Deasy: "Mark Berndt was immediately removed from the school the same day and the Los Angeles Board of Education, at its next meeting, approved his termination." The school district is fully cooperating with the ongoing investigation, Deasy said. So far, more than 80 students and staff members have been interviewed, according to police. Deasy also said that crisis counseling and support have been provided for more than a year to the known victims and their families. "We will continue to aggressively pursue each case to determine the truth of the matter, and initiate the appropriate disciplinary measures," Deasy added. Authorities are asking for the public's help identifying possible additional victims.
Police: Kids Bound, Covered in Roaches, Fed Semen by Teacher (Graphic Details)
I know there was an existing thread, but I can''t seem to pull it up so...\ \ which male celebrities, past and present, have taken advantage of the casting couch to get into Hollywood, get their first big break or to continue getting parts?
Keep on consuming, everyone. It feel great to get a deal!
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Gov. Chris Christie (R-N.J.) said Thursday that he was offering gay marriage advocates the "bargain of their life" by working to have the issue of equal marriage rights decided through a referendum rather than supporting a bill in the state legislature that would legalize them. "I've called upon every Republican in the state legislature to vote to put it on the ballot. Well, you need three-fifths to put it on the ballot. The Republicans have two-fifths in the legislature. So that means the Democrats only need to come up with one-fifth of the legislature," Christie said at a town hall meeting in Denville, N.J. "This is the bargain of their life. I'm giving you two-fifths! And the polls they show me say that if it goes on the ballot, it will lose. How much more magnanimous can I be? What else do you want me to do? Go campaign for it too? Look, I'm doing the best I can here!" (Video above via Think Progress) Christie has been grappling with the same-sex marriage issue over the past few weeks. He's promised to veto any legislation that would legalize such unions, instead claiming that it should be put up to a vote by the people of New Jersey. He's also argued that it shouldn't be the responsibility of government to handle social issues at this time. Last month Christie drew sharp criticism for claiming that civil rights leaders would have longed for the opportunity to put equal rights up to a vote. He later apologized after a number of political figures, including Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.), an icon of the civil rights movement, argued that the public wouldn't have supported such a referendum, and that legislative action was necessary to spur the change. While a recent poll showed a majority of New Jersey residents supporting gay marriage, as Bloomberg points out, ballot questions on gay marriage, while somewhat common of late, have been entirely unsuccessful. Voters have rejected same-sex marriage rights in all 31 attempts, according to Freedom to Marry, a New York-based marriage equality organization. On Thursday, a state Assembly judiciary committee approved the legislation to legalize gay marriage, sending it to the full Assembly for a vote on Feb. 16. The state Senate is set to take up the legislation on Feb. 13.
Chris Christie: Gay Marriage Referendum Is 'Bargain Of Their Life' For Pro-Equality Activists
(CBS/AP) Planned Parenthood and Susan G. Komen for the Cure, two iconic organizations that have assisted millions of women for years, are no longer partners. The nation's leading breast-cancer charity severed its ties with Planned Parenthood affiliates. PICTURES: Breast cancer campaign turns planet pink: Too much? Why? Many suspect the cutoff is linked to the abortion debate. Komen has been under fire by anti-abortion activists, after its connection to the pro-choice organization was publicized. Komen says the key reason is that Planned Parenthood is under investigation in Congress - a probe launched by a conservative Republican who was urged to act by anti-abortion groups. Komen spokeswoman Leslie Aun said the charity recently adopted criteria barring grants to organizations that are under investigation by local, state or federal authorities. The divide is wrenching for some of those who've learned about it and admire both organizations. "We're kind of reeling," said Patrick Hurd, who is CEO of Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Virginia - recipient of a 2010 grant from Komen - and whose wife, Betsi, is a veteran of several Komen fundraising races and is currently battling breast cancer. "It sounds almost trite, going through this with Betsi, but cancer doesn't care if you're pro-choice, anti-choice, progressive, conservative," Hurd said. "Victims of cancer could care less about people's politics." Planned Parenthood said the Komen grants totaled roughly $680,000 last year and $580,000 the year before, going to at least 19 of its affiliates for breast-cancer screening and other breast-health services. "It's hard to understand how an organization with whom we share a mission of saving women's lives could have bowed to this kind of bullying," Cecile Richards, president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, told The Associated Press. "It's really hurtful." Anti-abortion groups, in contrast, welcomed the news. The Alliance Defense Fund praised Komen "for seeing the contradiction between its lifesaving work and its relationship with an abortionist that has ended millions of lives." "While it is regrettable when changes in priorities and policies affect any of our grantees, such as a long-standing partner like Planned Parenthood, we must continue to evolve to best meet the needs of the women we serve and most fully advance our mission," said a statement issued by Komen Tuesday. Planned Parenthood has over 800 health centers nationwide and is the largest provider of abortions in the U.S. It provides an array of other services as well, including cancer screening - according to Planned Parenthood, its centers performed more than 4 million breast exams over the past five years, including nearly 170,000 as a result of Komen grants. Komen, founded in 1982, has invested more than $1.9 billion since then in breast-cancer research, health services and advocacy. Its Race for the Cure fundraising events have become a global phenomenon. Still, Komen has been a target of anti-abortion groups since it began its partnerships with Planned Parenthood in 2005. Most recently, in December, Lifeway Christian Resources, the publishing division of the Southern Baptist Convention announced a recall of pink Bibles it had sold because some of the money generated for Komen was being routed to Planned Parenthood, HealthPop reported. Aun, in a telephone interview, said Komen was not accusing Planned Parenthood of any wrongdoing. "We want to maintain a positive relationship with them," she said. "We're not making any judgment." Stephanie Kight, a vice president with Planned Parenthood of Orange and San Bernardino Counties, said her conversations with local Komen leaders indicated there was a shared sense of frustration over the national Komen decision. "One of the things these organizations share is the trust of women across the United States," Kight said. "That's what we're concerned about - not losing the trust of these women, who turn to both of us at their most difficult moments."
Why should I watch one v the other?
This song and video take me back to the carefree days of the summer of '91. Used to love her hunky male lead in the video (model Jme Stein). Supposedly, her Christian fanbase were none to pleased seeing her cavort around with someone other than her husband.
I've been very close with my cousin, who lives in a different city and is also gay. He rarely gets much exercise and he's single (we're both in our early 40s), and he'd gained some weight this year (about 15 lbs.), and I said something to him when we last saw each other about how he really needed to get more exercise. He got really mad at me for saying this, and so I apologized, but though he said he accepted the apology he made it clear he thought I had really stepped over a big line. He's really been keeping his distance from me since I last saw him, and I've been wondering whether I should do something (and if so, what), or whether I was in the right being honest with him.
Anyone know more to this? I'm curious because there is a lot of buzz about him being in the closet (wife stays for the money, big surprise) since his shirtless photos came out.
But apparently they shared a meal, tho something tells me it wasn't a box lunch.
Is she fucking kidding? Madonna - MDNA "Girls Gone Wild" "Gang Bang" "I'm Addicted" "Some Girls" "I Don't Give A" "Turn Up the Radio" "Give Me All Your Luvin'"(featuring Nicki Minaj and M.I.A.) "B-day Song"(featuring M.I.A.) "Superstar" "I'm a Sinner" "Masterpiece" "Falling Free" "Love Spent" "I Fucked Up" "Beautiful Killer"
I never heard Letterman do a Jay Leno impression.
Because the first thread devoted to the most blatant opportunist in network news today is just about full.
Peter Jennings, updating you on world crises from the grave
Did anyone else get a bi vibe from him?
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Has anyone else noticed this recent wave of porn stars and hustlers in the neighborhood? I'm not really complaining, mind you. They eye candy is quite nice, but I guess it confirms Hell's Kitchen as a hot destination neighborhood. I see Rafael Alencar at least once a week. This evening I passed him on 9th at 44th Street. He was strutting down the street rubbing hard cock through his pants, and I think the guy next to him was a date. I see him at least once a week. There's a hustler living in my apartment building. I looked him up on rentboy.com & watched him usher a couple of guys in their 60s (one in a raincoat, I swear to God) into his apartment. He's hot and has a hot body, and a huge cock. He's got some work to do in the personality department, though. His shitty aloof behavior, bad attitude and perpetual snarly look make wonder if he ever has any repeats. Of course neighborhood favorite Matt Sanchez(retired or not, who really cares?) has been living in HK the past few years, but seems to have moved on. I was constantly running into him and he was always scowling at me. Spike, the cute short porn star whose hair is sometimes bleached must also live close. I see him often. Any other sightings?
I still can't get over the fact that he was the original Brick in CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF.
Any questions?
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I've looked at love from both sides now…from up and down…and sideways…and in threesomes. You might think, "Well, if her vagina could talk…" Well, mine CAN! And for a lot of the 60s and 70s, it said, "Sorry, occupied." I mean, look at the list: James Taylor. Leonard Cohen. Jaco Pastorius. Tom Scott. And one ENTIRE BAND (though not at the same time): Crosby, Stills, Nash AND Young! I may have fit Tony Orlando AND Dawn in there at some point but I can't remember. In fact, years of smoking 4 packs of unfiltered cigarettes have made me forget all of the visitors to my vagina. Were you there? No regrets, coyote….
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Looks like another major flop for Reese Witherspoon.
Some moviegoers in England demanded refunds for the film, "The Artist," because they were unhappy it's a silent film. I will no longer accept Brits calling out Americans as boorish louts or unsophisticated about culture.
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I have been reading books on my iPhone for two years, so I needed an eReader, but I didn't want to get an iPad (or any tablet) because I just don't need the extra bandwidth. But man, this Kindle is a piece of shit. Why is it so slow and unresponsive? And what is with the flashing shit between screens? I have always heard raves. Did I get a defective one?
Favorite Kath and Kim moments, toot sweet ploise! [italic]Blow it out your ass![/italic]
Favorite "Kath and Kim" Episode
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Does this not sound familiar?
He's supposedly NASCAR's answer to The Naked Cowboy. He walks around Talladega, Daytona, etc., wearing nothing but a tire suspended from straps, a hat, some skimpy underwear (that you can't see, giving the illusion that he's naked beneath the tire), and a smile. Excellent nips and a nice thick bod.
Do they feel lucky that they speak the same language we in the U.S. do? That is, it opens lots of doors for them to build careers in the U.S. (actors, businesspeople, etc.).
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Sang it, Donny!
Discuss. [For r475, because he asked so nicely.]
Broadway actor/singer (Mamma Mia!). Has appeared on TV in As the World Turns, Royal Pains and Blue Bloods. Surely some of our New York theater people have encountered him. Dish. Gay?
"I have a very addictive personality. It was a problem. People with problems like that are very adept at hiding it. It was bad. I don't want to go into details, but I drank a lot and it was daily--I mean nightly."
Pron Star biggie and former criminal is compelled to bareback on film for the first time! The end of his career? he was always such a great top
Do you think he uses Tide?
Bloody Disgusting has learned that the remake of The Munsters will hardly resemble the original 1964 version that starred Fred Gwynne. That version was a light hearted comedy that focused on friendly monsters who never quite understood why the rest of society found them so strange. In the NBC remake the family will be eating flesh and suicide victims. They have Eddie as a full blown werewolf. The show will be dark, but there will also be a comedic touch. The show will resemble HBO's True Blood and ABC's Modern Family. Grandpa Munster won't be the lovable vampire. Plus, the shape shifting effects never look good on a television budget. There are a lot of interesting people moving into 1313 Mockingbird Lane... The pilot episode, which is to be directed by Bryan Singer - who also was behind the camera for the "House" pilot, Superman Returns and X-Men - will focus on 10-year-old Eddie Munster who is unaware that he's a werewolf, and that his family is composed of terrifying creatures. The madness begins when a baby bear attacks a scouting trip, only it turns out that this "bear" is actually Eddie transformed into a werewolf. Eddie is unaware of his metamorphosis and it forces the family to move in order to protect the family secret. The coming of age story gets weirder as he fights against his family when he learns of a shocker: they're a family of flesh-eaters! A few other random character notes: Lily Munster has an eating disorder and eats suicide victims. Grandpa Munster is a 600-year-old shapeshifter, and Marilyn Munster was adopted when her mother tried to eat her as a baby.
New Shocking Character Details for NBC's Remake of THE MUNSTERS!
Serious question. It''s commonly accepted that a lot of women don''t like sucking cock but according to my female friends a lot of men don''t like eating pussy.Especially balck men. I wouldn''t have thought it- I would have presumed straight guys eat pussy with the same relish that gay guys suck cock.\ What gives? Are they just lazy? Deeper issues? I just don''t get why straight people of both genders have such issues with oral sex!
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I''m in love with Peter, of course, but Walter and Olivia are fun too.
Andy Rooney is stepping down from his regular role as a weekly commentator on "60 Minutes" this Sunday. Rooney has been providing commentary for the program since 1978. TVNewser was the first to report his decision to end his regular feature. The network sent out a statement shortly after. Rooney will not end his career completely, but will only be featured sporadically from now on. In 2009, he said that he intends to stay at "60 Minutes" until he dies. The statement said that Rooney would discuss the decision on Sunday's broadcast. CBS said that it would be his 1,097th essay for the show, and would be preceded by a feature on Rooney. Rooney is 92, and could therefore said to deserve a break. CBS News chairman Jeff Fager called him an "American original." He has been at CBS for a whopping 60 years. He joined the network in 1949 as a writer for "Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts" — an auspicious beginning if ever there was one. He then moved up the ranks at the network, producing specials and hard news features for CBS News, before joining "60 Minutes" when it launched in 1968. After a brief hiatus from 60 Minutes (due to CBS' refusal to air a special he produced about war they believed to be too controversial), he returned to the program in 1972. In 1978, he created his now-legendary essay, which has been on the air ever since. CBS did not announce whether it has found a replacement for Rooney, or if the segment will even continue.
Andy Rooney leaving 60 Minutes?
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Damn! Two suicides in one day! I had the pleasure of meeting Kelley back in the mid 90s at CalArts. He will be missed very much. "Artist Mike Kelley has passed away at his home in Los Angeles, having apparently taken his own life. The tragic news was confirmed to BLOUIN ARTINFO by Helene Winer, of New York's Metro Pictures gallery, a long-time associate of the artist."
Legendary Artist Mike Kelley Dead at 58, an Apparent Suicide
Breaking headline on NY Times: Cancer Group, Reversing Course, Says It Will Maintain Planned Parenthood Funding
Very few soap hotties managed to bring the heat the way this stud did in the mid '80s, when he invaded Oakdale and made Lily's panties wet with one blue-eyed stare (Y&R's Don Diamont is probably the only other soap stud on the same level).
Why are they using Yale so much on TV shows? Gossip Girl, Gilmore Girls, Glee ... I though Harvard is the archetypal great college.
Matt will play Blaine's brother on an upcoming episode of "Glee". He will duet with Criss, after which the two will presumedly fuck.
I have a huge crush on this guy that works at my local frozen yogurt spot. He''s Korean or something and probably in his early twenties. I think his parents make him run the shop, which leaves him no time for a social life.
I like him, but I find his monologues are starting to sound the same every night. He did a good job interviewing Shatner last night, but he comes across as being checked out in some of his other interviews. What do you think?
I hope so. There's something funky going on with a circuit in my apartment. The circuit intermittently loses power without blowing the fuse. There are only two ceiling fixtures pulling a load on it and they aren't anything special. The fuse is of SL/S1 type and it's tight in the socket. One person told me it's possible the lead coming off the back of the fuse box is bad but if that's the case why would the power ever come back on like it does after a while? Sometimes it's out for a few minutes, other times it's out for almost a full day. I don't get it at all.
Who the FUCK is this right-wing bloviating Old White Guy asshole on the panel? Jesus Christ!
LETCHER COUNTY, KY -- The combination of chocolate and peanut butter is one that many people find irresistible, but for one Kentucky man it proved criminal. According to a Smoking Gun report, Andrew Toothman, 22, was taken into custody on Thursday night after being found inside a Kentucky supermarket naked while covered in chocolate and peanut butter. The Smoking Gun report says that in addition to the chocolate and peanut butter, Toothman was wearing a pair of black boots. Police allege Toothman also spread peanut butter and chocolate all over the supermarket's floor and the store manager's office. In addition to smearing the peanut butter and chocolate about himself and the store, the Smoking Gun report claims that Toothman also smeared the cold remedy NyQuil on the store's floor. He allegedly spelled out the word "Sorry" with the liquid, according to the arrest report. Officials at the Letcher County jail tell Fox 8 News that Toothman is currently being held on single counts of burglary and criminal mischief and two counts of indecent exposure. His bond has been set at $25,000. Officials at the Letcher County jail did not provide information on when Toothman's initial court appearance would take place.
Police Arrest Naked Man Found Covered in Peanut Butter & Chocolate
Reporter for CBS Miami. What do we know about him?
each time I click the link it reads "error". Is this no longer a feature at DL?
I had two close straight friends who didn't know. I would get harassed by this muscular jock who was bigger than I was and had it out for me. He'd ram me up against the lockers, scrunch my shirt up around my neck. My two buddies would stand there fiddling with their lockers. Time stood still. "You look like a fag, you know that? I bet you're a fag." I'd just stare blankly at him. And then it'd be over. He'd skulk away somewhere. Two years later, he walked into a gay bar I was in with a mutual friend, a girl. He apologized and we slow-danced together. I wish I could remember the song. Later, he got sick and died from AIDS complications.
Over on Reddit, there's a subreddit called "IAmA", which basically means "I am a _____, ask me anything. Basically, people post something interesting about themselves and then Redditors ask questions of those posters. A lot of famous folks have done IAmAs and these been a really great way for them to connect with fans. For example, a few weeks ago, the guy who plays Gus Fring on "Breaking Bad" did a great AMA. So today, Woody Harrelson posts that he was going to do an AMA between 3 and 4 pm EST. Stupid asshole winds up answering few questions and basically just pushes his latest film. One Redditor posted this question for Woody: [quote]I swear this is a true story. I went to a high school in LA and you crashed our prom after party (Universal Hilton). You ended up taking the virginity of a girl named Roseanna. You didn't call her afterwards. She cried a lot. Do you remember any of this and can confirm or have you been so knee deep in hollywood pooty for so long that this qualifies as a mere blip? Woody's response: [quote]First of off, its not true, and second off, I don't want to answer questions about that. Lets focus on the film people. Link goes to the Reddit thread.
So... Lucas is re-releasing the first and most awful prequel in 3D. Does anyone know if he's added any additional footage, or modified anything like the "Special Editions"? Or is purely a 3D conversion? I have no intention of going to go see such an awful movie just to see it in 3D ... I'm just curious if he's continued his tradition of meddling with his creations and tweaking and changing them.
From the Buffalo Beast. A really great list. Special favorites: 48) Christopher Hitchens Crimes: First dead atheist to inspire such hagiographic dreck since Mother Teresa. Born British, died unmistakably American, having been so wooed by the “War on Terror” that he was sworn in by then DHS head Michael Chertoff. He was a pompous misogynist and warmonger who, above all else, loved the sound of his own voice. He palled around with comb-licking goon Paul Wolfowitz, advocated for Bush’s reelection, and clung to his scotch-soaked end that Saddam Hussein possessed WMD. With his undoubtedly elegant prose, Hitch provided more support to Islamophobes than a Lowe’s 2 x 4. Smoking Gun: “Prison conditions at Abu Ghraib have improved markedly and dramatically since the arrival of Coalition troops in Baghdad.” Sentence: Remembered accurately. 47) Tim Tebow Crimes: Throwing motion gives false hope of NFL stardom to children with MS. Inspired the most nauseating trend of the year in “Tebowing.” Showered by idiots with feckless praise of leadership and morality because his game simply doesn’t warrant the same. As a spokesperson for the hate group Focus on the Family, abstinence advocate, and known teammate kisser, Tebow’s likely just another self-loathing homosexual. And he’s sanctimonious as hell for a guy who works exclusively on the Sabbath. Smoking Gun: “First and foremost I’d have to thank my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.” Sentence: Raped by a Ben Roethlisberger, forced to abort the baby.
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It's just been announced that Bobby Cannevale will be joining BOARDWALK EMPIRE in Season 3 as a new nemesis of Nucky's named Gyp Rosetti. Will this cushion the blow for the loss of Jimmy? I think it will.
I have been waiting for a long time and Amazon finally delivered it - it's been released. It's an account by a male hooker in Hollywood in the 40s and 50s. He's got the full story on Spencer Tracey and Kate (bearding, he had sex on numerous occasions with Spence) and many, many others. Gore Vidal has endorsed the book as true. Read about Gary Grant, the Duke of Windsor and many more. Shocking. I have written here many times about Tracey being gay - I got it from my friend who was one of Cukor's boys - so this validates exactly what he said.
Having just gone through the possibility of one of its stars, The Apprentice‘s Donald Trump, running for president, NBC is running into the same problem with a potential new star, Roseanne Barr. The Roseanne alumna this evening announced that she’s running for the Green Party’s presidential nomination after filing paperwork with the Federal Election Commission on Jan. 25. That was 2 days after NBC picked up her multi-camera comedy, Downwardly Mobile, to pilot. Barr’s slogan, as relayed by her on Twitter, “Vote for me, I’ll fix this shit! -Barr 2012-” For the time being, Barr’s presidential run does not pose a problem for NBC as the project, which she co-created and stars in, is in a pilot stage. But things will get dicier if NBC picks it up to series in May and Barr ends up as the Green Party presidential nominee as the campaign doesn’t wrap until the November election, well into the fall season, which starts in September. According to FCC’s equal-time rule, which applies to “all legally qualified candidates” who have “substantial showing” in the campaign, TV and radio stations are obligated to offer equivalent time to competing political candidates if one gets free airtime. While the rule’s application to entertainment shows featuring candidates is more ambiguous than when the candidates do news programs, networks err on the side of caution. For example, when Fred D. Thompson entered the race for the Republican nomination in 2008, he quit NBC’s Law & Order and NBC stopped rerunning episodes of the show that he was featured in. Last year, NBC also indicated that The Apprentice star Trump would be recast if he chose to run for President. Similarly, Alec Baldwin of NBC’s comedy 30 Rock toyed with the idea of leaving the show in order to run for office. (Isn’t it strange that its always talent on NBC shows that have political aspirations?) Barr is known for outrageous moves, including her recent plan to behead bankers who don’t return profits. Still, the timing for her presidential run is strange as it comes just as the actress signed a seven-year deal with 20th Century TV for Downwardly Mobile. Of course, a lot has to happen for NBC to run into possible equal-time problems, including Barr both to get her pilot picked up to series for next season and to land the Green Party nomination. For now, at least the latter appears a long shot. Barr is in a four-way race for the Green Party nomination and said on Twitter that “I will run until the convention in July in Baltimore-I fully expect Jill Stein 2b the nominee & I will support her, but til then-I’ll serve.” Still, even if she doesn’t win the nomination, if Barr remains actively involved in the campaign supporting the nominee, that may make NBC uncomfortable if it decides to pick up her series for fall, which could result in the network postponing the launch of the show until after the elections. NBC declined to comment but people in the know indicate that it will likely take a wait-and-see approach the way it did with Trump who eventually opted not to run. Whether Barr gets the nomination or not, NBC will face a predicament if it opts to order her pilot to series as she plans to be very visible during the campaign. “I will barnstorm American living rooms,” she said in a candidate questionnaire submitted to the Green Party. “Mainstream media will be unable to ignore me, but more importantly they will be unable to overlook the needs of average Americans in the run-up to the 2012 election.” Will NBC welcome the free publicity for Barr’s potential new show or find that a liability?
How Would Roseanne Barr’s Presidential Run Affect Her NBC Sitcom?
As it's getting to be like AARP.com in here, this is a thread for all of DL's eldergays to congregate and revel in pointless nostalgia. Here are a few topics to get everyone started: 1.) When did restaurants get so loud? 2.) Let's dish about the hotties of the 1928 Summer Olympics! 3.) Someone is stealing my pills!
I just finished watching "Waiting for Superman" and am wondering, especially given these last few years.
Let's Present!
Let's Post pictures of guys presenting their holes. . . #5!!!!!!!
The Red Sea parting; Noah riding out the flood; manna on the ground in the morning for the hungry? Has anyone seen water turned into wine lately, been aware of a 91-yr. old woman giving birth or seen anyone turned into a pillar of salt? Has God forsaken us, or did none of it ever really happen after all?
Haven't seen it written any where, just curious. More than $1 mil?
I think it's due to Simon Pegg. Any other theories?
Madonna has shrugged off complaints that her live shows are too expensive and told her fans to "work all year" so they can spend their money on gig tickets. The singer is expected to tour this year in support of her new album 'MDNA', which is released on March 26, but told Newsweek that people should be prepared to save their cash and pay top prices if they wanted to see her in concert. She said: Start saving your pennies now. People spend $300 (£190) on crazy things all the time, things like handbags. So work all year, scrape the money together and come to my show. I'm worth it. Madonna will debut her new single 'Give Me All Your Luvin'' on American Idol this evening (February 2). The track features both MIA and [a]Nicki Minaj, who will join Madonna for her halftime show at this year's Super Bowl this weekend (February 5). 'MDNA' will be the pop icon's 12th studio album and is the follow-up to her 2008 effort 'Hard Candy'. She has faced criticism from anti-drugs campaigners for choosing an "ill-advised" title.
Madonna: 'My fans should work all year to come and see me play live'
WASHINGTON -- A Kaiser Family Foundation poll published as the Supreme Court went into mid-term recess last week reveals that nearly 60 percent of Americans think the justices will be guided by ideology rather than legal analysis when they decide the constitutionality of Affordable Care Act's controversial individual mandate requiring people to purchase health insurance. But in the first half of this term, the Court has shown more nuanced considerations, suggesting conservatives -- including Chief Justice John Roberts -- may bridge the divide between the five Republicans and four Democrats. Roberts, in particular, "is very cautious of the institutional credibility of the Court," said Barry Friedman, a New York University law professor. By achieving unanimity in major cases that pit religious liberty against civil rights, Republicans against Democrats, and law enforcement efficiency against personal privacy, the Roberts Court showed an ability to reach narrow agreement on topics with clear ideological lines. The decisions show that Roberts "is working very hard, as apparently are some of the justices, to ensure that the Court doesn't draw negative attention to itself," Friedman said. Not that Roberts' record reflects this. In his six years on the bench, Roberts has led the Court, often with 5-4 decisions, in a more conservative direction on business, civil rights, and constitutional law. Roberts is not oblivious to the fact that such decisions impact how the public views the Court. In the Citizens United campaign finance decision, Roberts, in damage-control mode, wrote separately to reiterate his commitment to "the important principles of judicial restraint and stare decisis" -- or respect for precedent -- despite his vote in that case to cast aside past case law. Fealty to stare decisis is among the "certain decision-making rules that guide [justices'] actions and sometimes prohibit them from acting consistent with their ideological preferences," said Forrest Maltzman, a professor of political science at George Washington University and co-author of the book, "The Constrained Court: Law, Politics and the Decisions Justices Make." Along with respect for precedent, Maltzman identified awareness of the legislative and executive branches' policy preferences as a rule the Court uses for legitimacy against public cynicism. Yet Citizens United, which allows unlimited corporate and union political spending, casts a partisan shadow over the Court two years later. For many, the five-member conservative majority's decision to strike down an act of Congress may presage a willingness to do the same in the health care cases. Roberts' Citizens United concurrence suggests that precedent should only be overturned when its "validity is so hotly contested that it cannot reliably function as a basis for decision in future cases, when its rationale threatens to upend our settled jurisprudence in related areas of law, and when the precedent's underlying reasoning has become so discredited that the Court cannot keep the precedent alive without jury-rigging new and different justifications to shore up the original mistake." Maltzman's co-author, Professor Michael Bailey of Georgetown University, finds none of these factors present in the health care cases. "I just have the sense that Roberts will go in to find a way to uphold the law, but in a way that narrows," without overturning the key 1942 decision that established Congress' broad powers to regulate interstate commerce, Bailey said. In a January interview on the Hoover Institution's web series, "Uncommon Knowledge," Professor John Yoo of Berkeley Law, a prominent conservative, predicted Justice Anthony Kennedy, the Court's moderate vote, and Roberts would likely to join the four liberals to uphold the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate. "Roberts cares about the institutional permanence of the Court and protecting it from politics," Yoo said. "I could see Roberts going with the majority" to exercise his prerogative as chief justice "to control who got to write the opinion to keep it as narrow as possible." According to the Kaiser poll, this kind of decision would be responsive to public opinion. While 67 percent of those polled don't believe health care reform's individual mandate is constitutional, half want the the law kept as it is or expanded. Narrowing Congress' commerce powers without striking down the health care mandate, then, would address the public's constitutional concerns without altering a law that promotes a policy that most people like. There remains the chance that Roberts' work this term has simply served to collect enough good will to spend on an explosive second half headlined by the demise of the individual mandate. Supreme Court history is heavy on early-term unanimity and late-term divisiveness. Perfect unanimity has never been necessary to protect the Court's integrity, nor is it expected in the health care cases. Justice Clarence Thomas, with his well-known antipathy toward Congress' broad, post-New Deal powers, is a lock to vote against the health care mandate's constitutionality. Another signal that Roberts will fight against a 5-4 decision may have come during his defense of his colleagues' ethics in his "2011 Year-End Report on the Federal Judiciary." Swatting away partisan calls for Thomas and Justice Elena Kagan to recuse themselves from the health care cases because of alleged bias, Roberts wrote that all the justices "are jurists of exceptional integrity and experience whose character and fitness have been examined through a rigorous appointment and confirmation process." His defense frustrated critics, who had hoped for more than "trust me." Nor did his detractors take well to his implicit threat to deem unconstitutional any congressional attempt to impose ethics requirements on the justices. Taken together, though, it may have been a signal to the government's executive and legislative branches on the health care cases: Leave us alone and I'll make sure we leave you alone.
