Tennis Tuesday: Tom Fancutt

Aussie journeyman Tom Fancutt apparently has been documenting his return to tennis after getting banned for 10 months for getting an IV infusion of vitamins that aren't even banned. I don't have the patience to listen to someone talk to the camera. (How do people spend hours scrolling through TikTok?) But I have no problem taking in the visuals, as you'll see BELOW.

With countryman Blake Ellis: I know how these two could make some quick cash.

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Remains of the Day (03/02)

People: Please speak up if you know anything about the death of Michael Bayne, a 32-year-old gay man living in Tempe, Ariz., whose body was found in neighboring Mesa

DM: Amy Linker, who played Lauren Hutchinson to Sarah Jessica Parker's Patty Greene on "Square Pegs," spotted in Los Angeles

Greg in Hollywood: Happy 17th blogiversary to my L.A. colleague -- and that's just his current one! 

PinkNews: Woman jailed for wearing "Allah is a lesbian" T-shirt faces arm amputation

Brian Ferrari: A game changer epilogue for Scott and Kip from "Heated Rivalry"

ICYMI: "Is that a 'wood' racket in your shorts, or are you just happy to see me?"

Stolen Holiday: Remembering Jo Stafford, the singer’s singer who possessed an almost supernatural purity of tone

MadTV: Not sure how I missed this "very special" episode of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show"!

Town & Country: My friend Tim examines the true story of John F. Kennedy Jr. and Daryl Hannah's relationship

Socialite Life: Male Model Monday featuring Gianluca De Ferrari, Stefano Tomadini, Francisco Escobar and more

NBC: Connor Storrie brought his own stripper character to "SNL"

Out: Jon Brockett is the (gay) first-ever showrunner of the newly renamed Actor Awards, where actors decide who gets the honors. He wants to inspire "anyone who has a dream"

Instinct: LGBTQ dating apps face nationwide block in Malaysia

SBS: Once stigmatized -- and illegal -- gay saunas like the one Glenn McNamara runs Down Under hold a special place in LGBTQ history

ICYMI: When everyone can be "queer," is anyone?

Cool Cat of the Day: Don't know whether to laugh or cry, the long cold winter just passed me by ...

Weekend Tennis Roundup

Titles for Medvedev, Cobolli, Darderi, Stearns and Bucsa. Full report TK plus all the ATP beef that's fit to post BELOW.

Elmo, Last of the Gay Restaurants, to Close Its Doors

 

I could probably write a thousand word post about all the fun times -- and great meals -- I've had at Elmo in Chelsea over the past two decades. 

But for now I will just share this notice from its owner, who just announced that the venerable eatery -- the last of the gay restaurants in the Big Apple besides Arriba Arriba -- is closing on March 13. 

What a sad day in Gay NYC.

Christmas 2025

Bob Pontarelli writes:

Dear Friends,

For nearly 25 years elmo has been the destination for hundreds of thousands of guests to enjoy some of life’s best moments.

It’s been a place for a first date or dinner with friends. A place for important celebrations and fabulous parties….or simply a place to gather comfortably with members of your community at a home away from home. Elmo has also been a space for hundreds of staff to build lifelong friendships.

We’ve seen marriages between guests and also amongst co-workers. We’ve hosted countless events from birthday parties to memorial services and political fund raisers.

We opened just months after the events of 911 and stayed open and serving food and cocktails through Sandy, several blackouts and record snow falls. We survived COVID with style by launching our wonderfully successful speakeasy, Coby Club. We’ve enjoyed so many proud moments I lost count a long time ago.

It was just confirmed to me that our building—home to elmo for 25 years—has been sold. Our lease expires with that sale. The new owners will soon bring a residential building to our neighborhood.

Sadly, all things must come to an end and elmo will serve its last meal on Friday, March 13.

With this news I personally will try to embrace all the beautiful memories and wonderful experiences elmo has given me and will move forward with new ventures and philanthropic projects that hopefully will have a wide impact.

There are few businesses as challenging or as exciting as owning a restaurant in New York City.

25 years is a very long time. To own a restaurant that has enjoyed the astonishing success and iconic stature that elmo has is a privilege and an honor. It has been a wonderfully exhilarating ride.

I will always remain deeply and profoundly grateful for your years of support and for your friendship.

I’ll see you around.

Bob Pontarelli 

The proposed replacement building 

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Remains of the Day (02/27)

OMG Blog!: Connor Storrie looks ready for prime time ahead of "SNL" duties

WHYY: Philadelphia opens an LGBTQ tourism center in the Gayborhood

Out: Gus Kenworthy's post-Olympic plans? A play called "Sugar Daddy"

Deadline: Tim Daly to star alongside wife Tea Leoni in NBC comedy pilot "Newlyweds"

Saturday 'Stache: Man-spread's best friend

People: Bette Midler and Barbara Hershey reunite almost 40 years after "Beaches"

Instinct: Jacob Elordi is "so freaking delicious" according to Matthew Lillard (and everyone else on Planet Earth)

Out: "Industry" star Kit Harington strips down in sexy new gym selfie

Them: Do women really want their men “a little fruity”?

Erasing 76 Crimes: "Moderate" Indonesia parliament considering dangerous ban on LGBTQ content

THR: Conde Nast’s LGBTQ media brand Them -- which a friend aptly calls "clickbait for the terminally victimized" -- acquired by Equalpride, publisher of Out and The Advocate ... as layoffs abound

Attitude: BBC removed homophobic tic aimed at Alan Cumming, brags(?) Tourette’s activist after BAFTAs backlash, in case you thought he just blurted out hateful comments about women and black people

Socialite Life: Director Todd Stephens takes us back to spring break with "Another Gay Sequel"

The Randy Report: Kansas immediately revokes transgender residents’ driver’s licenses

Speedo Sunday: Booty call

Hot Cat of the Day: Is it 5 o'clock yet?

RIP: Lauren Chapin, who charmed audiences as “Kitten” on "Father Knows Best," has died at 80 after battling cancer for many years

Broadway legend Sondra Lee, a fixture of the original casts of two of the Great White Way’s most beloved shows, has died at 97

Teresa de Lauretis, the scholar who coined “queer theory” for a 1990 conference before later critiquing its mainstream turn, has died at 87

Neil Sedaka, the prolific singer-songwriter behind “Breaking Up Is Hard to Do” who also penned hits for the Carpenters, Captain & Tennille and ABBA, has died at 86

Wesley Morris: After a lifetime of gay shame, secrecy and cinematic doom, I almost missed the swoony thrill of "Heated Rivalry" -- until it seduced me too

On the Rag, Vol. 897

 

This week's rag 'n' mag roundup features Mr. Bradford, Paul Anthony Kelly, the men of "Pillion," Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, Connor Storrie and more BELOW.