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Producer Alan Ladd’s Wife Accuses Bill Cosby of Drugging, Raping Her in 1969 January 26, 2015 | 11:57AM PT, Variety Staff Cindra Ladd, a former film industry exec and wife of producer Alan Ladd Jr., is the latest woman to accuse Bill Cosby of raping and drugging her years ago. In a first-person article published by Huffington Post, Ladd recounts her experience with Cosby when she was 21 and working for producer Ray Stark in New York. Ladd asserts that after becoming friendly in a non-sexual way with Cosby, one evening as the two were heading to a movie he gave her a pill that he said would help her headache. “For more than 45 years I have tried to recall exactly what happened that night. To this day it remains a blur. I have a vague recollection of feeling like I was floating while walking through Times Square and watching some kind of Japanese samurai movie with him. I don’t remember where the theater was nor very much of the evening,” Ladd wrote. “What I do recall, vividly and clearly, is waking up the next morning nude in the bed of his friend’s apartment and seeing Cosby wearing a white terrycloth bathrobe and acting as if there was nothing unusual. It was obvious to me that he had had sex with me. I was horrified, embarrassed and ashamed.” Ladd wrote that it “never occurred to me” to contact law enforcement, given Cosby’s stature as an entertainer and in an era before “date rape” was recognized as crime. She told her husband about the incident nine years ago when another woman accused Cosby of similar acts, Ladd wrote. Ladd joins more than two dozen women who have come forward during the past few months to accuse Cosby of drugging and sexually assaulting them. The scandal has cost the 77-year-old comedian a sitcom development deal at NBC and a comedy special that was to air in November on Netflix. Ticket sales to Cosby’s live appearances have fallen sharply in many cities although he has dates scheduled through at least May, according to his website. Reps for Cosby have denied many of the allegations. Friends and family members, including his wife Camille, have recently criticized the news media for the damage done to the entertainer’s reputation and for failure to scrutinize the women making the claims. Reps for Cosby did not immediately respond to a request for comment regarding Ladd’s allegations.
Also list where you live. Just trying to do a comparison.
If you thought everyone in the LGBT community wanted gay marriage, you would be wrong. It's much more nuanced than that. A new chart from Pew, based on 2013 data, shows that 7 percent of LGBT Americans said they oppose same-sex marriage. And another 18 percent said they favor it, but that they didn't feel strongly. (story at link) Bisexuals are weighing us down (among others).[
The last thread had a dramatic ending, so let's continue...
...from 'The Crimson Petal and the White,' a BBC Two mini-series based on Michel Faber‘s 2002 novel.
I'm not there this year, but I'm guessing at least a couple DLers are there, since, you know, there was a thread on The D Train. So, based on what you've seen so far, what should we be looking forward to? Early reviews are raving about Me & Earl & the Dying Girl, which was believed to have been bought by Fox Searchlight for a record-breaking $12 million, though the actual number is considerably lower. Other ones that seem to have piqued critical interest include The Witch, The End of the Tour, The Diary of a Teenage Girl, and The Overnight. Has anybody seen any of these? Were they actually good? I'm sort of skeptical about Me & Earl & the Dying Girl, because it sounds so much like that crappy Fault in Our Stars film. But the reviews are pretty ecstatic and say that it's largely humorous, so I'm tempted. Anyway, here's a link to a list of the films that have been bought so far.
Best Movies of the Sundance Film Festival 2015
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The Oscar snub of Selma sucked. It was one of the best movies I've seen in a theater this year. But, by portraying a democratic president (LBJ) as an evil monster, it lost votes. Why can't people accept that ALL presidents are monsters?
This guy is sizzling hot.
Joe Manganiello Puts On One Heck Of A Gun Show.
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He's gay, right? I'm watching him give the forecast on Good Day NY in my doctor's office. He's incredibly muscular, really well-groomed, and has a certain "pingy" quality about him. So what's the verdict on this gorgeous weather hottie?
is undeniable in these Daily Mail photos. Scroll down and you can see a worm-like vein running down her forehead. She has no facial fat or body fat. Even before her post-cancer reconstruction, she had breast implants because she has no breast fat. Is AJ known to be an obsessive exerciser or does she just starve herself?
Now, how to they break it to him that they've been fucking each other for the past three years?
I wonder when he'll move out
The long-awaited third movie in Sony's "Ghostbusters" franchise will update the paranormal exterminators with a cast of female characters, director Paul Feig announced Wednesday. On Twitter, Feig wrote, "It's official. I'm making a new Ghostbusters & writing it with @katiedippold & yes, it will star hilarious women. That's who I'm gonna call." Feig came aboard the project in August, and his tweet confirms months of speculation that his take will focus on a new generation of female Ghostbusters. The director previously worked with Katie Dippold, the screenwriter referenced in his tweet, on the female buddy-cop comedy "The Heat," starring Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy. That film was a hit to the tune of $229 million worldwide. Feig also found success with a cast of hilarious women in 2011's "Bridesmaids," a surprise hit that helped catapult McCarthy and Kristen Wiig to movie stardom. Sony has been trying to mount a new "Ghostbusters" movie for years, and until recently the plan was to reunite the original team of Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray and Harold Ramis. Ivan Reitman, who helmed the 1984 original and 1989's "Ghostbusters 2," was to return as well. Murray, however, has proved reluctant to return to the series, and Ramis died in February. Ramis' passing ultimately prompted Reitman to drop out of directing (he's still on board as a producer), clearing the way for Feig to take the reins. With the film's course now set, the next question is obvious: Just who is Feig going to call?
In previous years there's been mucho excitement about the halftime act. This year I had to Google who it would be, because I've heard nothing at all. Is the whole world underwhelmed?
There is something really wrong with them, right? This lady at the office doesn't have custody of her kids. She seems really nice and sweet. I wonder how messed up she is outside of the office to not have her kids.
Continue your foolishness.
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Well, his fmaily did own slaves. Thank goodness for him no coloureds are nominated for Oscars this year, though. "British actor Benedict Cumberbatch has apologized after describing black people as 'colored' on US television, saying he is 'an idiot' and is 'devastated to have caused offense'. The 38-year-old Sherlock star was widely condemned after using the racial term during a debate on the lack of diversity on British screens on the PBS talk show Tavis Smiley last Wednesday. But on Monday night, he issued an apology for his 'incorrect' and 'offensive' use of the phrase, saying: 'I'm devastated to have caused offense by using this outmoded terminology. 'I offer my sincere apologies. I make no excuse for my being an idiot and know the damage is done.' Cumberbatch, nominated for an Oscar for The Imitation Game, added: 'I can only hope this incident will highlight the need for correct usage of terminology that is accurate and inoffensive. 'The most shaming aspect of this for me is that I was talking about racial inequality in the performing arts in the UK and the need for rapid improvements in our industry when I used the term."
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Just was sent this via text. Um WOW!
It's such a great film, but it has a lot of problems in it. The "Crazy Veil" sequence is beautiful but it stops the whole movie cold. The "Gotta Dance" sequence is great, but it makes absolutely no sense whatsoever how it could possibly be interpolated into "The Duelling Cavalier" (and it has nothing to do with the rest of the wider movie). Worst of all, Lina seems punished too cruelly at the very end, and yet she always gives audiences more pleasure than anyone else in the film. But you can forgive it everything for its great musical numbers and its brilliant dialogue ("If we can bring a little joy into your humdrum little lives, then all our hard work ain't been in vain for nothin'").
I have to say... the premiere was a bit underwhelming. It seemed awfully "forced" and "contrived". I hope it's just the nature of being a pilot that has to set up so much, and that future episodes are better. I'm still in.
Will Roger Federer win another major at age 33? Will Serena Williams overcome her recent difficulties to continue to triumph? Will there by a last gasp by Venus? Can Stan Wawrinka and his childbearing hips and ass manage another win? Rafa can "ween" here again, no? Nobody really wants Sharapova to win, right? Will mopey Andy Murray every look up from his constant despair to win another major and blot out the wet nightmares of his Lady Macbeth mother? Andy Murray is on Margaret Court today, something few men would want to claim. Will he ever have an ass as good as his namesake Andy Roddick? And speaking of Roddicks, is Brooklyn Decker Roddick still thin? And what will Mirka Federer be eating to calm her fat-covered nerves? What inane comments will The World's Worst Tennis Commentator, Chris Evert, make? Please don't refer to Djokovic as "Nole"; it wounds. I have state my boundary. And, at long last, my dear lord, will known and avowed heterosexual (and f/ormer Bond girl), Pam Shriver, ever find a MAN! Finally, as always, let's keep the discussion here consistent with the expected behavior in this most civil of sports. Let's keep it clean, elegant, and worthy of the better angels of our nature (and Roddick's ass).
Please continue discussion. Include fights about diversity, whether or not you shut ins can relate, Patrick/Kevin vs Patrick/Richie, just how awful Agustin is, and how delectable Murray Bartlett is proving to be.
What is the most important information I should know about TRUVADA? TRUVADA can cause serious side effects: Too much lactic acid in your blood (lactic acidosis), which is a serious medical emergency. Symptoms of lactic acidosis include weakness or being more tired than usual, unusual muscle pain, being short of breath or fast breathing, nausea, vomiting, stomach-area pain, cold or blue hands and feet, feeling dizzy or lightheaded, and/or fast or abnormal heartbeats. Serious liver problems. Your liver may become large and tender, and you may develop fat in your liver. Symptoms of liver problems include your skin or the white part of your eyes turns yellow, dark “tea-colored” urine, light-colored stools, loss of appetite for several days or longer, nausea, and/or stomach-area pain. You may be more likely to get lactic acidosis or serious liver problems if you are female, very overweight (obese), or have been taking TRUVADA for a long time. In some cases, these serious conditions have led to death. Call your healthcare provider right away if you have any symptoms of these conditions. Worsening of hepatitis B (HBV) infection. If you also have HBV and take TRUVADA, your hepatitis may become worse if you stop taking TRUVADA. Do not stop taking TRUVADA without first talking to your healthcare provider. If your healthcare provider tells you to stop taking TRUVADA, they will need to watch you closely for several months to monitor your health. TRUVADA is not approved for the treatment of HBV. If your healthcare provider has prescribed TRUVADA to help reduce the risk of getting HIV-1 infection, you should also know: You must be HIV-negative before you start taking TRUVADA to reduce the risk of getting HIV-1. You must get tested to make sure that you do not already have HIV-1 infection. Do not take TRUVADA to reduce the risk of getting HIV-1 unless you are confirmed to be HIV-negative. Many HIV-1 tests can miss HIV-1 infection in a person who has recently become infected. If you have flu-like symptoms, you could have recently become infected with HIV-1. Tell your healthcare provider if you had a flu-like illness within the last month before starting TRUVADA or at any time while taking TRUVADA. Symptoms of new HIV-1 infection include tiredness, fever, joint or muscle aches, headache, sore throat, vomiting, diarrhea, rash, night sweats, and/or enlarged lymph nodes in the neck or groin. Just taking TRUVADA may not keep you from getting HIV-1. You must continue using safer sex practices while you are taking TRUVADA to reduce your risk of getting HIV-1. To further reduce your risk of getting HIV-1: Get tested for other sexually transmitted infections. Other infections make it easier for HIV-1 to infect you. Get information and support to help reduce risky sexual behavior. Have fewer sex partners. Do not miss any doses of TRUVADA. Missing doses may increase your risk of getting HIV-1 infection. You must stay HIV-negative to keep taking TRUVADA to reduce your risk of getting HIV-1: Know your HIV-1 status and the HIV-1 status of your partners. Get tested for HIV-1 at least every 3 months or when your healthcare provider tells you. If you think you were exposed to HIV-1, tell your healthcare provider right away. If you do become HIV-1 positive, you need more medicine than TRUVADA alone to treat HIV-1. TRUVADA itself is not a complete treatment for HIV-1. If you have HIV-1 and take only TRUVADA, your HIV-1 may become harder to treat.
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even after a good bath it still stinks.
This song scared me as a kid. I thought she was being murdered.
It looks like LGBT activist Dan Savage is making his next move. The "It Gets Better" founder is slated to be the focus of a semi-autobiographical, single-camera comedy on ABC, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The show, still untitled, will follow the younger years of Savage's life and the experiences of his family following his decision to come out of the closet. "What seems like the end of their idyllic life turns out to be the beginning of a bright new chapter when everyone stops pretending to be perfect and actually starts being real," The Hollywood Reporter notes. According to Entertainment Weekly, "David Windsor and Casey Johnson will write and executive-produce with Savage, Brian Pines and Dan McDermott."
Dan Savage's Life To Serve As Basis For New ABC Sitcom...DLers welcome to title it
What were some of her exploits? Were you friends with her? Was her name Tammy, Tiffany, or Crystal?
Remember when she was a unique and edgy talent? What happened there?
Even the Darfur orphans are donating a sandwich. How is she allowed on camera looking like this?
Watch what happens in this thread, and why does he like Anthony Recker?
Poor Karen de la Carierre! She was married to the President of $cientology, Heber Jentzch, and she had a son with him. David Miscavige broke up their marriage when they petitioned to have a second child. In the late '00s, after their son had been unable to speak to his father for six years, and Karen discovered that Heber was being held prisoner in the Hole, she started posting anonymously on the Internet. When the cult discovered it in 2010, they made her son disconnect from her. Then, a few years later, her son died of pneumonia. He died of pneumonia because he didn't have money to see a doctor and get treatment, which his mother would have helped him with if she had known. She found out from a stranger on Facebook that her son was dead. He was only 27 years old. The cult wouldn't even let her see her son's body before it was cremated. Ever since, Karen has been out for BLOOD. She has a YouTube channel called SurvivingScientology where she regularly posts videos about Scientology culture and interviews with ex-Sea Org members. She is justified in doing this, right?? Well, the cult doesn't think so. To add insult to her injury, they made a hate video of her accusing her of being a prostitute! It's about 3 minutes into the video...
Will he be a douche at 50?
TV preacher Pat Robertson on Tuesday advised a senior citizen who was a paying member of his 700 Club teleministry that a reverse mortgage was a “good deal” if she was having trouble making ends meet. “I have been a 700 Club partner for many years,” a woman named Maria explained in an email. “I am 67 years old and still working because retirement money does not cover our basic expenses.” “I was thinking about a reverse mortgage but have my doubts,” Maria wrote. “What do you think?” Robertson pointed out that a reverse mortgage prevented the bank from taking “your house away from you as long as you are alive and living.” “You don’t have to pay it off, but somebody has to pay it off, namely the United States taxpayer,” Robertson continued. “So, it’s not a good deal for the taxpayers, but for most people it’s a pretty good deal.” The televangelist recommended that Maria speak to a financial adviser, but added that “it could be a good deal for you.” Becoming a 700 Club partner starts at $240 a year for a basic membership. A Chairman’s Circle membership runs $10,000 a year.
Pat Robertson advises elderly woman: Reverse mortgage is ‘good deal’ to help pay ’700 Club’ dues
Have to admit it''s become my favorite porn.\ \ Been in a relationship for 12 yrs., and i slipped up twice -- both times with a black stud. Yeah, it was good, really good.\ \ In my next life, I think I want black dick every day, and a lot of interracial porn.
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What does he elicit?
I'm so tired of looking for meat ball recipes and they always include egg, bread crumbs, etc. I don't wanna make the meat balls, bitches, I just want to buy a frozen package at the store and add sauce to it. Why do they act like everyone makes their own, when it's probably 5% at most? I've made the classic with grape jelly, instant coffee and hot sauce, and it's pretty good. Any others?
Title of an article in the current EW about the prototype for today's Datalounger. [quote]THE ORIGINAL RED CARPET BITCH: Before Joan Rivers and Kathy Griffin, the legendary Mr. Blackwell terrorized Hollywood with his annual worst-dressed list. A tribute to the man who ripped dresses. I couldn't find it online, but it's in the print edition. He basically ticks off all of the Datalounger boxes: -- bitch -- elderqueen -- claims to have slept with stars who were never officially "gay" (Randolph Scott and Cary Grant) -- good friends with Tippi Hedren -- numerous plastic surgeries -- numerous suicide attempts -- born in Brooklyn; turned tricks in Manhattan and I'm pretty sure he wore caftans!
She was on the Home and Life show today on the Hallmark Channel and in Los Angeles this weekend reuniting with some of her Dynasty co-stars. It seems like she couldn't distance herself enough from the show when she left in 1984 but now shows up at EVERYTHING Dynasty related from TV reunions to autograph signings. I always loved her though. Some actors and actresses have this aura and she is one of them. From The Poseidon Adventure to Nancy Drew to the first and best Fallon (Emma Samms let's face it sucked). Any other fans?
His wife Sonni wants prenup to be invalidated due to "fraud".
That's the French [italitc]sees[/italic], not the American [italic]sicks[/italic], mind you. Now, continue your foolishness.
The formerly out and now seemingly out again gay British actor Luke Evans, part six
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I have had this problem for many years now and have actually seen a couple of doctors about it with no results. Now, I am thinking I need to try another doctor again but, not sure if I should just to see a dermatologist, proctologist or what? I don't want to waste my time plus embarrassment seeing the wrong doctor.
The first major motion picture to use the word "bitch"?
And what the fuck is with the doll?
It was Andrew's sixth night of freshman year at Brown University when he was assaulted by a male student in his dorm bathroom. When Andrew brought on-campus charges, his assailant was expelled. Unlike myriad students who report mishandled cases in the burgeoning national campaign against sexual assault, Andrew initially believed his case was handled appropriately. But after The Huffington Post discovered Andrew’s assailant had previously been found responsible for assaulting two other students and had not been expelled, Andrew was devastated. Andrew has decided to share his story in hopes that victims of assault -- and specifically male victims -- be taken more seriously. “It’s time to include male survivors’ voices,” he said. “We are up against a system that’s not designed to help us.”
My sister's bf got her one for Christmas and the way she and my mother carried on, you'd think he bestowed the Hope diamond on her.
From 2001-2005, Datalounge was overwhelmed with the Ponyprancers, Lord of the Rings fans who were obsessed with spinning out fantasies about the sex lives of Elijah Wood and Dominic Monaghan. Now for the last few years we've been overwhelmed with fans obsessed with speculating about Richard Armitage and Lee Pace. What is it about Tolkien films that leads to this fevered slash speculation? It's not the quality of the films, because the three Hobbit movies have been pretty much shit.
I know a few bi men who identify as straight. They''re completely comfortable within themselves and acknowledge that they like guys/girls equally, yet if you asked them they''d say they were straight....Is this common amongst bi men?
Wow.
It's getting pretty good reviews. Entertaining soapy drama. [quote]A music mogul plans for the future of his empire after learning he has a disease in the series premiere of this drama, which follows his struggle to choose an heir as his three sons and his ex-wife battle each other to take over the hip-hop throne. One of his three sons is apparently gay, and it has his diva wife played by the awesome Taraji P. Henson. Anyone else gonna be tuning in?
Micke Ekvall finished the race in 21st place. In a post-race interview, a reporter asked him, "Did you ever consider stopping to clean off?" "No, I'd lose time," he explained, "If you quit once, it's easy to do it again and again and again. It becomes a habit." "Despite the enormous problems with stomach cramps that lasted between two and 12 kilometers, Micke completed his goal," Swedish site Jesper.nu reported, "He did fine with [a time of] 1:09:43 and came in a creditable 21st. This is despite the misery! Imagine what he could accomplish without a bad stomach." The poop man, now 25 years old, has accomplished quite a bit since then. He ran the same race the following year, placing 9th. He went on to set a Swedish national record at the Copenhagen half-marathon in 2014, and represented Sweden at the European Athletic Championships. Ekvall's story is truly an inspirational one: Never quit. If you can live down running around in public with your own feces streaming off your bare legs, you can live down practically anything. Either that or never, ever, leave the house, because anything you do could go horribly wrong and everyone is looking at you. Whatever. It's up to each of us to receive the poop man's wisdom in our own way.
Very hot actor who just played a gay role onstage in LA.\ \ Is he also gay in reality? Any stories?
Bowties They're really more a political statement than a fashion one at this point.
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Now filming the highly anticipated blockbuster, Henry Cavill's Gigantic Tit Muscles v. Henry Cavill's Gigantic Ass Muscles: Dawn of Justice.
Henry Cavill's gigantic tit muscles are struggling to break free, part 2
When you have friends over for a casual dinner when do you serve the salad? Before, during, or after the main course? Typically I serve everything at once. When my guests are seated with their mains I pass around the salad. I've been to dinners where it's served after and I don't really like that. I know it's supposed to cleanse the palate or some such nonsense, but it feels like a leafy green let-down after a delicious dinner. And I don't like serving it before the main either. That's very American. I've already served my guests appetizers and serving the salad before the main just seems like too much "little" food before the main event. I prefer to do things restaurant-like and bring it all out at once. I realize a lot of this is cultural and there probably isn't one correct way of doing things. I'm just curious how you, Dataloungers of taste and style, do things. Also, do you do a cheese course before dessert? Or AS dessert? I never have but again it feels like too much little food going on.
We just filled Jonathan's hole with 600 replies. Here comes Round 2!
Oh, those wacky Mormons.
Whacked out Mormon family commits suicide over worries of the Apocalypse
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We now have SSA, Men who have sex with Men, Guys into Dudes, even Str8 for Str8. I believe this is because few men attracted to men want anything to do with the queens and nellies. I recently went to the wedding of two men in NY. The officiator opened with 'This is not a gay wedding, the men marrying today find it offensive when they are called gay. They are quite simply two men who love each other and have decided to create a life together. They would appreciate it if you don't take the G word to the reception." I know many of you on DL LOVE gay, and are gay. I now think the majority of men who have sex with men do not identify as gay and never will.
He does things that make me suspect so. I have other videos as proof. Could he be a gay?
Where is it?
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SO which guy banged yolanda to produce this boy, he is hot
This is a Two-time Oscar & Emmy winner. She can't afford an apartment in NYC? Being a two-time Oscar winner, surely she has tons of scripts thrown in her direction. But she told the NY Times she finds it difficult to find enough work to pay her rent. “I have to move out of my apartment soon,” she said. Is she a bad money manager?
No family is safe when I sashay!
Just think in the 70s there was Peter Falk, Sammy Davis Jr. AND Sandy Duncan. now nobody. It seems like a step backwards!
For R124 in the Guliana thread. So far, I'm not impressed.
Since that discredited Rolling Stone article all I have been hearing about is the numerous sexual assaults against mainly middle class or upper middle class white females. The assaults are often tainted with alcohol and late nights alone with young, horny boys who won't take no for an answer. The girls then complain that college and/ or the local police are not as moved by the assault as one would hope in this post-feminist age. In the words of that great man, Col. Potter" horse hockey"! I am so sick of well off girls thinking that college life is going to be a cotillion. That the rules of gentlemen over ride the beer buzz. And that low and behold a guy just wants to get laid at 3 in the morning. Where are the partenal teachings about sex and drinking. Why does a boy have a higher expectation of duty than a drunken, foolish girl. And after all the sexual openness of this generation why are we allowing the soft bigotry of low expectations to give a girl- a woman -an out simply because she regrets having sex, and to hide that shameby calling it "rape". That doesn't mean that men and women aren't really subjected to sexual assaults on campuses around the country. But why when well off, educated females-mainly white- attend college they suddenly act like Melanie Wilkes when they are pressed into sex? They ingested the drug and drink that brought them that boy. Boys between 18 and 21 are usually not the romantic types. And why think that your brain being cloudy isn't equal to his. This is real a class issue colored in eggshell white. These young girls not are prepared for freedom or adult respondsilbity. Their parents have coddled them in so many ways they feel that they are entitled to be treated like a lady even if they are acting like a flower girl. My sympathy is low. Privilege does grant you a mulligan in sexual awareness. And being a victim only lowers my regard that you can handle yourself in the real world.
