Wednesday, January 06, 2010

Page 1 Consider (01/06)

  • 'Twilight' Zone: Move over, Zac and Miley. Taylor Lautner is Hollywood's highest-paid teen actor of all time. The "New Moon" star is reportedly getting $7.5 million for his next pic, "Northern Lights," a Tom Cruise vehicle to be directed by John Moore ("Max Payne").(DeadlineHollywood)

  • Kenneth Is Annoyed: Meet the 18 friend types who are ruining Facebook. (I'm looking at you, The Person Who Never Met a Facebook Quiz He Didn't Like.) (GQ)

  • Atkins Diet: Do not click HERE unless you want to see Christopher Atkins completely naked -- front and back.

  • A Land Down Under: Although I'm dreading the return of Justine Henin (and more Kim Clijsters), I am excited that the tennis "season" has begun again. Andy Roddick may be in Australia to play in the Brisbane International event (he won his second-round match against Carsten Ball in straight sets), but he and wife Brooklyn Decker still made time for local culture -– and wildlife –- during a visit to the Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary on Tuesday. Meanwhile in Chennai, India, my boy Robby Ginepri stunned top-seeded (and red hot) Robin Soderling, also in straight sets. (AP)

  • Remains of the Day: Kudos to Rhode Island lawmakers, who overrode their asshole governor's veto to approve funeral planning rights for gay and unmarried couples: "The National Organization for Marriage's revolting stand on this issue should be broadcast far and wide, wherever they work in opposition to gay marriage. The group's radically anti-gay agenda cuts much deeper than opposition to marriage equality: In this instance NOM has demonstrated a willingness to sacrifice the well-being of straight couples, just so gays don't achieve a meager increment of headway alongside them." (Huffington Post)

  • Hunk Magnet: That bucktooth country bumpkin Miley Cyrus lands another hot one, this time Aussie Liam Hemsworth. (And need I remind you of "underwear model" Justin Gaston?) (People)

  • Real Nice: How sad that Farrah Fawcett's only child, Redmond O'Neal, was arrested again on drug charges -- while in rehab. The fallen angel's dying wish was for her son to get clean and live a healthy life. (RadarOnline)

  • David Banda Got Out Just in Time: The trial of two gay men arrested for holding a wedding party in Malawi is expected to begin on Jan. 15. As has been reported, Tiwonge Chimbalanga and Steven Monjeza are being held in custody in Chichiri Prison and were denied bail by a judge in the city of Blantyre. (PinkNews)

  • Hate Begets Hate: The U.S. and others should make clear to Uganda that if it passes a law imposing the death sentence for homosexual behavior, it will be shunned globally, says the editorial page of The New York Times. (NYT)

  • Good Lord: Joel Osteen blesses Houston's new (gay) mayor Annise Parker. (I wonder what he charged her.) (USA Today)

  • Church on Time? New Jersey's state Senate will vote on legalizing same-sex marriage this week, officials announced on Tuesday, in a race against the clock before a new governor who opposes the measure takes office. (Reuters)

  • You're So Vain: Porn "icon" Seymore Butts got a write-up in national magazine 'cause he slept with 600 women. Isn't that like a weekend on Fire Island for most of us? (Details)
  • 4 comments:

    Jay said...

    thanks for the pics of Chris Atkins...brought me back to the "Blue Lagoon"...yummy!

    James said...

    Everyone is on the Parker train because she is a local gal and is a moderate (she's not going to rock the boat too hard on gay rights). That's why she got the blessings from Osteen. Also you really can't get more family values than Parker. Partnered for 19 years, 3 children (all adopted and African American).

    Joe said...

    A week or so ago when I read the GQ article on the types of Facebook friends to avoid, I laughed out loud! They nailed just about every annoying personality on Facebook. I think what makes it so funny is that most of us actually have Facebook friends that fall into one of the groups to avoid. Time to overhaul my "friends"

    swine said...

    I think I'm finally agreeing w/u bout Taylor doing roids. No 17-year-old could ever look like that w/out 'em. The Atkins pics r awesome. I wonder if they're recent -- dude's almost 50 now!