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I know there was an existing thread, but I can't seem to pull it up so... which male celebrities, past and present, have taken advantage of the casting couch to get into Hollywood, get their first big break or to continue getting parts?
The Male Casting Couch
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Nathan Lane
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What is the agenda of the Colton Haynes hater here?
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I don't "defend" him. I marvel at the invective. I don't know whether he was a whore, but I do know he has never addressed the allegation nor has he denied being gay. All that happened was a publicist or agent tried to get some steamy photos off the internet.
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Rudolph Valentino%0D %0D Clark Gable
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[quote]All that happened was a publicist or agent tried to get some steamy photos off the internet.
Without Colton ever coming up with a personal statement explaining the situation. Without a proper explanation people assumed that it was Colton's attempt to go back into the closet.
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Brandon Routh was too old/built for Bryan. Jesse Metcalfe is rumored to have put out for that gelatinous jigglypuff Mark Cherry to get the role of the gardener on the first season of Desperate Housewives.
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I've heard names of everyone from John Wayne to Tammy Cruise.
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[quote] Jesse Metcalfe is rumored to have put out for that gelatinous jigglypuff Mark Cherry to get the role of the gardener on the first season of Desperate Housewives. After he gave it to that other humungous fat guy behind Passions.
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"All the men in Tyler Perry's movies."%0D %0D %0D %0D Wouldn't surprise me. He always casts really hot guys in his movies.%0D %0D
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With who r22?
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There were rumors about Matthew Perry and Darren Starr
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I've always figured that cases of "couch casting" in Hollywood aren't all that easy to discern because, much of the time, even those people who do sleep with higher-ups to get parts have talent.
Having said that, there have been a few guys over the years of whom I thought, "They must have slept with the right people," because they were smoking hot but they really didn't have much or any talent and, in fact, they didn't turn out to have any career longevity. Two examples that spring to mind: Michael Pare and Dan Cortese.
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What's the matter, R25? Did I hit a nerve?
I don't know what you imagine Trolldar is showing you about me. I am the poster who thinks someone has a bee up his ass about Colton Haynes. Who are you?
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Gary Cooper. John Wayne. Both reportedly posed for beefcake/physique shots when first arriving in Hollywood. Wouldn't be surprised if they turned up in the offices of some executive. Kevin Costner, by his own admission, worked behind the scenes in the porn industry. Rumors say he was also a stunt cock. Again, it wouldn't be strange if he got noticed by a studio exec.
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bumping for Sunday morning gossip
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r7 Robert Wagner might not have been a good actor but he was stunningly beautiful.
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Haven't there been rumors about Wagner being bi for ages?
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These Trolldar trolls are the worst, aren't they?
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Luke perry with Aaron spelling, R23
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r25=on the rag
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That makes sense R16, since Metcalfe certainly couldn't act for shit, nor could he believably pass as a teenager.
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"I've heard from industry folks that most casting directors are actually women. But I hear fellow GLBT industry/casting directors will be hesitant to hire openly gay/bi actors, and then the other casting folks are mostly women"%0D %0D %0D %0D It's not just casting directors who are involved in the casting process. Also the director, sometimes producers.%0D %0D %0D Managers/agents are usually the ones telling people to remain in the closet.
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Would the "Brad Pitt came from nothing and had no connections, unlike everyone else in Hollywood" poster on this thread and others please give it a rest? I'm not ruling out the casting couch for him or anyone else. I'm just saying, enough already with this weird theory of yours that everyone else in Hollywood had it easier because of existing family/showbiz connections.
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r38 = Blake Lively
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Colton Haynes
Alex Pettyfer
Colin Farrell
Only Colin got the memo that you have to actually have talent in order to push through the door once it's opened.
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Who are the gay powerhouses in Hollywood nowadays?
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No mention of Tony Danza and Merv Griffin??
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Any truth the rumor that all of Tony Danza's characters were named "Tony" because he couldn't remember to answer to another name in the scripts?
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There is not ONE actor listed on the thread that I would think anyone would ever be interested in having sex with?
Hollywood producers must be desperate.
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Why the dissing against Colton Haynes? The guy can act, and is wonderful in Teen Wolf.
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Yeah, R44. NO ONE would want this.
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Oh, my!
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Colton was not an escort, their has been no proof of that. The guy is trying to become a legitimate actor, and he has proved that in "Teen Wolf". %0D %0D It's his choice on whether he wants to be out or not, not yours. This witch hunt is getting pathetic and ridiculous.
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[quote]It's his choice on whether he wants to be out or not, not yours. %0D %0D Please stop. It's embarrassing to see you make such a fool of yourself, Fangurl. He made his choice when he posed for male porn pictures. NOBODY here made that choice. %0D %0D And let's not forget that it is HIS lawyer who sees them as porn.
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Casting couch is usually a rumor based on hearsay or it gets confirmed when all parties involved are dead.
There's no site like Rentboy Dot Com where aspiring actors offer their bodies in exchange for potential roles.
... hm, ... I think I just got an idea for a new networking site.
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R48--Your only evidence for "he was an escort" is what you've read in threads like this one. Anonymous, sourceless repetition of allegations without any details. And they are repeated far too often to be just innocent gossip.
Someone who does seem to have some detailed knowledge says Haynes was out as a teenager and his partner in the XY photoshoot was his boyfriend. I'm inclined to believe that because it includes the kind of details that the "he was an escort" allegations have never had. But I would never repeat either story as established fact.
Trying to get that underage photo shoot off the internet is not equivalent to "closeting." I haven't seen him say anything in all his publicity to suggest he is closeted now. He seems to be following the Zachary Quinto model so far: Q: "Do you have a girlfriend?" A: "I just got out of a relationship." When asked directly about the rumors he says "Anyone can go online and write anything they want about people they don%E2%80%99t even know and most of the time, that is fueled by hate." No denial.
Perhaps he's not being a gay hero, but he is a potential leading man so asking him to come out is asking a lot of sacrifice for very little reward.
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[quote]asking him to come out is asking a lot of sacrifice %0D %0D We're not asking him to "come out." He already did that. He posed for male-male porn photos and it doesn't look as if they were holding a gun to his head. He came out the minute he posed for those pictures. %0D %0D Attempting to go into the closet after being so visibly out just isn't going to work for him.
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[quote]We're not asking him to "come out." He already did that. He posed for male-male porn photos and it doesn't look as if they were holding a gun to his head. He came out the minute he posed for those pictures.
They were not porn photos. It was a modeling job. Your argument makes about as much sense as saying any actor who has ever played a gay character is "out" and then if they play a straight character they are back in the closet. There are far more modeling photos of Haynes with women, but somehow only the ones with a guy count a reality for you.
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[quote]They were not porn photos.%0D %0D Please contact HIS lawyer. HIS lawyer claims they're porn photos. Why should we accept your view of the photos when he's paying a lawyer --- a lawyer who claims the photos are porn.
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The face is too butch R46. I like more sugar. The body is ok.
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Yes, R55, but everyone mocked his lawyer because the claim was ridiculous. If everything some lawyer said in a threatening letter were deemed true, you have a shred of an argument.
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Too butch
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R52/R54/57 I don't even get your argument. As you admit it was a photo shoot he freely agreed to and participated in. Years later he hired a lawyer to attack people from advertising images from a photo-shoot he choose to be in.
The ONLY reason as we all know is because he was kissing a guy in them. That is wrong, cowardly and homophobic. There is no other way to slice it.
I want to like Colton, but his actions regarding "OMG can I go back and rewrite history so no one will see me kissing boys pretty please" is disgusting.
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[quote]The ONLY reason as we all know is because he was kissing a guy in them.
So, if an underage actor had made steamy photos with a girl before he was famous, and then tried to limit their distribution when he started to become famous, would the ONLY reason be because he didn't want people to think he was straight?
