Page 1 Roundup (01/31)

The Daily News: Black politicians, long shut out, ride wave of power in NYC and beyond

Gr8er Days: Howard Hesseman, star of ‘WKRP in Cincinnati,’ dead at 81

TJP: Iran’s regime executed two men based on anti-gay charges

Daily Mail: Oh, those messy gays and their drugs

Inquirer: Ugandan ex-minister who backed death penalty for gay people dies

Boy Culture: Best butt contest -- pick your seat!

New York Post: Friends and neighbors mourned the loss of former Miss USA Cheslie Kryst, who tragically jumped to her death from a high-rise apartment building in Midtown on Sunday morning

Inside Zooey Deschanel and ‘Property Brothers’ star Jonathan Scott’s ‘dream home’

Hot Slut of the Day; Cher singing 'Thank You for Being a Friend' in honor of Betty White

Pink News: Sexy gay man ‘shocked’ after vile homophobic tirade from bus driver for kissing another man

Indian Express: 'Badhaai Do' director on Rajkummar Rao playing a gay police officer: ‘It is not easy for a cop to be queer’

Attitude: Lucky Darren Hayes makes out with Scott Evans in video for comeback single 'Let’s Try Being in Love'

The New York Times: Australia really wants to be like the U.S., but in all the worst ways 

 Book banning efforts spread across the U.S. -- and I should have predicted the foolish reason for 'To Kill a Mockingbird'

Can Hugo Boss actually be cool?

The Washington Post: Male penguin pair, New York zoo’s first same-sex foster parents, doing ‘great job’ raising baby chick

Yahoo: CNN reporter Andrew Kaczynski announces birth of daughter after the death of her big sister (Beans) from cancer

The Wall Street Journal: Whatever you drove in college isn’t as cool as his firetruck

What is Mexican food? A Nevada court has the tricky job of deciding

Heavy metal bands find subtle notes selling fancy whiskey

Hot Cat of the Day: Willow, the White House kitty, has finally arrived