text:
New York City police officers, already at war with recently elected Mayor Bill de Blasio, turned their backs on the mayor as he entered the police press conference to address the shooting deaths of two officers in Brooklyn, PIX 11 reports. Two officers were killed "execution style" as they sat in their squad car in a Bedford–Stuyvesant neighborhood Saturday afternoon. According to Police Commissioner William Bratton, the shooter, identified as Ismaaiyl Brinsley, 28, took a shooter's stance on the passenger side of the squad car and opened fire on the two officers with a silver semi-automatic handgun. Invited to attend the press conference to discuss the shooting, Mayor de Blasio was greeted by hallways filled with police officers who turned their backs on the mayor as he and his entourage made their way to the press room. New York police officers have been in conflict with the mayor following the choking death of Eric Garner. After a Staten Island grand jury declined to press charges against police officer Daniel Pantaleo in the death of Garner, de Blasio blamed the death of Garner and the unrest following the death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, on "centuries of racism." "This is now a national moment of grief," he said. "A national moment of pain. We are dealing with centuries of racism that have brought us to this day." de Blasio vowed to push forward, reforming the New York City police department and cracking down on officers "who don't live up to the values of the uniform." The mayor also called for peaceful, non-violent protests in the wake of the deaths. Angered by de Blasio's comments, New York City's police union launched a campaign to keep the mayor away from funerals of any officers who might die in the line of duty. On Twitter, de Blasio was criticized by NYPD's Sergeants Benevolent Association (SBA) which tweeted: "The blood of 2 executed police officers is on the hands of Mayor de Blasio. May God bless their families and may they rest in peace." de Blasio was also criticized by former New York Governor George Pataki, who tweeted: "Sickened by these barbaric acts, which sadly are a predictable outcome of divisive anti-cop rhetoric of #ericholder & #mayordeblasio. #NYPD" See the tweets and video below: George E. Pataki ✔ @GovernorPataki Sickened by these barbaric acts, which sadly are a predictable outcome of divisive anti-cop rhetoric of #ericholder & #mayordeblasio. #NYPD 9:17 PM - 20 Dec 2014 SBA @SBANYPD The blood of 2 executed police officers is on the hands of Mayor de Blasio. May God bless their families and may they rest in peace. 8:09 PM - 20 Dec 2014
WATCH: NYC Police Officers Turn Backs on Mayor de Blasio Following Shooting Death of Two Officers
Will Into the Woods, Blannie and Last Five Years herald the "rebirth" or the "end" of movie musicals? What will the casts of If/Then, The Last Ship, On The Town, Side Show, and Honeymoon in Vegas do Jan 5? Will Chita really return in The Fuckin' Visit? How much does Hunter Ryan miss Elaine? What happened to the guy who used to make these questions?
Congratulations. You've won. You've earned your ticket into Heaven by showing your son God's love. You've shown your son God's love by not allowing him to bring me to your home for Christmas. You've done exactly what Jesus would do – shun others. After all, Jesus didn't let JUST ANYONE at his table. It's sad that on a day you celebrate the birth of Christ, you'll be acting in the complete opposite way that Jesus acted. Alas, you must show your son God's love and not condone "our behavior." It worked last Christmas. You manipulated him into coming home and he was treated as if he were a leper. He was called names, harassed, and told he was going to Hell because I was dragging him there myself. He was in mental anguish over your treatment of him. You tore him apart with your words. You degraded your only son. But this Christmas….. He's over it. He's over the threats, the lies, and the bullying. Since you don't recognize him and I as a couple and since you've said you won't treat us like part of the family, he's decided to choose love over hate this Christmas. He's choosing to NOT go back to what he once called home. His home is with me and it has been for three years. He's become an integral part of my family. While you were shunning your son away, he found a family of his own. He found people who love him without conditions. He found a table he was welcome at. During your Christmas celebration when you try to justify your actions, please remember that you gave your son an ultimatum – for him to get rid of the love of his life or to leave your family. I know you blame me for taking your son away, but whether I'm in the picture or not, your son is still gay and you must face this realization. You've made it abundantly clear that you think I'm demon-possessed, a bad influence, and a sinner. Your judgment of me has no effect, but your treatment of your son causes my heart to bleed. I've had to sit by and watch you throw stones at the person I love most. I've watched as you and the rest of his family have disowned him. I've thought of every scenario to get you to love your son again. I've blamed myself because I felt as if I personally caused him to lose his family. I know this isn't the case and that your son chose me because he recognized true love. I'm writing this to say that I have your son's love and that's all that matters. Your son and I love each other and that love is eternal and unconditional. While you're feeling comforted knowing that you'll be rewarded in the next life for "not condoning the gay lifestyle", I'm consoling your son in THIS LIFE. I'm the shoulder your son cries on today. I'm the person who will hug him tight tomorrow. I'm the one who will apologize on your behalf until the day I die. I'm the one who wants to scream at you and say, "Stop! You're hurting your son! You're hurting your only son!" But deep down, I know where your heart lies. Your heart beats to that of a literal interpretation of the Bible. Your heart beats to Fox News. Your heart beats to discrimination and treating other "sinners" the way you think they should be treated – condemned to Hell. Your heart beats with hatred to the things you fear and do not understand. This Christmas, your son and I are surrounding ourselves with people who love and care about us. We understand what true love is. So this Christmas when you think to yourselves, "He's abandoned his family for the gay lifestyle," just know that your son didn't abandon you. He's been the same person he's always been. You are the ones who changed. You've deemed certain people unworthy to sit at your table. You've put conditions on your love for your son and that is the worst Christmas gift of all.
A Letter To My Boyfriend's Homophobic Parents On Christmas
List things about yourself that make you an outlier on Datalounge.
Dataloungers will love this article, because Dataloungers think no one should get any kind of tattoo anywhere ever. ********** (CNN) -- A few years ago I interviewed a handyman to do some work on my house. I noticed a teardrop tattoo at the top of his left cheek. Prior to hiring him, I searched online for what this design signified. My mouth dropped when I found out. A teardrop tattoo can mean he murdered someone. So I hired someone else. Plastic surgeons and dermatologists are seeing more and more people who want their tattoos removed, often because they worry that the tattoos could cause problems with employment. According to the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS), the number of people undergoing laser tattoo removal increased 43% from 2011 to 2012. This is consistent with a recent survey from the United Kingdom which found that nearly one-third of people suffer from tattoo regret. Several years ago, elaborate designs on the lower back became all the tattoo rage, until someone began calling them "tramp stamps." Now I suspect that thousands of women (and maybe even a few unfortunate men) regret getting them. Other tattoo fads which have come and gone include the barbed wire around men's arms and the Chinese letters which may, or may not, mean what you think they do. And it's not just the common folk who regret their tattoos. Several celebrities have taken steps to have their tattoos removed. Johnny Depp committed the most common tattoo faux pas: he inked then-girlfriend Winona Ryder's name on his shoulder. A short time later they broke up, prompting Depp to morph "Winona Forever" into "Wino Forever." Megan Fox recently underwent laser treatments to remove the massive Marilyn Monroe tattoo on her arm. And some celebs have even embarrassingly enhanced their bodies with typos. Actress Hayden Panettiere had the Italian phrase "Vivere senza rimpianti" ("living without regret") inked on her side, but "rimpianti" was misspelled. Tattoos can also cause significant medical problems. A 2012 article in the New England Journal of Medicine described contaminated ink causing infections of nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM). These infections are extremely difficult to treat. If weeks of antibiotics don't eradicate the problem, then the tattoo must be removed. Reports of allergic reactions or other, less serious skin infections are also described in the medical literature. Laser treatments are currently the most common and effective method for removing tattoos. Each laser targets a specific color in the ink, so the simpler the tattoo, the easier it's eradicated. Most tattoos require at least three to four treatments, spaced eight weeks apart, to remove. Costs can range from several hundred to several thousand dollars, depending on the size and location of the tattoo. Because laser tattoo removal uses heat to destroy the dyes, there's no guarantee that it won't leave behind scarring, discoloration, or an outline of the previous design. The treatments can also be quite painful, akin to someone snapping a rubber band at your skin. So if you're considering permanent ink, take the necessary steps to reduce your risk of tattoo regret. Make sure your tattoo salon is licensed and clean. The needles and ink should be sterile and used only on you. Any dilution of the inks should be done with sterile liquids. And make sure that you truly want this design on your body for the rest of your life. Ask yourself: Do you really want a permanent reminder of what may be a temporary feeling? Don't make the mistake that one of my patients did. She had a tattoo placed on her lower abdomen when she was single and in her 20s. Thirty years later, she was a grandmother who desperately wanted it removed. So I asked her, "Just how bad is it?" Very bad. She pulled down the waist of her pants to reveal the following words, in large lettering: "Dinner is served."
When will the obese, 'ranch-dressing stained' hospital gowned EHL realise that her obsession with Engelbert Humperdinck is ridiculous. Are her frantic phone calls to her cousin merely for the benefit of her eavesdropping mental health case worker Sue? Or maybe the little Indian doctor on her ward? Or is she just crazy and doesn't realise that the phone is unplugged...?
Another excellent episode. Holy shit, that argument in the parking lot felt completely real... Damian Young was great. I loved the bloggers. And Mickey's apartment is exactly what I picture Momma's place to look like (minus the Valerie Cherish shrine).
That's what friends are fooorrrr
Hung dude's friend takes pic of his cock for him
So I see quite a few porn videos ( I know slut !) and though sometimes I see an obviously straight guy in the porn who is not really turned on by what is occurring. There seem to be others who seem to see this as an opportunity to release their inner gay. Though this is obviously the point of good porn. Sometimes I wonder if the pay packet and the fact that they are labelled as straight,that gives them the excuse they need to give to give into their deepest fantasies.
depresses me. I knew males who hadnt evolved immunity to fermones could be trapped and lose their lives to quiet desperation, but I never thought it was that bad. We have rescue groups for dogs, what about….
"A little more to the left, dude."
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;
All these "Kill Cops" people claim were being said at rallies- I was doubting most stories to begin with. This doesn't make me think any differently.
So I signed up for Hulu Plus (we've "cut the cord") and there's a bunch of old stuff on there. I saw that "Cybill" was there, hadn't seen it for 20 years and started watching a few old eps. LOVED it. Christine Baranski is a hoot. Anyone watch this show during its original go-round? And what was the backstage dirt? I've heard Cybill was a huge cunt to Christine.
Because some ASSHOLE is posting spoilers on the other Amazing Race thread and ruining the show for everyone. Anyone who posts spoilers on this thread will get banned immediately. Moving to Fridays. With Bethanny Frankel and Survivor veterans. No more Brenchal :(
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.
I can't remember when I first realized that if I jerk my dick, cum will come out.
For what? Themselves? Isn't a lot of "fitness modelling" just one level from porn?
Doing a stint on Days in a Wilson story line....
Spencer Neville....pretty...but can he act?
Lordy, Peter is back. And he is looking hotter than ever! And Lisa is starting to showcase her "Pump" staff. Is a spinoff in the works? I sincerely hope so...now that will be something to watch! I the meantime, presenting Peter:
For Xmas supper.
based upon my olfactory experiences at the gym among-est the diverse crowd there, this does seem to be true in some circumstances
There is this little girl who was sitting behind me at the movie theatre today. After three hard kicks at my seat back, I turned around to tell her to stop. Then after a long while, she starts kicking once in a while again, this time softly. I did nothing because it took courage for me to ask her to stop the first time and then I thought, kids will be kids and didn't have guts to tell her to stop the second time. I find myself getting upset over this and then getting upset that I got upset over this. But was this the correct way to respond, should I have turned around the second time to tell her to stop kicking or asked her parents to tell her to tell their daughter to stop kicking or moved to the vacant seat beside me? What would you have done in this scenario? Realistically speaking.
Bravo's first scripted series premieres tonight. I'm loving it already: funny, quick-paced, and SOOOOO many gorgeous guys! LOVE IT!
This was in 2006. Remember the outrage that ensued? No? That's because at the time, nobody had decided yet that "tranny" was a slur word of n-word-like proportions. The outrage over it is a purely manufactured phenomenon.
Gwyneth Paltrow, the taut, kale-filled stomach behind upscale lifestyle brand GOOP, was rejected as an editor for Yahoo Food, the New York Times reports, in an article that also broke the news that Yahoo Food exists. Paltrow, whose money-losing newsletter/cookbook brand is a bible for residents of richer suburbs, sadly missed out on the prestigious position with the internet's 12th-ranked (as of May, according to the NYT) food website because Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer only hires bachelors of the arts and/or sciences. The Times: Even though the actress Gwyneth Paltrow had created a best-selling cookbook and popular lifestyle blog, Mayer, who habitually asked deputies where they attended college, balked at hiring her as a contributing editor for Yahoo Food. According to one executive, Mayer disapproved of the fact that Paltrow did not graduate college. Paltrow studied anthropology at UC Santa Barbara before dropping out to win an Academy Award and make millions as an actress, a misstep from which her internet food writing career never recovered. SUNY Plattsburgh alumna and Cherry Bombe founder Kerry Diamond, who owns three restaurants in Brooklyn, was named EIC of Yahoo Food in September. Stay in school.
Sorry, I just needed to vent.
A full 65 percent of American adults believe in the four of primary elements of the Christmas story -- the virgin birth, an angel announcing the birth of Jesus to shepherds, the magi following a star to bring gifts to Jesus and that the baby Jesus was laid in a manger -- according to a recent survey by Pew Research. Woah, look at these percentages. Do you believe in magic?
73 Percent Of Americans Believe Jesus Was Born To A Virgin
DL, This thread's topic may or may not be partially or completely accurate. Opinions from those with more knowledge are requested. Deadline's article 12/19, linked in R2, states Lynton asked Rand's North Korean expert, Bennett, to view the film and give his opinion once it was completed. In contrast previous public comments claim Lynton sits on Rand's Board which supposedly has CIA links. Bennett and various US Gov't experts on North Korea were acting as technical advisers on the film since Day-1. So why didn't they ask for massive changes? Perhaps they didn't anticipate China's reactions? Now it's better to be in an adversarial relationship with North Korea than with China. "Educated Mind • on Dec 19, 2014 3:49 pm This Rand Employee Bruce Bennett is telling us the design of this film in a last ditch effort stir up dissent in North Korea now that the movie is dead. This film was a complete state Department "nail in the coffin" designed to catalyze the internal coup that has been brewing in North Korea. The fact that Michael Lynton is on the board of the Rand Corporation says it all. The Rand Corporation is a CIA shell company that does social engineering research to analyze how to shape public opinion. What the Rand Corporation failed to realize in all of their projected implications of the release of this film: was a CHINESE cyber attack. China knows what the US is up to, and they know that once Kim Jong Un is axed (which is inevitable), the natural resources and labor pool of North Korea are up for grabs. China used their massive computer power to hack the film, and earn favor with top brass in the North Korean ranks once the bidding begins for the "New" North Korea. China is now two feet inside the door. China had many other things to gain from the attack but this was their primary goal."
This sounds promising. [quote]How does a movie about the "filthiest people alive" become family-friendly? Viewers will soon find out with John Waters's "Kiddie Flamingos," a video art piece based on Mr. Waters's notorious 1972 film, "Pink Flamingos." The 74-minute video will play on a loop at his coming art exhibition, "Beverly Hills John," at Marianne Boesky Gallery in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan.
John Waters to release "Kiddie Flamingos," a video remake of "Pink Flamingos" starring children
Openly gay filmmaker Lee Daniels recently discussed his belief that gay men in the black community just "can't come out." The "Butler" director sat down with Larry King for an interview on "Larry King Now" and discussed when he first knew he was gay. He was just 5 years old when he knew "something wasn't right" after walking downstairs during his dad's poker game wearing his moms red pumps. His father, he said, beat him severely for the act. Daniels went on to discuss homophobia in the black community overall. "I think that [gays] are prejudiced upon even by the African-Americans, too," Daniels explained. He provided an anecdote about when he went to the Gay Men's Health Crisis center in New York City while doing research for his 2009 movie "Precious." He said he was shocked to see all black woman at the center: They [the center] service black women with AIDS. Why? Because black men can't come out. Why? Because simply you can't do it. Your family says it, your church says it, your teachers say it, your parents say it, your friends say it, your work says it. So you're living on this 'DL' thing and you're infecting black women. So it's killing us. I think that because the black culture and the Hispanic culture have a thing about this. Daniels, a Philadelphia native, has discussed being a gay black man before. In an interview with The Huffington Post last year, he said that gay people are "third-class citizens." "We are nothing to many people, especially in the African-American community," he said. "We are told, especially as black men, that we have to live up to certain expectations. The churches say it's not good. Our neighbors say it's not good. Our friends and family say it's not good. I am living in my truth, and I demand that in cinema, too." Daniels' honesty has led to people like BET's Keith Boykin commending him for breaking down barriers and challenging "the persistent meme of our community's homophobia."
Lee Daniels, Gay 'Butler' Director, Says 'Black Men Can't Come Out'
Alright ladies, place your bets. Will Zsa-Zsa buy the farm or will we find out that she died years ago?
Don't know where that stupid mouse went. And that Otter is a mean motherfucker so thought I'd fill in because I'm at least nice. Merry Tidings, Dataloungers! I am in my eggplant patch enjoying some, uh, nutrients. May your Christmas be full of healthy nutrients too.
I'm the one who figured it out. Now everyone knows about it. So where's my prize?
When I was in 11th grade, I entered a high school art contest with a charcoal portrait of Crystal Gayle that took me months and months to complete. And I didn't win a damn thing.
Are both of them gay? Their younger brother practically set my tv on fire.
Bravo's newest show about a bevy of beautiful (and possibly insane) Europeans living in LA. Oh my Lord, that Massimo is molto molto caldo! I bet he's hung long a Tuscan mule!
Clever video distraction.
There are men, particularly some straight men, who will not wear the color pink. There are even some women who think that it is inappropriate for men to wear the color pink. I knew a an Indian man who wanted to wear a pink shirt but it was his wife who forbade him to wear it. This really upset him and also confused him. It's simply a color. A color that has been empowered by some. So, let's celebrate men wearing the color pink. Pink shirts; pink underwear; pink socks; pink ties; pink, pink, pink!!! Let's restore/inspire the confidence in men to feel good about wearing the color. Post your pics! Post your thoughts! If you are wary of men who wear the color pink, or such a sight causes you to look sort of negative towards such a man, post your reasons and why. It's anonymous and could be an interesting discussion. Let's show and talk about men in pink! I'll start off with a few pics.
What do YOU think of them?
Atheists Rewrite The Ten Commandments — They're Much Better Than The Originals
Is anyone else listening to this creepy, yet addictive podcast? It's a true-crime mystery about a young girl murdered in 1999. This story is infuriating and heartbreaking all at once. And very addictive.
Any recipes you guys could share? I'm not a cook!
I went through a period in high school where I was obsessed with Montgomery Clift and James Dean. Watched all their movies, read all the books about them, etc. Yes, I was a weird kid -they were hot guys, though!
...from 'The Crimson Petal and the White,' a BBC Two mini-series based on Michel Faber's 2002 novel.
wtf will Stupid Face say next?
Ugh. Can't stand that bitch, and apparently mom is the show mom from HELL.
So fucking hot
I wish he would win an Oscar. He's never even been nominated, which is completely insane.
Well, he just WOULDN'T have. What else would Buck NEVER have done?
I've been with the same company for 20 years and just got $4,000 after taxes. I remember the first year, I only got $300. Does anyone still get a Christmas bonus?
If you ever wanted to see what the genitals of a FTM tran who has had the surgery looks like, here you go. How many of you want this Frankenstein flesh balloon in inside you?
Continue posting scary true crime tales..
Bet you can't guess who it was? Which begs the question, why don't Canadian artists get any respect from the Kennedy Center Board?
If so, who and why?
For years, amateur bodybuilder Mike Hoffman has been tempting fans with NSFW muscle flexing YouTube videos and half-naked pictures on Tumblr. But, the Texas-based Hoffman finally crossed the line into X-rated territory. He showed off the family jewels and then some in a video that went viral on Tumblr. We'd go into detail about what he does, but so long as you're not at work or in public, we think it's better if you sample the goods for yourself. We promise, it doesn't disappoint. And, if you aren't in a place to enjoy the video just yet, check out some pics of Hoffman wearing slightly more clothing. Since the video went viral, Mike created a video stating "Most of you know me by now. I just want to say I know there are videos going around of me. I wanted to say a few things. I'm not gay. Those videos I can understand making me look that way — and I respect gay people completely — but, I'm not gay. I'm straight."
The authors investigated the role of homosexual arousal in exclusively heterosexual men who admitted negative affect toward homosexual individuals. Participants consisted of a group of homophobic men (n = 35) and a group of nonhomophobic men (n = 29); they were assigned to groups on the basis of their scores on the Index of Homophobia (W. W. Hudson & W. A. Ricketts, 1980). The men were exposed to sexually explicit erotic stimuli consisting of heterosexual, male homosexual, and lesbian videotapes, and changes in penile circumference were monitored. They also completed an Aggression Questionnaire (A. H. Buss & M. Perry, 1992). Both groups exhibited increases in penile circumference to the heterosexual and female homosexual videos. Only the homophobic men showed an increase in penile erection to male homosexual stimuli. The groups did not differ in aggression. Homophobia is apparently associated with homosexual arousal that the homophobic individual is either unaware of or denies. This study examined the relationship between homophobia (defined as self-reported negative affect, avoidance, and aggression toward homosexuals) and homosexual aggression. Self-identified heterosexual college men were assigned to homophobic (n = 26) and nonhomophobic (n = 26) groups on the basis of their scores on the Homophobia Scale (HS; L. W. Wright, H. E. Adams, & J. A. Bernat, 1999). Physical aggression was examined by having participants administer shocks to a fictitious opponent during a competitive reaction time (RT) task under the impression that the study was examining the relationship between sexually explicit material and RT. Participants were exposed to a male homosexual erotic videotape, their affective reactions were assessed, and they then competed in the RT task against either a heterosexual or a homosexual opponent. The homophobic group reported significantly more negative affect, anxiety, and anger-hostility after watching the homosexual erotic videotape than did the nonhomophobic group. Additionally, the homophobic group was significantly more aggressive toward the homosexual opponent, but the groups did not differ in aggression toward the heterosexual opponent. Discuss...
Bodybuilding and Homophobia: Why Can't These Bodybuilders Admit That They're Gay?
They''re all a LITTLE bit gay, aren''t they?\ \ Here''s a bodybuilder with nice nipples.
Anyone else think the hype about tourism in Cuba is completely overblown? Sure, there will a wave of adventure tourism as people go once just because they can, and the cruise ships will go to Havana for a day so Americans can wander Old Town Havana and buy XXXL t-shirts, but do you really think a great boom is coming? Cuba's big draws were gambling and other vices, all of which are now readily available 1000 other places, and Cuba's location 90 miles from the USA, a fact that was much more important in the 1950's before cheap jet airfares changed the tourism map. The last time Cuba was hot so were Acapulco, resorts in the Catskills, and honeymoons at Niagara Falls. I mean, when was the last time you SoCal folks took a little vacation on Catalina Island? I think that once the novelty wears off Cuba will be middle of the pack at best as far as tourism destinations go.
Now with more poll.
VATICAN CITY (AP) — To the Catholic Church's "seven deadly sins," Pope Francis has added the "15 ailments of the Curia." Francis issued a blistering indictment of the Vatican bureaucracy Monday, accusing the cardinals, bishops and priests who serve him of using their Vatican careers to grab power and wealth, of living "hypocritical" double lives and forgetting that they're supposed to be joyful men of God. Francis turned the traditional, genteel exchange of Christmas greetings into a public dressing down of the Curia, the central administration of the Holy See which governs the 1.2-billion strong Catholic Church. He made clear that his plans for a radical reform of the structures of church power must be accompanied by an even more radical spiritual reform of the men involved. Ticking off 15 "ailments of the Curia" one by one, Francis urged the prelates sitting stone-faced before him in the marbled Sala Clementina to use the Christmas season to repent and atone and make the church a healthier, holier place in 2015. Vatican watchers said they had never heard such a powerful, violent speech from a pope and suggested that it was informed by the results of a secret investigation ordered up by Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI in the aftermath of the 2012 leaks of his papers. Benedict tasked three trusted cardinals to probe deep into the Vatican's back-stabbing culture to root out what would have prompted a papal butler to steal incriminating documents and leak them to a journalist. Their report is known only to the two popes. Francis had some zingers: How the "terrorism of gossip" can "kill the reputation of our colleagues and brothers in cold blood." How cliques can "enslave their members and become a cancer that threatens the harmony of the body" and eventually kill it off by "friendly fire." How some suffer from "spiritual Alzheimer's," forgetting what drew them to the priesthood in the first place. "The Curia is called on to always improve itself and grow in communion, holiness and knowledge to fulfill its mission," Francis said. "But even it, as any human body, can suffer from ailments, dysfunctions, illnesses." Francis, who is the first Latin American pope and never worked in the Italian-dominated Curia before he was elected, has not shied from complaining about the gossiping, careerism and bureaucratic power intrigues that afflict the Holy See. His 2013 Christmas address cast a spotlight on such sins. But a year into his reform agenda, Francis seemed even more emboldened to make clear to the prelates themselves that superficial displays of change aren't what he is looking for. "This is a speech without historic precedent," church historian Alberto Melloni, a contributor to Italian daily Corriere della Sera, said in a telephone interview. "If the pope uses this tone, it's because he knows it's necessary." Melloni noted that until Francis was elected, the Vatican bureaucracy largely answered to no one, saying "an entire generation of the Curia ran it as if they were pope." St. John Paul II was too busy travelling the world, and later too sick, to pay attention to administrative details, and Benedict left the minutiae of running a government to his deputy, later determined to have been part of the problem. The Rev. Robert Wister, a church historian at Seton Hall University, said Francis was essentially asking the Curia to undergo an examination of conscience, asking them to reflect on how they had sinned before God before going to confession. "Perhaps he believes that only a severe rebuke can help turn things around," he said. The cardinals were not amused. Few smiled as Francis spoke, and at the end they offered only tepid applause to a
Oh, and that gay pornography in my car? It's not mine...I was just...er...[italic]delivering[/italic] it to someone else! Yeah, that's it. There is no hell hot enough for these bastards.