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Ancient planetary system with its own sun-like star found in the galaxy Discovery of five planets orbiting around Kepler 444 suggest ancient worlds might lurk around other stars in more habitable reaches of the Milky Way Ian Sample, science editor, Tuesday 27 January 2015 09.06 EST The discovery of five archaic planets around one of the oldest stars in the galaxy has raised the possibility that the Milky Way might be home to extremely ancient forms of life. Astronomers spotted the planets as they circled a star called Kepler 444, which lies 117 light years from Earth in the direction of Lyra, a constellation in the northern sky. Researchers used variations in the brightness of the star to calculate its age and found that it was among the first generation of stars to illuminate the Milky Way 11.2bn years ago. The sun, Earth and other planets of the solar system formed much more recently, about 4.5bn years ago, making the Kepler 444 planetary system more than twice as old as our own. By the time the Earth had formed, the planets around Kepler 444 were already older than the Earth is today. The planets that orbit Kepler 444 are not hospitable to life as we know it. But the discovery of such profoundly old and almost certainly rocky planets suggests that other ancient worlds might lurk around other stars in more habitable reaches of the Milky Way. “This tells us that these kinds of planets formed very early in the history of the galaxy. If some fraction formed in the habitable zones around their host stars, then you have environments where life may develop, and it could have been there for a very long time,” said Bill Chaplin, professor of astrophysics at the University of Birmingham. Writing in The Astrophysical Journal, the scientists add: “Earth-size planets have formed throughout most of the Universe’s 13.bn year history, leaving open the possibility for the existence of ancient life in the galaxy.” The worlds that orbit Kepler 444 are small, at least by planetary standards, and range in size from Mercury to Venus. They are extremely close to their parent star, with all five planets closer in than Mercury is to the sun. A year on each planet lasts fewer than 10 Earth days. Kepler 444 is about three quarters the size and mass of the sun, and though 700C cooler, the planets circle so close to the star that their surfaces are permanently fried. The habitable zone around the star, where the temperature is just right for liquid water to flow, lies six times further out than the outermost of the five planets, said Chaplin. Researchers measured the age of the star by using Nasa’s Kepler space telescope to observe minute changes in its brightness. The intensity of stars varies because sound waves trapped inside them make them contract and expand, as though they were breathing. When a star compresses it gets hotter and brighter. When it expands, it gets cooler and dimmer. How a star’s brightness varies depends on the speed of sound waves within, and that is governed by the composition of its core. This material at the heart of the star changes as it grows old, for example, as the star converts its hydrogen fuel into helium. “As you change the composition of the core, you change the speed at which sound waves moves through the star, and that affects the periods at which it resonates,” said Chaplin. “Because we can do this astroseismology, we can get very precise measurement of the age. It’s a very old star, over a 11bn years old.” Astronomers are now keen to discover other ancient planetary systems, in the hope of pinpointing the beginning of the era of planetary formation in the universe.
Just announced on the US Figure Skating Championships
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I'm watching an old movie "Pillow Talk" and Doris Day has a lot of beautiful gowns and is always going to nightclubs. It must have been expensive back then for women.
This Downy Woodpecker visits every winter to a feeder outside my window. He's been coming around for about 5 years. The oldest known DW reached age 11y 11m. No evidence of a lady friend. DW comes daily but usually waits until the sparrows are finished. I don't get much variety of birds visiting here. Occasionally I get Blue Jays, who are easily spooked. I had a dove nest on my window sill recently, and I had a hawk visit once. The hawk made a God-awful screeching sound. I hope he didn't eat the dove.
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In honor of DL's most-used salutation, please list your favorite MARY! in history.
I hurt my back 4 weeks ago. Lower left side, don't know how. It got better, almost felt healed, then a few days ago it became agonizing. Sometimes I can't even sleep, I wake up from the pain. I've been using icy-hot and those heated bandages you stick on. I've been taking lots of Aleve and aspirin. This am was awful again and it made me cry. I got out my hair dyer and oh, that helped. It occurred to me to buy a heating pad so I'm going to the store to get one. When I go to the doctor, I'm afraid I'm going to come off as a drug seeker when all I want is pain relief. I haven't been to a doctor in 3 years due to recent job loss, but now I can go. But DataLoungers, do you know what is wrong with my back?
that corporations are not given enough tax breaks. I wanted to break someone's head open, preferably the billionaires. How can you reason with these people? The guy sold his company for a billion and a half but still complaining about he didn't get enough tax breaks. His thinking is so screwed up but how could I say, "your son-in-law is a selfish greedy, asshole."
This is just sad. Give it a rest, Goldie.
Is Swarovski really that high end? They seem pretty common.
It's been a rough week for Sam Smith. First, he was called “an ugly motherfucker” by Howard Stern, who also asked listeners: “You know what I like about the guy? He’s fat, I love it.” Sam then posted a shirtless selfie on Instagram, writing, "I say what's on my mind. I might do a little time." Then it was reported that he amicably settled a copyright dispute with Tom Petty over the likeness between Smith's three-time Grammy-nominated "Stay With Me" and Petty's "I Won't Back Down" hit. Smith's reps confirmed that "Stay With Me" is now co-credited to Petty and Lynne, adding that while there are undeniable "similarities" between the two singles, it was a "complete coincidence."
Sam Smith Posts a Shirtless Pic on Instagram in Response to Howard Stern's 'Fat' Insult
Loaded with supplies that befuddle Science but can be quickly identified by DL. [quote]Archaeologists also found the remains of two pump clysters. These would have been used to pump fluid into the rectum, allowing it to be absorbed quickly, Carnes-McNaughton said. It's not clear exactly why this would have been done, but there are plans to analyze the clysters to find out what material they contained before the ship was wrecked. Enema...designed to clean out the cabin boys for a proper fucking. How obvious could it be?
What do you think he thinks of the fact that long after he's dead, the only song of his that is played consistently is that Christmas song, not "I Want Your Sex", "Everything She Wants", etc.? BTW, I love this song, but every year they play it again, and every year it takes forever and a day to get out of my head.
Daily, just reading these queens comments. i get such great material to document what truly pathetic little wusses and pussy twat the "GAYS" are on this site. tweeked little pinch nosed twats who need a good kick in their inflated asses. so very pathetic.....GET A FRICKIN LIFE YOU DUMB TWATS oR AT LEAST PULL YOUR BALLS OUT OF THE DRAWER
... not that there's anything wrong with that, but I find it curious. Don't a majority of writers tend to write about things they are at least somewhat familiar with? Some of these women write very realistically torrid M/M sex scenes. Just the product of a very vivid imagination.
Consider this a reverse humblebrag thread. Tell Datalounge how sad your life is. And remember girls, this isn't a competition. We're all sad cunts. I'll start. My 20 year old nephew gets laid more in a week than I do in a year. He's got two girlfriends and he services them both on a regular basis. I on the other hand, haven't had human contact in so long I can't remember what a penis looks like.
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Lesbians are better bosses and coworkers, straight women not so much, they fight too much. My thoughts as an elder gay corporate man. Let the discussion begin !
With the flops of "The Lone Ranger," "Dark Shadows," and "Mortdecai," you'd think he'd be all over but for the burying. (Or at the very least Hollywood wouldn't allow him to pursue his vanity projects). But is he going to be able to do whatever the hell he wants to do again once "Pirates of Caribbean IV" is a big success?
He looks unusual or goofy in a way, but I think he's still sexy. FYI, this is not a major/program/book resale thread.
[bold]To recap:[/bold] Kim Richards (storyline to date: terminally ill ex, daughter getting married; one emotionally off-balance kid; and one very hot son) Kyle Richards (storyline to date: fourth daughter leaving for school; toddler daughter needs child-actress exposure to continue the Richards legacy; still trying to crawl up Vanderpump’s ass) Brandi Glanville (storyline to date: still a bitch and a drunk; still trying to crawl up Vanderpump’s ass) Yolanda Foster (storyline to date: still tick-infested, still trying to crawl up Vanderpump’s ass, and needy needy needy!) Eileen Davidson (storyline to date: the fun soap princess that can turn into a stone-cold ice queen if you cross her; very hot hubby with even hotter sons and stepsons; possibly the future star of the show) Lisa Rinna (storyline to date: parents in Oregon nursing home; ongoing botox and Juvéderm maintenance; entitled daughters; hot hubby; “friend” of Vanderpump; ongoing alliance with Eileen Davidson) Lisa Vanderpump (storyline to date: all of the other ladies hate her, either overtly or covertly; she may be leading the wolfpack, but the lionesses are about to eat her whole—and if Brandi has her way, her hole as well) with... Adrienne Maloof (and her delicious young stud, Jacob Busch!), Camille Grammar, and Taylor Armstrong all still waiting for their return to full “housewife” status.
The cutest Irish boy ever!
I don't want to google.
This is a bit "inside baseball" but is anyone else curious about the drama going on behind this movie? First, the director pisses off fanboys by making Johnny Storm black (the awesome Michael B Jordan) but casting Rooney Mara as his sister Susan. WTF? Why not cast a black actress? Then he says the story is more "down to earth" than most comic movies. They fight world eating giants and mole men. They are NOT the "Down2Earth 4". Now, they are shooting new footage for the next week or so. During pre-production a number of directors were approached to replace Trank (director) and no one would touch it that far into the production phase with a set script. Marvel prez has canceled the comic book and taken down all F4 pictures, refused new commissions on the characters, and basically forbidden anyone to mention movie properties Fox controls, including X-Men. Anyone else hope it is a "Lone Ranger vs. Ishtar" level bomb?
Should I delete his number or keep him around for awhile. He throws a killer St.Patrick's Day party.
I have two straight friends who''ve confessed to getting oral sex from men but say they were freaked out about the idea of reciprocating or, worse, taking it up the ass.\ \ On the other hand, I have another "straight" friend who only wants to get fucked - absolutely nothing else - when he hooks up with a guy. He just loves to have his ass opened up and his girlfriend isn''t into it using toys, etc..\ \ Anyone else know similar guys?
It looks like the old thread was deleted. Maybe it was the comments made about the building in Saudi Arabia. I want to compliment the person who chose Lake Point Tower in Chicago and the attractive photograph.
Colin Farrell Jokes About Ewan McGregor's Penis: "He Doesn't Wear It Like a Badge of Honor" Celebrity Body Jan. 27, 2015 AT 8:00PM By Esther Lee Spilling secrets! Ewan McGregor spoke to Nylon Guys in its March 2015 cover story about his roles (past and present) and his wild Hollywood life, which somehow included commentary from a fellow celebrity, who had several (ahem!) gratuitous remarks about the actor. Colin Farrell, who costarred with the Scottish hunk in the 2008 thriller Cassandra's Dream, joked about McGregor being rather well-endowed. "I don’t think Ewan is as proud of his penis as most men who are as well hung would—or should—or could be," Farrell said, likening it to McGregor's acting talents. "I think that’s the greatest demonstration of his innate humility, that he doesn’t wear it like a badge of honor." McGregor, 43, meanwhile reminisced about his wild London life in the late-'90s, when he partied alongside future parents like Jude Law and Angelina Jolie. "Jonny [Lee Miller] and Angelina were shooting Hackers," McGregor recalled of Jolie's film with her first husband. "Jude had done Shopping. I’d done Shallow Grave. We were all kicking off. It was happening." The Son of a Gun actor noted to the mag that he and his fellow rising stars at the time "were having a right laugh." Without divulging any specific details, McGregor reflected: "It [was] the ’90s in London. It was quite fun… That’s all you’re getting." The Trainspotting actor also spoke about possibly reprising his role as Renton in the rumored sequel of the film. "He’s now a Glaswegian running a gym in Amsterdam," McGregor told Nylon. "I haven’t seen a script or anything, but it seemed to be quite real. I spoke to Danny [Boyle] about it. I met him randomly in a restaurant [last year] before he went up to Scotland to sit with our writer John Hodge and Andrew Macdonald, the producer." As for possibly tackling another famous past role -- as Obi-Wan in Star Wars? While the actor insisted that he would be happy to don Obi-Wan's suit again, McGregor compared the process of shooting a blockbuster film to "watching paint dry." He added that nobody from J.J. Abrams' upcoming Star Wars reboot asked him to reprise his role or even make a cameo. "They didn't ask me to do anything in it," McGregor told the mag. According to the actor, nothing in his career compares to the joy of fatherhood. "I’ve been a dad for 18 years. Your work reflects your life, and the biggest element of my life is that I’m a dad," McGregor confessed. "That’s the most important thing of all." The father of four daughters -- Clara, Jamyan, Esther, and Anouk -- admitted that he curbed one of his lifelong passions, riding motorcycles, for the sake of his family. "My wife would absolutely kill me," McGregor mused of Eve Mavrakis, his spouse of 18 years, discovering that he was still riding bikes. "That’s the one thing—that and tattoos. Clara, my eldest, started talking about tattoos. I said, ‘Dude, I got my tattoo when I was 30 years old. You’re 17? 18? I can assure you that what you think you want on your arm now isn’t what you’re going to want on your arm when you’re my age. Don’t do it.'"
Colin Farrell Jokes About Ewan McGregor's Penis: "He Doesn't Wear It Like a Badge of Honor"
Super Genes! Christopher Reeve's Handsome Look-Alike Son Will Joins ESPN's SportsCenter by Lily Harrison, Today 4:36 PM PST ESPN is adding a few new faces to their SportsCenter lineup, and one of them may look pretty familiar. Christopher Reeve's 22-year-old son, Will Reeve, will be doing special reports for the hit program, along with comedian Reese Waters and social media correspondent Sarina Morales. The trio have been cast in an attempt to reach a younger demographic and will be reporting from the 16th hole at this weekend's Phoenix Open. Will, who bears a striking resemblance to his late father with his jawline and broad shoulders, spoke to The Wrap about his new gig. "I'll be different from a traditional SportsCenter report, because I won't be behind a desk in a suit," he shared. "These stories are not going to appear on air and then fade off—they are going to get an extended life digitally and on social media." And when asked what he thought his late parents would think of the exciting news, Will answered, "Hopefully they would get a kick out of it." He continued, "The things I am interested in and passionate about are similar to what they were. My parents definitely define who I am. My dad and I had a huge bond and shared a love of sports. I would hope they would be proud and say, 'Great job,' no matter what. Then my dad would probably tell me to straighten my tie!"
Bravo's first scripted series premieres tonight. I'm loving it already: funny, quick-paced, and SOOOOO many gorgeous guys! LOVE IT!
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This thread is brought to you by Nene Leakes' Top Ramen Toupees!
The Real Housewives of Atlanta, Season 7 Part 2!
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They couldn''t have thought that by doing so, it would result well.
"River's Edge" understood '80s kids -- and what they'd do to combat that horrible feeling of emptiness About a year and a half ago, I interviewed Daniel Waters, screenwriter of the enduring and dark teen comedy and media satire “Heathers” for the book (“Twee”) I was researching at the time. The conversation was genial and funny, and I could tell he was what we used to call at my old employer Spin magazine a “quote machine.” Soon, the subject got around to films of the late American auteur John Hughes, particularly his iconic high school trilogy of “Sixteen Candles” (1984), “The Breakfast Club” (1985) and “Pretty in Pink” (the 1986 romantic comedy that he wrote but did not direct). “I felt like Hughes was trying to coddle teenagers and almost suck up to them, idealize them,” Waters said, with almost no fear of reprisal from the many millions who hold these films (and Ferris Bueller … and even, to paraphrase Jeff Daniels in “The Squid and the Whale,” minor Hughes efforts like “Some Kind of Wonderful” and “She’s Having a Baby,” dear), “[With 'Heathers') I was more of a terrorist coming after John Hughes. What drove me nuts about the Hughes moves was the third act was always something about how bad adults were. When you grow up your heart dies. Hey, your heart dies when you’re 12!” One could make an argument for Waters’ "Heathers" (directed as a gauzy, occasionally surrealist morality play by Michael Lehmann) as the darkest teen film of all time. The humor is pitch-black, there’s a body count, a monocle, corn nuts and an utter excoriation of clueless boomers who wonder, as the supremely camp Paul Lynde did a quarter of a century earlier in the film adaptation of "Bye Bye Birdie," what (in fuck) is the matter with kids today? But it’s not. Not even close, when compared with a film that preceded it by only three years, the Neal Jimenez-penned, Tim Hunter-directed 1986 drama “River's Edge,” which is released this month on DVD after years of being difficult to find for home viewing. No other film captures more accurately what it’s like to be dead inside during the end of the Cold War, the height of MTV and the invasion of concerned but impotent parents. "River's Edge" was the one film that seemed to understand that it wasn’t the rap music, heavy metal music or even drugs that made '80s kids, it was … nothing. As in the feeling of searching your soul for what you should feel and finding it empty, and slowly, horrifyingly getting used to it to the point that at least one, maybe more of us, will do anything, even commit murder, in order to combat that horrible void. I didn’t want to kill anyone or even myself, but I wanted to disappear, or at least be frozen and wake up in art school in the early '90s, when bands like Nirvana gave that feeling a voice, and a few anthems.
Well, this is embarrassing for her, innit?
So Casper Andreas, best known as creating the quasi-Colton Haynes biopic "Going Down in LA-LA Land" needs help. The movie stars DL fave Gale Harold, DL fave Van Hansis and openly gay cuties from Mad Men Kit Williamson and from Buffy Tom Lenk. It's a gay murder mystery that will no doubt become a DL camp favorite so throw them some money bitches.
Support a gay film starring DL fave Gale Harold
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Can I get a witness?
A Pint of Ice Cream Should Equal One Serving
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Well?
After only four months. Sources say she had trouble reading her Teleprompter.
So, the predicted 24-36" of snow was 4-6". The entire city was shut down for a tiny snowstorm. But we're supposed to believe we can predict the climate 48 years from now while predictions 48 HOURS ago were spectacularly and ridiculously wrong. How can any sane person believe bullshit like this?
I'm scared!
Randy Johnson (97.3%) was a five-time Cy Young Award winner. Pedro Martinez (91.1%) won three Cys and led MLB in ERA five times. John Smoltz (82.9%) amassed 213 wins to go with 154 saves. Craig Biggio (82.7%) racked up 3,060 hits while playing three positions up the middle. Together, they make up the Hall of Fame's Class of 2015. The induction ceremony is scheduled for July 26 in Cooperstown, N.Y.
Um, "Mark", Becky''s boyfriend, was waaayy to hot for Becky. Shit he was too hot for the 2nd Becky.\ \ I mean what was wrong with Jackie? She was probably just a few years older than Mark and a career girl - cop/truck drivers bring in good money for those kind of people.
The nation's population growth remains near historic lows as it struggles to recover from the Great Recession, new Census estimates show. The U.S. population reached 313.9 million on July 1, a 0.75% increase or 2.3 million gain in one year. The population numbers also show that the oil boom in North Dakota has sparked a people boom that made the state the fastest-growing since 2011 -- 2.2% or three times the national rate. Former boom states such as Nevada and Arizona continue to grow but at a much slower pace than before the 2007-09 recession. The estimates show the effects of an aging population, as the oldest Baby Boomers turned 66 this year and birth rates and immigration continue to decline.
Sharpened labia of the night / Their breasts two strained and livid dots / Demons of piqued wicker drone...
it starts on Tuesday night. I'd rather bathe in battery acid.
On their visit to Saudi for the funeral of King Abdullah, Saudi royalty refused to shake her hand. I don't have the video but it clearly showed that Michelle was annoyed when man after man ignored her and filed right passed her. However, the question is should she be annoyed? I mean it's not like she's been elected to any position.
What are your favorite mysteries? My favorite mystery is the one about the woman who died in a tank recently. I wonder what happened to her. It's really sad RIP Elissa Lam.
Aka Serge. On Flirt 4 Free, he was known as Hercules X. He is gay, according to his profile. I'm surprised this guy hasn't had more attention on DL. He has a hot body, pecs, ass, face and, well...everything else. I had seen pics of him before but didn't know his name. Click some pics to enlarge.
Apparently he was hyped up on the energy drinks for which he was doing the commercial. He was purposely running on the tracks directly in front of the train, trying to show that he had enough energy to outrun it. He lost big time.
Gregg Plitt didn't trip on the tracks. He was in front of the train trying to outrun it.
What is up with this guy? He claims to be gay but likes sleeping with women, and only says he's gay because he doesn't wanna marry a woman (for now), and didn't manage to fulfill his dream of getting a girl pregnant as a teenager. He also makes disparaging comments about bottoms as being "too gay", puts down his boyfriend and goes on and on about how great women are. Bisexuals are weird, but self-hating bisexuals are downright crazy.
I actually turned the channel. Way too many babies.
The Shining is on cable this morning. It's been years since I've watched it. I think the music should be its own character because it is wonderful. Was Jack Nicholson drunk during the entire shooting of this movie? He appears to be. Lastly, in older movies when people are driving cars, why do they move their hands so dramatically on the wheel? Was it that difficult to steer a car in the 1980s?
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Dean tweeted to Michael Moore Disparage #ChrisKyle to my face. We'll see who is a coward. #Disrespect #Coward Then he tweeted to Seth Rogan Right now, I wanna kick your ass. Chris is an American Hero. Period. Go to war. Then we'll talk.
You can see the "contestants" reading the answers from a display on the podiums in front of them. So what's the point of it?
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The competitors are 100% GAY !!
She''s a female and adorable. Any ideas?
This is terrifying.
Has anyone read this series of books or heard interviews with the author? It's outright frightening. Basically out of the thousands of missing people each year, dozens go missing in state parks. You might think there are easy explanations for the disappearances but for many, there aren't. In fact, just the opposite. The disappearances seem a slap in the face of logic. Here is just a bit of what I learned. - Most of the missing are never recovered. Those that are recovered alive tend to be children who are too young to talk, children who are mentally disabled or handicapped and thus can't tell of their experiences, and children who have amnesia and have no memories of their experience. - Clothing and other items are found in the opposite direction from which the remains are found, in the few cases where the remains are found. It's like someone is purposefully trying to deceive people by leaving a trail of personal belongings far away from where the body actually is. -Clothing is often found in an extremely bizarre fashion, something which would occur if the person just vanished in the blink of the eye and the clothing just fell to the earth, talking about socks in shoes, pants on top of shoes, shirt on top of pants. -People have disappeared while only being feet away from another person or merely going out of sight for mere seconds. In one case a family was walking up a hill. A female family member was walking faster and made it up and over the hill just seconds before the family did. When the family made it over the hill they were shocked that the woman was nowhere in sight. She was never recovered and is presumed dead. In another case a man literally watched a boy disappear. The boy was accompanying him and decided to return to camp. There was a clear line of sight from their location all the way to camp. Halfway there the man turned his attention briefly to something he was working on, talking seconds, and the boy was just gone. -Many of the children who are recovered, and remember they usually are too young to talk or can't tell of what happened to them, are found naked and barefoot with no sign of injuries to the soles of their feet. If they had been walking around barefoot in the wilderness they surely would have cuts and sores on their feet. -In many cases Park authorities either try to hinder any researchers from having access to files on the disappearances or lie and claim that no such files exist. In other circumstances they want an absurd amount of money, even up to over a million dollars, before releasing the files. In at least one case the Park authorities and I think the police refused to release case files even though the disappearance was not ruled as a homicide. Even the intervention of a senator have not been successful in getting the files release. When the parents of the missing girl asked for the files they too were told no. Luckily, a few Park employees have acted as whistle blowers and tipped of the author of weird goings-on in state parks across the country. -One girl who was recovered after being missing for days had no memory of her experience only except that a wolf took care of her. The girl showed no signs of starvation or dehydration. If you are looking for something spooky, definitely look this guy up and hear his interviews and read the books if you can. Oh, and he has never said what is going on. He doesn't know.
Opine away.
Which job would require that of their employees? I'm 22 and am extremely sensitive hence why I have no friends. SO I'm trying to toughen myself up by taking on jobs that require thick skin.
Now with more pole.
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I live in San Francisco, and the average salary for UI/UX people is $90k - $100k. And that's not even senior designers. I'm tired of making shit money so I guess I'll be working on a portfolio this weekend.
Is it safe to assume that a gay man who's relatively hot, in great shape, etc, has done, at one point in his life: 1 - porn (video or photography) 2 - escorting 3 - "modelling" (aka model mayhem) 4 - stripping 5 - all of the above It seems that there are as many men involved in the "activities" listed above as there are gay men. Every hot gay men is simply an exhibitionist and will automatically take there clothes off for money at one point because there's no stigma about it in the gay community.
Clark and Carole and cute kitties and a cigarette in the plate with a pickle.
This boy's booty is assmazing! Ciara and Power Bottom Julian Serrano have a twerk off on stage at LA Pride. (Video at link) This boy's ass is a Top's dream cum true
Ciara & Bottom Boy Julian Serrano Twerk It Out On Stage @ LA Pride
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First day of summer and Moi feels pretty!!!!!
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Keri Russell is in it. It's all 1980s Cold War bullshit. It's a Republican lovefest. Will people just let go of the Reagan era already? For fuck's sake. The title card has a hammer and sickle in it (Communist symbol). The show was created by a retired military guy. The shit written on IMDB's message board is a Republican wankfest. Tired of seeing the promos.
is it the directors fault? Wow! it hurts. Has Cortney Cox always been a bad actor or is it the rest of the cast? It must be the worst thing on TV. Sad.
Norman Lear plans Latino version.
Brandi Glanville, Ian Ziering, Vivica A. Fox, Kenya Moore,Kevin Jonas, Lorenzo Llamas, Jamie Anderson, Kate Gosselin, Keshia Knight Pulliam, Leeza Gibbons,Shawn Johnson, Johnny Damon, Geraldo Rivera, Gilbert Gottfried, Sig Hansen, Terrell Owens. Bring it on!
White gay men usually don't consider it an insult to be called "bourgie." They happily accept bourgeois status.
To this day I love this show. I watched it all the way through to the end. One of my favorite story lines was the Kelly becomes a cokehead one. I also really loved Brandon''s ex who tried to blow up a float. Any other 90210 fans on DL? What are your favorite episodes or characters?