It's naive to think he is calling the shots with respect to decisions regarding his publicity.
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Really R60? That rebuttal is just weak and I think you realize that. You can argue that is was his team's idea, whatever. The fact is it happened and it reflected badly on Colton Haynes.
You are obviously a fan of him and that is cool. I would hope you can still be objective enough to realize that the way his team handled that photo-shoot is a sore spot that will leave a bad taste with many people, including myself.
Anyway, I think we derailed this thread enough.
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[quote]You are obviously a fan of him and that is cool. I would hope you can still be objective enough to realize that the way his team handled that photo-shoot is a sore spot that will leave a bad taste with many people, including myself.
I don't disagree. I just object to people who say this poor handling means he's "back in the closet."
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Why would Colton need to cover up photos where he was with a girl? That would just further perpetuate his 'heterosexuality' in that case, because boy+girl = normal (heteronormative). There wouldn't be a need for a cover up. So, that example isn't quite working.
I believe Colton also has the same publicist as Matt Lanter (90210) now. So, don't be surprised to see his image become very controlled (much like Mr. Lanter, who also has had rumors since the modeling Bravo show back in 04. And the lawyer moves remind me of Mr. Lanter's lawyers trying to vehemently control his image too, in regards to the webcam photos).
Anyways, back to the casting couch.
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I'd like to throw my two cents into this debate.%0D %0D Let me say for the record that I am not a fan of what Colton and his lawyer did, prior to his appearing on Teen Wolf.%0D %0D I understand the motivation for doing it, which of course is to "wipe the gay stain" out of peoples' minds when they think of Colton Haynes the actor. But this was a shitty way to do it.%0D %0D Rather than de-gaying him, they should've just said that the photos were modeling pics, and leave it at that. The less fuss, the less people care. And Colton is not a big enough star for people to notice.%0D %0D I agree that Colton is a decent enough actor, and someone on the Teen Wolf thread said it best, that rather than wasting his time fiddling around with modeling, he should have gone straight to Hollywood, because he had (has) the talent and looks to be successful.%0D %0D What WE hate, however, is this demonizing of his gay past, and the outright lying and cover-up. It just reeks of self loathing and it sets back gay actors at least 30 years.%0D %0D That said, I think the most important thing to note is that Colton is the ONLY one who ever got caught redhanded with his hand in the "cookie basket." The only one with incriminating evidence that he's into guys.%0D %0D Just think of the hundreds of gay actor cover-ups in Hollywood that have occurred, and are STILL occurring.%0D %0D The way Colton and his associates have handled this debacle, is clear evidence that this is what Hollywood does. Being gay is the WORST thing an actor could possibly be.%0D %0D If there were no pictures, I GUARANTEE that Colton would be yet another closeted actor, who has been "straightened up" by his agents and publicists. We would always have speculated, but Colton can act butch enough to have squashed the rumors.%0D %0D He is the PROOF that there are tons of gay actors in Hollywood, and they're all being covered up. Remember: where there's smoke, there's fire! And I'm talking about Tom Cruise, Jake Gyllenhaal, et. al.%0D %0D I feel sorry that Colton had to be the example, because he's only a small time actor. And I assume that he felt that he'd never be famous enough for those pictures with his boyfriend to see the light of day.%0D %0D But the bottom line is that the more actors that don't make a big deal about being gay, will add to the acceptance not only ON SCREEN, but in Hollywood itself, among the casting directors, exec. directors, and producers.%0D %0D Most of all, I honestly believe that Hollywood makes a much bigger deal about gay actors being on screen, than the people who actually watch the movies, ever would.
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[quote]Being gay is the WORST thing an actor could possibly be.
You are mistaken. Being an OUT gay aspiring actor is the worst you can possibly be in Hollywood. Closeted actors are like a godsend for Hollywood's PR business. Gives them business / power and keeps them in business / power.
Hollywood people in powerful positions love powerplay. Even the straight ones get off on the fact that they can order around hopeful new talents to do homoerotic stuff and degrade them in the process.
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[quote] And let's not forget that it is HIS lawyer who sees them as porn.%0D %0D And the worst part is that he called it "porn" so that websites would be forced to pull the pictures because he also claimed that Colton was "underaged" when he took the pictures.%0D %0D The whole thing was just sleazy. Carrie Prejean (former Miss California who was caught diddling herself in photos) used the same tactic to keep her pictures from being published.%0D %0D What's sad is that the pictures are actually really nice.
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The majority of you queens in here just aren't...[italic] getting [/italic] it.%0D %0D Seriously.
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By the way, people aren't stupid.%0D %0D Google "Colton Haynes," and the first autofill that comes up is "Colton Haynes Boyfriend." It's the first search term on the list.
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Colton Haynes "leaked" photos on youtube. Read the comments. They're especially hilarious.%0D %0D YOU'RE NOT FOOLING ANYONE, MARY!
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Speaking of photographic evidence, Matt Dallas of "Kyle KY" ... oops, I mean "Kyle XY" pretty much outed himself on Kathy Griffin's "My Life On The D-List."%0D %0D MARY!
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And then here's the sanitized version of Matt Dallas, after his handlers butched him up for his television series.%0D %0D Honestly? Hollywood fucking sucks.
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I love Matt Dallas, I miss seeing him on Kyle XY.
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And the butchest of all. Matt Dallas can actually come across as not gay, so long as he doesn't open his mouth for too long.%0D %0D But the point is, THIS is what Hollywood does to gay actors. The sad thing is that it's probably the "Velvet Mafia" who makes these rules. They're the nastiest closet cases of all!%0D %0D And to the actual topic at hand, I'm sure that Matt has seen his share of casting couches. He didn't get that Kyle XY part because of his acting skills, that's for sure.
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It seems like many of today's younger actor appear out of nowhere, without even having so much as a cameo on a prior television or movie.
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R69--Some of those chicks have dicks.
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More on Nicholas Hoult, it seems all too obvious.
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[quote]And to the actual topic at hand, I'm sure that Matt has seen his share of casting couches. He didn't get that Kyle XY part because of his acting skills, that's for sure.
You realize that Cory Monteith co-starred with Matt Dallas on Kyle XY?
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Who gives a crap about Colton Haynes' sexuality? I sure don't, and he's great in Teen Wolf. Colton gives a better performance than the other actors on the show.
So, leave Colton the fuck alone, and let me enjoy the show! Damn critical bitches.
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[quote]Who gives a crap about Colton Haynes' sexuality? I sure don't,
You're on a gay themed gossip board. It comes with the territory.
[quote]So, leave Colton the fuck alone,
Again: on a gay gossip board? Are. You. Nuts?
[quote]and let me enjoy the show!
We were born to ruin the show for you. Please don't take away our purpose. What else could we live for?
[quote]Damn critical bitches.
[bold]DataLounge [/bold][italic]get your fix of gay gossip, news and pointless bitchery[/italic].
Let this become your new mantra and you'll enjoy this board more. Otherwise you'll be miserable all the time.
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"Alex Pettyfer"%0D %0D %0D %0D Who did he sleep with? %0D %0D
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Poor Matt Dallas can't act to save his life.
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R71 The purses just fall out of his mouth in that clip! Poor thing also actually tried to say in an interview with Howard Stern that he slept with 20 girls in high school. It was cringeworthy and embarassing to listen to!
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ALF and Lucky.
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Give it a rest Ardith.
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Cory Monteith
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Who is Cory Monteith. Post a picture.
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I would say, Lukas Haas does the best he can.
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Beethoven humped every leg in Hollywood to get a part in that one movie...called Beethoven. Humped a couple of influential trees, too.
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I think they would more than likely be blackballed but if you start using the casting couch and then you stop being available or you get old...you are out on your ass and no one gives you the time of day. In that case, blackmail might let you hang on for awhile. The way you could blackmail them? Expose the new meat...tell the whole world that some of the fangirl favorites are gay.