Hints Of How Supreme Court Will Rule On Health Reform Begin To Emerge
Poor Meryl can't get any part. *snort* Theater buffs have been curious for a while now about the cinematic fate of “August: Osage County," Tracy Letts' 2008 Pulitzer Prize-winning family drama that has been in development as a movie for several years. Now the film project--which would have Meryl Streep as pill-popping matriarch Violet Weston and Julia Roberts as her complicated adult daughter Barbara--looks to finally be taking a step forward. An executive at the Weinstein Co., which owns rights to and has been developing the movie, said that a September schedule-opening for both Streep and Roberts could allow the movie to begin shooting in the fall. The executive, Weinstein Co. COO David Glasser, said the goal was for the film to wrap production by the end of 2012 and come out in the 2013 autumn awards season. According to another person at the company who asked not to be identified because they were not authorized to talk about internal matters, Letts, who had been adapting his own play for the screen, recently turned in his screenplay to the company and executives deem it close to shooting-ready. That's key for any stage-to-screen work, which often requires a veteran screenwriter to come in and do a polish. (Among the challenges here: chiseling the piece down from its verbally intensive, and expansive, original; the play ran nearly 3 1/2 hours on the stage.) John Wells remains attached to direct the film, though as "August" sits in development, the "ER" veteran's calendar continues to fill up. On Tuesday, NBC ordered a pilot for his prison drama "Bad Girls," adding to two shows Wells already has on the air ("Southland" and "Shameless”). (Longtime Woody Allen collaborator Jean Doumanian is a producer on "August," incidentally.) Currently appearing on the big screen in “The Iron Lady," Streep recently completed shooting the marital dramedy “Great Hope Springs,” which will be out later this year, and does not yet have a new go film. Roberts would need to work around production for “The Normal Heart,” another prestige theater adaptation. The actress is set to star as Emma Brookner, the wheelchair user who became an AIDS activist, in Ryan Murphy’s film adaptation of the Tony-winning work. Roberts and Streep have an astounding 20 Oscar nominations between them, though that hasn’t stopped some theatergoers from fretting about the casting. “August” tells of a dysfunctional Oklahoma family over a few summer weeks as they come to terms with various resentments and secrets. The movie has a kind of gallows humor; Barbara, for instance, is prone to ripping off lines like “Thank God we can’t tell the future. We’d never get out of bed.” The play won a spate of awards when it first debuted, including a Pulitzer, a Tony and a Drama Desk prize. Many critics put it on their list of best plays of the 2000s.
Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts to star in 2013 Weinstein co. Oscar bait "August: Osage County"
WASHINGTON -- Employees of religious organizations whose job duties reflect "a role in conveying the Church's message and carrying out its mission" are barred by the First Amendment from suing over employment discrimination, said the Supreme Court in a unanimous opinion handed down Wednesday morning. The decision in Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission was the first time the Supreme Court had endorsed the "ministerial exception" to discrimination protections that many courts of appeals have come to recognize over the past several decades. "Requiring a church to accept or retain an unwanted minister, or punishing a church for failing to do so, intrudes upon more than a mere employment decision," wrote Chief Justice John Roberts on behalf of the entire Court. "By imposing an unwanted minister, the state infringes the Free Exercise Clause, which protects a religious group's right to shape its own faith and mission through its appointments." Paul Horwitz, a constitutional law professor at the University of Alabama and and author of "The Agnostic Age: Law, Religion, and the Constitution," told HuffPost that the Court's decision backed up the central constitutional principle that "the church cannot administer the state, and the state cannot administer churches." The unwanted minister in this case was Cheryl Perich, a "called" -- or ordained -- teacher at Hosanna-Tabor, a Michigan church and grade school that is part of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod. In 2004, she went on disability leave for what was soon diagnosed as narcolepsy. Per its policy, the school asked her to resign once her absence exceeded six months, but she refused. Rather than submit to the school's request that her complaint be handled according to the church's tenet of internal dispute resolution, Perich threatened to file a complaint with the EEOC under the Americans with Disabilities Act. In response, the Hosanna-Tabor congregation rescinded Perich's call, which drove her to follow through on her EEOC threat. Perich disputed Hosanna-Tabor's claim that she was subject to the ministerial exception, arguing that she mainly taught secular subjects and that the synod's preference to settle its disputes internally hardly rose to the level of church doctrine. Conceding its reluctance to "adopt a rigid formula for deciding when an employee qualifies as a minister," the Supreme Court went on to reject Perich's argument based on the overall context of her employment. Perich, the Court noted, underwent intensive religious training in order to receive her call. As a teacher, she conducted religion classes four times a week, led her classes in prayer three times a week and took her students to chapel services once a week. That those duties took up only a small portion of her time was immaterial to the justices. "The issue before us," wrote Roberts, "is not one that can be resolved by a stopwatch. The amount of time an employee spends on particular activities is relevant in assessing that employee's status, but that factor cannot be considered in isolation, without regard to the nature of the religious functions performed." Although unanimous, Roberts' opinion did come supplemented by a couple of concurrences that were in slight tension with one another. Justice Clarence Thomas, writing for himself, said that the First Amendment requires civil courts "to defer to a religious organization's good-faith understanding of who qualifies as its minister," regardless of the employee's actual work duties. Justice Samuel Alito, joined by Justice Elena Kagan, took the opposite approach, attempting to define what a minister is. The ministerial exception, Alito wrote, should apply to any person "who leads a religious organization, conducts worship services or important religious ceremonies or rituals, or serves as a messenger or teacher of its faith." The concurrences touch upon a fault line that some of the justices exposed during the case's oral argument last year: To what extent can religious organizations shield themselves from employment laws by simply deeming all of their employees to be ministers? This time, the other justices seemed satisfied by their chief's language pointing to "the formal title given Perich by the Church, the substance reflected in that title, her own use of that title, and the important religious functions she performed for the Church," leading them to conclude that "Perich was a minister covered by the ministerial exception." That holistic assessment, said professor Sally Gordon of the University of Pennsylvania Law School, "left open enough wiggle room" for lower courts to refuse to apply the ministerial exception where an ordination is blatantly fraudulent or a mere pretext.
Supreme Court: Churches Can't Be Sued By Ministers For Employment Discrimination
Considering they shot up the White House, isn't it a little odd that the the media isn't blowing this shit up the way it blows up other bull shit. Can you imagine if Iran took a shot at the white house and shattered the windows? Or Iranian drug cartels infiltrated America on the level that Mexican drug cartels have? Homeland Security would've blown them off the face of the map by now, yet we just let these fuckers do whatever the hell they want. What gives?
Mexican Drug cartels have infiltrated America big time!
I want to keep my head, thank you.
If not, you are in for a big surprise. I nearly fainted when I examined the prices. Nearly 7K for the top-end mattress in the store. \ \ Now, we need a new mattress badly. I am waking up during the night with numbness and extreme discomfort after 15 years on a coil-spring number. . \ \ I really spent a good 90 minutes testing all different varieties (Tempur-Pedic? Oy! Awful!). I tried all measure of pillow-top, coil, no coil, Euro, etc... and I am loving the latex coil-less mattresses. \ \ They are asking around $2600 for a Queen set with a full 20 year warranty. They say latex will outlast the lifetime of spring mattresses.\ \ Does anyone have any insights, reviews, or comments about how much money I am about to spend. We do sleep for 30% of our lives, and I do really enjoy reading and watching movies in bed.
Hide a picture of a pig in cruiser decals.
My Golden Girl roommate dragged me to her granddaughter's softball game last night. The kid is in high school and she is the pitcher. This is a fast pitch league which means it's not a simple underhanded pitch; her arm makes a full 360 degree rotation and then the ball is released. The kid is so fast, it seemed she might yank her skinny arm out of its socket. It was painful to watch, even though she mostly threw strikes. If they're going to let young girls pitch fast and play an aggressive sport like softball, why don't they just let the girl pitchers throw their pitches overhanded? It seems sexist to make them do it underhanded. And this 360 degree arm-loop fastball pitching has got to be harder on their arm joints than regular throwing.
Umpy
That is a really old 35.
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A DL classic. Jill is a Downs Syndrome child living with a creepy family obsessed with periods. Where is Family Services when you need them?
A Child is Waiting
Their stories about great marriage were PR bullshit.
It makes for a great TMZ headline: Adam Lambert -- Big Queen Announcement. The only problem it's wrong.
Wishful Thinking: Adam Lambert Is Not Joining Queen
Richard
I don't get it.
...do you think he would be a big star?
Blogger Doug K. Handshoe insisted, “I’m not homophobic at all” and that repeatedly calling the two Nova Scotia men “girls” is a matter of freedom of speech. He has no intentions of paying and will go to the U.S. court to have the Canadian ruling struck down on the basis that it is an affront to his constitutional rights of freedom of speech. “I won’t be gagged,” he said. “In the U.S. . . . we are allowed to call people bad names if we want.”
Unloading groceries into his car.
I know we did this before, but The Great Thread Purge of 2009 disappeared it forever. Antyway... which celebrities could pass for close relations? My choices: Jeff Goldblum and Ileana Douglas Gabrielle Union and Eriq LaSalle Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Ben Stiller and [pre-facelift] Christine Baranski Rory Cochran and Richard Nixon Yours?
Active Duty's new model, "Axl" is sporting a lot of tattoos popular with white supremacist. The popular symbols include: -Celtic Cross -Thor's Hammer -Spider Web -18 44 -NN When advised of their meaning, the owner of Active Duty, "Dink Flamingo" said the model is not a white supremacist, just naive (in other words...young, dumb and full of cum.) When Flamingo was asked to stop promoting the model with the offensive tattoo's he simply said 'no." $Cha ching$
Military themed gay porn site, Active Duty, has gone White Power.
3 February 2012 Last updated at 10:56 GMT John Terry: FA strips England captaincy from Chelsea defender John Terry has been stripped of the England captaincy, the Football Association has confirmed.
What's up with people who do this?
British pocketgay obsessively documents his workout progress
By Edward Krudy NEW YORK | Fri Feb 3, 2012 7:14pm EST (Reuters) - A surge in hiring in the world's largest economy last month drove the Nasdaq to an 11-year high on Friday as optimism grew that the labor market is on a steady path to recovery. ...
Oh, yes he did!
EXCLUSIVE: Ari Fleischer Secretly Helped Guide Komen Strategy On Planned Parenthood
This is the new underwhelming thread. I'm thinking about dinner. Carry on.
What Am I To Do ???
Lance Armstrong doping inquiry closed, no charges to come By Liz Kelly Nelson; February 3, 2012 6:37 PM ET The investigation into whether Lance Armstrong and his Tour de France teammates participated in a doping program is over and no charged will be filed against the seven-time Tour de France champion. "This is great news," Armstrong's attorney Mark Fabiani says in a statement to the Associated Press. "Lance is pleased that the United States Attorney made the right decision, and he is more determined than ever to devote his time and energy to Livestrong and to the causes that have defined his career." More than one of Armstrong's former teammates claims to have witnessed the cyclist using performance enhancing drugs. In a "60 Minutes" interview in May 2011, former teammate Tyler Hamilton said he saw Armstrong use during the 1999 Tour de France and in preparation for the 2000 and 2001 tours. Another heavy-hitting witness was former cyclist Floyd Landis, who was stripped of his 2006 Tour de France title for drug use, who accused Armstrong of having a long-running doping system in place. United States Attorney Andre Birotte Jr. announced in a press release that his office "is closing an investigation into allegations of federal criminal conduct by members and associates of a professional bicycle racing team owned in part by Lance Armstrong." The reason for the decision was not disclosed.
Veteran actor dead at 81.
February 03, 2012 10:38 AM FBI Anti-Anonymous Conference Call Hacked by Anonymous By Diane Sweet The call begins with Stewart and Bruce of Scotland Yard and the Los Angeles office of the FBI as they tell inside jokes about McDonald's and cheese and talk shop about a hacker plot called "Project Mayhem." They discuss strategy aimed at bringing down the hacking collective known as Anonymous, which has launched a series of embarrassing attacks across the Internet. Unfortunately for the cyber sleuths, the hackers were listening, too, and now so is everyone else in the world. Via: As FBI and Scotland Yard investigators recently plotted out a strategy for tracking suspects linked to Anonymous, little did they know that members of the group were eavesdropping on their conference call and recording their plans. The online vigilante group has released a 17-minute clip of a Jan. 17 conference call between investigators discussing evidence gathered against members of the group as well as upcoming plans for arrests. The group also released an e-mail sent out by an FBI agent to law enforcement agents around the world with a phone number and password for accessing the conference call. The FBI has confirmed to the Associated Press that the recording is authentic.
The terror that horror movie fans experienced with last year’s hit film INSIDIOUS will continue as the creative team behind the film announces plans for a sequel. Leigh Whannell will once again write the script and James Wan is in talks to once again direct. Jason Blum will produce through his Blumhouse Productions shingle. Brian Kavanaugh Jones, Oren Peli and Steven Schneider will executive produce. The sequel will be financed by Alliance Films which also financed the first film. Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions has acquired the U.S. rights to the film in concert with FilmDistrict. FilmDistrict will distribute the film in the United States, with Alliance Films distributing in Canada, the UK (via its Momentum Pictures subsidiary) and Spain (via Aurum), and Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions distributing the remaining international territories. The INSIDIOUS sequel will go into production in 2012 for a 2013 release. “INSIDIOUS was the most fun project I've ever worked on,” said Whannell. “From start to finish it was an absolute joy—from the writing of the screenplay, all the way to the first screening of the film at the Toronto film festival. I believe that James Wan and I achieved what we set out to do—create a horror film for horror fans. So it is with great excitement that we announce our commitment to a second installment of this story. Both of us feel that we can mine more terror from the world we created and know that if we assemble every member of the original team, we will have an amazing continuation of the story for fans of the first film. Thank you so much to every fan—you are the reason why we do what we do. See you in The Further.” Wan and Whannell are keeping the plot of the sequel under wraps. The first INSIDIOUS, starring Patrick Wilson and Rose Byrne, told the story of Josh and Renai Lambert and their son Dalton, confronting the demons that possess the young boy. The project was picked up by Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival and distributed by FilmDistrict. It was released on April 1, 2011, and has grossed more than $155 million worldwide. With the picture’s reported $1.5 million budget, it has led to the film being called the most profitable film of 2011. “We are all so lucky to have James and Leigh return to this great franchise they created,” Blum said. “And of course we are all pleased to be back in business with our partners at Sony, FilmDistrict and Alliance Films.” “Insidious was a fantastic experience for all of us,” said Peter Schlessel, CEO, FilmDistrict. “We’re excited for James and Leigh to take the unique and terrifying world of INSIDIOUS ‘further’. Sony, Alliance and the producers are great partners that will ensure the sequel exceeds all expectations.”
Despite a four year age difference between the gals.\ \ Why is that?
Anyone else had any hot cock there?\ \ Stories please!
Gloryhole Gary
"Abduction" basically destroyed his leading man career, right? He allegedly campaigned very hard for the lead in "Magic Mike" but lost to Alex Pettyfer.
I'm the motorbike Michael Carrington builds and tries to learn to ride in order to impress Stephanie. Boy, do I have a good role in the movie. I can't even begin to count how many times Michael's tight little ass sat on me!
What a useless magazine. I think its only purpose is as a billboard for whatever actor is on the cover.
OK first, it''s a really bad idea.\ \ Second, I thought that that lady engineer in Japan that came up with this idea was brilliant. All you need to do is seal off a room, light up a small hitachi with charcoal, take some benzos, put a bag over your head and play some of your favorite tunes. YOu''ll be dead in an hour. Put out signs saying "toxic gas, call emergency,", etc.\ \ But I''ve been burning incense like a motherfucker in here for days and I''m still not dead.\ \ Do you think it''s the lack of the plastic bag over my head or is it weatherstripping or do I need more benzos?
Shit!
Prince's first official "protegee/girlfriend". Was supposed to be in "Purple Rain", but jumped ship for a lucrative Motown recording contract and starring role in "The Last Dragon" and many subsequent B-films. Very alluring in her day, but drugs took their toll on her health (during her time as Nikki Sixx's girlfriend, she and Nikki would reportedly get wasted together). She has since become a minister, and has turned her back on her former stage persona and life. She's also written an autobio called "Blame it on Vanity".
Showtime is SO fucking annoying; they''ll have everything about everything for a series but will NOT post a season premier date.\ \ Is there a reason for this?\ \ Anybody know when it starts up again?
Love him or hate him, the music is dope. Darren Criss showing major box to open the show.
She is ovah! And she's been ovah for years!
Why doesn't he just get himself a rich husband and call it a day?
By Associated Press, Friday, January 20 ATLANTA — A judge has ordered President Barack Obama to appear in court in Atlanta for a hearing on a complaint that says Obama isn’t a natural-born citizen and can’t be president. It’s one of many such lawsuits that have been filed across the country, so far without success. A Georgia resident made the complaint, which is intended to keep Obama’s name off the state’s ballot in the March presidential primary. An Obama campaign aide says any attempt to involve the president personally will fail and such complaints around the country have no merit. The hearing is set for Thursday before an administrative judge. Deputy Chief Judge Michael Malihi on Friday denied a motion by the president’s lawyer to quash a subpoena that requires Obama to show up.
From Entertainment Weekly: Scotty Bowers never acted in a single movie. But his story may cast a new light on old Hollywood by revealing the hidden love lives of stars like Cary Grant, Spencer Tracy, and Rita Hayworth%E2%80%94all of whom Bowers claims as paramours from his heyday as a hustler. Literary agent David Kuhn confirms exclusively to EW that Grove/Atlantic president Morgan Entrekin has bought the rights to Full Service: My Adventures in Hollywood and the Secret Sex Lives of the Stars, Bowers%E2%80%99 memoir of his years spent as a bartender, confidante, and gigolo to a laundry list of showbiz icons. A GI who moved to Hollywood after World War II, Bowers describes running a prostitution ring out of an L.A. gas station, servicing actors and actresses on leave from nearby studios. He says he later became an in-demand bartender who developed intimate friendships with stars like Katharine Hepburn, Montgomery Clift, and Rock Hudson, among others. Now 88 and living in L.A. with his wife of 27 years, Bowers agreed to tell his stories now that most of the celebrities he claims were friends and clients have passed away. %E2%80%9CThe book is a window onto the shadow lives of all these people who entertained us and made popular culture, but who in many ways weren%E2%80%99t what they appeared to be,%E2%80%9D says Kuhn. %E2%80%9CScotty helped them to fulfill the desires that they couldn%E2%80%99t fulfill themselves.%E2%80%9D Full Service: My Adventures in Hollywood and the Secret Sex Lives of the Stars is set for release on Feb. 14, 2012.
Ex-hustler claims Cary Grant and Spencer Tracy as lovers in new memoir
Mia
Like, you never get tired of it- it's so, so goood.
lesbo?
She squicks me out. Most awkward commercial EVAH!
Since this is something the man who endorsed Romney yesterday thinks, the Dems can have some fun with this one. Donald Trump on Mitt Romney, April 2011: "he'd buy companies. He'd close companies. He'd get rid of jobs.
Is it still the US?
Lana Del Rey 2 Bears Sleigh Bells What new releases are looking forward to hearing?
Queen Elizabeth II's husband has been taken to the hospital after experiencing chest pains. Meanwhile Etta James has been taken to a hospital in California and placed on a breathing machine. Etta has been terminally ill with leukemia, Hepatitis C and dementia.
Kate made a big mistake making this little piece her lady in waiting. She probably screwed Harry in the downstairs lavatory at the reception and has her eyes on William''s willy. You in danger, gurl!
I have no idea what she was talking about.
The child is going to be just like her mother too if she keeps slamming down sugary drinks. Honey Boo Boo? Sounds like trailer trash.
Four men inspired by al-Qaeda have admitted planning to detonate a bomb at the London Stock Exchange. Mohammed Chowdhury, Shah Rahman, Gurukanth Desai and Abdul Miah pleaded guilty to engaging in conduct in preparation for acts of terrorism. The men, from London and Cardiff, were arrested in December 2010 and were set to stand trial at Woolwich Crown Court. Five other men have pleaded guilty to other terrorism offences and all nine will be sentenced next week. The men, who are all British nationals, had been inspired by the preachings of the recently-killed radical extremist Anwar Al-Awlaki. It emerged that those who admitted planning to target the London Stock Exchange wanted to send five mail bombs to various targets during the run up to Christmas 2010 and discussed launching a "Mumbai-style" atrocity. A hand-written target list discovered at the home of one of the men listed the names and addresses of London Mayor Boris Johnson, two rabbis, the US embassy and the Stock Exchange. The conspiracy was stopped by undercover anti-terror police before firm dates could be set for attacks. The terrorists met because of their membership of various radical groups and stayed in touch over the internet, through mobile phones and at specially arranged meetings. They gathered in parks in a bid to make surveillance difficult. The court heard that Chowdhury, 21, and his London accomplice Rahman, 28, were followed by undercover detectives on 28 November 2010, observing Big Ben, Westminster Abbey, the London Eye and the Palace of Westminster. Chowdhury, of Stanliff House, Tower Hamlets and Rahman, of St Bernard's Road, Newham, admitted preparing for acts of terrorism by planning to plant an improvised explosive device in the toilets of the London Stock Exchange. A jury had been sworn in to hear the trial before the defendants changed their pleas to guilty. Addressing the jurors as they were discharged, Andrew Edis QC, for the prosecution, said that the four involved in the Stock Exchange plot had not intended to maim and kill. "Their intention was to cause terror and economic harm and disruption. But their chosen method meant there was a risk people would be maimed or killed," he said. The men admitted the offences after a special hearing which allows a defendant to hear from the judge what sentence they may receive if they plead guilty on the eve of a trial. Chowdhury was told by judge Mr Justice Wilkie that he would receive 18-and-a-half years and Rahman was told he would receive a maximum of 17 years. Brothers Gurukanth Desai, 30, of Albert Street, Cardiff, and Abdul Miah, 25, of Ninian Park Road, Cardiff, also admitted the same count, namely preparing for acts of terrorism by planning to plant an improvised explosive device in the toilets of the London Stock Exchange. Meanwhile, Omar Latif, 28, of Neville Street, Cardiff, admitted attending meetings with the intention of assisting others to prepare or commit acts of terrorism. Four of the nine-man group are from Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. The quartet talked about leaving homemade bombs in the toilets of their city's pubs and discussed travelling abroad for terror training. Three of the Stoke contingent admitted a lesser, specific charge - engaging in conduct for the preparation of terrorism between 1 November and 21 December 2010 - namely travelling to and attending operational meetings, fundraising for terrorist training, preparing to travel abroad and assisting others in travelling abroad. Usman Khan, 20, of Persia Walk, Mohammed Shahjahan 27, of Burmarsh Walk and Nazam Hussain, 26, of Grove Street, all Stoke, admitted attending operational meetings in Roath Park, Cardiff on 7 November and in a Newport country park on 12 December. The fourth Stoke defendant, Mohibur Rahman, 27, of North Road, admitted possessing two editions of al-Qaeda magazine Inspire for terrorist purposes. Protect the public Following the guilty pleas, DAC Stuart Osborne, senior national coordinator of Scotland Yard's counter-terriorism team, said: "We welcome the guilty pleas entered by all nine defendants today, following what was the largest counter terrorism operation of 2010. "The investigation was coordinated by the West Midlands Counter Terrorism Unit, working in close partnership with the national CT network, Staffordshire, South Wales and Metropolitan Police, the Security Service and Crown Prosecution Service. "Our priority is, and always will be, the protection of the public." Bob Quick, the country's most senior anti-terrorism police officer until 2009, said it was an important case, with serious acts being planned. "It serves to remind us that there are still people out there in the country that are prepared to contemplate, conspire and even perpetrate serious acts of terrorism." The Liberal Democrat peer Lord Carlile, the government's former independent reviewer of terrorism legislation, said the case showed the value of the new law that made preparing for terrorism a criminal offence. But he added he was disappointed the control orders had been abandoned for "the wrong political reasons". "They should have remained in place until at least after the Olympic Games. I hope we will not rue the abandonment of control orders particularly with the tool of re-locating people who are suspected of being terrorists away from their normal home environment," he said.
Changes to the identity screening regulations state that an air carrier entering Canada "shall not transport a passenger if the passenger does not appear to be of the gender indicated on the identification he or she presents." The changes could result in a negative effect on tourism. Looking ahead to WorldPride 2014, being hosted in Toronto, some trans delegates may decide not to fly to Toronto if they are denied entry. The government says the solution is easy. Just dress in the clothes of your gender on the flight, then after the flight you can change your clothes. What's wrong with that?
Of course. This story is a giant “of course.” The only shocking thing is how long it took for the tabloids to work this angle. So, you know how Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis are pretty much over? Although Vanessa claims they’re not, People Mag disagrees and I’m siding with People. Anyway, back in 2010, Johnny Depp went to work in Venice with an actress named Angelina Jolie. Heard of her? Allegedly, Vanessa wasn’t happy that her beloved was working with the famed “homewrecker” and VP attempted to “order” Johnny to quit The Tourist. He didn’t quit it, so obviously, he and Angelina slept together. Ever since The Tourist’s production in the spring of 2010, there were rumors that Vanessa hated Angelina and that this hatred may have even lead to some high-profile shunning at certain events (the 2011 Golden Globes, the Cannes Film Festival). So, with that back story, why did it take the tabloids so long to come up with a “Johnny Depp and Vanessa have split up because of Angelina Jolie, of course” story? Angelina Jolie is the reason Johnny Depp’s relationship with longtime love Vanessa Paradis is on the rocks, say sources. Vanessa believes Johnny cheated with Angelina during the making of The Tourist, and that’s what tore their 14-year-relationship apart! “It’s no coincidence that things began to unravel for Johnny and Vanessa when he started working with Angelina on The Tourist last February. Vanessa was absolutely convinced that Johnny slept with Angelina, and her jealousy and suspicions ended up destroying them.” “Vanessa was against Johnny working with Angelina in the first place,” revealed an insider. “She firmly believed that Angelina stole Brad Pitt away from Jennifer Aniston and felt she’d do the same with Johnny.” Vanessa begged Johnny to pull out of the project, and failing that, she demanded that a steamy shower sex scene be cut from the script. Still, insiders say the off-screen chemistry between Johnny and Angelina on the Venice set with obvious to everyone. “Angelina and Johnny were constantly hanging out, cracking each other up,” divulged a source. Meanwhile, Vanessa has denied reports that she and Johnny are splitting up, but the insider insists they are, adding: “Angelina drove a wedge between them.” [From The Enquirer, print edition] Do I think Johnny and Angelina boned? Not really. I don’t even buy that they were attracted to each other. For those of us who saw The Tourist, their chemistry was sweet and a bit cute, but not hot and heavy. As for how they seemed on the red carpet – well, they avoided each other and when they were forced to stand next to each other, they kind of looked like they hated each other. What’s weird is that I think the tabloids were really on to something with the Johnny Depp-Eva Green stories. I still think that one might be on. Star Magazine has a story about Eva and Johnny this week too – “Their romance is getting really steamy” according to Star’s source. They just make sense together. Depp and Jolie? Not so much.
Angelina Jolie the reason for Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis break up?
I know the Port Authority men''s room is the old standby, but what are some others? Macy''s? Lord & Taylor? I''m not a big fan of the adult book store scene...j a little too seedy for me. So what are the best men''s rooms for tricking?
Yesterday there was a lot of debate over comments that Cynthia Nixon made to the NY Times in which she asserted that it was her “choice” to be gay. Many gay people find those remarks potentially damaging to the gay community, as they can be misused to make the claim that all gay people “chose” to be with same sex partners. Well Cynthia did make the distinction that her comments only applied to her situation, and I thought she made a good case. She said, in part, “they said [the remarks in a speech I made imply] that homosexuality can be a choice. And for me, it is a choice. I understand that for many people it’s not, but for me it’s a choice, and you don’t get to define my gayness for me.” Fair enough, but a lot of people wonder why Cynthia doesn’t self identify as bisexual if she feels that it’s her “choice” to be with a woman instead of a man. In an interview with The Daily Beast, Cynthia kind-of explains that. You’ve been quoted as saying about these two relationships in your life: “In terms of sexual orientation, I don’t really feel I’ve changed … I’ve been with men all my life and I’d never fallen in love with a woman. But when I did, it didn’t seem so strange. I’m just a woman in love with another woman.” I’m a bit confused. Were you a lesbian in a heterosexual relationship? Or are you now a heterosexual in a lesbian relationship? That quote seemed like you were fudging a bit. It’s so not fudging. It’s so not. I think for gay people who feel 100 percent gay, it doesn’t make any sense. And for straight people who feel 100 percent straight, it doesn’t make any sense. I don’t pull out the “bisexual” word because nobody likes the bisexuals. Everybody likes to dump on the bisexuals. But it is the “B” in LGBT. CN: I know. But we get no respect You just said “we,” so you must self-identify as one. I just don’t like to pull out that word. But I do completely feel that when I was in relationships with men, I was in love and in lust with those men. And then I met Christine and I fell in love and lust with her. I am completely the same person and I was not walking around in some kind of fog. I just responded to the people in front of me the way I truly felt… Look, I understand for political reasons why some people want to kind of squelch this idea that being gay might be a choice, because a lot of the rights we want are posited on the supposition that why are you denying me my rights any more than if I were created a different color? But I don’t feel the need to cede the definition of what a gay person is to the bigots. They don’t get to define who I am.