Another Anti-Gay Fundy Preacher is Arrested while Cruising a Park
Just because.
My grandfather (my mother's father) died in 1984. My mother died in 1994. My father died in 2004. I'm the last of the family left. I have no brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles or cousins. There is no one left to take accept me. For the past decade, ever since my father died, I've been afraid that I will die in 2014. I have many medical aliments but at this time nothing, that I know of anyway, that is life threatening. My father died suddenly of a stoke, he had no high blood pressure, right before my eyes. Just like that, one second he was talking and the next he was gone, literally just a second later. So it can happen out of the blue just like that. I've told a shrink that I see and she thinks I'm just being superstitious but then again what's she going to say, "Yes you will die at 11:59 pm 12/31/14 at the latest." I know it's stupid buy I'm kinda nervous. I feel like for 10 years I've had this death sentence hanging over my head and like a prisoner on death row who is out of options I know my time is coming very soon. Has anyone had close relatives, ones that they really loved, die one at a time every ten years?
I've been so fucking depressed lately. I've come to the realization that pretty much no one at work likes me -- I see fb posts of them all out together, drinks and parties etc that I was not invited to -- and I feel like a total outsider. I don't have any friends. I feel completely isolated. I think I'm a hell of a great guy! I'm smart (Ivy grad degree.) I'm passionate. I'm healthy. Im in good shape. I have a good sense of humor. I'm well read. I'm good looking. (Finding sex is not a problem, never has been.) But: I have the misfortunate to live in a southern town where I just don't belong, and I can't afford to move away. I feel trapped, unliked, unloved, helpless, and frustrated. And I'm sorry for venting and expressing on here, but, as I said, I don't have any friends to vent to. I'm fucked.
Instead posters PAY $18 to post stuff. And here are other gossip boards saying they will pay us 10 cents a post! That works out to 100 posts for $5.00 a month. And we have to PAY to post, when other boards are offering to pay posters to post? Doesn't seem right. btw I won't mention what board it is, as that would be a no-no at DL. Might cause people to bolt from DL.
Alex Pettyfer = Gorgeous.
What happens at those away games?
Who else is going to be alone on Christmas? I've been to a few holiday parties etc but have no plans for the 25th. I think I'll rent some movies or maybe binge on one of those tv shows that everyone else has watched and loved, like The Wire or Homeland. Who else is alone on Christmas? What are you going to do? (And, of course, I'll check into Datalounge)
So I'm reaching the end soon. I will never see the guy who I've dedicated many posts on datalounge to, again. Despite the fact that we never established much of a relationship, and not only was I not able to get out of the friend zone, I was not in the friend zone in the first place, I still feel upset and sad that I am never to be able to lay eyes on him again. I've been pretty upset the past few days thinking about it. And just yesterday while I was doing the dishes, I finally realized that the reason why he shot me dirty looks, why he won't look at me at all after a certain point is because, quite simply, that I am a loser. He thinks very little of me. The first time we met, he thought I was above average type of guy in our program; the second time we met, he thought the same, the third time we met, the same. But as different situation and problems presented themselves, I realized, because of my inadequacy in many different aspects, he looked down on me. It came as a shock to him which is why he reacted so violently the first time, and then he just resorted a softer way of dealing with me which was by avoiding me the best he could. So ya, even though we never really had much of a relationship, I still consider him to be my first true love, and find it painful to part with him. What about you?
Different types of writers, but contemporaries in a sense (of the '60s, and endlessly morbid, female authors). Female literary titans in a man's world. Who would you rather read?
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.
Kate Upton, Padma Lakshmi, Kelly Brook, Miranda Kerr?It's been Dita von Teese for a while but that includes a lot of kink which pays extremely well. I'm not counting one-night-tourist-hookers like Rihanna or second-tier pros (Lohan, Electra, Reid, etc). I'm also not including full-time beards who are only pretending to have sex for money (Huntington-Whiteley, Amal Clooney, Suki Whatshername).
Tonight on "Watch What Happens Live". What happened was a caller asked how they met each other and Andy said, "Anderson and I were set up years ago on a blind date," and a few minutes later Anderson chimed in to clarify, "It never happened because we spoke on the phone first and realized it wasn't going to happen." In other words, Anderson smelled Andy's fame whore desperation and couldn't hang up fast enough.
Hot and slutty!
Almost everything they sell under their store brand is great.
Did you realize it right away or did it take a while to sink in? Did you dump them as friends?
I hate cock rock, but I have a soft spot for Journey, mostly because of Steve Perry. He has one of the all-time greatest voices in pop. Also cute in an unconventional way. Any other fans?
How much do you give? I give $100 each to the three doormen and three porters/superintendent. I have $35 to my hairstylist and $20 to the lady who washes my hair there. I give more than usual for taxis and waiter/waitresses during the holiday season. I used to be stingier with tips but now realize poorly some of these people are paid. I've recently gotten a good bump in my salary and figured I should share more. I have no idea what others give so I made up my tipping rules. What do you give?
"I refuse to have dinner with another male at a restaurant because people might think we're a couple." A straight friend said that years ago when we were undergrads together.
Could life imitate art yet again, or -- more specifically -- could a title come true? Deadline Hollywood reports HBO is in talks with Lisa Kudrow and director Michael Patrick King to bring "The Comeback" back, the duo's comedy from 2005 that's become a cult classic. Though it only lasted one, 13-episode season, "The Comeback" earned respect from most critics and has developed quite the following since it went off the air. Recent successful resurrections have given new life to many TV shows with rumors constantly swirling of comebacks, "Arrested Develpment" being the most notable example. This makes the news of the Kudrow comedy's possible return even more apt. "The Comeback" was very much ahead of its time, being a single camera reality show spoof. Relevancy shouldn't be an issue, even almost a decade after its original airing. Valerie Cherish still has plenty to teach us. On March 19, Kudrow retweeted a Slate story suggesting "The Comeback" deserves another season. It even went so far as to suggest HBO should make it available on the company's streaming service, HBOgo.
HBO In Talks with Lisa Kudrow to Bring 'The Comeback' Back for Season Two
I've told her truthfully that I am already committed to visiting my aunt and cousins, followed by visiting my mother's cousins, then followed by a visit to my best-friend and his husband. She says that I am lying and that she can't imagine that I have any plans at all. She insists upon coming and says that she will bring a "great tuna casserole". Julie does not do well with anything involving fish. What did Julie tell you? She definitely stalks people on DL.
The spitting image of her mama—and her papa! Shiloh Jolie-Pitt attended the L.A. premiere of her mom Angelina Jolie's war drama, Unbroken, on Monday, Dec. 15, looking positively adorable with her slicked-back blonde hair and snazzy suit. But her polished ensemble wasn't the only thing that stood out to Us: Look at how much she resembles her famous parents! See photos of Shiloh and her siblings at the premiere. Examining a picture of Jolie, 39, from 1986, when she just 11, it's easy to see that she and her daughter share the same high cheekbones, wide eyes, slightly upturned nose, and—most distinctly—plump pout. On the other hand, while the actress has brunette hair and green eyes, Shiloh has her dad Brad Pitt's sun-kissed blonde locks and baby blue peepers. (Here he is in his 1974 yearbook photo, when he was 11.) The elementary schooler also rocked the same serious expression on the red carpet as her famous pop, 50, not to mention his tailored style, making it so hard to decide whom she looks more like.
Shiloh Jolie-Pitt Is the Spitting Image of Young Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt
Just watched it. I''ve forgotten how gay friendly it was. \ \ They couldn''t make a movie like now. We''re going backwards!\ \ Tim curry was very hot, is he gay?
The woman dated Liberace, Tyrone Power and Van Johnson, plus a couple of her figure skating partners. Though she was married three times she never had any kids so Sonja herself might have been a big old lesbo herself. And was she really a nazi sympathizer?
In a nod to "the longevity of []'s career really surprised " thread, whose career did you expect to last much longer than it actually did? My choices: Lohan--she was hyped as the next big star and she fizzled faster than anyone before, far more dramatically too. People on the thread about Mommie Dearest killing off Dunaway's career said she aged faster than any other actress they knew off. Clearly, they forgot about Lohan. Jennifer Aniston--yeah, she was always one-note, and I always thought Lisa Kudrow was the best part of Friends, but I thought that she would at least have an agent who would steer her in the right direction. Nicole Kidman--she is capable of being a good actress. She was even hyped to become a bigger star than Tom Cruise. Yeah, ok. What are your choice?
Because the other thread was deleted. [quote]Jay and Beyonce have an open relationship. He is not faithful, but neither is she. And he doesn't bother with Mya anymore— she is too old and a C-lister. He had a thing with Rita Ora but grew bored of her. I think he still fucks around with Rihanna, though it might be over. The Mrs. Carter tour was like reclaiming her territory. Anyone who has to boast about how great their marriage is probably has a shitty marriage. [quote]The rumors about their divorce are hilarious to me. You think that after so much PR effort bragging about their sexy marriage, Beyonce would EVER consider divorcing?! Hell no, not unless it is something sudden and on her terms, not the NY Post's. [quote]Sean and Charlize have a really, really unhealthy relationship. They are both mentally unstable, and I am not throwing that term around— I mean it genuinely. They both do a lot of coke together (and, I have also heard, oxy.) If they both shouted and screamed at and were even physical with each other, I would totally believe it. [quote]Jennifer Garner puts up with a lot of shit. Ben Affleck's drug use and gambling addiction have been bad lately, especially after he injured himself on the Batman set. But she is obsessed with Ben, and no matter what he does she will kind of always give him a pass. [quote]Because he will never leave her— she totally revived his career with her family-friendly image. He owes her too much, and is too invested in her to leave. But I think he really does love her and their children, though she does most of the work.
Not trolling, and I'm not here to judge anyone. I'm curious if anyone here has either tried it, was approached to try it, or knows someone who is into it. I haven't crossed paths with anyone who is involved with that kink. To me, the stink alone would be a boner killer.
Ooooooh, I bet you could have cut the tension in the room with a knife!
Richard and Lee did a Q&A together at the Apple Soho store last night
I had unprotected sex with someone I met in a bar overseas because I was too drunk (possibly drugged?) to resist. Before that night I had not had unprotected anal sex, ever. In fact, as a middle-aged overweight guy with mostly a straight circle of friends, I had not had sex with anyone, man, woman, anyone in years. I these three fun people in a straight bar. I had no inkling one of them was gay. We were buying each other strong cocktails, swearing we were going to go visit one another around the world, and having a blast. The next thing I knew, it was hours later, I was in a bed and someone was sticking their dick in my ass. He was slapping my face to get me awake enough to ask the question: "What's your status? What's your HIV status?" I was powerless (either extremely drunk or in a drugged state) and all I could manage to weakly say was "NEG." I couldn't manage to say no or to move away. That's a fairly amazing level of weakness, not to be able to say words well. He did his thing (which I did not enjoy) and we fell asleep. The next morning he cheerily informed me he was "freshly tested" that there was no problem. My clothes were covered with dirt and blood. He said that I had gotten mightily drunk and that he and his friends had put me to bed. I was quite dismayed and decided I was not going to take that chance. Through a great deal of effort and stress I found a place that would give me 28 days of PEP drug prophylaxis. (I also got tested that day and as of that moment tested negative.) I am very afraid to get tested again. I certainly hope he was telling the truth about being negative. And if they were needed, I certainly hope the PEP worked. I've lost a good deal of weight this year. But I also cut out carbs and started walking two miles a day, so I've made a pretty massive lifestyle change. I can't tell if the weight loss is due to my success or to something else. I still have his phone number. I told him I was getting PEP at the time and he said something to the effect that, if it gives you comfort, great. I wish I knew whether he had gotten tested again. The guy was younger and more attractive than myself, so I can imagine having come on to him, but I didn't want this outcome. I pray forgiveness for my mistakes and humbly ask the Lord God to protect me from them.
Burt Reynolds slashes price of Florida home. Now that Florida will allow gay marriage- any takers?
If you are anxious you are living in the future. If you are at peace you are living in the present. Any truth to this?
This is Brooke Shields' memoir of growing up alone with her mother, and it's quite good -- Shields is a smart lady and a very good writer. The madeleine at the start of the book is the NY Times obit of Teri Shields -- Brooke had written it (and paid $1500 to have it run), and the Times added a bunch of stuff about her mother that really upset Brooke in a paid obit. So it's the story of Brooke, who grew up with an alcoholic with some personality disorders -- but Teri also was a lively, fun, stylish person much of the time. She had grown up in Newark and headed for New York, where she remade herself as a sophisticate (thrift shop pieces from the toniest neighborhoods, lots of gay male friends). Teri got pregnant by a society guy whose parents were from Europe (Brooke's dad was 6'7" and GORGEOUS). They split up when Brooke was young, but Brooke bore no ill will toward either of them. She'd spend holidays upstate with her dad's society family and most of the time with her mom in a New York apartment. Some points: - Teri took Brooke out drinking with her starting when Brooke was a baby, so Brooke never had a problem finding her mother when Teri was on a tear: "I grew up in bars." - According to Brooke, there was no big plan to sell her as a sex symbol -- she had just been doing a lot of print modeling and commercials when "Pretty Baby" came along. After that, she and her mother just took projects that sounded interesting or were filming in interesting places; after "Pretty Baby" they did "Tilt" (a flop) because teenage Brooke thought it would be fun to play pinball in a movie, and Teri was fine with that. A few years later, she had no idea what the double entendres in the Calvin Klein commercials meant. - She thinks she got so much work because she was reliable and eager to please on film sets, a product of growing up with an alcoholic. Contrary to popular belief, Teri was not a stage mom -- during filming she kept to herself or went out drinking... despite her sophisticated New York style, Teri preferred dive bars. - On the set of "Pretty Baby," Susan Sarandon ran hot and cold toward her. During the scene when she had to slap Brooke, she insisted to Louis Malle that she only could do it for real, and for take after take she belted Brooke on camera. They got along better on "King of the Gypsies," but Shelley Winters hated Brooke and Eric Roberts was just nuts (drug use implied) -- in a car chase scene, he "improvised" by slamming his car against the sides of the cars in the nearby lanes while going 70 mph with Brooke in the car. - Brooke loved Studio 54 as a teen because she could dance for hours and people would leave her alone. She liked Andy Warhol and claims that the people at 54 kept drugs far away from her. There's a lot more -- and I'm only at the point where Brooke went off to Princeton. Has anyone else read this?
But honestly, I thought he already WAS dead.
Is Judy Garland's only son really a drugged out mess ? You never see him.
He was personally chosen by Marilyn Monroe to play her murderous hunky lover in "Niagara." He's also in "With a Song in My Heart" singing opposite Susan Hayward in the title number. He was incredibly, almost painfully handsome and had a great body and could even sing beautifully, but he never made it. He later said, "You need a real burning ambition to make it in Hollywood. When it's clear that you're not going to, that drive just dies. Then you're left with the most terrible emptiness that never leaves."
It's called a "contribution." Is DL a nonprofit organization?
She is full of controversy. I find her humor funny, but many object. What say you, Dataloungers?
R60, (from the Clooney getting married thread) I'm on FB under my name. I've just arranged for professional pics; what's there now is another amateur shot. I'm also on Gmail. Again, it's under my name (first&middle.) I'm calling your bluff. I'm in discussion for a few new "faux" reality series, and just left one because of the pay. I've also responded to another local comedy performance opportunity. I am NOT looking to be a star, as I'm a comedy/character actress. Right, the ditzy blond that everyone else teases. At least I'm told that I have "excellent, excellent sense of timing." We know casting isn't based on talent or even looks. Since I'm not bi or a super slut, I never expected to have a major career. Too bad I'm not related to Hal Kanter, as everyone asks. Whoever he was. I hinted at what Mr. Clooney promised to help me reveal, on last night's free question to a psychic thread. It would have been polite if he had told me to look elsewhere for representation, after I was told not to sign with a different manager. Obviously I must have totally misjudged his character and level of honesty. I've now moved on. There are those on DL that will always insult evryone else. I accept that fact.
Wow. Ignore Michael Douglas.
Look at Matt Damon's legs in this pic from "Behind the Candelabra"!
By request. The season is about to start. Actual game discussion would be welcome too.
By request.
A bill proposed by a Republican state lawmaker in Missouri would require a woman seeking an abortion to obtain notarized consent from the baby's father, even if he is physically abusive toward her.
Proposed Bill Would Require Women To Ask Men's Permission To Have An Abortion
Praise from Clint Eastwood on Sniper: "Yeah, he's quick. I definitely had heard that before I started shooting, so I was, like, 'I better bring it on the first take.' But if you want another one, he'll give you another one. I understand this way of working now — there is something about the first time you say a line that can never really be repeated. Normally, I'm anxious and over-complicated and my process is quite thorough. I would keep going because I very rarely feel satisfied. But somehow with him, he's so relaxed that you just kind of trust it. On our first day, after we'd shot an emotional scene, I went up to him, 'I was just thinking, maybe –' and he was, like, 'Have a great weekend.' And as he was walking away he said, 'You cast the right people,' and that was the end of the day and I was, like, 'Whoa.' So that was kind of a great day — liberating. But then I had a bit of a meltdown." On her second act as an actress: "I think it's narrow-minded. I struggled in Hollywood because people had really strong perceptions of who I was and it was hard to see me as anything other than this persona. I just think I was well known for the wrong things, maybe. My personal life. It got very tabloidly. My phone got hacked and I was in newspapers all the time in London, which is the most vicious city in the world for that kind of attention. Or I was known for being fashionable." How she fought that perception: "I sued everyone in England, basically. [Laughs] I have an injunction against paparazzi, so that's now illegal. I obviously went to court with News of the World and the phone hacking and all of that. I took active steps and worked very hard to have a private life, which I have now had and enjoyed for six years. … So as a result of not having all those photos and not being on social media, I felt I've had the space to do my work." She tried social media: "I did have Instagram for a week, and it sort of fueled the worst part of my soul. I'd wake up every morning and have more followers and people were, like, 'Welcome! We love you!' And I was like, 'Hee-hee, wow! This is actually fulfilling me!' But I realized it was filling that part of you that will not ever be filled."
Sienna Miller: 'I struggled in Hollywood' because of my 'tabloidy' persona
Wtf? This movie was on the other night. It has iconic status among many movie fans. So I watched it. And I was thinking, "When does it get funny?" Rodney Dangerfield had a few zingers, the Baby Ruth in the pool was cute, but how could anyone think this film was laugh-out-loud funny? Reviews on imdb said they'd watched the film over and over. Why? Was it because there were titties in it and 12 year old het boys got off on it?
Anybody watching it? If that kid of mine pulled that shit in MY brownstone he would have been smacked around from dusk til dawn.
Who are you surprised is still around? Personally, I'm amazed people still think a leaked Madonna record is BIG NEWS in 2014. Keeping it trite...model girl Kate Moss, still gets major campaigns. The tabloids still follow her every move. In fact models with long careers surprise me the most...some of those '80s supermodels were around for YEARS....decades! I'm not surprised McCartney & Elton John are still around crocking out songs because they were so big, there'll always be an interest (not from me though).
I can swallow a deer. I can swallow an alligator I can swallow a man. I'm a gay Python, naturally. I can swallow a Christmas Mouse.
I know her company produced it, but Reese was so miscast as a former hardcore party girl. Would've been a perfect role for J-Law.
Colton Haynes: The Saga Continues... here.
Cupping his cock and showing his hairy bum... Photos:
A look back at (almost) totally nude HRH Prince Harry in Las Vegas
"God has blessed me with somebody I've been waiting for my whole life," Jason said about his new wife. "Lauren changed everything for me and I can't believe I get to spend the rest of my life with her." "Jason has completely changed my life, and I could not be more thankful for who he is and how he loves me," Lauren added. "I can't wait to spend forever with him."
E! News co-host Jason Kennedy and Lauren Scruggs tie the knot in Dallas
Big. Big. Huge.
Keram knows what *really* went down in that Beyonce / Solange elevator fight -- and it sure as fuck ain't what they claimed in that press release. Keram will put it this way: Solange walked into the wrong room at the wrong time, and that night in the elevator, Queen Bey found out she wasn't the *only* queen inside of it. (Bey's flacks have been devising a divorce strategy ever since. Solange and Jay can no longer be in the same room together unsupervised.) Keram knows that GOOP had to be restrained -- [italic]literally[/italic] -- when she found out her hubby was dating J.Law. (Keram also finds it endlessly amusing that "conscious uncoupling" was used as a euphemism for "famous singer finally dumps crazy-ass bipolar bitch.") Her mommy Blythe is not only used to such rages by now; she had a locked compound built on the grounds of GOOP's Montecito estate over a decade ago to stash her there during flare-ups. When Gwynnie's in one of her "moods," she's kept in its locked-from-the-outside premises with two burly guards on watch 24/7. Her longest compound stay to date clocked in at nearly a month. Keram knows that two very married stars of the next "Avengers" movie -- stars of the same gender, that is -- had a scorching-hot fling during filming. Not only did their respective wives know about it, one of them joined the festivities one evening! One of them is that bisexual actor who recently renounced his earlier claims of being bi; the other is a "heteroflexible" Brit who seems to have a thing for both mommy *and* daddy types. Keram knows that Jake Gyllenhaal's family is *quite* concerned about his recent mood swings. He's been diagnosed with major depressive disorder, but for inexplicable reasons refuses to take his meds. (No, Jake isn't batshit crazy like GOOP, but still.) Keram has heard talk that the impetus for his downward spiral was Henry Cavill's refusal to return his calls. Keram knows a certain Hollywood crowd is partying like it's 1989: at a cocaine speakeasy. Yes, you read that correctly. Entry fee at the door -- accessible to members only, and guarded by a Sig Sauer-toting ex-Marine -- is $1,000, and all "tabs" must be paid in cash. These speakeasies come and go, but this one appears to have staying power thanks in large part to its hiding-in-plain-sight location. Keram knows that Matt McBongo's gone a bit insane in the membrane in his quest to become the Biggest Box Office Star on Earth. Not quite Tammy Cruise insane, mind you -- CO$ isn't involved -- but he's completely given up sex (with men, of course) to maintain the charade of a normal marriage, and he's gone full-tilt Brando before each of his recent roles. Prior to commencing filming on "True Detective," he moved to the deserts of Moab (for two months!!) to become "one with the land." (His PA choppered in weekly with fresh water and food supplies.) Keram knows that the Bryan Singer lawsuit is effectively over, but Hollywood twinks are attempting all manner of clever devices -- both figurative and literal -- to ensnare Hollywood bigwigs. One of them -- who shall remain nameless, if only because Keram doesn't want the Velvet Mafia hunting his ass down -- hasn't been in anything big yet but has been mentioned on DL a few times. He's over 18; however, his newly out-of-the-closet brother (who isn't an actor) is only 16. Older bro invited younger bro to one of those infamous pool parties at the record mogul's place, and when a certain producer invited him "upstairs," older bro had already set up two high-def "nanny cams" to record the festivities. Make no mistake: younger bro wasn't forced into anything, and he already has a separate sugar daddy supplying him with all the things a growing boy needs (a private flat on Wilshire; a fake ID good enough to fool a CHP officer; and the clicker for Daddy's Ferrari-filled garage), but 16's still 16. Now older bro's just waiting for the right time to use it...
Surprised there was never a thread about this here. [quote]'Hmm. I think "Modern Family" is clever, hilarious, even terrifically subtle at times. But, for the most part, I have a hard time laughing at the gay guys. In fact, I kinda cringe. It feels a little bit like the gay equivalent of "blackface." It doesn't feel "modern" at all.'
Tuc Watkins dislikes the gays on Modern Family and Jesse Tyler Ferguson is pissed!
I just went to see Big Hero 6, and it's apparently a very popular movie with an Asian protagonist. I get that it's animated, but still. I am Chinese myself, so was just wondering if things are changing in North America and that's why Big Hero six is so popular now.
Sadly, we have no Christmas Mouse this year, but we have the annual thread on this much-hated and secretly loved movie. I'm the house, the secret star of the movie. Because a professor of architecture and apparently some kind of writer can afford me. Don't I look good in snow?
Tunisians elect 88-yr. old.
So you thought Hillary was too old to be President?
Water sports! I don't "get" it and I don't like it!!! I nearly beat the shit out of my boyfriend when he started to do that.
You are there.
Continue talking about 'mos in football, baseball, swimming, hockey, figure skating, basketball, etc
Living proof that money can be EVERYTHING
To start off with: Harry Styles The "One Direction" superstar, known for his good looks, has four nipples. He is fairly open about the subject and even jokes, "I must have been a twin, but the other one went away and left its nipples behind."