Broadway abuzz again about Streisand's "Gypsy remake! Will it be Jessie Rose Lee? Or Emma the Ecdysiast? Does the new script really have all of Rose's scenes done in a dimly-lit room? Did Julian Fellowes really want to open with Babs in a coffin? In other news "Follies"! On screen! HIV - are the reviews translating into sales or is the provisional closing notice staying up? The slate of new and newish musicals is about to start. Will they all last till Tony time? Or will the Broadway be littered with bombs by June?
What's the tea on this PYT?
Do they only hire white people under 25? Seriously. Wondering if the company owners are racist and ageist.
My office has a guy from corporate (in NYC) working here temporarily this summer. First of all, he tells everyone, again and again, that he's from New York. He's been here six weeks now, and I still hear him say "New York" at least a dozen times a day. He also makes sure to tell everyone that everything is better in New York, or that it started there. He'll say stuff like "Food trucks? We invented those in New York." The most surprising thing is how little he knows about anywhere but New York. He seems to lack basic geographical knowledge. Yesterday, he was claiming that Denver is part of "the South." Everyone in the office is eagerly awaiting his final day. Sept. 13!
Have mercy...
Baltimore Ravens Tight End Owen Daniels and his wonderful ass
I often read the New York Times wedding announcements for gay couples, and it seems like two guys in separate fields (who went to separate schools and are often from different generations) frequently end up together? I'm smart, good looking, young(ish) and single...what's the trick?
Please do continue.
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This frau at work succumbed to her diabetes. (she could never get the hang of portion control) I thought it would be nice if some of us formed a chorus and did a few numbers at the funeral. Suggestions!!!!!
He'd certainly make a pretty jailhouse bottom. I'm sure a tattooed gangster top would love to grab onto those moobs.
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My partner and I are close enough in height and weight to share almost everything (except pants because his waist is bigger than mine and he's a bit taller). We share shirts, sweaters, shoes, t shirts, gym clothes, underwear. Is that unusual?
Still no homo.
Is there any possibility that life could be good in this city? I'm dating a guy who lives there (but not at the moment). There's no way that it can be a nice place to live, right?
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So, I'm about to jump back into the job market, and I need some suggestions. I've generally had good skin all my life, and am careful to wash it (with a gentle scrub). But I noticed a few small bumps on one side - I think these are the sebacious bumps people are talking about. I've also noticed gray specks in my goatee. What should I do, and what can I do without pouring a bunch of toxic chemicals on my skin and hair?
Do you watch it the show for hot dudes? Do you ever yell at the teevee: "Hey, brainiacs! How come I knew the answer and YOU didn't!"
This happened near a friend's town, but I haven't seen it widely reported.
I like my job and colleagues, but I have a new boss and we do not get along. He's a nit-picking micromanager with absolutely no sense of humor, and he makes me dread going into work each day. I love it when he's out on travel...I can literally feel my muscles and body relax. How does one cope with a horrid boss? Please regale me with advice and strategies.
Everyone talks about bodybuilders. Anyone been with a powerlifter?
The Markie Post thread got me thinking about this good-looking Italian who played her husband on "Night Court." He was also Fallon''s cop lover in "Dynasty" and Little Carmine on "The Sopranos."\ \ When he was young, he was a hot hunk - today he''s still a good-looking daddy. \ \ Nothing online at all about him ever being married (but lots of support for liberal causes). Anybody know anything about Ray Abruzzo?
He got married in 2010 and was appointed captain in 2010. Any truth to this DL rumor?
is covered in snow, tonight.
I'm okay with this.
Starts tonight. Are any of you planning on watching?
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A New York City man who made his political name over the claim that "the rent is too damn high" may soon not have a place to live. Jimmy McMillan, who ran for governor in 2010, said Tuesday he's facing an eviction notice that says he has to leave his rent-stabilized Manhattan apartment on St. Mark's Place by Feb. 5. McMillan filed papers in federal court in Brooklyn last week seeking a stay of the eviction notice. His attorney has filed with a state appeals court as well, seeking a stay of the eviction order which stems from a dispute in housing court. McMillan's attorney, John DeMaio, said Lisco Holdings had brought a case against McMillan a couple of years ago. In the course of dealing with that issue, DeMaio said McMillan's rent became overdue. He said a judge recently refused to allow McMillan to pay a sum that would have covered most of the amount due and then make up the rest and instead issued the eviction order. He is appealing that refusal. McMillan said his landlord wants him out to be able to charge market rent to someone else. "The bottom line is, they want me out for more money," he said. He has lived in the East Village building since 1977, he said. A call to the landlord company and an email to its attorneys were not answered.
He was actually good. From interviews I always thought he was a little Aspergersy. When future permanent host James Corden came out to say hi, he kinda paled next to the gregarious Apatow.
Not Datalounge. Not DataLounge. Who knew?
Top, bottom? Did he ever have a black boyfriend? How bad are his issues?
Consumer Reports recently ranked the burgers and I had the opportunity to try the top two. \ \ In and Out which has been highly touted on this website was just not good, the meat was not flavorful or beefy tasting...it just seemed so lacking in every way. \ \ Even worse was the dry hockey puck served by 5 brothers. I was able to watch them cook my burger and they used the dreaded burger smasher that they claim keeps the patty bun sized in in actuality robs the patty of juice, fat, and flavor. They also REFUSED to salt my patty before placing it on the grill. If you want your meat salted it must be after cooking. The fries were nice, but the burger was all around BAD. \ \ If those are the top two I can''t imagine how disgusting McDonalds must be to rate at the bottom.
Meh.
Emma Watson to star in Disney's Beauty and the Beast, Bill Condon to direct
Simon Halls's Bag of Oranges
Dave Clark was making the most of the good weather on Saturday by taking a dip in the ocean after sunning himself on board a luxury yacht. I think he looks better in clothes. Several photos:
CNN is reporting her death. She was 53. Tuberculosis is suspected to be the cause of death. Rest in peace, Vivien.
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The winds of political change are coursing through austerity-weary Greece, but a financial whirlwind may lurk round the corner. Opinion polls ahead of Sunday's closely-watched national election agree: The radical left opposition Syriza party, which has vowed to rewrite the terms of Greece's international bailout, is poised to defeat Prime Minister Antonis Samaras' conservatives. To govern — in a historic first for the Greek left — it may need the backing of a smaller party, but most seem willing to oblige. "I want this government to go. It has disappointed me," said Babis Limnaios, 41, an Athens electrician who last voted in 2004 for the conservatives but will now back Syriza. "I want them to change everything — tax, health care, education." Communist-rooted Syriza has alarmed markets and investors with its talk of massive debt forgiveness and riding roughshod over the bailout deals. But the mood is less fraught than in the last national election in 2012, when many saw a Syriza victory as a precursor to a possible Greek exit from the eurozone, the 19 nations that now share the euro currency. For one, Greece's European partners are less exposed to fallout from a Greek financial collapse. The eurozone has a bailout fund and the European Central Bank has committed to buy the bonds of troubled countries, if needed. And despite erratic bombshells from some Syrizan officials — one candidate suggested printing euros if push comes to shove — the party is straining to play up its mainstream, Eurocentric aspects. Still, Greece's next government faces an enormous to-do list. It must consolidate reforms, keep running balanced budgets, strengthen weak growth after a six-year recession, conclude frozen talks with bailout inspectors to secure a 7.2-billion-euro ($8.1 billion) loan tranche and negotiate further relief for its bloated, 320-billion-euro ($359 billion) debt. Creditors insist Athens must honor its bailout commitments if it is to receive continued support. If things go wrong, Greece could again face default — despite its 240-billion-euro ($269 billion) bailout and years of belt-tightening — and find its eurozone membership untenable. Samaras, whose New Democracy party governed since May 2012 in a coalition with its Socialist former archrivals, has promised some tax relief, saying economic growth and investment will gradually reduce unemployment. He was forced to call Sunday's vote to end an impasse over the election of Greece's new president. Syriza's 40-year-old leader, Alexis Tsipras — a former Communist youth member — favors a radical approach: Writing off most of Greece's debt, a burden he describes as "not just unbearable, it objectively cannot be repaid." Tsipras voiced confidence Friday that he can strike a "viable, mutually acceptable and beneficial" deal with creditors by the end of June, after which Greece will need to pay maturing bonds worth more than 10 billion euros that are held by the ECB. Syriza wants to ditch primary surplus targets, while still pursuing a balance between non-debt-related spending and revenues. It proposes to restore the minimum monthly salary from 586 to 751 euros ($657 to $842), provide free power and food coupons to 300,000 households, raise the tax-free income threshold from 5,000 to 12,000 euros ($13,500), reverse public sector firings and liberalize labor laws. Greece's electoral system gives a 50-seat boost to the first party, making it effectively impossible for the runner-up to form a coalition if the winner fails. In a deeply polarized campaign, the conservatives have demonized Syriza, stoking middle class fears of bankruptcy and a return to the old drachma currency. "The only thing they haven't said so far is that, if Syriza wins, it will round up your children and seize your women," Tsipras joked. But the invective doesn't seem to be working. Opinion polls published on the last day of campaigning showed Syriza increasing its lead, with five surveys giving Tsipras an advantage of between 5.2 and 6.7 percentage points — a gain of about 2 points in a week. In the name of national salvation, Greeks have suffered five years of gruesomely high unemployment, during which the economy shrank by a quarter and average incomes by a third. Jobs, where available, are mostly underpaid or part-time, offering no social security or prospects for advancement. Health care services have deteriorated, pensions have been slashed, and most apartment blocks lack central heating because so many residents can't pay. Meanwhile, the average tax burden has multiplied. The final straw was last year's decision to make permanent a hated new property tax. That hurts, because for decades ordinary Greeks had invested in real estate. Since 2009, however, market prices — but not taxable values — have dropped 40 percent and rents have shrunk. Cinema production electrician Gerasimos Soulis said he would vote for Syriza but without great conviction in its ability to enact change. "Jobs have opened, but they're not jobs. It's like you're making pocket money," he said. "We are trying with a third of the money to do what we used to do. And we're happy that we now have a third, because they made us grow accustomed to having nothing." What remains doubtful is whether Syriza will secure the minimum 151 seats in Greece's 300-member parliament that it needs to govern alone. If not, it must look for a partner from a smaller party. Tsipras said Friday that he is "one step" away from an absolute majority, which would spare him an alliance with "the forces of yesterday, which have every reason to want to trip Syriza up after the election." But he indicated that he would compromise, if needed, to avoid a second election a month later. With the politically untouchable, Nazi-inspired Golden Dawn party, whose leadership is in jail awaiting trial for running a criminal organization, and the Communist Party — which refuses to cooperate with anyone — out of the picture, possible partners include the new, centrist but untried Potami (River) party or the once-formidable PASOK Socialists. Friday's polls suggested Golden Dawn has made late gains and is challenging Potami for third place. A third option for Syriza could be governing with the populist right-wing Independent Greeks, who agree with Syriza on need to end the austerity but disagree on about everything else.
Their stupidity is putting others at risk, namely the very young and the immuno-compromised. They have a right to their stupidity, but people have a right to be protected from completely preventable diseases. Fuck them! Unvaccinated children and adults should be barred from schools and large events.
I know many of you bitches don't like him or his show but that's not what I'm here to ask. He used to look halfway presentable. What the fuck is up with his hair? He's got some weird ass old man shit on his head. Certainly he has to know he looks like shit?
They remained very close even after she unceremoniously offloaded him for Roman Polanski. (a) Why would he put himself through this? Why hang around with someone who cheated on you? (b) Why would Roman tolerate an ex basically living at their house and being around his wife 24-7? Seems odd. Please inform and enlighten.
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He's a gifted actor, has had relationships with Uma Thurman (married) and Isabela Rosellini (engaged), is a Thatcherite and now he's an Oscar nominee. I'm especially interested in what came of his involvement with Zodiac. He'd signed on to play Marvin Belli (who was eventually played by Brian Cox) and then he was no longer associated with the project. Fun fact: both Oldman and David Fincher share the same ex-wife, Donya Fiorintino (Linda's sister) whom Oldman had met in rehab. I don't know if there was any overlap between relationships. Oldman fought a bitter custody dispute with her post-divorce, accusing her of drinking and using and being intoxicated in the kids' presence. Custody was awarded to Oldman which says something about the severity of her problems. Fincher had one child with her, so he had to be aware, on some level, of what was going on. I was kind of surprised when Oldman signed with Zodiac given the history... I love to imagine that there was some sort of intrigue involved though dropping out could have been due to a scheduling conflict with Harry Potter. What else do we know about him?
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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The cat's owner, Hutson, 52, said he found Bart the cat two weeks ago in the middle of the road, lifeless in a puddle of blood. Hutson said he asked his friend to help bury the 23-month old cat, because the landscaper was so distraught after losing a companion he's had since he was a kitten. "We were so close, I couldn’t stand to bury him," Hutson said. "I put him on the shoulder of the road and went and got David. He dug a hole and covered up the cat with dirt. I witnessed him bury the cat." Five days later, the cat showed up in a neighbor's yard alive, but weak, dehydrated and in need of medical attention. "I open the door and my neighbor's standing there with the cat in her hand," Hutson said. "She said, 'Bart is not dead.' I said, 'That’s impossible. We buried Bart.'" Bart has been treated for a broken jaw, open facial wounds and a ruined eye. The Humane Society veterinarians expect him to recover and be able to return home after recovering a couple days. "This is unbelievable. I don’t have any explanation for it," Hutson said.
Zombie Cat: Buried Kitty Believed Dead, Meows Back to Life
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It is a lock for those four End of story.
I was watching online and came across this. Even though the guys aren't my type, the fact that the guy getting fucked stayed hard through the whole thing turned me on. Also, the end where they kiss really got me hot. What in porn is a turn on?
A great many narratives invoking Greece are being tossed around, but only one really encapsulates the unvarnished truth: the Oligarchs blew it. The oligarchs in both Greece and the European Union/ECB had the opportunity a few years ago to trade some of their outsized wealth and political power for stability and sustainable expansion. Instead, they chose to not just cling to every shred of their outsized wealth and power but to actively increase it. Their greed and hubris has now put their entire system of parasitic wealth extraction at risk of collapse. Their political stranglehold on power has been weakened, and there's no going back: they blew it, and now it's too late. The debt-serfs have finally had enough. If you enter Greece in the custom search box on this site, six pages of blog entries come up. I have addressed the situation in Greece many times; this summarizes my conclusion: Greece, Please Do The Right Thing: Default Now (June 1, 2011) Thankfully, many in Greece have reached the same conclusion, for the same reasons: Greece's New FinMin Warns "We Are Going To Destroy The Greek Oligarchy System" The basic problem is that Greece Is a Kleptocracy (June 28, 2011). Greece has shown the world how oligarchies can expand their wealth and power even as their populace slides deeper into poverty. A recent article, Misrule of the Few: How the Oligarchs Ruined Greece, lays out the key dynamics. Writer Pavlos Eleftheriadis pulls no punches: "Greece has failed to address (rising wealth/income inequality) because the country’s elites have a vested interest in keeping things as they are. Since the early 1990s, a handful of wealthy families -- an oligarchy in all but name -- has dominated Greek politics. These elites have preserved their positions through control of the media and through old-fashioned favoritism, sharing the spoils of power with the country’s politicians. Greek legislators, in turn, have held on to power by rewarding a small number of professional associations and public-sector unions that support the status quo. Even as European lenders have put the country’s finances under a microscope, this arrangement has held." The vested interests have obscured the cold reality of rising inequality by focusing obsessively on "growth" as the fix-all to inequality. But this is exactly backward. As Eleftheriadis observes: "The fundamental problem facing Greece is not slow economic growth but political inequality. To the benefit of a favored few, cumbersome regulations and dysfunctional institutions remain largely unchanged, even as the country’s infrastructure crumbles, poverty increases, and corruption persists. Greek society also faces new dangers. Overall unemployment stands at 27 percent, and youth unemployment exceeds 50 percent, providing an ideal recruiting ground for extremist groups on both the left and the right. Meanwhile, the oligarchs are still profiting at the expense of the country -- and the rest of Europe." All the blather about "growth" is just propaganda to misdirect our attention from the real problem: the total domination of governance and finance by a class of vested interests and mega-wealthy cartels/oligarchies. The solution is straightforward: default on all debt by no longer making interest payments. There is no way Greece can pay back the $240 billion of current debt, and sooner the delusion that this can be renegotiated to preserve the oligarchy is smashed, the better. As for the big threat of kicking Greece out of the euro currency--since most Greeks are already impoverished, how can they get any poorer? The reality is poor countries prosper by making their goods and services cheaper via currency devaluations, and by paying a healthy rate of interest on capital so capital is attracted and invested productively, as high interest rates make speculative, marginal gambles soberingly risky. The only people with enough wealth left to worry about a return to a sovereign currency are the wealthy who own the assets and who depend on handouts from the E.U. As the old saying has it, you can't get blood from a turnip. The impoverished face little downside from leaving the stranglehold of the euro, and only upside from a return to a sovereign currency controlled by the Greeks rather than the E.U. or the European Central Bank (ECB). The threat of expelling Greece from the euro is hollow. A return to a sovereign currency puts the responsibility for prudent management of government expenditures and debt back in the hands of the Greek people and the leaders they elect. Why is that something terrible? If the new leadership of Greece pursues policies of fiscal prudence, high interest rates, zero-tolerance for corruption and freeing up the Greek economy to encourage small-scale enterprise, any decline in Greece's sovereign currency will be brief. If they pursue meet the new boss, same as the old boss policies, then the Greek people will remain shackled in poverty. We have to remember that the lenders who entrusted capital to marginal borrowers took the risk and therefore have to absorb the losses. In this case, the irresponsible lenders include sovereign nations that acted to protect their own oligarchies. Why? Once one oligarchy falls, it will threaten to topple a long line of oligarch dominoes.
Celebrity Big Brother star quits after calling Perez Hilton a ‘faggot’ 18th January 2015, 12:27 PM, Nick Duffy R&B singer Alexander O’Neal has walked out of Celebrity Big Brother, after getting an official warning for calling Perez Hilton a “faggot”. The singer and the gossip blogger had a tense confrontation last night, after Hilton seemed to deliberately provoke him. O’Neal ranted: “I know exactly what you’re doing, you know exactly what you’d get in America. You’re taunting me. You coming over here, you following me. “How could Big Brother let you do this? Oh wait, you ARE Big Brother. You not gonna say one word? “You just gonna sit there will that silly ass faggot look on your face?” The housemate was given an official warning by Big Brother for his use of ‘unacceptable’ language – but was not thrown out the house. Ken Morley was removed from the house earlier this week after using the word “negro”. Mr O’Neal later walked out the house today, becoming the third celebrity to leave. A statement from Channel 5 said: “Alexander O’Neal has chosen to leave the Celebrity Big Brother House.” Drag Race judge Michelle Visage also recently had a confrontation with Hilton, claiming he is “setting the LGBT community back” half a century”. Visage told Big Brother: “[Perez] sets our community back fifty years. He’s an embarrassment, I do not want people judging the gay community on this ass.” Celebrity Big Brother will continue tonight, at 9pm.
That wasn't mayo on the McChicken!
Since it's anonymous, please answer honestly.
We have shared the sites/templates on here before. The ones where you add your own headline to a church sign or a Fat Food sign. I am searching on google and cannot find any. Friend with cancer and I want to make him a fun greeting card. Did any of you save or bookmark the sites?
This man moved his company from Italy to Poland due to the bullshit Italian regulations and high taxes. The Unionized thugs tried to kill him and burn his capital equipment. ----- “Earlier this month, Fabrizio Pedroni wished his employees a happy summer holiday and told them to return to work in three weeks. That night, he began dismantling his electric component factory in northern Italy and packing its machinery off to Poland. “Had I told them earlier about any plans to shift the production abroad, they would have occupied my factory and seized all my stuff,” Pedroni said in an Aug. 21 telephone interview from Poland. “The plain truth is that I wanted my business to survive and there weren’t the right conditions for me to operate in Italy any longer.” The news that Firem Srl, based in Formigine near Modena, was shifting to Eastern Europe reached the 40 employees too late. On Aug. 13, 11 days after Pedroni activated his plan, a group of employees suspicious of the movements around the plant rushed to its gates just in time to stop the last of 20 lorries packed with machinery. Firem’s move became a national controversy and the fate of its workers is still unclear. The loss of the factory highlights the struggle Italy faces to revive manufacturing and its economy, which remained in recession in the second quarter even as the broader euro area returned to growth. Italy ranks 128th in the World Economic Forum’s global pay and productivity table, one place behind Burkina Faso, compared with 39th for Poland.”
Just watched her recent interview online with Larry King. She's being vocal about telling Mitten's not to run. She's promoting Jeb Bush for president. Big supporter of gay marriage and says she hangs out at gay bars more than straight ones. Has no desire to marry or have kids. Then she says she is pro life. WTF? She feels our civil rights should be respected and we should have gay marriage but then can turn around and say that a woman has no civil right to determine what to do with her own body if she should get pregnant? Outside these issues she doesn't come off as being wildly intelligent. If she can support Jeb with a straight face then she must know something good about him none of us have heard about.
I was lonely and went to a male strip club last night where the guys give lap dances. I zeroed in on this gorgeous young Italian stud. Total Jersey Shore-ish juicehead with muscles on top of muscles, which is just my type. Totally shaved except for incredibly hairy pits, which I ached to lick. I intended to get one lap dance for $20 from this guy, but of course I wound up giving this guy a mint. He kept telling me how handsome I was, how he couldn't believe someone who looks like me doesn't have a bf, and that although he tries to remain romantically detached from the customers, he could really see himself falling for me. With each compliment came another $20 dance. He even got me to do a private champage room, which I wanted to avoid because of the cost. He convinced me to do the champagne room after he told me that he likes me so much that he wanted to spend some quality alone time with me away from the other customers. That cost me $175. Ugh. Of course I bought it all all hook, line, and sinker, but at the moment it felt wonderful to have this gorgeous 25-year-old who could have anyone he wanted actually find my 45-year-old ass attractive. By the end of the night, I was out over $400. We even exchanged phone nos. Like a giddy fool, I texted him at 2am telling him how wonderful it was to meet him and that I hoped it'd be the beginning of a great relationship. He texted me back with "Who is this?" That crushed me, and woke me up to the fact that he used me as a personal ATM. I feel so stupid.
Ugh. Can't stand that bitch, and apparently mom is the show mom from HELL.
All the pundits say Julianne Moore has this Oscar in the bag. But 99% of Dataloungers are pulling for and DESPERATELY want Marion Cotillard to nab her second Oscar The complaint being that Moore is a shitty actress. But there is still that 1% of DL posters that want Julianne to win. Plus campaigning starts today, and this race is far from over. If Marion can rally the troops and get out the vote, she has a shot. Look what happened with her first Oscar win. She defeated heavy favorite Julie Christie. She could do it again to Julianne Moore So in the end once the ballots are counted, who do you think will win? Marion has a chance to turn the tide.
New mini-series starts tonight during the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. hiatus. Picking up fro the end of the first Captain America movie... I've watched the first 8 minutes so far, and i'm loving it already. Love the period sets and costume, the sassy rapport... Anyone else watching?
01.25.15 Scientology Doc ‘Going Clear’ Claims the Church Split Up Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman Alex Gibney’s highly anticipated documentary Going Clear, which premiered at Sundance, makes some shocking claims about Scientology A-lister Tom Cruise. Alex Gibney’s Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief is arguably the most hotly anticipated film premiering at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival. HBO Documentary Films, which is releasing the eye-opening documentary on the Church of Scientology later this year, hired a team of 160 lawyers to look over the movie, and the church, despite not having seen it, took out a recent ad in The New York Times accusing Gibney’s film of being “a Rolling Stone/UVA redux.” I just attended the first screening of Going Clear, which is based on the book of the same name by Lawrence Wright, and can report that it is a scathing exposé on Scientology and makes some startling accusations about its most famous member, Tom Cruise. The film alleges that the Church of Scientology used a number of intimidation tactics to force Cruise to split from Nicole Kidman. According to the testimony of Marty Rathbun, formerly the second-highest ranking official in the Church of Scientology who left in 2004, Scientology head David Miscavige was suspicious of Cruise’s second wife, whose father was a renowned psychologist in his native Australia. Scientology is vehemently opposed to psychiatry and psychology, and Rathbun claims that because of Kidman’s father, she was labeled a “Potential Trouble Source” (PTS), defined by the Church of Scientology as “a person who is in some way connected to and being adversely affected by a suppressive person.” Gibney’s film claims that Kidman, who was raised Catholic, convinced Cruise to distance himself from the Church of Scientology between 1992 and 2001, and that during the filming of Stanley Kubrick’s Eyes Wide Shut, Cruise wasn’t returning Miscavige’s phone calls, though Miscavige was one of Cruise’s best pals and served as best man in his wedding to Kidman. Cruise’s silence allegedly infuriated Miscavige, who then assigned Rathbun to the A-list couple. “I was to facilitate the breakup with Nicole Kidman,” Rathbun says in the film. Rathbun alleges in the film that the Church of Scientology then waged an aggressive campaign to get Cruise to dump Kidman, including having a private investigator wiretap her phone—at Cruise’s apparent suggestion, according to Rathbun—and sending the tapes to Miscavige. The Church of Scientology also began “auditing” Cruise around the clock, according to the film, aggressively psychoanalyzing him and gathering personal information. The information was then allegedly sent to Miscavige, whom Rathbun claims blasted Cruise for his “perverted” sexual fetishes. Furthermore, Rathbun says the Church of Scientology “re-educated” Cruise’s adopted children with Kidman, Connor and Isabella, into turning against their mother so that Cruise could retain custody. Cruise divorced Kidman in 2001 and following the split became more active in the Church of Scientology, receiving the church’s Freedom Medal of Valor in 2004 and becoming Scientology’s de facto Hollywood spokesman. Going Clear also claims that the Church of Scientology takes great pains to accommodate Cruise, including installing all the audiovisual equipment in his home, purchasing him limousines and airplanes, and once even having its members design a meadow for Cruise and Kidman to run through—an alleged fantasy of Cruise’s. Cruise and Kidman, the film notes in a card before the film’s final credits, both refused to be interviewed for Gibney’s movie.