Where in NYC and LA are the best-looking male waiters? LA, esp. please.
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A Muslim man alleges he’s become a terror suspect simply because of a workplace quip — he says all he did was tell his sales staff to “blow away” the competition at a trade show. Now Saad Allami is seeking $100,000 from the Quebec provincial police force, one of its sergeants and the provincial Justice Department. Allami says in a Quebec Superior Court filing that he was arrested in January 2011 and accused of being a terrorist because of a pep talk he gave fellow employees. Allami was a sales manager for a telecommunications firm when he sent out a text message to staff urging them to “blow away” the competition at a New York City convention. He alleges that, three days later, he was arrested without warning by Quebec provincial police and detained for over a day while his house was searched. He has never been charged with anything. Allami says he has no links to terrorist organizations or the Islamic movement and that police acted without any evidence or research. Allami worked for a telecommunications company. Some of his colleagues later said they were held at the Canada-U.S. border for hours on account of the false allegations against their work associate. Provincial police spokesman Guy Lapointe says he is aware of the filing, but the force won’t comment any further on the case as it is before the courts. The allegations have not been proven in court and the application is to be presented at the Montreal courthouse on March 5, according to the documents filed.
Muslim man arrested for terrorism after telling sales staff to 'Blow away the competition'
KISSIMMEE, Fla. (KTLA) -- A special needs teacher in Florida could lose her job for allegedly using hot sauce to keep students in line. Authorities say Lillian Gomez used hot sauce on autistic children at Sunrise Elementary in Kissimmee, Florida. Local station WFTV reports that Gomez poured the hot sauce on the children's crayons to keep them from putting the crayons in their mouths. One woman told WFTV that two of the children were her five-year-old nephews. "I was just shocked and confused," Karina Holguin said. "They gotta be traumatized, especially for a kid who can't express himself," she added. The family says that after the teacher doused the crayons in hot sauce, the boys refused to touch them for weeks. When district officials found out, the teacher was removed from the classroom. Gomez has now been suspended, and the superintendent is now requesting that she be fired. A termination hearing for Gomez is set for later this month.
Special Needs Teacher Accused of Putting Hot Sauce on Crayons
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My doctor just wrote a prescription for Lovaza which is basically fish oil that GSK has processed and put through FDA approval. My co-pay is $86 a month. WTF? Is there any reason to take this instead of store-bought fish oil?
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Pennsylvania governor Tom Corbett made the order to lower the flags which will remain in effect until Paterno is laid to rest. There has been no announcement about funeral arrangements by the family. Paterno's death has evoked an outpouring of grief among Penn State students and fans and reaction from figures inside and out of the college football world. Paterno is college football's winningest coach at the Division I level with 409 victories in 46 seasons with the Nittany Lions. He was fired in November after former assistant coach Jerry Sandusky was charged with sexual abuse of multiple children and the ensuing scandal that engulfed the university. The school's board of regents said Paterno was removed because he had a moral obligation to do more after learning about an allegation against Sandusky in 2002. source Students react to the death of JoePa The candles lining the steps of Old Main were a constant reminder of former beloved coach, Joe Paterno. A Coke-bottle design of candles with the word "Joe" spelled out above it were placed in the middle of the steps where 3,000-plus students, alumni and fans gathered Sunday night for a candle-light vigil. "Today we have experienced a great loss," cornerback Mike Wallace said as he looked out into a sea of candles. "This loss is incomparable to what we gained from Coach Paterno. … We are not just athletes, we are not just students. We are a reflection of what Coach Paterno was." Like everyone else who stood in the cold and snow for the 30-minute tribute to the late coach, Wallace and his teammates fought back tears. He was joined on stage by quarterback Matt McGloin, reserve quarterback Shane McGregor and former All-America offensive lineman, Stefen Wisniewski. The players spoke about the iconic football coach who recruited them, told them stories at practice and encouraged them to be great men off the field. The vigil, followed by thousands of students walking across campus to Paterno's bronze statue, capped a day full of mourning for the Penn State community. Paterno's statue, built outside Beaver Stadium less than a mile from Mount Nittany Medical Center where he passed away at the age of 85 Sunday morning, became a place of remembrance and prayer. A blue and white scarf draped around the statue's neck and hundreds of candles, letters and flowers resting at the base allowed those in Happy Valley to pay their respects to the man who meant more to the University than any other public figure. "I don't think we were ready for Joe to die," Paterno's long-time friend and former Florida State coach, Bobby Bowden said. "Here's a guy that one year ago we're sitting here wondering how long he's gonna coach, now not only is he through coaching, but he's dead. It just seems like he's always supposed to be there." The sense of disbelief spread around State College where fans mourned together as hundreds went into downtown retail stores to purchase Paterno books, DVDs, t-shirts and cardboard cutouts (lolwut). A letter from fans at the University of Michigan, thanking Paterno for his service rested alongside a 2011 Leader's Division co-champion hat, a memento offensive lineman, Eric Shrive placed at the statue Saturday night. Penn Staters gathered whatever items they saw fit as the collection of rosaries, mass cards, footballs, students identification cards, license plates, t-shirts and posters grew as the chilly Sunday continued. Regardless of age, as young children stood teary eyed alongside their parents and grandparents, they were all certain Paterno's legacy and devotion to the University won't be forgotten. "I was up here (Saturday) night for two hours. I was like the third person here when we thought that he died," Blue Band drum major, Ian Kenney said. "We were here for a while. I was still holding out hope that it was not true and he was going to recover. You didn't want to believe it until it actually did happen." Kenney planned to place the whistle he used for the whole season, along with his white gloves from the Illinois game, which was Paterno's final game before being fired by the Board of Trustees on Nov. 9. Paterno's mark on campus spread throughout the Catholic campus ministry where students attended mass across from the library that holds his name. The same spiritual center that was home to the Paterno family, was a place where students remembered all Joe, his wife Sue and five children did for a University that they spent a lifetime helping build. The signature "Peachy Paterno" ice cream flavor remained on the menu at the on-campus Creamery where people sat, mostly in silence, as they ate and dried their eyes. "This guy is so much more than a football coach," McGloin said. "I consider him a friend. He was really the only person who gave me a chance to play football and I will never forget him for that." source People from the world of sports react. Reaction to the passing of former Penn State coach after his battle with lung cancer came from a wide range of people Sunday. The list includes some of the more than 200 former players that went on to careers in the NFL, former assistants, opposing coaches and a former president of the United States. Here is a sampling of the comments: Former Florida State coach Bobby Bowden: "It's going to be very hard to imagine college football without Joe in this world. I met Joe in 1962 when I was the head coach at Howard College and he was an assistant at Penn State. I took a train up to State College to watch them during spring practice. We started playing each other once I got to West Virginia University in 1966 as an assistant coach, which was Joe's first year as Penn State's head coach. We had many great battles over the 40 plus years, and many great times together with our wives on various coaching trips." Former U.S. President George H.W. Bush: "I was deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Joe Paterno. He was an outstanding American who was respected not only on the field of play but in life generally — and he was, without a doubt, a true icon in the world of sports. I was proud that he was a friend of mine. Barbara and I send our condolences to his devoted wife Suzanne and to his wonderful family." Duke basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski: "Few people are responsible for building something that will last forever. …Coach Paterno was first and foremost an educator, whose immeasurable contributions to Penn State, the coaching profession and the entirety of college sports, will be felt permanently. That is the legacy of a great leader." Miami Heat forward LeBron James on Twitter: "R.I.P Joe Pa! Met him before while I was out at Nike campus. He was great man!!" South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier: "I have the utmost respect and admiration for Joe Paterno. I've coached around 300 college games and only once when I've met the other coach at midfield prior to the game have I asked a photographer to take a picture of me with the other coach. That happened in the Citrus Bowl after the '97 season when we were playing Penn State. I had one of our university photographers take the picture with me and Coach Paterno, and I still have that photo in the den at my house. That's the admiration I have for Joe Paterno. It was sad how it ended, but he was a great person and coach." Ohio State coach Urban Meyer: "He was a man who I have deep respect for as a human being, as a husband and father, as a leader and as a football coach. I was very fortunate to have been able to develop a personal relationship with him, especially over the course of the last several years, and it is something that I will always cherish." "We have lost a remarkable person and someone who affected the lives of so many people in so many positive ways. His presence will be dearly missed. His legacy as a coach, as a winner and as a champion will carry on forever." Matt Millen, a former player at Penn State and with multiple teams in the NFL: "I am numb. Forget the football aspect. We just lost a great contributor to our society. He was way more than a football coach. There are many living positive testimonies walking around because of Joe Paterno. He straightened out many lives." "He was rare. This was a real guy — he was not a fake. Was he infallible? Absolutely not. He had his flaws; he made mistakes. But he was as close to being what you are supposed to be as anyone I ever have been around." Tom Bradley, an assistant under Paterno at Penn State for 33 years: "He was a tremendous teacher not because he knew all of the answers but because he challenged us to find the answers for ourselves. He made us better men than we believed we could be - both on and off the field. And when we lost our way or became unsure of ourselves, it was coach Paterno who was there to encourage us, guide us and remind us that we must always strive to succeed with honor." Former Penn State player Lydell Mitchell who also played in the NFL with the Baltimore Colts: "We came to Penn State as young kids and when we left there we were men and the reason for that was Joe Paterno." LSU defensive back Tyrann Mathieu on Twitter: REST IN PEACE JOE PA!!! You are a legend and a champion!!!! Former Penn State player and current Jacksonville Jaguars linebacker Paul Posluszny: "His influence on me personally was a lot more far-reaching than the playing field. … Coach Paterno should be remembered and revered for his 61 years of service to the Penn State community, the many games and championships he won, and the positive influence he was." Northwestern coach Pat Fitzgerald: "The legacy of Joe Paterno will be long lasting — not only as a football coach and mentor, but as a family man. For 62 years, Coach Paterno poured his heart and soul into a football program and university, helping countless young men reach their dreams and goals on the football field before moving on to successful careers and lives as adults. It's hard to fathom the impact that Coach Paterno has had on college football and at Penn State. His insight and wisdom will be missed. We at Northwestern send our condolences to Sue and the Paterno family." Former Penn State player and current Buffalo Bills safety Bryan Scott: "It's really difficult to find words that encompass what Coach Paterno will forever mean to me. He reinforced that a man's character, morals, values and fundamentals were the main ingredient for success. Succeeding in the classroom, succeeding at your job, succeeding at home, should all be placed before success on the football field." "He brought great perspective to my life, and I will always and forever take those lessons, live by them, and pass them forward." Virginia Tech coach Frank Beamer: "We have lost someone with great and special talents," Beamer said. "He had great and special talent as far as being a leader, which is very obvious by his winning record. And, he had a great and special talent in how he treated people. In my experience with him, he was always charming, gracious and thoughtful. I think he was a great fighter, and I know he fought this illness to the very end. College football will miss Joe Paterno." Former Georgia coach Vince Dooley: "Barbara and I are saddened by the sudden and untimely loss of our long time dear friend Joe Paterno. His wife Sue was a special friend and our thoughts and prayers are with her and her family. Joe was a great role model and represented all that was good about college football. It was tragic that such a person had to endure the heartbreaks of his last months on earth. God Bless Joe and Sue."
*BREAKING* PA Governor Orders Flag To Be Flown At Half-Staff For JoePa
Because I need a place to post Hot Men Photos without opening new threads. Ricky Martin - super HOT!
Let''s continue the tradition!
...and he can make Lautner''s nipples hard.\ \ I like Pattinson a lot more after reading those comments. He''s bitchy.
Robert Pattinson makes it clear that his dick is bigger than Taylor Lautner''s...
We're swimming in Madonna threads. And when it's not her, it's Gaga. Or Britney. Or Katy Perry. None of who can do one run of do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti-do without falling off the scale. I'm all for well done fun music (paging Kylie Minogue) or any number of new electropop acts. Are gay men so blinded by the visual signature of these ladies that music doesn't matter?
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L O fucking L. This peroxide-dyed spray-helmeted crazy-eyed mannequin whom no one likes except for Newt. Their relationship began with what, six or seven years of cheating on his second wife? [quote]“First of all she is a very strong personality, which Nancy Reagan was,” Gingrich said. “She actually describes herself as being a cross between Nancy Reagan and Laura Bush with just a slight bit of Jackie Kennedy tossed in and I think there is, somewhere swirling in there, the model Calista would like to live up to.” I love that Newt is rising in the GOP nomination polls right now. Love it. His fat head contains an even fatter ego that can't help popping out with comments like this. Pass the popcorn and, if Newt actually gets the nomination, breathe a sigh of relief on Barack Obama's second term.
Probably not. But oh well.
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She has spent her $100,000,000 fortune (on drugs?). She is living off a loan from her record company, Arista. Sad
I''ve discovered that instead of completely naked full-front nudity, I''m more turned on by guys who are hanging out of their clothes, such as a cock hanging out of the leg of the shorts or out of the fly of trousers. Anyone else find it hot?
What can I do? I need to lose 50 pounds, but I love food too much. I like to eat. How can I control my eating. Any tips or books to read?
What is the proper protocol when you Skype with a guy for the first time and quickly realize he looks nothing like his manhunt/a4a/dudesnude pics and you want to end the call? Do you just rudely hang up? Make up some lame excuse? What's a guy to do in this newfangled technological conundrum?
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OUT Exclusive: New Gay TV Drama, 'DTLA' 'L Word' alums tackle queer life in Downtown Los Angeles We’re not lacking for amazing TV shows to watch. But every so often something comes along that warrants deleting that subscription to Roseanne reruns we keep on our DVR. DTLA seems to be just such a program. The show, produced by L Word veteran Larry Kennar, will begin airing on Canada’s OUTtv (no relation) beginning late spring, and follows a group of friends in Downtown Los Angeles as they deal with the breakup of boyfriends Lenny (Darryl Stephens) and Bryan (Matthew Stephen Herrick). “OUTtv is committed to the development of new dramatic TV series that tell the stories of the LGBT community,” the network told us. The show, which is shot in what creators call a “European” style—meaning way more sexy scenes than you might be used to—features familiar faces including Stephens (Noah's Arc), Danny Roberts (The Real World), Erin Daniels (The L Word), Tiffany Pollard (I Love New York), Luenell (Borat), Julie Goldman (Big Gay Sketch Show), Internet superstar B. Scott, William McNamara (Doing Time On Maple Drive) and Leslie Jordan (Will & Grace), and is mostly improvised, based on stories from the creators’ lives.
Which would you do?\ \ I know I''m probably in the minority, but I think I''d go for Bobby.
I just watched one episode I Survived: Beyond and Back on Bio. Poor swimmer, 12-year old Matthew, decides to swim up to these girls to scare them. When he reaches his destination, they won't let him come up...keep kicking him down. He drowns. He's enveloped by a light. He sees Jesus Christ, who grabs him up and tells him he has to go back, he's got work to do. Before he knows it, he's spitting up water, but he's pissed as hell to be back. He doesn't understand why JC made him go back. For the next 12-years, he's angry at God, and doesn't give a shit about anyone else. Years later, still pissed as hell, he discovers alcohol and cocaine, which makes him forget his incident, but he gets to the point that he's desperate and decides to commit suicide in order to go back to the light, except he ends up in Hell. He starts falling down this pit but before he hits bottom, he splits into 7, and is surrounded by demons who antagonize him. The worst smell he's ever smelled. He starts weeping and he feels Jesus grab him, saying he's going to show him what forever is...in Hell. He's dedicated his life to helping suicidal people. Another person, a pimp, also went to hell, and complained about the atrocious SMELL.
Former Citigroup chairman Sandy Weill listed his 6,744-sq-ft apartment at 15 Central Park West for an astonishing $88 million in November, promising to donate the proceeds of the sale to charity. Now comes news that Ekaterina Rybolovleva, the 22-year-old daughter of Russian billionaire Dmitriy Rybolovlev, is buying the condominium. Rybolovleva is currently studying at an undisclosed U.S. university and plans to stay in the apartment when visiting New York. According to a source familiar with the sale, she paid the full asking price of $88 million, setting a record for highest individual transaction in New York City history. Here is the official statement from her representatives: A company associated with Ekaterina Rybolovleva, daughter of a well-known businessman Dmitriy Rybolovlev, has signed a contract to purchase an apartment at 15 Central Park West, New York. The apartment is a condominium currently owned by the Sanford Weill Family. Ms. Rybolovleva is currently studying at a US university. She plans to stay in the apartment when visiting New York. Ms. Rybolovleva was born in Russia, is a resident of Monaco and has resided in Monaco and Switzerland for the past 15 years.” The apartment, in one of the toniest post-war buildings in Manhattan, has 10 rooms including 4 bedrooms, a wraparound terrace of more than 2,000 sq. feet, 4 bedrooms and 2 wood burning fireplaces. “This sale is an outlier. It works out to be about $13,000 per sq. foot, the highest on record, for anything, that has ever occurred,” says Jonathan Miller, chief executive of real estate appraiser Miller Samuel, “What is ironic is that when Sandy Weill bought it for less than half this amount, he paid the highest price per sq foot to date in that building, around, $6,400 per sq. foot. He is again setting a record.” The previous New York City record had been set back before the market crash when investor Christopher Flowers paid $53 million for a townhouse at 4 east 75th Street. He resold the property on August 15 for just over $36 million. There were two other very notable sales in the city this year. Russian composer Igor Krutoy paid a record $48 million for a condo at the Plaza in March, and a townhouse at 16 East 69th Street sold for $48 million in July. Rybolovleva is the second daughter of a billionaire to make huge real estate news this year. Back in July, heiress Petra Ecclestone, daughter of UK Formula One billionaire Bernie Ecclestone, apparently paid $85 million for Spelling Manor, the 56,500-square foot mansion that was previously owned by Candy Spelling, widow of famed TV producer Aaron Spelling, whose works include the “Beverly Hills 90210,” “Charlie’s Angels,” and “Dynasty” series. Rybolovleva’s father Dmitriy sold the majority of his stake in Uralkali, the fertilizer business that made him rich, for $6.5 billion in 2010. He is already known in U.S. real estate circles for his May 2008 purchase of Donald Trump’s Palm Beach mansion, Maison de L’Amitie. He paid $95 million in cash for that residence, $25 million less than what Trump had originally asked. It was apparently the largest single residence price concession of all time. He may not own that house much longer though. His wife Elena, who filed for divorce in Pam Beach court in 2009, is seeking transfer of ownership of the former Trump mansion. He himself spends much of his time at his home in Monaco and is likely to buy the struggling French football club, AS Monaco. The selling broker would not allow Forbes to reprint images of the apartment but readers can view a photo and floor plan on its site.
New York's most expensive apartment bought by 22-year old Russian heiress for $88 million
Is it nicer than the Grove in LA?
It's judgement day ... again! "Project Runway" fans %E2%80%93 and more than a dozen of the Emmy%C2%AE Award-nominated series' past contestants %E2%80%93 will have to wait no more. World-famous designers Isaac Mizrahi and Georgina Chapman will serve as judges on the new series, which will be hosted by supermodel Angela Lindvall and feature fashion tastemaker and Marie Claire Editor-in-Chief Joanna Coles as mentor for the "Runway" veterans. "Project Runway All Stars" will premiere later this year on Lifetime with a 12-episode order. The "Project Runway All Stars" designers include: Austin Scarlett: (New York, NY) Season 1, Fourth Place Kara Janx: (New York, NY) Season 2, Fourth Place Elisa Jimenez: (New York, NY) Season 4, Tenth Place Rami Kashou: (Los Angeles, CA) Season 4, Runner-up Sweet P/Kathleen Vaughn: (Pasadena, CA) Season 4, Fifth Place Jerell Scott: (New York, NY) Season 5, Fourth Place Kenley Collins: (Brooklyn, NY) Season 5, Second Runner-up Gordana Gehlhausen: (San Diego, CA) Season 6, Fourth Place Anthony Williams: Season 7, Fifth Place Mila Hermanovski: (Los Angeles, CA) Season 7, Second Runner-up April Johnston: (Savannah, GA) Season 8, Fifth Place Michael Costello: (Palm Springs, CA) Season 8, Fourth Place Mondo Guerra: (Denver, CO) Season 8, Runner-up These designers will each vie for the most lucrative prizing ever in "Project Runway" history. Prizes include an exclusive designer%E2%80%99s boutique in select Neiman Marcus stores and on NeimanMarcus.com, $100,000 dollars in technology and office space to help grow their business from HP and Intel, $100,000 cash from L%E2%80%99Oreal Paris, a feature spread in Marie Claire, for which he or she will serve as a guest editor for one year, and a sewing and embroidery studio provided by Brother International.
PROJECT RUNWAY ALL-STARS on Lifetime this Fall (but without Tim, Heidi, Michael & Nina)
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NYC artist and programmer Luke DuBois analyzed 21 dating websites. He published a map in the Feb. National Geographic showing places where certain words cropped up more than anywhere else, and made it into a map of the USA. I can't find a link for it. It is hilarious. Hawaii: Volcano, Surf, Waves, Goddess Alaska: Outdoorsy, Lights, Subzero, Wonky, Menace, Ego, Fishermen, Neoprene Washington: Wet, Hard, Cheesecake, Single, Gig, Picky, Cougar, Ideas Oregon: Duck, Poise, Garage, Impish, Sure, Garage, Homeopathic, Peerless, Upwards, Checkered California: Gay, Masculine, Grass, Looks, Platinum, Entertainment, Vegetarian, Acting, Kindness, Yoga, Architecture, Super, Wish Nevada: Gambling, Casino, Roadrunner, Manicurist, Cathouse, Illustrious, Polygraph Idaho: Moxie, Vandal, Snake, Windswept, Tomboy, Lousy Utah: Serpent, Polygamy, Westerner, Unfathomable, Silken Arizona: Tan, Wildflower, Uninsured, Superstition, Endeavor, Sequin, Devious New Mexico: Cleopatra, Gusto, Hippie, Tribal Fiestas, Unseen Colorado: Rifle, Forgiven, Avalanche, Corruption, Gods, Snowy, Trespass Wyoming: Cowgirl, Wind, Bighorns, Kidnapping, Bitter, Horses Montana: Outdoors, Antler, Yodeling, Trout, Smoke Jumper, Roadless, Glacier, Headwaters, Backfire North Dakota: Gal, Bareback, Bison, Badlands South Dakota: Lovesick, Stampede, Artesian, Pheasant Nebraska: Blunt, Teetotaler, Ethanol, Races, Railroad Kansas: Chief, Virile, Virtuoso, Immigration, Manliest, Harvesting Oklahoma: Fraught, Dumped, Paranormal, Cherokee, Hoot Texas: Oil, Bliss, Majestic, Fries, Madonna, Refinery, Rich, Scout, Bust, Sensitivity, Needy, Attitude, Stable, Petroleum, Sad, Howdy
Demi Moore isn't having the best week, as far as newsstands are concerned. The actress has reportedly been battling massive insecurity with age and weight, as well as chasing young things like Zac Efron. After her January hospitalization, allegedly thanks to a bad reaction to nitrous oxide and a smoke inhalant, reports are charging the "Margin Call" star with massive insecurities surrounding the breakdown of her marriage — all leading to this current crisis. "She's been really down, and she's surrounding herself with young people to make her feel better," Us magazine cites one source as saying. And by "surrounding" the report suggests Moore "tracked down" 24-year-old actor Zac Efron for companionship. This proposed hunt led to a party in L.A.'s Venice Beach neighborhood, prior to Moore's medical treatment. "As Demi got older, she convinced herself that she needed to stay young and skinny to remain attractive to her husband," People magazine added to the party, via their own inside source. "[She] was always fixated on being young. And the only thing that tied her to that, as she got older, was her marriage to a younger guy and hanging around young people." Following the hospital visit, Moore's rep said she would seek "professional assistance to treat her exhaustion and improve her overall health." On the work front, Moore was replaced by Sarah Jessica Parker in the adult film biopic "Lovelace."
Demi Moore plot thickens: Pursuing Zac Efron, fountain of youth?
She is truly past it.
Best known for playing Carlisle in Twilight. I didn't realize what a handsome man he is, and he used to be a former model. He has the prettiest eyes for a guy.
Have we yet discussed that DL fave Jesse Metcalfe will be playing Bobby's adopted son? Or that lesbo-magnet Jordana Brewster will be fucking both John Ross and Christopher? "DALLAS - Warner Horizon Television has selected Dallas as the location for the pilot of TNT's new incarnation of the popular television drama Dallas. Executive producer Cynthia Cidre, who wrote The Mambo Kings and executive produced the television series Cane, wrote the pilot based on characters created by David Jacobs. Michael M. Robin (The Closer, Rizzoli & Isles, Nip/Tuck) who also executive produces will direct. The original Dallas ran from 1978 to 1991 and followed the Ewing family of Southfork. The new version will focus on the Ewing offspring -- J.R. Ewing's son John Ross (Josh Henderson of Desperate Housewives), and Christopher, the adopted son of Bobby and Pam Ewing (Jesse Metcalfe of Desperate Housewives) -- as they clash over the family dynasty's future. Jordana Brewster (Fast & Furious) stars as Elena, who is involved in a love triangle with Christopher and John Ross. Julie Gonzalo (Veronica Mars) stars as Christopher's fianc%C3%A9e Rebecca. The updated Dallas will feature original series stars Larry Hagman, Patrick Duffy and Linda Gray. Hagman gained worldwide fame for his portrayal of oil baron J.R. Ewing. Gray played J.R.'s wife Sue Ellen Ewing, while Duffy portrayed J.R.'s younger brother Bobby. "We are so excited that we get to shoot the pilot episode of Dallas in Dallas," said Cidre and Robin. "The city has changed so much since the original series and we can't wait to show our audience the fun, the culture, the architecture, the restaurants, the landscapes and the people that make Dallas such a vibrant and cinematic city." The pilot alone is expected to have a significant financial impact on the city and create many jobs for crew, actors, extras and vendors. Pre-production will start immediately, with shooting set to begin in late April."
"Dallas" pilot is on and will, after much debate, film in Dallas
My welfare queen neighbor's section 8 rental half-burned down a few days ago. I know she had a lot of enemies (her whole clan was ambushed and beaten-up once when they were having one of their food stamp luaus). Noticing her wandering through the debris today, I asked her how it happened and she said they don't know how the fire started. I told her there was a dead exotic snake coiled-up and dead in the alley- was it hers? She said no, they didn't own a snake. Her much-younger boyfriend is blond (saw his overgrown roots once) but dyes his long hair black and wears black clothes with dragons and stuff on them (she herself is African American). Does this all sound witchy?