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Using the "casting couch" to get ahead in Showbiz now, is like thinking a politician will remember your name forever, because you shook his hand once. How naive!
Sleeping with a powerful showbiz type, really won't get you much more than a free Burrito today. The $1 Burrito, not the Deluxe one.
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Thomas Jane star of HBO's "Hung" openly admits to prostituting himself when he first got to Hollyweird!
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I wish Michael Arden would use the casting couch with me!
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Is Bryan Singer's newest cookie from his latest project Jamie Blackley or Toby Regbo? They're both British twinks born in 1991 who would seem to suit Singer's requirements.
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Wow...that was brave of Jane, I really admire him for his attitude.
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r98, Toby Regbo if I had to guess. He's hot to death. Yes, I'm his age. No, I don't know for a fact.
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[quote]Lukas Haas doesn't need to sleep with anyone to get parts...
I don't know, he was in a Gus van Saint movie, though.
I'd add Jake Gyllenhall, considering those pics and him and the director of Bubbleboy, or whatever that movie was called.
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Lukas probably got paid next to nothing for being in Last Days. His character was named Lukas but he was playing River Phoenix.
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20 years ago, I think the casting couch still had a purpose.
But then you see guys like Brad Renfro and Cory Haim...probably other's, now long dead. What happened to them? Talk about lost boys? How many have there been?
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Goes back a long way but here's the original pass around boy.
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"Using the "casting couch" to get ahead in Showbiz now, is like thinking a politician will remember your name forever, because you shook his hand once. How naive! "
That's the thing, the whole "casting couch" meme contains the assumption that the suits will give something of great value for a fuck, well after the fact. As if a Hollywood suit is capable of that much honor and loya lty!
So I think the casting couch must operate at the lower levels if at all, bit parts or closeups. But for an actor to convince a director to give him a major role, he'd probably have to deliver the "boyfriend experience" until the wrap, plus he'd have to do something to convince the film's financial backers he's worth the risk as well.
Sadly, it does make sense in terms of the rumored pedophile rings in the kiddie entertainment industry. If all the decision-makers want the same thing, AND it's something they can't get without personal risk, they could agree on an industry standard casting couch.
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What's your point, R102? All the "friends" characters in Last Days are based on actual friends of Kurt, but named after the actors, because they couldn't have the real names and whatever. I don't get the connection to River Phoenix...
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I believe the casting couch is way more prevalent than people here think. Talented, untalented, successful, unsuccessful, male, female, it doesn't matter.
I remember Gregory Harrison from Trapper John, M.D. also talked about starting out on it. I don't know if he specified if with men or women. The truth is probably both, most of the time.
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It really is, R107. People want to believe that their favorite stars achieved fame ONLY through talent and creative ambition, but it just isn't true a lot of the time.
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So many more people want to be famous today, than ever before in history, but have no discernible talent. Not just because the population has grown, but also as a percent of the population,
If there actually were a casting couch, there would be a lineup outside it from here to the Moon.
If you are famous and powerful, you can sleep with anyone you want today. You don't have to give them squat in return. They just want to be with someone famous and powerful.
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If you read Van Sant's book you might get it but then on the other hand, you probably wouldn't, R106. Nevermind.
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Pope Benedict.
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I do think some actors offer the boyfriend experience until they get what they want or they get tired of each other.
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Harrison said it was a female casting VP at ABC. After he rebuffed her, he didn't appear on ABC during the time she was in charge.
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Who is in the pic at R104?
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Guy Madison
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All of them, OP. ALL of them.
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It must have been tough to be Guy Madison and Troy Donahue. To be passed around and then have jokes made about your tiny dicks.
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LOL R110 You're so full of it.
Guys, the rich and powerful were never desperate to get laid at all. It really doesn't matter how many billion people exactly there are on the planet. People just like their little "be nice to me and I'll be nice to you" games and the show biz is very sexually charged.
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The thing most people fail to realize is that the "casting couch" is ultimately about power noit sex.
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Is this widely known, R17?
But I don't suppose that that is why Troy was reluctant to sleep with Suzanne Pleshette."...
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Some say that Keanu Reeves got the role of Little Buddha by sleeping with Bertolucci. Bertolucci had already cast Naveen Andrews.
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I agree with R107 just look at most 'stars' today they're talentless: Lohan, Megan Fox, the Twilight twinks living in the closet, etc.
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I don't think Paul Newman would have wanted to screw Tom Cruise. That would have been gross, as if Paul Newman had no class.
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What about Jake Gyllenhaal?
I said that two years ago my friend was working as a temp valet and saw him with an older man. They didn't know anyone was watching and they were very close and it looked like they were kissing. They were in line at a restaurant to turn their car over to the valet and there were several cars on in front of them. They didn't expect the valet to come up to them and take their car until they pulled in under the restaurant's garage thingy, so they got caught by surprise.
My friend would NOT lie. He even got Jakes autograph when they came out but said Jake would not let him take a pic. And like I said this was like two years ago.
Posted by: wehohag Apr 24, 2006
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Seann William Scott owns this thread.
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so true on SWS
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To R117 Troy and Guy wanted to be passed around. Especially Troy. He had drug-filled orgies at his house and everything.
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Maybe it doesn't happen anymore?
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Suzanne Pleshette??!!
Big ole dyke if there ever was one!
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hmm r 124. Didn't Ted has a blind item about toothy tile getting it on in cars... hmm interesting!
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Yes, there were several Toothy Tile sightings in cars in parking garages.
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Sean William Scoot rounded up street kids for old Hollywood types. It had nothing to do with getting acting work.
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This book was great reading and covered the creation of Many Famous Actors in Hollywood, not just Rock.
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Henry Willson (July 31, 1911 – November 2, 1978) was an American Hollywood talent agent who played a large role in popularizing the beefcake craze of the 1950s. He was known for his stable of young, attractive clients, including Rock Hudson, Tab Hunter, Robert Wagner, Nick Adams, Guy Madison, Troy Donahue, Rory Calhoun, Clint Walker, Doug McClure, Ty Hardin, and Chad Everett. He discovered Rhonda Fleming walking to Beverly Hills High School, brought her to David O. Selznick's attention, and helped groom her for stardom, and was instrumental in advancing Lana Turner's career.
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Seriously, R46? What the fuck IS that?
Kill it.
Kill it before it kills again!!!!!!!!
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This whole thread reads like a 1950s history.
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It must still go on today. There are so many actors trying to get into the business.
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It's even more pervasive today R139
And it's not just the actors
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Actors don't get into movies for NOT being fucked or for NOT fucking someone.
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Ryan Phillpe
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I don't think I know how to post those pictures.
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No one here used the casting couch?
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Silly Billy's, when Rock Hudson died in 1985 all gay A list male leads went extinct. Like when the asteroid killed off the dinosaurs. There arenow no gay A list leading men in 21st century Phoneywood. Wash. Repeat
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I agree with R145. None of us are gay.
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Most Americans really do believe that. They think if an actor is gay, he would come out. Can't argue with them, can't convince them.
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It really is odd R147. A lot of straight people don't seem to understand how much of a vested interest actors and the people in the industry around them have in keeping the talent closeted.
I think it goes with not understand just how fake show-business is. They think every relationship they read about in whatever entertainment magazine has to be real and not PR-manufactured bs.
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When I was seventeen years old, openly gay director Kenneth Anger stopped me on the street on First Avenue, said he was a photographer, offered me a modeling gig, and a job as his personal assistant. I lasted one day.
During my one day on the job, he offered me the lead in "Lucifer Rising II," as a gay lucifer.
Did he want to sleep with me? I have reason to believe he did.
Would he have cast me regardless of whether or not I slept with him? Definitely.