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I can see why he was afraid to come out ten years ago, but at this point the leading man roles have dried up and he''s not going to have much more of a career unless he gets some attention. In this he''s sort of like Ricky Martin: Ricky also had a huge career ten years ago that dried up, but when he came out he was embraced by the American gay community. Wouldn''t Diesel be too if he came out?
I'd say this one qualifies by any standard.
She seemed so out of it. Is it Alzheimer's? Is it too late for me to add her to my Ghoul Pool list?
Here we go -- again!
Just looking for a ride... going my way?
Lets post MORE pics of guys with flaccid dicks in non-sexual situations!
PA woman handcuffed in the back of a police cruiser shanghai's the cop car and takes off on a high-speed chase. Watch her weave through traffic at 100 MPH with her hands still HANDCUFFED behind her back!
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Neil Patrick Harris considering wearing a Janet Jackson headset mic to host the Oscars
Congressman John LeBoutillier (who is also AC cousin) recalls: “The conversation turned to the Mideast and Anderson weighed in and said, ‘Something has to be done to help the PAL. We need a PAL state.’ ” And that apparently rubbed the actress the wrong way. “Bacall, a big support of ISR, went nuts,” recalled LeBoutillier. “She eviscerates Anderson in front of everyone, humiliates the hostess’s son. Anderson was in tears.”
Totally into guys in jocks here...I have many...red, black, grey, orange...I love fucking a guy in a jock....pulling on those straps around their ass while I pound them....nothing hotter.
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Matt LeBlanc in all his glory! Just realized that Matt LeBlanc's agent guy is "Neal" from The Young Ones (MTV/BBC 80s).
Let's post pictures of amazing balls... goose-eggs, low-hangers, or just plain amazing sacks. Whatever, as long as the focus is on the balls!
Anyone? Do you find yourself strangely attracted to certain parts of the female body, and have thought about trying sex just once with a woman? I've known a few gay guys like this. One actually did it. Enjoyed it, but was still gay, and didn't want to do it again. He did remark that fucking pussy was great in and of itself, because it gripped his cock and was self-lubricating. The girl was a friend of his. She told him that she came four times - something she never received from a straight guy. In the end, he still liked ass better, but sort of understood straight men better when it came to hetero sex. So, is anyone curious to try it, or have you tried it already? I'm referring to those who already came out as gay, and never tried heterosexuality before coming out. This isn't about people who experimented with both sexes until they figured out their orientation. You're gay, and thought about having sex with a woman for the first time afterward.
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The ones I meet are into sports and hanging out in sports bars with their straight buddies. This one at work like to frequent cigar clubs. When I was young, we kept to ourselves and wouldn't dream of participating in these heteronormative activities. One of the great things about being gay is that we could create and celebrate our own culture that was nothing like "theirs." Ever try and have a conversation with a 20-something gay guy about "Mildred Pierce" or "Johnny Guitar"? They have no idea who Joan Crawford is. My goodness, she is an icon, part of our heritage, and they've never heard of her!! That's just one example, but there are many others as well. I don't care about fantasy football, and I find it sad, almost a betrayal, that young guys rather talk about their football league than, say, Roz Russell. Just venting.
Is it an aesthetic thing, or is it because they feel better when they''re inside you?\ \ I don''t have enough experience with bottoming to judge if it feels better to get fucked by a big dick than by a medium one, but I find medium(-to-smallish) dicks much more aesthetically pleasing.\ \ To say nothing of the fact that they''re much more comfortable to suck. But then I have a very small mouth - do all size queens have a mouth like Julia Roberts?
From Mike Branson to Robert Axel lying on a bed with grandpa Moses. Can you imagine Branson doing that? The Internet has killed porn "(where producers paying literally anyone $300 to get fucked in a moving bus)". Link NSFW (obviously) "Maybe I started to realize it during the spectacular rise and ridiculous fall of Jason Crystal, the gay-for-pay performer who adopted no less than a dozen aliases, at least three hair colors, and appeared on over twenty gay porn websites in less than one year, but if I ever had any doubt, this image (left) of Robert Axel and %E2%80%9CCoach Daddy%E2%80%9D is proof of something that a lot of us have been lamenting (or in my case%E2%80%93denying) since at least the start of this decade: Gay porn stars are dead. To be sure, I%E2%80%99ve used the term %E2%80%9Cgay porn star%E2%80%9D here in a lot of cases when I shouldn%E2%80%99t have, and I%E2%80%99ll no doubt continue to use it out of habit/laziness. But in some cases, it will be appropriate. There are exceptions. Those performers who have branded themselves and made a name for themselves not because they appeared on eight thousand websites but because of their consistent performances and their devoted fans and their undeniable physical appeal can call themselves stars (e.g., Brent Everett, Francois Sagat, Erik Rhodes); those performers who have anal sex with another man %E2%80%9Cfor the first time%E2%80%9D on an old couch on some set in the Valley can not. But it%E2%80%99s not the aspiring %E2%80%9Cstar%E2%80%9D who killed the Gay Porn Star. After all, everyone deserves a chance to work and to try to become famous, and there has never been anything wrong with being a newcomer. What did kill the gay porn star? A lot of things. It%E2%80%99s been the internet (illegal downloads, XTube) and the economy (producers paying literally anyone $300 to get fucked in a moving bus) that have helped the death of the gay porn star along. But at the same time, haven%E2%80%99t we helped, too? We get what we pay for. We keep the kind of porn that relies less on stars and more on niche content in business, don%E2%80%99t we? And at what point did we decide that certain types of men would be acceptable to masturbate to? Did our aesthetic change on its own, or did a collection of amateur porn producers gradually change it for us? Or, were we all just shallow before, masturbating to unrealistic and idealized versions of gay men, and over time we%E2%80%99ve become more accepting of and in turn stimulated by different body types%E2%80%93body types more like our own (which, in turn, makes us narcissists)? It%E2%80%99s been over saturation. It%E2%80%99s been quantity over quality. By the time a larger, non-amateur studio signs a popular model to an %E2%80%9Cexclusive%E2%80%9D contract, it%E2%80%99s as unremarkable as it is meaningless. For one, we%E2%80%99ve already seem him working for seven, eight, or thirteen other studios. He can now only work for one company, for six months? Big deal. And that%E2%80%99s assuming the contract is even honored or legitimate in the first place, which they often aren%E2%80%99t. Take Axel, for example, who one week was signed as an exclusive to Falcon Studios and the next week was signed as an exclusive to Cocksure Men. While everyone was writing press releases, Axel was simultaneously filming bareback scenes with senior citizens on amateur sites. Oops. Like Crystal and Axel, a lot of models have realized that they can make a lot of money (a lot of money for someone without formal job training or an education) in a short amount of time by filming for as many companies as they can, as fast as they can, before anyone catches on. In six months, a performer can film 50 scenes for 20 websites and maybe make $25,000, which is fine! There%E2%80%99s nothing wrong with that. But while these lightning round, assembly line style productions are great for well-hung grifters, they%E2%80%99re not going to cultivate any gay porn stars."
Who should play Alex's leading man?
Lee Daniels to make gay, interracial "Mr. & Mrs. Smith"-style action movie starring Alex Pettyfer
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Anton Hysén: ‘Straight men are way hotter than gay men’ One of the only two gay professionally playing soccer players says he has had several anonymous phone calls from footballers in the closet 07 October 2013 | By Joe Morgan Anton Hysén says straight guys are a lot hotter than gay guys. Straight men are far hotter than gay men, according to one of the only openly gay soccer players in the world Anton Hysén. The Swedish 22-year-old footballer, who plays for Utsiktens BK, took to Twitter to complain about the lack of attractive gay guys. He said: ‘Okay fo real.....straight men are way more attractive compared to gay men thats for sure....end of story’ When some of his 17,000 followers accused him of ‘alienating’ his fan base, Hysén said he meant straights have more ‘personality’. He added: ‘C’mon man you know what I mean...also im talking anout getting what u cant have gahah dont take it personal’ When Gay Star News spoke to Hysén in July, he said his dream man was someone ‘dark-featured, masculine, tattooed’. In September, Hysén told CNN he had ‘quite a few anonymous phone calls from players who want to come out but I don't know who they are or where they play.’ He added: ‘I hope that someone else will come out just like Robbie Rogers did. That was great for U.S. soccer. At last we're having a discussion about it and that's huge. ‘It has been pretty quiet and I understand that. People might not want to come out publicly and I understand.’ In 2011, Hysén became the second active professional player to come out – described as a ‘global one-off’. He followed the late English footballer Justin Fashanu who came out 20 years before in 1990.
Anton Hysén: Straight men are hotter than gays!
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So many of them are hot, nice, and down to earth. They look like they'd make great bfs. They take their jobs (and thankfully their workout routines) seriously, but aren't bullies with a badge, which essentially characterizes cops. How can I meet a gay fireman tod date? Where do they hang out in New York City?
Keram knows that only the tip of the proverbial iceberg has been revealed thus far from the Sony hack. The Amy Pascal-Scott Rudin bitchfest is child's play compared to some of the other stuff that was housed in Sony's email archives, and Sony execs are shitting themselves with worry that the real "Christmas present" is yet to come, hence the reason they yanked "The Interview" so quickly. Keram knows that the email discussions in the Sony leak include extended ones about hiding James Franco's true sexual proclivities (sex with men being the least of them); line items in at *least* a dozen films for either Dr. Feelgood scrips (mostly Oxy) for actors, or coke & heroin in some cases; and a certain overhyped actress who tried to kill herself while filming a certain movie in Sweden a few years ago (there's a reason she hasn't worked since). Keram knows that the most "open-minded" Hollywood actor these days - sexually speaking - is Nicholas Hoult. Keram has heard the detailed sexual proclivities of hundreds of showbiz figures, but Hoult may top them all. He is up for anything and everything with anyone and everyone. Of *course* Tom Ford hit that while filming "A Single Man." Of *course* Luke Evans did the same on "Clash of the Titans." Of *course* he was game for Michael Fassbender's various kinks, up to and including scat. Keram would not be surprised if Hoult had even let Ian McKellen diddle him, though he's heard no such info. Keram knows that the Force wasn't the only thing awakened by the new "Star Wars" movie. Luckily Carrie Fisher isn't in all that many scenes, because otherwise her coke-fueled bipolar meltdown could have halted filming for weeks. Instead, she was very quietly sent to a rehab center in Switzerland, and Abrams delayed filming her scenes for a month. Keram knows DL fave Jake G. had to sacrifice a few things while adding 50 pounds of muscle for "Southpaw," in particular the use of his cock. All those 'roids left him with such a serious case of limpdick that even a max dose of Cialis couldn't do a thing to get him even partially hard. Keram knows Jake immediately started making up for lost time after filming ended, surprising more than a few Angeleno boys on Grindr when he showed up at their pads. (Like many on the app, he had only a shot of his torso on display.) Keram knows that the most genuine celebrity in Hollywood these days may be Chris Pratt. He is genuinely amazed that "Guardians of the Galaxy" is the highest-grossing film of the year, just as he was genuinely amazed that he ended up marrying Anna Faris. Keram is glad to see him getting some long-overdue major success. Keram knows that one of Pratt's costars, Vin Diesel (albeit only in a voice role), has once again developed one of the biggest egos in Hollywood, thanks to the dual success of GOTG and the "Fast & Furious" films. One might think that a decade of consistent failure might have humbled the man; if so, one would be sorely mistaken. Keram knows that the fact that his current "ask" is $20 million for non-F&F films ($30M for F&F sequels) is the reason he's gotten virtually no work to speak of since the success of the fourth F&F film, and that he only did GOTG because it required a mere two days of studio work. Keram also knows that Vin is as gay as ever, despite having a child with his longtime "girlfriend," and is one of the regulars at David Geffen's infamous pool parties. Speaking of which, Keram knows that Geffen's parties have become the *only* place to be now that Bryan Singer has been forced into veritable seclusion (socially speaking) in the aftermath of the lawsuit against him. Geffen has become selective to the point of absurdity in choosing the boys to "service" partygoers. Mere stunning looks are no longer enough: Geffen demands *perfection*. Keram knows of at least two young men who've gotten cosmetic surgery -- specifically, nosejobs, pinned ears and veneers -- simply to gain *entry* into Casa Geffen.
He's back to work after the birth of his son back in September. Daddy's predicting and answering weather-related questions on his FB page, while also documenting his new life as a DILF. People are asking him about their flights, and he's getting all involved with their activities. lol. Is Phillysnoop in the house? You ready for all dat sno?
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Yum.
This hot, Latino caged meat has Mama''s mussy mewing like a new born kitten!
I'm talking about a serious fetish of having your throat fucked good and proper by a fat, hard cock?
Any other fans? My favorite incarnation was with Adrian, Tony and Bill.
A fav of mine! NSFW
My favorite Instagram fitness model, Max Emerson:
On Friday, TMZ reported that the two are at odds over potentially moving the fourth hour of "Today" to Los Angeles. The celebrity gossip site wrote that Gifford has been lobbying for the move, while Kotb is adamant about staying in New York City. Earlier, Page Six reported that Kathie Lee and Hoda's two week stint in Los Angeles was a test run for a permanent move, though "Today" denied the rumor.
Kathie Lee And Hoda Reportedly Having 'Tension'; NBC Pushes Back At Rumors Of Rift
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Allegedly, the locker room attendant took the New England Patriots’ footballs to “another area” before they made their way onto the field for the AFC Championship Game against the Indianapolis Colts. A surveillance video reportedly exists, which Pro Football Talk says was discovered by the Patriots and turned over to the the NFL. The video reportedly shows the attendant taking two bags of footballs -- 12 balls to be used by the Patriots, and 12 by the Colts -- into a bathroom for approximately 90 seconds, according to PFT.
Looks Like The NFL Will Pin 'Deflategate' On A Locker Room Attendant
I haven't owned a car in a decade, so I'm home today goofing on the web and who knew that the Korean car makers, Hyundai and Kia, make ultra-luxury cars? The Equus and the K900 are ridiculously expensive. Does anyone here own one? Would anyone be willing to shell out that amount of cash for such a car? I don't see these succeeding.
I'm watching an episode of COPS and they are doing a drug sting selling minor amounts of marijuana to people then pulling them over a block away and they are telling these people they will forfeit their cars. WTF? Is it a state thing because down here you just have it impounded til bail is posted then go pay to get it out. These are small amounts of marijuana and rolling paper busts.
Richard Simmons had visitors Friday night ... cops who were doing a welfare check because he's been MIA for more than year ... and guess what? He's fine. Law enforcement sources tell TMZ ... 2 LAPD officers showed up to Simmons' Hollywood Hills home at 7 PM. Richard answered the door and showed them in. The cops' feedback -- he couldn't have been nicer and more gracious. They say he was articulate, lucid, relaxed and appreciative of their concern. Law enforcement sources tell TMZ ... the visit was triggered by a long-time friend of Simmons who sent an email to the L.A. County D.A.'s Elder Abuse Unit last month and said he believed the 66-year-old fitness guru was being abused. TMZ broke the story, Simmons went radio silent a year ago. He hasn't spoken to his friends, gone to his fitness studio or been seen in public. His friends say there is no way Richard would shut himself off this way. His manager says Simmons is simply depressed over a knee injury. But we've learned the 2 cops who spent an hour with Richard say he seemed genuinely happy. Simmons, who now has a beard, told them he was "exhausted" after spending 30 years in the public eye. He said, "I just want to spend time with myself," although he says he's in regular touch with the people in his life who matter to him. He was alone in the house Friday when cops were there. Simmons was walking with a slight limp, which is consistent with the knee injury. As for why he hasn't been to his fitness studio for the better part of last year, he said, "I've got people who run things. I don't need to be there." Until he disappeared he was a fixture at the studio.
Richard Simmons Cops Visit After Elder Abuse Claim And He's Fine
Ok, there is no doubt now. NONE.
DL HR fraus I have been extended a job offer for 5K less salary than what I anticipating based on market trends, my 15 years of experience and education. Additionally I my commute will be 40 miles daily, no public transportation. Should I counter offer for the full 5K?
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Seems a bit unfair to keep Kevin's name in the title as we can safely assume Epstein's girls aren't really Miss Spacey's thing. Epstein's black book of the great and the maybe not so good at the link, for those who missed it in Part 2
THESE SETS ARE SOO GARISH! I LOVE IT!! This skit is really funny.
Is nothing private anymore (NSFW)?
I don't know how it could be considered music.
Alex Pettyfer = Gorgeous.
Looks like you have to earn at least $260,000 to get into the top 1% some where in this country. You know it is kind of surprising there is no sense of growing hostility toward the rich. What does it take to make it into the 1 percent of earners? In Arkansas, you'd need to pull in $228,298 a year. In Connecticut, the threshold is $677,608. That's according to a report released Monday by the Economic Policy Institute, examining income inequality by state. Connecticut -- the state with the highest 1 percent threshold -- happens to also be the state with the worst inequality. There, the top 1 percent of earners make on average about 51 times as much as the bottom 99 percent of earners. At the other end of the spectrum, EPI found that Hawaii has the smallest gap between the 1 percent and the 99 percent, and that the state's richest make only 14.6 times as much as everybody else. In Hawaii, you have to earn $278,718 to be in the top 1 percent.
Here's How Much You Have To Earn To Be In The 1 Percent In Each State
Is this perhaps the greatest off the radar gay-themed movie of all time?
Ok, new thread with the proper title. Did anyone see Part 1 last night? Can you explain what happened to me? So many of the actors looked alike I could not figure out who was who and what was going on. Plus there was much rain, grime, woods and darkness.
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I know she''s not everyone''s cup of tea, but I''m personally glad to see her career in recovery mode. Robert Downey Jr and Lindsay Lohan did far worse things yet they were able to find work...why was Winona treated like an outcast following her arrest? All she did was steal some designer scrunchies and socks. \ \ Anyway, I''ve been a fan of her since I was 6 years old (Beetlejuice!) and even though people make fun of her acting, I''ve always found her to be tremendous (even in crap like Bram Stoker''s Dracula).
Does anyone remember a blond model who would appeared in International Male and other fashion mags in the late 1990s who eventually went into nude modeling and eventually hard core porn in the early 2000s? He was tall, really built, had an enormous dick with a Prince Albert piercing. I've been racking my brain for hours trying to remember the bastards name.
The former model apparently started drinking after husband Ted drove off a pier with his prego mistress at Chappaquiddick. Since then: Numerous DUIs, a faceplant on a Boston street that led to a 2005 cover story in Boston magazine, and a 2011 National Enquirer story that indicated that she was earning, to paraphrase 30 Rock, her 40-year drunk chip. She suffered national humiliation (twice, including her divorce), three miscarriages, two kids with cancer (one of whom died in 2011)... was she justified in being a drunk?
A Vancouver high school teacher and baseball coach Eric Estes, 42 pleaded guilty on Thursday to abusing a 15-year-old boy nearly 20 years ago when he was a pitcher on a minor league baseball team. The alleged abuse took place between April and September of 1997. Estes would have been around 24 at the time.
Former Baltimore Orioles Minor League pitcher pleads guilty to having sex with underaged male
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Quinn Jaxon's new thread, since the last one got closed...
Democrat Speaker of the NY assembly was arrested on a series of corruption charges by the Fed.... after Governor Cuomo had shut down the state investigation.
Do you have sexual fantasies that are really disgusting, things that you would never, ever think of doing in real life, but in the safety of your mind really excite you? What taboos do you fantasize about breaking? Incest? Intergenerational? A snuff scenario?\ \ What is your most lurid, taboo-shattering sexual fantasy?
Did anyone watch this show? I thought it was awful. A bunch of self-centered douchebags and sluts!! No, thanks. Cancel this shit! What a disappointment!
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He's 49 years old. Divorced from my mother since I was 4 and I never lived with him after that, nor was he a huge presence in my life. I came out to him when I was 17, and his response was to tell me that I should keep it to myself and try sleeping with a girl to see if I liked it. We literally never spoke of it after that. So, the weekend before Thanksgiving he calls me up and asks to spend Turkey Day with me. I wouldn't even need a whole hand to count the number of times this man has called me, so I immediately thought that he must be dying or something. When he gets here, we end up going out to eat and that's when he drops the bomb. He's been seeing a therapist (I nearly choked on my turkey tetrazzini when I heard this - this is the man who once broke his finger and insisted on setting the bone himself and wearing a makeshift splint wrapped around an Ace bandage for a month rather than going to a doctor) and has come to the conclusion that he's gay. I'm the first person he told, for obvious reasons. He teared up (awkward!) when he told me he wished he'd been more supportive when I came out, but that I had made him extremely uncomfortable, and all he could think about was himself. I know I should be supportive and part of me is happy for him, but part of me is freaking the hell out! We went back to my house, and he was being very huggy and touchy-feely (my father is not and has never been anything remotely resembling emotionally demostrative). He told me he loved me and that I deserved a better father, and that he hoped we could have a better relationship now. It's like an alien abducted my real dad and replaced him with this strange person who came to visit me. Would you guys be freaked out about this? Or should I just shut up and thank my lucky stars? I haven't told anyone else about this yet.
Or is it just considered good fortune?
What did you jerk off to?
Turns out the beloved sitcom treated fat people as punch lines and kind of had a homophobia problem “Friends” hit Netflix for the first time in 2015, and while it’s certainly not the first time people have had the opportunity to rewatch the show since it went off the air in 2004, it has provided a handy excuse for people to ruminate belatedly on the show’s impact — and for crazy super-fans to binge-watch all 10 seasons, obviously — and perhaps learn something new about the gang in the process. And they did! Some revelations were goofy, some light, and others pretty damning. Here’s what the Internet dug up about our favorite sitcom when viewed in the cold harsh light of 2015: Chandler is the worst, and he’s also pretty homophobic. As Ruth Graham wrote in Slate: “Chandler’s treatment of his gay father, a Vegas drag queen played by Kathleen Turner, is especially appalling, and it’s not clear the show knows it. It’s one thing for Chandler to recall being embarrassed as a kid, but he is actively resentful and mocking of his loving, involved father right up until his own wedding (to which his father is initially not invited!)… his continuing discomfort now reads as jarringly out of place for a supposedly hip New York thirtysomething — let alone a supposedly good person, period…. When it comes to women, Chandler turns out to be just as retrograde as Joey, but his lust comes with an undercurrent of the kind of bitter desperation that I now recognize as not only gross, but potentially menacing.” Although, this, of course, is not the first time the show’s homophobia has been addressed: Refinery29, meanwhile, delved into the issues with the show’s use of “Fat Monica” as a punchline. “In the show’s storyline, Monica loses weight in college after overhearing Chandler make fun of her size. Shamed into thinness, Fat Monica becomes just Monica — desirable and (finally) human. Monica is many things: funny, uptight, loving, competitive. Fat Monica is just fat… and always hungry. I was grateful for Fat Monica as a kid. She was proof I could overcome my disgusting plumpness and be seen as lovable, too. True, I would always bear the shame of my inflated past, just like Monica did, but I was willing to live with that if it meant I’d be a person instead of a punchline.”