'She killed the family pets': Francis Bean Cobain slammed Courtney Love's behaviour in restraining order testimony Frances Bean Cobain accused her mother Courtney Love of causing the death of their family pets in a newly revealed testimony. The 19-year-old filed a restraining order against Love in LA superior court in December 2009 after they got into a physical fight. Backed by evidence from her male nanny and others the judge granted her request, as well as ordering the Hole singer stay away from her daughter's pet dog Uncle Fester. And in sworn testimony uncovered by The Fix, Frances claimed her mother lived on drugs, was a conspiracy theorist and said the singer's hoarding caused the death of their family cat and dog.In addition, she accused her mother of taking her to a confrontation at her ex-boyfriend James Barber's house. She said: '(Love) has taken drugs for as long as I can remember. 'She basically exists now on...Xanax, Adderall, Sonata and Abilify, sugar and cigarettes. 'She rarely eats... She often falls asleep in her bed while she is smoking, and I am constantly worried that she will start a fire (which she has done at least three times) that will threaten our lives.'And Frances said her mother's chaotic behaviour was the reason for the death of two family pets. She said her cat died after getting entangled in piles of Etsy fabrics, boxes of paperwork, trash and other possessions, while a dog died after swallowing a pile of Love’s pills. But there was plenty of other alleged instances that had driven the aspiring artist to despair. In once incident she said her mother dragged her to James Barber's house when she was 17, and that she sat in a taxi while her mother had a volcanic confrontation with he then boyfriend. She said: 'She took me in a taxi to his house in the middle of the night, and from outside the house, in her bare feet, she screamed at him, threw rocks at the house, and threatened to burn his house down. 'His children were inside the house, but that did not stop my mother.' Finally, she also slammed her mother's constant claims of people stealing money from them.. Frances said: 'My mother is obsessed with uncovering fraud and spends much of her day raging about the fraud that has been perpetrated on her and on me. 'She incessantly rages about her many theories relating to the supposed incidences of "fraud." 'She slams doors, breaks things, stomps around the hotel or apartment and spends hours on the phone, yelling.' And she told the court Love had even threatened to jump off a balcony while she was watching. Ultimately Courtney was ordered to stay away from Frances, Uncle Fester, her paternal grandmother Wendy O'Connor and aunt Kimberly Cobain. The latter pair were made temporary co-guardians. The testimony was revealed when Courtney talked to addiction website The Fix about her struggle to stay sober, the cost of fame and her relationship with Francis. The original interview has been extended into e-book, Courtney Comes Clean by Maer Roshan. And Courtney bizarrely credits taking highly addictive hard drug crack cocaine for making her better at complex mathematics in the new publication. It's a dog's life: Frances made sure her chum Uncle Fester was also protected Rock star family: Baby Frances with her mother Courtney and father Kurt Cobain She said: 'The strange thing is, while the crack screwed me up in a lot of ways, it improved me in certain others. [I’ve never been good with numbers, but when I was on crack I could do math really, really well. I became a f****** whiz at calculus.' Courtney was married to Frances legendary Nirvana musician father Kurt from February 1992 until his suicidal death in April 1994. They reportedly bonded over drug taking sessions. Frances has been taking charge of her life recently, buying a new $1.8m Hollywood Hills home last October, and getting engaged to rocker Isaiah Silva that same month. In August 2010 she became a millionaire overnight when she inherited a trust fund set up in her name following her father's death
I’m hosting book club in a week and I normally try to offer food that matches the book we’ve all just read. I can usually find something to go with the with book even it’s it simply inspired by. Well, we are reading Dickens’ “Great Expectations”. So far, I can come up with toast. That will not do! What would you all make? My default is cheese, crackers, smoked salmon, humus, etc. But when the book is inspiring, I’ll be more adventuresome.
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I never got the Harry Potter thing, but he looks terrific in this new English magazine photoshoot. He is going to be a hottie !
It seems that a lot of DLers have had relationships with people who have personality disorders \ \ Can we do a thread on what to look for and avoid
Actually, I know what happened, but I'm not going to get into that as it distracts from the issue. People never question what the hear. They accept everything on a superficial level...if it appears that way; thus, that's the way it is, never digging deeper than what the bumper sticker slogans have to say. So caught up in left/right paradigm, or so caught up in what pop culture puts out there, people are totally blind to what's really going on.
Are there any disappearances that fascinate you?\ \ \ \ For me it''s:\ \ \ \ Jimmy Hoffa\ \ \ \ The Lost Colony of Roanoke\ \ \ \ Michael Rockefeller
SF Chronicle- Dirty secret of black on Asian violence is out San Francisco's hidden truth is out. That's what community organizer Carol Mo calls the realization that Asian residents are being targeted for robberies, burglaries and intimidation by young black men. "It is San Francisco's dirty little secret," said Mo, a former Safety Network Community organizer in the Sunset District. "It's not news to us." Hundreds of people marched into Tuesday's Board of Supervisors meeting to express their fear, frustration and outrage. But so far the response has been disappointing, particularly from the San Francisco Police Department. It seems intent on downplaying the role of race and its impact in the community. The recent incidents of black violence against Asians is the perfect opportunity to open a dialogue about racism. Instead, they are attempting to close the door. City officials, including the Police Department, say these assaults are part of a larger crime picture where gangs of kids take advantage of a vulnerable group of small stature. But Mo participated in a 2008 survey by the Police Department in which about 300 strong-arm robberies were analyzed. "In 85 percent of the physical assault crimes, the victims were Asian and the perpetrators were African American," she said. The squeamishness city officials are experiencing about confronting those numbers doesn't reflect well on anyone. No one is saying the entire African American community is violent. But ignoring the legitimate anger and frustration from Asians is disingenuous and unfair. "We love San Francisco," said the Rev. Norman Fong, a Presbyterian minister. "And we don't want to do anything to divide the communities. But at the same time, our community is hurting and we feel like our voices are not being heard."
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I read datalounge too much.
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It's here in Houston for a long spell and is it worth going to see? I remember I tried seeing it once in the seventies when it came to the Smithsonian. My mom took us out of school that day and we waited in a line all day long but never got in. The crowd was unbelievable. This time you make ticket reservations and have a scheduled time from what I've heard.
I didn't even know the banks loaned that much!! They wanted sympathy. All I could think to say was "you're in danger girl!!!"
I'm curious about these. I see footage of people being questioned and interrogated by cops on these true crime programs. Why would anyone agree to speak to a cop or get interrogated without a lawyer present? The cops use trick psychology, gang up, and can be verbally aggressive during these questionings -which can go on for hours. Why don't people just refuse to talk? I've never been in the situation, but I think if a cop ever took me to a closed room I'd refuse to talk without a lawyer present. I'm confused why others, especially guilty parties or those who already mistrust cops, talk. Any thoughts?
Honest citizen who just doesn't trust cops or law enforcement
The New York Times Company was in the red in 2011. The company reported Thursday that its fourth-quarter profits fell by 12.2 percent compared to the same period in 2010, and that its net loss for the whole of 2011 was $39.7 million. In contrast, its third-quarter profits were up, and it was profitable overall in 2010. The news came as the paper is trying to fill the void left by CEO Janet Robinson's ouster -- as well as by the multi-million dollar severance package she was given. The Times also went through a round of staff buyouts at the end of the year. Times reporter Amy Chozick chalked up the company's loss to the terminal decline in print advertising, as well as to the sharp drop in revenues from About.com. One bright spot: the NYTimes.com paywall, which now has 390,000 subscribers. The Times Company is also planning to sell more of its stake in the Boston Red Sox.
Ironically 122 people HAVE actually frozen to death in Europe this winter.
Kristen Stewart's Cuntitude: Tells Paparazzi to "Freeze To Death"
...and has been for the last year and a half.
He's really weird looking now.
"Home Improvement's" Taran Noah Smith Arrested for Drugs, DUI
Has anyone here had him?%0D\ %0D\ %0D\ %0D\ I think he''s adorable
I love that restaurant in moderation of course. They will also launch an upscale chain of "cantinas."
JC Penney is Now Insulting Its Customers February 2, 2012 OMM began contacting JC Penney after the store announced that comedian Ellen Degeneres would become the company's new spokesperson. Funny that JC Penney thinks hiring an open homosexual spokesperson will help their business when most of its customers are traditional families. As consumers, what we find tragic is a corporate office and customer service department that not only transfers customers to voicemail, but even hangs up on them rather than verses hearing their concerns. It is absurd to think that a company would find treating customers in this fashion an acceptable behavior. Our members stated their concerns in a kind, professional manner. Insulting customers by ignoring us will not be tolerated. OMM members can shop elsewhere if JC Penney does not appreciate our business. Unless JC Penney decides to be neutral in the culture war and listen to customers in a considerate fashion, their brand transformation will be unsuccessful. Degeneres is not a true representation of the type of families who shop at the retailer. The small percentage of customers they are attempting to satisfy will not offset their loss in sales by offending the majority. Since JC Penney won't listen to us nationally, it is time we let them hear from us locally! TAKE ACTION Since the corporate office doesn't consider your call important, please call your local store manager. Local managers can are more likely to listen to your concerns and pass them along to the corporate office. Urge them to tell corporate that Ellen DeGeneres is a poor choice for spokesperson and should be replaced with someone who more represents your family values (please be polite when you call). You can find the phone number of your local store here, or in your local phone directory. Sincerely, Monica Cole, Director OneMillionMoms.com
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You''re still having sex with another man.
Anyone want to meet up for shopping today?
I think their cities are ugly and unimaginative. Their houses are ugly. Their clothes are blah. No sense of humor. I don't know any of their artists. Do they dance?
Umpy
Since we're at R599 on the last one. Proceed.
Who is it for you, and why?
Any truth that Webster's Dictionary is thinking of editing the definition of "cunt" to Madonna Ciccone?
"Why is it always so cold in movie theaters?" "What do you do with used banana peels?"
How would you feel if aides to the president of the United States singled you out by name for attack, and if you were featured prominently in the president's re-election campaign as an enemy of the people? What would you do if the White House engaged in derogatory speculative innuendo about the integrity of your tax returns? Suppose also that the president's surrogates and allies in the media regularly attacked you, sullied your reputation and questioned your integrity. On top of all of that, what if a leading member of the president's party in Congress demanded your appearance before a congressional committee this week so that you could be interrogated about the Keystone XL oil pipeline project in which you have repeatedly—and accurately—stated that you have no involvement? Consider that all this is happening because you have been selected as an attractive political punching bag by the president's re-election team. This is precisely what has happened to Charles and David Koch, even though they are private citizens, and neither is a candidate for the president's or anyone else's office. What Messrs. Koch do, in fact, is manage businesses that provide employment to more than 50,000 people in North America in legitimate, productive industries. They also give millions of dollars to medical researchers, hospitals and cultural institutions. Their biggest offense, apparently, is that they also contribute generously to nonprofit organizations that promote personal liberty and free enterprise, and some of those organizations oppose policies advocated by the president. Richard Nixon maintained an"enemies list" that singled out private citizens for investigation and abuse by agencies of government, including the Internal Revenue Service. When that was revealed, the press and public were outraged. That conduct will forever remain one of the indelible stains on Nixon's presidency and legacy. When Joseph McCarthy engaged in comparable bullying, oppression and slander from his powerful position in the Senate, he was censured by his colleagues and died in disgrace."McCarthyism," defined by Webster's as the "use of unfair investigative and accusatory methods to suppress opposition," will forever be synonymous with un-Americanism. Army counsel Joseph Welch's "Have you no sense of decency?" are words that evoke the McCarthy era and diminish the reputations of his colleagues who did nothing to stand up to him. In this country, we regard the use of official power to oppress or intimidate private citizens as a despicable abuse of authority and entirely alien to our system of a government of laws. The architects of our Constitution meticulously erected a system of separated powers, and checks and balances, precisely in order to inhibit the exercise of tyrannical power by governmental officials. Our Constitution even explicitly prohibits bills of attainder so that Congress may not single out individual citizens or groups for disfavored treatment or unequal application of the force of government. Prosecutorial power is rigidly constrained and judicially supervised so that government may not accuse private citizens of crimes or investigate them without good cause. Whoever may be the victim of such abuse of governmental authority, the press and public almost invariably unify with indignation against it. If a journalist, labor-union leader or community organizer on the left can be targeted today, an academic or business person on the right can be the target tomorrow. If we fail to stand up against oppression from one direction, we abdicate the moral authority to challenge it when it comes from another. This is why it is exceedingly important for all Americans to respond with outrage to what the president and his allies are doing to demonize and stigmatize David and Charles Koch. They have been the targets of the multiyear, carefully orchestrated campaign of vituperation and assault described above—and much more. It has been choreographed from the very top.
I just found out that the reason I passed out in the middle of Sixth Avenue and ended up in the emergency room with some serious damage about ten years ago is that someone put rohypnol in a beer I was drinking. Needless to say the asshole is psychotic. How can I fuck up his life? Serious replies only.
Mitt Romney said Wednesday he’s “not concerned about the very poor.” Romney told CNN’s Soledad O’Brien during a morning interview after his Florida primary win that his focus is on the middle class — and not on the “very poor.” “I’m in this race because I care about Americans. I’m not concerned about the very poor — we have a safety net there,” he said Wednesday. “If it needs repair, I’ll fix it. I’m not concerned about the very rich — they’re doing just fine. I’m concerned about the very heart of America, the 90-95 percent of Americans who right now are struggling.” O’Brien jumped in, asking him to clarify his statement that he’s not concerned with the very poor. “I think there are lots of very poor Americans who are struggling who would say, ‘That sounds odd,’” she said. “Well, you had to finish the sentence, Soledad,” Romney replied. “I said, I’m not concerned about the very poor that have a safety net, but if it has holes in it, then I will repair it.” “But my campaign is focused on middle income Americans,” he added. “My campaign — you can choose where to focus. You can focus on the rich. That’s not my focus. You can focus on the very poor. That’s not my focus.” Romney said he is open to talking about whether the “ample safety net” for the poor — such as food stamps, Medicaid and housing vouchers — needs to be strengthened or fixed. But, he said, the middle class “are the people that have been most badly hurt during the Obama years.”
Mitt Romney: 'I’m not concerned about the very poor'
Mia
I heard from a really good source today that Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts have both dropped out. After Streep completes the Margaret Thatcher movie in England she''ll shoot a few weeks of a Tina Fey movie (playing her mother), then watch the first of her children get married (Mamie), take off the summer and do either a movie called HOPE SPRINGS or a comedy about a Home Shopping-type channel co-starring Oprah Winfrey and Sandra Bullock.
February 2, 2012 Obama (45) Romney (45) Raleigh, N.C. – Four years ago, Missouri lost its bellwether status in the presidential election, but it was still the closest contest in the country. John McCain prevailed over now President Obama by a tenth of a point. If Mitt Romney is the Republican standard- bearer this year, it looks like it will be just as close. He ties the president at 45%, but Obama leads the other contenders, two by close margins. As in Ohio, Rick Santorum is by a significant margin the best-liked of the Republicans personally, with a 35-47 favorability spread to Romney’s 30-54, Ron Paul’s 26-55, and Newt Gingrich’s 29-59. But unlike in Ohio, where he performed the best against the president, Santorum here is only third best, trailing by three points (47-44). Paul lags by two points (45-43), and Gingrich shouts from a distant seven-point deficit (49-42)—yet another in a long line of recent state polls which suggest Gingrich would be the GOP’s most embarrassing nominee. This is an improvement of four or five points for Obama over both Romney and Gingrich since PPP last polled the state last September. Then the president trailed Romney by four, while Gingrich lagged behind Obama by two points. The president was also behind Romney by one to six points in three polls from November 2010 to May 2011. Four months ago, Romney and Gingrich were roughly as well-liked (or disliked) as they are now. The surge for the president in his standings against them is of his own doing. His net disapproval margin has been halved from ten to five points, with 45% now approving and 50% still disapproving, versus 43-53. “It’s been a good week for Barack Obama in our polling,” said Dean Debnam, President of Public Policy Polling. “He’s leading Mitt Romney nationally and in Ohio, and now tied with him in Missouri. The big question is whether this is just a State of the Union bounce or something that might prove to be more long lasting.”
Obama & Romney tied in Missouri
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We were talking about this question last night (yes we were smoking blunts at the time) and I assumed oral. Then that spun off into the debate about whether or not oral sex is really sex. So where do you weigh in? Is the first time you get your dick sucked or you suck dick the point you're no longer a virgin? Or is it anal? However, there are many gay guys who don't do anal.
She was supposed to be a disaster on "SNL", I hit the link to see for myself -- and found her oddly stunning. French kitten meets Marianne Faithful voice with Julie "Twin Peaks" Cruise synth style. (Check out the official "Video Games" video on youtube or I will try to link). Love her now, another youtube discovery apparently and a good one. Can't stop listening to that song and that doesn't happen often anymore. Anyone else, pro or con?
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I am not an Elder Gay, but at age 38, I wake up 4 to 5 times a night to pee and can't seem to find any solutions or remedies to alleviate this problem. It drives my partner crazy. In addition, during waking hours, I find myself peeing constantly, making it difficult to sit through long meetings, movies and plays (a bathroom visit during intermission is always necessary even though I make sure to pee before the show starts). Has anyone dealt with this problem? I've been to urologists who've tested my urine as well as bladder emptying capacity and these tests have not revealed any irregularities. Anyone ever dealt with this or have any suggestions (other than don't drink before bed)??
What brand is it? What features does it have? I'm going to get one and start making yummy vegan comfort food.
Oh, my goodness. He''s "Nick" and he got fucked, once. Link NSFW
Son of Katherine Kelly Lang (Brooke from The Bold of the Beautiful) did porn for Sean Cody
Roseanne Barr said Thursday she's running for the Green Party's presidential nomination — and it's no joke. The actress-comedian said in a statement that she's a longtime supporter of the party and looks forward to working with people who share her values. She said the two major parties aren't serving the American people. "The Democrats and Republicans have proven that they are servants -- bought and paid for by the 1% -- who are not doing what's in the best interest of the American people," Barr said. Occupy Wall Street protesters popularized the "We are the 99 percent" slogan in their fight against economic disparity and perceived corporate greed. Barr has submitted paperwork to the Green Party for her candidacy. The party's presidential nominee will be selected at a convention in Baltimore in July. Barr said she has been fighting for working-class families and women for decades. "I will barnstorm American living rooms," she said in a candidate questionnaire submitted to the Green Party. "Mainstream media will be unable to ignore me, but more importantly they will be unable to overlook the needs of average Americans in the run-up to the 2012 election." Barr's hit TV sitcom "Roseanne" aired from 1988 to 1997 and earned her an Emmy and a Golden Globe. She played a wise-cracking mom in the comedy about a blue-collar family. Barr has a 46-acre macadamia nut farm in Hawaii.
It feeeeelz so rooooooougggggh Wahooo!
February 1, 2012 Obama 51, Gingrich 39 [Obama +12] Obama 48, Paul 38 [Obama +10] Obama 49, Romney 42 [Obama +7] Obama 48, Santorum 42 [Obama +6] Raleigh, N.C. – President Obama leads all 4 remaining Republican challengers in Ohio among general election voters. He leads Mitt Romney by 7 points (49-42), Newt Gingrich by 12 (51-39), Ron Paul by 10 (48-38), and Rick Santorum performs best, trailing Obama by 6 points (48-42). Obama’s job approval rating stands at 48% approval and 48% disapproval, an improvement from 41-49 the last time PPP polled Ohio in November. By contrast, the Republican field’s collective favorability rating appears to be suffering from the negative turn the primary contests have taken in the last several weeks. All Republican candidates have net negative favorability ratings, some of them quite large – Newt Gingrich is at 25- 59, Ron Paul is at 27-57, Romney’s at 28-56, and Santorum again performs best at 35-48. While Obama enjoys an 82% job approval and 12% disapproval among his fellow Democrats, the Republican field suffers from defections in their own party – 36% of Republicans view Gingrich unfavorably, 36% view Romney unfavorably, 23% view Santorum unfavorably, and a full 56% of Republicans view Ron Paul unfavorably. “We’ve now found Barack Obama with a solid lead in Ohio on our last two polls,” said Dean Debnam, President of Public Policy Polling. “Obama’s benefiting from the weakness of the Republican candidate field, but his own numbers are on the rise as well. We’ve found that if he can win just one state out of Ohio, Florida, Pennsylvania, and North Carolina he’s likely to be reelected so these numbers bode very well for his prospects.”
Ohio poll: Obama Leads Battered Republican Field in Ohio
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[quote]Information in this article, originally published June 2, 2011, was corrected June 3, 2011. A previous version of this story said Dan Savage was 34. Savage is 46. When Savage was asked for his age, he lied to the reporter twice, both times telling her he was 34.\ \ Ultimately you have to blame the credulous reporter for believing that Savage was anywhere near 34, but it''s useful to know that Dan hasn''t changed his lying ways.
at first I thought she was the hired help having to carry Suri''s bag but NO she''s one of Tom''s original kids, from a bad gene pool... just another reason not to adopt.
OMG you have to see the pics of TROLL Isabella Cruise............
TENNESSEE RESTAURANT THROWS OUT ANTI-GAY LAWMAKER A restaurant in Knoxville, Tennessee refused to serve state Sen. Stacey Campfield, the man who sponsored the state’s “don’t say gay” bill, compared homosexuality to bestiality, and most recently told Michelangelo Signorile that it’s virtually impossible to spread HIV/AIDS through heterosexual sex. “I hope that Stacy Campfield now knows what if feels like to be unfairly discriminated against,” the Bistro at the Bijou wrote on its Facebook wall on Sunday. The restaurant has received an overwhelmingly positive response.
After seeing Blue Valentine, I finally ''get'' him. I never really thought he was particularly handsome, and never saw his movies other than The Notebook, which I hated.\ \ But he absolutely blew me away in Blue Valentine. He was dirty, sexy, vulnerable, and had LOADS of charisma, even when his character was fat, ugly and balding. Definitely somebody that lights up more on screen than he does in photographs.\ \ He''s also exudes a raw sex appeal and a manliness than a lot of popular leading men in Hollywood right now (think Taylor Lautner, Justin Timberlake, Robert Pattinson, Andrew Garfield) lack.\ \ God damn, the man is sexy and talented. And with the buzz building for BV, I think he could be a dark horse against Firth.
Three high school students make an incredible discovery, leading to their developing uncanny powers beyond their understanding. As they learn to control their abilities and use them to their advantage, their lives start to spin out of control, and their darker sides begin to take over.
Friends and Sex and the City both seem so dated now.
As of yesterday my Thread Watcher column now "overlaps" and partially obscures the main thread board, making it difficult to read. I have tried adjusting text size, etc. but it doesn't fix the problem. It's only occurring on DL. Any reason as to why this might be happening and suggestions as to how I can fix it? Thanks.
WTF?
Thoughts?
What do you know about her.
What do we think of Tiffani Amber Theissen's?
Have you done Landmark? Did it change your life?
Lululemon
So, what does everyone think of their new strategy? Smart move or headed for a death spiril.
The project follows a socialite in the '70s who tries to open a fashion-forward boutique in Beverly Hills after her husband dies. Wonder if Nat will ask Lindsay Wagner to make a cameo.
Some comments in another thread made me want to post this…someone talked about a guy who gets super hard right before cumming. It reminded me of a guy I blew whose cock would bend a little right before he fired his load… What's a hot thing a guy has said, or done, or a hot physical response from a guy that you've experienced just as he's about to blow?
Romney Isn’t Concerned By PAUL KRUGMAN If you’re an American down on your luck, Mitt Romney has a message for you: He doesn’t feel your pain. Earlier this week, Mr. Romney told a startled CNN interviewer, “I’m not concerned about the very poor. We have a safety net there.” Faced with criticism, the candidate has claimed that he didn’t mean what he seemed to mean, and that his words were taken out of context. But he quite clearly did mean what he said. And the more context you give to his statement, the worse it gets. First of all, just a few days ago, Mr. Romney was denying that the very programs he now says take care of the poor actually provide any significant help. On Jan. 22, he asserted that safety-net programs — yes, he specifically used that term — have “massive overhead,” and that because of the cost of a huge bureaucracy “very little of the money that’s actually needed by those that really need help, those that can’t care for themselves, actually reaches them.” This claim, like much of what Mr. Romney says, was completely false: U.S. poverty programs have nothing like as much bureaucracy and overhead as, say, private health insurance companies. As the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities has documented, between 90 percent and 99 percent of the dollars allocated to safety-net programs do, in fact, reach the beneficiaries. But the dishonesty of his initial claim aside, how could a candidate declare that safety-net programs do no good and declare only 10 days later that those programs take such good care of the poor that he feels no concern for their welfare? Also, given this whopper about how safety-net programs actually work, how credible was Mr. Romney’s assertion, after expressing his lack of concern about the poor, that if the safety net needs a repair, “I’ll fix it”? Now, the truth is that the safety net does need repair. It provides a lot of help to the poor, but not enough. Medicaid, for example, provides essential health care to millions of unlucky citizens, children especially, but many people still fall through the cracks: among Americans with annual incomes under $25,000, more than a quarter — 28.7 percent — don’t have any kind of health insurance. And, no, they can’t make up for that lack of coverage by going to emergency rooms. Similarly, food aid programs help a lot, but one in six Americans living below the poverty line suffers from “low food security.” This is officially defined as involving situations in which “food intake was reduced at times during the year because [households] had insufficient money or other resources for food” — in other words, hunger. So we do need to strengthen our safety net. Mr. Romney, however, wants to make the safety net weaker instead. Specifically, the candidate has endorsed Representative Paul Ryan’s plan for drastic cuts in federal spending — with almost two-thirds of the proposed spending cuts coming at the expense of low-income Americans. To the extent that Mr. Romney has differentiated his position from the Ryan plan, it is in the direction of even harsher cuts for the poor; his Medicaid proposal appears to involve a 40 percent reduction in financing compared with current law. So Mr. Romney’s position seems to be that we need not worry about the poor thanks to programs that he insists, falsely, don’t actually help the needy, and which he intends, in any case, to destroy. Still, I believe Mr. Romney when he says he isn’t concerned about the poor. What I don’t believe is his assertion that he’s equally unconcerned about the rich, who are “doing fine.” After all, if that’s what he really feels, why does he propose showering them with money?
Will you watch the premiere tonight?\ \ It sounds like it will have a lot of style. On the other hand, SMG can''t act her way out of a paper bag.
She shaved her head.
This French actor is the toast of Hollywood right now and a shoo-in for an Oscar nomination for "The Artist." He's incredibly handsome.
Finally on PBS tonight. All of the evil characters...O'Brien the Ladies' Maid, Thomas the Footman and Edith the Middle Sister....each finally seemed to be getting a little redemption. Elizabeth McGovern's voice still bugs the hell out of me but otherwise I really enjoyed it. I even teared up a couple of times.
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The Kelly McGillis thread has me thinking. I came out in the 80''s and it seems that almost every gay rumor around in the 80''s and 90''s have been substantiated. \ \ Let''s list the rumors and those that have been confirmed: \ \ Kelly McGillis\ \ Jodi Foster\ \ George Michael \ \ Lead singer of Judas Priest\ \ Queen Latifah
I'm finally coming around to reading books online. One concern i have is, is it bad fir the eyes? I have an iPad, no e reader or kindle. Any tips or suggestions? Im finding it difficult to locate books through iTunes so amazon appeals more. I'll miss the books on my shelf, but will enoy more space and less clutter. Questions: can I lend books? Download them to different devices? Do the ebook prices fluctuate as much as other amazon prices? Do the books take up a lot of memory or are they stored through amazon?
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Apparently that shit is supposed to drop today. Sad.
Anyone watching this spin-off of Bones? I think the lead guy is really hot, and I've liked the first two episodes so far. I mean it's not amazing, but it's certainly entertaining and interesting. Anyone else?
NSFW:\ \ Discuss.
New thread started by request.
Was this some kind of a sham marriage? i ask because in her obituary, there were references made to Nye's "troubled, complicated" marriage with Cavett. Did they have children together? What is Cavett's background? Hmm?
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A bill being considered by the House Energy and Commerce Committee would end 20 years of consumer protection preventing marketers from endlessly calling your cell phone--and using up minutes that you pay for. This proposed legislation is so far-reaching that Sen. Chuck Schumer said that if it passes, "The floodgates would be open to telemarketers, who could call you on your cell phone during breakfast, lunch, dinner, no matter if you're at home, at school, at the office."1 Our best chance to stop the bill is in the House Energy and Commerce Committee. If we can prevent the bill from coming to a full House vote, we can effectively kill it and preserve the traditional protections consumers enjoy from intrusive and unwanted robocalls to their cell phone. Tell the members of the Energy and Commerce Committee: Oppose any bill that would give corporations virtually free rein to call cell phones. It's unsurprising that this bill is being pushed by corporate interests like the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the American Bankers Association. And since big business already has lobbyists on Capitol Hill whipping support for this legislation, it is even more important that the members of the Energy and Commerce Committee hear from consumers that this harmful legislation should not even be brought up for a vote. This overreach by corporations has to be stopped. It is unreasonable and unfair to expect consumers to pay when telemarketers make unwanted calls to their cell phones. But if the Energy and Commerce Committee doesn't stop this bill from coming to a vote, it will be harder to stop this harmful legislation. Tell the members of the Energy and Commerce Committee: Commit to vote against any bill that would give corporations virtually free rein to call cell phones. If this infringement of privacy and abolishment of consumer protection wasn't enough, the way the bill is written, you may opt-in to receive calls from marketers and bill collectors without even realizing it. Although telemarketers have to have "express consent" before they can call your cell phone, this bill would mean that if you ever give your phone number when buying anything, you will have given businesses the ability to call you endlessly--and use up minutes you paid for. This bill is anti-consumer and constitutes serious infringement on the rights and privacy of cell phone users--and it has to be stopped. Tell the members of the Energy and Commerce Committee: Oppose any bill that would give corporations virtually free rein to call cell phones.
He’s too handsome, too rich, and too pompous to win the hearts of ordinary Americans. (Also, the biggest disclosure from his tax return: his real name is "Willard.")
Romney's Affliction: Excessive Handsomeness
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Any suggestions? I looked on Google, and so many sites are shit.