As I was college-bound, and grew up on the upper east side of Manhattan, I never felt the need to go that route, even had it been offered.
I would later learn that Anger has an amazingly large following. My brg break!!
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The problem with coming out is the "domino effect."
Actress A comes out as lesbian, which calls Actress B's sexuality, and that of her A-list husband, into question, along with the A-list husband's Broadway co-star, who once kissed a guy on stage, and so on, and so on.
Er, that's a fictitious example.
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LOL R49! I got to "Kenneth Anger approached me" and before I scrolled down I immediately thought "gay Satan video". Lol
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I don't care what any of you say, Keanu Reeves, without exception, used the casting couch better than anyone else. HE is the champion.
|by Anonymous
|reply 152
I just wanted to congratulate him on his abilities.
|by Anonymous
|reply 153
So, this is it?
|by Anonymous
|reply 154
Someone said Keanu didn't use the casting couch to make his millions. Should I believe them?
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|by Anonymous
|reply 156
The male casting couch does not exist. Sex is not worth a movie role people, grow up!
Sex at best today, might get you invited to a party with famous people later. Maybe 100 years ago, when sex could lead to blackmail, it could then be used to force a movie role.
Sorry to ruin your fantasy, continue imagining things now......
|by Anonymous
|reply 157
Nothing like a good blow job for a gig
|by Anonymous
|reply 158
We weren't born yesterday r157. Go spread your bullshit somewhere else...after you've talk to a few successful actors.
|by Anonymous
|reply 159
Andrew garfield speaks very highly of scott rudin and credits him for landing both the social network and spiderman roles,you do the math.
|by Anonymous
|reply 160
Casting couch is more about ego than the actual sex.
'How much do you want this job/role?', 'Oh, I would do ANYTHING to get that job/role!'.
And it's about the 'you know, I had him/her when he/she was still a nobody!' wink or the sly 'I made you my bitch first before I made you a star!' smile.
|by Anonymous
|reply 162
Nope, no one in a position of power would EVER risk his career for sex!! Certainly no handsome democratic presidents, republican governors or European prime ministers! Not Strauss Kahn, not John Travolta. Everyone who has a worthwhile career at all, has a clean cut sex life between one official spouse and very discreet prostitutes. Messy desire and power games are for poor losers!
|by Anonymous
|reply 163
In a world where movies cost over $200 million and actors get paid $50 million, sex is not used as a determinant for getting acting jobs.
Sex also won't triple the price of IBM shares, give Northrop a contract for 100 more fighter jets or prevent GM from moving another factory to China.
Some of you have the minds of 12 year old girls.
If you are talking about acting jobs at the local Curtain Club production of "Something Happened On The Way To The Forum", then, yes I'm sure sex could play a part.
|by Anonymous
|reply 164
It happens in every tier of film, TV, etc.
There was a really great soap writer, Douglas Marland - and he did his job well (like Bryan Singer)….but there are stories upon stories of the casting couch when he was writing soaps - he wrote "General Hospital" then "Guiding Light" and finally "As The World Turns."
The men hired at World Turns during his tenure came right out of a flannel-laden Falcon porn video.
And he hired John Wesley Shipp at Guiding Light. Nuff said.
I think Ryan Murphy wins the current casting couch award hands down now. You know Darren Criss has blown a few loads on or in Ryan to get his current part. Before that it was Marc Cherry. Mostly gross to think about, although any man blowing the actor that played Carlos would be hot in my book….
|by Anonymous
|reply 165
R165 is a Justin Beiber fangirl. It happens at the very bottom of the acting rung, with extras and one liners.
|by Anonymous
|reply 166
Just curious. In these male couch instances, is the hot actor receiving or does he have to give it...to get it? It would be hot until you see the men in question. They all look like Carl Rove. Or have dead android faces like Bryan Singer. So creepy. Couldn't it be Gary Ross?
|by Anonymous
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R166 Please don't presume to speak for me, today or ever. I loathe Justin Bieber and all those vapid teenybop bands.
Please find a nice, tetanus covered rusty iron spiked dildo and fuck yourself.
|by Anonymous
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R168, spoken like a true Doug Marland bitch like Tracy Q or Lucinda W. (Well, an R-rated version.)
I meant that as a compliment.
|by Anonymous
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R169 I consider a comparison to Lucinda or Tracy a compliment indeed!
|by Anonymous
|reply 170
$50 million for an actor? No. Not today. Maybe if the actor had a deal for first earnings?
The point is, there are so many actors looking for work. They are good actors, they are good looking. So, who would get the job out of that pool of workers? The guy or girl who gives the best blow job. It's pretty simple.
|by Anonymous
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[quote]You think anyone in a position of power is gonna risk his career for sex?
Funniest thing I've read here in a while.
|by Anonymous
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I laughed at that too. No doubt a publicist at work.
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Recently, I've been watching the show Breaking Bad on dvd and I've become somewhat obsessed with it (can hardly wait til July!). One partial reason for my obsession (aside from the show being the most brilliant television show ever) could be the intense enjoyment I get from watching Aaron Paul and his face. Not only an incredible actor, but jesus, so much pretty to look at and sexy as fuck.
Anyway, in reading a few old interviews with him, I came across this interesting little tidbit from Fade In magazine:
[bold]If you could change one aspect of the business, what would it be?[/bold]
[italic]The casting couch. No joke. It's still very much alive.[/italic]
[bold]They try to sleep with you?[/bold]
[italic]Uhm....yeah. The casting couch should be completely eliminated from this business. It's not going to happen, but it's one element I'd like to change. I probably shouldn't say that to the industry, because they know its very much alive.[/italic]
Yes, the stuff of fantasies right there. After I read that I couldn't stop wondering who the hell propositioned him, how many times it happened, if he ever gave in to it, and just what did he have to do? I mean, Aaron's definitely been around the block in his fifteen years as a working actor in LA.
As annoyed as he sounded about this, I'm thinking it happened more than once.
|by Anonymous
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R165, maybe I'm a loon bin, but I don't think Marc Cherry's casting couch was as prolific as Singer's or any where near it.
Plus, anyone who gave it up to Cherry, probably wanted to.
Did he really blow Carlos?
|by Anonymous
|reply 175
What about soaps like "Dark Shadows" and "Edge of Night" that had lousy gay actors with known slutty reputations, like Joel Crothers.
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R175 I didn't say Marc "Mary" Cherry blew the guy who played Carlos. Just that if he was going to have to blow anyone, Carlos and his big Latino dick would be the best image for inside my head! LOL
|by Anonymous
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Um...pretty much all of them............
|by Anonymous
|reply 178
I was just watching Joel Crothers, he was really cute, wonder why he never got out of tht soaps?
|by Anonymous
|reply 179
I didn't know there were any good looking men on Breaking Bad...someone should have told me.
|by Anonymous
|reply 180
I don't think Aaron Paul is attractive. Too bad.
|by Anonymous
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I always see the Doug Marland references here but as a relative newbie, I don't know the whole story and which actors were involved. Can someone elaborate with juicy details? Thanks.
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R182 Marland was a soap writer and, at the time he was writing these shows, was in his late 40s - 50s.
He definitely liked young rugged types (he grew up on a farm) and apparently, from what other threads have said, had a foot fetish.
John Wesley Shipp was cast twice on a Marland show. (Just saying.)
On As The World Turns a number of young, hunky jeans wearing guys were cast: Jon Hensley, James Wlcek, Michael David Morrison, Graham Winton…and I'm forgetting others, but they were all hot, handsome and right outta any Falcon porn video of that time. (Brian Bloom was already there but he got a big story under Marland.)
It was a very gay friendly show, all the way around.
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Hensley in the 80s when he was cast - walking sex.
|by Anonymous
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My point, R181, is that he confirms it still happens.