I am out of my mind with lust for a friend's dad. My friend Josh and I have known each other for 7 or 8 years. I've stayed with him at his parents' house probably a dozen times now since I first went home with him when we were in college. My parents split and are on opposite coasts, and his parents have always been super nice about asking me to come along. His dad is ex-military (I think he was in the Marines) and a super hot guy who just turned 50. He has always been nice to me. I've always had a crush on him, but a minor one that was, you know, normal as we all have. I was there about a month ago before we started school when there was a party of about 25 people. Josh's mom and a few neighbors had gone to a bachelorette party at a casino and were staying there overnight. Josh's dad was very friendly all night and kept putting his arm around my shoulder. After hanging at the pool till around 3 am I came inside to get ready for bed and was crashing in their basement. Went down to the couch and Josh's dad was there on the couch. The TV was on and I think until I came downstairs he'd been watching porn. He was there with boxers on and nothing else. He was visibly hard underneath, and it was those cloth boxers that have the open fly. He smiled and then slowly stood up, rubbed his abs and said, "Pretty hot for 50, right?" I nodded yes but just....didn't do or say anything else, couldn't move. He just kinda smiled and said, "good night." I can't stop thinking about him. I want him and his cock. I want him deep inside of me. Did I read too much into this that he might be interested? Or was he just drunkenly mellow? And, uh, is my dick and my hungry ass making me forget that I could ruin things with some really nice people..... I'm there again at Thanksgiving and want to know what I should do. ps, no interest in Josh at all that way. He's a good friend but too dorky for me. Dorky in a "I wear tube socks with dress shoes" way.
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When did it all go bad? I remember the first season was well written, dark, funny and endearing. Season 2 started strong but the show started to believe its own hype and I checked out after that. Did it ever rebound?
A mother is suing Target over the suicide of her 22 year-old so. The mother alleges that her son, who has Asperger's, was given a "walk of shame" after being accused of theft and then was fired. The resulting trauma and shame allegedly caused the young man to jump off of a building. Another mother has come forward that her son also was given the "walk of shame" and the belief is that this is standard Target policy.
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Russell Brand has taken a rare step away from attacking media coverage of current affairs to focus his attention on the grubby world of tabloid gossip. In particular, recent reports speculating over the gender of Bruce Jenner, the former Olympian and stepfather of Kim Kardashian West. Celebrity rag In Touch, famed for their controversial covers, splashed with an altered image of Jenner wearing heavy make-up. ‘My Life As A Woman,’ the strapline reads, despite the fact the magazine had not spoken to or acquired an interview from Jenner at all. Gossip site TMZ ran a similarly exploitative broadcast, during which male members of the office laughed as they came to the conclusion that while they can’t be sure whether or not Jenner was transitioning into a woman, he “wasn’t doing a very good job of being a man”. “This is bullying,” Russell Brand countered on his most recent episode of The Trews. “Stop. Bruce Jenner is a human being. “For some sections of the media, transphobia seems to be the most recent and encouraged form of prejudice, now that racism and homophobia are not tolerated. “We can’t be homophobic anymore… Can’t be racist anymore… But still can be transphobic though, can we?” “Don’t this seem like when you see Blade Runner, or some dystopian thing – when you see a bit of telly in a film from the future, and everything’s a bit ‘hello, we’re evil now!’ “It’s such a celebration of the worst aspects of human values. What this does is it sanctions people being judgemental and cruel towards transgender folk. “This climate of bullying and judgement and cruelty is a violence of its own nature.” His comments come after reports that Jenner’s separated wife Kris Jenner (Kim Kardashian West’s mother) has severed ties with all Bauer publications in the wake of the In Touch cover. “They won't get any 'real' quotes from the family, and will be banned from Kardashian-Jenner red carpets, events, premieres and fashion events,” a source told New York Daily News.
Russell Brand defends Bruce Jenner after former Olympian subjected to transphobic bullying
Was reading a little about him. Apparently he always clashed with producer Sherwood Schwartz on the quality of the scripts. He refused to appear in two episodes because of the especially low quality of the scripts--the one where Alice quits and gets a job a the diner, and the final episode where Greg's hair turns red after he uses Bobby's hair tonic. What was he expecting...Shakespeare? Seriously, just suck it up, do your job, and collect that big fat check. He supposedly loved the kids like his own, but Florence Henderson resented his constact bashing of the writing. Overall he seems like a very angry guy who felt he worth so much more than the material he was given.
Nothing involved with lesbians, trannies, or cis gender stuff please.
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Melissa McCarthy will be in it, dooming it. Leslie Jones, the unfunny one from SNL, has been cast as the token black.
Next thread goes...
Two former Vanderbilt football players found guilty of raping an unconscious woman. The others are awaiting trial
I'm going out of town for a few days. I don't want to carry a lot of cash and I don't like running up my credit card. I'd like to. Put some money I to a prepaid card,. Has anyone done this? can you recommend one? Thanks
She's sick of the hypocrisy and is taking a stand. Good for her.
Melissa McCarthy, Kristin Wiig, Leslie Jones and Kate McKinnon Peter Dinklage may star as the villain How many box office records will it break?!
This is your cast for the eagerly anticipated Ghostbusters reboot.
The most brutal of all exercises?
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Just broke up with a straight guy I'd been "dating" for a month. We went to movies, dinner, took him sailing, a Giants game, and went on long walks together on the beach at sunset and talked for hours. Call me old-fashioned, but I just don't kiss on the first, second, ... or fifth date. But I tried on the sixth. Didn't work out so well. His name is Greg-o-ree. How many straight guys with incredibly cute butts do you know who call themselves Greg-o-ree? Not "Greg," which is the proper, hetero version. Gregory is pissed that I tried to break up with him and isn't having any of it... "We were never even a couple" etc.. and won't stop texting me. Greg is coming over for dinner tomorrow. He says this isn't the first time this situation has happened. I just don't have the time to clean the hot tub or call him Greg-oree, but I can cook a mean lamb shank with couscous. We will likely watch the All-Stars game after dinner. But I'm not gonna try to hold his hand. Fuck me, please.
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I never understood why One Direction's management never makes Zayn Malik the lead singer. I mean he clearly has the best voice out of the group, he's a little skinny but still attractive. And he's the only one of the group that can hit those high falsetto note's effortlessly. But in their new video "Steal My Girl" (below) when Zayn's singing part comes on towards the end, they switch camera's to him and Harry Styles when it's clearly Zayn's voice throughout doing that high note NOT Harry. Is it because Zayn is a muslim that 1D's management downplay his role in the group? I'm just curious. What do you think DL?
Why Does One Direction's Management Always Try & Downplay Zayn Malik?
Just saw her as a judge on RuPaul''s Drag U. Simply ravishing. Is she aging exceptionally well, or does she have the best plastic surgeon in the world? She is older, but still elegant and beautiful, and there''s no hint of that stretched and waxy look so many of them get.\ \ I am just in awe of her.
I have two dogs, a Shitzu/Bichon/Poodle mix named Liesl and a Minpin, Klaus. Pie (Liesl) is six, Poot is four, they are such good company; everyday I tell them, "you are loved and wanted, I love being your dad." I had two cats who were becoming elderly as I phased in the pups. William Jefferson Clinton (we called him that because hed sleep with anything warm) was an obese buff tabby that my husband bitched "why would you bring home an obese cat!?" WJC lived to 18 and was a very good boy when David wasn't trying to make him diet, LOL. Shadow lived to 21 and lived up to her name, she was so shy. Please share your anecdotes about your beloved four-leggers.
NSFW I bet a lot of married dudes are into this secretly.
Well, should I do it?
As the OP I DIDN'T WRITE THIS. I'm just copying and pasting this response from another thread. I thought it would be an interesting topic for the different generations on DL to discuss. The writer wrote 'I can guarantee that no gay who worships Cher, Barbra, Liza, Judy, Bette, etc. is under 60 years of age. Those women were all popular when Christ was in Pampers. Most of the gays I know who are under 50 like rock, classic rock, indie rock, alternative, industrial, etc. I know no gays under 60 who worship those women. I am 32 and I like all types of ROCK MUSIC, not that overblown, overproduced squawking by those ancient, plastic-surgeried, has-been divas. Fuck them all up the ass!' So Dlers fire back!
The gays have taken away all the civil rights and civil liberties and the Mormons just want to be left in peace. In return, they're willing to allow us some rights of our own. Are we ok with this? Should we stop picking on them?
Will this be a possibility?
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As depressing and homophobic as you''d expect. \ \ "Once again I was instructed to not speak in a gay manner. "
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List them. I'll go first. I'll list two. 1. I knew someone who believed that meat would spontaneously produce maggots. When I told them it wasn't true that flies lay eggs on the meat that hatch into maggots the person got extremely angry and almost hit me. 2. The belief that falling a great distance through the air kills people, as in not dying after hitting the ground. I've known several people who think that people who fall from great heights die in mid air and are already dead when they hit the ground. I've tried to set them straight but they usually don't believe me. I mean, technically I guess a person could have a heart attack but most people die from the actual impact.
WWE superstar Darren Young just dropped a bombshell, telling TMZ, he's gay ... and no, this isn't part of the act. Darren was at LAX Wednesday when we asked whether a gay wrestler could succeed in WWE, and Darren laughed, saying, "Absolutely. Look at me. I'm a WWE superstar and to be honest with you, I'll tell you right now, I'm gay. And I'm happy. I'm very happy." For the record, Darren is now the first openly gay wrestler ever at WWE ... and the first headlining wrestler ever to come out while still signed to a major promotion. Other pro wrestlers have been rumored to be gay, but that's it ... just rumors. Bottom line: this is big, big news. For all its chauvinism and testosterone-driven bravado, coming out in WWE is tantamount to coming out in the NFL. Of course, wrestling is a little different, particularly because of how physical it is, and how little clothing is involved -- but Darren is completely unfazed.
Has anybody else caught this trashy, guilty-pleasure of a show on TLC? It's about American men and women who bring potential international spouses from abroad, and they have 90 days to figure out whether to tie the knot. Anyhow, caught this appalling pairing: Danielle (overweight, unattractive 41 y/o woman from Ohio) who brings over Mohamed, this hot young 26 y/o Tunisian stud. The pair is so physically mismatched, it's painful to watch. It's obvious to everyone else except Danielle that he is only using her for a green card. He looks like he's enjoyed the mansex in the past, as well..
Be proud and show off the little guy.
She's safe now. They don't know why the guy did it.
Cal Ripkin's 74-Year-Old Mother Kidnapped and Held for Almost 24 Hours!
I love that look! Both to observe and to participate in....in fact whenever I am naked without socks, I feel a little naked.
I'm the blond bottom with a thong tan line splashing in a jacuzzi!
Like this!
Pundits are chalking it up the greatly improved (and improving) American economy. On CNN, Gloria Borger just noted that it's beginning to look like the presidential landscape will look very different from how it appeared that it might look just a few years ago. I'm telling you, he's gonna go down as one of the greatest.
Because the last thread is just about full
All sorts of awesome.
Dude Dresses As Margaret Hamilton As The Wicked Witch Of The West, And Knocks It Out Of The Park!
Country Strong: Karlie Kloss Teams Up with America's Top Male Olympians photographed by Annie Leibovitz
I'm reading an interesting new book about the making of Fleetwood Mac's Rumours, written by the record producer. Buckingham is portrayed as very talented but volatile and abusive to his girlfriends. It's gratifying that in the end, Stevie went on to mega-stardom, leaving him in her dust. (BTW, Stevie also twirls in the recording studio.)
My 2 favorite pron stars ever.\ \ What do you think are their best films?
Hot piece of ass!
Out of all the homophobic actors out there--and I’m sure their numbers are legion--Jensen Ackles irritates me the most. I don’t understand the gay men who worship him. He’s undeniably good looking but he can’t open his mouth without making a homophobic comment. What kills me is that gays everywhere take up for him just because of his looks. “Oh, he didn’t mean it that way;” or “Oh, it was just a joke;” or “Oh, you’re taking his comments too literally;” bullshit like that. Are you fuckin’ kiddin’ me??? I’m sorry but affecting a lispy high-pitched voice while ineffectually slapping at someone OVER AND OVER AND OVER, TIME AFTER TIME AFTER TIME, IN EVERY POSSIBLE CONTRIVED SITUATION isn’t funny. It isn’t a joke. And, similarly, using the word “gay” or “pansy” as a derogatory adjective in interviews isn’t okay either. Those things are evidence of a belief, people, an attitude toward gays, and I’m sick of guys lusting over him. I’m 46 and own my own architectural firm, and I have 6 architects working for me. Two of them are gay and about 10 years younger than me, and I had listen to them all goddam night go on about this guy. Even on DataLounge his name pops up constantly. It’s like a bunch of freakin’ yeshiva boys jonesin’ to blow motherfuckin’ Hitler. I don’t know what Ackles makes per episode, but word is that he clears 40k to 50k for an appearance at a “Supernatural” convention. So far this year he’s done twelve. On top of that, once he’s there he charges for meet-and-greets and photo ops, and it’s gays who are putting a lot of that money in his pocket. (Unless you’re [i]too[i/] gay. Then there’s no photo because he won’t pose with you.) Gays are also the ones glued to their tv sets each week, boosting his show’s ratings while they queer every gaze between him and his on-screen brother. [i]Idiots.[i/] This guy doesn’t even have the testicular fortitude of Sabrina the Teenage Witch! He won’t just come out and say what he thinks about gays, gay marriage or even politics because he knows it would hurt his career. In fact, his wife will re-Tweet stuff showing mild LGBT support just to muddy the waters and throw people, most likely Hollywood producers, off their GOP scent. However, the latest is that Stone Park Trust, the same trust that owns his Brentwood property--the same trust for which he’s the trustee--has allegedly made past donations to NOM, Prop 8 and Romney’s campaign, so anyone who thinks Ackles isn’t a Republican is nuts. His wife’s Twitter page practically spells it out, along with their very devout “I love me some Jesus” status. “Jensen’s favorite book is the Bible;” “His favorite actor is Jim Caviezel;” “His favorite time of year is Easter.” Blah, blah, blah. Man, I got nothing against anyone’s religion or their personal beliefs about gays and lesbians. Everyone, and I mean everyone, is entitled to their own opinions, but that doesn’t mean that I have to buy their product or watch their show. I’m not going to further any actor’s career so they can fight harder against my rights. And I’m sure not going to give someone like Ackles a starring role in my fantasies. I mean, compare his douchebaggery with the incredibly respectful and classy comments George Clooney made about constantly being called gay. Night and day. Night and day. WAKE UP AND SMELL THE HOMOPHOBIA, PEOPLE. STOP LUSTING OVER ASSHOLES.
We're maligned! Told that we are finished after 35! The younger gays love to make fun of us... and unfortunately, some of them will not even reach our ages. This thread features hot men 40, and older. It is intended to compliment those who are still looking good, and loving life! It is intended to inspire others who may have given up, and let them know that it isn't over, but it's up to them! It is intended for those, who are younger, to pause, and think; "Wait a minute...just maybe I would." Post your pics! Better yet, post your pics with ages, if you know them! Feel free to write your thoughts about older men, and what you think of them! LET'S DISCUSS AND SEE HOT SILVER DADDIES!!! ...and of course, this will be NSFW! I'll start with a few: Actor; David Pevsner--55 years old
HOT SILVER DADDIES! Let's celebrate them!
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What does it mean?
No buffet line will be safe!
ColtonLHaynes: Its great to have ppl to look up to who arent afraid of facing their fears and arent afraid to go against the norm. Thk You For Zachary? Gratuitous Hero magazine cover shot
Teen Wolf star Charlie Carver stopped by Huff Post Live to discuss his role in I Am Michael, the ex-gay activist film starring James Franco and Zachary Quinto, which features a three-way sex scene between the trio! So how was it?? According to Charlie it was "hot as hell."
Charlie Carver Talks 'Hot As Hell' Threesome w/ James Franco & Zachary Quinto
By request. The season is about to start. Actual game discussion would be welcome too.
he was the most beautiful bi, or str8 black man i think i have ever been with, well i said that last week, but the legs and ass were just like carved out of stone. PROBLEM. i have a dinner to go to now. and my face, i can smell it, it smells like butt. i washed, i cologned, but still as i sit here awaiting my car ( thats how i roll, sorry) i keep getting the faint amell of hot butt. are there any doctors on the site tonight? there must be, what to do? i mean others are going to smell it no?
Oh how to respond?? * * * * * Dear Children, I would like to apologize for the apparent injustice that I have done you. When I taught you to go to school, work hard, stay drug free and plan for college, I was wrong. Unfortunately, your father and I had the misfortune of putting ourselves through school and taking large student loans to try and provide a stable life for you. We have made enough money by working hard each day to be middle class. This means that we will pay for everyone else whose parents don't work or don't live here or don't care what their kids do, to go to college. Because we have to do this, your college career will suffer, unless you want to get married or pregnant, you will have to settle. So President Obama, when you say it doesn't matter if your black or white or illegal or poor or gay or straight you deserve an education. That is true except if your parents make just enough money not to be poor and then you're screwed. People who did what they were supposed to do are being punished. Explain to me what this generation is learning about morals and ethics... And what will they teach their offspring? Sincerely, Your Mother
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Anyone know anything about him? I think I saw him once on John Stewart but he didn't register.
Actor Emile Hirsch was involved in a fracas with a female executive from Paramount Pictures while partying into the early hours at the Sundance Film Festival. Police were called to Tao nightclub in Park City, Utah, at around 3:30 a.m. on Sunday after the movie exec, whose name has not been confirmed but who works for Paramount, told security she had been assaulted. While it is not clear what sparked the drama at the packed club, a witness told us, “Something happened between the movie exec and Emile, and she said she had been assaulted and asked security to call the police. Emile didn’t leave the scene, and calmly waited for the police to arrive, and spoke with them until around 5 a.m., after which he went home with his friends. No arrests were made.”
Emile Hirsch involved in alleged assault with female film exec
DAMMIT.....
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That Matt Mitcham (whoever that is) thread reminds me of something I''ve noticed about Australian men: They often have close set eyes, large noses, and thin upper lips! It doesn''t make them unattractive, but I just think it''s strange that many of them share such distinct features.
OMG!!! OMG!!! They're coming for us!!! Run!!!
It was a beautiful area and I enjoyed my visit but I''ve never seen so many hippy-dippy, vegan, hairy legged, birkenstock and peasant skirted young women in my life. They all had dreadlocks or some other hideous fucking hair and made disapproving noises when I bought meat at the grocery store. Are they all college students or is that town a haven for these types?
I would not be surprised if these two were secretly seeing each other on the low.
Harry Styles Wears A Green Bay Packers Hoody In Support For Aaron Rodgers!
There are some celebrities whose names are known to some people, but who despite multiple tries at becoming "big names", never achieved it. Some examples I can think of:\ \ Nicole Scherzinger. She may finally become a "big name" when the X-Factor starts, but she has been working on a solo album for four years now. Her first five singles flopped, domestically and internationally. One would think being part of the Pussycat Dolls would give her an edge over a new and unknown artist, but her solo music never found an audience.\ \ Mark Cuban. He has been trying for years to be like Richard Branson or Steve Jobs, and most people respond with "Who?" when his name comes up.\ \ Any others?
I don't get it. How is it possible to keep white underwear clean? Is there a secret I don't know about?
Or, what''s the perfect way to flirt with a guy?%0D\ %0D\ I''m not good at this, and I''d really like to learn the art of flirting.
Joe Flacco turns me on. I can''t find any shirtless pics, but he has a great body and sexy face. %0D\ %0D\ Who''s your favorite?
Deserves its own thread. Showgirl KYLIE MINOGUE teamed with legendary producer/arranger Giorgio Moroder for a brilliant, irresistible track. Get into it!
"Right Here, Right Now" - Giorgio Moroder feat. KYLIE MINOGUE
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Sorry, I just needed to vent.
Once you had carnal relations with a man of African-American descent, it's very unusual to go back.
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...and now they have to sell their pawn shop.
Family Says Idol Champ Phil Phillips Refuses to Help Them Financially...
Why? It just doesn't make sense. If anyone should spring for expensive underwear that fits well, it's gay men. Thank you for listening because this is IMPORTANT.
Have you visited this city? Or Bay City, or Springfield, or Oakdale, or Henderson....? If you have, let us know your itinerary, and who you met there. Come aboard....we're expecting you!
With major league baseball season soon to start, let''s hear some gossip about the players, past and present.
Should she have just gone the Britney/Xtina route and shook her ass onstage? Do you think she regrets taking the goody-girl route now?
The dull, lifeless career of Mandy Moore
2007
Anyone else watching? Please, UK DLers DO NOT SPOIL THE ENDING FOR US!
We know from other threads (and life) that some are. So post the gym(s) you regularly go to and whether or not they are sexual bombs. Include the city, and the branch as well as the name of the club. I will also include a poll in order to get a read on what this situation is nationwide.
[quote]This is all interesting. I wish somebody would start a thread for sharing encounters with men while traveling in the Middle East.\ \ Your wish has been granted. Let us see if anyone posts. I have a few of my own stories and will get around to them after my coffee.
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Id love to watch!
Hot British Olympian Louis Smith wants Will Smith in his panties
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What sayeth the Datalounge?
Yuck. And an assist from Lenny Kravitz doesn't help much. Idina Menzel(voice of Elsa, Frozen) is singing the National Anthem. John Legend is singing America the Beautiful.
Every black guy I've been with talks about his cock like its the greatest thing since sliced bread. They ask me shit like if I've ever been with a black guy and make comments about how big it and how sore I'll be. Usually when the zipper comes down I'm very disappointed. Most of the black cock I've seen has been average to small. One guy from Martinique had one nearly as big as my forearm. Seriously. So I guess my question is why do these tinymeat black guys all lie? Are they hoping I'll just accept their dick as big because they say it is?
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...and summer brings out so many. Guys flashing their dicks out of the leg of the shorts, guys with hard ons rubbing off on my shoulder, men playing pocket pool. Even late at night some full on masturbation. Share your subway tales here.
Porn production halted for the fourth time this year.
And why?
My SIL has dual German and American citizenship. Her mother is German and her father American. She was born in Germany. She's very defensive about being German since people still associate them with the Nazi's. Funny thing is her mother's family fled Germany right after WWII to Brazil which makes me go hmmm...... What do you think? Nazi's or no?
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I just watched a Dutch made-for-tv movie, "Jongens" ("Boys"), which was really well done. Can anyone suggest some others that were produced late 2013, early 2014? TIA!
"Buy this outfit or I'll fucking beat you up. And don't think I won't."
Rock climbing photo shoot
To show support during this time of racial strife!!!
This is about as out as she has ever been -
Lesbian. Just told her colleagues that if they keep talking about family values, she'll start telling people about their affairs. YAAAASSSSSSS HUNTY!!!
So called "straight" Matt first tells gay Will that he is beautiful. Then after the cast gets drunk Matt is caught kissing Will but swears he isn't gay.
I hope the carpenter reams that bitch designer a new asshole.
It must be a day ending in Y.
Oh look, Mark Consuelos is on vacation again with a group composed of almost entirely gay men
Photos:
He has signed a contract with a gay porn studio. NSFW link.
****BREAKING NEWS STRAIGHT PORN SUPERSTAR ROCCO REED COMES OUT AS GAY****
This is the thread where we enjoy biceps.
The other thread is full, and we need to provide emotional support to Brandon, Cameron and Abe the only studs left whose taints are untouched by dick or dildo (at least on film). Stay strong and whatever you do don't sign up with Men.com!
This thread is dedicated to the Black Male Porn Star who seems never to get any recognition. Is it marketing? Lack of self drive? Or, is it something else? So, cheers to the Black Male Porn Star! Share some pics, some info, or whatever you like about them! I'll start with the first few;
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Get ready for "Chocolate City!"
Tyson Beckford and Michael Jai White to make black "Magic Mike"
The website says: There's nothing quite like the sexy, silly, naked, stupid bromances of the "Pad". It's a bunch of mostly-straight, ab-tastically hot, college-age guys living in an enormous fake-Tuscan mansion in Arizona. I don't believe they're straight.
This guy has to be about 18 or 19! This Ukrainian specimen is just BEAUTIFUL! Here is his Instagram profile:
My questions after reading the article: Did he sexually assault the other young soldier who sent him the texts? Was it his pattern to get other soldiers drunk and then sexually assault him? How did his mom know about the topless bar maids? How did she get the pictures? Is he really "bisexual"?! This tale reads like a Dean Koontz novel! Story intro: [quote]The first sign of trouble about the one-off sexual encounter appeared in the form of angry text messages on Corporal Ezekiel Wilkinson's phone. [quote]"What you did was so wrong on so many levels….what you did to me when I was trying to go to bed was f--ked up," said the messages from the male soldier with whom Cpl Ezekiel says he was intimate. [quote]Cpl Wilkinson, 29, an experienced serviceman who had hidden his bisexuality from most in his unit, was not overly concerned, believing the messages were from a spurned former lover confused about his sexuality. He believed they would quickly stop and the issue would go away. [quote]But he was soon mistaken. ...
HOT Bisexual Aussie Soldier Gets Skewered by Jilted Ex and by Mom
What's your fetish?
Derrick Gordon, a sophomore starter for the University of Massachusetts men's basketball team, publicly came out on Wednesday, becoming the first openly gay male NCAA Division 1 basketball player. Video:
Please link a photo too.\ \ Mine was Tom Brock, in 1986 (I was 20). That really dates me.
US will reestablish an embassy in Havana... Live on CNN now...