The other one is filled up. The current Republican spin is that Occupy Wall Street should be mad at Washington, and by Washington they mean Obama, and not the Republicans, of course. The Democrats are doing the similar thing -- pointing at Republicans and saying they are the problem because they are in tight with Wall Street. Truth-out makes the obvious point that we should be mad at both Washington and Wall Street, and in fact Main Street is mad at both, by percentages of 64/30 Washington/Wall Street, Main Street assigns blame to both. That's because Wall Street has become Washington. Here are the top five lobbyists for 2011. 1. U.S. Chamber of Commerce — $31.8 million 2. General Electric — $15.4 million 3. AT&T Inc. — $11.7 million 4. Blue Cross/Blue Shield — $11.1 million 5. Comcast Corporation — $10.7 million Just the top two corporate lobbyists have spent more money on lobbying for the benefit of corporations and their owners so far this year than labor donated for working people in all of 2010. So far. And the year is not over. If you put all the donations that came from all the labor unions in the country -- all the donations for all of 2010, that amount would be less than what two corporate sponsors, out of hundreds, have given so far this year. "The Occupy protestors around the country have it exactly right. To be mad at Washington is to be mad at Wall Street—and vice versa. We need to make both our economic system and our political system work for all of the people, not just for the wealthiest 1 percent."
Occupy Wall Street -- Second Tread
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Did anybody hook up with a classmate when they were still in high school?
Out of the following people:
You always hear about the messy celeb splits. Which celebrities handled their splits in a dignified manner? I always remember Neil Diamond giving his wife tons of money in the settlement and publicly saying she deserved every penny (I take it she stayed home and raised their kids while he was on the road). Who else?
the other one went away
Let's Post pictures of guys presenting their Hairy Chests REDUX!!!
RAINN collaborated with Private Practice on the episode's depiction of male survivors of sexual assault. On behalf of the Department of Defense, RAINN operates DoD Safe Helpline, which provides support to those in the military affected by sexual assault. Live, confidential support for the DoD community can be accessed worldwide via safehelpline.org and 877-995-5247. For those on The West coast who haven't seen it yet.
They just featured the marriage of Diana and Charles, complete with mouse buffet. So 80s, so campy.
What are you doing for Thanksgiving?
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Expressing brilliant foresight, Choe reportedly opted for stock options instead of payment in 2005 for covering the walls of Facebook headquarters with spray-painted murals. Video:
David Choe, San Jose Homeless Graffiti Artist, Set To Make $200 Million In Facebook IPO
Chelsea General promises to be a smart, witty and extremely powerful medical drama produced and created by Dr. Sanjay Gupta. It chronicles the personal and professional lives of five surgeons, in a hospital located in the Chelsea district in New York City. Why would he pick that location to set a hospital drama? It is not like anything happens in the Chelsea district?
We met at 16 and stayed together for 6 years before I broke things off. Its thirty five years later and I still think of him most every day. I know this is more to do with me than with him,but he is like a hole in my heart. Yes this thread was inspired by the "I''ve got a stalker thread". I''ve always kept track of him,easy to do because he is prominent in his field,but I''ve never called although I would love to hear his voice even on a machine. We are both partnered and I don''t want to hurt anyone unnecessarily. Is there anything I can do to get rid of this obsession?
God, I''m a pathetic old queen.
No holes. Just lovely ripe melons. Bubble butts. Impressive cabooses. Like this one:
The last thread was inexplicably closed with only 230 replies... so I'm starting a new one since we're clearly not done yet. PRESENT!
Guys presenting their dicks - REDUX! REDUX!! REDUX!!!
Yeah, there should be another Redux in there...
Some are small; many are average. These photos represent the size of most men''s penises.%0D\ %0D\ Scroll through the link and post your favorites:
Tax Season for 2011! Beloved TaxTroll, I'm working on my taxes and trying to enter a Home Energy Credit. My home energy credit is showing "0" on Turbo Tax with this reason: "Based on what you entered so far, we can't get you the home energy credit for 2011 and you have no credit to carry over from 2010." Did that mean I used all my credits in my 2009 tax return? I put in new doors and claimed them in 2009.
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30 Rock just reminded me of this. In high school I desperatly wanted to stand around NBC and hold doors open for Sue Simmons and Conan. Were any of you bitches pages?
BITCH THE END OF YOUR LIVES ARE NEAR! THE SHIT BEEN MINE, MINE…. Sorry, I just LOVE this bitch and this song. (yes, shock - some eldergay actually knows some shit from this century. deal.)
Across the panels are actresses Rooney Mara, Mia Wasikowska, Jennifer Lawrence, Jessica Chastain, Elizabeth Olsen, Adepero Oduye, Shailene Woodley, Paula Patton, Felicity Jones, Lily Collins, and Brit Marling.
Yup, it was me!!!
My Left Footloose: In a town where the handicapped were forbidden to dance, one man was different.... The Turning Point Break: An FBI agent goes undercover to catch a gang of bank robbers who may be ballerinas. The League of Extraordinary Yentlmen: A group of Jewish drag queens band together to save the world. The Blind Sideways: The story a homeless and traumatized boy who became a wino with the help of two middle aged men who are suffering from mid-life crises. The Ides of March of the Penguins: An in depth look at the dirty politics within the Emperor penguin community.
. Madonna has revealed she cast her daughter Lourdes in her film W.E... only for the scenes to end up on the cutting room floor. The singer, 53, enlisted the help of the 15-year-old at the 'last minute' to play a younger version of Abbie Cornish's character Wally Winthrop. However, as she edited the film ahead of its debut at the Venice Film Festival last September, Madonna realised she didn't need her daughter's scenes after all. 'It was quite unfair of me, what I did and what I asked her to do. But she was really great, and then I ended up cutting her out of the film. Ruthless, I know. 'I said, "Sorry babe, you're on the cutting room floor." She took it like a champ.' Although Lourdes missed out on her big screen debut, she has appeared in the singer's 2004 documentary I'm Going To Tell You A Secret. She is already set to follow her mother into entertainment after enrolling at New York's famed LaGuardia High School Of Music & Art and Performing Arts two years ago. Meanwhile, despite mixed reviews of W.E., Madonna is hoping to make another film in the future. She explained: 'Yes, watch out Visconti! 'No, I'm not a blockbuster kind of a girl, I don't think. But I do love the idea of making a sweeping epic romance. 'And now that I know how to make a film in three different countries, with several different time periods and lots of different accents; I think I'm qualified.'
I'm going to get me some Benedict Cumberbatch (best name ever, and it's real) goodness.
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Public Service Announcement Edgar Allen Poe?
Such a sexy sport!!
Love it.
For me, it's Robert Duvall. I love him so much as an actor that it just drives me crazy. I got over the Jon Voight thing, but Duvall...
OMG, this man is the devil! At a town hall meeting a woman whose son needs medication that can cost her up to $1M a year asks him about prescription med costs and he tells her tough luck about her kid! The big pharma companies deserve to charge as much as they want since they develop the drugs in the first place. "People have no problem paying $900 for an iPad," the candidate explained. "But paying $900 for a drug they have a problem with — it keeps you alive. Why? Because you’ve been conditioned to think health care is something you can get without having to pay for it."
Rick Santorum: You have the right to life, but not the right to stay alive!
Here are pics of Gale and Yara at the HFPA Instyle Party:
Can someone please tell me how to find a tweet of yours that someone has retweeted? I've clicked on everything, my user name, activities, everything I can see to click on and I can't find a retweet that I was emailed about (that someone retweeted my tweet) Also how do I find retweets I've made of someone else's tweets? One last question...is there a Twitter etiquite, that if someone retwweets you? Do you tweet them to say thank you? I've checked help and Googled and I could not find something I could understand.
Yes I'm old and new to twitter
These two young gay actors have been boyfriend and boyfriend for a several years now. One is on a young adult drama, the other on an older housewifey series. For now, the two just pretend to be best friends, with no public PDA.\ \ While Drama Guy is still closeted, Housewifey Guy is all but out. Ever since Drama Guy and his blonde beard %E2%80%9Cbroke up%E2%80%9D, Housewifey Guy has been putting the pressure on to come out publicly. He doesn%E2%80%99t even bother with beards, and wants Drama Guy to quit pretending he%E2%80%99s straight, too. Drama Guy is toying with the idea and has been polling his friends and a few select colleagues to see if they think that now is a good time to come out. His biggest opponent so far? His blonde ex, who worries that her popularity may suffer if she is exposed as a beard.
I''ve never seen the show before, but they seem to have several dvd collections, so I''m not sure where to start.%0D\ %0D\ Doesn''t it only get good once Barnabas enters the picture, or should I watch from the very beginning?
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Videos of the interview and then the treat of Bjork singing (actually it's fairly good and not bizare):
Bjork On The Colbert Report: Artist Performs 'Cosmogony,' Talks Elves
February 2nd, 2012 (CNN) – Republican Gov. Bob McDonnell of Virginia, who recently threw his support behind Mitt Romney, said Thursday he would consider a vice presidential run should he be offered the spot. "I'm chairman of the Republican Governors Association so I want to win lots of Republican governors races this year, but if somebody called me, I'd sure think about it," McDonnell said.
“I might not be saying, ‘Are you in it to win it?!’ ” he said. “I think that one has been retired, man. That’s so last season.”
'Idol's' Randy Jackson: I'm retiring 'Are you in it to win it?!'
wow is me.
It's Chris Evans!
Look who's covered his beautiful body with nasty, seemingly random tattoos!
I'm watching a movie about her and it's trashtastic.
Maybe the third time is a charm...
Cute twink explains why continual crunches will not necessarily produce a 6-pack:
Saw MJB on LIVE! with Kelly this week. She was a co-host. Just sat there and didn't say anything. Just laughed with her head in her hands now and then. The shocking thing came at the very end of the show when they read emails to use up a couple of minutes of remaining time. Blige had one email to read that was only one or two sentences long. SHE COULDN'T READ. She's apparently illiterate. Kelly came to the rescue. I guess this is a world where education doesn't matter, where entertainers are role models for dropping out of school. Sad. Sad. Sad.
I need any and all information about the three uber bottoms. I am in love with all three of them, and as luck should have it they''ve all retired from porn so I''m left pining for new information. Does anyone know their real names/whereabouts/recent pics/etc? I''ve already found Kevin Williams on Facebook but the other two seem to have disappeared off the face of the earth. Any and all information you may know about them is greatly appreciated!!!
Worst ad campaign of the year? Granted, the year is still young but these screaming, shrieking people are getting on my nerves. (Apparently it's to promote Penney's new 40% off everything all the time, no sales idea.)
A 9-year-old Maine girl is home from a Boston hospital healthy, active and with high hopes — and a new stomach, liver, spleen, small intestine, pancreas, and part of an esophagus to replace the ones that were being choked by a huge tumor.
Only choose between these two.
Post your pictures of men showing affection to each other... like this:
Anybody had any interesting ones? Discuss.
Review: Madonna's "W.E." begs the question, why? By DAVID GERMAIN, AP Movie Writer Thu Feb 2, 7:11 pm ET The question that needs to be asked about Madonna's "W.E." is why? (more at link)
Canadian athlete. He won the silver medal in Ice Dancing this year with his partner Kaitlyn. What do you think?
Riddle us this, Canucks!
The Help wins three SAGs and probably Oscars, Gayle is on CBS, the republicans are make fools of themselves and helping to ensure Barack's second term.....
O (the supreme diety STILL in charge)
I just have the streaming video portion of Netflix since they did that stupid shyt last summer. I check the site every Tues for new releases, but the pickings are always paltry. The last straw that made me cancel my Netflix subscription this week... they have a shytload of Indian films. I'm through
we have seen the dicks, holes etc. now let''s look at really large nuts.
He films out of Montreal. What is the Canadian rumor mill say about this guy?\ \ Oh, and he loves him mom to death. Hmmmm.
Haven't bought a new cell for years, and my present one is so old I don't even text because it's such a hassle. Thought I wanted the new iphone, but when the 4S was released instead of the 5, I wondered if I should go android instead. I want a new cell for web access, phone, and texting. Don't care about gaming or watching movies. I'm drawn to the phones with bigger screens, and I know that means Apple loses. I'm 50, and at this age, I think the bigger screen might be better for texting. Anyone have advice?
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And why is that Pickering always here?
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I love them.
"I will barnstorm American living rooms," she said in a candidate questionnaire submitted to the Green Party. "Mainstream media will be unable to ignore me, but more importantly they will be unable to overlook the needs of average Americans in the run-up to the 2012 election."
Roseanne Barr 2012: Actress Seeks Green Party Presidential Nod
There are a lot of Jewish guys in straight porn. eg. Ron Jeremy, Seymour Butts, Herschel Savage, Randy West, James Deen etc. Do we have any Jewish guys in gay porn?
Why don't I believe that he has the biggest penis on record? Is there any video or photos of them measuring it?
Some strange coincidences will start to happen.. Not sure if it has to do with maybe something happening to a lot of people with the same name, or something else.. But something is afoot.
What the fuck is wrong with Andy? Why does he have these two diseased skanks on? Miss Cohen is losing it.
Katyana, 41, slipped in the foyer of Dynasty legend Joan's luxury home after a swim and was taken to Cedars-Sinai hospital in Beverly Hills where she underwent minor surgery to one of her cheekbones following the incident. Joan may also appear in Downton Abbey next season.
Ho-lee Fuck!!!
You're welcome, guys:
Shirtless Chris Evans on the set of his new film
Mia
A former intern at Harper's Bazaar is suing the magazine's publisher, Hearst Corporation, saying that her internship violates labor laws because it was unpaid, according to a lawsuit filed in federal court in New York. Xuedan Wang, 28, was an intern at the magazine's accessories department from August to December last year, where she typically worked at least 40 hours a week, and sometimes as much as 55 hours, without pay, according to her lawsuit filed on Wednesday. "Unpaid interns are becoming the modern-day equivalent of entry-level employees, except that employers are not paying them for the many hours they work," the lawsuit says. "Employers' failure to compensate interns for their work, and the prevalence of the practice nationwide, curtails opportunities for employment, fosters class divisions between those who can afford to work for no wage and those who cannot, and indirectly contributes to rising unemployment." The lawsuit contends that Wang, who also uses the first name Diana, and hundreds of other unpaid interns like her are a "crucial labor force" at Hearst. "If the interns weren't doing the work then they would have to hire someone else to do it," Elizabeth Wagoner, one of Wang's lawyers, said in an interview -- a sign, she said, that labor laws are being broken. Wang and her lawyers hope to ask other people who have worked as unpaid interns for Hearst to join the class-action lawsuit. Wang is seeking minimum-wage pay and overtime pay in damages. Wang, who now lives in Brooklyn in New York City, completed a degree in strategic communications at Ohio State University and took the internship because she wants to work in the fashion industry, her lawyer said. Wang was not available for comment, her lawyer said. Paul Luthringer, a spokesman for Hearst Corporation, said the company had not been served with the lawsuit, and so could not comment. According to information for prospective interns published on the Hearst careers website, the company does not pay its interns but instead offers them academic credit, a practice that is widespread among publishing companies and in other competitive industries. "The goals of Hearst Magazines internships are to provide opportunities for students to gain valuable experience and exposure to the world of publishing," the company says on its careers website. Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, a company may legally offer unpaid internships so long as they are educational and benefit the intern and not necessarily the employer, according to information published on the Department of Labor's website. The department says that unpaid interns must not displace regular employees and that "the employer that provides the training derives no immediate advantage from the activities of the intern; and on occasion its operations may actually be impeded."
Time to reboot our Supreme Papi with a new thread dedicated to all things Raul and his Bobby baby.%0D\ There will be Raul sightings all summer!!%0D\ %0D\ And Bobby will be there for his ''fun in the sun'' with Raul!
[bold]Hint: It Wasn’t an Obama 'Spending Binge'[/bold] The federal budget deficit will again exceed $1 trillion this fiscal year, the Congressional Budget Office reported today. That news is sure to trigger another round of condemnations from politicians and pundits who have a political or ideological interest in pinning these deficits on the domestic spending policies of President Barack Obama. Unfortunately for them, today’s report—along with dozens of other similar CBO reports in recent years—actually proves the opposite—that the current deficit is overwhelmingly the result of two factors: events that occurred before President Obama took office and tax cuts. In fact, higher spending under Obama accounts for less than 20 percent of this year’s deficit, and nearly half of that was additional defense spending—not domestic spending. Bottom line: The narrative that an “Obama spending spree” caused our deficit problem is utterly false. (more at the link)
Several people discussing Meryl Streep's chances for an Oscar have said she'll have many more opportunities in the future. Meryl is 62 -- older than Katharine Hepburn was when she won Oscars #2 and #3 for Guess Who's Coming to Dinner and The Lion in Winter. Although she can still play late middle-aged, Meryl is moving into her senior years...a time when parts dry up for leading ladies. Do you think she'll be atypical in that she'll continue starring in lead roles for the next couple decades, or will she make the switch to juicy supporting roles? How many more nominations do you think she'll realistically get, and what kinds of roles can you see her playing in the future -- theatre adaptations like DOUBT, more biographical roles, or film parts written especially for her?
It's all over now. "The Iron Lady" just wasn't good enough, and pissed off liberals for showing Thatcher as a feminist icon and also conservatives for showing Thatcher's dementia. The Oscar will go to Viola Davis. Only a few of us are good enough for two Best Actress wins. But Meryl can always console herself with her Best Supporting Actress win--that's the next best thing, we guess.
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You think he''s had some practice?
Scotty Bowers, an octogenarian who personally "prefers the sexual company of women," was a twentysomething former Marine in the late forties pumping gas near Hollywood Boulevard when Walter Pidgeon, a Canadian actor and future president of the Screen Actors Guild, drove up in a Lincoln coupe and propositioned him. Bowers accepted (for $20, it's implied) and so started a several-decades-long career as the go-to guy for any of old Hollywood's closeted stars (along with some of their heterosexual peers) in need of "matchmaking" services, if you get the drift. Bowers's memoir, Full Service: My Adventures in Hollywood and the Secret Sex Lives of the Stars, comes out in two weeks and is, per the Times, "a lurid, no-detail-too-excruciating account of a sexual Zelig who (if you believe him) trawled an X-rated underworld for over three decades without getting caught." Read on for some of the names and sordid details strategically dropped into the paper's review. Why Bowers Agreed to the Book: "I finally said yes because I’m not getting any younger and all of my famous tricks are dead by now. The truth can’t hurt them anymore." How Many Female Lovers He Set Katharine Hepburn Up With: Over 150. Publisher Implicated in Bowers's Old Hollywood Sexcapades: Alfred P. Knopf One of Several Publishers Who Turned Down Full Service: Knopf Which Actress Would Disagree That Bowers Wasn't a Pimp, According to the Book: Lucille Ball Why: One of the people Bowers was connecting with (other) bedmates was Ball's then-husband, Desi Arnaz. Why Browers Asked Tennessee Williams Not to Publish an Article on Him: "He made me sound like a mad queen flying over Hollywood Boulevard on a broomstick directing all the queens in town." Other Famous Stars' Names Mentioned: Cary Grant, Rock Hudson, Vivien Leigh, Spencer Tracy, and Cole Porter
New Memoir to Reveal All Sorts of Sordid, Sexual Details About Old Hollywood
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Your mother, Judy Garland, remains one of most fascinating stars in Hollywood history. Even though there's been a tremendous amount of research into her work and analysis of her life, what do you think is the biggest misconception audiences still have about her? The biggest misconception people have about my mother is that she was so unhappy. I think people enjoy thinking that -- some of them, anyway. They see the tragedy as opposed to the fact that she understood how to play tragedy. I remember somebody at school once said something really mean about her: "Oh, Judy does too much of this or that, she drinks too much." And I came home from school crying; my mother asked me what was wrong and I told her. And then she said, "You know what? You let everybody say what they're gonna say, and we'll go get a hamburger."
Liza Minelli Reveals The Biggest Misconception About Her Mother
Mia
A 48-year-old Florida polo mogul — about to go on trial for DUI manslaughter — adopted his 42-year-old girlfriend in a move that could shield much of his fortune from a wrongful-death lawsuit. Billionaire John Goodman’s adoption of Heather Hutchins, his girlfriend since 2009, is “surreal” and moves the case into “a legal twilight zone,” said Palm Beach County Circuit Court Judge Glenn Kelley. Goodman, founder of the International Polo Club and heir to a Texas air-conditioning fortune, was driving his $200,000 Bentley in February 2010 when he ran a stop sign in Wellington, Fla., and struck the Hyundai of Scott Patrick Wilson, authorities said. Wilson, 23, drowned when his car flipped over into a canal. Investigators said Goodman’s blood-alcohol level was twice the legal limit. Goodman goes to trial for DUI manslaughter and other charges on March 6 and faces up to 30 years in prison if convicted. But he also faces a civil trial, starting three weeks later, in a wrongful-death suit brought by William and Lili Wilson, the victim’s parents. Judge Kelley has ruled that a trust fund Goodman set up for his two children was off-limits if a jury awards money to the Wilsons. Instead, Goodman stood to lose much of his personal assets, which includes his airplane, a yacht and a stable of polo horses. His family business was sold seven years ago for more than $1 billion. But the Wilsons claimed in court papers last week that Goodman pulled a fast one last Oct. 13 — by finalizing a legal adoption of Hutchins that makes her entitled to one-third of the trust. The trust is believed to be worth at least $200 million. Florida adoption attorney Charlotte Danciu said Goodman’s move was “both awful and brilliant.” But the Wilsons called it a “game changer” and asked Kelley to consider the trust to be part of Goodman’s assets and subject to damages awarded by a jury. Goodman’s attorney, Daniel Bachi, said the adoption “has nothing to do with the lawsuit currently pending against him.” He said it was it “was done for estate-planning purposes and to ensure protection of both his and her minor children and the stability of all the family investments.” Adult adoptions are usually done for the purposes of estate planning. But adopting a girlfriend appears to be a new wrinkle. Kelley called the adoption “unprecedented” — but didn’t say it was illegal.
Did he love her, eploit her, or both? Why would a young Jewish lawyer get involved with a shikska bimbo? Are his parents dead? Anna was sweet, but you know she couldn't spell Israel.
Umpy
Yes. He's back in spectacular, self-aggrandizing fashion. [quote]According to gossip blogger Fresh, New Birth brought in a controversial “Rabbi” to crown Long King in an elaborate Jewish ceremony using 300-year-old sacred scrolls that were found discarded outside a concentration camp in Germany in the 1940s. Photos and video at link.
Bishop Eddie Long -- Declared king and crowned in Jewish ceremony
TAIWAN - A 74 year-old man died after he accidentally swallowed his dentures during sex with a 62-year-old prostitute in Taiwan, according to The Asia News Network Star. The man, known as Chen, had been living with a close female friend in New Taipei City after separating from his wife many years ago. The prostitute said she had sex with Chen for 30 minutes. She said Chen got up from the bed, paid her and was about to put on his clothes when he suddenly collapsed. "He fell back onto the bed. His eyes were open but he was not moving. I shook his body and tried to wake him up," said the woman, who called the rescue team. Chen was rushed to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. Doctors found his dentures stuck in his throat.
I have a three compartment hamper in the master bath. One section is for whites. One section is for blacks. The last section is for other colors. When he takes his clothes off, he always throws the wrong color in the wrong compartment. I watched him this morning and he just carelessly threw his clothes in the hamper without regard for where they were supposed to go. So I explain to him that when he doesn't pay attention to what he's doing it makes sorting the laundry more difficult. And he says stop being so anal. So I say, well when you start doing the laundry, let's talk. Then he says and he walks up close to me and in a condescending voice, 'Somebody needs to get their hole pumped. You need daddy's rod?" Then he rubs it on my leg and walks out of the bathroom laughing. We've been dating for three years and I hesitated allowing him to move in because his old place was a sty. Now I am really regretting it and I don't know what to do.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Roseanne Barr said Thursday she's running for the Green Party's presidential nomination — and it's no joke. The actress-comedian said in a statement that she's a longtime supporter of the party and looks forward to working with people who share her values. She said the two major parties aren't serving the American people. "The Democrats and Republicans have proven that they are servants -- bought and paid for by the 1% -- who are not doing what's in the best interest of the American people," Barr said. Occupy Wall Street protesters popularized the "We are the 99 percent" slogan in their fight against economic disparity and perceived corporate greed. Barr has submitted paperwork to the Green Party for her candidacy. The party's presidential nominee will be selected at a convention in Baltimore in July. Barr said she has been fighting for working-class families and women for decades. "I will barnstorm American living rooms," she said in a candidate questionnaire submitted to the Green Party. "Mainstream media will be unable to ignore me, but more importantly they will be unable to overlook the needs of average Americans in the run-up to the 2012 election." Barr's hit TV sitcom "Roseanne" aired from 1988 to 1997 and earned her an Emmy and a Golden Globe. She played a wise-cracking mom in the comedy about a blue-collar family. Barr has a 46-acre macadamia nut farm in Hawaii.
Anti-tax activist Grover Norquist has long held a tight grip on the marionette strings of the GOP. Wielding undue influence as the head of the Americans for Tax Reform, Norquist ensures that Republican lawmakers sign his anti-tax pledge and threatens them with electoral defeat should they even think of deviating from it. Norquist has marked a successful few years, killing the deficit super committee agreement, batting down a tax increase on millionaires, and, of course, ensuring the extension of the Bush tax cuts. Pleased with his headway, Norquist is now mapping out how he can ensure further anti-tax victories by securing Republican majorities. In an interview with the National Journal, he mused that a GOP mandate would obviously enact an extension of the Bush tax cuts, work to maintain a repatriation holiday for corporate profits, and even pass House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan’s (R-WI) plan that jeopardizes Medicare. But when asked what Republicans should do if faced with a Democratic majority that won’t keep the tax cuts, Norquist had a simple answer: “impeach” Obama. "Obama can sit there and let all the tax [cuts] lapse, and then the Republicans will have enough votes in the Senate in 2014 to impeach. The last year, he’s gone into this huddle where he does everything by executive order. He’s made no effort to work with Congress."
Grover Norquist: "Obama will be impeached if he lets the Bush tax cuts expire."
The popular thread continues in Part V. When we last left Matt, he and Simon were no longer wearing their wedding rings!
Mike White
They celebrate Christmas? WTF? And KFC is apparently a much sought after delicacy for Christmas parties. Is there a weirder country on Earth?%0D %0D "KFC for that special Christmas meal, anyone? In Japan, the answer is a resounding yes.%0D %0D So popular is Kentucky Fried Chicken over the festive season that the fast-food chain%E2%80%99s Christmas Party Barrels can be ordered up to two months in advance in Japan. %0D %0D %E2%80%9CI entered the company in around 1980 and at the time it was pretty tough because there would be these long queues outside the stores,%E2%80%9D said Ichiro Takatsuki, a company spokesman. %E2%80%9CBecause of that over the past decade we%E2%80%99ve been taking orders. We started in November, but people would call and ask if we were taking orders yet, so we started earlier.%E2%80%9D%0D %0D Through one of the most successful advertising campaigns, which started in 1974, KFC Japan has made eating its chicken meals at Christmas a national custom. This happens on December 23, 24 and 25, but particularly Christmas eve. Sales for the three days are equal to half normal monthly sales, the company says.%0D %0D Japan is well known for taking foreign products and ideas and adapting them to suit domestic taste, and Christmas is no exception. A highly commercialised and non-religious affair, lots of money is spent annually on decorations, dinners and gifts. KFC is arguably the biggest contributor, thanks in part to its advertising campaign. %0D %0D %E2%80%9COne of the reasons the campaign lasted so long is that the message is always the same: at Christmas you eat chicken,%E2%80%9D said Yasuyuki Katagi, executive director at Ogilvy and Mather Japan, the advertising agency. %0D %0D Lining up without an advance order, particularly on December 24, is possible but risky as the chicken is freshly fried and thus volume is limited.%0D %0D On a visit to a KFC in the busy central Tokyo district of Shinjuku, staff members said that the queue will snake around the side of the building to a sushi restaurant located halfway down the next street for people to pick up their orders. In this KFC, orders are stronger than last year, and staff are expecting to produce about 7,000 chicken pieces on December 24.%0D %0D Overall demand is also stronger than last year, KFC Japan says, adding that it is not possible to give specific numbers for their 1,240 restaurants.%0D %0D Other fast food joints, such as Japan%E2%80%99s Mos Burger also try to cash in on the custom. Traditionally a burger chain, the company is currently advertising chicken for Christmas. However, people mostly seem to opt for KFC.%0D %0D Yoshiaki Hirose, a Tokyo businessman, ordered his Party Barrel a couple of weeks ago. %E2%80%9CIt%E2%80%99s like a Christmas standard,%E2%80%9D he said. %E2%80%9CKFC holds a premium position [over other fast food chains], so it%E2%80%99s nicer for celebrating, without being overly expensive. You want to have a party with your family, save your wife from having to cook, and you can pick it up from your local shopping street on your way home from work.%E2%80%9D%0D %0D It all started in the early 1970s when KFC was new to the market, Japan%E2%80%99s economy was in its fast-growth stage and was absorbing and adapting appealing areas of western culture fast. It turned out to be perfect timing for KFC. According to the company, a representative of a Christian mission school had ordered chicken at a Tokyo KFC as they could not get hold of any turkey. A bright employee suggested the situation could be made into an ad campaign."%0D
On Food Network?