Although, really? You don't find this attractive?
|by Anonymous
|reply 185
Faxing still happens, so do bell bottom jeans. But lets not say this is anything but fringe behavior. (Fringe also still happens)
|by Anonymous
|reply 186
Sorry but no, he isn't attractive to me and I hate skin heads.
|by Anonymous
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Anyone with even half a brain knows it still happens. Do you really believe that good looking men can't recognize a woman who needs a little attention? Think it through.
|by Anonymous
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So, where can I buy one these 'casting couches' I know some pretty dumb actors, and I have an idea...
|by Anonymous
|reply 189
Ikea sells them apparently. Neon Blue or Yellow only.
|by Anonymous
|reply 190
Mine was red but I wore it out.
|by Anonymous
|reply 191
Very interesting about Aaron Paul! I love the honest types. I wish there would have been more follow up questions. He's very fun to watch, too.
|by Anonymous
|reply 192
The thing is...they NEVER follow up when an actor gives an interesting answer. I believe at that point his publicist stepped in.
|by Anonymous
|reply 193
[quote]So, where can I buy one these 'casting couches'
Try Sofa Tuckers on 3rd Avenue.
|by Anonymous
|reply 194
So then, the gay-for-pays would require a Castro Convertible?
|by Anonymous
|reply 195
They would require knee pads.
|by Anonymous
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R194 - exquisite
Made me miss a stroke.
I know those sofas. They're overstuffed.
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I wonder if there is such a thing as a Directing Couch? Any insiders (assuming there are any left) know?
It would certainly explain how some odd names ended up behind a camera.
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Looking at some big name celebs, you figure they had to use a casting couch to get ahead. Then there are people like no-talent Piers Morgan and you wonder how the hell he got that show on CNN? Were they drunk?
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He seems OK to me. He's better than Larry King. Larry King would have interviewed Hitler with the same, "don't really care" attitude as he would have interviewed George Bush or Barak Obama.
|by Anonymous
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So no one here has even tried the casting couch?
When Sandy Gallin lived in Benedict Canyon, didn't he use his casting couch at all? Of course he didn't use it on Dolly but did he ever use it for Michael Jackson?
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Q: What were the highs and lows of making your TV breakthrough in daytime soap opera The Guiding Light?
Matt Bomer: I'd got a part in a Broadway show then 9/11 happened and I lost the job. I'd met a casting director for a soap opera who said if I ever needed a job to let him know. I don't regret it for a second.
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[quote]When I was seventeen years old, openly gay director Kenneth Anger stopped me on the street
This stopping in the street business: it's incredible.
I know an exceptionally handsome gay guy and several times he's landed in a new city and been stopped in the street and within 24 hours he's been partying with that city's elite. And I don't just mean a few top gay circuit queens. I mean billionaires. The remarkable just happens to him because of his looks and aura.
Truly exceptionally beautiful people who also have that 'something extra' that propels them further (purity of spirit, animal attraction, immense confidence, or psychopathic ambition), live in a different universe with different rules. It's hard for the rest of us to imagine it and believe these incredible stories happen to them unless we know someone like that.
I've seen it and it's gobsmacking.
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cool story @205 kinda makes you wonder how ugly folks like Zuckerberg or Jobs managed to make their billions
oh yeah talent
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Expanding on the r7 post about Rock and the movie executive. In his bio by Sarah Davidson, she writes that Rock would visit the exec in his office and the first thing he would do is to lock the door behind him. The executive would literally crawl to Rock on his knees. (Shades of Cole Porter and Jack Cassidy except Rock stood still in one place.)
Hunky Aldo Ray also said that he would frequently be called into an executive's office and the routine was for Aldo to drop trou and let the guy service him orally. He'd cum, zip up and leave.
|by Anonymous
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I know from having been in the business & even at age 8 was approached & am male of course. Age 8 was doing some silly modeling, changing outside at a real park behind bushes when cam man in his 20s I think, friends of director decided it was his job to take my pants off & do something else to front part of me.
Anyone have a clue how Brad Pitt got started? How about films he really wants when other Stars could get the same part? Sex
Just as Elizabeth Taylor put out for Cleopatra which everyone knew you had to put out to get that part which Joan Collins, first choice turned down, if male, ya gotta put out & often more because in Hollywood, they want the sausage a lot more than the pie behind those doors but if lucky, 15 minutes in a room with pants off and ya got the part so long as ya look good, smell good & moan a lot. Size isn't too important.
|by Anonymous
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I was an actor and got hit on a lot. It gets to you. The one thing I always wanted to ask was, "shouldn't I permit you to give me head AFTER I sign the contract"? Why give them what they want (so bad) before a deal is locked down. I was never interested enough to ask. These men, of all ages, were seriously ugly, physically and psychologically.
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lol at R56 saying Colton Haynes is too butch. You must prefer Ms. Jay Alexander?
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I worked with Doug Marland in dinner and community theatres (he directed, I was the music director) before he got into soaps, and I knew him quite well. He was a difficult and at times very angry man, but I don't think it's fair to assume that his hiring hunks proves that he ran a casting couch. After all, hunks are what soaps want for their young romantic leads in the first place. A nun who had to cast soap actors would choose the same cute guys that Doug ended up with.
Actually, what Doug was known for was firing guys. He seemed to find some reason to let somebody or other go on every show, and apparently did so when he got into soaps, too.
By the way, he was known as "Marlie." I think Marland was originally his first name.
|by Anonymous
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The actors/actress may get a movie role out of it, but what does the director/producer get out of the casting couch other than 15 min of sex? Does fucking the talent keep diva actors/actresses from getting out of line on set where a simple glance from the director can speaks volumes. His knowing stare says I have had you in the worst way possible and you had better not pull any shit with me. Or as perverse as it may be, is sleeping with the talent used to establish a working relationship assuming that the director and actor have never worked together before? Also why would a producer/director sleep with or have oral sex with an actor if the director wasn't himself gay? What is the point? Is it for bragging rights and cocktail party small talk, something along the lines of yes I have had _________ and then providing the salacious details to their jealous friends.
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The sight of a toddler learning to walk can make you proud, joyful, nostalgic and panicked all at once. Someone so little taking literal and psychological steps so big conjures up a host of emotions, not to mentions plenty of bumps, bruises and tears.
While they might be little people, toddlers learning to walk look like lots of things, it's just that hardly any of what they look like are human.
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Frankenstein 1 of 10Their arms are straight out (forward or to the side) and they walk around with a monster-like swagger, oblivious to anything except what they want, which is generally everything, which is exactly what they shall have.
A penguin 2 of 10Waddle waddle waddle.
Mr. Magoo 3 of 10Like the nearsighted cartoon character of yore, toddlers learning to walk always seems to stumble nearly blindly and directly into hazardous situations. However, by some stroke of luck, they also almost always walk out, and (mostly) unscathed.
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A bumper car 4 of 10They start out fine but almost immediately — and always — bump into something. And then bump into the next thing. And then something again, and then rebound into the first thing.
Over and over.
Ad infinitum.
A wind-up toy 5 of 10Wind them up and watch them go, go, go, until they run out of steam and fall down, down, down.
A garbage truck 6 of 10When you can walk, you suddenly have the ability to grab more than just what's on the floor. And put it all into your mouth.
A speeding bullet 7 of 10Faster than a speeding bullet — toddlers learning to walk seem to figure out how to move very, very, very fast.
A bulldozer 8 of 10A toddler learning to walk is determined like a tank and strong like a bulldozer, pushing their way through seemingly impossible situations, like a sofa, door, wall, table or just about anything that can be opened, fall over or break.
A clown 9 of 10Look at me! I can walk! Which means I can do tricks now! Or at least do things that look awfully tricky!
The Energizer Bunny 10 of 10No matter how many times they fall down, knock into anything, destroy something or walk into everything, they just get right back up again and keep going.
