Who do you like for this year's Aussie Open? First-week highlights plus all the ATP beef that's fit to post BELOW.
Monday, January 22, 2024
Friday, January 19, 2024
Remains of the Day (01/19)
The Messenger: Sad to hear that the great Mary Weiss of the Shangri-Las has died at 75. (If you don't have the gals' two studio albums, you're really missing out.) I'll never forget being awestruck when I ran into her at the Blondie "Parallel Lines" 40th anniversary show in Times Square! RIP.
Meme Spirited: Do you have gay body dysmorphia?
Various: It seems hard to believe that Sara "Che Diaz" Ramirez got fired from "And Just Like That …" over a pro-Palestinian stance while Cynthia Nixon is busy running the PLO... far more likely that it was because the character was a "waste of time" and "annoying" fans, although the writers have only themselves to thank for that.
Saturday 'Stache: Ryan is an "aspiring sex object"
Various: Shawn Barber, Olympian and world champion athlete who came out in 2017, has died at 29, No cause has been released, but you may recall that he once avoided a doping ban à la Richard Gasquet, claiming he'd ingested cocaine while "kissing a woman" he'd met online as a means of "relieving stress."
The Randy Report: Richard Simmons does not endorse Pauly Shore's playing him
The Athletic: Mirra Andreeva, one teenage tennis miracle after another
Washington Blade: Supreme Court declines to hear Indiana school’s appeal on transgender bathroom order
Greg in Hollywood: Does this mean Dolly Parton isn't going to live forever?
Boy Culture: Actors who have "touched themselves" for their art
WSJ: You’re looking for "The One." These polyamorous dating-app users are looking for "another one."
Speedo Sunday: But do the carpets match the drapes, boys?
Hot Cat of the Day: I'm guessing this cutie must be an Egyptian Mau!
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Thursday, January 18, 2024
On the Rag, Vol. 792
A weekly look at what's making news in the gay magazines:
Grab: Happy new gear!
HotSpots: Say hello to Anthony Yepez!
Dallas Voice: Bodybuilding couple helps gay men get thicc while overcoming gym fears at the same time
Metro Weekly: Mid-Atlantic Leather Weekend 2024 drew thousands of leatherfolk, kinksters, and fetish fans who geared up and partied down.
Georgia Voice: The pseudoscience of Coven Chiropractic
Get Out!: Peppermint defies limitations
Trending: Meet Bruno from Brazil
Wednesday, January 17, 2024
‘Carmen’ From the Block
Damian and I had a wonderful time seeing "Carmen" last night at the Metropolitan Opera -- located just blocks from our new(ish) digs. You don't need to be particularly knowledgeable about the art form to recognize that Aigul Akhmetshina, a 27-year-old mezzo-soprano, is sublime as the titular character. That Kyle Ketelsen has what it takes to play one-third of the tumultuous love triangle. Or that the Georges Bizet's score is legendary for a reason. (I love realizing so many things I know are actually from classic works of art.)
Director Carrie Cracknell is said to have wanted to give the show a modern take, setting it in present-day United States. But simply trading in castanets for cutoffs, as Zachary Woolfe's brutal review put it, in depressing locales really only served to rob "Carmen" of its splendid visuals -- the Spanish background of Seville and the surrounding hills, women in flamenco skirts and men in dashing Matador attire. (What we were left with was a cast taking selfies in Walmart jorts and trucker caps in places I actively try to avoid.) Still, not even an ill-conceived twist can take away from this masterpiece, the plot of which sadly remains the gold standard of "Dateline" storylines to this day.
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Oh, to have witnessed diva-turned-director Regina Resnik's production of "Carmen" at the Hamburg State Opera starring Huguette Tourangeau and Placido Domingo, who got canceled days before we were set to see him in Verdi's "Macbeth" back in 2019! Watch a riveting behind-the-scenes documentary from 1973 HERE.
Remains of the Day (01/17)
Gr8er Days: The hunks of "Happy Days" ... for real!
The Gay Curmudgeon: Just when you thought you couldn’t be in any more awe of the Beatles, along comes Peter Jackson’s three-part, uncut version of their 1969 documentary
Wrestle Wednesday: I wouldn't be able to keep my hand out of there, either
VNL: Justice Margaret Chutich, the first openly gay Minnesota Supreme Court judge, announces retirement
New Times: An oral history of Zia Records, Arizona's iconic indie record store chain / Revisit the heyday of Tempe's Mill Avenue HERE.
Page Six: Tisa Farrow, Mia's little sister who famously had the "wrong kind of orgasm" in Woody Allen's "Manhattan," dies at 72 / Watch HERE.
Awards Watch: John Waters to be honored by American Cinema Editors (ACE) with its Filmmaker of the Year Award
SCMN: Croatia watchdog criticizes president over "gay minister" remarks
Hot Cat of the Day: Harvey loves the warmth of the radiator cover, although the adorable way he braces himself gives me paws!
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Tuesday, January 16, 2024
Weekend Tennis Roundup
Titles for Lehecka, Tabilo, Ostapenko and Navarro. Full report plus all the ATP beef that's fit to post BELOW.
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