This news just out now: Don Cornelius is dead; apparent suicide, TMZ is reporting. Cornelius was creator of "Soul Train," which had a vast and lasting influence on pop culture, and seeded - at least the idea seeded - MTV. He was a tastemaker who tasted everything, from Motown to R&B, and taught generations of kids to dance, or try to dance, or try to move. "Soul Train" ran for decades, and thus, influenced not just one of those generations, but a couple. It aired from '71 to the mid-200s (and may still be going on in some iteration for all I know; the Soul Train Awards are of course on-going.) This was the urban "American Bandstand," and Don, the urban - and more urbane - Dick Clark, to whom was so often compared.
They don''t pretend to be straight, or gay-for-pay, or "try-sexual," or any of that nonsense.\ \ Some I can think of:\ \ Paul Wagner\ \ Cayden Ross\ \ Francesco d''Macho
I''ll start
Let''s post pics of guys with treasure trails
Roy & Dale
Roughneck, redneck, trailer trash.\ \ Something hot about a totally trashy guy.\ \ Let''s see ''em!
It's not like there is anything in there that you didn't write or click on yourself. I don't get the outrage.
For the last few days I've been killing flies in my house. I've been through the house and cannot figure out where they are coming from. I'll kill two and then an hour later there is another one buzzing around. My house is an older bungalow raised about 2 ft. off the ground so I'm thinking there is something dead underneath but wouldn't I smell it? They aren't the bluish ones but slow moving large black ones with white stripes on their bodies. They are fairly easy to kill. And, no, this isn't Cheryl before anyone says that.
The second hour of the two hour premiere just started on the East Coast...
Well?
Of course we already knew this. The conservatives are shrieking about this.
Bwahahaha
This looks good. If you don't go see it, I'll come over and rearrange your furniture while you sleep.
Tex
O'Malley introduces same-sex marriage bill Governor says proposal offers more religious protections than last year's measure (more at link)
Hunky Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley introduced same-sex marriage bill
Who would it be?
Other than needing to trim his beard, he is very sexy in this pic.
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You heard a lot of talk, then... nothing.
Allan Smithee
This ditty by Gotye is haunting to me.
Search function is crap. Can we dish about Dick Cavett and his oddball marriage and effete ways?
This is a real coup and reputation enhancer for a multimillionaire candidate who doesn't care about poor people and likes to fire people. LAS VEGAS - Donald Trump planned to endorse Mitt Romney's bid for the Republican presidential nomination Thursday, three Republican officials told The Associated Press. The real estate mogul and reality TV show host was set to make the announcement in Las Vegas at the hotel bearing his name, with Romney in attendance. Nevada holds its presidential caucuses on Saturday. The GOP officials requested anonymity to speak ahead of Trump's official announcement. The surprise development came hours after Newt Gingrich had informed close advisers Wednesday night that he expected to win Trump's support. Trump has played an unusually prominent role in the presidential contest since last spring, when he mused publicly about joining the Republican field. His blunt criticism of President Barack Obama and fierce warnings of a nation in decline resonated with tea party activists. At one point, polls showed him briefly surging to the top of the field. Trump stirred controversy and considerable criticism during that time by openly questioning the validity of Obama's birth certificate, lending credence to the chorus of "birthers" who believe Obama was not born in the United States and thus is ineligible to be president. The fuss pushed Obama to release a long-form version of his birth certificate. Trump announced last May that he would not be a candidate for the GOP nomination. But he welcomed other hopefuls to his office at Trump Tower on Manhattan's Fifth Avenue for strategy sessions. Romney made the trek, as did former candidates Michele Bachmann, Herman Cain and Rick Perry. Gingrich visited in December when he was topping polls in Iowa and nationally. Trump even took Sarah Palin out for a widely publicized pizza dinner in Times Square when she was considering a presidential bid. But the 2008 GOP vice presidential nominee ultimately decided against running. Gingrich's camp was so confident of Trump's endorsement that those close to the former House speaker confirmed it Wednesday night for news organizations, including the AP. One of those officials said Trump had "sent signals" to Gingrich that he would support him. On Thursday, that individual declined to elaborate on what those signals were. Romney's schedule, usually carefully planned well in advance, remained in flux until Thursday morning. Several Romney aides refused to comment Wednesday night when asked about the pairing of Trump and Gingrich. Trump is known for being unpredictable and the circus atmosphere surrounding his endorsement almost seemed designed to gin up interest in the event.
Donald Trump to endorse Newt Gi ... er, Mitt Romney
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It's tomorrow. I don't think it'll pass.
Dr. Kathy Plesser, a Manhattan radiologist on the medical advisory board of Susan G. Komen for the Cure's New York chapter: "I’m a physician and my interest is women’s health, and I am disturbed by Komen’s decision because I am a very strong advocate for serving under-served women," Plesser told The Huffington Post. "Eliminating this funding will mean there’s no place for these women to go. Where are these women to go to have a mammography? Do they not deserve to have mammography?"
Take a guess who defended this move. Video:
'The View' Clashes Over Komen's Planned Parenthood Funding Cut
Let's suggest story lines that would make this pretty tv show finally take off in the ratings.
This past week, however, an appeals court set aside part of his conviction after it was determined that at no time did Simmons, an active-duty bandsman, wear his entire uniform, so the court says that does not constitute misuse.
It's fantastic. One of the best gadgets I've purchased. It cooks Tofurkey Pizzas from Whole Foods like THAT.
Saw today's show with the First Lady, the kids from the school she supports and Daniel Radcliff. She would make an excellent Ambassador to some troubled nation. And, she looks great for 52.
One of the bartenders is HOT...Nicole
Latest from Michael Lucas is that he tops "retiring" Matthew Rush. Though Rush is a former top who has, in recent years, bottomed there are some tops who just won't give it up. Lucas is one of them. Who else has been holding out for too long?
Jason Sudeikis was one lucky man. Apparently no toe sucking in rehearsals, just on live TV. But Zac's feet were clean. Bet he would have gotten them ripe had he known.
It's ... kind of dumpy ...
Houstin''s Theatre Under the Stars. Rehearsal footage. Kim is playing the theatrical producer, Carmen Bernstein. Robert Newman plays Det. Colfi, the role originated on B''way by David Hyde Pearce.
Emmy winner,KIM ZIMMER in Kander and Ebb''s musical CURTAINS!
Jessica Cranshaw
Best show EVAH.
Didn't she retire? Sharon Stone is set to star in the thriller Attachment, directed by Tony Kaye (American History X). L.A.- and Vancouver-based film distribution, financing and international sales company W2 Media will fully fund the project and handle worldwide sales. It will take the title to the European Film Market in Berlin next week. Stone will play a married woman who has a one-night stand with a college student who returns to stalk her and her family. Panther Films’ Brad Epstein will produce and Adam Krentzman will executive produce with W2. W2 is currently handling worldwide sales for The Drummer with Aaron Eckhart and Vera Farmiga, horror title The Theatre Bizarre 2 and the English remake of the Finnish feature Princess. Stone is repped by Paradigm and Binder & Associates.
Here it is, elder-queens.
Madonna Ensures That We Can't Make Out Her Mug On New Album Cover
and his Mom is about to be kicked out of her home in Youngstown, Ohio. She needs $25,000 to keep her home, but her famous son is too busy fantasizing about killing his own imaginary gay son to help her....
Joyce agreed to appear with Suzanne on-camera on Suzanne's new web series Breaking Through from CafeMom, which premiered on Jan. 5. The web series airs every Thursday on CafeMom.com and on YouTube. So when is this actually going to air? Joyce DeWitt's camp tells us that the reunion will hit the internet on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012 as part of the fifth episode of Breaking Through.
and I'm literally spending my birthday on Datalounge because I love you bitches. Have a drink on me today, I'm throwing a DL round.
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LAS VEGAS -- Two days after a resounding loss in Florida’s Republican primary, former House speaker Newt Gingrich has decided to petition the Republican Party of Florida to allocate its national convention delegates proportionally rather than on a winner-take-all basis, spokesman R.C. Hammond said Thursday. “The RNC set out rules last winter that stated any contest held before a certain date must award its delegates proportionally,” Hammond said to a group of reporters after Gingrich participated in a Hispanic roundtable here. “Florida moved its primary inside of this date, so therefore we’re asking the state party of Florida to enforce the existing rules.” Hammond said the campaign would not have asked for proportional allocation if Gingrich had won the Florida primary. Republican frontrunner Mitt Romney, the former Massachusetts governor, won the primary resoundingly with 46 percent of the vote; Gingrich came in a distant second with 32 percent. At stake are 50 convention delegates that all go to Romney under the state party’s rules. If Gingrich were to prevail, Romney’s lead in the delegate count race would be significantly narrower and would open a wider path for Gingrich to stay in the race until the GOP’s national convention in August. The candidates are battling to amass 1,144 out of a total of 2,286 convention delegates to secure the party’s nomination. Hammond’s announcement followed news reports that Bill McCollum, the former Florida attorney general and Gingrich’s Florida campaign chairman, had begun lobbying party officials to revert to proportional allocation. In addition, the campaign circulated a memo laying out why Florida’s rules should be changed. However, the state party chairman, Lenny Curry, gave no indication that a change of plans was likely. Curry said in a statement that the Florida GOP executive committee’s decision to award delegates on a winner-take-all basis was made unanimously in September, and that the time to protest that decision has past. “All campaigns and the RNC have known since then that Florida was winner-take-all,” Curry said. “RNC’s legal counsel has, on numerous occasions, noted their understanding and acceptance of Florida’s rule.” Florida was winner take all before Election Day, we were winner take all on Election Day, we will remain winner take all,” Curry continued. “As Bill McCollum confirmed to Fox News today, had the outcome been different on Tuesday he would not be seeking publicity for a challenge to the rules adopted by Florida’s Republicans. It is a shame when the loser of a contest agrees to the rules before, then cries foul after losing.” Some Republicans said the door remains open to require Florida to award its delegates proportionally. John Ryder, a Republican National Committeeman from Tennessee who served on the committee that helped draft the rules governing this year’s process, said the rules allow any eligible Florida primary voter to challenge the delegate award. The challenge will be considered by the RNC’s Committee on Contests, which will meet right before the summer convention. “This will be relevant--or it won’t be,” Ryder said. “If one candidate has amassed a clear majority of the delegates , none of this will matter. If it’s a close contest, the committee of contests will be the focus of a great deal of attention, I’d expect.”
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Frances Bean Cobain says mom Courtney Love killed the family pets
I'll try this again: Matt Damon has been saying for a while now that he’s dying to direct a movie, and given that he’s worked with some of the best filmmakers alive (Steven Spielberg, Steven Soderbergh, and Clint Eastwood, to name just three), it’s easy to understand why. Now he’s finally ready to put everything he’s learned to work. EW has confirmed that, as first reported by Variety, Damon is set to direct an as-yet-untitled drama he has co-written with The Office star John Krasinski. Damon will star as a salesman who arrives in a small town only to have his whole life called into question. Krasinski came up with the story idea and developed it with A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius author Dave Eggers (who co-wrote the screenplay for the 2009 film Away We Go, which Krasinski starred in). Krasinski pitched the idea to Damon, who agreed to co-write it with him and to direct it. The movie, which is being set up at Warner Bros., will be produced under Krasinski’s Sunday Night Productions banner, and Damon and his longtime producing partner Chris Moore will also produce. Damon is also attached to direct Father Daughter Time: A Tale of Armed Robbery and Eskimo Kisses, about a criminal on the lam with his daughter, but a source tells EW the project with Krasinski will be his directorial debut.
Matt Damon to make directorial debut with small-town drama co-written with John Krasinsk
[quote]On the new season of Joan & Melissa, Joan Rivers got some more plastic surgery. This is the woman people love, a woman who has a severe mental illness, and makes fun of others.
CARRIE limited run at the Lucille Lortel. First preview was last night. Molly Ransom is adorable. Marin Mazzie!!!!! Will this extend if the reviews and ticket sales are good? Will this transfer to B'way and promptly close like Lysistrata?
Charlotte dumbBoise
Has there ever been a believable explanation for why he was in the White House so frequently? It's really weird.
Tonight at 10pm, 9pm Central! Tune or set your DVRs for one of the best shows on TV!
This show SO deserves Emmys...
I know this is a little bit out there but I am looking for a bridge game I can download to my computer just like my solitaire Datalounge has been very helpful to me in the past.
This seems like a fun job.
I'm impressed! Good for them and good for GLAAD for getting on this. One commenter wrote, “This is why a concentration camp is needed for homosexuals,” while another said he wished Lambert would die by suicide. God there are sick people out there.
By Associated Press WILTON, Conn. — A lead actor on the “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine” television series has been charged with driving under the influence in Connecticut. Avery Brooks is set to be arraigned in state court in Norwalk next week in connection with his arrest last weekend in Wilton, a wealthy suburb about 50 miles northeast of Manhattan. He played Capt. Benjamin Sisko on the 1990s “Star Trek” series and had the role of Hawk on “Spenser: For Hire” in the 1980s. Local police say they pulled over the 63-year-old Princeton, N.J., resident shortly after 10 p.m. Sunday after receiving a complaint about his driving. It’s not clear if Avery has a lawyer. He’s due in court on Feb. 9.
'Star Trek: Deep Space Nine' actor Avery Brooks charged with DUI in Connecticut
Wormhole
It's only a little over a month since Christmas but, it seems so much longer and next Christmas seems like an eternity away.
I don't mean their governments, but the public at large. Were there countries whose masses literally couldn't give a shit, since it wasn't about them, or because it happened to America, it was a much bigger deal than say a terrorist bombing in Africa or the Middle East? Would seeing planes flying into buildings unnerve them, or again, would they really not care beyond feeling sorry for those who lost their lives. I mean, did people in these countries go into full panic mode? Did their governments go into panic mode, which ensured that their citizens were made to worry? I can't help but have a subjective view outside of the American mindset in relation to this incident. It's interesting to consider since, as an American, we can't think about anything without 9/11 coming into the conversation when we think about the early 2000s. The country was turned upside down, to to mention the election debacle in 2000. Other countries I'm sure had a ton of other shit going on. Probably uplifting crap to remember during that time. Do you think 9/11 really affected them in any way, watching people jumping from buildings? Look at Princess Diana's death. The entire Western world was in mourning. Was 9/11 like this for other countries? I hope someone can decipher what I'm asking. I wonder what it was like for non-Americans during that time period.
And what the fuck is she doing at #1 on the itunes album chart?!
Wasn't Eli's hair darker last season?
Didn't 2 of them die? Are the remaining kids still disabled? Mia wrote her own biography and I read it about 10 years ago. She grew up in Hollywood and yet has maintained a strong Catholic sensibility. I think Woody limited her roles.
Umpy
Watching the show now for the first time since last season. God, she looks so haggard and is absolutely sleepwalking through her role. Meloni doesn''t look half as bored. Why doesn''t she just leave? Is the show doing well enough this season to warrant a renewal? It''s kind of a campfest.
Former model Carré Otis is to reveal the details of her tumultuous relationship with ex-husband Mickey Rourke in a new book. In an excerpt from Beauty Disrupted: A Memoir, the 90s' beauty, who is now 43 , recalls how she was shot after The Fighter star, now 59 , stashed a handgun in her bag without letting her know. And she explained that when Rourke proposed to her in 1992, he threatened to kill himself with a hari-hari sword if she didn't say yes. Carré Otis was a 20-year-old supermodel when she auditioned for the film Wild Orchid and met co-star Mickey Rourke. Now remarried, drug-free and the mother of two daughters, Otis has committed her troubling memories to paper. She writes of how she knew there was trouble early on in the relationship, well before they married. Otis recounts: 'The movie wrapped, I ended up playing house for Mickey. I knew that something was very wrong with this new life of mine. 'By everyone else’s standards, I had everything I could possibly want: a big, beautiful home, a relationship with a famous actor. But I had to stop counting there. That was all there was.' And she also shed a light on Rouke's jealous temper. 'Mickey, for instance, had seen a naked photo of me, shot by the famously gay photographer Steven Meisel, for Vanity Fair. He was furious,' she explains in one excerpt. 'Everyone can see your ass! That’s my ass. And no one else’s,' Mickey said and to prove his point, he sent two thugs to hunt down Meisel, and when they found him in a New York City elevator, they stole his signature floppy hat and took Polaroids of the terrified photographer. 'Word quickly got out that I was a liability to work with,' she remembered. But the most troubling incident occurred when Otis discovered Rourke with a gun. She wrote: 'The next day, we went out to dinner. We were almost at the restaurant when I looked down and saw a .357 Magnum on the floor near my feet.' After telling her then boyfriend to get rid of the weapon, Otis then unwittingly carried it in her bag until it discharged at Rourke's home. The bullet lodged just two inches from her heart. 'She remembers the scene: 'Wait! Help me!” I finally cried out, forcing the words to come. 'You gotta help me . . . I’m bleeding. I’m bleeding really bad.' I wailed. It hurt so much to move. 'This is a nightmare. Clean this up!' Mickey was agitated. I could tell he had grave concerns that the press would get wind of the incident I panicked, wondering which was more important: my life or covering up the fact that I’d been shot with Mickey Rourke’s gun?' Otis then talks about how the guilt forced a separation, but the magnetic couple were soon reunited... after a disturbing proposal in June 1992. The blonde recalls: 'Before I knew what he was doing, he got down on one knee. “Marry me, Carré.' 'Jesus, Mickey. Wait. I haven’t seen you in months!' I was starting to feel panicked. 'I need time, some time to think about this.' 'No. You answer me now,' he said firmly. Standing up, he went to the back of the car and opened the trunk. “I can’t live without you,” he said again, pulling out a long sword wrapped in beautiful Japanese cloth. 'What’s that?' I asked. 'It’s a hari-kari knife,' he replied, unwrapping it. The long metal sword caught the afternoon light. Mickey stared into my eyes. 'Answer me or I will die.' Beauty, Disrupted: A Memoir Carre Otis and Hugo Schwy
Carre Otis reveals details of dangerous romance with Mickey Rourke
Sharron Angle, a Nevada Republican and Tea Party favorite, announced that she will endorse Rick Santorum for president. Ms. Angle issued a statement to the National Review: Rick Santorum and I have known each other for years. He is a strong fiscal and social conservative who stands on principles above politics. He has never wavered in his support for family values understanding the impact that strong families have on a prosperous economy. His continuous opposition to Amnesty, Obamacare, the bailouts, and cap and trade are a perfect fit with our Main Street Tea Party movement. On his Web site, Mr. Santorum called Ms. Angle a tough fighter for conservative values in her unsuccessful bid for Senate against Harry Reid: “Despite tens of millions of dollars thrown against her, Sharron did not back down and stood tall for repealing Obamacare and for the traditional values that make America great. I am thrilled to receive her endorsement, and I am confident it will be a terrific boon to our campaign as the Nevada caucus approaches.”
The search function is not working for me, so this may have already been posted--if so, my apologies, and please just link this thread to the first thread. But this student's flip-out says so much about student entitlement these days.
Mitt Romney can argue that winning ugly is still winning, especially in a contest he could not afford to lose. But Romney’s decisive victory in Florida came at a price. He aggravated Newt Gingrich’s hostility to him, with all the trouble that could entail, and left behind a dispirited Republican electorate in a state the GOP needs to win this fall. At least until now, this primary process has weakened, rather than strengthened, Romney. It has sowed doubts that he has any understanding of how average people live and opened up a slew of questions about his personal wealth and the taxes he pays. These queries will come back again and again, and some will be hard for him to answer, notably whether he will disclose as much about his taxes to the voters in his 2012 quest for the presidency as he turned over to John McCain’s vetters in 2008, when Romney was pursuing merely the vice presidency. None of this will diminish the short-term elation that Romney’s advisers feel. Just 10 days ago, the polls suggested he could lose the Florida primary to Gingrich. Had this happened, establishment Republicans would have turned on Romney and begun a clamor for a late-entry savior candidate to keep the party from nominating the entertaining but erratic former House speaker. Thus one of Romney’s overlooked political achievements: his apparent success following his South Carolina defeat in persuading enough Republican officeholders that only he stood between Gingrich and the nomination. They lined up to denounce Gingrich, reinforcing a massive advertising campaign that pummeled Gingrich unsparingly. Because Romney and his allied super PAC devoted almost all their resources to eviscerating Gingrich, the now indisputable GOP front-runner minimized the amount of positive advertising about himself — a lost opportunity to build his image in a key swing state. One result was a less-than-enthusiastic Republican electorate. The exit polls found that not 60 percent of Tuesday’s Republican primary voters said they were satisfied with their presidential field; after watching months of campaigning, nearly 40 percent still said they would like someone else to run for the nomination — a high number, since it reflected the views of Republicans who took the trouble to vote. Romney’s victory was in large part a negative verdict on Gingrich, viewed unfavorably by 40 percent of those who cast ballots. Even Romney’s supporters had doubts about him: He won 46 percent of the Florida vote, but only 34 percent of the same electorate saw him as the Republican candidate who “best understands the problems of average Americans.” Roughly a quarter of Romney’s own voters denied him this distinction. Romney’s perceived distance from workaday America is a major difficulty for him nationwide. On the eve of Florida’s primary, the Pew Research Center released a survey reporting that, while 55 percent of all voters and 53 percent of independents saw President Obama as understanding the problems of average Americans “very well” or “fairly well,” only 39 percent of all voters and 38 percent of independents said this of Romney. A near majority rated Romney negatively on this dimension. And as Washington Post blogger Greg Sargent pointed out in drawing on a recent NBC/Wall Street Journal poll, Romney’s negative ratings among independents soared between November and late January, just before the Florida vote. A key question will be whether Romney can use his latest victory to prop up his personal approval rating — voters sometimes reward candidates who look like winners — or whether his relentlessly harsh tone will continue to weigh his image down. As for Gingrich, he neither congratulated Romney nor conceded to him. Instead, he promised “to have people power defeat money power,” a Jacksonian riff echoing what will surely be the Democrats’ running commentary on a Romney juggernaut financed by corporate money and the rich. Exit polls in Florida showed that very conservative Republicans continue to resist the former Massachusetts governor.
What are phrases you just loathe hearing?
Broadway Is Out of Ideas.
So what have the groundhogs said today?
In the restroom of a nice seafood restaraunt in Portsmouth, NH over the weekend. The dinner was very good. We'd both had a couple of glasses of wine and were feeling pretty happy. The coat area was just next to the unisex restroom near the back of the place; we decided to go in to the restroom together. I went first and while I was doing my business he casually walked over to the sink and pissed all in it. I thought he was joking at first or was going to be like "oh that was nasty; I shouldn't have done that!". In other words I thought it was the WINE. But NO, he really thought it was like no big deal. Ruined the rest of what I wanted to be a romantic time!
For the highs and the lows of the first major of the year which has now started (ESPN2). I dedicate this thread to Andy Roddick's ass. He lost his mojo years ago, but his ass still inspires mo jo.
Videos of the San Francisco trial over California's ban on same-sex marriage must remain sealed, a federal appeals court ruled today, saying the trial judge who authorized the recordings had promised that they would not be broadcast. "The integrity of our judicial system depends in no small part on the ability of litigants and members of the public to rely on a judge's word," said the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in a 3-0 ruling. In addition, the appellate panel said, the U.S. Supreme Court, which had barred telecasting of the January 2010 trial, had indicated that it was prepared to veto any public release of the videos. The appeals court gave no hint of when or how it would rule on the larger question of whether Proposition 8, the 2008 initiative that defined marriage as the union of a man and a woman, was an unconstitutional act of discrimination. But the ruling maintained a blanket of secrecy over recordings of a trial that was as public a proceeding as federal court rules allow: intense media coverage, live-blogging from the courtroom, a telecast to spectators in an overflow courtroom, and re-enactments on YouTube - and even on Broadway. Prop. 8's sponsors, however, argued that any telecast beyond the courthouse would intimidate and endanger their witnesses. They persuaded the U.S. Supreme Court to ban live broadcasts to other federal courthouses as the trial was about to begin, and they prevailed again today in an effort to keep the recordings under seal, perhaps permanently. The ruling was praised by the Alliance Defense Fund, which helped to defend Prop. 8 in court. "To rule otherwise would severely undermine the public's confidence in the federal courts by breaching the bond of trust between the people and their justice system," said Austin Nimocks, a lawyer with the organization. Plaintiffs in the suit to overturn Prop. 8 shrugged off the ruling. "It speaks volumes that the proponents of Proposition 8 are so insistent about concealing the videotaped record of this historic trial," said Theodore Boutrous, lawyer for two same-sex couples and the American Foundation for Equal Rights. "They know the videotape would expose their baseless campaign of fear and let the public see the powerful evidence we submitted." Then-Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker had approved camera coverage over the objections of Prop. 8's sponsors, a conservative religious coalition called Protect Marriage. The appeals court gave the go-ahead under a pilot project to allow telecasting of selected civil trials, a departure from the long-standing ban on cameras in the nation's federal courts. But the Supreme Court ordered a stay preventing the telecast because it said Walker had failed to allow enough time for public comment on the plan. The court also said camera coverage could intimidate witnesses and should not be used for such a high-profile case at the outset of a pilot project. Walker recorded the trial, but only, he said, to use the videos to prepare his ruling and make them available to lawyers on both sides for their final arguments. He told the lawyers that he would then place the recordings under seal. Walker declared Prop. 8 unconstitutional in August 2010, a ruling that Protect Marriage is appealing. In separate proceedings, the measure's sponsors are also arguing that Walker should have been disqualified from the case because he did not disclose that he is a gay man with a longtime partner, whom he could marry if same-sex marriage was legalized. When Walker retired from the bench in February 2011, he took copies of the trial videos and used them to show brief excerpts in lectures to college audiences. That prompted Protect Marriage to demand that the videos be returned and sealed; media organizations, including Hearst Corp., which owns The Chronicle, countered by seeking to make the recordings public. Walker has returned his copies to the court.
In October, Sarah Palin announced that she would not run for president in 2012, ending the media frenzy around her potential candidacy even as she vowed to remain politically active and influential. “I will continue driving the discussion for freedom and free markets,” she wrote in an e-mail to her supporters. Just over three months later, her attempts to wield influence in the presidential campaign the way she did during the 2010 midterm elections have largely fizzled. And the Tea Party movement that she helped to turn into a powerful political force in 2010 has so far displayed little impact on the course of the 2012 Republican presidential campaign. Over the last two weeks, Ms. Palin has urged voters in South Carolina and Florida to vote for Newt Gingrich as a way of striking back against the Republican establishment in Washington and against liberals. “If for no other reason, rage against the machine, vote for Newt. Annoy a liberal. Vote Newt. Keep this vetting process going, keep the debate going,” Ms. Palin said on Fox News two days before Tuesday’s primary in Florida. Ms. Palin, who pointedly said she was not endorsing anyone in the Republican contest, draped her remarks in the anti-establishment rhetoric of the Tea Party, saying that Washington Republicans who oppose Mr. Gingrich were fighting against the cause of freedom. “They want to crucify him because he has tapped into that average everyday American Tea Party grass-roots movement that has said, ‘Enough is enough of the establishment,’ ” Ms. Palin said. “We need somebody who is engaged in sudden and relentless reform and isn’t afraid to shake it up. Shake up that establishment.” But in the contest between the Tea Party’s Sarah Palin and that establishment on Tuesday, the establishment won decisively. Not only did Mr. Gingrich lose badly to Mitt Romney after Ms. Palin’s public pronouncement, but he even lost over all among supporters of the Tea Party, a plurality of whom apparently rejected Ms. Palin’s call to arms for the supporters of that movement. About 65 percent of the voters in Florida’s Republican primary said they supported the Tea Party. But among those voters, 41 percent told pollsters that they had cast ballots for Mr. Romney, while 37 percent said they had cast ballots for Mr. Gingrich. (Though those who said they strongly supported the Tea Party favored Mr. Gingrich 45 percent to 33 percent.) The results could reflect in part the lack of wall-to-wall coverage of Ms. Palin these days. She continues to have a perch at Fox News and millions of followers on her Facebook page, but as the 2012 campaign has heated up, she no longer commands the kind of attention that she once did. But it may also signal that the Tea Party movement is no longer able to exert the kind of sway that it did during the primary campaigns two years ago. In the Congressional midterm elections, Tea Party groups in more than a half-dozen states helped upset the candidates endorsed by the Republican establishment. Some of their most high-profile Senate candidates were defeated, but dozens of Tea Party members now roam the halls of the Congress. The presidential campaign has been different, however. Representative Michele Bachmann of Minnesota, who calls herself a founding member of the Tea Party Caucus in Congress, bowed out of the presidential race after a disappointing finish in Iowa. Her Tea Party affiliation did little to help her campaign. Herman Cain, who also claimed the mantle of the Tea Party, and Rick Perry, whose conservative views were in line with many members of the movement, both dropped out of the primary race. That has left Mr. Gingrich as a possible candidate to be embraced by the Tea Party as conservatives seek to find an alternative to Mr. Romney. Ms. Palin pushed that idea for the first time in the days leading up to the primary in South Carolina. “If I had to vote in South Carolina, in order to keep this thing going, I’d vote for Newt and I would want this to continue,” Ms. Palin said.
He's a good actor. I get it. But SIX times in a row??!! Particularly when he acted like such a drunken asshole over the holidays? He threw a hissy fit because the flight attendant told him to stop playing Words with Friends? What the FUCK?! Shouldn't the SAG actors have passed on him this year just for that? I mean, Steve Carrell should have gotten it because it was his last year on The Office. And don't tell me that actors vote on the quality of the performances. Excuse me ... Betty Fucking White??!! Come on.