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I've been mum about Stowe's world famous Mac and Cheese long enough.
Faithful readers will remember that my December food/ski boondoggle took me to Jay Peak in northern Vermont in search of their bacon platter. If you are not a faithful reader, Let me help you out with the bacon link. Click here.
The sad reality is I can't thumbs up or down Stowe's Mac and Cheese.
I did not try it.
My Okemo hot tub mates, who made the gastronomical recommendation, must be highfalutin uber fancy
Stowe's famous Mac and Cheese is served at the Solstice Restaurant in the Stowe Mountain Lodge located at Stowe's Spruce Base Camp.
The Solstice is the fancy dinning spot at the high end Stowe Mountain Lodge, not the kind of place you stop in for a quick bite between runs.
I did stop in, hoping for a quick photo of the cheesy concoction, but it is made to order, rather than sitting in a pot at a corner of the stove, so the mystery remains.
I did resolve a lot of the mystery that Stowe has been for me.
Stowe is the one big name resort on the East Coast that I regret not knowing a lot about. There are 310 crow-flying miles between Stowe and my central Jersey home. Before my December trip, I had only been to Stowe for two quick visits, which is a shame because it renowned slopes and the special feel of the community justify a trip of 399 driving miles and 6.5 driving hours without traffic.
Stowe is two mountains with two base areas. At 4,395 feet, Mt. Mansfield, on the left, as one approaches the resort, is Vermont's highest peak. The top lift elevation is 3,719 feet and there is 2,160 feet of skiable vertical drop.
The lift system on Mt Mansfield includes a high-speed summit eight passenger Gondola and a high-speed Quad
Mt. Mansfield is home to Stowe's legendary "Front Four" steep double-black diamond trails: National, Lift Line, Starr and Goat. It also has long intermediate cruisers, which is how I like to send my day, and less challenging trials that would keep Ski Widow happy.
Spruce Peak rises to 3,390 feet and is perfect for those who prefer green and blue trials.
Last time I was at Stowe, a school bus was used to shuttle folks between the two base areas, but Mt Mansfield was the place to be.
Now the two base areas are connected by a ten-person standing gondola and Spruce Peak is home of Stowe Mountain Lodge, an uber fancy 312 room hotel and spa. The is also a new state-of-the-art Performing Arts Center at Spruce Peak along with new high end base lodge facilities.
The base lodge at Mt. Mansfield is the opposite - old and tired, but comfortable,
Many people consider Stowe to the Mecca of East Coast Skiing, especially people on sound financial footing.
In my 30 years of photographing central Jersey around the Princeton area, I've had the opportunity to observe those on sound financial footing, both new money and old money and there is a difference.
Old money usually means old homes - comfortable, but not too much flash. New money is often found in the mcmansions in the communities surrounding Princeton.
During my Decrement visit, I thought about how Stowe now appeals to both, and as I sat in the base lodge at Mt. Mansfield, putting my boots on, I looked around and imagined that many of my fellow snow sliders were movers and shakers in the world of business and industry.
It would be fascinating to know the stories behind the people sharing a lift at Stowe, although the last time I was there several years ago, a group of older gents broke out a marijuana cigarette on the gondola ride, but that's a whole nother story.
Stowe Communications manager Jeff Wise took me on a tour of the Spruce Peak base area. This is the same Jeff Wise I tortured with my video camera a few years ago and the same Jeff Wise who advised my on a very successful snowboard pants purchase at the Boston Ski and Snowboard show, , so I was in
Jeff explained that when the Stowe Mountain Lodge was being planned, management looked at the best features at best hotels in the world and used that as a starting point. The Stowe Mountain Lodge has been open since June 2008 and boasts these accolades:
"Reader's Choice Awards: #1 Golf Resort in the Northern US" - Condé Nast Traveler
"Reader's Choice Awards: #5 Top Resort in the United States" - Condé Nast Traveler
"Favorite New Green Retreats"- Travel + Leisure
"#1 Resort in the Eastern U.S." - SKI Magazine
Guest arrive at the Stowe Mountain Lodge by way of a driveway that ends in a roundabout at the main entrance where the luxury experience begins. Staff, whisk the ski equipment to storage room near the slopes, luggage heads to the guest room, and the vehicle disappears until needed (Parking is $19 per day, but I'm guessing that doesn't matter much to the type of clientele they attract).
They are big on concierge service at the Stowe Mountain Lodge. They have even copyrighted the name Alpine Concierge.
A set of extra high end residences called the Front Four have their own personal concierge service (does not appear to be a copyrighted name) There is also a private elevator and separate check-in and lounge for Front Four guests.
I was dazzled by the tour and will let my photos do the talking.
Truth is if I write about all that I saw back in December, I'll never get this entry posted. The other truth is that while finishing up the tour, my wife texted me the breaking news about the Newtown Connecticut school shootings. Suddenly my ramblings about macaroni and cheese and the magnificent poinsettia display at the Stowe Mountain Lodge didn't seem appropriate. Another truth is that by the time it was appropriate, I could find my notes, so I'm going by memory on the number of poinsettia's in the lobby. I think it was 341.
The ski season may be coming to a close (April 21 at Stowe) but there is still plenty to do at Stowe and the Stowe Mountain Lodge which features an 18-hole, par 72 championship mountain course designed by renowned golf course architect Bob Cupp.
According to marketing materials, "This 6,400 yard course has a classic configuration, with two par fives and two par threes on each nine. Scenery includes expansive mountain vistas, with cascading streams shaded by maple and birch trees. Stowe Mountain Lodge, in conjunction with this spectacular private golf course was recognized by Condé Nast Traveler as the #1 Golf Resort in the Northern US."


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Osfala is a character from The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds. He is Sahasrahla's disciple.
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Osfala is first met by Link near the entrance to the Eastern Palace. The young hero tells him that Yuga has transformed Seres into a painting and kidnapped her due to her lineage as a descendant of the Seven Sages, and is planning to do the same to him, as he is also descended from the Sages. Though alarmed by the news, Osfala tells Link not to worry, as he can handle his own and has a Sand Rod rented from Ravio's shop to help him, and enters the Eastern Palace. Link goes after him, but arrives too late, and can only watch as Osfala is turned into a painting as well. Yuga later uses Osfala's painting along with those of the other Sages' to revive Ganon. Following that, the paintings of the Seven Sages are spread throughout Lorule. Osfala's is taken to the Thieves' Hideout, then stolen from them by a young thief who was imprisoned in the Hideout as a result. After Link saves her, she takes him to Osfala's painting, and the young hero frees him. Grateful, Osfala thanks Link, and asks Link to return the Sand Rod he rented. After all Seven Sages are freed, Osfala uses his power alongside them to grant Link the Triforce of Courage.
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Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor and pay tribute to an individual whose dedication and contributions to the community of Riverside, California, are exceptional. Riverside has been fortunate to have dynamic and dedicated community leaders who willingly and unselfishly give their time and talent and make their communities a better place to live and work. Chancellor France Cordova is one of these individuals. On Wednesday, June 27, 2007, Chancellor Cordova will be honored at a farewell dinner in her honor.
Chancellor Cordova began her dynamic career conducting anthropological field work in a Zapotec Indian pueblo in Oaxaca, Mexico, after graduating cum laude from Stanford University with a bachelor's degree in English. She went on to obtain her Ph.D. in physics from the California Institute of Technology. For 10 years, Cordova worked as a staff member of the Space Astronomy and Astrophysics Group at the Los Alamos National Laboratory. In 1989, Cordova moved across the U.S. to serve as department head of astronomy and astrophysics at Pennsylvania State University. In 1993, Cordova accepted a position as the Chief Scientist at NASA which she held until 1996. In this role, she served as the primary scientific advisor to the NASA Administrator and the principal interface between NASA headquarters and the broader scientific community.