FAVORITE ONES: 1. Holiday Inn 2. Alles is Liefde 3. Home Alone 2 4. The Shop Around the Corner 5. Elf LEAST FAVORITE: 1. Love Actually 2. Grinch (the one with Jim Carrey) 3. Bad Santa 4. Deck the Halls 5. The Bishop's Wife
Marc Dugain says U.S. Navy in Indian Ocean attacked the plane He claims that islanders saw the plane fly close to a U.S. base Also alleges that a spy told him to back away from his probe into MH370
U.S. military shot down MH370 because they thought it had been hacked and was about to be used in terror attack
Whether the massage is legit or not, if you are getting a massage where it's cash-only, do you tip the guy? He's making 100% profit off what you pay him already. Do you only tip the guys who give you a happy ending? Just curious as to what DLers do in this situation.
I work in an office and my trailer-trash fat fucking neighbor came into work yesterday sick as a dog. Sneezing, coughing and itchy eyes- and never covered his crusty mouth. I lysoled my desk often and purelled my hands often. So of course much to my surprise i woke up with the sniffles this morning. I have too much going on this weekend to be sick and this asshole came in cause he didnt want to waste a personal day. Asshole!
Because the first thread was full. I find the new Verizon commercial loathsome. A mother and daughter are lamenting that the daughter is moving out. They are crying so much (and so dreadfully artificially) that there are subtitles. How do advertisers not understand such a commercial is so repulsive?
I'm surprised "noone" have posted this yet. Go on then, spew. Let the hate go forth.
I enjoyed this more than either Lincoln or Argo. Does anyone think it has a chance to win Best Picture?
Was this the most undeserved Oscar win ever? I know it was some sort of lifetime award but it still doesn't make much sense since his character literally didn't have even one big scene. I was still a kid when I saw Cocoon for the first time and I had no idea who Don Ameche is but I did read on the DVD cover that he won the best supporting oscar for the film. After I watched the film I was sure that Wilford Brimley was the Oscar winning guy but when I read on the net later that Brimley wasn't Ameche I couldn't even remember who he played in the movie. Thoughts?
What list is Gale Harold on? Is Gale Harold on the A-list or Z-list? Why does Gale Harold not have a career? Why does Gale Harold not have fans? Why does Gale Harold not have talent? Why does Gale Harold grow old? Why does Gale Harold not look like George Clooney? Why? Why!? Why!!?
I usually don't but there are some situations in which people got what they deserved
Sharpened labia of the night / Their breasts two strained and livid dots / Demons of piqued wicker drone...
It is not my usual M.O. (that's Haley's) to ask for help (a bitter word, a nasty word). But, shit, I got me a problem - a good one. BET lost a one-hour informercial slot on Dee-cember 23 (1:15-2:15 AM PST), and has offered me the time for a Christmas Special. I have $1,775 to spend on production costs and they are throwing in the studio and technical people. Who can assist? I need stars, numbers, spiritual duets, Christ-in-Christmas choruses and flashy dance. I am thinking current events meets Baby Jesus meets Vegas meets Southern Gospel meets Disco Inferno meets San Jose, and [quote]DIONNE'S A STUPOR-STAR CHRISTMAS: CHRIST, WHAT'S THAT FLASHING LIGHT UP THERE? or PEACE THROUGH WARWICK: DIONNE AND JESUS BRING YOU CHRISTMAS or PUT DOWN THAT TORCH, JEANNETTE, ISABELLA - THE KING IS HERE, or COME, THEY TOLD ME - DIONNE"S CHRISTMAS X-STRAVAGANZA, or just DIONNE DELIVERS THE HITS TO BABY J for a working title. Topical. Or maybe something else. Anyone? PLEASE? (another nasty word. I don't even know if I am spelling it right.) And if you think I'm a tired, too-done-to-die, tedious has-been DLer, all I can say is I have shivved better bitches than you to get their shoe strings. I am not trying to entertain here. I am trying to get a job done. For me. La Toya? Gladys? Mooriah? McCoo? Anyone seen Teddy Pendergrass lately? I'll let you keep the costumes if you wear your own clothes. And I'll provide the usual amphetamines for rehearsals, of course. Chop-chop. And I can have Damont pick you up if you are within two miles of 106 and Park, where we are taping. Did I mention it's a live show? Just like PETER PAN and me at the Apollo in 1958. And I need craft table suggestions. Maybe a pot-luck? I like my wings hot. Get back to me.
By request, please continue...
i disagree with the choice of Pedro as #1. Yes, he was courageous and noble but he was a bit smug and not particularly entertaining to watch.
The first decade of Real World houseguests, ranked from worst to best
Car crash victim Rory Curtis, 25, says the accident he was involved in changed his outlook on life, after he realised he wasn't a Hollywood actor A barber has told how he woke up from a coma following a car crash speaking fluent French and thinking he was Matthew McConaughey. Rory Curtis, 25, suffered horrific injuries after the vehicle he was driving hit a lorry before six cars ploughed into the side him during torrential rain on the M42. Firefighters battled to free him from the wreckage for 40 minutes at the scene in Tamworth, Staffordshire, before he was then airlifted hospital. Doctors found he had suffered a multifocal intracranial brain haemorrhage, which meant his blood vessels had burst and blood was leaking into his brain. The promising semi-pro footballer remained in a coma at Birmingham's Queen Elizabeth Hospital for six days while medics battled round the clock to save his life. When he finally came round Mr Curtis started speaking to nurses in fluent French - despite not studying the language since school. In his head he had also convinced himself he was Hollywood A-list actor Matthew McConaughey. Mr Curtis, from Redditch, Worcestershire, said: "It's quite bizarre to say the least. "I didn't even do French at GCSE so haven't studied it since Year 9 - then all of a sudden I'm fluent in it. "I can't explain how it happened. It's incredible really. "I don't remember coming round but my family said one of the nurses was from Africa and spoke French and I was having conversations with her. "I was just casually chatting away about how I was feeling in this perfect French accent. "My mum and dad were stunned when they got to hospital and the nurse asked them what side of the family was French. "And then I was sitting there spouting a foreign language from my hospital bed acting all French in their sort of arrogant yet sophisticated way. It wasn't me at all. "I wasn't really that good at it at school, so I don't how my brain has managed to do what is has. I don't know how I know it - I just do. "Also, in my head I thought I was Matthew McConaughey. "When I went to the toilet I went to look in the mirror and I was shocked because I didn't look like him, I didn't know what I was looking at. "Then slowly over time it eventually clicked and I thought "he is an actor, what am I on about? "But at times I was in hospital thinking I can't wait to get out of here and back to filming movies. "I was convinced I was him and that I had his good looks as well - I know it was hopeful thinking really." Mr Curtis was treated with an experimental drug after his family were approached by the National Institute for Health Research Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology Research Centre. He became only the second person in Britain to have the treatment - which drew upon the Ministry of Defence's expertise with injured soldiers. He made a recovery and was allowed home just two months after the accident in August 2012 but faced months of rehab. Now he has now retrained as a barber and is learning to teach hairdressing himself while he works at his aunt's salon in Birmingham. Mr Curtis, who had trials with Manchester United at the age of 14, said he is convinced his recovery is down to the experimental drug. He added: "I feel it made a difference to me. "Because I don't remember the crash, it doesn't feel like I've had a brain injury. Apart from obviously being able to now speak French. "The accident changed my outlook on life. I can't leave the house now without telling everyone I love them and giving them a hug. "I know with a click of your fingers, it could all be over, because life is fragile. There's no point in wasting any time." His mother Vera, 57, said: "He is so lucky to be alive. When I saw him, I felt the most despair at not being able to help him. "He didn't look like my Rory. He was always so fit and now he looked like a little old man. His hip was smashed to pieces. The bone had crumbled away. "It was a real roller-coaster. We thought we would lose him. "Then all of a sudden he wakes up and he's speaking French. "This nurse was from Africa and spoke French - she asked us what side of the family was from France, as his accent was so good. "Well I told her none of us. She not believe it. The brain really is an incredible thing, nobody has quite been able to explain why it has happened."
Barber woke from coma speaking fluent French and thinking he was Matthew McConaughey
Touching or cringeworthy? I could never quite figure out whether I like or hate her quasi-operatic voice.
Deanna Durbin's rendition of Silent Night (from Lady on a Train)
So, Friday i get invited to los angeles country club. for those of you who are not rich , white, privilege. pull it up, but dont get too excited cause you will never get in. or even be able to view the interior unless you can get a job as a server, anyway, i am always amazed, cause everyone is like 90yrs old, the food is good, and i really get into the history of this place, and how its remained so exclusive. I think the only celebrity who got in was randolph scott and only because of his family. but they denied bob hope and many others.......the place is pretty old guard. anyway, just sharing, cause no one , trust me no one , on this dismal little site would ever experience this place, just saying, so ...trying to do my part to fit in around here and share.......
Never mix gin and root beer. Does Not Work. Now ... go don your gay apparel!
In which a trans student responds to a housing dispute at s Cornell commune with a cap knitted with the phrase "you lost your dick."
Ivy League transphobia NIGHTMARE
She is going nuts. 13 songs leaked. The album wasn't suppose to come out until at least next spring. She never even did one photo shoot for the thing.
This friday!!!!
I had this drink , its called a moscow mule? wow, its just now my favorite drink for the hoidays, gotta serve them if you losers are having a party, which i doubt. but if by chance one of you thought to reserve the community club center at your very tacky valley apartment builidings. you should make these. first off are the copper mugs, very cool, then one part vodka, one part fresh limes or lime juice and then ginger beer and add mint. man, these things are amazing, i better watch myself...
Dildoes seems so cold and impersonal. Could someone explain why they turn you on to use them, particularly when you're alone?
post them
Dad steals some juice for the boy, and as Dad gets onto the bus he shoves the boy away leaving him behind.
Boy, 3, abandoned at British Columbia bus stop. The heterosexual lifestyle never fails to disgust me.
With her peroxide hair and trademark miniskirts, Debbie Harry will always be the ultimate pin-up for a certain generation of men. But at the age of 68, she is ready to quit legendary pop group Blondie. After nearly 40 years since they formed, the band are planning a swansong world tour next year before Harry hangs up her microphone for good. Drummer Clem Burke says that discussions about splitting up have been going on for the past year, with Harry, a former Playboy Bunny, concerned about her age. 'Debbie is 11 years older than the rest of us, so it's on her mind,' Burke, 57, said at an exhibition of paintings by the late singer Ian Dury at London's Royal College of Art. 'We've tried to keep it going for as long as possible, but it's not just up to me. Nothing is finalised yet, but obviously there's no Blondie without Debbie Harry.' The American singer, pictured right in her heyday, showed signs of strain during the band's most recent UK tour. Last month she caused uproar during a performance in Liverpool when she declared her love for rival city Manchester. 'It went down so badly that we were forced to play a rendition of The Beatles' Please Please Me,' Burke says. 'Poor Debbie hadn't joined the dots, so I had to intervene.' Blondie enjoyed phenomenal success in the late 1970s – topping the charts on both sides of the Atlantic with hits such as Heart Of Glass and Sunday Girl – before splitting for the first time in 1982, when Harry launched a solo career. The group re-formed in 1996 and reached No 3 in the UK charts with comeback album No Exit. They have been touring on and off ever since. A spokesman for Debbie Harry said: 'They are in a hiatus at the moment. They will do some tour dates next year. Nothing is confirmed yet.'
Kissin' Christians who love Jesus
I dont get the concept of the commercial. She breaks free from being held down by diamonds? Gurl bye!
SAYBROOK TOWNSHIP — Soap opera star Freddie Smith was legally drunk and possibly speeding in the Oct. 7 car crash that seriously injured his girlfriend, actress Alyssa Tabit, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol. Smith's blood alcohol test result was .093, according to OHP. The legal limit in Ohio is .08. Tabit, 27, of North Hollywood, Calif., is recovering from her injuries. Smith, 26, of Los Angeles, Calif., drove off Route 84 in Kingsville Township when he lost control of the Mazda 6 he was driving on a curve in the road, just east of Dibble Road, according to the OHP report. Police have said they suspected speed and alcohol were factors in the crash. As of Monday night, the crash is still under investigation and charges are pending, according to the OHP report. Troopers received the results from Smith's blood alcohol test on Monday. Smith plays the part of Sonny Kiriakis on the daytime soap opera, "Days of Our Lives." According to OHP, Smith's car crossed the center line at about 12:40 a.m. Oct. 7, traveled to the left side of the road and hit a culvert, causing the vehicle to flip end over end. When the vehicle came to rest, Tabit was temporarily trapped inside. She was flown by medical helicopter to St. Elizabeth's Hospital. Smith received minor injuries. The couple was in town visiting Smith's family. He grew up in Ashtabula County. According to his fan page, Smith is back on the set in Los Angeles.
***BREAKING*** Freddie Smith Was Legally Drunk When He Nearly Killed His Girlfriend And Himself Last Month!
The MTA, which manages New York City's subways and buses, will launch an awareness campaign in January to stop people from taking up too much space on the seats.
New York Subway Officials To Shame People Sitting With Their Legs Spread
The new trend is to take selfies with bears. They are all gathered under #bearselfie. Seriously, no one wants to see that.
I really miss the characters: Erica, Kendall, JR. ABC really ruined the show. The online version was pretty good. Cheap, but good.
So the same exact situation happens yet again? The family forgets Kevin yet again? He coincidently meets up with the burglars yet again in ANOTHER STATE?! Kevin again finds himself in a life and death situation? How many 10 year-olds find themselves in life and death situations every single year? He again sets up traps for them and they again fall for it?? I mean, come on now. There really can't be this many coincidences. This kind of implausibility took my enjoyment out of the whole movie. Do they take us for idiots?? And then Home Alone 3, it happens yet again??? Come on! And don't even get me started on Home Alone 4.
US will reestablish an embassy in Havana... Live on CNN now...
Look how thin I am:
The "Look How Thin I Am" Thread
Nikki Finke, Hollywood Chronicler, Said to Be in Talks With Politico By RAVI SOMAIYA DEC. 19, 2014 Politico has been in talks to hire the Hollywood journalist Nikki Finke to write about Washington as a political columnist, people familiar with the discussions said Friday. Ms. Finke has visited Washington to meet with senior Politico staff, but has not committed to the move, said the people familiar with the matter, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the negotiations were continuing. She has also been in talks with other publications, including the New York Observer, for several months. Ms. Finke grew infamous in Los Angeles for aggressive coverage of the entertainment industry, which made her former website, Deadline Hollywood, into a draw for breaking industry news. Penske Media acquired the site in 2009. But in 2012 it purchased Variety, a competing Hollywood trade publication, which sparked a dispute that resulted in Ms. Finke's leaving the company. Ms. Finke and Penske recently came to settlement terms, which prohibited her from writing about the entertainment industry for another company. Writing about Washington might circumnavigate that agreement. Ms. Finke and Politico had no immediate comment.
For retaliation of the Sony hack. Since when does the U.S. government get involved in such matters? Is Sony a federal agency?
If his face was covered on this photo I'd probably think that was a woman's body-just look at those tits and child bearing hips. Was he like Matt Damon of the 1950's? But he was a cute twink.
The republican-controlled Senate may never confirm anyone, anyway, so who should he president name and throw to the wolves?
Among all the rough-and-tumble bitchfests, freeper plants, troll slogs, sick cats and dull illiteracy here, what are the smart, bright, clever threads that left you thinking, "Wow"? I've often been delighted by the cleverness and knowledge held by posters here.
I know my way around the hole and the pole.
More guys seem to be. Is it a generational modesty thing? Is it old troll fear? Is it hidden cams?
My office is across the main lobby from another office space. It's vacant and belongs to the main tenant in the building that has about 80 employees on the second floor. It sits there completely barren; no carpet, some chairs and some fold up tables. It's a big space. I walked by and the double doors were open, and I heard Christmas music just barely playing. In the middle of this huge space were two fold up tables with some soda, a pan of something that smelled like Italian food, two cakes in their original plastic containers and some bags of chips, An office cart was festively decorated. It all looked so sad and pathetic, and I felt sad for the group of people there. What has happened to companies that they treat people so badly? My company does not have one. I think I prefer that to something like what I saw.
Dish more dirt. (With a complementary screenshot of Wolf Blitzer getting owned by Andy Richter on Jeopardy)
Mormon men: attracted to men but not G-A-Y
She was one of the best character actress ever! RIP
They're [italic]baaack![/italic] And joining them are previous winners, Dmitry (Season 10) and Michelle (Season 11). Your thoughts?
From President Obama's speech today, see below. This is why it's important to vote Democratic in the November election. We need more representatives who will fight for the working man and woman, to keep these gains from being reversed and to move forward with more gains. When President Obama was elected, businesses where laying off 800,000 people a month; today, they are hiring 200,000 people a month. The unemployment rate has dropped from 10.9% in 2009 to 6.1% today. Over the last 4.5 years, businesses have created 10 million new jobs. This is the longest uninterrupted stretch of job creation in our nation's history. There are more job openings now than anytime since 2001. During the Obama Administration, the US has put more people back to work than in Europe, Japan, and every other advanced economy COMBINED. Of course, there are people who are still struggling, that is why we need to vote Democratic in all offices this November, to elect people who will fight for the working man and woman. We can't afford to have these gains reversed.
Would you have done him?
Well, this should prove to be an entertaining clusterfuck! (via TheWrap): -------------------- The show follows married Utah Mormon men who are attracted to the same sex despite being married to women. TLC will air a special in January called "My Husband's Not Gay" that follows four men living in Salt Lake City, Utah, who don't identify themselves as homosexual despite having an attraction to men. The show focuses on three married couples: Jeff and Tanya, Pret and Megan, and Curtis and Tera. Joining the cast is 35-year-old Tom, the bachelor of the group who enjoys fishing and baseball andserved as a missionary in Long Beach. All cast members are devout Mormons belonging to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The special will follow the cast as they navigate life while explaining to outsiders their unique marriages. "I get a little defensive when somebody calls my husband gay," one wife says in the debut trailer. The special is produced by Hot Snakes Media. TLC also airs another Utah-based show, "Sister Wives," following Kody Brown who's in a polygamous marriage with four women.
Such a social whirl this week, including an event just made for DL: The 17th Annual Food Allergy Ball! Mickey Boardman is like Skip E. Lowe's own little Elf on the Shelf in a gold glitter vest and a shirt in TWO shades of green; Carolyne Roehm dazzles in chinoiserie yellow and an expression like she was just hit with a pie pan; Cece Cord's brow lift will probably settle in time; and Hunt Slonem's outfit certainly is... colorful. Happy Christmas, darlings!
New York Social Diary: Holiday Cheer edition!
Perhaps no other show on the air has experienced such whiplash-inducing extremes of praise and criticism as "Homeland," a program that's become a cautionary tale about the dangers of creating ambitious television in an era of relentless scrutiny and ever-increasing expectations. A critical darling and instant sensation when it premiered in 2011, the Showtime series had, by the end of its third season last year, become a pop culture punching bag, thanks to plot twists that occasionally strained credulity or were, according to some, executed in bad faith. Not only did the critics howl, but the awards suddenly dried up: In 2012, "Homeland" swept the Emmys, including for dramatic series; this year it wasn't even nominated in the category. But don't count it out just yet. When "Homeland" returns Sunday night with successive episodes, it may just woo back the skeptics. Following what show runner Alex Gansa calls a "major reset," the series has a new international setting, a spate of new characters and a revived focus on espionage rather than domestic melodrama. Most notable among the changes is the absence of Nicholas Brody, the POW turned congressman turned international fugitive played by Damian Lewis who was a love interest for Claire Danes' troubled CIA analyst, Carrie Mathison. And — spoiler alert for those behind on their Season 3 viewing — Lewis' character was executed during a covert mission in Iran. (Also off the show: his family, including much-maligned teenage daughter Dana.) "It's a post-Brody 'Homeland,'" Gansa said. "It was incumbent on us to take Carrie, this character that people have come to know over the past three years, and put her in a new geographical space and a new emotional space and to make that story feel compelling. It's up to all our fans and our critics to tell us if we're successful or not." Accordingly, the setting has moved from the relative safety of Washington, D.C., and its suburbs to the Middle East — specifically to the hot zones of Afghanistan and Pakistan, where Carrie has been reassigned. "The big idea this season was that we wanted to see this character do the thing she was trained to do, and that is be an intelligence officer overseas," Gansa said. Following Brody's harrowing death, the first step in rebuilding the show was deciding where to send its protagonist. At the end of Season 3, Carrie, pregnant with the daughter she conceived with Brody, had just been appointed station chief in Istanbul. However tempting it might have been to film there, the city was quickly ruled out because the Turkish government would have required script approval on every episode, according to Gansa. His effort to postpone the season a few months to allow more time for retooling met resistance from Showtime, he said.
Once a year or so, newspapers and magazine will publish their circulation statistics. There must be some law that makes them do this. But, why?
Gosh, ever since Ginny in Billing died, our office parties have been lousy. Yeah, and now we have to call it a [bold]Holiday [/bold] party not a [bold]Christmas [/bold] party.
This DL fave movie stars DL icon Matt Damon, Scar Jo and a bunch of adorable zoo animals, including a tiger and an ass. Will Spar the tiger live? Will the zoo be saved? Find out in family favorite "We Bought a Zoo"!
Guests tonight with Andy Cohen, 11:00-11:30 on Bravo. Where's Mark?
The infamous 1996 cult classic, The Craft, may be headed for a remake if movie survey takers are an indication. A Dread Central reader submitted that she took part in a recent panel survey concerning movies and was asked several questions on whether or not she would be interested in seeing a remake of The Craft. Questions are asked for a reason. A direct to video sequel of The Craft was planned several years ago but was eventually scrapped. Let's hope this comes to fruition.
"As many of you know I work part time at the door of (gay bar). I really enjoy the diversity of the people I get to meet and find it very interesting to find out how many people from around the world that come through our doors. I even met a young man who as it turns out, our great grandfathers were brothers. For the past several months there has been a young man coming in that is here from Saudi Arabia. Last Friday night there was something different about him, he was nervous and scared. During the night he unfortunately lost his cell phone and a customer literally had to drag him out of the bar at close. One of our bartenders who had befriended him saw him still outside when we left and the young man was in tears. He was being forced to go back home to Saudi Arabia where his family was waiting to kill him for being gay. In Saudi Arabia it is not a crime for a family to kill one of their own for being gay. As I write this it is highly unlikely this young man is still alive."
He has BDF.
It's funny how many parallels the '10s have with the '80s! First of all, there's the Royal Wedding. In 1981, Charles married Diana. In 2011, Will married Kate. Synthpop has really come back. Taylor Swift's latest album is all about imitating the '80s sound. All the '80s movies that have been remade this decade, from [italic]The Karate Kid[/italic], [italic]A Nightmare On Elm Street[/italic], [italic]Red Dawn[/italic], [italic]Endless Love[/italic], [italic]Robocop[/italic]etc. "We Are the World" was remade. And now, finally, "Do They Know It's Christmas" has been remade, and it features those [italic]ADORABLE[/italic] boys of One Direction!
So, why isn't Datalounge talking about the new "Do They Know It's Christmas" music video?
"My generation of boys is f**ked," says Rupert, a young German video game enthusiast I've been getting to know over the past few months. "Marriage is dead. Divorce means you're screwed for life. Women have given up on monogamy, which makes them uninteresting to us for any serious relationship or raising a family. That's just the way it is. Even if we take the risk, chances are the kids won't be ours. In France, we even have to pay for the kids a wife has through adulterous affairs. "In school, boys are screwed over time and again. Schools are engineered for women. In the US, they force-feed boys Ritalin like Skittles to shut them up. And while girls are favoured to fulfil quotas, men are slipping into distant second place. "Nobody in my generation believes they're going to get a meaningful retirement. We have a third or a quarter of the wealth previous generations had, and everyone's fleeing to higher education to stave off unemployment and poverty because there are no jobs. "All that wouldn't be so bad if we could at least dull the pain with girls. But we're treated like paedophiles and potential rapists just for showing interest. My generation are the beautiful ones," he sighs, referring to a 1960s experiment on mice that supposedly predicted a grim future for the human race. After overpopulation ran out of control, the female mice in John Calhoun's "mouse universe" experiment stopped breeding, and the male mice withdrew from the company of others entirely, eating, sleeping, feeding and grooming themselves but doing little else. They had shiny coats, but empty lives. Social commentators, journalists, academics, scientists and young men themselves have all spotted the trend: among men of about 15 to 30 years old, ever-increasing numbers are checking out of society altogether, giving up on women, sex and relationships and retreating into pornography, sexual fetishes, chemical addictions, video games and, in some cases, boorish lad culture, all of which insulate them from a hostile, debilitating social environment created, some argue, by the modern feminist movement. You can hardly blame them. Cruelly derided as man-children and crybabies for objecting to absurdly unfair conditions in college, bars, clubs and beyond, men are damned if they do and damned if they don't: ridiculed as basement-dwellers for avoiding aggressive, demanding women with unrealistic expectations, or called rapists and misogynists merely for expressing sexual interest.
"The Sexodus:" Men are giving up on women and checking out of society
Anyone know anything about the clinic in Scarsdale called Crichton-Clark?
A White House official has advised Pyongyang to admit it is guilty of hacking Sony Pictures' database and pay damages to the film company. Washington dismissed North Korea's proposal to hold a joint investigation. A spokesman for the White House National Security Council (NSC), Mark Stroh, said Saturday that "If the North Korean government wants to help, they can admit their culpability and compensate Sony for the damages this attack caused."
US wants North Korea to pay Sony for the money lost by not releasing The Interview
I really love and adore Cotrubas and have always held in her in as high esteem as Callas, Sutherland, Caballe, Freni, de los Angeles and others I listen to frequently. Some of her recordings are simply flawless, especially L'Elisir d'Amore; her Violetta is also perfection. You always hear everyone going on about the other divas and I feel that she deserves her place up there with the rest. Anyone else with me?
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?
Post your pics of love and affection.