I go to Adam4Adam all the time and see these profiles where the guy says he is a "jock". So does this mean he runs marathons all the time or he just wishes he was a jock? What activities qualify one as being a "jock"? Like does going to the gym 7 days a week for an hour qualify as being a jock even though half of that time you are in the steam room getting blown?
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During the week, 34-year-old Ottawa native Jimmy is happily married to Judy, 35. They have two children, ages three and four. Jimmy is a project manager for the government, and he often travels for his job. Judy is a teacher. They have been together since high school. Jimmy takes his vows seriously and would never leave Judy, because he loves her and his children. Not only do he and his wife share children and friends, they also do sporting activities and go on vacations together. They are both very active people. They have a great life together. But Judy can’t give Jimmy everything he needs. During the weekend, Jimmy loves sucking men’s cocks. He feels he needs this quiet outlet away from his vanilla heterosexual lifestyle. But if Judy were privy to this secret, he fears she would leave him. “I started cruising for men as an army cadet in my late teens. I went out of town a lot and realized I liked oral sex with men, but I didn’t want to be labelled gay or bisexual. I also didn’t want to lose Judy,” says Jimmy. Aside from the odd out-of-town bathhouse, Jimmy says he meets most of these men on Craigslist. He posts a free ad, usually consisting of the words “I’m looking for a guy to please.” He specifies that he’s looking only for oral, not anal, evenings before 10pm, aged 40 and under. Throughout the workday, Jimmy checks his BlackBerry for emails from a nondescript Gmail account. Pictures of penises, abs, daddies and trans men are sent from guys looking for an after-dinner assignation. He’s picky and only goes out a few times a month.
If really happening I'm being optimistic about it. Apparently Marvel owns TV rights so Fox would have to overcome that little problem first. Considering how well made and successful DoFP was Marvel might just go for it.
Did anyone watch it? It's depressing. Those guys are so sad.
I just had a dream that I was living in a boarding house with a group of people. I didn't know any of the people, they were just a bunch of strangers. Here is my question... Again, I didn't know anyone in the dream. Were those people (the strangers) my own creations, or were they people that I've probably seen somewhere in my life and just remembered them subconsciously and they just showed up in my dream?
Yes, they do still exist. Does anyone else call them?%0D %0D I have been calling them for years. I look for the straight phone lines that allow ladies to call in free. I call in the ladies side, without disguising my voice, and talk to any number of horny, curious, closeted guys for free. Am I the only one who has done this?%0D %0D Of course you get the invariable, "get off the line faggot." But not as much as you would think. And after a while, you start getting message after message from guys who either just want to talk about gay sex, or who want to have gay phone sex. It's quite surprising.%0D %0D Some of the messages are unintentionally hilarious and I am surprised no one has gotten the idea to remix them into some sort of youtube or dance song. Of course everyone is at least 8", but I have gotten cell pictures in the past verifying some of the stories.%0D %0D Few things to not. Christmas time can be rather busy, if you can get through the various "Santa is coming," voice message puns. A surprising number of black guys respond to my outgoing message. %0D %0D There is one surpsing thing I do notice. We gays always beat ourself up and call ourselves pedophiles for glancing at a 17yo boy sideways. These straight guys have any number of fantasies about young girls, their step-daughters, even their own daughters. That part of the whole thing is more than depressing.
Anyone else getting these in your yard or garden? They're not exactly transparent, but they mirror and reconfigure the light around them to make themselves seem invisible, like the predator in that movie Predator. I have three or four of them, and I'm beginning to worry that they're planning something.
Does anyone else love this show? It's hilarious, Krysten Ritter and James Van Der Beek are really hot, Dreama Walker is adorable.
I'm a fan of Sonic because of their chili pie. McDonald's Fajitas are good too though they're only available in select locations. Burger King makes me sick.
Think Walking Dead set in Alaska. You'd think those zombies would freeze in Alaska. But they keep on walking. Guess they don't get cold.
Here's one:
As is the case so often in life, the actual number of inches was far short of the reports.
A lift A biro Hoovering What is it with the fucking British?
Any on DL?
In his role as on-line guest "expert" for Rheumatoid Arthritis.\ \ Scroll down page at link (couldn''t find a standalone image). Mentions his grandmother and "close friend" are living with RA. His husband?\ \ "Yea" or "Nay" on the beard?
Clinton Kelly of "What Not to Wear" butches it up with a beard.
Which do you bitches prefer?
Where is she? What happened?
How many men does Franco's character sleep with in this movie?
Closet case Charlie Carver and big dicked Avan Jogia join Franco and Quinto's ex-gay project
Well? What is it?
I'm looking for projects for #4.
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[quote] Start a thread series [?] on Jack [F]alahee please. He is in [G]lass [C]loset and is a part of [the show,] [How to Get Away with Murder]. I was shocked to see no thread on him while umpteen are [about] [C]olto[n] [H]ayes. Yikes. [Here's a gif from] his [I]nstagram link:
Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who's the fairest of them all?
GET HIM!!!! I can't believe I had a crush on this douche back in the day....what a fake he is. He is even worse than Aaron Rodgers.
Troy Aikman denies being gay (again) and says homosexuality is a "lifestyle choice"
What do we know about him? Doesn't appear to be married. Great body, has appeared nude on English TV.
Let's name 'em.
French families find themselves in a jam after a court rules they cannot name their daughters Nutella and Fraise (Strawberry) A court in northern France has taken a tough stance towards parents who want to name their babies after chocolate spreads or fruit, overturning two families’ decisions to call their daughters Nutella and Fraise (Strawberry). When one couple in Valenciennes tried to call their child Nutella last September, the shocked registrar immediately informed the local prosecutor, who took the case to court in the northern city. The judge said that giving the child “the name of a chocolate spread” was against the girl’s interests as it might “lead to mockery and unpleasant remarks,” La Voix du Nord newspaper reported. The parents did not turn up at the hearing in November, and in their absence the judge ruled that the girl should be renamed Ella. The same court in Valenciennes made similar arguments in January this year before overturning the decision of another couple to name their child Fraise. The judge said that in particular the girl might face derision from people using the uncouth expression "ramène ta fraise" - a slang saying that translates as "get your a-- over here". The parents opted instead for Fraisine, an elegant name popular in the 19th century. French parents can choose whatever name they want for their offspring, but a registrar will occasionally seek to ban a moniker that might be deemed against the child’s interests. A family was told in 2009 that they could not name their child after the French cartoon character Titeuf. But the recent spate of French kids who have been named after characters in the Game of Thrones series, such as Khaleesi or Joffrey, does not appear to have ruffled any official feathers. Last week a dog owner in eastern France was forced to change the names of his dogs because they allegedly made people think of Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun. The owner of the American Staffordshire Terriers "Itler" and "Iva" grudgingly agreed to rename them "Ilisa" and "Isio" after a complaint by the mayor of the village of Saint-Nicolas-de-Port.
Nutella and Strawberry not suitable names for children, French court rules
If he was straight, it'd be the biggest waste.
Calling All Lesbians! Calling All Lesbians! 2015 is the 40th Anniversary of MichFest, and due to some financial struggles, it is most likely going to be the final Fest in its current form. This means it is the last year we have to get a mole on the Land. I propose we attempt to crowdfund a brave soul to willing to venture into the wild of Hart, MI. We can arrange to pay for tickets, travel, and if our volunteer is unemployed, perhaps recompense for the job she might theoretically have. Think of all the exciting activities in which you'll be able to partake: -Work side by side with Fat womyn on garbage detail! -Enjoy delicious vegan food, like the world-famous nutloaf! -Sneak aboard the DART bus with claims of an individual disability and know that the sisterwomyn are judging you! -Smoke a fattie with Denise! -Have a breast cast made, yours to treasure forever!* -See how far you get in the cheeseball competition! -Visit the renowned Menstrual Hut! -After a long day, unwind with a shame-reducing shower! -All this, and more! Serious (or at least sassy) replies only. *Womyn of color only, please.
The Voice of the Night
As predicted, the fans are leaving in droves. But what of the faithful staples, Prue, Fern et. al.? They can't leave because the voices won't let them! But we will remember the lost: The Reverend; Mimi "fake husband" Collens; Lisa "the photo is old" Homes ... The list goes on and on - who will remain? Oh, the suspense!!! Let the mocking begin in 3, 2, 1 ...
I noticed yesterday in the show that my palms were shedding a large amount of dead skin. A LOT. Is this just a winter thing? I've never had that much slough off. I exfoliated with some almond oil and sugar I made myself but there's still more that needs to come off. This is just really weird.
Any gossip?
Anyone else experienced this? It's happened with a couple of girls I was very close with over the years. We're talking girls who partied in college, were best friends with all the gay guys, super liberal, etc. And then when they finally get married, they do a 180. Of course everyone changes when they get married, but to suddenly decide that you're against gay marriage, pro-life, and a Republican is insane to me. One of my very close friends- an old roommate in fact- has recently done this. It got worse after she had her first child last year. Now it's all about the church and her husband (who's in the Army, no less) and being a "stay-at-home mommy". But what really bothers me is the "I'm not sure about gay rights" comments she's dropped the last few times we've spoken. At this point I'm ready to write her off, but it's incredible she would do this. A mutual friend blames her husband for changing her, but I blame her entirely. Sad.
Cage fighter Alex Reid has talked about his past of having sex with other men in an interview with Jeremy Kyle. Chantelle Houghton, who is the mother of Reid’s daughter Dolly had claimed in the past that Reid “had sex with men and prostitutes” and claimed their relationship broke down because of another man. Answering Kyle’s question “are you bisexual?”, Reid said:”I… no… I don’t smoke but I have tried a cigarette. Experimentation is not orientation… I like women.” He added: “That was a long long time ago when I was experimenting to find out what I was all about. ”Clearly I like women, I want to be with a woman. ”I’m obsessed with women. I’m brave enough to say that.” The fighting star also spoke to Kyle about his cross-dressing alter-ego Roxanne, explaining that he began to cross-dress as part of a previous relationship. Alex was questioned on his alter-ego Roxanne, and he said that it all started in an early relationship. “Where do we start? It started in a previous relationship in my early 20s.” he said. “She dressed me up, I thought fine, I’ll go with this and really enjoyed it, and we had a great time. ”It’s only ever been done when a partner is willing and it’s a character, in role play. ”It’s a bit of fun to spice up sex life. What people do privately, so what?” His former partner Houghton once claimed that the cage fighter built a sex dungeon in their home. Reid said: “Sex dungeon… no. Come on. That infuriates me. I could get really crude but I won’t.” “All I want is credibility and respect. ”I bang my head against the wall, I don’t know what to do. “I felt very uncomfortable about coming on here but enough is enough.” In 2010, Reid’s former partner, Katie Price (also known as Jordan) banned him from appearing on the cover of gay magazine Attitude.
I'm sure you've all noticed how fucking LOUD people have become over the past decade or so. They seem to not have any conception whatsoever of other people's space, nor do they give a shit how many others hear what are often personal or inappropriate matters. Just more fall-out from an increasingly rude and oblivious culture we seem to be trapped in?
The original Part Two was 3:02ed. Here's Max Emerson:
Anyone watching this mess? Sample quote: "There is nothing more gay than Ryan Reynolds"
He's got a great big schnozz, but I have always found him very hot. He's quite fit. How have he and Bette stayed together over the years? She's incredibly insecure and a screamer.
What are your thoughts on him?
You bitches all thought Sade was the shit but I AM TRULY THE BEST! Pay homage, lessers!
Happy Birthday to The True Diva: Anita Baker
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and I want to know who the beautiful Italian carriage driver was. Woof.....
So cute, and so good in "Into the Wild". Did "Speed Racer" kill his career?
A child can only eat macaroni and cheese if you only feed him macaroni and cheese. The same for fries, chicken 'fingers' etc. If you feed your child a wide variety of foods, including mushrooms, onions, and all the other things that can carry into adulthood then they will eat them. A two year old may protest, but will not starve.
And what a cunt she is, if that arises.
Let's talk about Julianna Margulies' superhot younger husband
Please share your hot stories.
Well?
It's perplexing to watch the East Coasters and New Englanders act like this is the Apocalypse. Blizzards happen around the country and they are just as dangerous and deadly wherever they occur. The news even had a promo stating how the "New England Blizzard" will effect the rest of the nation. I was like, what? LOL
Somehow I just can't watch it because it seems so ridiculous. I know....but when have you ever seen a gorgeous, drop dead woman in that kind of position. When a gorgeous guy plays one of those characters it doesn't bug me because I have seen guys like that in the world... Obviously everyday people would be a bore.... because of pervasive misogyny in the work force....women who are drop dead hot generally use those looks in a field to make more $...that isn't said very well but I think you know what I mean... You?
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I see this all the time. People will get a coffee at Starbucks or another coffee shop, and put a dollar or two in the tip jar. WTF? They handed you a fucking coffee and you tip that high?
Aussie diver Matthew Mitcham does a song and plays the ukulele in celebration.
Victoria Grayson here, bitches.
Looks artificial and not a natural formation, in my book. NASA seems to be just ignoring it.
Here is a thread in which to discuss all aspects of London theatre. What have you seen or are planning to see? What do/did you like/not like? Feel free to discuss plays, musicals, actors, director, etc.
I haven''t been anywhere in the South since 2000. It was a trip to Washington, D.C. which included going into Virginia.%0D\ %0D\ North Carolina is changing. Apparently. The Research Triangle. Charlotte has been on the rise. Democratic Party will hold its 2012 convention there.%0D\ %0D\ Anyone here live in the state? And what do you like and dislike about it?
For Janbot, since her other thread was closed.
Classic.
Why did she just disappear? Too bitchy and "difficult"?
SMG
All over television now.
Conservatives lament decline of Sarah Palin following ‘rambling, painful’ weekend speech
I've always loved this show. Nell Carter was truly a spitfire and wonderful to watch. The Chief may have been the head of the household, but Nell wore the pants.
Marcus Patrick will be dancing at Swinging Richards in Atlanta next Saturday. I've tried to call the club to ask if Marcus will be dancing fully nude, but the phone is not answered. Can anyone tell me if he will, and/or if he has danced nude at clubs before?
The video is great 70s/80s cheese - watch for her blowing kisses!
Which of the actresses in their twenties do you think will have a good career 15-20 years from now? Who will be the next Tilda Swinton, Cate Blanchett, or Julianne Moore? The only two I can think of are Emma Stone and Jennifer Lawrence, with Stone becoming the more serious dramatic actress while Lawrence tries her hand at every genre. Juno Temple looked promising for a while but she gives off slight cat lady vibes, so she could be the next Sean Young. If she proves herself in her next few films I could see Margot Robbie becoming the next Charlize.
And I loved it! He had a six-pack to die for. I know they're all callboys, but what the hell.
The originality matches the technique.
According to the webiste linked below, just about everyone in Hollywood had the homosex, including Walt Disney.%0D\ %0D\ It''s an interesting read, but I don''t know how credible it is in certain cases.%0D\ %0D\ Please discuss.
big,big fag who would have LOVED to have done it w/R.Wagner years ago
I noticed especially with Koreans where they manage to look like dolls. I have a hard time believing that they were born looking like this.
... starting with stoneground corn, white or yellow, and not adding any flour. Stoneground corn ... accept no substitutes!
Many people are still clueless that an infected tooth, a.k.a. abscess, can be fatal. The reason being is that if the bacteria in the abscess are able to get into the blood stream they can then travel to the heart where they cause heart disease. Studies have found a direct correlations between oral hygiene and heart disease. Andy Hallett, "Lorne" from the t.v. series Angel, died from heart failure caused by an infected wisdom tooth. His death was quite shocking and sad. So, the moral of the story is that if you have an infected tooth do not put it off. Get help pronto. It just might save your life.
I'm new here and curious. If I click to trolldar someone on a thread, will it show me posts they created in other threads too, or threads they started themselves? Can I trolldar more than one person and if so, how can I tell them apart? Can I remove trolldar from a person ?
"I was getting divorced and getting sober and I had a mustache--and people's heads exploded!"
Cheyenne Jackson says he was NOT having an early midlife crisis
Do you even care?
The singer Prince comes to mind.
I would say it's agreeing to be a contestant on "The Apprentice." Allowing yourself to be subservient to Donald Trump is the lowest degradation a human being can sink to.
Church leaders called the offer a new "way forward" to balance religious freedom and legal protection for people in the LGBT community. With nearly 6.5 million members in the United States, the Mormon Church is now one of the largest in this country to back equal rights laws. The announcement, however, does not change church doctrine or alter the church's opposition to same-sex marriage, Mormon leaders said.
Mormon Church to support anti-discrimination laws for Gays and Lesbians.
WHET her?
Is awfully damned good
I had a couple of odd experiences this past week when I drank tea (PG Tipps) in the morning. Last Wednesday, I brewed a cup and rignt after drinking it a nausea welled up in my stomach. It happened so quickly that I still had the cup in my hand when I threw up. I thought that I might have made it too stout or drank it too fast. This morning I had another cup (first one since) and was careful not to let the bag steep too much and drank it slowly. I had the same reaction. From beginning to end it was less than two minutes. I normally don't drink much caffeine, but beyond getting a bit agitated, I've never had reactions to it even when I drank coffee on a regular basis. I've had the box for about seven or eight months and it's about half full. Strange...
Jessica Lange sang David Bowie; now Evan Peters sings Nirvana. Where will it end?
On if he will run for president in 2016: "I'm looking at it very seriously," he said. "The country is in very serious trouble. We're making so many mistakes, and certainly I want to make America great again." Another reason why the Today Show sucks. Video:
Donald Trump talks Miss Universe pageant, 'seriously' looking at 2016 presidential run
That Mark Wahlberg turned down a role in Brokeback Mountain has been written about. Said Wahlberg in a 2007 interview: Wahlberg "I met with Ang Lee on that movie, I read 15 pages of the script and got a little creeped out. It was very graphic, descriptive - the spitting on the hand, getting ready to do the thing. I told Ang Lee, 'I like you, you're a talented guy, if you want to talk about it more...' Thankfully, he didn't...I didn't rush to see Brokeback, it's just not my deal... Obviously, it was done in taste - look how it was received." Now, the National Enquirer reports that Wahlberg turned down the role on the advice of his priest: "The 38-year-old reformed bad boy relies on his closest confidante and longtime religious mentor, the Rev. James Flavin, to help him pick and choose his parts. 'Mark is a practicing Catholic, and he never makes a final decision on a starring role until Father Flavin gives his OK,' an insider revealed to The Enquirer. 'Mark says he owes his career to Father Flavin.' ... 'Father Flavin pushes Mark to honor his religious roots,' said the source. 'Even though Mark was offered one of the leads in Brokeback Mountain, he passed because of the gay subject matter, which clashes with Catholic doctrine.'" Of course, playing a coke and meth-addicted hustler with a 10-inch penis in Boogie Nights was fine.
Mark Wahlberg''s Catholic Priest Told Him No ''Brokeback Mountain''
...to pound my boygina mercylessly. Is that wrong?
Now let's see: whom do we know, who is married with twins, is/was a known slut, was so scary thin just a few months ago that people started talking HIV, and has a history of oversharing?
Hollywood Reporter Bombshell: Anonymous gay actor, married with twins, reveals he is HIV positive
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Will Guilliana keel over on camera? What shitty frock will Meryl wear? Will Michael Keaton give us another pregnant pause when he wins? Can Birdman upset Boyhood for best ensemble?
This guy shot thousands of hours of home video of the NY club kids scene. He uploaded tons of it on Youtube. It's so weird to watch. You should check out the other videos.
I'm feeling fat today and want to talk about good bad mass produced food.
Woof... damn...
Lukas Ridgestone ... now a hot daddy!
SFW, just a face shot
It's like the topic says: which male actors and celebrities are bisexual? I don't mean out bisexual like Alan Cumming but the ones who you know or who are rumored to be bisexual.
The original thread is almost full.
Seriously.
She's still a pretty girl without makeup. I'd give her a 6 or 7 out of 10. Thoughts?
What are your thoughts on Katy Perry without makeup? How would you rank her looks?
Enjoy (NSFW)
Some sort of Euro sex ed. class
Solange
Discuss World Cup eye candy and other matters here.
Lavender marriage/relationship? Why didn't they get a lot of flack for not being married. (like Ingrid Bergman did.) Weird how a lot of my college professors used to look up to Kate as some great feminist, but it seems now like she was just some closet case clinging to a drunk victim of catholic guilt. Right?
...Because the original was prematurely closed. Hopefully, our beloved webmistress will deign to restore that delightful little thread that achieved 89 wonderful posts during its brief existence. Alas, just like my son, its beautiful essence was snuffed out by an inconsiderate MARY! Well, carry on, my dears.
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In order to end smoking for good the public needs to embrace e-cigs and vaping. Just to give a quick breakdown of e-cigs: They were invented by an American in 1964 but were never manufactured over claims that cigarettes were so inexpensive that it would not be able to compete in sales. Fast forward to early 2000s and a Chinese man reinvented them an they were manufactured. They took off in sales. By 2007 they began to infiltrate Europe. By 2009 they were in the U.S. Original models looked like real cigarettes. Newer models do not resemble cigarettes and have a longer battery life and produce a more satisfying vaping experience. The problem with cigarettes is the actually combustion part of the habit. It's the combustion that produces the carcinogens that can lead to cancer and the tar that damages lungs and hardens arteries. E-cigs remove the combustion aspect and thus does not product the carcinogens and tar that cigarettes do. The liquid that is used in e-cigs is called e-liquid or e-juice. It is liquid Nicotine diluted in a base of propylene glycol and/or vegetable glycerin. Food grade flavoring are then added to product whatever of thousands of flavor one wishes. The liquid is not burned. It is heated by a metal coil inside the device and is vaporized. The vapor that one sees when a person using an e-cig inhale and exhale is actually 99% water. Water molecules are attracted to the vaporized glycerin and form for a very short-lived cloud or fog. Unlike with cigarettes smoke, the exhale completely vanishes within seconds of being exhaled. Also, unlike smoke which is warm, the exhaled vapor is cool. One can demonstrate by having a vaper blow the exhale on their arm/hand. The benefits of vaping include: -not stinking -no longer having to go outside to smoke in the heat and cold -no longer having yellow teeth and fingers -no more coughing and hacking -no bad breath -cheaper than smoking cigarettes -healthier than smoking cigarettes If it sounds that e-cigs are a miracle then why aren't almost all smokers switching to them? Well, to be honest it's because they are stupid. Some have tried a rinky-dink model when they first came out and were not satisfied with them and just dismissed all e-cigs because of that one bad experience. Some are still in denial about their own mortality. Some are so ignorant they believe that e-cigs are more dangerous than smoking cigarettes. (This is the modern version of the group of smokers who claimed that filters is what really cased cancer, not tobacco.) So how can we reach these people? Some of the things we can do is to normalize it in society. There's no reason for treating e-cigs as if they were just as disgusting and dangerous as cigarettes. There's no reason for special taxation of e-cigs or the banning of their use in public places as there is no evidence they are harmful. What there actually is is rumor, hearsay and fear-mongering by idiots who routinely bring up, "Won't Someone Think Of The Children!" Anybody who argues this position needs to be slapped in the mouth. E-cigs are for people who are already addicted to smoking. If any child should take up vaping then this is simply a child who would have taken up smoking if vaping wasn't available. Curtailing e-cigs are actually causing the smoking rates to increase among teens because cigarettes are still easier to get for them, compared to e-cigs. You may have heard that the FDA recently opened public comments on proposed legislation that it will possibly enact in two years. If the FDA does indeed enact this legislation the the entire e-cig market will be handed over to the Big Tobacco companies. All the mom & pop shops will not be able to afford staying in business. Big Tobacco only wants the rinky dinky models that look like cigarettes. They don't want people to be satisfied using them so that they will go back to cigarettes. So the FDA might be playing into the hands of Big Tobacco. And they media used scare tactics to force the FDA to act. So this entire war against e-cigs is so very contrived.
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I didn''t know he was 44. He looks about 10 years younger.\ \ Is he gay?
Ugh - every time I see this guy I feel nauseous.
Did you ever blow a fraternity brother? Has one blown you? Did it happen in the fraternity house? I admit to blowing three different brothers, who laid back and enjoyed the ride... How about you, Greek Men?
They call their downtown "uptown." Rather pretentious, don't you think?
How many gay men on DL actually have a straight male friend who they hang out with? I know that the sterotypical gay man is supposed to have a straight girlfriend or two. I have a very good friend who is straight. He has long been a supporter of my lifestyle since before we were in high school. He has stood up for me when others were judgemental. However, many of my friends do not believe we have never had sex or are close friends. They claim he is only my friend because deep down he wants to fuck me. Any thoughts??
My dad, a former sociology professor, insists that there are more masculine gay men than there are stereotypical gay men. He says, it''s just that the stereotypes are more apparent. I''m not exactly the most masculine of men, so, I feel like he''s telling me I''m an anomaly. %0D\ %0D\ Is he right? And if so, where does he get this from? How does he know this? I have yet to meet a gay man who doesn''t ping, at least, slightly.%0D\ %0D\ Anyone here familiar with sociology? Is this what they teach?