In 1996, Cordova returned to her home state of California to serve as professor of physics and vice-chancellor for research at UC Santa Barbara. In 2002, Chancellor Cordova accepted the position of chancellor at the University of California, Riverside and the university has undergone dramatic changes under her leadership. The campus itself has been augmented and improved with the addition of new state-of-the-art buildings and parking for students. Academically, Chancellor Cordova has worked towards bringing a school of medicine to UCR which is expected to become a reality in the near future.
Chancellor Cordova's tireless passion for education has contributed immensely to the betterment of the University of California, Riverside. Many students, community leaders and residents are thankful for her service and leadership. I am proud to call Chancellor Cordova a fellow community member, American and friend. I know that many are grateful for her service and salute her as she moves to Indiana to lead Purdue University as their new chancellor.
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Former Boy Scout leader Chales H. Seamans of Brutus, who already faces sex abuse charges in Cayuga County, was arraigned Thursday in Ovid Town Court on a sex charge.
Seamans, 46, of 26 Evergreen Lane, is charged in Seneca County with first-degree criminal sexual act and endangering the welfare of a child. Justice Wayne Ewing set bail at $25,000 cash or $50,000 bond.
Criminal sexual act is a felony punishable by up to 25 years in jail. Seamans was being held today in the Seneca County jail.
Seneca County sheriff's investigators allege that Seamans sexually molested a 12 year old male in July 2007 during a Scout camping program at Camp Babcock Hovey in Ovid.
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Individually, any beer from both Stone Brewing and Dogfish Head could very likely qualify as an "unusual" beer. And I would easily call any of the collaboration brews Stone participates in unusual. So when Stone, Dogfish, and Victory Brewing all collaborated earlier this year—you know the resulting beer, Saison du BUFF (Stone page, Dogfish page), was destined to be reviewed this week. Saison du BUFF is a Belgian-style Saison brewed with the herbs parsley, sage, … Continue reading →


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Living in a country with all kinds of wildlife is something that most of us take for granted, especially if you live in the country side where the animals make noises on a constant basis. However, if you live in a major metropolis you may find the chirping of birds, or whatever other types of noises the wildlife around you make, a little more noticeable over the regular humdrum of cars and trucks. In my region, we have all kinds of animals making noises all the time, but it wasn't until recently, on one of my family excursions, that I noticed what was actually out there. It wasn't the regular birds that made me take notice but the call of a moose down by the lake that made me search out what I was hearing.
Sound is one of the major senses that we overlook and take for granted, as is sight, smell and so on. It's these senses that give depth and richness to the otherwise mundane. Other than the visual effects in a game, sound is the next sense that draws us in and captures, or rather enhances, the entire experience and brings it to the next level. It is that next level in our fragging sessions, that could mean the difference between life or a quick death. Rosewill has introduced a new 5.1 surround sound headset, that should hopefully help with the immersion from the mundane to the insane.
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Typical of ancient letters (and like 2 John) 3 John begins with an identification of its author and intended recipient, followed by a thanksgiving and then a wish for the well-being of the recipient. Third John lacks a greeting such as that found in 2 John 3 (but compare v. 14) and other New Testament epistles, but such a lack does not suggest that the Elder is angry with or lacks affection for Gaius. The Elder addresses Gaius as my dear friend. While dear friend suggests cordiality, it is probably not strong enough to capture the meaning of the Greek word "beloved" (agapetos), found as an address to the readers throughout 1 John (2:7; 3:21; 4:1, 7). For love is not simply affection or attachment, but the God-given bond that unites Christians. And the Elder's statement that he loves Gaius in the truth points to the double-stranded cord that unites them: they are held together not only by love but also by the truth that they share in common.
The wish for health is also typical of ancient letters and here is really a prayer. Specifically, the Elder's prayer is that all may go well with you, even as your soul is getting along well. The word translated "soul" (psyche) refers to the whole being of a person. In the Gospel of John, Jesus is said to lay down his psyche, which certainly means more than to give his "soul" (compare Jn 10:15, 17-18). The author's confidence that Gaius is getting along well with respect to his soul would not simply point to a state of having one's soul saved, but rather to spiritual and moral health as evidenced in holding to the correct confession of Jesus and living in obedience to the commands of God and, particularly, to the command to love. In other words, "spiritual health" is to continue to walk in the truth (v. 3).
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STANLEY - Discussion about oil development, Conservation Reserve Acres and paddlefish highlighted a North Dakota Game and Fish Advisory Board meeting here Tuesday evening. NDG&F Director Terry Steinwand chaired the gathering, which included several members of Game and Fish.
Greg Link, Conservation and Communications Division chief, spoke to sportsmen about impacts on wildlife and habitat due to oil and gas development. Link said energy development in western North Dakota, "turned into something big and did it fast, and it's not going away."
Saying Game and Fish has "really ramped up," Link explained the department's connection with an energy task force that is tasked with identifying wildlife impact areas and formulating strategies for offsetting those impacts.
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North Dakota Game and Fish Department personnel conducted a District 2 Advisory Board meeting last Tuesday in Stanley. Shown here, from left, are Greg Gullickson, outreach biologist; Jeb Williams, assistant Wildlife Division chief; Greg Link, Conservation and Communications Division chief, and Jason Lee, North Central Fisheries District supervisor. Also in attendance (not pictured) was NDG&F Director Terry Steinwand.
Among the projects listed by Link was the mapping of critical habitat for key species - bighorn sheep, sage grouse, mule deer, pronghorn, golden eagles, piping plovers and least terns. Those maps are to be shared with oil and gas companies so that they will become more aware of potential impact when developing well sites, roads and storage facilities.
Game and Fish also announced that, beginning this coming January, it will initiate a five-year mule deer study to ascertain the effects of oil and gas development on the state's mule deer population. Mule deer populations have dropped considerably in recent years. While the decrease has been spurred by a series of harsh winters, there also has been a dramatic and significant increase in oil development in mule deer country.
Steinwand told the group that 2012 marked the single biggest year of loss of CRP acres. Steinwand added that Game and Fish was striving to increase the number of acres in the Private Lands Open To Sportsmen program.
Jeb Williams, assistant Wildlife Division chief, said there are always concerns about the quality of PLOTS acres. According to Williams, some of the PLOTS land "has not been as productive as in the past" and that the department "has to have some flexibility" or risk the possibility of alienating some land owners.
"If we get too strict the landowners are going to say no, sorry," said Williams.
An issue presented by Williams on behalf of the department's enforcement arm was the lack of identification on some trap sets. Specifically, said Williams, the change is being requested because of an increase in non-resident trappers who target muskrats. Muskrats have been plentiful in recent years. Successful trappers can take hundreds to market in a few weeks. Game and Fish is considering requiring that identification be displayed on traps set on public land and public road right-of-ways.
The proposal, if enacted, would not affect trapping on private land. Trappers on private land may do so only with written permission from the landowner, thereby providing wardens with a record of trap ownership.
Jason Lee, North Central Fisheries District supervisor, represented the fisheries division at the meeting. Lee said the department is growing increasingly concerned about paddlefish populations and increased snagging pressure. Under current regulations, Game and Fish reserves the right to close the paddlefish snagging season once a yearly quota is expected to be reached.
"We are predicting that resource will start declining down the road. At the same time, a number of new people are moving into northwest North Dakota that will put even more stress on that resource," said Lee.
According to Lee, Game and Fish is examining the possibility of implementing "some type of lottery system" for future paddlefish seasons, perhaps with a limit of 1,000 snag tags. The issue is expected to be discussed further at spring advisory board meetings. Any changes, said Lee, likely would not be implemented until 2014.


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The Congressional Budget Office reported Tuesday that a bill to reform the broken Department of Veterans Affairs would go through almost all of its $14.4 billion in new spending in the next few years, while most of the $4.5 billion in savings will happen after 2020.