My family always celebrated on Christmas Eve. We would have a big dinner with relatives, open some presents, do Secret Santa or White Elephant. On Christmas morning, it was just the immediate family and I never even saw my relatives on Christmas Day. It was like the holiday was over at Christmas Morning. I was kinda surprised when some people said their families didn't really celebrate Christmas Eve but had the dinner and relatives over on Christmas Day instead. How strange. When do you celebrate?
He's slowly getting there in America. The media loves him, and women and gay men drool over him. He has a great body - now. His ass in "Looking" keeps getting written up. How far can he go with this? What will it mean for his future career? Does he have a career in the US past "Looking"?
Openly-gay (makes a nice change). Interview:
It's Taylor Farms chopped kale salad and it also contains chopped broccoli stalks, Brussels sprouts, and something red, maybe radicchio (I don't have the bag with me to read the exact ingredients). It comes with poppy seed dressing, dried cranberries and pumpkin seeds both packed separately. The down side is it's not organic and the dressing is made with soy oil, which I try to avoid, another reason I only had a little of their dressing and mostly had my own, but it's so good you really don't need much to get the flavor of it. I used mostly my own red wine vinegar, extra virgin olive oil and a little of the poppy seed dressing and a bit of the cranberries and pumpkin seeds. The dressing is so delicious that I could have just drowned the salad in it but I stopped myself. The greens themselves are crisp and have a sweetness to them. I did add a tiny bit of feta and 2 olives. So freakin' good. I usually have to force myself to eat my nightly salad but this I could have had seconds. It's 28 oz. and cost under 5 dollars and had a 9 day expiration date. It will never last until the 31st but it's made from greens that all keep well so I wouldn't be surprised if it really does have that lone a life. Most bagged salads I buy go bad long before they expiration date on the bag. They usually last 3 days tops. Has anyone seen this anywhere besides Costco? I never have and I don't get there that often. Oh well, I'll enjoy it while I have it. I bought one of the ready made Costco chicken's with it but I was so satisfied with the salad I hardly ate any of the chicken thigh I cut from the whole chicken to have tonight. YUM!
Pregnant again after giving birth in Febraury. Gh-ett-o. Even Kate had the decency to wait more than a year. "Kate Middleton isn't the only royal with a bun in the oven. Princess Madeleine of Sweden is pregnant, expecting another prince or princess — just ten months after welcoming her first child Princess Leonore, the 32-year-old revealed via Facebook on Friday, Dec. 19. "We are very happy and look forward to welcoming a new member to our family," Madeleine and her British-American banker husband Christopher O'Neill, 40, said in a statement. The exciting news comes less than a year after the couple welcomed their first child, daughter Leonore, who is fifth in line to the throne, in February."
Princess Madeleine of Sweden is a Baby Machine
Princess Michael of Cunt
Since the last thread seems to be locked up/inaccessible since last week. More about those towns we were chatting about. Don't misbehave and don't make me snap you with my fuckin' dishtowel!
I know straight guys watch lesbian porn, but I'm curious as to why so many women are into guy-on-guy. What is it about it that turns them on so much? I could understand watching a guy solo (looking at the body), but bringing another guy into the picture and having him fuck the other one is a whole other story. Why do they find it so hot? Has it been researched? It's so common now. Good for them, btw!
See link below and see if you agree.
Brings viewers to "ABC World News Tonight."
Former snaggletoothed fuggo DJ is now a ripped Armani model. He doesn't even look like the same person. How much plastic surgery did he have?
Christmas can be a tawdry commercial bitch. Yet there is the Christmas Tree at the Metropolitan, decorated with the most astonishingly beautiful presepe beautifully crafted in Naples about three hundred years ago. All gays should see it. Memories, please, from those who have.
So hot! I'm sure he was hiding a huge Hungarian kolbász in those pants.
At the bank today there was a long line for tellers, so the branch manager was sorting out which folks he could help at his desk; turned out he was able to process my credit card payment (by check) there. Afterwards, he said, "Is there anything else (I could help you with?" and my very first thought was, "Well, you could make a solo j/o vid ..."
I want that delicious manjuice squirting into my mouth.
There's an article in the current New Yorkerr about kids and their obsession with 6 second Vine videos. The vines make some kids rich, make some superstars, and a lot of vines trade in stereotypes and vulgarity. Between the short attention spans and lack of creativity, I don't have much hope for the future.
12.17.14 Janet Jackson and her husband Wissam Al Mana made a rare public appearance this week, visiting children at a refugee camp in Jordan. Much like the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow or unicorns, recent sightings of Janet Jackson have become the stuff of legend. We see her so infrequently that the world nearly stops every time we hear there's a new picture. What we can tell you is that Janet (who is looking fresh faced and good as usual) and her fabulously wealthy husband Wissam Al Mana use their time and resources to improves the lives of others. You'll recall that last time we saw Miss Jackson she was raising money for AmFAR. This week, she and Wissaam took pictures hugging, and playing with kids at Zaatari, a refugee camp in Jordan. Janet posted the photos on her Facebook page with the caption, "With UNICEF Zaatari Camp. Syria's beautiful children. Their openness and love... so wonderful. Wissam and Janet." It's worth it to note that Rhythm Nation 1814, Janet's socio-political album, was released 25 years ago and the social issues she tackled remain current. It's great to see that her charity work was never a "fad" and she continues to give back. So where is the couple headed off to now? "Next visiting the children with @UNICEFJerusalem. Wissam and Janet," she tweeted to her legions of fans.
The Perennially Beautiful Janet Jackson and her husband visit kids at the UNICEF Zaatari Refugee Camp
Have you ever had a workplace romance? Did you guys end up dating or was it a secret? I had a 6 month long affair with my married "straight" boss. I was young and stupid and fell in love.
Money talks.
Black women beware: White homos want whatever black men are left
Watch what happens in this thread.
By Melanie Hall 3:39PM GMT 16 Dec 2014 Actress Joan Collins has warned of the perils of wearing too much moisturising cream on flights after she was held by border security when her fingerprints couldn't be read. The British star said that on getting off a plane in the US on a recent trip, her fingers failed to make a strong enough impression on the fingerprint scanner "because I apply moisturiser on long trips, quite liberally, my hands were covered with lotion at the border control counter". The Dynasty actress, 81, said: "My immigration form came out of the printer with a large and veryominous X on it. "This alarmed the official, who decided to leave me standing next to his desk while he waved forward and collected the forms of those whose fingerprints had made the grade. "After an interminable parade of obvious stares and hidden snickers form the successful entrants, he made me take off my hat and glasses and peered at me." Collins said the US border official then questioned her, making her feel "like a criminal caught at the border while trying to immigrate into the US illegally". "He cross-examined me ruthlessly – 'What do you do?' 'Why are you here?' 'What are your plans in this country?'" she wrote in The Spectator magazine of the incident in November. "Several other officers were called over to discuss me; my passport was inspected thoroughly and scanned time after time. "That was a lot of fun after a ten-hour trip from Heathrow, and all because I moisturise."
Rob Lowe
Yes, it's The Mail, so if you don't want to give them clicks, don't give them clicks!
I know a lot of people think he is, but he seems so comfortable with his sexuality and is so gay-friendly that I kinda think he wouldn't have a problem coming out, if he were gay..
I have a friend from out of town staying with me for a couple of days. We fell asleep around 1 in the morning and now its noon and he's still asleep. Im no drill sergeant and I get he's on vacation but I have friends (mutual friends) coming soon plus his car is blocking my car so I cant run a few errands like I wanted to. Would I be a bitch for waking him up at 12:30? I just think its a really long time to sleep.
Cute? Gorgeous? Or Plain? I'm more for cute.
Things may become very unpleasant indeed for many figures within the UK Establishment. Scotland Yard has a number of investigations under way looking at the abuse of children by British entertainers, politicians and figures reportedly high up in the Church of England, the judiciary and UK law enforcement. The Yard went public last week stressing that seasoned detectives find allegations of the murder of young boys by senior politicians in the 70s and 80's to be highly credible. London cops have been discussing the issues on a forum set up for and moderated by retired and serving members of the London Metropolitan Police (The Met). Who is the celebrity whose file they are discussing? One retired detective with 30 years service says the celebrity has had a file cataloguing their criminal activities ( which must be abuse of children in this discussion) which 'rocked me back on my heels' when he was shown it by a colleague.
London police discuss the UK child abuse scandal on their online forum
Would the wars and the fate of Europe and its possessions turned out differently? If so, how?
Who is this?
We like?
Help me, please. I need a good breakfast casserole recipe for Christmas morning.
God he was gorgeous.
I like binge watching and have seen the ones that get a lot of publicity like House of Cards and OITNB. I would love to have new show to binge on. Anything on Starz? Amazon? Netflix... What have you enjoyed that went under the publicity radar?
has turned into Carol Kane.
My super lives rent-free, was given an adjoining apartment when he had kids, has a house in Long Beach and in Vineyard Haven. I never see him. My friend's co-op had one long term resident institutionalized when she started showing up in the lobby dressed in her old flapper outfit.
I used to do it with 45s, then using my CD player's "repeat" function, and now I do it with iTunes. If I really love a song, I'm perfectly happy to listen to it for an hour or more. Right now it's Lucinda Williams' hymn to New Orleans, Louisiana, "Crescent City." "Tous les temps sont temps." Which songs do you listen to over and over and over and over?
Blown away by the movie, fabulous ensemble acting. It's very intense and certainly not a feel-good movie for the holiday season. Wonder why it wasn't released in the fall. Anybody else see it?
So cute.
DLers may know him from the now-obsolete thread "This guy actually pretends to be straight..."
Left various emails/messages for a friend (not acquaintance) that went unanswered (and was simply to request some information). After a month or so, I finally got a casual "Wassup" phone voice message.\ \ What''s the appropriate response?
First of all, I just want to say thank you for your interest in Kwanzaa; and for your sensitivity in trying to be inclusive of different faiths and traditions. That being said, could you please stop asking me fucking questions about Kwanzaa. As an American Black person, whose family has been in America since the 1600s, I have never celebrated Kwanzaa nor know any Black Americans who do. The blacks I know who are of the Jewish faith, celebrate Hanukkah. I even know a Black couple who are Wiccans who celebrate The Winter Solstice. But the vast majority of the Black Americans that I know celebrate Xmas. This is not to say that black people don't celebrate Kwanzaa. I'm sure that lots of black people celebrate it, just not me or anyone that I know. I don't know anything about the holiday, nor am I the Kwanzaa spokesperson. So stop asking me to comment on this holiday. It is starting to get a little bit annoying. Thanks!!
Ella Fitzgerald, "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"
At least seven people are seriously injured in crash in George Square as city centre was crowded with Christmas shoppers
Well, this is embarrassing for her, innit?
"I had encountered young men...who were seeking to have unprotected sex with the objective of being infected with HIV," director Sal Bardo, who also co-produced the movie, said. "So it was something I was simultaneously intrigued by and a little disturbed by." Video:
'Chaser' Star Max Rhyser, Director Sal Bardo On Controversial Barebacking Movie
Conduct yourself accordingly.
Let's carry on our foolishness in a single thread. To recap: When Welsh actor Luke Evans started out on the West End in Boy George's musical Taboo, he was openly gay, telling The Advocate "I'm going to have to be open. It's who I am. And if people don't like it, then I don't want their jobs." and "If that means I'm going to be a poor man at 60, then at least I've lived a happy, open, gay life and not had to hide it from anybody." More bluntly, he told an English gay rag that what he liked most about gay porn stars were "big cocks." Despite appearing in high profile musicals such as Les Miserables and Avenue Q, major stardom eluded him, so he took the plunge into film. Reneging on his earlier statements, he tried to present himself as straight, even attempting to beard with his friend Holly Goodchild. But the internet remembers and this created a furor in on many gay blogs and here at DL, where his earlier interviews were dug up. At the time, however, the mainstream press ignored it. Luke compounded the situation by going on Cam4 to put on a little sex show; miraculously, only the "PG" stuff from the show has survived. Meanwhile, Luke carved out a moderately successful career in action films, appearing in Immortals with Henry Cavill, The Hobbit with Lee Pace and Richard Armitage and The Fast and Furious 7 with Vin Diesel. Ian McKellan, another co-star from The Hobbit, dropped the ball a bit when he named Evans as one of several openly gay actors from the films; and Luke moved from bearding to living in a somewhat blurry glass closet, saying how he wants to keep his private life private. In the summer of 2014, he was romantically linked with Spanish model/actor Jon Kortajarena, a situation that was even covered in the mainstream press. Doing interviews in the fall of 2014, Luke acknowledged the earlier interviews while his PR people stated "It's not something he's hiding...." which led Time magazine to declare him now openly gay and our first gay action hero. His latest film, Dracula Untold, his major solo starring role, was predicted to be a flop; yet, despite dreadful reviews, the movie opened to big bucks, with a $25 million take in the U.S. and even more internationally; Evans is currently the 7th most searched actor on IMDb.
Who will die? WHo will come out next? Who will win Oscars? Who will say Bill Cosby raped them?
and riding the rails
The trailer is out! And it looks like Jimmy is finally getting some vagine. But still no phallic entertainment on the horizon for Thomas. Bloody bollocks! Even the poor sodomites need companionship in this post-War era! Isobel, could you ring us up some tea, dear?
He's getting ready to bolt, isn't he?
Thanks for all the years of pleasure you have given us even though now you look like a homeless goat. Chanel Ad:
Starring Miss Swann (Alex Borstein)... Set in a geriatric extended care wing of a down-at-the-heels hospital, Getting On follows put-upon nurses, anxious doctors and administrators as they struggle with the darkly comic, brutally honest and quietly compassionate realities of caring for the elderly. Anyone watch? Thoughts? It's yet another American version of a BBC show.
I knew nothing about her career or her exquisite beauty until I read her obituary today.
I did this once. I took some family and few close friends to a ski resort. Exotic, Expensive. way expensive. but it was not the "picture perfect" Xmas I planned. One very close friend , I actually caught talking to the ticket agent before we even took off from the starting city, The rest of us were all excited , my friend was actuallly checking to see if he could change his ticket to be back sooner for his Girlfriend. Such a jerk, I think the perfect xmas would be in the mountains, snow,
WASHINGTON (AP) -- North Korea experienced sweeping and progressively worse Internet outages extending into Monday, with one computer expert saying the country's online access is "totally down." The White House and the State Department declined to say whether the U.S. government was responsible.
1. Which wife of a TV newsman was caught having sex with her kids' surfing instructor in a car in the Hamptons? 2. Which media maven has been raising eyebrows in her Manhattan neighborhood by parading around at home, and in her garden in full view, completely naked? 3. Which socialite was caught in a compromising position by a top photographer after a little too much cocaine and alcohol? 4. Which power publicist showed up at a bitter rival's event and was embarrassingly turned away at the door? 5. Which darling actress has privately turned into a monstrous diva? Her difficult behavior, horrific handlers and odious entourage are now the talk of the fashion and movie world?
She kept side-eyeing Kanye and his "special friend" (i cant pronunce his name but he's been referred to on DL before) for spending the holiday together alone. And then called him "girl" and then quickly tried to cover it up.
Did anyone get it ? Recommend it ? Can I get rid of my cable if I use this ? I really don't watch any TV ..... I have a Prime membership, so I figure I can watch enough from the other options available.
Seriously, I'm not interested in reading through them but I'm curious why there are so many.
Because a hairy chest is still a thing of beauty...
Son of the Revenge of the "Lets Post Pics of Guys Presenting Their Hairy Chests" thread
How do you imagine their sex life?
A curious vocal pattern has crept into the speech of young adult women who speak American English: low, creaky vibrations, also called vocal fry. Pop singers, such as Britney Spears, slip vocal fry into their music as a way to reach low notes and add style. Now, a new study of young women in New York state shows that the same guttural vibration—once considered a speech disorder—has become a language fad. Vocal fry, or glottalization, is a low, staccato vibration during speech, produced by a slow fluttering of the vocal cords (listen here). Since the 1960s, vocal fry has been recognized as the lowest of the three vocal registers, which also include falsetto and modal—the usual speaking register. Speakers creak differently according to their gender, although whether it is more common in males or females varies among languages. In American English, anecdotal reports suggest that the behavior is much more common in women. (In British English, the pattern is the opposite.) Historically, continual use of vocal fry was classified as part of a voice disorder that was believed to lead to vocal cord damage. However, in recent years, researchers have noted occasional use of the creak in speakers with normal voice quality. In the new study, scientists at Long Island University (LIU) in Brookville, New York, investigated the prevalence of vocal fry in college-age women. The team recorded sentences read by 34 female speakers. Two speech-language pathologists trained to identify voice disorders evaluated the speech samples. They marked the presence or absence of vocal fry by listening to each speaker's pitch and two qualities called jitter and shimmer—variation in pitch and volume, respectively. More than two-thirds of the research subjects used vocal fry during their readings, the researchers will report in a future issue of the Journal of Voice. The distinct vibrations weren't continuous. Rather, they arose most often at the ends of sentences. The patterns were "normal" variations, says co-author and speech scientist Nassima Abdelli-Beruh of LIU, because the women rarely slipped into vocal fry during sustained vowel tests—prolonged holding of vowels such as 'aaa' and 'ooo'—a classic way to assess voice quality and probe for possible disorders. Abdelli-Beruh says the creak is unlikely to damage vocal cords because speakers didn't creak continuously or even at the end of every sentence. The study is the first to quantify the prevalence of vocal fry in normal speech, although other researchers have noted the pattern. The group is also the first to verify that American women are much more likely to exhibit the behavior than men, as its yet-unpublished data show that male college-age students don't use the creaky voice. The team's next steps will attempt to find out when this habit started—and if it is indeed a budding trend. The researchers also plan to test students in high schools and middle schools to learn why young women creak when they speak. "Young students tend to use it when they get together," Abdelli-Beruh says. "Maybe this is a social link between members of a group." Abdelli-Beruh also wants to compare the prevalence of vocal fry on radio stations. For example, she says that the popular-music station on her teenage son's dial features creaky announcers, but she does not hear vocal fry on National Public Radio, which targets an older audience. The small number of subjects and the limited geographic focus of the study make these findings very specific, Keating says. But she notes that speech researchers suspect the vibrational trend is widespread in the United States. "I think there are generational differences," she says. "But it is common to mark the end of sentences [with vocal fry]. If the pitch falls, you get creak."
A UKIP parliamentary candidate has complained that a gay donkey once tried to rape his horse. John Rees-Evans, who is the party's PPC in Cardiff South and Penarth, made the bizarre comments outside the opening of a new UKIP shop in Merthyr. Protesters read him a quotation from the party's former Oxford chair Dr Julia Gasper, who claimed some homosexuals prefer sex with animals. Mr Rees-Evans replied: "Actually I've witnessed that. "I was personally quite amazed. I've got a horse, it was in the fields, and a donkey came up – my horse is a stallion. "A donkey came up which is male, and I'm afraid tried to rape my horse. "My horse bit the side of the donkey, and I had to give my horse a slap to protect the donkey." He added: "In this case [she's] obviously correct… but I don't think that's what it meant, it's just a bizarre coincidence." A protester assured him footage of the rant was "all going up on YouTube tomorrow". The candidate told the Independent that as a libertarian, he has "no position to declare that one particular form of sexual appetite is any more legitimate than any other." He added: "My own background is quite traditional. For me, any kind of non-conventional relationship that people have, I would say I don't really understand the attraction, but we are a libertarian party. "People can do pretty much anything they like in the privacy of their own homes as long as it doesn't affect other people."
UKIP candidate complains a 'homosexual donkey' tried to rape his horse
Every region in America now has one. Do you shop there?
Am I the only one who can't open his thread? He just posted some new gossip, too.
For a minute there, I thought someone had given her a mirror. "Madonna has defended her description of the leak of 13 unfinished demos from her forthcoming album as "a form of terrorism" and "artistic rape". Speaking to The Guardian on Sunday, the singer said she was "living in a state of terror" following the leak, adding that there was "a big possibility" they were the result of her personal computer being hacked. "Obviously there is a person, or a group of people behind this that were essentially terrorising me. I don't want to sound alarming, but certainly that's how I felt. It's one thing if someone comes into your house and steals a painting off your wall: that's also a violation, but, your work, as an artist, that's devastating. I'm an artistic person, I'm very expressive. I'm sorry if words alarm people, but that's what it felt like. It was not a consensual agreement. I did not say 'hey, here's my music, and it's finished.' It was theft." On Saturday, Madonna unexpectedly released six tracks from Rebel Heart on iTunes, following the leak of the unfinished songs earlier in the week: the album itself is not due for release until March. She immediately reached No 1 in the iTunes chart in 36 countries, a situation she described as a miracle. The appearance of the unfinished recordings from Rebel Heart is the latest in a series of high-profile music leaks in the teeth of ever-more stringent security measures by record companies. Last year, Kanye West's keenly anticipated album Yeezus appeared in full online in advance of its release, ironically four hours after the website buzzfeed.com published a feature detailing the painstaking security around the album – which apparently included storing the music on a hard drive in an airtight, watertight case that could withstand the impact of a plane crash or tsunami – under the headline 8 Reasons You Won't Hear Yeezus Early. But Madonna suggested the leak of her demos differed from previous security breaches – frequently traced back to employees of record companies or recording studios – because other non-musical material appeared online at the same time. "It wasn't just music," she said. "Images were coming out that I'd never seen before. It was then I started to think ok, what's happening? What is the source of the leak? It's not just one person, or someone sitting next to me in an office, or someone in a recording studio. I've had leaks before, a couple of weeks before an album was released, a lot of other artists have too, we all have to deal with that. But to have songs in the earliest demo form, from last March, that's extremely disturbing to me." The singer said that the leak had forced her to reconsider her working practices, and, in the wake of the Sony Pictures hacking scandal posed wider questions for the entertainment industry as a whole. "You have to rethink your approach to making music, how to get the information back and forth to people, how to work in a more secure environment. It's alarming . Alarming because what do we do as artists? We want to finish writing our book or editing our film, we want to finish writing or producing our music. People need the arts, we need to be inspired, we need to hear people's records and see people's films. Why destroy that process for creative people? It's going to affect everybody." The six songs from Rebel Heart released thus far do not shy away from controversy: one, Illuminati, mocks the various conspiracy theories on the internet that implicate a variety of entertainers – including Jay-Z and Lady Gaga – in membership of a shadowy ruling elite. "There's a lot of talk in pop music right now about people saying, 'Oh, this person's a member of the Illuminati,' or they're Illuminati, or you're Illuminati, and people's idea that there's a group of entertainers or very wealthy people, they're referred to as the Illuminati, and they work behind the scenes and they control things and they're very powerful, and there's possibly a reference to something dark, or black magic"
Madonna: I Am Living in a State of Terror
Artistic Rape Victim
Hoping a doctor or cardiologist on DL can help me with this. I have a cardiac pacemaker that was implanted after a heart attack as a preventative in case I go into defib. I purchased a vibrator from a sex shop and noticed after I got home that there was a "don't use if you have a pacemaker" warning on the box. I never even thought to look for something like this. I guess this model has a pretty strong magnetic motor. Is this warning just a cover our ass thing for the company or do I run a real risk of causing some damage to myself or the pacemaker? I would understand if the device was near my heart. I know I'm opening myself up for ridicule, so go ahead, I can take it. Thanks!
Question is why do you have so much clothes?
Jake Gyllenhaal - I confess, I was always one of those people who thought the rumors about him were just wishful thinking...then he started dating Taylor Swift. Now I think he''s gay.%0D\ %0D\ %0D\ %0D\ %0D\ John Travolta - saw him singing that awful "Let Her In" song on some show in the 70s, and he just really pinged for me.%0D\ %0D\ %0D
Joe Cocker dead at 70
Who do we hate? And who will be Jeff's latest man-crush?
I'm just into the first part of this movie and was this kid born psycho or did his mother make him like that? Not getting it. Hopefully it will make sense in the end.
Tanya Tucker was like the Taylor Swift or LeAnn Rimes of her time. A country superstar when she was just 13 years old, her career – and her love life -- suffered many ups and downs. After her first hit record "Delta Dawn" hit the airwaves in 1972, Tucker went on to record a streak of Top 10 hits, including "Love's the Answer," "What's Your Mama's Name," "Blood Red and Goin' Down" and "Would You Lay With Me (In a Field of Stone)." But in the 1980s, her career was derailed by alcoholism. "My career, as you know, has had its ups and downs and it's just life," she tells ET in an exclusive interview. "I survived." Along the way, Tanya engaged in high-profile romances with the likes of Don Johnson, Andy Gibb and, from 1980-1981, fellow country icon Glen Campbell. "He will always be the love of my life," Tucker says of Campbell. The couple never wed, though Campbell has been married four times to other women. Today, Campbell is in the final stages of a heart-breaking battle with Alzheimer's. We showed Tucker the trailer for his new farewell tour film, Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me. "I'd just love to give him a big ole' kiss," she gushed of her former flame. "I've called and asked if I could possibly go in and just let me say goodbye, you know, just one more time." At one point while watching the trailer, Tucker points to Campbell's now wife, Kim Woollen, and declares "that should be me." Fighting tears, Tucker cries: "I don't know, what am I going to do? Steal him back or something? ... I don't like crying, but every now and then he's worth it." An exhibit exploring Tucker's four-decade career is now open through May at Nashville's Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. The 56-year-old is also working on a new album. "I just want to be the best I can be," she says. "I definitely would want someone saying about me when I'm gone, 'You know, she could sing pretty good but she was a great gal.'"