WTF%3F
Who has seen it?
What's the fucking point? Why do you need a strap going up your ass?
Oh dear. Frankly he looks like a depression era drifter to me.
In the future, everyone will rent.
Meet your new landlord- Fannie Mae!
Grover Norquist
For years, MTF transsexuals and transvestites have wanted to attend the Michigan Womyn's Music Festival, but have been denied open entrance, and are expelled by festival attendees. Should they be allowed to attend?
Trump adviser Michael Cohen had said that the real estate mogul and Celebrity Apprentice host would make "a major announcement" on Thursday, according to the Wall Street Journal. "The announcement will pertain to the presidential race," Cohen reportedly wrote in an email.
How many of you want to leave the city you're living in? I have been in Seattle four years and I've had enough. It's aesthetically pleasing, but the weather for most of the year is horrendous and socially it is a very messed up place. People are flaky, passive aggressive, and socially awkward. I've lived in Boston, NYC, DC, and Chicago and I never had difficulty making friends in any of those cities. I'm also surprised at how humorless people can be here, too.
Of course they say no danger. They always say no danger. The scary part is that none of it has been covered in the Chicago news.
REALLY Madge, Really?
Madonna says her Like A Virgin floor rolling was because she lost her shoe....
not sure why it is backwards
SAN ONOFRE (KTLA) -- A small amount of radiation at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station "could have" escaped outside, regulators revealed on Wednesday. Nuclear Regulatory Commission spokesman Victor Dricks said a small amount of radioactive gas "could have" escaped the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station on the northern San Diego County coast. The potential leak was reported about 5:30 p.m. Tuesday in one of the steam generator tubes of Unit 3, according to a news release from Southern California Edison. The reactor was immediately shut down. SCE Spokesman Gil Alexander said the sensors detected a leak of water from a closed loop used as part of the overall generator. "The potential leak poses no imminent danger to the public or plant workers," the utility company said in its statement. "There has been no release to the atmosphere." Unit No. 2 at San Onofre was already offline for maintenance and refueling, but Edison said the shutdown of No. 3 would not affect the supply of electricity to customers. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission was immediately informed of the shutdown, and it's expected to take several days before the reactor comes back online. A Level 2 alert was triggered back in November after the plant experienced an ammonia leak in a water-treatment system. That leak was similar to a chemical spill and posed no threat to the public. Concerned residents can visit www.songscommunity.com for additional information. The Public Information Hotline phone number is 714-628-708
Radiation From San Onofre Nuke Plant 'Could Have' Escaped Outside
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Last week, retail giant J.C. Penney announced a new partnership with America's favorite talk-show host, Ellen DeGeneres. “We share the same fundamental values as Ellen,” noted the company's President, Michael Francis. “At jcpenney, we couldn't think of a better partner to help us put the fun back into the retail experience.” Now, however, the anti-gay group “One Million Moms” – a project of the designated hate group, American Family Association– has launched a campaign demanding that the retailer fire Ellen simply because she's gay. “DeGeneres is not a true representation of the type of families that shop at their store,” says the group. (via LGBT news site JoeMyGod) But a majority of Americans disagree. Today, more people than ever celebrate the love of every family – gay or straight – and know that no person should be ridiculed, much less fired, simply for being who they are. Even today, Americans can be fired in 29 states for being gay and in 34 states for being transgender. Support for the gay and lesbian community has been demonstrated in many polls. A 2011 Gallup poll showed that 53% of Americans support marriage equality, and data continues to reflect an American public that wants to ensure that all loving couples are able to marry, regardless of sexual orientation. Among her many accolades, Ellen received the People's Choice Award for Favorite Daytime TV Host earlier this month. She has also served as a spokesperson for American Express and Cover Girl, among others. Sites including Joe My God, Think Progress, Lez Get Real and Towleroad broke the news and are also calling on readers to voice support for J.C. Penney. TAKE ACTION: The American Family Association – an organization that the Southern Poverty Law Center has designated as a “hate group” -- is spreading anti-gay attitudes and bias by asking its supporters to contact J.C. Penney and tell the company to fire Ellen simply because of who she is. First, add your name to the list of supporters for J.C. Penney's decision: Add your name now! Second, call J.C. Penney now to remind America's favorite retailer that hate should not be for sale in America's stores. J.C. Penney, Customer Service – (972) 431-8200 J.C. Penney, Corporate Headquarters – (972) 431-1000 Third, share this action on Twitter: (see link)
#StandUpforEllen & Thank J.C. Penney for Making The Right Choice
As a teenage star Corey Feldman starred in some classic movies and became an eighties Hollywood icon. But on film sets such as The Goonies, Stand By me and The Lost Boys he claims to have been sexually abused by paedophiles. The Dancing On Ice star admits he was preyed on by many men and he plans to reveal the names of two Hollywood perverts in a tell all book. ---more at link
'I will reveal the names of TWO Hollywood paedophiles that abused me,' says Corey Feldman
I finally saw the documentary. Why hasn't her husband ever explained why he arrived home first and hours later, when his family had not arrived, he had not become worried and called her wondering where she was? She never called him either. I'm sure it's a question that will never be answered and for some reason the investigators didn't ask either.
Does he have a boyfriend?
Wentworth wants his thread back
Do you think most people grasp this fact (at least I think it''s a fact) or do most of us choose to ignore it.%0D\ %0D\ Do you think the world would be different if we all truly grasped out finite our existence was and the enormous abyss that awaits?%0D\ %0D\ Whenever I think about it - I can''t wrap my had around it and I mentally run away from it.%0D\ %0D\ Once I die- I will NEVER come back.%0D\ %0D\ I guess what makes me sad are all the potential pieces of art, books, movies. etc. that I will never experience.
How is she doing these days? Last I read about her, she'd drunkenly fallen in the snow in her Beacon Hills neighborhood and was helped by a bystander. This was in 2005 or so.
Who's had em? Come on, someone's tapped that!
At least six people are reported dead after a cruise ship carrying more than 4,000 people ran aground off Italy. The Costa Concordia hit a sandbar on Friday evening near the island of Giglio and listed about 20 degrees, after which people tried to reach land in lifeboats or by swimming. The last 50 people on board are being evacuated by helicopter in a "worsening" situation. Italians, Germans, French and British were among the 3,200 passengers. In addition, 1,000 crew were on board the vessel. One thousand passengers were Italian, with 500 Germans and 160 French. The Costa Concordia had sailed earlier on Friday from Civitavecchia port near Rome for a Mediterranean cruise, due to dock in Marseille after calling at ports in Sicily, Sardinia and Spain. 'Groaning noise' Passengers were eating dinner on Friday evening, when they heard a loud bang, and were told that the ship had suffered electrical problems, one passenger told Italy's Ansa news agency. "We were having supper when the lights suddenly went out, we heard a boom and a groaning noise, and all the cutlery fell on the floor," said Luciano Castro. The 290-metre (950 ft) vessel ran aground, starting taking in water and listing by 20 degrees, the local coast guard said. Orders were given to abandon ship, Deodato Ordona, a cabin steward on the Costa Concordia, told the BBC. "We announced a general emergency and took passengers to muster stations," he said. "But it is hard to launch the lifeboats, so they moved to the right side of the ship, and they could launch." Elderly passengers were crying, said Mr Ordona, adding that he and some others jumped into the sea and swam roughly 400 metres to reach land. Rescued passengers are being accommodated in hotels, schools and a church on Giglio, a resort island 25km (18 miles) off Italy's western coast. Costa Crociera, the company which owns the ship, said it could not yet say what had caused the accident. "The gradual listing of the ship made the evacuation extremely difficult," a statement said. "The position of the ship, which is worsening, is making more difficult the last part of the evacuation. "We'd like to express our deepest gratitude to the coastguard and other emergency services, including the authorities and citizens of the island of Giglio, who did their best in saving and helping the passengers and crew." Were you on the cruise ship? Do you have friends and family on the ship? Are you on the island of Giglio? Did you witness the accident? You can send your comments to the BBC using the form below: Send your pictures and videos to yourpics@bbc.co.uk or text them to 61124 (UK) or +44 7624 800 100 (International). If you have a large file you can upload here.
BREAKING: Italy cruise ship Costa Concordia aground near Giglio
Gotta love government intervention.
New Yorker critic, late great Pauline Kael, was always good at championing actors such as Nancy Allen and Jessica Lange (when the rest of the world was laughing at her in "King Kong"). Always went against the grain, saw promise (and then didn't like mainstream successes like Streep, found her robotic, not flesh and blood). Who is yours? The actor or actress you love that few in the world seem to get? But you don't care, you love them anyway. Mine is another one Pauline Kael liked early: Melanie Griffith. I think she was a gifted comedienne and loved how daring she was in movies like "Body Double". Loved her then, loved her older in "Cecil B", now waiting for the next phase so I can still love her.
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I did, and I thought he was the love of my life. My sad tale is inside. Please share yours.
Cutting out the disputes about whose names should be in the header and whether or not Gerard Piqué is "our mascot." Play away, boys!
Brenda Carter 25 died. No cause of death
I guess she's decided to play.
Madonna Shows Off Her Football Arms At NFL Press Conference Today
To the parson at link
Talk about coming of age in a world that is finding homophobia increasingly difficult to explain. Mining data from more than 200,000 first-year college students around the country, researchers at the UCLA Higher Education Research Institute report that a whopping 71.3% of freshmen support same-sex marriage, a 6.4 percentage-point increase compared to 2009 figures. "Among students entering college, we're seeing a more unified support for same-sex marriage that reaches across political party lines," John H. Pryor, lead author of the report and director of CIRP, said in a statement. "Given the influence of young voters in the last presidential election, candidates may want to pay careful attention to the student perspective on these and other civil rights issues." And in similar ways, college students continue to lean left more and more when faced with other “liberal” political and social issues like abortion and affirmative action. In the same study, 60.7 percent say they support full reproductive rights while 42.1 percent say they support preferential treatment in college admissions (up from 37.4 percent in 2009).
This Election Year you DO NOT go shopping with the Queen of Qatar and drop $50,000 on lingere. Of course, when Nancy Reagan did similar shit, the hypocritical GOP was fine with it. Expect them to RUN with this. Really, really dumb. The big question is: who leaked the story?
I know a lot of people think he is, but he seems so comfortable with his sexuality and is so gay-friendly that I kinda think he wouldn't have a problem coming out, if he were gay..
Oz
Seems to me that most of the time Logo is showing some crap that has no gay characters in it at all! WTF??? And then when they show a gay film, they bleep or delete gay slurs, which seems absurd since they're in a fucking GAY FILM. Does anyone out there know why they show so much crap like Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Nip/Tuck, Kylie Minogue, Beyonce, etc etc etc.?? I tune in to Logo to see a fucking GAY show! (i.e., a show about The Gays)
I'm getting tired of hearing about it. It's making me avoid using Facebook.
It''s odd that Frank Sinatra and Woody Allen were both coupled with Mia Farrow.\ \ Oliver Ray dated Tatum O''Neal and Patti Smith. Two more different people, I cannot imagine.
Damn, what an article. The poor guy seemed to be dealing with the events that transpired pretty maturely, then all of a sudden he just decided to end it all. I don't understand. What caused him to snap?
Lindsay Lohan says there's NO TRUTH to reports she was boozing at a SAG Awards after party this weekend ... and now, TMZ has learned, she's threatening to SUE the media outlets that published the story in the first place. A source close to the actress tells TMZ ... Lindsay is already exploring her legal options with her attorneys ... because she feels the false stories are sabotaging her effort to save her career. Lindsay acknowledges she WAS at the party at the Chateau Marmot hotel in Hollywood Sunday night ... but insists she was sitting with Alan Cummings the whole time and ONLY drank water. We're told Lindsay's also pissed over reports about a recent gas station makeout session with Dennis Hopper's son Henry (pictured above), where she allegedly purchased Red Bull and vodka. Sources close to LiLo tell us the actress is adamant the two are just friends ... NEVER MADE OUT ... and the only items she bought were soda, chips, and cigarettes.
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I think we can all agree on that now.
Discuss the hard on
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I'm out!!!!
They made good music, but all of their songs sound the same.\ \ Pearl Jam did it better.\ \ \ Sent from my iPhone.
Did anybody watch it? She was stopping by to grab a bite to eat. I love the Sheedy.
Please explain why or why not. If you are, do you any limits as to where your sympathy ends? If no, do you out people? Thanks for your responses!
About a half-hour after the ship struck the rock, however, Rogelio Barista, the ship's cook, said he and other kitchen staff members spotted the captain and a woman ordering food, including drinks and dessert—a sign of apparent nonchalance that left kitchen staff puzzled. "I asked myself why he was still there waiting for his companion's dessert with what was happening," Mr. Barista said in an interview with Philippine TV.
“I believe that homosexuality is shown as a sin in the Scripture,” but he doesn’t think anyone can become totally free of sin, so he believes gays will be accepted into heaven. He also said, “I would encourage people to be willing to change and grow” — for gays, ostensibly this means to become straight.
Co-Workers Spray HIV-Positive Man With Lysol Almost 35,000 people are supporting a Change.org petition calling on the Great Expressions Dental Center in Michigan to apologize for how it treated HIV-positive employee James White. When White's supervisors learned of his status, they informed fellow coworkers, who proceeded to spray him with Lysol, prohibit him from touching doorknobs, and wipe down furniture and equipment after he used it. When White spent some time in the hospital, the Dental Center told him not to return to work. A study released this past July found that public understanding of HIV has not improved in 20 years.
Saturday Night Live viewers will notice one less familiar face on this weekend’s Channing Tatum-hosted episode: EW has learned exclusively that featured player Paul Brittain is leaving the show, effective immediately. A source close to the actor tells EW that Brittain “had the opportunity to pursue other projects, and he and the show parted ways amicably.” The comedian joined the show in September 2010 and performed original characters like “Sex” Ed Vincent as well as impersonations of stars like James Franco (see below). Reps for SNL and Brittain had no comment.
SNL Cast Member Leaves Mid-Season
Mia
Does Michelle keep her around just so she has someone to stand next to to make her look prettier? Good tactic. Does Busy have a man? A woman?
Great band! I know Datalounge is the last place one should ever discuss music (mainly rock music), but what the hell. Love the band. The singer, even though butt ugly, has an amazing voice. I must be going crazy but I have started finding him hot!
How many posters do you suppose will comment negatively on this without even bothering to read the linked article at all?
Flat butts, skinny legs.
you can use beer as a prophylactic, right dude?
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Poor Paula. Last week, the Queen of Southern Cuisine announced that she had been diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes. Many (HuffPost Food included) were quick to blame her Crisco- and lard-heavy diet for her disease. And since then, she's been pilloried by the media (again: us included!) for the fact that she waited three years to reveal her diagnosis, choosing to come clean now only because she'd inked a multi-million dollar deal to endorse diabetes drug Victoza. The ethics of her actions aside, Deen must be under a lot of stress right about now. She doesn't even have her longtime publicist Nancy Assuncao insulating her from the worst of the attacks any more. So it makes sense that she'd be relieved to be spending a week or so hosting her annual Paula Deen Party Cruise. It would be a time, she must have thought, to relax and enjoy herself, away from the prying eyes of the media. But not even the high seas could keep Paula safe. When one camera-happy cruise passenger spotted Paula eating a cheeseburger and fries, he or she pounced, videotaping the feast and sending it back to shore. It probably wasn't very smart of Paula to chow down on such rich fare so soon after her announcement. (Or really, at all, given the state of her health.) But we can't help but feel sympathetic towards a woman whose show and lifestyle products have brought us so much joy in the past.
Paula Deen BUSTED guzzling cheeseburger and french fries on cruise ship!
DAMN!
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Benedict XVI seems worn out. People who have spent time with him recently say they found him weaker than they'd ever seen him, seemingly too tired to engage with what they were saying. He no longer meets individually with visiting bishops. A few weeks ago he started using a moving platform to spare him the long walk down St. Peter's Basilica. Benedict turns 85 in the new year, so a slowdown is only natural. Expected. And given his age and continued rigorous work schedule, it's remarkable he does as much as he does and is in such good health overall: Just this past week he confirmed he would travel to Mexico and Cuba next spring. But a decline has been noted as Benedict prepares for next weekend's grueling Christmas celebrations, which kick off two weeks of intense public appearances. And that raises questions about the future of the papacy given that Benedict himself has said popes should resign if they can't do the job. Vatican spokesman the Rev. Federico Lombardi has said no medical condition prompted the decision to use the moving platform in St. Peter's, and that it's merely designed to spare the pontiff the fatigue of the 100-meter (-yard) walk to and from the main altar. And Benedict rallied during his three-day trip to Benin in west Africa last month, braving temperatures of 32 Celsius (90F) and high humidity to deliver a strong message about the future of the Catholic Church in Africa. Wiping sweat from his brow, he kissed babies who were handed up to him, delivered a tough speech on the need for Africa's political leaders to clean up their act, and visited one of the continent's most important seminaries. Back at home, however, it seems the daily grind of being pope – the audiences with visiting heads of state, the weekly public catechism lessons, the sessions with visiting bishops – has taken its toll. A spark is gone. He doesn't elaborate off-the-cuff much anymore, and some days he just seems wiped out. Take for example his recent visit to Assisi, where he traveled by train with dozens of religious leaders from around the world for a daylong peace pilgrimage. For anyone participating it was a tough, long day; for the aging pope it was even more so. "Indeed I was struck by what appeared to me as the decline in Benedict's strength and health over the last half year," said Rabbi David Rosen, who had a place of honor next to the pope at the Assisi event as head of interfaith relations at the American Jewish Committee. "He looks thinner and weaker ... which made the effort he put into the Assisi shindig with the extraordinary degree of personal attention to the attendees (especially the next day in Rome) all the more remarkable," Rosen said in an email. That Benedict is tired would be a perfectly normal diagnosis for an 84-year-old, even someone with no known health ailments and a still-agile mind. He has acknowledged having suffered a hemorrhagic stroke in 1991 that temporarily affected his vision. And his older brother, who has a pacemaker for an irregular heartbeat, has expressed concern about Benedict's own heart. But Benedict is not a normal 84-year-old, both in what he is called to do and the implications if he were to stop. Popes are allowed to resign; church law specifies only that the resignation be "freely made and properly manifested." Only a handful have done so, however. The last one was Pope Gregory XII, who stepped down in 1415 in a deal to end the Great Western Schism among competing papal claimants. There's good reason why others haven't followed suit: Might the existence of two popes – even when one has stepped down – lead to divisions and instability in the church? Might a new resignation precedent lead to pressures on future popes to quit at the slightest hint of infirmity? Yet Benedict himself raised the possibility of resigning if he were simply too old or sick to continue on, when he was interviewed for the book "Light of the World," which was released in November 2010.
Do it now before fix it!
Well?
Do Any Of You Bitches Even Care That Gay Marriage Is About To Become A Reality In Washington State?
I don;t get the point of it. Unlike with getting pie'ed, the person who is the target isn't really humiliated.
Saw it today. Thought it was a very good (although not great) film. Jeff Bridges is brilliant as usual. The actress who played the little girl avenging her father made the film IMO. Why isn''t she being touted for an Oscar nomination? \ \ Matt Damon was also very good at the Texas Ranger. A very nice departure for him.\ \ Josh Brolin is billed third but has what amounts to a cameo and doesn''t make much of an impression.\ \ The musical score above all else really set the tone. Beautiful.\ \ I''ve never seen the original but I thought the Coen brothers did a wonderful job.
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I've lived in a small apartment building for nearly 8 years and really enjoy my neighborhood (plus amazing rent control). When I moved in, it was No Pets Allowed and very peaceful. However a few years in, one person snuck a dog in and it's been downhill ever since. Currently there around 12-13 dogs in a 19 unit building and the headaches never fucking stop. The majority of the dogs are actually well behaved and only act up occasionally. The two worst culprits though happen to be the daughters of the building owner, one of which has 4 dogs in a 1 bedroom unit & the other has a giant lab and greyhound. The people I've talked to about it are tired of hearing them bark nonstop (the owners do absolutely nothing and just let them go). Complaint letters to the owner fall on deaf ears- one, she doesn't live in the building and two, their her kid's pets so she doesn't give a shit. One guy complained to the manager (who is one of the daughters) and she said, "Well if you don't like it, then you can leave." Seriously, is there anything that can be done? No one wants to buy me a blow dart gun with poisoned tips, so I'm at odds here. I don't know that going through the city is going to be of much help because I already know the owner is not willing to do anything about the problem. I've seen commercials for that Bark-Off product, does that work? I seriously have never wanted to run over a dog (or their stupid owner) so much in my entire life.
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1. "Which A+ list movie actress who is not married, but might as well be, went and asked for this B list movie actress phone number at the SAG Awards and then after she got it, kissed the actress on the neck and gave her a little bite. Oh yes, this will be revealed." [CDaN] 2. "This closeted B list movie actor who headlined a franchise film will be looking for a new boyfriend soon. He brought his boyfriend on a trip with him, but would not let the boyfriend out of the hotel for the premiere. A very nasty fight ensued and the boyfriend headed home alone." [CDaN] 3. "This couple is considered A list, and have been together for a long time, not just by Hollywood standards, but by life standards. A source tells us that although there have been speculation about affairs in the past, the two have remained 100% faithful to one another. The secret to their success? They're both asexual." [BuzzFoto] 4. "More than one person in this family has achieved fame and success in the music industry, and several others have been television regulars. One of the members of the family recently passed at a very young age. While it is usual for families to ask for privacy when they are in mourning, this family is doing everything they can to cover up the cause of death. It turns out that several members of the family have had similar struggles and they loathe the thought of having to discuss it in public." [Blind Gossip]
Where'd my thread go? It was up to 56 mostly rational responses and then -- poof! -- gone in a flash. Considering the level of discourse around here, I'm surprised to see it go.
I'm at Sundance now and I am staying at the same hotel. Major douche. He's been a dick to almost everyone I have talked to who has run into him. And not just the "little people". Not sure what his problem is. Any Samburg is hot as fuck though and really nice. Drake is crazy hot too. Anyone else from DL here?
Or is this weird, bearded man an actor?
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Is there any finer sandy?
[bold]Before You Embark On A Journey Of Revenge, Dig Two Graves.[/bold] Original thread at link
Now the latest rumors claim that she is hanging out with daughter Rumer's friends and partying every night. She was also getting really close with Rumer's good friend Zac Efron. Doesn't Rumer have enough to deal with without Demi latching on to her?
Father complains that Gaultier tribute capitalizes on Amy's image and memory and is upsetting. Translation: It's offensive when a member of the public whores out our daughter's memory and talents….that's OUR job! It's OK to us to trade on her memory, but since we didn't get a cut it's time to complain.
Amy Winehouse's father - Gaultier tribute is in bad taste
Blaaaaaaaaaaaake
Um, Steinem never looked like that cat lady with the bad plastic surgery. What the fuck is going on here?
Sarah Jessica Parker as Gloria Steinem - On Set of 'Lovelace' First look
"While I don't often use the word, the technically precise term for my orientation is bisexual. I believe bisexuality is not a choice, it is a fact. What I have 'chosen' is to be in a gay relationship." "As I said in the Times and will say again here, I do, however, believe that most members of our community -- as well as the majority of heterosexuals -- cannot and do not choose the gender of the persons with whom they seek to have intimate relationships because, unlike me, they are only attracted to one sex.
It's going to be tough going without the "search" function working on DL, but maybe if everyone posts their questions to this one thread (and we'll set up new ones as the one fills up), it could be do-able. I'll go through and look for this thread manually when I log on, which is pretty much every day. One caution up front: If you receive 1099 forms from a brokerage or mutual fund company, don't plan on doing your tax return until late February, at earliest. The IRS has given them an extra 15 days (until Feb 15) to send out their 1099-series forms to their customers.
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Come on now!
Issues lamest non-apology ever.
Anyone else out there in DL'land in an embarrassing financial situation? I'm not destitute: I have a job (it's not well-paying, but it's OK) but I live paycheck to paycheck. Friends and family would never guess. I am 45 years old and all I have is what's in my checking account, and maybe $400 in savings. I had to draw against my 401k for medical expenses and that's pretty much at nothing, too. I'm really scared. And I am upset that I let it get this way. As I said, friends would never know. I look at their homes and cars and LIVES and trips and I wonder how they got what they did, and how I ended up in such a goddamn stupid position (dumb choices, not negotiating well enough for raises, missed chances, dumb investments...). :( I am really resentful of my middle-aged friends who seem to live comfortably when I can barely write my rent check each month. I wonder where I went wrong and if I can ever bounce back. Anyone else feel this?
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Let's choose some movies and watch them together over the next few weeks. Who's up for it?
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Ben is back...zzzzzzzzzzzzz Looks like there will be a lot of tears this season.
Dropped almost 300,000 in Florida from 2008 to 2012. Curious, no? Thus Romney, with 775K votes, won less than 200K more than 2008, essentially picking up the Rudy G voters from 2008.
"We need to let President Obama, Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, (audience boos) and my dear friend the chairman of the Democrat National Committee, we need to let them know that Florida ain't on the table," West said. "Take your message of equality of achievement, take your message of economic dependency, take your message of enslaving the entrepreneurial will and spirit of the American people somewhere else. You can take it to Europe, you can take it to the bottom of the sea, you can take it to the North Pole, but get the hell out of the United States of America."
Allen West: "Obama, Reid, and Pelosi, need to get the hell out of the United States."
Please stand with Planned Parenthood and sign this. The right wing and GOP have infiltrated Susan B. Komen and are now cutting funding to PP. Send them some $$ or at least sign the pledge.
Make the RHONJ look like graduates of Miss Porter''s.
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Like to hear it, here it go... Still haven't read any of the DCnU books yet. I've collected a few and am waiting til I get about 5 or 6 issues in before I decide to commit.
Is it good to take, even if you aren't a bodybuilder?
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Thread started by request.
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Matt Heinz, the first Democrat to announce his candidacy and one of four openly gay members of the Arizona state legislature, told the Arizona Daily Star he plans to run for both the special election, which includes a primary on April 17 and election on June 12, and the formal November general election.
Brandon has finally done a video with another guy! He did one other one where he received oral sex, but now he''s topping. Hallelujah! \ \ Link NSFW.
How far will you walk to a restaurant for dinner? A mile?
Which younger brother of an infamous socialite appears in a hardcore gay sex tape that’s making the rounds in the male modeling world?
I am confused. I thought they had broken up when he died. Why is she still milking this?
The self-titled show, "Melissa Harris-Perry" will debut on Saturday, February 18.
Melissa Harris-Perry's New MSNBC Show Gets Title, Launch Date Gets Pushed Back
About 10 years old.
Bobby Moynahan? Seth Meyers? Bill Heder? Will Forte?
Will be 42 in April and has never married or had children. Just a straight guy enjoying the single life into his 40's, or is he gay?
Studios say she's difficult to work with, her Grey's Anatomy audience has abandoned her, and her last 3 movies have flopped. She's over.
Katherine Heigl's ONE FOR THE MONEY Currently at 0% on Rotten Tomatoes
Whose gay? Like 90% of them, right? Actor with the honor of acting in the most Decoteau's films: Jason Shane Scott. JSS used to be hot as hell when he was on OLTL, but I just saw him in Walking the Halls on Lifetime *pathetic I know* and his face has become so gaunt.
1. Ron Paul does not value equal rights for minorities. Ron Paul has sponsored legislation that would repeal affirmative action, keep the IRS from investigating private schools who may have used race as a factor in denying entrance, thus losing their tax exempt status, would limit the scope of Brown versus Board of Education, and would deny citizenship for those born in the US if their parents are not citizens. Here are links to these bills: H.R.3863, H.R.5909, H.J.RES.46, andH.J.RES.42.
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Brooke reacts to her son getting fucked
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John Goodman with his girlfriend Heather Laruso Hutchins, whom he quietly adopted in October.. A wealthy Florida man has adopted his 42-year-old girlfriend as a daughter in a move critics say will protect the man's assets during an upcoming lawsuit surrounding a deadly car accident. Polo Club Palm Beach founder John Goodman, 48, adopted his longtime partner Heather Laruso Hutchins in October, The Palm Beach Post reports. The strategy could shore up Goodman's wealth as he confronts a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the parents of Scott Patrick Wilson, The Associated Press says. Wilson was killed in 2010 when Goodman allegedly ran a stop sign. The trial begins March 27. Goodman had previously set up a trust for his two minor children. If Wilson's parents win their civil suit, they cannot receive any compensation from the trust, The Post reports. Hutchins, as Goodman's third legal child, is now entitled to a third of the money in the trust. However, another court could later rule that Hutchins isn't entitled to a share of the trust, Fox News reports. A lawyer for the Wilson family claims it's a ploy for Goodman to keep money for himself. But Dan Bachi, Goodman's lawyer, told The Palm Beach Post, the adoption is to guarantee his children's future and denied that it was spurred by the lawsuit. Florida attorney Charlotte Danciu said in an interview with TV station WPEC that Goodman is abusing the state's adoption law, which is designed to create parent-child relationships. Even Circuit Court Judge Glenn Kelley, who approved Goodman's adoption application in Miami-Dade County, described the request as "border[ing] on the surreal," and said it put the court in a "legal twilight zone."Sobriety tests revealed that Goodman was driving with a blood-alcohol level two times above the legal limit on the night Wilson died. Besides the civil case, he faces a March trial for vehicular homicide, DUI manslaughter, and leaving the scene of a crime. Those charges carry a sentence of up to 30 years in prison. He has pleaded not guilty.
