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Remains of the Day (06/01)

UCR: I won't sneeze at a list of 40 best new wave albums that has my two favorite groups -- Blondie and the Pretenders -- in the top 3, even if the author is a little too Talking Heads happy

NYT: No one knows how many LGBT Americans die by suicide

NBC: Armie Hammer will not face criminal charges in L.A. rape case, his accuser responds

WaPo: We ordered over $100 of delivery. Here’s how much the restaurants, drivers and apps made.

Thursday Ad Watch: He can trim my bush any time he wants 

ID: Ohmyf**kinggod. Stop reading if you don't want spoilers, but I am still reeling over "The Curious Case of Natalie Grace." I credit the producers for deftly presenting things so that you could firmly believe either side of the story: "In this stranger-than-fiction series that turns expectation on its head, we explore the question of whether Natalia Barnett is an exploited Ukrainian child with dwarfism or a dangerous adult masquerading as a child." But at the end of the day, regardless of her age it's obvious that she was the victim of physical and mental abuse -- torture, really. And I don't credit the filmmakers for abruptly ending the lengthy six-part series with a bombshell allegation from the mouth of Freddie Gill -- that Michael Barnett is said to have sexually abused Natalia -- literally midsentence. Does anyone know if this is being investigated further? Or are they blowing it off because the court randomly ruled that Natalia was an "adult," so prosecuting would be difficult? (Until someone can prove to me otherwise, DNA says she was a very young girl at the time and he was her adoptive father, so it's still incest if you ask me.) While you can't believe anything the source of the allegation (insane ex-wife Kristine Barnett) says -- or anyone in that family, really, because they've all been beaten into lying by the menacing matriarch -- it would go a long way to explaining why Natalia was so hypersexual, which has been confirmed by the mental ward where she was briefly held and all of her neighbors at the first apartment complex where she was left to fend for herself. None of this makes any sense. First Michael is acquitted (because the juror wasn't allowed to know all the facts) and then prosecutors withdrew charges against mastermind Kristine. It sure feels like there's something else we're not being told here. FWIW: Although I'm not convinced it will help much, a follow-up documentary called "Natalia Speaks" is set to air on ID later this summer.

Variety: Carol Burnett pitched her 90th birthday celebration to CBS -- home of her long-running hit variety show -- but they declined

Cosmo: Kim Cattrall is set to star in Netflix's "Glamorous," about a gender non-conforming person who lands a job at a prestigious cosmetics company run by former supermodel Madolyn Addison, played by the sometime Samantha Jones

WSJ: Die-hards still mailing newspaper clips to family and friends

Boy Culture: Gregory Harrison should never wear clothes

Boston Globe: New Jersey lawyer Matthew Nilo arrested in connection to 2007-2008 Boston rape spree

Time: How Congressman Gerry Studds -- who infamously had an "affair" with a 17-year-old page -- made history by coming out as gay in 1983 

NYDN: Teens killed and ate beloved village swan in upstate New York

Queerty: Meet the sexy cast of the homoerotic Argentinian dark comedy ‘Horseplay’

Page Six: Tina Turner -- who was frequently estranged from her two biological sons and two adopted son -- died without meeting her grandchildren and great-grandchildren

Hot Cat of the Day: Hello, cutie!

Postcard From the Upper West Side of Minneapolis

I just walked outside my apartment and the *first* person I saw was a young guy who was also wearing a Mary Tyler Moore T-shirt(!). When I smiled and pointed it out, he was more blasé than Penny Marshall as Miss Richards's nurse neighbor, then begrudgingly agreed to a photo. And I was led to believe love is all around! 

Remains of the Day (05/31)

The Caftan Chronicles: Charles King's life of ministry, activism and sexy walks in the garden with Jesus

NBC: Latvian Parliament elects first openly gay president of a Baltic nation

White House: After Target's pullback, can we please never again take for granted when a president issues a a proclamation on LGBT Pride Month, like Biden (naturally) did today?

Wrestle Wednesday: I want one

Critic's Notebook: Even after bebunking, "Sybil" hasn’t gone away: The “true story” of a woman with multiple personalities was a 1973 sensation and is still in print 50 years later. Why do such lurid tales hold their grip?

CBS: Of course Tara Reade moved to Russia to feel "safer"(!)

Metro Weekly: Five must-hear gay albums coming out in June

Instagram: Trainer Robert Cárdenas channels Tom Cruise in 'Risky Business,' tighty whities 'n' all

HBO: "Being Mary Tyler Moore" is worth a watch. The documentary did a good job of finding the person who truly was neither Mary Richards nor Beth Jarrett -- the star's Oscar-nominated character in "Ordinary People" -- and charitably left out some of her late-in-life missteps. The rare photos and footage were a revelation -- I also want to be best friends with Beverly Sanders! -- although I'm still reeling at just how awful David Susskind was to her on his chat show back in the day. (WTF?) 

WaPo: 5 myths that TV writers would like to debunk

City Paper: Cruising Pittsburgh: The story of clandestine gay sex, from the Fruit Loop to Grindr

NYT: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vilified gay people during his re-election campaign, calling them a threat to society and rallying conservatives against them. It has left people feeling threatened, and alone.

Hot Cat of the Day: Someone is really proud of himself

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