Tanya Tucker Gets Candid: Glen Campbell was the love of her life
As requested...
where you allow your hubby to have sex with other guys? Just wondering. Margy Cho does this. I would not condone it myself.
Bill Cosby (rape) Michael Jackson (molesting kids) Robert Blake (murder) Who else?
It sure was one gleeful moment when the actor popped the question to his longtime girlfriend last summer, but Matthew Morrison and Renee Puente must be grinning ear to ear after tying the knot. The two were married Saturday evening in an intimate celebration in front of 50 family and friends on a private estate in Kihei on the island of Maui, Hawaii, the actor's rep confirms exclusively to PEOPLE. Morrison wore a custom Brooks Brothers tuxedo for the occasion, while the bride wore a one-of-a-kind Gustavo gown with shoes specially designed by Emmy London. Of course a Glee wedding would be incomplete without musical performances. Pianist Chad Whidden played for the crowd and soloist Kiley Dean sang "Feels Like Home" as Puente walked down the aisle. Keep up with your favorite celebs in the pages of PEOPLE Magazine by subscribing now. Later on in the evening, Puente put on a special Hula performance for Morrison, and he then joined her in a couples version. The talented newlyweds ended their performances with a special duet together, singing Laura Benanti's "Starry Eyed/Video Games." Kevin Covey Wedding and Events planned the affair, which featured food by Bev Gannon's Celebrations Catering – including a special dessert station made up of Morrison and Puente's favorite family recipes – and floral and décor by Inviting Occasion. Photography was provided by Natalie Watson Photography and Watson Studios, and the videographer was Perryfield Films. The Glee actor, 35, and the model, 31, have been dating since 2011. "An incredible night of LOVE @ejaf ball," Morrison Tweeted in June of the engagement. "I'm going to marry my best friend! Happy day for me and @Renee_Puente."
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.
Amid all the bizarre, creepy, nasty, bitchy threads, what are your favorites among the interesting, intelligent, thoughtful ones?
Five largest theater chains have pulled the film from their schedules, effectively killing the movie.
All that adolescent wanking at the dawn of the eighties was fully justified.
She says, "He is the man you thought you knew" She's the black Dottie Sandusky
Moob und Strudel DOOL
Not so ****BREAKING**** Freddie Smith in Car Accident Part 2
Is there a common theme here? (NSFW)
I just can't imagine that this "leak" was a leak. Every damn album she's had since "Music" was "leaked." Clearly this is a huge publicity stunt. And hey! It's worked. Gotta give that to the old gal.
But it was a mess, This whole Hobbit trilogy is too long, comprising very thin, yet stretched source material. It was constant action. They needed quiet moments for the denouement. Thorin's funeral, the rebuilding of Erebor could have all been gorgeous scenes, not unlike the end of RotK. There were horrible special effects (Sauron/Galadriel fight psychedelic trip, lame Thorin gold drowning scene). There were shitty pointless characters (Tauriel/Killi romance) Unresolved plot points (arkenstone?). But what really ground my gears were the two George Lucas style offenses, which reminded me so much of the Star Wars prequels. Unnecessary CG characters (orc generals, cousin dwarf, de-aging of bloom), and no slow closeup shots of real costumes, which removed the gritty feel of the LotR trilogy. I watched the extended edition behind the scenes stuff for LotR. They spend LOADS on costume design, which I guess they didn't care about here. The horrible dialogue, e.g. Thrandiul to Legolas, strange homoerotic foreshadowing about 10 year old Aragorn (WTF!?), and Thranduil to the she-elf talking about love! OMG it was so cringey. Lee Pace was a several thousand year old Elf King. He would have walked in, gotten his jewels and left, ignoring his son and everyone else.
I really wanted to like the Hobbit:the Battle of the Five Armies
JUST ASKING .... Which wife of a TV newsman was caught having sex with her kids' surfing instructor in a car in the Hamptons? Which media maven has been raising eyebrows in her Manhattan neighborhood by parading around at home, and in her garden in full view, completely naked? Which socialite was caught in a compromising position by a top photographer after a little too much cocaine and alcohol? Which power publicist showed up at a bitter rival's event and was embarrassingly turned away at the door? Which darling actress has privately turned into a monstrous diva? Her difficult behavior, horrific handlers and odious entourage are now the talk of the fashion and movie world?
As-shil-lay! Isn't that the hot new designer?
Sony Leak: Adam Sandler is an Asshile
Anderson interviewed Shawn Hornbeck today on his show and prefaced the interview by saying he is not allowed to ask him anything about the kidnapping or what happened. Why? It's been 6 years since he's been found and he's still not ready to talk about it? Something's just not right. He wasn't chained up or held captive. He spent all his time playing video games, watching TV and eating pizza and junk food. He was allowed to roam free outside of the house. He biked and skateboarded in the neighborhood. He had sleepovers at friends' houses. Why did he never run away or ask someone for help? Someone even asked him if he was Shawn Hornbeck and he said no. It's like he didn't want to be found. Something just doesn't add up.
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!
I'm watching The Legend of Lylah Clare. Fascinating. And it occurs to me so many other fascinatingly awful movies come from that decade.
(Because the first thread "Does Not Exit anymore!) Damn you, indiscriminate DataLounge thread closer! [bold]To recap:[/bold] Starring: Kim Richards (Has she fallen off the ̶t̶u̶r̶n̶i̶p̶ ̶t̶r̶u̶c̶k wagon? Again?) Kyle Richards (Is her Latin stud still sticking it to other señoritas...allegedly?) Lisa Vanderpump (How many hot gay guys are filling up her new place, Pump?) Brandi Glanville (Ugh. This messy bitch is still here.) Yolanda Foster (Ugh. This tick-infested bitch is still here.) Eileen Davidson (The Ice Queen cometh!) Lisa Rinna (Lord, I want to steal Harry from her.) with... Adrienne Maloof and Camille Grammar as "Friends Of" and Taylor Armstrong as "Guest."
Real Housewives of Beverly Hills - Season 5 - Thread 2
She's taking beating for this, but I don't think it's bad at all. She has a problem hitting some of the high notes, but it still sounds great to me. She's also performing outdoors. I don't know. Do you think it's so bad that it deserves so much attention? Her outfit, YES!
Isolated, Unedited Vocals Of Mariah Carey's Awful Holiday Performance
So much for Reese's big "comeback"! "Will Reese Witherspoon win an Oscar for "Wild" because she overcomes the hardship of wearing a really heavy backpack for most of the film? I sure as hell hope not, but she probably will, because Hollywood is stupid. In any case, this movie was awful, and terrible for women. Wild was by far the worst movie I saw this year—and I saw Heaven Is For Real. Now, I have not read Cheryl Strayed's memoir, Wild, upon which this movie is based. Thank you for asking. I do not believe this fact will have bearing on my review of the film Wild, starring Reese Witherspoon. Please keep them as separate works of art in your mind. Wild has been heavily marketed as Witherspoon's comeback film, aiming to bring her yet again into the entertainment electorate's good graces through her portrayal of a strong yet aggrieved woman. The hope of Witherspoon's public relations arm seems to be that this performance will erase that delicious moment from our memories when she revealed her true, entitled celebrity self to a few cops in Georgia a year and a half ago when they arrested her for a DUI. Lucky for her, the public is easily distracted, but the arc of Wikipedia is long. In this movie Witherspoon bends from type to portray Cheryl Strayed, a woman dealing with sex and drug addiction and the premature loss of her mother who decides to hike the entirety of the Pacific Crest Trail. I gather Strayed, in real life, is a from-the-earth type. I mean, she has a Bob Marley T-shirt and thinks hiking will solve her problems. She's like the white Oprah, if her advice column is any indication. But Witherspoon, even when acting as Cheryl, is none of these things. This movie proves that Witherspoon couldn't act like a sympathetic character if there was an Uzi to her back. Witherspoon is a sniveling, Flickian, narcissistic bitch, and therefore this so-called story of redemption—Woman Goes on 1,000-Mile Hike to Cleanse Herself of Sins and Find Herself—comes across not as real or raw or uplifting but just another tale of easy blonde triumph. Take the hike, the central narrative of the film. It goes like this: Reese, er, Cheryl, walks for a bit, grunting and sweating, and humming a song that reminds her of her dead mom (played by Laura Dern, trying her damned hardest to carry this saccharine dump of a movie). Then she has a flashback to her dead mom doing something virtuous because her dead mom is an angel with no flaws. She emerges from her flashback to meet a male stranger on the trail, thinks the male stranger is going to rape her, but then the male stranger ends up being really nice and helps her because somehow she has run out of food and water even though her backpack is 150 lbs (it is full of books?). Repeat cycle for two hours. So Cheryl gets through the trek with the help of many male strangers who provide her sustenance and advice and don't want to have sex with her (although she does have sex, consensually, with one man, after a Grateful Dead tribute concert, in a yurt). All in all, a very good feminist message. This was not a good movie for Reese (what I would have given to see her as Amy in Gone Girl!). I love a complicated female lead, but the most confusing thing about Reese's Cheryl is why she doesn't stick with the really good cheap therapist she sees for one scene in the movie (he asks very smart questions of her) and instead feels the need to commit herself to the clichés of nature and Emily Dickinson to find her lioness within. While this may have been what happened in the book, Reese does nothing to convince us of Cheryl's primal motivations to go back to nature, and leaves us wishing she stayed in treatment. Unfortunately for the film, while therapists' offices are often very helpful for personal transformations, they do not make for good cinematographic backdrops."
Gawker: "'Wild' was by far the worst movie I saw this year—and I saw 'Heaven Is For Real.'"
No Thread? Much improved. Still loving it. MacKenzie is acting more like a real producer and not like a helpless schoolgirl Glad they finally gave up on that romance and Jim will go for it, hopefully. No one can cunt it up like Jane Fonda. The best.
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.
Because I'm sick of posting in the other thread. 1. Are we happy this is Nene's final season? 2. Will Kandi still have that red shit in her hair? 3. Apollo goes cray 4. Claudette, the newbie, brings it. 5. Cynthia, I mean Peter, is launging a new bar. 6. Will Kenya have a baby or a real man? Who's your favorite housewife? Also, why is Bravo still using the same publicity photos they've used the past 2 seasons?
Looks like he inherited the Bouvier cock.
How did this piece of shit song become a hit? It gets played ALL THE TIME on 'classic rock' stations.
... and so what, let's give him a break.
It sounds like fun.
Bet he offed himself. That dude had a really hard life.
Wild Mushroom Soup with Truffle Cream Beef Pie with Potatoes and Parsnips Chocolate Pudding Wedding Cake Laurent Perrier pink champagne Guests included Burberry boss Christopher Bailey and his partner Simon Woods. Sons Zachary and Elijah were ring bearers.
I was in the check out line when I heard two of the cashiers talking to each other. Both said they 30 something, and were gonna start online dating, because they wanted to get married and have kids. Sad to say, but they just seemed so desperate. Hope they don't hook up with a Ted Bundy.
This started from episode 1, season 1 on Antenna TV tonight. Was it always this maudlin and sappy or did I just miss this sappiness as a kid? Mr. Drummond comes across like a creeper through 2014 eyes....adopting two young boys and walking around in a robe all the time. And OMG, I forgot that Alan Thicke wrote the theme song. Now we know where his son got the repetitive, shitty jingle music gene from.....
I think it's because he's like the black version of "twee."
I've lived in this neighborhood for 15 years, and I get along with my neighbors just fine. But I'm sure that if I ever brought a boyfriend around (I don't have one), there would be hell to pay. I'm sure my neighbors wouldn't show up with pitchforks & torches, but what do you do in that kind of situation?
Either buying yourself or receiving from someone else.
Cheyenne Jackson's gone Hollywood. Though the 39 year old actor and self proclaimed "Broadway Baby" came to fame via musicals like "All Shook Up" (Theater World Award, 2005) and "Xanadu" (Drama Desk nomination 2008) and promises to return, TV and film came calling soon thereafter and appear to have stuck. His most notable early filmed roles were as a heroic passenger in the Oscar-nominated true story United 93 (2006) and a recurring gig on Emmy favorite 30 Rock as Danny Baker, a singing actor with a voice so beautiful he gave Jenna Maroney "rage strokes." That first flush of mainstream success seemed to have been briefly eclipsed in the media by upheavals in his personal life, a divorce from his first husband and sobering up. But Cheyenne is eager to move on from that topic which he feels was overblown by the media. "Definitely with the gay press, it was rough there for a bit. Things were never not together; I think that's the misconception," he explains. Was it a rough patch? "I guess other people can think of it that way but to me it was just the next chapter. Time to clean up." And the next chapter is moving along well. After his brief note-perfect cameo in the Liberace movie Behind the Candelabra (2013) he's filmed several more roles including a small part as half of a gay cop couple affectionately referred to as 'The Policewomen' in one of this year's very best films LOVE IS STRANGE (2014, reviewed here). Ira Sachs moving drama recently won a handful of Spirit Award nominations. As a longtime fan of Cheyenne Jackson, I confess to an atypical case of the nerves during our phone interview from separate coasts. Cheyenne helpfully tells me to imagine him in his underwear, and we both laugh immediately realizing that is not going to help. 'No wait. Maybe not. Maybe not'.
Cheyenne Jackson interview...getting on with "the next chapter"
With a federal LGBT non-discrimination bill in the pipeline, it's a good time to think about the words we use Last week, Sen. Jeff Merkley announced that he will be introducing a comprehensive LGBT non-discrimination bill in the spring, which means, among other things, that a lot of lawmakers and media outlets are going to be making decisions about how they talk about LGBT people. Reporting for TIME on transgender issues (particularly for what became the cover story "The Transgender Tipping Point"), there was one maxim that pretty much every person I interviewed seemed to agree on: there is no single story about being transgender that sums it all up, much like there's no one story about being Hispanic or blonde or short or straight that sums that experience up. But I also came to learn that there are some good rules of thumb to follow when it comes to language. POPULAR AMONG SUBSCRIBERS Interstellar, Where No Movie Has Gone Before Subscribe The Last Men of Steel Review: Interstellar's Wonder of Worlds Beyond For instance, if you meet a trans person—someone who identifies with a gender other than the sex they were assigned at birth—it's generally a good idea to ask which pronouns (he or she, him or her) they prefer and to use whatever that is. If you meet a trans person, you should not ask about the particulars of their body, much as you would likely prefer strangers not to inquire about yours. And if you meet a transgender person, you should not refer to them as "a transgender" or "transgendered." Referring to someone as "a transgender" can sound about as odd as saying, "Look, a gay!" It turns a descriptive adjective into a defining noun and can make the subject sound distant and foreign, like they're something else first and a person second. This guidance is part of GLAAD's media reference guide, under the heading "Terms to Avoid": "Do not say, 'Tony is a transgender,' or 'The parade included many transgenders.' Instead say, 'Tony is a transgender man,' or 'The parade included many transgender people.'" These key language nuances haven't been consistently adopted by the media. For example, on Dec. 15, the Associated Press listed this story in among their "10 Things to Know For Today:" 4. PHILIPPINE AUTHORITIES CHARGE US MARINE WITH MURDER Prosecutor says the 19-year-old American is accused of killing a transgender in a hotel room. (The story has since been updated to say a "transgender woman.") This is something TIME has done in the past, too. Of course it's hard to find a word in identity politics that goes undebated, that is universally panned or lauded as just right. Julia Serano, author of Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity, says that older transgender people might prefer and use transgendered when speaking about themselves; in the 90s she recalls that term being de rigueur among trans activists. But the language people use to refer to themselves, particularly minority groups, changes. Today some people prefer the abbreviated trans or trans*, and transgendered has largely fallen out of favor (though some media outlets are still using it). When I recently asked San Francisco-based attorney Christina DiEdoardo, a transgender woman, how many out of 10 trans people she knows would say they dislike the word transgendered, she quickly answered: "11." "The consensus now seems to be that transgender is better stylistically and grammatically," DiEdoardo says. "In the same sense, I'm an Italian-American, not an Italianed-American." The most common objection to the word, says Serano, is that the "ed" makes it sound like "something has been done to us," as if they weren't the same person all along. DiEdoardo illustrates this point, hilariously, with a faux voiceover: "One day John Jones was leading a normal, middle-class American life when suddenly he was zapped with a transgender ray!" Moving away from the "ed"—which sounds like a past-tense, completed verb that marks a distinct time before and a time after— helps move away from some common misconceptions about what it means to be transgender. One is that being transgender might be a choice that involves a person simply deciding to be that way or a result of something that happened to them, like sexual abuse. The majority of trans people I've spoken to have said they knew they had feelings of identifying as a boy (when assigned female) or girl (when assigned male) as far back as they can remember—even if they didn't have the vocabulary or understanding to articulate what was going on—and even if they tried to change or stifle those feelings for half their lives. Imagine how it would sound if one described people as "gayed" or "femaled," as if there was a point when that wasn't the case. Another misconception is that the defining part of being transgender is having surgery, as if a trans person isn't really trans until they've gone under the knife and come out the other side fully "transgendered." "There's a tendency in American culture for entertainment and news outlets to focus on surgery, surgery, surgery," Mara Keisling, executive director of the National Center for Transgender Equality, told TIME in a previous interview. But, she says, while surgery is very important for some trans people, others have no desire to have surgery; they might not have surgery for medical reasons, religious beliefs, financial constraints and so on. There's an "authenticity issue that trans people face," says Elizabeth Reis, a professor of women's and gender studies at the University of Oregon. "People are so focused on whether or not they've had surgery, as if that's the pinnacle of authenticity. Even if they haven't had it or if they haven't had it yet or they're never planning on having it, they still have these feelings about their gender." Avoiding the ed isn't going to solve that authenticity issue, but it doesn't hurt. However, Keisling also says that focusing on whether the "ed" is tacked on the end of transgender can be a distraction. She believes it's more important for everyone to be having a conversation about LGBT civil rights issues than to wag fingers at people over terminology. "I don't ever want to say that communities or cultures can't have language variations," she says. "Language is very important and what people want to be called is very important. But we have to have a common language that we can bring people into. We have to have language that they can grasp." And, she says, just as transgendered has become unpalatable, there's no telling what will be preferred down the line. Still, "for now," Keisling says, "I would use the word transgender. Particularly if you are outside of the family, that's going to be okay." (If you have more questions about terminology, the GLAAD media guide is a great place to start.)
to sit on my face?
Anyone know of a Manhattan restaurant offering the Seven Fish dinner? I'm tired of waiting for my Italian friends to invite me to their houses.
Apparently the cop-murders in NY are my fault. My brother-in-law sent me this link along with the note "this is what your fancy ass LIBARUL politics gets us!!! MURDERS Of Heroes! I hope you are satified" That was a cut-and-paste, by the way. So there I was, in my snug (and smug, I guess) Los Angeles apartment, unknowingly murdering people three thousand miles away. Text from link is below. YOU BETRAYED THEM I was driving to a Christmas party when my phone rang. I heard the words and my heart felt shattered. Every fear, every worry, every feeling of panic came rushing into my throat and I couldn't stop it. I had to stop it. My babies were with me. I was about to meet new people and see old friends. It was a party. Everyone's supposed to be happy. My heart felt ripped to shreds. I kept looking at my phone, even though I knew there would be nothing good to see. My face kept smiling, my mouth kept speaking but my heart was racing and the tears were always right beneath the surface. Today it was them. You don't know them. They're just names to you. To some of you, they are symbols of heroism and honor, but to many of you they are symbols of "oppression" and "brutality." Today, they kissed their families goodbye, they went into work, and they were sitting in a car. They died tonight – slaughtered – bullet after bullet pumped into their bodies. Not because of crime, not because of fear, but because of the uniform they wear. "Going to give some pigs wings tonight," the killer boasted on social media, before taking to the streets. They died tonight… and you let them. You – sitting in your safe house with your enlightened thoughts and your liberal politics. You – every one of you who supported the "protests," the riots, the Sharptons and de Blasios of this nation. You – sitting smugly behind your screen, commenting on police policies, the "unnecessary force," the "racism" of the police. YOU let them die tonight. My heart is aching with sadness, loss, fear. I can't stop the tears. My body is shaking and my heart is broken. Tonight I am so angry. You betrayed them!!! You chose to honor the criminal and demean the innocent. You chose to make a thug like Michael Brown and a career petty criminal like Eric Garner the names on everyone's lips, while the names of those who die protecting your freedom and your rights are soon forgotten. You betrayed them. More lives taken – but no one thinks THEY matter. More blood shed – heroic blood, not criminal – but no leader stands up to mourn them. Two more widows and a fatherless son, days before Christmas – but no one will be rioting or marching in the streets. Men and women – HUMAN BEINGS REGARDLESS OF THEIR COLOR – are being slaughtered, dying to protect your right to speak, to live, to march – and you choose to honor the criminals because of their color!? You betrayed them. People are indeed being targeted for who they are, but it isn't the police doing the targeting. My husband has been literally getting spat on as he walks into work – but he'll still be standing there protecting your right to hold a sign saying "I Can't Breathe." What did you think was going to happen? Who did you think you were supporting? Or did you not bother to think about it at all? You betrayed them. Tomorrow my children could wake up without a father. Tomorrow the light could leave my own heart, even as I must go on living. Tomorrow that knock on the door could be the one I dread. Tomorrow the hands that calm my soul, that fill me with life and love and passion – tomorrow they could be cold forever. So by all means, march through NYC, scream in their faces, call them pigs, threaten their families, deface their tombstones, mock their pain, and ignore their sacrifices. But acknowledge the truth of what you are doing. You have blood on your hands tonight, every one of you. RIP, Blue Angels. You are now in a far, far better place.
Robert Pattison has recently claimed he''s allergic to vagina, but can anyone remember back in 2005/2006 when this hot stud (JARED LETO) said he was "as Gay as a Goose"?? \ I''m surprised no one picked up on that and everyone on DL still thinks he''s straight?? Are we blind or what?
A discussion about racism on Thursday's The View led to a heated debate, with co-hosts Whoopi Goldberg and Rosie O'Donnell both screaming during parts of the segment. During the show's Hot Topics section, the co-hosts addressed Barack and Michelle Obama's recent statements that they've been mistaken for the help. Read more Chris Rock Pens Blistering Essay on Hollywood's Race Problem: "It's a White Industry" But when the discussion turned to whether such instances are a product of racism or stupidity, thing got quite hot indeed, with Goldberg and O'Donnell repeatedly raising their voices. With regard to the Obamas' comments, Rosie Perez and guest co-host Laverne Cox agreed that the real issue was people failing to recognize the president of the United States and the first lady — and Goldberg seemed to take their side. "I've been black for 60 years," she said. "For me, stupidity: There are dumb folks who just say dumb stuff because they're not looking or paying attention to the person they're talking to, which is why people could walk up to Obama and not look up at him and see that it's the president." Watch more Sherri Shepherd Pokes Fun at Rosie O'Donnell, New 'View' Set In fact, Goldberg said she thought "ridiculousness" might have been what was behind what Perez said was a case of racism when she and her sister were at a fancy hotel and her sister was asked to clean the table in the VIP lounge. "I just see it as stupid," Goldberg said. "That's just me." After O'Donnell and Nicolle Wallace brought the issue back to politics and the role they think that racism plays there, Goldberg said to O'Donnell, "You are a white lady telling me what is racist to you." "I'm a gay American whose been called an [expletive]" she shot back, screaming about homophobia and hitting the desk to make her point. "I have a black kid at my house, Whoopi. I have a black kid I raise!" Read more W. Kamau Bell: White People Do Not Get the 'Final Word' on Racism "That is not the same thing," Goldberg said. "You don't have to be black to know what racism is," O'Donnell retorted. "Yes, you do," Goldberg said. "America is not just a racist country, because there are white people who get it, " Goldberg added later. "That is why I will not accept the blanket statement that America is racist." Watch the full segment below.
'The View's' Whoopi Goldberg and Rosie O'Donnell Have Heated Debate About Racism
Patty says he bought her a regulation school girl uniform at Marks & Spencers, including Mary Janes and white panties, then told her to walk along the street like she didn't know him. Then he picked her up in his car, bent her over the hood and fucked her in an alley. She saw him again a few years ago and he refused to be in a room with her without her husband present and only talked about the Koran. What a waste - he was hot back in the day. School girl anecdote begins at 5.50.
Patty D'Arbanville: Cat Stevens dressed me up as a school girl.
Hasn't everyone who says fuck on air gotten pink slips?
You know, before Maria came to the manor house in Salzburg, when he kept slipping away to get away from the children. Lots of whistles and whips?
No one has ever shown hard at a urinal for you. No one has ever come onto you in the steam room. No one has ever stood outside the gym and tried to take you home so they could suck your dick. No one has ever come onto you at work. No one has ever cruised you on the street or subway and made sexual suggestions. You scream fiction and Elaborate silly tales when this happens to others. Instead we should be pitying you for bing so fucking disgusting nothing ever happens to you.
Some of you queens must be so upset!
DL, Is anyone familiar with this media source, and their accuracy?
Most of my Social Security check is going to tokens to keep a certain blond self-sucker in business. You?
Who is hotter between Chris Hemsworth vs. Charlie Hunnam? Check out nude pictures of them in the link below to help you better decide.
Then right after, send the text "Sorry ignore that txt. Not for you" Then post a pic of their response here. GO!!!
Probably my favorite porn star of all time--a square-jawed, very handsome, very hairy Brit with a deep chest and (in a very rare combination) huge shoulders and huge pecs. He made lots of films at the end of the last decade, but has since mostly disappeared. Where does he live, and how does he make money now?
"Please use: Xe, xem, xyrs."