Do they exist? Or are the more flamboyant ones always the receivers?
Most gay porn is so vanilla. Lousy camera angles, boring models, no sensuality. The worst is when it's 20 minutes of passionless banging and asshole closeups. Oral cumshots are extremely rare. Straight porn actually shows of the girls, and the girls act just so much more into it.
Discuss.
There have been extensive discussions on the gay members of One Direction, but who's the gay one in The Wanted?
Sigh
Compelling arguments that Henry Cavill is the most beutiful man in the world
True or false?
Alright try to be honest bitches. If a stranger met you taking into account your normal looks, voice and mannerisms how masculine or feminine do you come across? Curious how most posters see themselves. Gay or primarily gay men only of course
and STILL Hot!
STILL a sexy stud/bodybuilder Kevin Falk
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I am not attracted to straights. I am gay, gay, gay. And I want a guy who is gay.%0D\ %0D\ What is it with you people who want sex with straightS?%0D\ %0D\ Their dicks and jiz taste just like mine, I assure you.
Why is it so damn intoxicating?
What is the biggest beefiest muscle ass you have ever seen?
Is anyone following this story? Lots of local speculation. ATF immediately called in. One body still missing, 5 discovered. Creepy story.
Mystery: Annapolis, Md: 16,000 square foot mansion burned to the ground. 6 Missing
who would have thought
GUYS who love Masculinity, but don't identify as Gay.
Ian McKellen, Derek Jacobi and Frances de la Tour, three of the world’s most esteemed actors, and Misfits star Iwan Rheon, star in the new British sitcom Vicious, a show which centers around an older gay couple (McKellen and Jacobi) and their sexually ambiguous new neighbor (Rheon). Written by Will & Grace and Family Guy scribe Gary Janetti, many had high, high hopes for this new comedy. Well, the reviews are in, and the critics are not in love. See what some of them had to say below. “What on Earth were they thinking? The makers of Vicious, ITV’s latest stab at a sitcom, have squandered not only the estimable acting talents of Sir Ian McKellen, Sir Derek Jacobi and Frances de la Tour, but also the combined screenwriting welly of Olivier Award-winning playwright Mark Ravenhill and Gary Janetti (Will & Grace) on perhaps the least funny new comedy in recent memory.” – The Telegraph “The basic schtick in Vicious is high-camp bitchiness, a form that reached an apogee in the American sitcom Will & Grace (on which Gary Janetti also worked). This is a sadly depleted version, though, and it’s delivered by McKellen and Jacobi as if they’re playing in Wembley Stadium and only the upper tiers are occupied, with a heavily semaphored effeminacy that seems to belong to an entirely different era.” – The Independent “It’s just a shame that the vehicle in which they find themselves isn’t a better one. It’s not just old-fashioned, pre-Office TV comedy (as opposed to post-office comedy, which is something else, possibly), it’s also, frankly, a bit lame. Ding dong, who can that be at the door, ooh hello, a handsome young man to see the flat above. [Turn handle that produces jokes revolving around Freddie and Stuart flirting with handsome youth, putting each other down, and trying – subtly, they think, but actually very unsubtly – to ascertain whether he's gay or not.]” – The Guardian
Critics Really, Really Don't Like Ian McKellen's New Gay Sitcom
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Why is that?
Would you, or do you wear speedos to the beach?
This guy I know has been a good friend for awhile. He's mid-20s and has a long history with women, mostly in flings he regrets. He says he's trying to recommit himself to only getting involved (both casually and more seriously) with people he knows and cares about. After some heartbreak recently and working with his family, he is looking at his future and trying to find his place in the world. He wants to get serious about his life. I'm a few years older than him, and one of his few openly gay friends. Over the last year he's started flirting with me, a lot. After an idle comment I made about threesomes once and joking that I'd give him a try if he ever wanted, his interest seemed piqued. Suddenly it was a lot of drop-in flirting and increasingly tawdry conversations with lines from him like "you would totally fuck me" and "I'd let you fuck me if you called me Daddy". He called me a good friend and potential tryst if he get drunk enough. I didn't think anything of it at first. It was like we were daring each other. When I told him I knew he was just str8 and bored, he told me he thought he was more curious or bi even though he's never been with a guy. Says he has thought about it but never done anything. When I told him he should explore if he was so curious, he jumped back across the line. He seems to enjoy seeing how far he can take himself with the flirting, but reverses when someone tries to nail him down, and says it's all just a joke. When I kept giving him outs and said I knew he couldn't handle it with a guy, he insisted he would only know if the situation ever arose and that I might surprise him. Then he bought a dildo and with no prompting, started telling me about how he was using it on himself out of "boredom and curiosity". He's coming to visit me in a few weeks, and has made constant jokes about teasing me around the house by staying naked like he does at home, "just to see your reaction". But he always walks it back as "I'm just tweaking you". I have never been in this position with a str8 dude. I'm used to guys flirting with me and fucking around, and I don't take it very serious at all. And I'm not going to give my good friend a hard sell and try to make a pass at him. I've told him repeatedly that if anything ever were to happen, it would have to be him initiating it. Sometimes he seems to take it seriously, other times he says he's just kidding. He once asked me what my typical first encounter with a new guy is like. He is traditionally dominant/switch with women, and says he'd be most comfortable with versatility if he ever was with a guy. He thought he was all top, and I told him I was versatile. My question, I guess, is for the DL's read on the guy from that data. He's not manipulative or trying to screw with me, and I am not all aflutter about him; to me he's a good friend who I wouldn't kick out of bed if the opportunity arose. But he's as confused about his own life and future prospects as anything else, which is part of why he is coming to check out the big city, and he admires me as a person (why I don't know). I meant it when I said I am not going to make the 1st move. But what do you think he really wants?
Magic Johnson's Son Goes Public With BF, Parents So Proud 5 Hours Ago Magic Johnson's 20-year-old son hit the Sunset Strip, hand in hand with his boyfriend ... and his parents couldn't be happier for their kid. Earvin Johnson III -- aka EJ -- is one of Magic's 3 kids. The Lakers legend tells TMZ, "Cookie and I love EJ and support him in every way." Magic goes on, "We're very proud of him." The feeling is mutual ... 'cause EJ told us he's been "hoping and praying" for his dad's team, the Los Angeles Dodgers, ever since Magic and his business partners took over the franchise. He's also a huge Lakers fan ... obviously. EJ -- who's a student at NYU -- has a close relationship with his parents. Back in August, Magic tweeted, "Thx to my son EJ for hosting me at NYU. Look forward to taking him to dinner tonight in the city."
You probably haven't spent too much time thinking about Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman's marriage lately, but a new documentary is going to change that. Going Clear, Alex Gibney's exposé on the Church of Scientology, makes some shocking claims about Cruise, one of the church's most famous (and infamous) members. The film suggests that the Church of Scientology intimidated Cruise into breaking up with Kidman because they were suspicious of her father, a prominent psychologist. In fact, her dad's position put Kidman on the "Potential Trouble Source" list, which the church says is for people "who are in some way connected to and being adversely affected by a suppressive person." Going Clear also claims that between 1992 and 2001, Kidman pressured Cruise into distancing himself from the Church of Scientology. When Cruise went MIA from the organization, his silence allegedly made Church head David Miscavige so angry that he tasked second-in-command Marty Rathbun with "facilitating the breakup between Tom and Nicole," Rathbun says in the film. According to Rathbun, the church started a task force to get Cruise to dump Kidman, which included wiretapping her phone—Cruise's suggestion—and sending the tapes to Miscavige. The Church also "audited" Cruise by gathering every bit of personal intel they could dig up. This information was purportedly given to Miscavige, who later shamed Cruise for his "perverted" sexual fetishes. And what's worse than having "perverted" sexual fetishes (whatever that means in this context), the Church attempted to turn Cruise and Kidman's adopted children—Connor and Isabella—against their mother so Cruise could take custody. In 2001, Miscavige got his wish. The couple divorced and Cruise, who became more active in the Church, went on to receive their Freedom Medal of Valor, which is given to a person who "brings greater freedom to mankind." Going Clear also suggests that the Church of Scientology goes out of its way to please Cruise by buying him limos, airplanes, and once, they even created a meadow for Cruise and Kidman to frolic in, which was apparently one of Cruise's greatest fantasies. This is all particularly interesting in light of the rumors that cropped up during Katie Holmes's divorce from Cruise in 2012, which also claimed that Scientology got in the way. Add these to the Maybe Don't Date a Scientologist file...
Scientology Shamed Tom Cruise for His "Perverted" Sexual Fetishes
My best friend is the sweetest, most generous guy in the world. The problem is that he flirts mercilessly with every straight guy he meets, especially after getting a few drinks in him. It doesn't matter who it is, if he has a dick and balls my friend flirts with him. I'm not talking about mild joking around, I'm talking about overt sexual innuendo. I can see that guys are often very uncomfortable with this, and both my partner and I have spoken to my friend about it.%0D %0D The problem is that we are having a big Fourth of July party this year with family and friends, both gay and straight. I just had a phone call from my brother-in-law and he asked me if my friend would be there. He said that he has been debating whether he should talk with me or just skip the party altogether because he feels very uncomfortable with my friend's advances. He said he wouldn't accept the same behavior from a woman, and he shouldn't have to tolerate it from a man. He feels uncomfortable because he doesn't want to be perceived as homophobic if he says anything. He said if a woman spoke to him the way my friend does, he would tell her that she was being inappropriate but he doesn't say anything to my friend because he doesn't want to make waves.%0D %0D I feel like I need to lay it on the line to my friend. He has already been invited to the party but I think I need to let him know that his behavior with the straight guys needs to be toned down. I want to be able to have a nice mix of gay and straight, male and female, and kids; and I certainly don't want to have people staying home because of his actions.
Help me cope.
Gay, right?
Other than 1 guy, a bodybuilder who talks of Tyler's being out for years, until he got all his huge success, why is everyone so silent ? Is Perry so rich, he pays them all well, to stop them from coming forward ?
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This has happened to me twice in the past week, with a superhot apt-rental agent. He is so so dreamy handsome and built. And nice and funny and smart to boot. Perfect bf material. He had just shown me a rental unit, and we were outside discussing the place. He was pretty flirty IMO, so I definitely got a vibe. Then this little tramp walks by, you know the type...lots of cleavage, micro-min and hooker heels. His eyes wandered over to her. Part of me was like, you're doing business with me, so stay focused on me. That's a legit complaint. The other part of me, which I don't like very much, was, why don't you want me? Why don't you want to love and fuck me like you want to with her? This has happened before, and I loathe that envious side of me, but that's what I was feeling. Just needed to vent.
Do you think Superman has what it takes to beat Iron Man 3? It's a Christopher Nolan film minus the nihilism and has a gorgeous star unlike Robert Downey Jr. I'm not sure where I read this but Superman was the most popular superhero of all time.
Foxx is cast in the new Annie film, with the character renamed as Benjamin Stacks. Emma Thompson should be branded in public for this shit.
Jamie Foxx IS Daddy Warbucks (sort of)
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Kevin Frazier from Hip Hollywood asked Johnny Gill,"What do you think about the rumors about you and Eddie Murphy having a relationship and what does Eddie say about it?" and Johnny replied, “They said it about Oprah and Gayle. They said it about Will [Smith] and Duane Martin so I guess we fit in the group of…because we’ve always been tight…Eddie could care less about it…and Eddie’s always been Eddie and anybody that knows Eddie knows Eddie lives Eddie’s life and he will look at you straight up and tell you, “Aye keep messing with me and I’ll hit you with my wallet and knock you out and keep it rocking!”
The Atlantic had a blog post about this the other week - does anyone remember their "Hello" song? Apparently they were made for 100+ cities. (Yes, this is 80s so only those of a certain age will recognize.)
It's worse than I even thought...and I knew it was bad...
Perfect Article About The Misrepresentation Of Turing In that Movie Starring That Alien
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Who else remembers this little piece of heaven on 46th Street?
San Francisco or Baltimore?
According to someone who has posted here in the past few days, DL has an interest in a type called "AWG" (average white guy). Who are some examples of the AWG liked on DL. What makes them "average"? Who are the non-average white guys?
According to various reports, four gay NFL players will soon come out of the closet. But veteran free safety Kerry Rhodes wants to make it clear: he will not be one of them. Pictures of Rhodes surfaced this week on Media Take Out in which the player's arms are around a man in a tank top, but Rhodes tells TMZ the shots are harmless. "Photos have been circulating of my former assistant and I that have caused some rumors regarding my sexuality, and I wanted to address the situation," Rhodes says in a statement. "I am not gay." The free agent adds that the pics were snapped during a "casual" vacation with his "entire business team." Rhodes does say he agrees with Magic Johnson overall, however: he's all for those athletes who actually are homosexual: "I know a lot of people are recently talking about athletes struggling to come out to their fans right now, and I support them, as well as wish those individuals comfort."
I tried to make those round bread Baravian dumplings, Semmelknödel (fuck off, it's winter!), but the damn things just turned into a pot full of wet bread. Biggest fail in the kitchen I've had. Advice, dumpling makers? (And I know you're out there.)
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Gilbert used to be on Howard's show all the time but hasn't been on in years. Anyone know what happened? Are you fighting?
The game has a lot of followers on DL, and the original thread was a great place to share excellent tips, get clarifications, and post sour, bitter, frustrated rants about game fails. What level are you on? Let's visit each other's towns and whack each other's snakes!
This is sort of funny or is it?
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One of my favorite DC characters. Do you like her fat or skinny? The latest rumor is Viola Davis is going to play the role. Don't you think they should try to get Oprah for the part? That would be badass.
Why do so many Americans trace their ancestry? I have friends in other countries and they don''t brag about Mayflower ancestors or being related to kings.
I'm the number one effete British actor of my generation now!!!!
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To hide their bodies? Do they ever go to the beach, wear trunks, etc.?
It's a pity he was so far, but he didn't sound it, did he Ange?
Demis Roussos, the Greek Walrus of Love, is DEAD TO ME!
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Any questions?
What do these two big national arguments have in common? A lot of people want to stop gay people from getting married because they don’t feel comfortable with gay marriage, even though gay marriage is not causing them any harm. A lot of people want to decrease the amount of guns in this country – even legal guns of those of people who have never caused any harm – because they don’t feel comfortable with guns. I’m sure there are a few people out there who want to ban guns AND gay marriage, but in general it seems there is not much overlap between these two groups of, shall we say, “banners”. The “banees” in both instances (in the second instance I’m referring to the gun owners, not the guns themselves) are justifiably claiming “You are trying to interfere with my rights!” I feel that we always have to be very careful when letting one group of people tell another group of people what they can have, be, or do. If you feel that you have the right to tell other people how they can live, then you have to understand that you are opening the door for them to get to tell you how YOU can live. Of course, the undeniable difference between these two debates is this: I don’t believe that any innocent bystander has ever been killed by the discharge of a gay marriage. Another difference is that gay marriage is an all or nothing debate – you have to allow it or not allow it. The gun control debate is much more complicated, in that there are so many different levels of control being asked for by different people. I believe that a lot of reasonable people want better enforcement of the gun laws that are already on the books, and consistent application of background checks regardless of where you purchase the weapon. Then there are more extreme people who want certain kinds of weapons completely unavailable, and limits on the availability of ammunition. And then, over here in the corner, we have the people who seriously want to see our country without any guns at all. I hear a lot of gun rights advocates responding as though all gun control advocates fall into that last category – as if the matter of gun laws is as black-and-white as that of gay marriage laws. I don’t really know where I’m going with this… I don’t know what the answer is. I do know that if we banned everything that I could use to kill someone, it would be awfully hard for me to prepare dinner tonight. I also know that being told I couldn’t marry the consenting adult person that I love would make me even more angry than being told I couldn’t buy the gun I want. We live in a crazy world.
Hot to death. Anyone else a fan of his or the show?
AKA, Melanoma needs a new mommy for the next year and a half.
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What types of venues have you hooked up at outside of a house or hotel/motel room ?
I was having trouble with my WIFI home network the other night. I couldn't access my home network just internet. I checked my wifi connection on my phone and noticed I was not connected to my home network. Instead I was connected to a new wifi connection called (xfinity wifi). This is odd since I live in a sparsley populated small town. Turns out that Comcast was using my modem, which I rent from them, as a repeater for their public wifi network. So they charge people $9 to rent the modem then use it to boost their network. That is fucked up. They should offer to waive the rental if you agree to be a repeater. I am taking their modem into the office today. They offered to turn it off the repeater, and they did but I am tired of paying rent to them. Check to see if a new network has cropped up if you use comcast.
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You all here think so, at least if you read the Timberlake threads. But on other gossip sites they think he's straight. Celeb writers/bloggers who traffic in gossip say he is straight - EG Ted C, that Lainey person. If you read on him here and other sites, it's like two different people. What's the real deal? Is he gay or not? Am curious to hear from DLers who actually know something, not so much a bunch of speculating fraus, fans and haters...
Now there is a long term gay couple! What's the buzz? Is the boyfriend nice? David seems like a class act.
IMHO there is nothing sexier than a big, tall East Indian guy. Where can I find one? Am I going to have to become a Hindu or Sikh and pick them up at the temple?
She''s funny AND she''s from St. Louis. Hell has definitely frozen over.%0D
I dare any of you bitches to top this.
It's like a cult. They seem so determined to get everyone to come. I don't want to go. They are all great big fat people now. Why do they want people to go so much?
... with winds of up to 50 mph when it hits late Monday. How are you gurls going to cope ?
Can some savvy DL travel and sex lovers enlighten? Not whores, but straight-identified men
True. She does have a point. It lips out a lot if the person being ridden doesn't have good posture.
Musclebound, thuggish looking black guys get me weak in the knees. There, I said it. I just think that these guys are the ultimate in masculinity and hotness. Is my fetishizing racist or does it make me open-minded? I debate this within myself constantly, and I never get a clear answer. What do you think? The guys in the SFW pic are the types I''m talking about.
Does objectifying muscular black men make me a racist or open-minded?
I want one. What are they like in bed?
If so, how'd you proposition him? I'm currently living in an area where there aren't many attractive gay guys at all, but tons of college students…most of whom appear to be straight. Needless to say, I think it's time to get creative.
Anyone else here noticing this? Joan is everywhere!
Yea, I know ... 99% of the guys are bottoms... but that is not my experience. I'm a top who is looking for a bottom but it always seem to go wrong. I'm not interested in guys who just want to wank or guys that are "versatile." I just want to meet a guy who is a bottom and therefore compatible with me. If I meet a guy and want to go home with him, how do I politely say what I want without appearing crude?
Is there any reason why this would not be true? I'm not making a value judgment - this is just an observation and I'm wondering if it's valid.
I'm sure some of you have been abducted and probed by aliens. Please share your stories here.
Continuing the jutting tradition!
Lee Daniels says he wants to expose homophobia Associated Press By DAVID BAUDER 59 minutes ago PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — The creator of Fox's prime-time soap "Empire" said he wants to "blow the lid off homophobia" in the African-American community with a depiction of the show's lead character's hostile relationship with his gay son. Lee Daniels, who was also behind the movies "Lee Daniels' The Butler" and "Precious," said that his own father's hostility toward gays frightened him and he knows the same attitudes are being passed on from one generation to another in households around the world. "What we're trying to do is to give people the opportunity to see that what they're doing is painful," Daniels said at a television conference on Saturday. "Empire," the story of a strong-willed music family whose patriarch, Lucious Lyon, is portrayed by actor Terrence Howard, has gotten off to a strong start this month at the ratings-challenged Fox network. The series had the unusual feat of growing in viewership from its premiere week to its second, compelling Fox to quickly give the go-ahead to a second season. During the show's first episode, Lyon learns he has a fatal disease and is battling with his just-released-from-jail wife over which of their three sons will take over their music empire. Lyon is openly hostile to his gay son Jamal. During a flashback, Lyon is shown stuffing Jamal into a garbage can when he sees the boy trying on his mother's high heels. "I'm glad that I can show the African-American community that this is what you're doing to your son, this is what you're doing to your nephew, this is what you're doing to the kid down the street," Howard said. Daniels said that he believes if his father were alive today, he would have evolved in his thinking. Jussie Smollett, the actor who portrays Jamal, said he's been overwhelmed by the response to the story line that he has seen in social media. If there are viewers who can see themselves in Jamal, "that's incredibly dope and I embrace that," Smollett said. At a time the movie industry is under fire for its commitment to diversity — only white actors received nominations when last week's Oscar contenders were announced — "Empire" is seen as making strides in that area. Taraji P. Henson, the actress who plays Lucious' wife Cookie, said entertainment executives take notice when shows dominated by minority cast members make money. Viewers want to see people who look like them on television, Smollett said. They're also interested in people that don't look like them, he said. "Right now we're seeing people enjoy the culture of America, the culture of the world," Daniels said. "We're showing real life now."
Bryce Paup He was something else on the field. It was beautiful to watch his amazing body move in the tight football gear and the determination on his face. He could have Pauped me any time.
In one of the %E2%80%9Clesbian bookshelf%E2%80%9D threads, someone posted a pic of canes, or to be more exact, metal walking sticks of the type that are sold in sporting goods stores, and are commonly used by hikers. It got me to thinking about a lesbian I worked with who actually did carry one of those. This is in NYC, so it%E2%80%99s not as if she needed it in case she encountered some rocky terrain, nor did she have any kind of problem with her ability to walk. I%E2%80%99ve always figured that since she was totally out and obviously butch that she might have encountered one or more hostile reactions on the street in the past, and therefore carried it for self defense purposes. But still, I%E2%80%99m a bit puzzled about there being so many references on DL to lesbians and canes since I can%E2%80%99t recall seeing other women walking around the city with one of those hiking sticks. So why all the cane remarks in so many of the threads concerning lesbians? Is it because it%E2%80%99s something much more common among lesbians in areas outside New York? Also, if there are any lesbians here who do carry one of those hiking sticks, I%E2%80%99d really appreciate it if you would explain why. Is it for self defense, or is there another reason?
Every day I tell myself I'm going to do better, and I'm into a fattening dinner and ice cream by 8 pm. It's terrible. I do well for weeks at a time, then slack off, gain back a few pounds and start over. It NEVER ends. And I have a lot of fat to get rid of. How do some people have so much more willpower than others? Not just to eat little/well, but to stay fit and active? I want to be one of them.
Big Ass
Is it possible? I keep thinking it could be possible, not in the sexual manner but in the romantic manner.
Well, would you?
Chatty
Nick Jonas Joins Ryan Murphy’s ‘Scream Queens’ January 26, 2015 | 05:52PM PT, Shelli Weinstein Nick Jonas has landed a recurring role on Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuck’s horror comedy “Scream Queens,” Variety has confirmed. Jonas joins a cast that already includes “Glee” star Lea Michele, Jamie Lee Curtis, Emma Roberts, Abigail Breslin, Keke Palmer and Joe Manganiello. Ariana Grande is also set to guest star. The 15-episode anthology comedy will premiere in fall of 2015, with the first season set on a college campus shaken by a series of murders. Details on Jonas’ role, and the series’ plot are being kept under wraps. Currently a regular on DirecTV’s “Kingdom,” Jonas recently released his self-titled solo album.
I always have, since I was a kid. Loved when the daytime talk shows like "Donahue" and "Geraldo" would have them on. Loved when the "exercise" magazines featured male dance troupes. I almost like men wearing almost nothing than nothing at all. I love finding converted to DVD old stripper videos. Yeah, the mes are greasy and long-haired (80s) and often straight (though I don't always believe that every troupe is sooo straight and there are no gay men. Come on.) Weirdly, nowadays it seems like more and more male dancers have their dancers just in small posing straps with a full back. Makes no difference as it's still hot but anybody know why this is?
and his muscle mafia? I''ve got to know. I am not new to the online porn world. But why do I buy this site and it''s premise hook, line and sinker? Surely someone has busted him or revealed his identity by this point.\ \ Maybe because the site is so expensive and you can''t just join and steal all the videos. Maybe it''s because I only get a snippet here and there through torrents I am able to download.\ \ Someone please disabuse me of my fascination.
would she have beat me for an Oscar too?
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J.Lo's Trog?
Cumberbatch added in a later email with THR, "Alan Turing was not only prosecuted, but quite arguably persuaded to end his own life early, by a society who called him a criminal for simply seeking out the love he deserved, as all human beings do. 60 years later, that same government claimed to 'forgive' him by pardoning him. I find this deplorable, because Turing's actions did not warrant forgiveness - theirs did - and the 49,000 other prosecuted men deserve the same."
