On the Rag, Vol. 920

 

This week's rag 'n' mag roundup features the men of "Rogue"; spotlight on HK; Playgirl centerfold Felipe Carvalho; Colman Domingo; Bryan Ruby; Matteo Lane; Jamie Hannah; and more BELOW

Remains of the Day (08/12)

DNA: Jonathan Groff and Daniel Radcliffe are getting close again in “Trust The Man”

Vulture: Is the strange online business of selling people their own family’s lost photos a scam?

KIT212: Naked college swimmer who attended a "premier Christian university" charged with killing security guard at Maui resort

ICYMI: Johnny Diaz opens about his battle with bladder cancer

Wrestle Wednesday: Who wants to enter the ring with him?

NYT: The Gray Lady examines how DNF -- did not finish -- became A-OK for readers, counterintuitively inspiring me to give "The Mysteries of Pittsburgh," a yellowed paperback copy of which I have been hauling around the country for nearly 40 years, another try

Brian Ferrari: Chuck Howard went from WWII tail gunner to gay artists’ muse, fashion designer and restaurateur -- with lovers, legendary nude photos and even a filmed appearance in Alfred Kinsey’s sex research along the way

SCOTUS Blog: The justices will hear a case over whether Colorado can exclude a Catholic school from a taxpayer-funded preschool program because its religious policies conflict with state LGBTQ protections

TVLine: Did anyone ever watch Tony Shalhoub and Neil Patrick Harris's short-lived 1990s sitcom "Stark Raving Mad"?

The Caftan Chronicles: Scott Heim was the undie-clad twink who wrote the creepy ’90s cult novel (turned film) "Mysterious Skin." Thirty years later, he's a tender and intense Boston daddy.

Cheek Media Co.: An investigative journalist Down Under reveals how becoming a sex worker saved his career -- and helped fund the stories mainstream media wouldn’t touch

Space Daily: Thailand’s long reputation for gay and gender tolerance has roots in its escape from colonial rule, Buddhist culture and the centuries-old visibility of kathoey people, although acceptance has never meant an end to discrimination

Just Jared: CBS journalist Tom Hanson flexes muscles during live report after request from Gayle King

GCN: The venerable Ann Northrop celebrated at a farewell party after 30 years of "Gay USA"

ICYMI: This week's Male Model Monday was a keeper

Hot Cat of the Day: Have you seen the cute new helper at the IFC Center?

Second Sunday: Feast your eyes on the gay boys in Central Park over the weekend!

Tennis Tuesday

 

This big boy didn't realize tennis was so "hard." More BELOW

Billboard Malpractice

 

This would have been great fodder for my erstwhile Song of the Day series. (I would add the Go-Go's, who hit No. 2 with "We Got the Beat" as well as four other Top 40 singles.) A corollary would be artists whose No. 1 songs weren't their most-remembered -- let alone their best -- like Duran Duran ("A View to a Kill" and the [gag] "Reflex"), Huey Lewis and the News (what the hell is "Jacob's Ladder"?) and don't get me started about "Maneater" by Hall and Oates! I’d also add Yes (“Owner of a Lonely Heart”), Starship (“Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now”), Chicago (“Look Away”), Cheap Trick (“The Flame”) the Beach Boys (“Kokomo”) and Steve Miller's god-awful "Abracadabra." 

Friday Night Sights

 

Caption me.

Remains of the Day (08/07)

B-Gay: Ryan Murphy’s adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis’ “The Shards” revisits the author’s closeted adolescence at the dawn of the AIDS crisis

Greg in Hollywood: Remembering the great Lucille Ball, who was born 115 years ago

KIT212: Tom Brady caught with one hand down his shorts 

NYT: Woman who killed husband two decades ago admits to murdering her wife

Saturday 'Stache: This cop is corn-fed, for your pleasure

Pitchfork: William Orbit, the visionary producer who helped Madonna reinvent herself with the landmark “Ray of Light” album, has died at 69

Out: "In the future, everyone will be a sex worker for 15 minutes."

Instinct: Male model the internet dubbed "Pedro Pascal's boyfriend" sets the record straight

NYP: An "erratic" naked man, a bloody bathtub and an apparent gay hookup are at the center of a bizarre murder case in Long Island City 

Speedo Sunday: French model Killian Belliard in a little red number, and less

Boystack: Jason Patric revisits the steamy 1990 neo-noir “After Dark, My Sweet” at a special screening -- see what he looks like 35 years later

GMA: Gay celebrities share the advice they wish they could give their younger selves about coming out, finding love and embracing who they are

MNPP: Tom Selleck's huge ass in a pair of plaid shorts is something you probably need to see

Us Weekly: Angelina Jolie’s brother James Haven comes out as gay at 53, decades after his eyes did  (I guess his sister was just a beard back when.)

Stolen Holiday: Mary Pickford shines as a scrappy tomboy in the recently rediscovered complete version of the 1915 silent classic “Rags"

Hot Cat of the Day: This little cutie-pie was said to have been found in Hamilton Heights. If you're missing a furry loved one, visit the NextDoor app for details. 

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