Special pronoun nametags for our next Datalounge get-together
Seriously, this poor woman is a fucking moron, the very textbook definition of buffoon. She's been booted from two previous networks, CNN finally got her off the air at the main network after she proved to be an embarrassment on their early program.. Now, even with her being at their trashy sister network, she's STILL a complete idiot. (Link is to HuffPo)
CNN's Ashleigh Banfield continues to embarrass both CNN and herself
Hmm. Thoughts?
If you have a single sink, why splurge and renovate the bathroom to have a double sink. That way you can shave side by side What is stopping u from installing double sinks?
Craigery Fan
Would you hire one, or would you be afraid to spoil the fantasy? I'm saying this because I've recently found Francesc D'Macho and Tim Kruger advertising on GayRomeo, and have been tempted to try... So, what's your advice?
Continuing the jutting tradition!
Blew a hot married thirtysomething dad. Still remember the way it felt and tasted when he held my head, said "I'm coming! Take it!" and filled my mouth with his load.
World's first transgenda doll shocks mother so much that she got right on Facebook with a picture of the doll's dick and started a viral hate debate. Fuck, some people just have way too much free time on their hands for attention whoring. Let her play with the doll with a dick! Let her learn about the wonders of the almighty penis at an early age and learn to love the dick. The penis is good. The penis spreads seeds!
Anyone watching this guy now? I want to sew his mouth shut. God, the camera guy must have ear plugs in and and plastic covering his face from all the spit coming out of Sharpton's mouth. Learn English, fool!
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?
As 2014 comes to a close, we congratulate Michael Sam, Ellen Page, Billy Gilman, Sam Smith, Andreja Pejic, Ian Thorpe and others who have come out in 2014. Who will come out in 2015?
How many DLs are closet Republicans? What I mean by that is socially you position yourself as a liberal, however in the voting booth you tend to vote Republican, you do not financially contribute to to liberal causes ( i.e. HRC or PP) but you follow them on social media and speak to their mission. I think that there are many out there, given the results of the last election.
Now she's tied to the Simpsons forever.
I've been totally out of touch with movies this year and there must be at least two or three films that I've missed that I'd enjoy. Trouble is, I'm very picky... I don't like violence. I don't like cops & robbers. I don't like hospitals. I don't like infantile kiddie stuff, like cartoons of any kind...even stuff that's acclaimed, like Shrek. Can you recommend anything, from this year? Adult drama or comedy, preferably. Oh...& no courtrooms. & no corny stuff, the sort that leads to everyone who initially disliked each other, dancing together to some golden oldie....yucky. Foreign's OK...but not those British films made for old people, that have become popular in recent years. Too corny and formulaic.
i just watched this bevhills housewives show and its where lisa has guests in palm springs. Yea, I am a homo, no problem with it , but in my next life i want to be born as a hot victoria secret model so i can marry a football or baseball player and get banged nighty by straight stud cock and be hot and rich. ok, so whats with the hobbits gays? i mean these three characters that show up at lisas palmsprings house. "the gays" god i hate when heteros doe the court jester treatment on gay men, well, these guys dont even look human in form, i want no association with that, and later lance bass? no no no, tell me thats not gay cause if these people are gay i want nothing to do with it....eeeeech
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!
$3,350/mo. Worth it?
For all the Downton fans. And haters too of course after all it is Christmas.
Watch George Clooney's Lord Hollywood Kiss the 'Downton Abbey' Ladies
Very draggy looking, as well. I haven't seen her in years, so was kind of shocked.
Please tell me in what century this would EVER have happened under a Republican administration: "The Justice Department is now interpreting federal law to explicitly prohibit workplace discrimination against transgender people, according to a memo released Thursday by Attorney General Eric Holder. That means the Justice Department will be able to bring legal claims on behalf of people who say they've been discriminated against by state and local public employers based on sex identity. In defending lawsuits, the federal government also will no longer take the position that Title VII of the federal Civil Rights Act, which bans sex discrimination, does not protect against workplace discrimination on the basis of gender status. The memo released Thursday is part of a broader Obama administration effort to afford workplace protection for transgender employees. In July, President Barack Obama ordered employment protection for gay and transgender employees who work for the U.S. government or for companies holding federal contracts. The new position is a reversal in position for the Justice Department, which in 2006 stated that Title VII did not cover discrimination based on transgender status."
U.S. Justice Dept. Will Interpret Title VII As Prohibiting Transgender Discrimination
Darlings! Come, come, join us. I'll have Matthew fix us some nice hot toddies and we'll all sit by the fire and gossip. I need to hear more about those awful, trashy types you've been talking about. The horsefaced woman, and her mother, the one with the dishtowel on her shoulder. They sound like perfectly dreadful people. Let's talk about money, and men, and mansions. But not necessarily in that order.
I had no idea Cocksucker Jay Penske swung so far to the right.
Deadline Hollywood's collapse is almost complete: now sharing Glenn Beck's holiday reads
Totally random and D-list. Kris Jenner, Christina Applegate, Lisa Vanderpump, Gabourey Sidibe, Corey Gamble, and AJ McLean, Robin Antin, Alan Thicke.
I've tried 5 times.
They got gay married today.
Why do they hate each other so?
(P.S. I'm starting a feud even if there isn't one)
I know a lot of people here don't like Cheyenne with Jason, but I've been them together and Cheyenne looks really really happy and in love. I hope this marriage lasts!
What albums are you looking forward to? What new artists have you discovered? I'm really digging this British band that goes by the name of Arthur Beatrice. Their debut album drops Feb 24.
I got an e-mail entitled "Fuck Me for Christmas After the Company Party" with a photo attachment of a grinning gap-toothed 300-lb. Filipino female employee downstairs in the collections department. What do I do with that? Should I ruin her Christmas by getting her fired by complaining?
Still no homo.
Are Pi (3.14926...) and Phi (1.6180339...) and [italic]i[/italic] and [italic]e[/italic] the signature of a "Creator"? How did the universe spontaneously create hard physical laws that can be discovered via maths and physics? If you don't believe in mathematics or physics or reality, please don't post.
I've noticed that when a thin pretty girl is singing badly, she gets respect from the judges, crowd and people in general. And usually a thin pretty girl who sings badly will win over an ugly girl who sings well. Does this also happen with males?
Good. Bad. New. Old. Doesn't matter. Tell us what it was & share your thoughts about it if you can. I just watched an excellent old "B" Movie called 'Diary Of A Bachelor' this morning. Starring someone named Joe Silver. It was one of those early-60's "Swingin' Sex Comedies", but the writing & direction were more clever than most films of it's ilk. Didn't expect it to be as good as it was. The location filming was great too. I got a real feel of what early-60's NYC must have been like. Immediately before that I watched Bette Davis in Dead Ringer from 1964. One of 2 films in which she played twins. I found it much more enjoyable than the first, 'A Stolen Life'.
The Official Last Movie You Watched Thread
I'm watching her in [b]The Mortal Storm[/b] on TCM and she is just terrible. I mean, you root for the Nazis to shoot better in the last reel. I can't remember any role, even [b]Back Street[/b] or [b]The Shop Around the Corner[/b], where she isn't dull, boring, or just plain shit. She is the Blythe Danner of the 1930s and 1940s.
I plan on rubbing and smoking a rack of ribs, making an nice South Carolina style sauce and porking out. You?
I get Monday and Tuesday off but none of my friends do. I live in NYC. What should I do alone??
...but Hitchcock fucked it up out of revenge. Can you believe this bitch?
When it comes to the origin of Christmas the Germanic peoples get the shaft. They are routinely shoved aside in favor of things like "Saturnalia". In reality almost all of our Christmas traditions come from the Germanic peoples and their celebration of Yule, which was the Germanic pagan midwinter festival. The Germanic pagans get a bad rap as a whole. Meanwhile cultures such as the Celts get touted as the be all of the pagan world. Take the British for example. The British are fascinated with all things Celtic when in reality they were conquered by the Germanic Saxons and were assimilated into Germanic paganism. Germanic paganism ruled in Britain until the coming of Christianity. That's why Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday are all named after Germanic gods and not Celtic gods. So as you celebrate Christmas this year please stop downplaying the Germanic pagan influence of the holiday. Almost every single Christmas tradition stems from Germanic paganism, from decorating with evergreens, creating a yule log, to caroling and gift giving. The Christmas Tree itself, while not pagan specifically, was created by Germans and does have the "Germanic pagan spirit" to it. Even Santa himself is a German invention and is eerily similar to legends of Wodan (Odin) who flew in the night sky during Yule-Tide, rewarding good and punishing evil. One of Santa's reindeer is named "Donar", one of the forms of the name of Thunor (Thor). If you are European in heritage and are bit tired of Judeo-Christianity then you might consider coming back home to the faith of your people. Asatru (trueness or faithfulness to the gods) is a growing modern revival of Germanic paganism. Being modern you don't even have to worry about animal or human sacrifices. Today the gods are honored with alcohol, prayer and song. Another plus which puts Asatru above other faiths is that members of the faith do not live as slaves to the deities. Members do not kneel, bow, or even close their eyes to the gods. Members are free to forge whatever destiny they so chose for themselves. Asatru is also not anti-science nor is it racist. Members do not have to dress up in costumes, though most men do wear a Thor's hammer necklace. It is the religion of our ancestors. It is also the fastest growing religion in many European countries. The old gods are calling out to their own to come home.
Based on star-power and who was consistently "A-list" throughout. Pre-60s, black-and-white actresses. I know in any top 10, Bette Davis, Joan Crawford and Katharine Hepburn would be at the top. Who else? Vivien Leigh? Olivia de Havilland? Who else completes the top 10?
What industry more than others burns people out, leaves them depressed, makes them jaded or turns them bitter? Law? Fashion? Investment banking?
Continuing the tradition!
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!
I'm enjoying Davd Ritz's 500 page tome "Respect" his biograhy of Aretha Franklin which is a lot franker than I expected it to be. He met Aretha several times and has written on and worked with all the major names, like Marvin, Smokey, Ray Charles and others. I am up to page 100 when Aretha is still only 18 and signed with Capitol, so the Atlantic and Arista years are much later. He nails though the story of her first two children - and names the boys who fathered them. Not her father, though he also impregnated a different 12 year old. Aretha was 12 when first pregnant, and 14 when she had her second child. It seems the boys were just hookups and not involved with the children who certainly didn't stop their teenage mother from travelling and singing. Her famous father the Reverend Franklin had an eye for the ladies and had several relationships, including Clara Ward, after Aretha's mother left the family when they were young. Aretha and her sister Erma were boy-crazy, but the other sister Carolyn was lesbian. Ritz writes revealingly on the gospel church world where a lot of the men were gay, as were Billy Preston, James Cleveland and others. Later gay friends of Aretha's were Luther Vandross nd Michael Narada Walden who produced her later hits. Its shaping up to be a fascinating read for anyone interested in this soul, gospel world, and how Aretha became the star she did. Even now when teenage pregnancy is commonplace twelve does seem rather shockingly young to start reproducing, let alone 50 years ago, but the Franklins were a wealthy infulential family with that famous preacher father with important friends.
Secularists, Druids, Wiccans,Satanists and Green Bay Packers fans. Did I leave out anybody? From me to you and have a peaceful New Year.
To all Datalounge Atheists,Christians, Muslims,Jews, Kwanzaa Celebrants
Every day it's the same. I eat my dinner in my bathtub then I go to sex clubs watching freaky people gettin' it on. It doesn't make me nervous. If anything I'm restless. Yeah, I've been around and I've seen it all. I get home, I got the munchies. Binge on all my Twinkies. Throw up in the tub then I go to sleep. And I drank up all my money, dazed and kinda lonely. My will is gone and I gotta stay high all the time to keep my life off my mind. Spend my days locked in a haze trying to forget my life. I fall back down, gotta stay high all my life to forget what I'm missing. I pick up daddies at the playground. That's how I spend my day time. Loosen up their frown, make them feel alive. Oh, make it fast and greasy. I'm numb and way too easy. Staying in my play pretend where the fun ain't got no end. Can't go home alone again, need someone to numb the pain. Please help me break the cycle.
An orangutan held in an Argentine zoo can be freed and transferred to a sanctuary after a court recognized the ape as a "non-human person" unlawfully deprived of its freedom. In a landmark ruling that could pave the way for more lawsuits, the Association of Officials and Lawyers for Animal Rights (AFADA) argued the ape had sufficient cognitive functions and should not be treated as an object.
Court Rules Orangutan Held In Argentina Zoo Is 'Non-Human Person' And Can Be Freed
She went through husbands like toilet paper. And, she didn't age well.... kind of chunky and washed out. Even back in the 80s, I heard she was kind of nuts.
Can Meryl Streep win Oscar #4 for 'Into the Woods'?
For one thing, Gerald O'Hara might never have become an alcoholic.
Just heard Go Up to the Roof by the Supremes...makes me mental.
Office worker in a tizzy
No one cares anymore? Her time as flavor of the year is over? Already?
She does this thing when she speaks. She speaks sideways, like she has a nerve issue, a shake, and her eyes bug out, and she opens and closes them tightly over and over again. Shes rocks slightly side to side when she does it too, like she's having an electric shock. It looks like some sort of nerve issue. Maybe she has the beginnings of Parkinson's. She actually is reminding me of Michael J. Fox with his condition, just not as severe. Has anyone noticed this? It's pretty hard to describe, but it's so evident when you watch her now. It looks like it's almost difficult for her to speak. I know she said that she no longer takes meds for her various mental disorders. That wouldn't cause what I'm describing though. I'm just saying it's not from psychiatric meds.
Don't cry Kevin
There you go.
Because the original was so popular. Original thread at link.
Why in God's name aren't you bitches discussing this???
and why does he keeps spelling celebrities' names in all-caps when we keep asking him not to do it? Reading his posts is like listening to someone shout "GRACE KELLY! SOPHIA LOREN!" at the top of their lungs.
Think of all the fake relationships that celebrities' publicists have them get into. Do you suppose there will ever be time when straight male celebrities get into a fauxmance with other straight male celebrities in order to pretend that they're bisexual and get media attention? What male celebrities would you pair up together? I'd pair Harry Styles and Brenton Thwaites (because they have similar hairstyles, they'd make a cute couple!)
Heard he was an anchor in Miami, and got into trouble for battery/domestic violence in '09. His mug shot is so hot. Anyone know his story ?
Neither of them has EVER been funny, even once.
I saw it tonight, in one of the theaters showing it on early release in 35mm. Questions (and yes, SPOILERS) inside, but I will note that it was a bit sad how clueless the theater guys were about how to operate a film projector versus digital. Jesus, it hasn't been THAT long since theaters switched away from celluloid! Anyway, more inside...
Am I going to end up in Ft. Lauderdale like every other gay senior? Please help me find somewhere more appealing. Here are my requirements: a reasonably sized gay community, some culture, temperate at least 6 months of the year, ideally walkable to some degree, scenic (beaches, mountains, farmland all ok). That shouldn't be so hard, right. Key West, Palm Springs, Miami, the Hamptons, Provincetown. I'm just not sold . . . What about Hawaii? Sarasota? Sydney? Help please.
DL is the only place I've ever seen people use 'payed'.
I was thinking and realized I've never known a gay(male) couple like this. I've known straight couples, I've known lesbian couples. But definitely no gay male couples. What about you?
If I stop at a halfway point, should I stay in: Newark, NJ Princeton, NJ NYC White Plains, NY
Anyone here work for a big consulting firm and know anyone who has gone homeless, living out of hotels during the week and crashing wherever on weekends, either for an extended period or on a permanent basis? 1 My lease is up next month and I'm seriously thinking about it!
What a glorious way to liven up a party.
I try to avoid watching Fox News, but I switched to O''Reilly tonight just to see what he would say about Prop. 8. Dennis Miller is the guest. I remember when he was funny on SNL. I remember when he was angry and funny on HBO. Now he is screaming at the camera about Muslims and Mexican immigrants. (The gays don''t seem to interest him.) Even if you agreed with what he had to say, it''s disturbing to watch -- he''s downright rabid.
Seven girls aged between 13 and 14 have fallen pregnant after going on a school trip in Bosnia. Furious parents are demanding to know why there was such a lack of teacher supervision when the girls, from the town of Banja Luka, returned from a five-day trip to the capital city. The school had taken 28 girls on the educational outing to Sarajevo to visit museums and other historical sitess, but since returning the girls have now reportedly dropped out of lessons.
Parents' anger after seven Bosnian schoolgirls aged 13 and 14 fall pregnant on class trip
I am worried. He is needed around here. I am afraid he is overdue, at this point. Should we be worried? I'd hate to have a substitute step in.
So I went to Tokyo and was SO underwhelmed. It's like a sterile American city with ugly architecture and no street life. At all. The temples and gardens were interesting, but dull, really. Did I see the wrong parts? It just seemed like a mass of concrete and glass, filled with depressed people shopping.
Because like Adele, whenever I see her, all I think to myself is, "Go away fatty!"
All the new stuff seems to be bareback
In Latest TV Spat, Fox News Blocked From Dish Network Dish Network subscribers were unable to watch Fox News Channel and the Fox Business Network on Sunday when the channels were taken down as part of contract negotiations. The Fox blackout is just the latest skirmish as cable and satellite TV providers fight with networks over subscription fees. Dish Network just settled disputes that led to the temporary blackout of some local CBS stations and a separate blackout related to Turner Broadcasting channels ? including Cartoon Network, CNN, Boomerang and Turner Classic Movies.
I love that look! Both to observe and to participate in....in fact whenever I am naked without socks, I feel a little naked.
Did Anna Kendrick do it better with 'Cups' ? What say you Datalounge
I got a 75 -marked anxiety.
How do you score on this social anxiety quiz?
Ask me any questions, DLers. I am here to help during this most American of holidays. Oh, and fuck you Christmas Mouse.
John and Furnish planned a celebration at their estate near Windsor Castle west of London. John had tweeted about his plans earlier in the week, and earlier in the year had praised England for embracing same-sex marriage. He said there had been a remarkable change in a country where homosexual acts had long been deemed criminal offenses.
Do NOT want to submit to this, and need the help of fellow DLers to stave it off. I have a good job, savings in the bank, decent siblings. Love life is in the crapper, but whose isn't? And it's not that anyway. It's just depressing to me to see ads and commercials and catalogs showing families enjoying these idealized holidays when in reality people are agitated, desperate and can barely feed their kids. I donate to my area food bank and to VA charities, and have nothing really to complain about, but I feel it creeping up on me like a fog. Don't suggest meds; not interested. I want to shake this off FAST...what can I do?
blue baby
John Edwards Trial: Testimony Reveals Elizabeth Edwards' Dramatic Confrontation With Husband Over Affair 05/2/12 GREENSBORO, N.C. — A former adviser to John Edwards recounted Wednesday how the former presidential candidate's now-deceased wife indignantly confronted her husband, baring her chest in front of staff members the day after a tabloid reported that he was cheating on her. During a session at Edwards' corruption trial that saw his 30-year-old daughter flee the courtroom in tears, Christina Reynolds described how a very upset Elizabeth Edwards stormed away from her husband in October 2007, then collapsed in a ball on the pavement outside a private airplane hangar. Reynolds and another woman guided the anguished wife into a nearby ladies room to compose herself, but she soon returned to the private hangar to again confront her husband. In front of several staff members, the woman who had endured grueling treatments for breast cancer took off her shirt and bra, exposing her chest. "'You don't see me anymore,'" Reynolds quoted Elizabeth Edwards as screaming. "He didn't have much of a reaction." As staffers scrambled to cover up Edwards' wife and huddle her into a car, Reynolds heard the Democratic candidate use a cell phone to call his wife's doctor to ask for help. Edwards then boarded a waiting jet and took off for his scheduled appearance in South Carolina, Reynolds said. She testified that Elizabeth Edwards had known about her husband's affair with Rielle Hunter before The National Enquirer made it public. Hers was the most stirring testimony of the day at Edwards' trial on corruption charges, as prosecutors worked to build a timeline of the affair and efforts to cover it up. Shortly before Reynolds began her account of what happened that day at the Raleigh airport, Edwards turned to his daughter Cate, a lawyer who has been seated in the front row for much of her father's trial. "I don't know what's coming," Edwards was heard saying. "Do you want to leave?" She responded to him in a whisper, grabbed her purse and walked out, wiping away tears. Edwards was heard saying, "Cate, Cate" as she left. She returned to court about a half hour later, after a brief recess. Shortly before her testimony about the airport argument, Reynolds recounted that Elizabeth Edwards asked her over to the couple's gated estate near Chapel Hill in the summer of 2007 to tell her that her husband had confessed to an affair the prior year. "I was very surprised by what she told me and I didn't want it to ever become public so the kids wouldn't have to know about it," the former aide said. Reynolds, now 37, had worked on John Edwards' successful U.S. senate campaign in 1998 and had quickly bonded with his wife. Both women grew up in military families and had moved around a lot as children. Reynolds worked as the research director and a senior communications adviser to the 2008 presidential campaign and recently joined the board of the educational foundation named for Elizabeth Edwards, who died in December of 2010. Edwards has pleaded not guilty to six counts related to campaign-finance violations. He faces up to 30 years in prison and $1.5 million in fines if convicted on all counts. At issue are payments from wealthy donors used to help keep his pregnant mistress out of public view. Edwards' attorneys have said he didn't know about the money.
Every one in my neighborhood is Yemeni run.
Who's gonna go and see it? Or have you seen it already? It's out here tomorrow and I'll probably go check it out. I must admit that when the Singer scandal broke I thought about not even seeing the film but Egan's reliability plummeted so I decided to let my X-Men fanboy out and forget Singer. It's getting rave reviews at IMDb (which of course could be by shills) like "Best X-Men movie Yet!". But it's also got 93% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes, so the film might just be good as hell. I'm getting excited. I wonder if there's any gay subtext, like the Iceman coming out as mutant to his parents in X2...
What are the fraus in your office -- and your life -- wearing, eating, and gifting for Christmas? Tasteful Friends here would love to know.
(Let's not turn this into a discussion about what a horrific and serious thing rape is in reality - we know. This is about fiction.)
I heard an old phone recording of Judy last night, and she (and Lorna) were talking about this woman. Who was she?
I hadn't used any computer EXCEPT THE APPLE since I made the initial connect in the 1980s! It is FAIR AND GOOD what Mister Tim make his statement about the hairy pubis. THERE IS NO FULL DIFFERENCE between the man who want the hairy pubis what is encased in the palatines, or the man what want the woman in the YOGA PANTS. THEY CAN BOTH MAKE GOOD COMPUTERS!!!!!!! (*However, at the current time the best computer what is made the manufacture by the man who desires homosex in whom the MAN goes upinto the MAN.) There is not the FULL PRESS CONFERENCE what for most to us to make the full profession about the hairy pubis - but what Mister Tim, he make the LARGER DIFFERENCE! In the little town filled with dung what they call NEBRASKA, the little gay schoolchild, he laugh in his sneakers, imbued with NEW HOPE what he ask the other little gay boy to a prom. I hope they go.
Perfect responses, even from Sharpton. This won't make racists happy. On Sunday, the families of both men decried the linking of Saturday's execution-style murders to their own plights for justice. "I'm standing here in sorrow about losing these two police officers. That was definitely not our agenda. We are going in peace and anyone who is standing with us, we want you to not use Eric Garner's name for violence, because we are not about that," said Gwen Carr, Garner's mother. Extending her condolences to the loved ones of Liu and Ramos, she added: "We stand with their families." Brown's family likewise released a statement condemning the shooting, saying: "We reject any kind of violence directed towards members of law enforcement. It cannot be tolerated." Speaking for both families, seasoned civil rights activist, the Rev. Al Sharpton, added that "those that try now to misuse the names of the victims are not only wrong morally … they are hurting the cause of these families and they are as insensitive to these families as those that oppose them." Earlier on Saturday night, President Barack Obama joined the chorus of those urging against inflaming tensions between police and black communities. "The officers who serve and protect our communities risk their own safety for ours every single day — and they deserve our respect and gratitude every single day," Obama said. "Tonight, I ask people to reject violence and words that harm, and turn to words that heal — prayer, patient dialogue, and sympathy for the friends and family of the fallen." Civil rights group the NAACP condemned the attack Sunday, but sought to disassociate the incident with the activism that have followed Garner's and Brown's death. "There is no connection between the peaceful protest of thousands of people of all races all over the country and, indeed, around the world, and this hideous act of violence," it said in a statement.
Starring: Kim Richards (Has she fallen off the ̶t̶u̶r̶n̶i̶p̶ ̶t̶r̶u̶c̶k wagon? Again?) Kyle Richards (Is her Latin stud still sticking it to other señoritas...allegedly?) Lisa Vanderpump (How many hot gay guys are filling up her new place, Pump?) Brandi Glanville (Ugh. This messy bitch is still here.) Yolanda Foster (Ugh. This tick-infested bitch is still here.) Eileen Davidson (The Ice Queen cometh!) Lisa Rinna (Lord, I want to steal Harry from her.) with... Adrienne Maloof and Camille Grammar as "Friends Of" and Taylor Armstrong as "Guest." This is going to be an *awesome* season!