Benedict Cumberbatch And Stephen Fry Demand Pardons For Gays Unfairly Arrested, Castrated In UK
My partner, who doesn't "do" the DL, asked if I'd posted about this. So here it is. It's like the SEINFELD episode where the friends had an ugly baby, except someone actually mentioned the horror. The two neighbors live in townhouses in the building next door. One is an MD and in her 50s, no family. Big on women's health in her practice. The new mother is in her late 30s and she and her (third) husband just had the first child for either of them. They went through a fertility clinic and for the last three years it pretty much has been a non-stop conversation topic with her - the ups and downs and near misses and two "miscarriages" and then the morning sickness and nursery planning and work arrangements and doctors and complications and showers and family and a framed ultrasound - nonstop. And then the blessed event. So the new parents had some neighbors over, and Mom was gushing and flittering like a 20-year-old. She did a "Baby Presentation" where we all had to sit in the living room and she went and got the kid and did a "reveal." My partner and I were having trouble keeping it together, but when the little "banky" (she said it) came off the top of the carrier and she oozed, "Dear friends, I introduce you to... Delilah," there was a stunned silence. I didn't know a week-old infant could be so homely. It was like a blotchy Jimmy Durante with mismatched ears. Delilah must have spent a little time twisted in the birth canal, because I swear one side of her/its face didn't match the other side. Smooshed-like. The doctor said, flatly, "That doesn't look right." The mother looked like she had been stabbed in the heart. Which I guess she was. People jumped up and started gushing about how precious she was, but Mom just stood there staring. The husband clenched his fists and was breathing fast. My partner and I handed him a gift we had been holding onto and thanked him and congratulated him and got the hell out of there. He didn't talk either. This was last Sunday. Another neighbor said the doctor said she was just talking clinically and she was "sure that if there is an issue the pediatricians will address it." She didn't apologize. Sorry to go on but it was both unpleasant and like watching a train wreck.
Wags and pundits said Michael Keaton had the Oscar in the bag. But Eddie Redmayne pulled off an upset at the SAGs, DEFEATING Keaton. Should come as no surprise if you think about it. Oscar history suggests that this was Eddie Redmayne year all along. Oscar loves to reward actors who play real people. In addition to rewarding actors who play a character with a disability. With this SAG win, Eddie now has the momentum with a clear path to the Oscar stage. While Keaton is playing catch-up. So is it over for Michael Keaton? And his real reward this year is just the nomination and NOT the Oscar?
Since the "Grimm" and "Once upon a Time" thread is mostly a "Once..." discussion, I wanted to have a place to discuss Grimm. Any fans out there? I think it's getting better but I have a feeling it won't last long.
Hexenbiest
The damn thing was getting out and climbing all over my car, leaving paw prints, and shitting in my flower beds. So I called animal control and they brought me a trap, I trapped it, called them back, and they came out to pick it up. Neighbor came home just in time to see the animal control van driving away. Now, I had never mentioned that I was going to call animal control or trap the cat, but I had told her about the cat prints and cat shit and asked her to keep her animal off my property. She offered some lame excuse and went on her sweet way. But yesterday, she sees the animal control van and starts running down the street after it. Then she starts back toward the house, screaming at me "You'll pay for this!" as she runs in and slams the door. Not 15 minutes later, she sends her sniveling little crotch dropping over to tearfully ask me why I took his cat away. I told him to go home. This morning, I hear a big ruckus next door, car doors slamming, etc. So I peek out the curtain to see her and her son getting out of the car with the cat, making a big show of having gone and gotten it out of kitty jail, so I'd come out and see. I simply opened the door and waved at them, making sure they saw that I saw. I'm sure I've started WWIII with these people now. Goddamn, they are tedious.
By request.
There are so many scents which do you use?
Playing a pilot who now operates drones... is there an audience for this?
Anne Hathaway crawls back to Broadway
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"A woman was arrested in Nebraska last week after allegedly drowning her 3-week-old puppy in an airport bathroom when she tried and failed several times to sneak the young doberman on her plane. Cynthia Anderson, 56, was arrested on Friday and charged with with a felony count of animal cruelty. Police say the Edgewater, Florida resident tried to board a flight out of Central Nebraska Regional Airport on Thursday with two small dogs in crates and three young puppies. Following U.S. flight regulations, workers at the airport barred Anderson from boarding her flight because dogs younger than eight weeks old are not allowed to fly. 'Their eyes weren't even open,' said Grand Island Police Captain Dean Elliott. Anderson allegedly handed off two of the puppies to her parents who live in western Nebraska, and tried to board a flight the next day with the two older dogs in cages and the remaining puppy which she tried to hide in her carry-on bag. It was when airport security caught her trying to smuggle the dog again that Anderson allegedly drowned the puppy in a bathroom. Anderson was arrested after police interviewed 'numerous witnesses' - including the woman who discovered the dead dog in the bathroom. An autopsy on the puppy was conducted at the Humane Society, and water was found in one of the dog's lungs. Anderson's two older dogs are now in the care of her parents, while the other two puppies are at the Humane Society. She remains in Hall County Jail on the felony charge. According to a report in the Orlando Sentinel, Anderson has a criminal record that dates back to 2010 when she was arrested and fined for stealing from a store. Over the next few years, she racked up other robbery-related charges and in 2011 was sentenced to six months of probation for grand theft. She has also been arrested for writing a bad check and last year was collared for charges of batter and trespassing in an occupied structure. Those charges landed her another six months of probation."
Trashy Old Woman Drowns Puppy After being Told She Couldn't Take it one Plane
Richard Dawkins’ staunchly atheist views on evolutionary biology have long angered the religious. In particular, his 2006 best seller The God Delusion, during which he argues that a supernatural creator almost certainly does not exist and that those who hold such beliefs in a personal god are fantasists. As such, he frequently receives hate mail. Mostly homophobic in nature (he’s actually married to Dr Who actress Lalla Ward) and littered with expletives. So he’s decided to read a selection of the finest aloud, and has posted the evidence on YouTube. Titled ‘Love Letters’, he reads, entirely deadpan: “Have you ever tried to make love to a monkey? I mean I wouldn’t be surprised if you had, since sodomites are now running all of our universities. But either way I do hope you get sodomised by satanic monkeys in hell. Sincerely, A Created Daughter of Our Lord.” “You don’t think God is real because you’re gay and stupid,” he begins on another. “Why don’t you stop being gay and stupid and go have sexy time.”
ABC has put the brakes on a plan to fire Rosie Perez from “The View,” after Variety broke the news of the decision on Jan. 14. At the time, the network wasn’t ready to announce the co-host’s departure. According to a source familiar with ABC execs’ thinking, fear of “an Ann Curry situation”–a reference to NBC’s botched firing of the “Today” anchor in 2012–led executives to reverse course and keep Perez on the network’s 11 a.m. talk show for now.
Inside ABC’s Botched Plan to Fire Rosie Perez From ‘The View’
San Antonio and Austin Miami and Ft. Lauderdale Seattle and Tacoma At least Minneapolis / St. Paul and Dallas / Ft. Worth admit to it.
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We'll restrict this to servicing, since most of us don't believe a straight can do it and be straight. How long were you in a straight servicing relationship? Tell us about it.
I'm 34 and realize that , because of my partner, ill never get married (he doesnt want to) and I'll never have children(hes a little older and feels its too late). I always wanted to be a writer but im in a comfortable corporate job and make decent money. i know that I'll never be a big writer or marry Channing Tatum (for obvious reasons). At what point do i give up on childish dreams and face reality and focus on my 401k? Serious question.
Guess it's never too soon: Hillary Clinton might not announce her 2016 presidential candidacy until April, according to Politico's Mike Allen, but some within her sphere are already floating vice presidential possibilities. Allen canvassed the emerging Clinton infrastructure, with Robby Mook as presumed campaign manager, John Podesta as likely campaign chairman and long-time Clinton advisers like Cheryl Mills, Philippe Reines and Huma Abedin in prominent roles either inside or outside the campaign. And President Bill Clinton is already "deeply engaged," per Politico. But beyond the bureaucracy, Allen surfaced some of the vice presidential possibilities being discussed by anonymous sources somewhere within Clinton's world. Sens. Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Michael Bennet (D-CO) were portrayed as early frontrunners. Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ), Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro, Labor Secretary Tom Perez and California Attorney General Kamala Harris were also name-checked. At this stage, it's hard to know how seriously to take that list. And Clinton advisers assured Allen that they didn't want to get ahead of themselves and invite another inevitability backlash. But if nothing else, it appears some of them can't help thinking ahead.
I'm allergic to smoke, and so is my partner (!) and we're sick for a day after a slight exposure. It's physical, not psychological. New neighbors next door moved in, who apparently like both to spend a lot of time outside and to do their smoking out of doors. It's close quarters between our houses, with their deck close to our property line. We have hollies planted for privacy between them. We haven't met them yet - they moved in last week. My partner and I were out at 9 yesterday morning in our yard. At 9:15 the neighbors were out, smoking. We tried moving to the side yard on the other side of the building, but the smoke followed us. So we went in. We tried later, and out they were again. Same thing this morning. We went out this afternoon. The neighbors came out and started smoking. What would you suggest? Do we wait until we know each other and try to cover the topic, somehow? It doesn't look hopeful - they look like suburbanites who have moved into the city and they appear to drink a lot. Party people. I wish smokers would understand that smoke doesn't just disappear outside where the air is still and people are close to each other. After eight years living next door to the place as a drug hole where teen prostitution went on, and then eight years of sitting next to it empty and derelict, as we landscaped and mowed and did everything to keep it from looking like what it was, it would be nice to have an agreeable resolution. The big problem is that given today's lack of common ground and fractured mores and anger and broken communities, there doesn't seem to be a basis from which to start . . .
Sure, there are some ugly ones, but the hot ones are a dime a dozen. Where do their good looks stem from? Were their criminal forefathers all handsome? Even many of the non-model material ones are still very doable. It's interesting, put a couple of Aussies in a lineup of white guys and I can point them out. There's a certain look they have about them. I swear it has to do with their jawlines. Nothing hotter than when they take their speedos and shove it up the crack of their ass on the beach!
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Ever since Edward Snowden handed thousands of National Security Agency documents over to filmmaker Laura Poitras and writer Glenn Greenwald in a Hong Kong hotel room, the NSA’s mass surveillance of domestic phone calls and Internet traffic has been widely compared to the abuses of East Germany’s secret police, the Stasi. The communist republic may have imploded in 1989, but it has nonetheless become synonymous with a smothering, all-knowing spy apparatus. A year ago, President Obama cited East Germany as a “cautionary tale of what could happen when vast, unchecked surveillance turned citizens into informers and persecuted people for what they said in the privacy of their own homes.” He was responding to accusations that just such a vast, unchecked effort to collect data has metastasized on his watch. It was no coincidence that Poitras chose Leipzig, a city in the heart of the former East Germany, for the recent German debut of her documentary, Citizenfour, about Snowden and the NSA. “If the government is doing that kind of surveillance, it has a corrosive effect on democracy and society,” Poitras said after the premiere. “People who lived through it can tell you what it was like.”
Oscars, Golden Globes, SAG, blah blah blah. Who cares???!
I think we need an investigation.
I was just reading an article by William Grigg regarding a case where a mentally ill homeless man was beaten to death by 6 cops while dozens of bystanders looked on in horror. When the internal affairs officer in charge of the investigation of the officers was forced to retire because he wanted the DA to press criminal charges. All of the cops were returned to duty, but the IA officer lost his job and pension. \ \ Last week I read an article about a veteran of the Iraq war who heard people breaking into his house so he put his wife and baby in the closet and grabbed a gun. It was a "no knock" raid by cops who had the wrong house, and they shot him a dozen times. He was still alive, but the cops wouldn''t let the paramedics in to help him, and he died 45 minutes later. The cops had the wrong house, and no drugs were found.\ \ There are stories virtually every day about abuses by the police, and they are never fired or prosecuted, when it is obvious that they abused their power. Are there any honest cops left?
The people of Ukraine just ousted an actual tyrant, and they did it without being armed to the teeth. Police officers ordered to shoot their fellow citizens will generally refuse to do so. No political leader in a nation of free people will ever have the moral authority to command the police or the army to fire on unarmed civilians. However, if you open fire on the police with a rival militia, they will fire back and you will have a protracted bloody civil war. Please stop arguing that 300 million guns are what is keeping Americans free.
Why is the US government threatening to ignite WW3 over a tiny country most of us have never heard of? Follow the money...
They have a submarine in Swedish waters. It's as if want to start a war.
WW3 here we go! UN demands full inquiry but armed Russian separatists block access to crash site amid confusion over black boxes Pro-Russia separatist groups in eastern Ukraine are hastily covering up all links to the Buk missile battery suspected to have been used to shoot down the Malaysia Airlines passenger plane, according to western-based defence and intelligence specialists. As the UN security council called for a "full, thorough independent international investigation" into the downing of the plane, concern that a cover-up was under way was fuelled by a standoff at part of the crash site between observers from the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and rebel gunmen, which ended with a warning shot being fired. Postings on rebel websites immediately after the crash boasted of having shot down what they claimed was an Antonov Ukrainian military transport plane, but these have since been deleted.
Cover-up: Ukraine rebels destroying all links to MH17 air atrocity
Tell me about Aquarians.
Baits users into thinking they're on Facebook.
Was watching "The Swimmer" last night and did Burt ever look good in those tiny swim shorts he was wearing. In his mid-50s, too! Wow. Great ass. Nice package. Beautiful thighs. Was he bi or gay or pay? There was definitely something about him that screamed "trade."
Burt Lancaster... Gay for pay?
Bebe
I have no idea who Sam Smith is, but that song is tiresome and sounds like it's being sung by a black drag queen with a church choir as backup. Does anyone know what I'm talking about? I can't get in my car and turn on the radio without this fucking awful, melodramatic torch song blaring. It's even played on rotation on the satellite top 100 streams. Apparently Sam Smith is a white guy, I just looked him up. Which makes this God-awful song even more irritating. MAKE IT STOPPPPP!
What is your favorite way to fix them? Some ground rules: 1) Everyone must be polite 2) No comments such as - "you type fat" 3) And assume that everyone already knows that potatoes have carbs. Carry on...
White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough on Sunday distanced himself and President Obama from an anonymous U.S. official who said that "there will be a price" after Israe1i Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accepted an invitation to speak before the U.S. congress. "There are things you simply don't do. He spat in our face publicly and that's no way to behave," the anonymous official told Haaretz on Friday. NBC's "Meet the Press" host Chuck Todd asked McDonough about the quote in Haaretz on Sunday. McDonough said that he doesn't know who gave the quote to Haaretz and that it doesn't represent the views of the White House. "I can guarantee that it's not me, not the president, and not what we believe," he said. McDonough explained that Obama will not meet with Netanyahu during his upcoming visit since it will take place soon before the Israeli elections. "We think that, as a general matter, we, United States, has stayed out of internal politics in the countries of our closest allies. That's true whether it's Great Britain, where we just recently had a visit from Prime Minister Cameron a full four months before their election, or in Israe1," he said. Todd also asked McDonough if he agreed with former Israe1i ambassador to the U.S., Michael Oren, who said that Netanyahu should cancel his trip to the U.S. McDonough said he would "leave that" to Oren and Netanyahu. Watch the interview via NBC
Chief Of Staff Distances White House From Anonymous Official Who Said Netanyahu 'Spat In Our Face'
A poster on the "Poppy Bush" thread asked me to start a new thread about the CIA links between the JFK murder, Bush 1&2, Clinton and Obama. Just to deflect any trolls from calling me a "Freeper" and accusing me of slandering the Dems, do not forget- Bush Sr was the director of the CIA, and was chosen for Reagan (against his better judgment) as Veep. It was "choose Bush as VP, or else"! Let's focus on the current administration and work our way back. There is substantial circumstantial evidence that Obama's mother, grandmother, father, and stepfather were all CIA operatives. Since the CIA never comments on current or former agents, and is highly secretive about everything, confirming the evidence is a futile exercise. His mother, Ann Dunham, worked for several CIA front companies. His bio-dad worked for a CIA funded anti-commie group that trained Africans to fight the USSR. His stepdad, Lolo, was an operative in Indonesia, and helped stage a coup of the president. His grandmother, Madelyn, worked for a CIA controlled bank in Hawaii that laundered money for the CIA. His mom and dad met in a Russian language course...run by the CIA. All of these assertions can be confirmed with a quick Google search. Free country? Only if you're a complacent, ignorant tool.
RPT
She is full of controversy. I find her humor funny, but many object. What say you, Dataloungers?
A cruel administration has taken over The Gay, and we are all given a pair of men to chose from. You HAVE to do one of them. Just once, thank God. Here is your assignment: #1 Has a .. rugged history. You'll remember him from Shamwow. He looks worse and closer to his age (50) when he's drunk and has just been beaten up by a hooker. #2 Is outwardly borderline do-able, but he has some VERY unfortunate friends/co-workers in the minds of DL'ers: see Bill O'Reilly et al.
What do we think of him DL?
Eddie Redmayne Possible Oscar Candidate Or Hollywood's 2015 Jared Leto?
Which other male celebrities have his skin color?
Does anyone know anything about this place?%0D\ %0D\ I lived in NY for years and I don''t think I ever heard of it or met anyone who lived there.%0D\ %0D\ I recently saw a documentary and the family it was about lived there. It looked OK. I couldn''t really tell.
Suck it East Coast! :D
Julianne Moore ... Seriously
Forget the politics; he's cute.
A lot of DL people think he was too "girly"? But there are so many hot videos that are instant hardons . . .
Is it possible?
Documents obtained by The Daily Beast reveal how pedophile hedge fund mogul Jeffrey Epstein escaped a hefty jail sentence despite overwhelming evidence of sex crimes with dozens of young girls. Conchita Sarnoff and Lee Aitken on how the fear and intimidation experienced by victims during pre-trial proceedings, combined with a ferocious, protracted campaign to undermine the prosecution, culminated in a set of charges that became a virtual slap on the wrist.
How much of Ryan Guzman's ass did he show?
Didn't she get knocked up by Dan Schneider?
I know some of you will reply "Eww kill it!", but I like him.
I hate him. Not sure why, but I do.
makes interview play her drinking game: for every dumb question, he has to take a shot.
Madonna Shows Off Her Latest Fat Fucked Face In New Interview
Are cranky caners a stereotype? Share your cranky cane face tales.
I think it's so strange when people act like torture and lies by the government is some new thing. FDR knew that Japan was going to bomb Pearl Harbor, but kept it secret so he had an excuse to enter WW2. He allowed thousands of innocent men and women to die so he could convince the "average person" to enter WW2. Fuck him, and the people that love his bullshit. You are the same moronic thug assholes that allowed Bush to invade and bomb the Middle East based on bullshit.
She looks like Bjork now. Wow.
Dress shirts, t-shirts, wifebeaters, jackets, whatever. For the nitpickers, don't shit over someone's post if you don't happen to like it for whatever reason. Just move on! Other than that, let the hotness begin!
He comes out and now he looks like a roided up Sean Cody model.
"Yes, I did."
So fucking hot
. . . would make a great Marilyn Monroe.%0D\ %0D\ Look closely at her face. She has that same combination of sexiness and softness.
Julia Roberts is making a Batkid movie. And no, this isn't yet another comic book adaptation. It's based on the true story of a 5-year-old leukemia patient who, thanks to the Make-A-Wish foundation, was able to become Batman's sidekick for a day. Batkid (whose real name is Miles Scott) captured our hearts and in November 2013 when the Bay Area Make-A-Wish turned San Francisco into Gotham City. He got to drive around in the Batmobile, defeat various supervillains, and was eventually presented the keys to the city by the mayor himself. His heartwarming story went viral online as it unfolded in real life, culminating in a documentary called Batkid Begins. In the trailer, you can see Miles' father compare the battle against leukemia to Batman's battle against evil. Now, Julia Roberts has optioned the rights to make Batkid's story into a feature film, essentially a dramatized remake of Batkid Begins. Roberts also intends to star in the movie, possibly as the Make-A-Wish Foundation's San Francisco chapter director Patricia Wilson, who organized the city-wide effort to give Miles Scott a perfect day as Batkid.
Julia Roberts is adapting Batkid's heroic story into a movie
The seat was uncomfortable. Movie theaters are so ovah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It's important, and the other thread got closed... so present away, men!
The old thread is full, so we start anew!
For the few people who want to discuss the last two episodes
He was snapped walking around NYC on Wednesday, baldfaced for The Elephant Man (which begins previews tonight), and looking slightly different in the mouth area. Injections?
I hope to God the ushers febreeze each seat after every showing.
50 Shades of Grey is already a hit: Fandago's biggest R-rated title ever
Simon Halls Squirrel
OMG I just came from a Sundance Film Festival screening of this new indie. Marsden plays a bisexual who full-on seduces Black. Sex scene includes a shirtless makeout session between the two men followed by Marsden pounding Black's fat-ass bent over a bed. It has funny moments; it's interesting. But I doubt it will play well with straights or queers because it becomes a melodrama in awkward and unlikely territory. Sundance billed it as a buddy comedy and that's what you'd expect from the cast. But no, it's mostly uncomfortable, stunt storytelling.
Youtuber, RolyUnGashaa takes on gays who bash effeminate gay men.
Are they supposed to be better than other candles? I was in my local health food store picking up Shea Butter and almond oil and saw some.
She's now got her own reality television series where she helps mothers cut the cord when it comes to their children - and I mean, children. --- If you've ever wondered what it's like to be at the epicenter of a media storm - one that has labeled you an irresponsible parent (at best) -- let me tell you: A lot of creeps find your e-mail. Last week I wrote a column for my newspaper, The New York Sun, titled, "Why I Let My 9-Year-Old Ride The Subway." It basically said that I let him do this because he wanted to take a trip solo, he knew how to read the map, and I had every confidence that he could find his way home. Two days later, said son and I found ourselves on the Today Show, MSNBC and FoxNews, trying to convince anchor after anchor after anchor that: 1) This was not a crazy idea - as they could see from the fact the kid was sitting there, grinning. And 2) I am not a crazy mom, as they could see from... Well, that's the point. Not all of them could see. The mere fact that I'd let my son out of my sight made me seem nuts to more than a few people, who wondered why didn't I follow him, or keep checking in with a cell phone, or wait until he was 34 and balding before I let him go out on his own. A poll on the NBC website asked whether any other viewers would let their kids do this amazingly dangerous thing - a thing that was normal behavior just a generation ago, when kids were allowed out the door without a security detail -- and 51% said no. Another 20% were on the fence. That left about a third on my side. Wow. Remember back in the '70s (I'm sure you don't, you young web thing, you), when Soviet dissidents were thrown into insane asylums? They were protesting the Communist State and the rationale against them was: Since they couldn't possibly bring down the great and glorious USSR, they must be completely insane to even try. I was beginning to feel like one of those dissidents. My vision of the world, especially childrearing, turns out to be starkly at odds with the mainstream one, which believes that the world (especially New York) is chock-a-block with extras from "Saw III." In a world like that, the idea of letting a child ride a bike, or hop on public transportation before, say, age 12, becomes "irresponsible," bordering on criminal. What's considered sane, meantime, is for us to guard our kids as if we've just heard of a prison break. Which, in a way, we have. Turn on the TV most any day and you will hear something so scary that...you keep the TV turned on. That's the point. TV scares you so you'll stay tuned in. Then you're too scared to go out. So you stay home. You watch more TV and guess what? Something horrible happened somewhere, details at 11! Okay, so it happened several time zones away and the station has been flogging this same awful story for three months. Does it occur to most viewers that a crime like this must be pretty rare, if the station has to talk about one as far away as, say, Portugal? Or Aruba? No! The details are so wrenching that now you're NEVER going out and if your child wants to - forget it! I met a guy at a party last week who makes his daughter phone home after walking one block to her friend's house. And he's in a suburb. The leafy kind! Two parents told me they won't let their kids walk to the mail box. There's too much "opportunity" for them to get snatched. Other parents told me that they'd love to let their kids start going out on their own - at maybe 13, or 14. Until then... In they stay. Or they're driven around by their parents. The fact that a child is literally forty times more likely to die in a car accident than at a stranger's hands makes no difference. Driving is seen as safe. Freedom - once a right of childhood -- is seen as suicidal. I could go on and on about how safe New York City is (136th in crime among all large U.S. cities). And I could say that what my son did is something a whole lot of other city kids do daily, their mothers are just smart enough not to write about it. I could even add that, believe it or not, I'm a safety fanatic when it comes to helmets and seatbelts. And, of course, I could -- and will -- put in a plug for my new blog, Free Range Kids, a haven for folks who want to give their kids a longer leash. But here's what I've learned from all the folks who don't want to do that, and send bile-filled notes instead: For some reason we live in a society that sees little difference between letting a child frolic in the front yard and letting a child frolic in front of a firing squad. It's impossible for people to calculate the difference between real and remote risks. The dissident in me is now ready to start talking about something else, because it's no fun to be treated as insane by society when you're not. Actually, it's probably no fun to be treated as insane even when you are. But that's for another day. Meantime, stay safe (enough).
Do you believe humanity can stop it?
Mine is the Dyatlov Pass incident.
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