The CBO's "budget score" says the VA reform bill will require $10 billion in new spending over the next 10 years, as expected. House Veterans' Affairs Committee Chairman Jeff Miller (R-Fla.) said Tuesday that adding more to the national debt is acceptable in order to get help to the nation's veterans who have been denied access to health care.
But like so many other bills, CBO's analysis of the VA reform bill shows that the spending is front-loaded, while the savings is back-loaded. Bills that put all the spending up front and count on savings in the out years have been criticized by budget hawks as plans that may never realize the savings at all, as future Congresses often balk at carrying out the spending reductions once they are due.
According to CBO, sections of the bill aimed at ensuring that veterans have access to health care would spend more than $10 billion by 2016. And while the bill counts on billions of dollars in spending reductions, none of that savings would be realized by 2016.
Instead, the bill would actually increase spending at the VA by $16 million by 2016, according to CBO. Only in 2017 would the savings start kicking in, but the savings won't add up to more than $1 billion until 2019.
Miller and his Senate counterpart, Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), said this week that roughly $5 billion of the bill is paid for by taking funds away from other parts of the VA. But CBO says the savings is closer to $4.5 billion.
The bill also runs the risk of leading to new costs down the road, especially if veterans use the opportunity in the bill to seek care from non-VA providers.
CBO did not assess the chances of a sustained shift away from VA care by the nation's veterans. On Monday, Miller agreed that this could happen, and that it's unclear how many veterans would leave the VA system — and at what cost — until a few years go by.
"I don't believe there will be a flight of all of the veterans out of the system, but we don't know until we start this program," he said.


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Featured speakers state Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis (R-East Shore/Brooklyn) and state Senator Andrew Lanza (R-Staten Island) addressed the assembled crowd about issues ranging from the controversial new express-bus lanes on Hylan Boulevard to Port Authority tolls affecting Staten Island businesses and legislative initiatives to address prescription-drug abuse.
But the evening's high point was the arrival of complimentary platters of homemade pastries from Cafe Gourmand, a new dining spot that opened earlier this year on Lincoln Avenue. It features Uzbek and European cuisine.
Neighborhood residents lined up for the sweets, and raved as they tasted:
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The GNSS equipment used at the EPN stations complies with the EUREF standards. This means that :
The usage of antenna radomes is discouraged, but not forbidden.
The antenna calibrations used within the EPN are given in the epn_08.atx file (in usage since April 17, 2011),
available in the standard format used to exchange antenna calibrations, the ANTEX format.
This file contains :
Type calibration values are applied in case no individual absolute calibrations are available. If no individual nor type calibrations are available
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corresponding antenna without a radome (radome code: NONE) should be applied.
The map below shows for each EPN station what kind of absolute antenna/radome calibrations are available:
The long-term goal of EUREF is to eliminate the red and yellow dots from this map and to have a network with antenna+radome equipment which all have true absolute ('individual' or 'type') calibrations freely available from the EPN Central Bureau. To achieve this goal, new antenna+radome pairs introduced in the EPN (new stations or replacements at existing stations) should, with some exceptions, be individually calibrated or have true absolute calibrations available from the IGS. More details are available in "Procedure for Becoming an EPN Station" and "Guidelines for EPN Stations and Operational Centres".
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Not much going on this week, but there are still a few important dates. As always, you can find them on the Dates & Anniversaries page. August 5th 1845 - Married - Robert MORAN & Dorothea COOK - Robert and Dorothea are my wife's 3rd-great-grandparents on her father's side. It is not … [Read more...]
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Everything I Know (Again)
Since I had so much fun setting up my single ancestor site, Everything I Know About Frank Zalewski, I thought I would set up another one for another individual in my tree. Once again, it's an individual from my paternal line, my 3rd-great-grandfather Mathias Balthazar Firmenich. I already had a … [Read more...]
Weekly History: July 25th – July 31st
The important dates for this week in our family history. As always, you can find this info on the Dates & Anniversaries page. July 25th 1915 - Died - Thomas J CORRIGAN - Thomas is my great-great-grandfather on my father's side. He was born on 3 Mar 1855 in Mara Township, Brechin, … [Read more...]
Surname Saturday: TONEY
The TONEY surname shows up in my wife's family tree starting with her great-great-grandmother, Idona (TONEY) POWELL. The surname is also her connection to the American Revolutionary War. So, if all data is correct she should be a proven Daughter of the American Revolution. There is much paperwork to … [Read more...]
Way Back Wednesday: Joseph & Richard
This is a photo of my great-grandfather, Joseph ZALEWSKI, and my grandfather, Richard ZALEWSKI. Date is unknown, but Richard looks to be about 2 or 3, so this is probably somewhere around 1923-25. I'm assuming it was taken in Milwaukee, Wisconsin as that was where Joseph and his family lived at the … [Read more...]
Weekly History: July 18th – 24th
The history for this week in my family tree. As always, you can find this on the Dates & Anniversaries page. July 19th 1959 - Died - Clara (SZULTA) TROKA - Clara is my great-great-grandmother on my father's side. She was born 6 Jan 1876 in Sulęczyno Parish, Kartuzy County, Pomorskie, … [Read more...]
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With the impending first anniversary of our troops' exit from Iraq, we've had enough time to decide how we ought to characterize our absence from that nation whose populace we unnecessarily savaged and infrastructure we ravaged. Let's see, was it "mission accomplished," or was it "cut and run"?
Louis H. Pumphrey Shaker Heights


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Voters in the newly renamed 7th House District, which is a slight reconfiguration of the current 18th District, will find two familiar names on the ballot this fall. The contest is a rematch of two years ago, when incumbent first-term Democrat Matt Patten was upset by Mike Dovilla, a Republican.
Dovilla, 37, of Berea, was the victor and hopes to win re-election to a second term in this district that includes Olmsted Falls, Olmsted Township, Berea, Strongsville and North Royalton. He is our preferred candidate in this race.
Since his election in 2010, Dovilla has worked hard to represent the district. He has focused on a variety of issues important to his constituents, including senior citizen abuse, promoting strong public schools, advocating for veterans and job creation/retention. Not surprisingly, many of his positions follow along GOP party lines. But Dovilla has shown himself to be a thoughtful, sincere and dedicated public servant.
He may not have the charisma of his opponent, but Dovilla is a strategist with years of behind-the-scenes work on his resume. He also is a member of the Navy Reserve, an adjunct professor at Baldwin Wallace University and a small business owner.
The affable Patten, 34, of Strongsville, served the district adequately for two years, but has not presented a compelling case to unseat Dovilla. He also walks the party line and says he wants to bring some balance back to the state legislature. His goals of improving schools and school funding are admirable and, admittedly, he played a role in implementing Ohio's film tax credit legislation, but he offers few fresh ideas in this rematch.
Dovilla's breadth of experience, including work in the nonprofit sector and in public policy-making at the local, state, federal and international levels, give him an edge in this race. He should be re-elected on Nov. 6.


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Cicero, NY -- A Cicero man was charged with felony aggravated driving while intoxicated following a crash of an SUV this afternoon on Interstate 81.
Francis K. Ngumbi, 49, of 9433 Steamship Manhattan, Cicreo, was driving a Toyota Highlander about 5:10 p.m. northbound on I-81 in Cicero when the vehicle left the highway about a mile south of Route 31 and rolled over, state police said.
Neither Ngumbi nor his 8-year-old daughter, who was his passenger, was hurt in the crash, troopers said. Ngumbi had a blood-alcohol content of 0.22 percent after the crash, troopers said.
Besides the felony DWI charge, also known as Leandra's Law, for driving while intoxicated with a child in the car, Ngumbi also was charged with endangering the welfare of a child.