Oh, Lord. This is going to become a thing, isn't it? (Reuters) - A veteran Florida police officer was shot and killed while on duty early Sunday by a man described as transient, according to law enforcement officials, who gave no motive for the suspect now charged with murder. Officer Charles Kondek, 45, was gunned down in Tarpon Springs, about 30 miles northwest of Tampa, after responding to a call for service around 2 a.m. EST, the Tarpon Springs Police Department said. The officer later died of his injuries at a local hospital, the police department said. His death followed a Saturday afternoon shooting in New York City, where a gunman shot dead two police officers and then killed himself. Authorities said that shooter had indicated on social media that he might seek revenge for recent U.S. police killings of unarmed black men. In the Florida case, police said they arrested Marco Antonio Parilla Jr., 23, on a charge of first-degree murder. Parilla was taken into custody after fleeing the shooting scene and crashing into a pole and another vehicle, the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office said in a release. Police officials did not give any information about the type of call Kondek had responded to ahead of the shooting. Kondek served on the Tarpon Springs police force for more than 17 years and previously worked as an officer for the New York City Police Department, officials said. A man with the same name and birth date as Parilla was released from a Florida prison in March after serving a little more than two years for leaving the scene of a crash where there were injuries, as well as for various drug charges, corrections records show. Sheriff's officials did not immediately confirm whether that man was now the suspect in Kondek's death.
Eli just got sacked AND managed to fumble the ball. He was saved by a Cardinals penalty, but still. They are a disaster. Who cares if he has two rings. He needs to be sent packing.
So... what's going on here?
A DL holiday tradition! The 1925 Western Electric Christmas Party Photo!
I understand that in Australia, and perhaps Britain, too, at pubs one can win raffles for cut up chickens and such to take home? Have any of you experienced this?
Did anyone watch it? What did you think of the episode? What did you think of Peter Capaldi as the new doctor?
You can't make me believe these two have ANYTHING in common.
DL Faves Lens Dunham and Taylor Swift Hold Hands After Grabbing Lunch
Next thread goes...
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!
Seriously, the funniest post. The one that made you completely lose it. I'll go first. The funniest post I ever read was of a woman here who recounted her memory of losing her virginity. It was her Quinceanera, the Hispanic party celebrating a girl's 15th birthday. Her mother made her wear an elaborate dress. However, she failed to mention one important detail prior to diving into her sexcapade. She proceeded to tell of how the boy and her snuck away and how they made out. Then she said he slipped his hand down her diaper and began to finger her. Yep. She just nonchalantly stated that she was wearing a diaper and the guy reached his hand into it and fingered her pussy. She forgot to mention that she was forced to wear a diaper because of the dress. I lost it. I spit my drink. I was laughing so hard I started seeing stars and got dizzy. I didn't stop laughing until maybe 30-40 minutes later, with repeat rounds of laughter every time I thought about the diaper for days afterwards.
Judy Collins popularized it first, but Joni Mitchell wrote it. And many other singers have covered it.
do you know you are being harassed?
I was at Trader Joes today and several suburbanites allowed their kids to push the little kiddie carts around like they were so fucking cute. The little shits kept getting in my way and their parents expected me to smile because the kids are "cute." The asshole parents need to get over themselves.
What are they, where do you get them and how much does the daily or weekly cost add up to? Any trade-offs? I don't smoke but am looking at nicotine products too. I've had noticeable results with Hydroxy Citrate in the past, but a medication change now has me turning into a fat foodie... Thanks, bitches.
Remember when this was a big deal circa 1999? She was supposed to stop making music and performing for a while? She did a bunch of TV appearances promoting her greatest hits "farewell" album including that Sinatra duet. People give Cher grief for her farewell tours, but Celine's retirement lasted a year and a half!
There's nothing I like more than a long distance trek, of a week or more. Camping or staying in bunk beds, it is an inexpensive way to travel. Do other DL's feel the same? My favorite: the GR across Corsica was terrific. Also, the Via Alpina, which goes from Trieste to Monaco, through Switzerland. And finally, the Great Divide Trail from Banff to Jasper, in the Canadian Rockies. Rarely to I meet gay hikers, however. Are there any out there?
Would they change their tune if they were in a communal shower and found out that one of the people "beneath them" was packing a much bigger cock than they were?
5 doormen in a 20-story Manhattan downtown co-op along with the super and 5 porters. NY magazine suggests $50-$100 per doorman. I never know what to do and they never say thanks.
Please share. For those of you with your shit together, any tips would be appreciated.
With all of the northern black re-gentrification of Georgia, why hasn't this state flipped blue? Anyone have the Georgia county red/blue maps for last week? What is the next red state to flip blue?
How do you imagine their sex life?
What do you think it smells like?
Any questions?
I actually think that this is one of Bette Davis' worst performances, but at the same time she is fascinating to watch. They originally wanted "true beauties" like Hedy Lamarr or Merle Oberon to portray the beautiful but vain Fanny Skeffington, but Davis put the screws on someone to get the part for her. I love Merle, but she was not one quarter of the actress Bette was. Hedy was even less than that. One of the few films made during the war to talk about antisemitism.
Just curious. I'm talking stand alone, multi level department stores that have an air elegance about them.
I'm Mr. Snow
The Omega Point Theory is a theory conveyed by Prof. Frank J. Tippler of Tulane University. The theory is basically a rendition of the Simulation argument but combined with a form of theism. The theory goes that it is not the end of 2014 as we currently believe. In reality, we are at the end of the Universe and intelligence has reached a point of it's maximum technological development (The Omega Point), the point where the Universe itself is intelligent, in effect giving rise to the being that we call God. God then uses the fabric of the Universe itself to simulate the Universe again, in effect recreating the Universe in another Big Bang.
Having been on the market for a few years, the recent news of His Hollywood Royaltyness Matt Damon's North Bay Road house entering contract didn't include one key bit of info: the sale price. Well, according to SFBJ, that price was $15.375 million, millions less than the house's original asking price (a cool $20 million bucks), but still an almost 50% return on his investment. The new owner, Patrick Markert, gets an historic Mediterranean Revival mansion on a deliciously big piece of property with a whopping 170 feet of bay frontage. It even has a name: Maravilla.
I really find this hot to watch, sometimes I go to adult bookstores in an effort to find this scene. Any porn sites that offer it
My eyes are wide like cherry pies. I gots a taste for men who're older It's always been, so it's no surprise.
You can't deny it.
Natalie Portman has blamed the Star Wars prequel trilogy for almost thwarting her acting ambitions. The Hollywood actress, 33, starred as Luke and Leia Skywalker's ill-fated mother, Queen Padme Amidala, in George Lucas' commercially successful but critically-panned movies. "Everyone thought I was a horrible actress," she told New Yorker magazine. "I was in the biggest-grossing movie of the decade and no director wanted to work with me." Of course, Portman went on to win the best actress Oscar for Black Swan in 2011, after late director Mike Nichols revived her career by taking her on for his 2001 stage production of Chekhov's The Seagull. "Mike wrote a letter to Anthony Minghella and said 'Put her in Cold Mountain, I vouch for her'," she said. "Then Anthony passed me on to Tom Tykwer, who passed me on to the Wachowskis [who cast her in V For Vendetta]." Portman recently played Jane Foster in Marvel's Thor films and will soon be seen starring alongside Christian Bale and Cate Blanchett in Knight of Cups from The Tree of Life director Terence Malick.
Natalie Portman blames Star Wars prequels for almost ruining her career: 'Everyone thought I was a horrible actress'
Might I suggest...
I love this!
They have a new column: What's the best rumor you've heard all week? Some stuff DL has already speculated about, but interesting none the less. [quote]I heard a rumor that Ben Affleck cheated on Jennifer Garner with Blake Lively back when they were shooting The Town. US Weekly knew about it but Ben and Jen are a source and give them pics (like their cute family ones) so they didn't print the story. [quote]George Clooney is voracious about sex, and has really weird, kinky appetites for both men and women. Let's see ... He has approached hot men at parties to ask if they will have sex with him while his girlfriend watches. He has had bondage parties with multiple men. He likes having sex with large black men. Rumor: Dane Cook secretly dated a guy. [quote]So, I was working on a video project with this producer, we were discussing celeb endorsements, and he recommends Dane Cook. I ask him how he knew Dane Cook and he said they dated on and off for a few years. ... When I asked why this isn't common knowledge that Dane Cook is gay, he replied, "He sure as hell doesn't hide it." — John Ames Rumor: Beyoncé has a semi-rude assistant. [quote][My flight attendant friend] was flying Beyoncé and her assistant. She said something like, "Ms. Knowles, can [I] get you something to drink?" To which the assistant, who was sitting next to Beyoncé, said "You can ask ME what she would like." — Even though the assistant was seated in the window seat and Beyoncé was in the aisle, right next to her. So then she's like, "Ok, can I get Ms. Knowles something to drink" and the assistant says, out loud, "Ms. Knowles would you like something to drink." You get the picture. — yidadzinasol Rumor: Laura Ingraham had an affair with David Ignatius. [quote] Best one I heard this week goes back a few years: Laura Ingraham had a lengthy affair with David Ignatius, who'd said his marriage was dead and that he'd officially end it for Laura. When he didn't, she went all Fatal Attraction on him. This story was shared after many drinks, so I'm forgetting what exactly she did, only recall it was shocking enough that I was surprised the gossip had never seeped out. Seems like it may've had something to do with human excrement, but I might be conflating with an unrelated WaPo anecdote. — warbabe Rumor: Taylor Swift doesn't actually date people. [quote]Taylor Swift doesn't actually date celebrities. They are all pre-arranged for publicity. She dates people on the down-low who are not famous. The celebrities get the benefit of publicity and pretending that they fucked Taylor Swift. — Lax-PAT
The JanFan's friend tried to tell the him to "become a fan of real life." He says his friend would turn straight for her, and that the guy sold his house and his car, spent 35,000 pounds on her, moved to America to follow her for six months and obtained a massive tattoo that she signed.
George Clooney sent a petition to the most powerful people in Hollywood--asking them to take a stand against the cyber-terrorists and in favor of freedom--yet not a single person would sign.
George Clooney: F*** Kim Jong-Un, Hollywood Showed No Balls Hollywood Showed NO Balls
also starring YUKI SHIMODA as ITO.
It fascinates me how confidant and self assured they are. Nothing gets to them.
I have no where to go for Christmas and my boyfriend was kind enough to invite me to go home with him for the holidays. But the problem is my boyfriend is not out to his family and has told them he's had a girlfriend named Matilda all these years that he's been out in Seattle. He's created this elaborate history and sent them pictures of the happy couple (which is always our Halloween photos. This year we went as Lucy and Ricky. Last year I was Wonder Woman and he was Superman). So my boyfriend's family already kind of know me through pictures, although only as a woman. So what should I do? It's one thing to pull this off in pictures, but an entirely different thing in person. It's only for 2 days so I think I can do it. I just have to go study all the emails for all the details of Matilda's life (emergency room surgeon, graduated top of class while working 4 jobs, Alzheimer's mother, sister killed in plane crash, etc.)
they're cutting down trees. They're putting up reindeer and singing songs of joy and peace. Oh I wish I had a river, I could skate away on, but it don't snow here it stays pretty green. I'm going to make a lot of money. Then I'm going to quit this crazy scene.
w that nice grey box?
.. time to sit back and enjoy the Mr Vince Guaraldo and his Trio
and do you have your own dreidel? or do you have to use a relatives when you play the game.
Would be interested to know what guys use, especially those who are partnered.
Frau post, I know. So, I've let myself slip over the last few years and gained 20 pounds. Time was, I would stop eating bread, and I'd get back to my ideal weight. Time was, running was easy. Now, dieting seemingly does nothing, and I almost passed out after running half a mile (uphill, but still..) Is it game over, or do I just have to try harder?
"Forty years ago, I did something terribly wrong that I deeply regret. I have been working to atone for it ever since. I've decided to address these issues publicly because two months ago, various news organizations published a recording made by my then-wife, Faye Grant, during a confidential marriage therapy session in January, 2012. This session was recorded without the therapist's or my knowledge or consent." "On the recording, I described events that took place 20, 32, and 40 years ago," Collins continues. "The publication of the recording has resulted in assumptions and innuendos about what I did that go far beyond what actually occurred. As difficult as this is, I want people to know the truth." "I did have an opportunity to do so with one of the women, 15 years later. I apologized and she was extraordinarily gracious," said Collins, who remains in a protracted divorce battle with Grant. "But after I learned in the course of my treatment that my being direct about such matters could actually make things worse for them by opening old wounds, I have not approached the other two women, one of whom is now in her 50s and the other in her 30s." Intimate, revealing Stephen Collins..For Real! This Friday on 20/20 Don't Miss It!!!!
Sony's current plan for "The Interview'' is to release the controversial comedy for free on Crackle, the streaming service it owns, sources said Sunday. Following Sony's decision to pull the James Franco-Seth Rogan movie after hackers working for North Korean threatened violence, President Obama criticized the studio for being "intimidated by these kind of criminal attacks.'' Sony pointed out the cancellation came after theater chains and other streaming sites refused to show the film.
Fuck You North Korea! Sony Plans To Release The Interview For Free on Crackle!
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?
Is a boundary-obsessed lez to blame? [quote]And during an appearance on The Real last year she explained: 'I'm married to a man but I'm bisexual so I like both. We got together because ... we both have this (idea), "I just don't want to have sex with the same person my whole life. That's just gross."' [quote]Margaret went on to say that their house is big enough that if the other one has lovers home they stay on separate sides of the property. [quote]'We have a really big house,' she said.
I vote HOT!
Vintage Bike #10
Continued salute to part one and two and all the guys who aren't shy about showing their bods at the beach.
Does anyone think that this cat will become as famous as Grumpy Cat, or will he just fall by the wayside?
Does anyone here know him? What's he like when he's off camera? He's made the world a better place for millions of people and I love him for that. I've been worried about him lately. I have this strong feeling that he's not well. I hope I'm wrong. Has he ever posted here? Datalounge, we need to talk about Richard.
Cute story (via Outsports). Very brave of both of these boys to be out and proud in West Virginia of all places. Both student-athletes and erm, unstereotypical.
Gay W. Virginia high school soccer player comes out by dancing with homecoming king
I'm in my early 30's and I have lived in London and New York... I came out onto the circuit scene at 19 and everyone had to be buff to be noticed... If you weren't, you were just out... A fug musclehead had a thousand times greater chance to land a decent lay than a very, very, very cute twink... I got me some roids STAT and did alright for myself... (Haven't done them for years though). But... I was talking to a friend and we were discussing that all that's changing... Fewer and fewer queens are now into the muscled look, and the ones that still are are generally the now aging, then mid-thirty-somethings that granted me my degree in Body Fascism well over a decade ago... Steroids now seem restricted to those vintage queens, and to grunting straight halfwits... Primarily... Some of my fellow younger "apprentice muscleheads" of the late 90s are still at it, but not the majority... Twelve years ago, opening the social pages of the fag rags meant glossing over pages and pages of abs and pecs glistening in sweat... Now, other than for the mostly G4P go-go dancers, not so much... What say you? Is muscle going out of style?... I think Signorile's "Life Outside" would have to be rewritten... There are now other fads. Every fag still works out, but she's a lot less results-obsessed than when the towers fell.
Hyperloop, the ultra-fast tube transport dreamed up by SpaceX founder and Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk, could be ready for passengers in as few as 10 years. In a 76-page report released on Dropbox on Thursday, a new startup called Hyperloop Transportation Technologies laid out plans for building Musk's futuristic transportation system, which could cut travel time between Los Angeles and San Francisco down to 35 minutes. The trip takes up to 12 hours by Amtrak train, and more than six hours by car. The system would carry passengers in pods moving as fast as 800 miles per hour, according to the white paper. The plan laid out by Musk -- who has no involvement in the project, and did not help with the paper -- has broadened beyond the two California metropoles. Hyperloop Transportation has drawn up maps with lines connecting every major U.S. city. hyperloop Housed within a newly-launched crowd-funding company called JumpStartFund, the startup offered wildly varying estimates for the cost of the project -- anywhere between $7 billion and $19 billion. Hyperloop CEO Dirk Ahlborn told The Huffington Post that the wide potential price range is due to the unpredictability of prices for materials and other expenses over the next decade. He said wealthy donors and investors are already approaching JumpStartFund, of which he is also chief executive, about pledging money. He admitted his 10-year timeline might be ambitious. It does not account for the political opposition and regulatory hurdles that would undoubtedly dog a new form of public transportation being built up the coastline of the country's most populous state. "We're working very close with the public and being very transparent," said Ahlborn, a German-born entrepreneur based in Los Angeles. If he finds it too difficult to build the inaugural Hyperloop in California, he may choose to build it in another country. "For us, it's mostly about building the Hyperloop," he said. "We want to see it in the U.S., but if it makes more sense to do that somewhere else, then so be it. The goal is to build it." The other goal is to keep it cheap. While his plan envisions making luxury pods available, Ahlborn said the estimated ticket price for economy-class seats would be about $20 to $30. But he said rides would ideally be free -- perhaps supported by ads, to take advantage of time spent with a captive audience of travelers. hyperloop As with air travel, Hyperloop plans to have luxury and economy class pods. "You have the passenger for 30 to 40 minutes," Ahlborn said. "This is not a venture for good, it's a commercial company, so it has to make business sense. But we'll see." In the meantime, recent publicity about the Hyperloop has drummed up interest. His team of about 100 engineers, who are paid largely through stock options, seems set to expand. "I would say that, on average, we're receiving 10 to 20 new applications per hour," he said with a laugh.
No one who can actually sing needs it or uses it. There is no purpose to it except to perpetuate fraud. I refuse to listen to any singer who uses it, and I especially refuse to see any musical film that uses it. Its use needs to end. I will do anything to make that happen.
From Twitter:
Talk amongst yourselves while I go out and buy a Lawn-Boy.
Inspired by the thread about blondes, who cares so much about wrinkles? It's sagging that really makes you look old. Baggy eyes, jowls and turkey neck are far worse. If you have a tight face and some wrinkles, you can still be hot. If you have a saggy face and no lines, you look like a delicate old lady (see Billy Crystal). Here's Chad Everett at 75, sun worshipper and chain smoker.
Maybe you have already. Personally, I would not.
They've been around for ages. Its gotta be more than gay guys buyin''em!!! I did not want to duplicate any other thread, but from those I have seen, some of you DLr's don't know what a thong is! Let's talk thongs! Tell us when you wear them. Tell us what you would think about a man who wore them Take the poll! Voice your opinion! Share a pic! Let's celebrate thongs!
On another thread someone said blondes (both male and female) don't age well. Do you think this is generally true?
Kurt & Goldie produced a very hot son!
He was really big there for a while. But these days, it's as if he dropped off the face of the Earth and nobody noticed it happen, nor does anyone seem to care that he's gone missing. So who exactly did he manage to piss off anyway?
The guy who plays Baltar on Battlestar Galactica
who do you think keeps his hole hairy? It may be trimmed, but not shaved.%0D\ %0D
I mean, it is a brutally violent and repressive regime, one that denies basic human liberty and one that murders its own citizens by the thousands. Why doesn't Anonymous, the hacking group which loves to present itself as the guardian of democracy, step up and knock the North Korean hackers into next week?
Matt Bomer Channing Tatum Chris Pine Chris Evans
If so share your story here!
How did you like it? What was your experience like?
Meryl Streep here--no, not that annoying troll who pretends he's me and posts as "M" and says unfunny mean things about poor Glenn Close and my lovely daughters, but the real honest-to-God Mary Louise Streep. You know, sometimes I look over my life, and my education, and my film career, and my three Oscars, and my daughters and my son and my marriage to Don, and all I can think is, "Is that all there is?" And then I think to myself, "Meryl, you have become an insufferable cunt both on and off the screen."
Jessica Lange sang David Bowie; now Evan Peters sings Nirvana. Where will it end?
Men and Women. Dead or Alive.%0D\ Not singing voice, but speaking voice.%0D\ %0D\ I''ll kick it off some possibilities...%0D\ %0D\ WOMEN:%0D\ Vivien Leigh%0D\ Rosalyn Carter%0D\ Sylvia Poggioli of NPR%0D\ Julie Andrews%0D\ %0D\ MEN:%0D\ Sir Lawrence Olivier%0D\ Richard Burton%0D\ Barack Obama%0D\ Morgan Freeman%0D\ %0D
"I'm under some kind of vicious attack, I still haven't figured out the reasons why. There are people who have taken advantage and stolen money from me. They are trying to discredit and slander me. I have even been threatened. Mental illness?
WOW - CREED's Scott Stapp makes emotional video, admits to sleeping in his truck and going without food
Gay and gay-adjacent music, past and present. Here is Roz Russell performing "Rose's Turn":
Tell us about the first time you saw a cock... where? \ \ Me- my friend''s dad used to take us camping. Saw him shower... nice bod and beautiful cock.\ \ God I wanted him in my sleeping bag...
Thanks to Netflix, many of us are familiar with the concept of new TV series that premiere not on broadcast or cable television, but on a streaming entertainment service. And Netflix isn't the only streaming service getting into the act. Starting Friday, Amazon Prime subscribers have access to the entire first season of a new series called Transparent, starring Jeffrey Tambor. To watch the show, which its publicity material describes as a "dark comedy series," you have to pay for Amazon Prime, that online seller's discount shipping-fee service. If you do that, you have access to Amazon Prime Instant Video — you just have to find it. Maura used to be Mort, who was married with three kids. Now the kids are grown, and she's getting used to her new identity. Tambor plays the role without any hint of cheap humor.i Maura used to be Mort, who was married with three kids. Now the kids are grown, and she's getting used to her new identity. Tambor plays the role without any hint of cheap humor. Transparent is created by Jill Soloway, who directed the movie Afternoon Delight and, more to the point for TV fans, was a writer and producer on HBO's Six Feet Under. That was a wonderful series about a complicated, often dysfunctional, usually volatile family — and so is Transparent. Tambor stars as Mort Pfefferman, the patriarch of a fractured family. His ex-wife, Shelly, played by the delightful sitcom veteran Judith Light, divorced him more than a decade ago. Their three grown children have their own lives, all of which are messy. And when Mort invites the kids to dinner at his place, they all fear that he's about to tell them he has cancer. But that's not it. What he wants to tell them is that he's decided, at age 70, to make some very significant life changes. He's in therapy and attending a support group in order to ease the transition to his new identity as a she — as Maura, after a lifetime of denying her inner and real self by, as she puts it, "dressing up like a man." 'Transparent' is a drama/comedy series that could, in theory, make the Emmy nominations next year in either of those categories. It's that good. Tambor plays this character completely straight — so to speak — without any hint of cheap humor. And it's Tambor's commitment to the role that makes Transparent work so well, and so quickly. When Maura, dressed in a wig and a loose-fitting blouse, explains to her support group where she is in her journey to a new sexual identity, there's no condescension whatsoever. Not from the group, and certainly not from the way Tambor plays her. In the four episodes of Transparent I've previewed, those children — played by Gaby Hoffmann, Jay Duplass and Amy Landecker — all have their own issues, which are thrown into a different perspective as their father becomes someone new to them. They all establish their roles quickly, and draw you into their own respective storylines — and Judith Light, as the acerbic and witty ex-wife, does a great job with a very meaty role. Maura attends a support group to ease the transition to her new identity.i Maura attends a support group to ease the transition to her new identity. One of the surprises with Transparent is how traditional it is, despite its unusual premise. The closest thing to it on TV right now is NBC's Parenthood, a drama with lots of sometimes dark humor, about a family filled with very different personality types, who somehow find ways to connect with and support one another — except when they don't.
In 'Transparent,' A 70-Year-Old Divorced Dad Comes Out As A Woman
And set the rules to marriage so lax? An open marriage. Uh...ya. I honestly think the reason she married her husband is because her husband is white. I feel sorry for her; you should look at the quality of the person instead of the color of their skin. And have some goddamn self-respect. I would not condone my husband sleeping with other women. If I ever found my husband cheating on me, I would try to run the asshole with my jeep.
Please join Deb for an afternoon (and maybe an evening if you're lucky) of food, festivities and FUN!
Trash is as trash does.
I'm guessing the answer is no! I think she actually started to believe that whole silly "greatest living actress" nonsense herself. Her mannered performances, self-gratifying awards acceptance speeches and that constant smirk on her face are becoming really painful to watch! And I think even her biggest fans can admit that some of her shenanigans (like that Walt Disney/Emma Thompson thing) were really embarassing. Can you imagine someone ripping Margaret Thatcher to shreds before giving her an award for The Iron Lady? Nope, but she can get away with something like this because she's Meryl fucking Streep. I just hope she'd go away, for a couple of years at least, so we can get some rest from her.
Because some of us like it!
Suspect also dead.
Justin Bieber is poolside with all his male friends in the pool and no females. Things that make you go hmmm.......
Justin Bieber Photographed Shirtless & Barefoot Poolside of His $60,000 Rented Mansion
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.
"Sony hasn't had a hit since the Walkman."
Never thought she would leave, but she did. Guess she''s moving out to LA.%0D\ %0D\ Lisa Robertson stopped by to say goodbye. She seemed phony as hell, but I still love her.%0D\ %0D\ Sigh...%0D
Walk into a washroom to pee and there's only two urinals with no divider. The lone stall is occupied, so I walk up to the open urinal and start pissing. The guy next to me whistles and I look over and he motions downward with his head. I look down and he's got his hard dick in his hand and he's masturbating. I look back up at his face and he's licking his lips. Suddenly I said what I was thinking, "In any other situation you'd be really attractive, but right now you're seriously gross." I finished up and left. What is it with some guys?
I recently watched the Hobbit: the something something cities in theatres and it was good, I didn't find it great. I also watched the parts of the lord of the rings at home and found it bland. And was wondering what makes the series so popular. I believe it's the fighting and the other worldlyness that is also what characterizes the Harry potter series. And is it just me or is Legolas and his father the only good looking characters in the series? Everyone else is pretty ugly or just average.
What are the Mommies in your area like? Where I live, the all wear black yoga pants, calf hugging riding boots, military style tunics, an artisanal, hand loomed scarf artfully arranged around the neck, $700.00 highlights, and drive enormous SUVs. Seriously, the church ladies who shop exclusively at Coldwater Creek show more variation in their dress. The Mommies are like a 1930s musical comedy chorus where everyone had the same costume but in different shade of a very limited palette.