Man Adopts Girlfriend: John Goodman's 'Daughter' Could Protect Assets In Wrongful Death Lawsuit
WASHINGTON -- Sen. Rand Paul's (R-Ky.) staff said Monday morning that the senator was being detained by federal Transportation Security Administration agents in Nashville, Tenn. Moira Bagley, Paul's communications director, tweeted around 10:00 a.m. ET, "Just got a call from @senrandpaul. He's currently being detained by TSA in Nashville." On Facebook, Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas), Rand Paul's father, wrote, "My son Rand is currently being detained by the TSA at the Nashville Airport. I'll share more details as the situation unfolds." Bagley told CNN that Paul went through a scanner and set off an alarm. He reportedly wanted to go through the scanner again instead of getting a full-body pat-down, but TSA officers refused. The TSA said that Paul "was not detained at any point." "The passenger triggered an alarm during routine airport screening and refused to complete the screening process in order to resolve the issue," TSA said in a statement. "Passengers, as in this case, who refuse to comply with security procedures are denied access to the secure gate area. He was escorted out of the screening area by local law enforcement." TSA spokesman Greg Soule said in a statement, "When an irregularity is found during the TSA screening process, it must be resolved prior to allowing a passenger to proceed to the secure area of the airport." Soule added later that Paul "rebooked on another flight and was rescreened without incident." Paul and his father are two of the most outspoken libertarians in Congress and are strong critics of the TSA. Paul's father spoke out against the TSA in a statement Monday afternoon. "The police state in this country is growing out of control," the statement said. "One of the ultimate embodiments of this is the TSA that gropes and grabs our children, our seniors, and our loved ones and neighbors with disabilities. The TSA does all of this while doing nothing to keep us safe." In June, Paul criticized TSA administrator John Pistole for the agency's procedures being overbearing and unproductive. "I guess this little girl would be part of the random pat-downs, this little girl from Bowling Green Kentucky, one of my constituents," he said. "They're still quite unhappy with you guys as well myself and a lot of other Americans who think you've gone overboard, you're missing the boat on terrorism because you're doing these invasive searches on six-year old girls. Same week that this happened I got a call from another neighbor of mine in Bowling Green, a little boy had a broken foot and crutches. They didn't want to go through all the screenings, so they took the crutches off and the cast and he wanted to hobble through on his broken foot. His dad was helping him. TSA said 'back away, back away.'"
Animated. Just look closely. He's a big boy. His co-stars weren't lying.
Screencaps & video clip for those who haven't seen this scene from the little-known t.v. series 'Red Riding':
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As requested on the womanly butts thread: "Can someone start a fresh thread for men with curves. This one has been trolled to death. And the other thread is not really about curvy men, its about dudes that would make good trannies and thats not the same thing." So have at it. Who has them?
were all his male clients, gay? How did he arrange that? Tab Hunter? Troy Donahue? Cah Everett?
There has been so much misinformation, outright lies and mischaracterizations of the Affordable Care Act that I don’t know where to start. It has become known as “ObamaCare”, thanks to the media, including those on the left and of course, Republican politicians. I remember the battle for health care reform during the early 90′s when the Clinton’s took on the issue and failed miserably. It sucked all the oxygen out of Washington, along with the wonderful compromise that President Clinton made that brought us Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. (sarcasm) When President Obama announced that he was going to pass a health care law early on in his presidency, I thought it was a bad idea. I couldn’t help but picture a similar outcome as the Clinton’s produced. NADA! Since I lived through the other attempt at health care reform and followed it closely, when the Obama administration was successful at passing the Affordable Care Act, I was elated. Even with all of it’s imperfections, the fact that President Obama set the standard that America cares about the health of ALL of its citizens was incredible. It was a monumental achievement, one that will go down as one of the most amazing political wins in the history of our country. Given the opposition from both sides of the aisle and the huge amount of misinformation that was and still is being spread about it, I thought I’d take a minute to share with you some truth about what “ObamaCare” has accomplished so far. There is much more to come in the years ahead. See link for lots of great details... memorize this stuff, and confront every right winger you know with it.
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I have osteoarthritis and am in chronic pain every day. I'm tired of taking advil every day and am looking for different options. What works for you?
The measure now moves to the House, where there is enough support to pass. Gov. Chris Gregoire says she will sign the bill if it makes it to her desk.
Paging Dr. DL -- WTF is going on? My nipples got itchy yesterday and they're still inch today. Super itchy, like I-want-to-scratch-them-raw itchy! This has never happened to me. Any one ever have the same thing? What'd you do to stop the itch?
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Why would a guy as hot as Lukas Ridgeston do porn or even pose for nude photos? He could have worked as a legit model.Does anyone know if he ever really commented about it?
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Archie is having a baby with Valerie from "Josie and the Pussycats"
Ever since I got a roommate (50+ female chatterbox), I've been sleeping with earplugs b/c I can hear her cackle watching TV. Yesterday morning, I picked the earplugs out of my ears and placed them on the kitchen counter as I was removing a can of Mt Dew (I hate coffee). I go back to my room and hours later, I walk back to the kitchen for another Mt Dew and I notice my neon green earplugs are missing. I accused Margo, my roommate, of throwing them away because she is a neat freak and a compulsive cleaner. Margo denied it and we had a little spat. Anyway, tonight cleaning the litter box, I found 2 turds with neon green on the edges. So Tammy ate my earplugs and now I don't know what to do. 1. Is it dangerous for cats to pass earplugs? 2. Do i have to say anything to Margo?
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Now that I can watch an episode per day on TNT, I''m enjoying what I once thought to be badly acted, poorly written, nostalgia fluff.%0D\ %0D\ It''s still all of that, but %0D\ %0D\ a)I find myself crying at the end of each episode (it''s the soundtrack, I know). %0D\ %0D\ b)The level of historic accuracy is frightening (i.e. dates, fads, headlines)- even if its presentation leaves plenty to be desired (i.e. the disco episode comes to mind).%0D\ %0D\ c) There''s a pleasantly surprising abundance of GBLT and homoerotic plots. To be sure, some of the homos depicted are perverts, but they are outnumbered by all the positive depictions. To date I could count eight GLBT main plots.%0D\ %0D\ Is Jerry Bruckheimer a big sympathizer? A big homo?
For Mitt Romney to relate to my financial situation, a gallon of gasoline would have to cost $482. www.mittbucks.com has a calculator that shows how your income stacks up against Mitt's.
Twisted. Hilarious. I love them. But not the third one.
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Both shows are based on fairy tales, but "Once" looks more Disney/family friendly. Anyone know which one will be more entertaining?
I haven't broken down yet and bought a Kindle, Nook or iPad, but I expect it'll happen soon enough. I just finished the print version of Bob Smith's "Remembrance of Things I Forgot," and loved it. It starts out as a comic novel about a middle-aged guy breaking up with his boyfriend, and turns into a time-travel epic in which the hero goes back in time and tries to convince his younger self, and his younger boyfriend to help him prevent his sister from killing herself (and stop George W. Bush from becoming president). Dick Cheney, both present & past is a predictably slimy villain. I also just read the (very long review) of Alan Hollinghurst's latest in the New Yorker, and for a really long, detailed, piece, I find it hard to tell what the reviewer thinks. But I'll still order it from the library. Also on my reserve list is Charles Rice-Gonzales's "Chulito" which I've been hearing about for some months from publishing friends (Don Weise's new imprint is putting it out...he started his own after Alyson went under). And also on the list to read is Sally Bellerose's "The Girls Club," which my friends have also been talking about favorably.
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"Somehow she's like gay, because she seems to know men as well as gays do/She must be playing gay with me, so I can now be like lesbian, too." Video:
'She's Like Gay,' New Music Video By Andrew Doraine, Is Going Viral
You know it's only a matter of time before the pics surface.
I certainly don't care. I'm more interested in the sexy anchorman at the beginning and end of the video. Yummy!
As requested on the other thread. Angelo Marconi? I've never seen him top: only bottom.
He''s hot. Who''s had him? What''s his hole like?
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WTF?
A gay California teenager killed himself after his Christian parents performed an exorcism on him in an attempt to "cure" him, and when that didn't work they kicked him out of the house. The Daily Mail reports 19-year-old Eric James Borges killed himself on January 14 following his family issues, as well as the typical years of torment at school. He revealed the exorcism story in an "It's Get Better" video that he put on YouTube in the weeks before his suicide, saying "'I was raised in an extremist Christian household... My mother knew I was gay and performed an exorcism on me in an attempt to cure me. My anxiety, depression, self-loathing and suicidal thoughts spiked." At a memorial service last week in the San Joaquin Valley, California, one friend read from his suicide note: My pain is not caused because I am gay. My pain was caused by how I was treated because I am gay. To my friends you gave me life and love, never think this was your fault...To Lady Gaga, you have been a fearless relentless proud LGBT advocate. Ironically, Borges interned at the Trevor Project, which is a group designed to intervene and help gay kids who are thinking about suicide. Here is his "It Gets Better" video:
Gay Teen Thanks Lady Gaga but Kills Self; Parents Performed Exorcism on Him
Hooked on chicken nuggets: Girl, 17, who has eaten nothing else since age -TWO rushed to hospital after collapsing -Stacey Irvine has breathing problems and anaemia -Only other food she eats regularly are fries -But despite warnings cannot resist McDonald's treats Ever since she was a toddler, Stacey Irvine has eaten little else but chicken nuggets and the occasional portion of chips. Now, at the age of 17, she has been warned by doctors to change her appalling diet or die. The factory worker – who says she has never tasted fresh fruit or vegetables – had to be taken to hospital earlier this week when she collapsed after struggling to breathe. Doctors found that her 15-year ‘chronic chicken nugget addiction’ has left her with anaemia and inflamed veins on her tongue. So deficient was her body in vitamins and nutrients that she had to be injected with them. Although she has been urged to drastically change her diet, she says she cannot give up the fast food. Stacey, who is recovering at home on a high-dose course of vitamins, has been hooked on chicken nuggets since her mother let her try them in a McDonald’s restaurant at the age of two. ‘I loved them so much they were all I would eat,’ she said. ‘I just couldn’t face even trying other foods. Mum gave up giving me anything else years ago.’ The teenager, of Castle Vale, Birmingham, admits she will occasionally vary her food intake – by eating a slice of toast for breakfast or a packet of crisps. Yet following her admission to hospital, she has conceded that the diet is having a negative impact on her health. ‘I am starting to realise this is really bad for me,’ she said. ‘My main meal is always chicken nuggets every day. ‘McDonald’s chicken nuggets are my favourite. I share 20 with my boyfriend with chips. ‘But I also like KFC and supermarket brands.’ A less serious consequence of her craving is that she is struggling to store all the free toys that come with the fast food meals, she added – they fill four bin bags. Stacey’s mother, Evonne, is exasperated by her daughter’s refusal to eat a healthy and varied diet and wants her to see a specialist. ‘She’s been told in no uncertain terms that she will die if she carries on like this,’ the 39-year-old explained. ‘But Stacey says she can’t eat anything else. It breaks my heart to see her eating those damned nuggets. ‘I am at my wit’s end. I’m praying she can be helped before it’s too late.’ The beauty therapist – who says her two other children Leo, five, and Ava, three, both eat healthily – has even tried depriving Stacey of food in a bid to get her to eat something other than nuggets. Nutritionist Dr Carina Norris said that, during her ten years of experience, she has not come across such an extreme case of food addiction. She believes Stacey’s diet will have serious long-term health implications, as her body will be lacking iron, calcium, antioxidants, vitamins and good fats. ‘She should view her health scare as a warning – a wake-up call that she needs to drastically change her diet. ‘Fruit and vegetables are integral to long-term health. Without them, you greatly increase the chances of developing chronic conditions such as heart disease and cancer. ‘So the sooner you can get children eating them, the better. It is also important that you eat lots of different colours. Stacey’s diet is going to be very beige and high in saturated fat.’ A 20-piece portion of McNuggets contains 58g of fat and 926 calories, which exceeds the recommended 56g daily fat allowance and is almost half of the adult guidance of 2,000 calories a day. Jamie Oliver has scored a rare victory in the U.S. after convincing McDonald’s to change its hamburger recipe. The chef had called on the fast-food giant to remove the filling he called ‘pink slime’. Following his pressure, it is no longer using the mixture of ammonium hydroxide and fatty beef offcuts in the U.S. Oliver, pilloried in the country for encouraging healthy eating, showed TV viewers how the ammonium hydroxide is added to cow parts usually used for cooking oil or pet food to eliminate E.coli.
BUT, unlike other prominent competitors, they explain, at the start of the video, that they d/n advocate bb, and that these dudes were tested via that RNA thing. So they're somewhat responsible.
"The Queer Caucus condemns HRC's decision to honor Goldman Sachs in a time of financial collapse caused by their unethical business practices and greed, and deplores the use of our cause and suffering for corporate public relations," the group wrote in a statement. "HRC honoring Goldman Sachs at this time reveals all one needs to know about the corporate LGBT lobby, and its disconnect from the 99% and the LGBT people it purports to represent."
"But I don't like girls with nothing down there either. It kind of freaks me out. You have to have something, otherwise it's f—ing creepy."
Does anyone know how he did this? He said every "brick" is approx. $40,000. I don't care about that. I just want to know how he did it so I can make a house for my good-for-nothing brother whose driving me crazy.
The ongoing feud between Lady Gaga and the woman she impersonates--er--looks to for inspiration is heating up. Yes, Madonna the original individualistic, envelope-pushing, outré Material Girl has reportedly demanded that her pop star/provocateur carbon copy must be barred from any Oscar after party that Madonna attends. Oh well, you can't blame a woman for knowing what she wants--or doesn't want near her at a party. Yes, Madonna reportedly issued an ultimatum almost a month before the 84th Academy Awards ceremony. Oscar after party planners must make a choice. They can either have Madonna at their party or they can have her cartoonish imitation, Lady Gaga. They cannot have both. Makes sense. "It's unusual for Madonna to be so petty," reveals a source. "She doesn't usually act like this, even about bitter enemies such as Sean Penn and J-Lo. But she didn't want to be forced into a photo-op with GaGa." And who can blame her? Madonna probably doesn't want to get close enough to the Lady to get stung by the live bees in her bonnet or to smell the meat in her dress which must get pretty putrid by the end of the evening. Of course, the always more polite Madonna put it more politely: "I wouldn't go so far as to say I'm a control freak, but I am a detail freak," she explained. Actually, Madonna was referring to the control she exerted as a director on her new film, "W.E." But hey, if the shoe fits.
You can download the pilot ep. of SMASH from the link using one of the file services.
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I've never been tested for allergies, but I'm certain I suffer from allergies. Certain foods trigger headaches as well as cigarette smoke. Now that I'm approaching 50, I'm noticing seasonal sluggishness and extreme lethargy as well as skin itchiness I've never had before. Is it worth having myself tested? Are the tests accurate? Is needle testing the best? Would I be better off just monitoring myself as I have in the past. Anyone here suffer from allegies? Did you get tested and was it helpful/ worth the trouble? What happens after testing? Is there management or just continue medicating OTC? will it be helpful in the long run? Thanks for your input.
What's the best episode and/or special?
Been wondering about this last night since the husband took me to see Beauty & the Beast 3D.The 3D didn't add much, but it as lovely to see it on a big screen, and, like the big MARY! that I am, I cried when Angela Lansbury sang the title song. I was a little saddened to see that they'd removed the lovely dedication to Howard Ashman "...who gave a mermaid her voice and a beast his soul," but still, great movie, great songs, and great animation. So, to the Disney canon then. I can't get all the entries in 10 choices, you if you love something else, vote "Other" and say why. I'm leaving out the Pixar films and their releases from Studio Ghibli, and am sticking to the traditionally animated movies from Walt Disney Animation Studios. And I'll try to get one from each era.
The Voice of the Night
My job is boring. Stable, but dull. I come home most nights and just watch TV and eat microwave meals. My friends are all married. They have things to do on the weekend. I don't. Usually I stay in and watch TV, go to the grocery store, or go for a jog. At night I'll read a book or watch a movie. It's been this way for years. Complete and absolute monotony. Lately it's started to wear on me. I don't even know how or where to begin to change.
Brent Corrigan is going by Sean Paul Lockhart these days. It’s his “real” name and an indication that the 25-year-old is taking more legit roles, with credits including Big Gay Musical, Another Gay Sequel and a blink-and-you’ll-miss-him appearance in Gus Van Sant’s Milk. Now Lockhart is getting closer to center stage in the indie gay thriller Judas Kiss, coming to DVD on October 25. In the film, Lockhart plays Chris, the love interest to student filmmaker Danny (Richard Harmon). Danny’s kind of going through a rough patch after a strange encounter with… himself. Well an older version of himself, played by Charlie David (Dante’s Cove). [b]Where does Lockhart think his older self will be in a decade or two?[/b] “Directing and writing! I’d like to have had a few books published. Once I get my nonfiction piece, Incorrigible, done, I want to visit some works of fiction,” he says. “In fifteen years [I want to be] married with five horses and 2.5 dogs. No children. I’m not fit for that!” We chatted with Brett… er, Sean about the film, the movie industry (both adult and mainstream) and what he’d tell his younger self. [b]How did the part in Judas Kiss come your way?[/b] I got the part from previously working with J.T. in a short film written and directed by Judas Kiss co-producer Jody Wheeler. That short, “Out of the Closet” did the festival circuit the same time as Another Gay Sequel, where I played Stan the Merman. I was fortunate to get such a big break with a director as understanding as J.T. and actors as supportive as [Judas co-stars] Richard Harmon and Timo Descamps. I was very new to the whole process and required more rehearsal and prep time. They were all so willing to put in the extra hours with me to ensure that the movie could be as great as possible...
Has anyone popped his cherry yet?
Watchmen 2? The Death Of Superman Again? Wonder Woman to get a new thong? I have no idea what DC Comics is announcing tomorrow. But whatever it it, it is meant to have big media interest, and something that will attract national news coverage. Which should appear on the DC Source blog at some point. So sleep well, America. Tomorrow you will wake to a whole new world of DC Comics. Or something.
While waiting for takeout at PeiWei I looked at the person behind the counter. Still not sure.
Waking up before your alarm goes off and lolling in bed. Letting loose with a nice, long fart at home. Finding money in an old jacket pocket.
Bush and Co managed to turn a major scandal into a minor event somehow, but where did Jeff go?\ \ Is he a prostie again?\ \ Did they kill him with a heart attack or helicopter accident?\ \ Did he disappear?
Mildly amusing
By Jen Heger - Radar Legal Editor The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Taylor Armstrong got several serious death threats on Twitter, Sunday night, and the FBI has been contacted, RadarOnline.com is exclusively reporting. On January 29, Taylor was sent a Twitter message by @Hardboiledpeggs which said, "see u on February 7 ill be there with a book and a rope so i can kidnap u," which Taylor responded by saying, "Don't ever contact me again." The next threatening message mentioned Taylor's daughter, Kennedy: "Turn around bright eyes every now and then, Kennedy's dead," @hardboiledpeggs wrote. Taylor replied, "Don't ever contact me again." The Twitter user @hardboiledpeggs has since been deleted. Armstrong has a book signing event scheduled on February 7 in New Jersey, and law enforcement sources tell RadarOnline.com that she will have increased security. The 40-year-old Texas beauty was out of town skiing in Vail, Colorado when she received the ominous threats. "Taylor absolutely freaked out when she read the death threats. These were credible serious threats against Taylor and her daughter, Kennedy. The Tweets that were sent to Taylor have been turned over to the FBI," a law enforcement source tells RadarOnline.com. It's been a rocky road recently for the Bravo star after her husband, Russell Armstrong, committed suicide last summer because of financial woes. Taylor's new memoir Hiding From Reality details the violent beating she endured, claims she was called names in front of her daughter, and that he secretly spied on her during their marriage. “Taylor will be consulting with security professionals and assess what changes she needs to increase,” the source says. “Her first concern when she got the threats was Kennedy, but her daughter is safe, and that is all that matters to Taylor. She will do whatever is necessary to protect herself and Kennedy. Taylor is assisting the FBI with the investigation, and she wants the person responsible for the the threats prosecuted.”
Taylor Armstrong & Daughter Receive Death Threats: FBI Involved
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Save the ''handshake and an autograph'' stories for the Bravo blogs and other flyover sites where that shit qualifies as gossip. I''m looking for actual dirt!\ \ He''s carved a nice, fuzzy niche for himself as the reality television personality who also "just happens" to be a senior programming executive for the same network where he is featured. So how blurry *is* that line of distinction? Does he actually do any work at Bravo? Is he fucking any of his talent?\ \ He''s made himself accessible to several upscale magazines recently, and to a letter, each of the articles that I read collapsed around the authors'' efforts to construct a substantive profile about a person who is so strenuously vapid. Is the vapidness all an act? Can someone that stupid actually be that successful?\ \ This is New York City. Some of you bitches must know something.
And yeah, I think he''s kinda hot.
When did this become acceptable? I recently joined Club H in Manhattan. The last few times I've used the elliptical, a guy gets on next to me, and immediately starts a cell phone conversation. I don't know why this infuriates me, but it does. Glaring at them doesn't help, and frankly, I'm too much of a wimp to tell them to cut it out. I asked about this at the front desk, and was told that the gym doesn't have a policy against cell phone use. Is this my personal quirk, or do other here people think this sort of behavior is rude?
Are their throats cut while they're upside down on meathooks? There's so much lamb in the stores these days, I'm just wondering about the process.
Welsh football manager and former star player. Why'd he kill himself? He was cute.
My little group of friends and I go for Friday happy hour to a certain gay establishment. A couple of other, similar groups of friends go at the same time. But none of these groups ever speak to each other. In fact some of the guys are downright unfriendly. A smile is often met with stoney faces and indifference. A few of the guys are friendly and will smile and say hello to each other (including me), but for the most part not.\ \ It''s weird. We''re all gay men of a similar age and (presumably) socio-economic background. We''re all relatively nice-looking, clean, well-dressed fellows with jobs and lives. We probably all have a lot in common and would all get along really well. But there''s this weird barrier that no one crosses.\ \ What is that about? Why can''t we be friendlier to each other?
You must adore him.
I find that upsetting. Whatever it is, they and their families are in my prayers. They and their music have been an important part of my life.
WASHINGTON -- At the height of his career in Congress, Newt Gingrich used to tell audiences that renewing American civilization was "the central challenge of the rest of our lives." But before Gingrich could deliver his grand new theory of American civilization to the public in a 1993 speech, his deeply divisive racial stereotypes would need to be removed. "For poor minorities, entrepreneurship in small business is the key to future wealth," Gingrich wrote by hand in a first draft. "This is understood thoroughly by most of the Asians, partially by Latinos, and to a tragically small degree by much of the American black community." Gingrich later inserted the words "Blacks and" in front of "Asians," written outside the margins of the rest of the page. It's unclear what this was supposed to mean, and his spokesman declined to say whether Gingrich still believes what he wrote. The hand-written treatise outlined the "five pillars of American civilization": 1) quality, 2) technological advance, 3) entrepreneurial free enterprise, 4) principles of American civilization, and 5) psychological strength. Over the next five years, the thesis would serve as a speech, a political framework, and a battle cry for Gingrich, who said the pillars would "allow [Americans] to break out of the welfare state dilemma of more taxes or less government." The draft is one of many handwritten sheets among the more than 1,000 pages of records, correspondence and disclosure forms that make up the evidence in the former speaker's long-running case before the House Ethics Committee, which was settled in 1997. By the time a member of Gingrich's staff typed up the notes and prepared the speech for delivery at the National Review Institute, the racial stereotypes were gone. But as Gingrich campaigns for the Republican nomination in Florida this week, his well-documented use of racially charged references is very much still with him, most notably in his rehashing of the 1990s welfare debate, with President Obama cast as the "food-stamp president." In 1993 and '94, Gingrich liked to illustrated the broad support for welfare reform with the example of a survey question posed by a Southern newspaper. "Do you believe all welfare recipients should be required to work, including women with young children?" the paper asked. In what Gingrich apparently believed would be a surprise to listeners, he'd tell them, "81 percent of southern blacks said yes, while only 11 percent said no." In the same speech, he said that "Bosnia, Somalia and Iraq are grim reminders that humans can be vicious, brutal and savage to each other," but "Anacostia in Washington, Techwood in Atlanta and East L.A. are reminders that Americans can return to barbaric behaviors and vicious brutality with frightening speed." Twenty years later, the Florida GOP electorate is likely to care more about Gingrich's views on immigration reform than they are on welfare or urban crime, but in each of these cases the debates are ripe for stereotypes and fearmongering. In 1997, Gingrich was found to have intentionally violated House rules by operating a tax-deductible nonprofit in conjunction with his political action committee, an investigation that lasted three years and involved more than 80 ethics complaints filed against Gingrich by his fellow House members.
Newt Gingrich: Latinos, Blacks Don't Understand 'Key To Future Wealth,' But Asians Do
Holy shit! Just saw the BBC documentary and these people are all either brilliant performance artists seeking attention/money or insane.
All we hear about is Gabby Gifford, so when I learned about the death of a federal judge on that same day, I've been screaming to my partner and friends that he most possibly was the real target. The more that Judge Rolls death is ignored on the media, the more I am convinced that he was the real assassination target. At the very LEAST he should be given equal coverage, but his death is mostly ignored. he wasn't just a Judge he was the HEAD Federal Judge in ariz. All other Fed Judges worked under him. Roll's killing was BIG, yet virtually ignored for the most part. Not only that he ruled against an executive order 72 hours before he was killed. WTF???
Another day, another diagnosis. And still no real understanding as to when — if? — the great Sidney Crosby will return to the sport he loves and has dominated since he was a teenager. Let’s review, shall we? More than a year ago, after suffering back-to-back hits to the head area over the course of five days, Crosby was diagnosed with a serious brain injury. A concussion, something so very common at all levels of hockey these days. After months of uncertainty, doctors held a press conference with Crosby in August to say that he was improving and when he did return, it would be with no more risk of suffering another concussion than any other player. The Pittsburgh Penguins superstar returned on Nov. 21 in spectacular form with a four-point performance against the New York Islanders, then was shelved again after only seven more games with “concussion-like symptoms.” On Saturday, Sportsnet’s Bob McCown reported that doctors had diagnosed an “injury” to the C1 and C2 vertebrae in Crosby’s neck. Crosby’s agent, Pat Brisson, told the CBC that the “possibility of two fractured vertebrae was discovered.” The Pens, in a press release, said a neck “injury” had “healed.” Then came Tuesday. No more talk of concussions, concussion-like symptoms or fractured vertebrae. No more suggestion anything had healed. Now, apparently, it’s “soft tissue” damage to Crosby’s neck that requires treatment for an indefinite period. “An independent specialist contacted to review recent medical tests . . . found no evidence of a past or present neck fracture but verified that Crosby is suffering from a soft-tissue injury of the neck, that could be causing neurological symptoms,” the Penguins reported in a press release. Sounds like more uncertainty, more maybes. To be fair, this is still a very young area of medicine. It’s nothing like dealing with a wrecked knee or a separated shoulder or a broken foot. Concussions and related injuries are a baffling source of ongoing troubles in the sports world and beyond, and medical experts are still grappling with both the detection of these injuries and the most appropriate treatment. That said, this is a terribly confusing situation surrounding the best Canadian hockey player of this generation. Is he still concussed? Or was he ever concussed? When did the neck injury occur, and has it healed or has it not healed or can it be healed? Crosby seemed to be relieved with this latest diagnosis, but could offer no answer as to when he might play again. In fact, he didn’t sound totally confident this is the entire answer to his health problems. “It’s something I can work on,” he said. “There’s a pretty big possibility that could be causing some of the issues.” Clearly, the swirl of public and media interest in Crosby’s health has contributed to the confusing story, as has the fact the 24-year-old centre has been seeking answers from various experts and specialists around North America and been getting very different answers. Perhaps this soft-tissue diagnosis will provide the necessary answers. Or perhaps not. Soft-tissue neck injuries can cause concussion symptoms and related issues with nerves, muscles and other areas and are notoriously difficult to heal, or at least are subject to a wide variety of treatment options with inconsistent results. A soft-tissue problem sounds less severe than a brain injury or a broken neck, but that’s not necessarily true. So after missing the recent NHL all-star weekend in Ottawa and participating in only eight games over the past 13 months, there’s absolutely no way of predicting when Crosby will return, or if he will. So the story, really, remains the same. To their credit, none of the Penguins or doctors were trumpeting this latest diagnosis as an iron-clad solution of any kind, and Crosby seems satisfied with the quality of medical care he has received from the team.
New diagnosis, but no return date for Crosby
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I mean, these are THEIR celebs.
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