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.
Just started on Antenna TV. It will play every Sunday - first four episodes played tonight. Holy shit, I forgot how smoking hot Gary Sandy was. Hot face (though helmet hair is distracting), sweet biceps, and pants that were painted on. Hot, hot, hot. But OMG these episodes are so funny!
Roman Polanski mounts legal bid to overturn 1977 US sex charge
Looks like Zac Efron must be readying a new movie role, because he is super toned in these new pictures. What do you all think? Action hero movie? I can see him being 'Flash' in a super-hero movie.
Zac Efron Showcasing Rippling Muscles, Possibly For A New Movie Role?
My MacBook Air is only 2 years old but videos play horribly. It's slow and jerky like watching slow motion. How do I speed it up?
I'm the type of person who, if in love with a man, stop liking all other guys. Just the way my mind functions. But I know of people who have gf or bf who still have a guy or girl on the side and I have often wondered if whoredom has to do with genetics.
I''ll start. Keegan De Lancie, who played Q''s teenage son Q2 on a "Voyager" episode, turned out gay.
I'm liking the storylines and all, but what's REALLY great about NCIS: N.O. is Scott Bakula's ass. It's good to see that time was kind to it, and that it's just as nice as it was when he starred in Quantum Leap.
I love the city and all there is to do and see but something feels off about it. I don't know why it bothered me but a lot of the "modern" architecture along the Thames with the big glass windows just seemed so ugly, non-British and hyper-futuristic in a bad way. I sort of came with the expectation that I'd be seeing more old European architecture like Parliament and the Tower Bridge. In fact, the whole city feels like it's teetering between quintessential Englishness and some kind of bland, dull/convention big city modernism. I couldn't quite put my finger on what was bothering me at first but the architecture helped me understand my initial impressions. I mean, I like the city but there's something about it that doesn't feel very British? There have been times when I felt like I was just in a large American city.
I'm a dancer!
Not. Well at least she seems to have dropped a few pounds.
When I think 'sex', I think Marissa Jaret "Hairspray" Winokur
He fought the good battle and lost yesterday morning. He was 9 years younger than me and he had done everything the right way his entire life. It really made me feel guilty for surviving him. I'm alone, chronic infection for 20+years. It didn't seem fair in the least, . My poor sister was understandably devastated. I would have changed places with him if it were at all possible. He was a successful electrical engineer with three children, 5 grand children and everything to live for. These sad happenings convince me even more the ridiculous idea of there being a god or God of relevance to anyone of us. It's all cause and effect and when all of one's life occurrences total equal a particular situation, one's life is brought to an end.
They have to be fluffy, with a little bit of cheese sprinkled in. Pepper on top. And, two pieces of crisp bacon to side of the mound of eggs. Oh, and a big glass of orange juice to wash it all down.
Have you ever met any? Had any experiences or interactions with this group of people? I know only that they seem to have the most awful reputation amongst even the most liberal, progressive-minded Europeans. What gives, Europe? Are the tales of their thievery and scams true?
Every community should have one of these on display!
It might be the worst film adaptation of a pretty good Broadway musical ever. I understand that John Huston hated the song "Tomorrow" and would only allow it sung over the credits. But why did he and the producers take so many of the show's other good songs (like "NYC" and the title song) out and replace them with such shit like "We Got Annie" and "Let's Go to the Movies" and "Dumb Dog"? Why did they film the Warbucks mansion in what looked to be a giant mausoleum? Why were the choreographed numbers so chaotic and filmed with so many zillions of children? In case you've forgotten the horror, here's "We Got Annie."
Ask anything. I am very good.
While on the ledge of the Puente de Triana, Rajchel tried to take a selfie. Unfortunately, she lost her footing and fell 15 feet, landing on concrete footing that is part of the bridge's support system, reports the New York Post. Related: Dad films daughter exercising her facial muscles in attempt to capture perfect selfie Rajchel went into cardiac arrest shortly after impact, and while medics arrived at the scene, it was too late to save Rajchel. She was studying to become a nurse at the University of Medicine in Posada
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!"
What's yours? Mine is to stop reading the comments people leave under Internet stories. Just nutso people out there
Who's on your list, dahlinks?
Was it a Christmas, birthday, or New Year event? In your home, or someone else's, or maybe your office? The WORST party of my life was a birthday party I attended in HS for this shy kid's birthday. We were all around 16. This kid was very introverted and had few friends but word soon spread that it was open house, so most of our year in HS turned up. His mom had prepared the kind of buffet you would see at a child's party, with a frosted cake. The parents took off in their car for a couple of hours. In their absence, kids began downing liquor. Fights broke out. One kid smashed a bottle over another kid's head causing a gashed forehead. A girl came out of the parents' bedroom drunk and weeping, saying this kid had raped her. Kids were throwing up on the lawn of this house. The buffet had been turned into a food fight, the cake was smeared on the walls. The kid whose party it was was crying and screaming at people to leave. When the parents came back, the dad went into shock, turned the car around and drove off some place for a couple of days, apparently. I guess the mom had to clean up. Your turn...
What will the book cover -Brooke's first period? Teri's gay pals? The Arab sheik who wanted to buy Brookie for 50 camels? The upside of kiddie porn?
Thor might be ready to battle it out with Batman over Matt Damon. Chris Hemsworth and Matt Damon apparently have a serious bromance going on, with Damon making a cameo in Hemsworth's new interview for GQ's January issue. Damon and Ben Affleck (star of 2016's "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice") have been friends since childhood, breaking into the business together with an Oscar win for the "Good Will Hunting" screenplay, in which they also co-starred. Hemsworth, however, became pals with Damon a few years ago when he began his Hollywood career as the star of 2010's "Ca$h" alongside Sean Bean. "We became friends around the time I started to work, and I've really benefited from watching how he handles himself," Hemsworth told GQ. "Matt's just a normal guy who has the movie-star thing figured out." GQ reporter David Katz joined the buddies for a mountain-biking adventure and ate breakfast with them at Damon's house. "Today started with me introducing you to my friend, then a bike ride, then cooking you pancakes," Hemsworth told Katz. "I think this is the most romantic interview I've ever done." As for his brother, fellow actor Liam Hemsworth, Chris says it's definitely difficult for him not to be protective of his younger sibling. "I've watched Liam do things I did at his age, like being in relationships he shouldn't be in, or being reckless just to prove a point. And I had no empathy," he admitted. "My mom had to remind me I was the same way."
Chris Hemsworth And Matt Damon Have A Serious Bromance Going On
Here's a bit of '80s movie gossip that makes us want to up-chuck and die: In the latest issue of V Magazine, cover star Winona Ryder claims starring in the 1988 dark comedy Heathers — a.k.a., one of the greatest films of all time — cost her another film role. Like, seriously? "I was fired from a movie because I did Heathers," the still-smokin' former teen queen admits. "I was cast in a movie and the director saw an advance screening [of Heathers] and was offended by it and fired me. It wasn't until years later that it became more appreciated." So wrong. Apparently, it wasn't the first time our Winona went underappreciated. Prior to getting her big break in Lucas (pause for a moment of silence), the waifish beauty had to be pulled out of junior high and home-schooled after being "gay-bashed" by students who thought she was a boy. "I was obsessed with Bugsy Malone and had cut my hair short," she recalls. "I remember the halls were empty and these kids started shouting 'faggot,' and I didn't think they were talking to me. Walking home after leaving the nurse's office — and I've never talked about this — I remember pressing on the bandage because I wanted it to look more dramatic. I had this inner monologue going of Humphrey Bogart, like, 'being roughed up!' I was pretending I was in some gangster movie. It was oddly my way of dealing with it, because if I didn't, I probably would have been really scared." No joke. Haters gonna hate, girl. Let's just remember that there's only one gal who's inspired a tattoo on Johnny Depp's arm, mmmkay?
I feel like this is a story that has huge legs but only for a very, very limited circle of people working in LA, much like the murder of that publicist in traffic last year (I've already forgotten her name). Unless you work in the film/television industry, the only think that was really interesting about this latest story was a major producer calling Angelina Jolie a "freak," and five seconds after you heard that it ceased to be interesting. Hollywood is much too into gazing at its own navel. Who really gives a shit about all this?
This comes from his blog: "As an Escort, I have been hired by 10 Movie stars(A list ones), 6 well known Movie stars(D list ones), 15 TV stars(from shows, E.R., The Pretender, Heroes, Lost, Wings, 24, Weeds, bah bah bah)4 Reality TV stars, 3 Pro Basketball players, 2 Football players, 3 Baseball players, 5 Musicians(2 were Grammy winners, 1 won American Music Award) 100's of Husbands cheating on Wives, Doctors, Lawyers, Policemen, the list goes on and on...." Anyone care to guess?
Will nothing quench his thirst for revenge?
Are people finally over Cher? I am.
But the Olympian has yet to comment on his changes, besides insisting he "just didn't like" his trachea.
Bruce Jenner Plans To Get A Boob Job and Announce He's Becoming A Woman: He Considers His Own Reality Show To Document Transit
aka Absolutely Fab-Ur-Ous.
Womyn rejoice!
Obama Makes History As First President To Only Take Questions From Women At Press Conference
Did you buy a gift today?
Marriages between one man and one man, and one woman and one woman, may begin in Jnauary. They are the 36th state to allow gay marriage.
Supreme Court refuses to halt gay marriage in Florida
A gay porn daddy you would fuck ? Take the pole (poll)
I stopped what I was doing when I heard this guy talking on Melissa Harris-Perry this morning. Gurl. He is really handsome, and a scholar! Does he have a boyfriend? Melissa should take more days off!
She just gave birth last week, the twins are still in the hospital, and she's already given an interview about her joy. What a turnaround for the world's saddest bride who allegedly tried to bolt from Monaco twice. Get a load of the fifth picture where Charlene looks as though she's just detected a foul odor as Albert kisses her.
Princess Charlene of Monaco gives birth, palace promptly goes on a PR campaign
[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:
Is the chef gay? Why would a straight guy who could have any woman choose a tranny?
Hot Upcoming Chef Cooks Tranny Girlfriend Big Christmas Feast
Some of those Nifty stories have funny misuse of words. I had to laugh at the image when someone wrote: "He pulled my sweatpants down to my knees and started to fondue my bulge in my loose boxer shorts." Ouch! One common error is: "I shuttered when his lips touched mine." There are a lot of Nifty people who shutter.
Any questions? (I looked great in Gone Girl, didn't I?)
OK we all know what we hate, but what do you love. My favorite is "That spirt of Christmas" by Ray Charles
Tori Johnson, a gay man who was one of two people killed during yesterday's harrowing hostage situation in Sydney, Australia, is being called a hero for dying while trying to take down the gunman holding him and others hostage, according to multiple media reports. Johnson managed the Lindt Chocolate Cafe in Sydney, where Haron Monis, a 50-year-old Iranian-born Australian, laid siege for 16 terrifying hours. According to the UK Times, Johnson "died during a heroic final standoff with the gunman, attempting to wrestle the shotgun from his hands." "We are so proud of our beautiful boy Tori, gone from this earth but forever in our memories as the most amazing life partner, son and brother we could ever wish for," a statement issued by Johnson's family said. According to Towleroad, Johnson's partner of 14 years is Thomas Zinn. He issued the statement from the family. James Peron's op-ed in The Huffington Post draws attention to the political climate that surrounds Johnson's death. A gay man who died a hero, Johnson nevertheless died a second class citizen as Australia does not allow same-sex couples to marry. He and his partner were never afforded full equal rights under the law. Though Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott praised Johnson as "good people" and commended him for his heroism, Peron points out, "Yes, Tori was good people, but to Abbott he still wasn't good enough, at least not when it came to marriage...If Abbot wishes to honor the heroism of Tori Johnson he should push for marriage equality. At the very least, he should get [out] of the way and allow his own party caucus freedom to vote their conscience."
And if you graduated from a Canadian University that would be a bonus since that's where I'm graduating from. Other than the cape and the cap, does every one of us have to stand up on the podium and give some kind of speech? I'm sure there are at least 300 students in my program. It doesn't make sense to me if all of us stands up there and gives a speech. And is there an after party of some sort? I haven't made many friends, mostly acquaintances, I'm just slightly afraid of humiliation if we need to break off into groups. So what actually happens? If anyone can tell me, I would appreciate it. Thanks.
I just discovered that ESPN Classic (a channel I would NEVER otherwise watch) seems to be re-running these classics from the 70s and 80s. Today I saw the swimming competition featuring Daniel J. Travanti, Mark Harmon, Heather Thomas, Cristina Raines, Telma Hopkins, Doug Barr, et. al. and featuring Broadway star Brian Stokes Mitchell! (From when he was on "Trapper John, MD," I assume.) And hosted by .... Howard Cosell!
Kate Winslet has reportedly married her beau Ned Rocknroll! The 37-year-old Titanic actress and the 34-year-old businessman tied the knot "in early December in New York," according to Us Weekly. "They were surrounded by a small group of friends and close family members." Kate and Ned, the nephew of Virgin Group founder Richard Branson, have been linked since Fall 2011 and supposedly got engaged over the summer. This is the third marriage for Kate, who previously wed directors Sam Mendes and Jim Threapleton, and the second marriage for Ned.
Has anybody ever broken this pernicious addiction? And no, it's not an affair, it's texting friends, and facebook, and the latest on gay marriage, and even --god it shames to me type this -- twitter. It seems worse that meth, although his teeth are still good. That's nice.
oh bai we love you cover up
Tablets are all the rage now so now he must have one too. Obviously I'm not going to get him an iPad or Kindle Fire. Is Kobo or Boogie a good brand. They're the only tablets within my budget. Thanks.
My nephew is going to tour colleges this summer, and this is the list we''ve put together so far. Anyone an alum? Input? \ \ \ USF -- Tampa, FL\ \ UCF -- Orlando, FL\ \ UNC Greensboro -- Greensboro, NC\ \ UNC Charlotte -- Charlotte, NC\ \ University of Rhode Island -- Kingston, RI\ \ Temple University -- Philadelphia, PA\ \ St. Joe''s -- Philadelphia, PA\ \ University Illinois Chicago -- Chicago, IL\ \ Michigan State University -- East Lansing, MI
Now I''ve seen it all. I thought this was an April Fool''s joke, but it''s not.
Duets that made you scratch your head and go WTF? For me, it'd have to be Sarah Mclachlan and DMC from Run DMC. Their 2006 single "Just Like Me", with it's "Cat's in the Cradle" interpolation, was a big WTF moment.
As requested:
Any gossip?\ \ It''s been around for a while now, surely someone has to have some dirt.\ \ Who loves each other? Who hates each other? Who''s fucking who?
So who bought it?
She deserves the Emmy for her work in AHS "Orphans".
Do you think it's a coincidence that the leaked Hollywood e-mails came so soon after all the leaked naked photos of actresses? If not, what could be the connection, besides terrible security?
The actor talks about breaking up with Hollywood for independent cinema, the importance of taking time off and why he turned down big budget movies like 'Superman.' Video:
- Michael Brown (shooting, trial, looting, "Hands up don't shoot," protests around the country and in various countries) - Bill Cosby rapes - Sony hacking - Eric Garner murder by police (bonus: protests) - Stephen Collins child molestation - Republicans take Congress - Madonna's album not due until spring 2015 leaks What else happened this year in the US?
An email on the asshole behavior of Adam Sandler: ""Adam is an asshile [sic] and this is more his fault than anyone's but what we did was not communicate with each other and make assumptions maybe I didn't pay attention when you were telling me what I was walking into but it also comes from a non alien meant between us all and too many people doing everything and no one taking responsibility and I mean myself as it is my responsibility to let you guys know what I want to breath [sic] life into," replied Pascal. This is the 14th most powerful woman in business. And she can't string a coherent sentence together. This is the most embarrassing part of the email leaks; that Sony is run by an idiot savant.
[quote]Do the emails contain any information about Sony breaking the law? No. Misleading the public? No. Acting in direct harm to customers, the way the tobacco companies or Enron did? No. Is there even one sentence in one private email that was stolen that even hints at wrongdoing of any kind? Anything that can help, inform or protect anyone? [quote]The co-editor in chief of Variety tells us he decided that the leaks were — to use his word — "newsworthy." I'm dying to ask him what part of the studio's post-production notes on Cameron Crowe's new project is newsworthy. So newsworthy that it's worth carrying out the wishes of people who've said they're going to murder families and who have so far done everything they've threatened to do. Newsworthy. As the character Inigo Montoya said in "The Princess Bride," I do not think it means what you think it means.
Aaron Sorkin's Smug and Preachy NY Time Op Ed About the Sony Leak
Dear DLers, I am writing to wish you all a Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, and Happy New Year to those of you who celebrate those days! I am flattered and grateful for my nomination for Christmas Mouse alternate, and my third place finish. It is quite an honor, which is not obviated by my discovery that the poll was originated by my assistant Randolf. That may have skewed the score, I recognize, but irregardless, Happy Holidays! I will speak to Randolf about that, I promise! I also want to take a break from my usual promotion of the appreciation of punctuation to remember the dear, missing, Christmas Mouse. He is such a cheery fellow, and I purposefully use the present tense! Perhaps he got a bonk on the head, has amnesia, and will make a dramatic return on Christmas Eve!? The possibilities are endless. Please keep him in your thoughts this week and raise a cup of cocoa in his honor! Other than preparing for the holidays, I am also quite busy preparing a post in recognition of the under-appreciated tilde, one of the few truly bilingual punctuation marks. I look forward to sharing that with you on ~the beginning of the year! Again, Happy Holidays!
One group (Gay Generation X) has fought and continues to fight for equality. We are here and we are queer! And embrace being part of the gay community whole-heatedly. Remembering the struggle for rights. The other group (Gay Millennials) don't believe in labels. They seem to take gay rights for granted and don't like to be defined as being gay. They are a man, like all other men. The only difference is they fuck other men. Other than that they don't identify with the gay community. So which group do you belong too?
Fire Amy Pascal. Now. There, its been said. BTW, this reminds me of the famous attempt to ban Salmon Rushdie's book, "The Satanic Verses" under very similar circumstances. A close friend of mine who worked for a major publishing company put up in her office a framed a copy of a full page ad that ran in the NY Times which said, ""Free people publish books. Free people sell books. Free people buy books. Free people read books." The same can be said about films (even unimportant dumb comedies). The decision to give into this kind of bullying is cowardice, bad business and un-American.
*** BREAKING NEWS *** "The Interview" is dead to me ... DEAD TO ME!
The backlash has been swifter and more brutal than I ever anticipated. Nobody likes her anymore even though she had the song of the summer. My teenaged cousins loved her in July and now they all talk about how terrible her music is. Why so quick?
I'm not talking low-budget horror movies, but big mainstream productions with absolutely ludicrous moments. Two that come to mind are the scene in "Showgirls" where Elizabeth Berkley and Gina Gershon have lunch in that hideous Vegas mall and compare the brands of dog food they used to eat in their struggling days, and Tom Cruise in "Born on the Fourth of July" as Ron Kovic, screaming at his mother, "Penis! PENIS! PEEEENIS!!!!"
...do they perhaps do this intentionally? Are there no American's capable and qualified to be foreign correspondents. The U.S has at least two or three world renowned schools of journalism. Aren't there any Americans CNN is able to hire? Just curious.
She's horrendous. I just saw her attempt to mimic JLaw's "Winter's Bone" with something called "Wicked Blood" and she is painfully bad. Stiff, amateurish, pie-faced, dull, she can't hold the screen (not even the small screen). Oh well. Next.
Please give your sheet music to Dennis, tell us to what song your lyrics should be played, and [italic]begin![/italic]
Carry on..
Besides Agatha Christie, what are some good recommendations? I''d like to broaden my tastes a bit and I wouldn''t mind some that are just a little more complex.%0D\ %0D\ Margery Allingham%0D\ %0D\ Ngaio Marsh%0D\ %0D\ Ruth Rendell%0D\ %0D\ Reginald Hill%0D\ %0D\ Josephine Tey%0D\ %0D\ any others???
1. Brussels Sprouts. Other vegetables in this group include: broccoli, cauliflower, kale, and cabbage. 2. Salmon. other oil-rich fish include blue fish, sardines, mussels, herring, trout, or halibut. These are also low mercury fish. 3. Almonds. Walnuts and pistachio nuts are also other options. 4. Yogurt. Rich in calcium, protein, and vitamin D, plain, low-fat (and no fat) yogurt supports strong bones, helps support muscle maintenance, and is a digestive, plus containing probiotics. 5. Quinoa. Other protein/fiber rich options include buckwheat, chick peas, and black beans. 6. Green Tea. Whether from a bag or free tea leaves, skip the sweeteners and you'll get the full benefit of the flavanols which are well-documented for heart and circulatory health. 7. Blueberries. Other berries containing potent antioxidants include: blackberries, strawberries, and raspberries. Fresh or frozen (without added sugars), berries can be eaten alone, in yogurt or salads, or mashed and eaten as a frozen pop. And red and concord grapes fall into this antioxidant family, and contain another health-promoting ingredient called resveratrol. Since red wine is made from grapes, the antioxidants are both in the fresh fruit, and its fermentation product, wine.
Now it's Banks vs Lily Allen.
Anything goes! Inspirational, beautiful, humorous, sexy, political, poignant, sad. Whatever you'd like to share. Just give a reason why you're sharing it. I'll start. Just saw this today; I love lightning and rain storms. They make me feel safe.
Broad category, but hopefully this thread will catch a lot of sexy men, in and out clothing!
Why is the production design for British TV shows so frigg'n inconsistent? Onslow and Daisy had at least three different wallpapers in their bedroom. The backsplash in the "As Time Goes By" kitchen changed at least twice. The headboard in the grandparent's bedroom changes from one season to the next in "Next of Kin" On the opposite side of the spectrum, the same frigg'n purple floral sheet set shows up in every other episode of "Midsomer Murders" on different character's beds.
It's like the third secret of Fatima! What do you think will be among the revelations?
Sony Pictures Entertainment is trying to get out in front of the devastating cyber-attack that has left the company reeling before the next batch of stolen documents leaks online. Co-chair Amy Pascal has been reaching out to various executives and A-list stars across the industry to apologize preemptively for any disparaging comments she might have made in her correspondence. The Weinstein Co. chairman Harvey Weinstein was among the executives and actors who received an apologetic call from Pascal, insiders tell Variety.
Sony Leaks: Amy Pascal reaching out to A Listers, apologising for what may be to come in today's latest batch of emails!
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.
Anybody watch? There's at least one gay chef, if not two.
It was revealed here that Lance Bass was gay and dating Reichen before any "mainstream" media outlet reported that fact\ \ \ \ I read in one of the theater threads here that NPH was gay and dating a guy named David Burtka. This was a long time before he came out.\ \ \ I read in one of the country music threads that Chely Wright was gay. This was at least a couple years ago.
How big a story was it?
I just saw her on the Graham Norton Show and I'm watching her interview on The View. I knew she was really popular, but I never paid much attention to her. She is physically very stiff and kind of odd looking. She also seems like she's trying too hard to be formal. What do you think?
le Cruset sauce pot - 30% off SodaStream Revolution - 10% off I probably would have bought them discount or not, they were just impulse buys.
But I found him so sexy in Spider-Man. It's the whole package. Even though his smile makes him seem like he forgot to put in his dentures, he is adorable.
How are you? I am fine. Really, I am. Smoked some herb, drinking beers on, and pissing off, my balcony. I have a venus flytrap out here I spontaneously bought at a grocery store last month. I'll bet you two would get along well. You both have the fly thing in common. Have you ever listened to Brian Eno? I ask only because he just shuffled onto my iPod. Well, iPhone. Who has an iPod anymore?! Ha! Anyway, I'm writing to tell you I can't make this month's payment. I spent that "price of a cup of coffee a day" money on a shitload of cups of coffee. To be fair, I'm really groggy in the morning. Next month for sure! Hi to your mom, and pass on my sympathy about her rapings and clitorectomy and stuff. Your Sponsor, Dave
I got my E-vite last weekend. I'm bringing nipple clamps as a swap gift. What do you think the spread will be like? I hope they don't serve the shitty "champagne" like last year. The Cater-waiter to the Stars is supposed to be there to dish the dirt. Whose coming? I sort of feel obligated to go, given all the laughs that DL has afforded me.
She has yet to go wrong on the Red Carpet!
Lupita Nyong'o: Who Is This Girl's Stylist!?!
Inspired by the thread about worst voices. Adele? Whitney? Mariah? Kelly Clarkson?
I see that this will be on OVATION this weekend. I wasn't allowed to watch these as a child. They were on late and my mother had a thing about barflies. Helen's special guests included Lou Christie, singing his hit "I'm Gonna Make You Mine" with Helen. Klaus Nomi and the Living Christmas Tree with "The Little Drummer Boy," and Joyce DeWitt singing and dancing with the Trudy Heller Hellerbaloo Dancers. The DeFranco Family sings "Love Beat, It's a Heartbeat" to the assembled guests in a manger. Does anyone here remember seeing it when it was first broadcast? My mother remembered something about it being pulled after the manger went up in flames after Miss Lawson tried to put out a Virginia Slim in the hay. Years later she still remembered the screams of the unlucky DeFrancos. Were there other guests?
Does anyone read her books any more?
Mr. Macho Marky Mark definitely put out for Miss Clooney, correct?
Continue posting on the JonBenet Ramsey murder.
DataLounge get your fix of gay gossip, news and pointless bitchery.
Talking to DataLounge servers.
Please wait a moment...