Remains of the Day (10/21)

DM: In a disturbing turn of events, Steffi Graf's troubled younger brother Michael, 55, is reportedly living in the underground tunnels of Las Vegas amid legal troubles, posting bizarre Facebook videos and making unsubstantiated allegations against his brother-in-law, Andre Agassi

NYT: A moving remembrance of Jeffrey Schmalz, the gay journalist who helped transform the paper's coverage of AIDS while battling the disease himself -- and who died in 1993 at just 39, before effective treatments became available

Boystack: "Elsinore" stars Andrew Scott as "Chariots of Fire" actor Ian Charleson, whose dream of playing Hamlet at London's National Theatre becomes a race against time as he battles AIDS -- in what may be Scott's finest performance yet

Deadline: Patrick Schwarzenegger is set to star opposite Leslie Grace in "The Journeyman," a crime thriller about a struggling professional tennis player who gets caught up in a dangerous match-fixing scheme to support his family

Wrestle Wednesday: You're not gonna believe this one

Men's Journal: "La Isla Bonita" was originally written for Michael Jackson, but Quincy Jones passed on the demo, leaving the door open for Madonna to turn it into a Top 5 hit

Out: Joel McHale's bare chest goes viral in sexy new video

Letterboxd: Ken Russell, whom I christened a "high-brow John Waters" after seeing "The Devils," gets his scandalous 1971 work restored to its uncensored glory in 4K, complete with scenes Warner Bros. kept from audiences for decades

Washington Blade: In a rare victory for transgender rights, the Supreme Court rejects an effort to end hormone therapy and other gender-affirming care for inmates in federal prisons

Instinct: The hunky Australian firefighters are back for 2027, stripping down and posing with adorable rescue animals for five editions of their annual charity calendar

People: Boy George, Belinda Carlisle and other Go-Go's, Billy Idol and members of the B-52s, Devo and Talking Heads revisit the music, fashion and rebellious spirit of the '80s in "New Wave," a four-part documentary premiering November 23 on MGM+ 

Just Jared: Benson Boone gives fans plenty to drink in as he hands out samples of his new Dragon Fruit Caliwater flavor at a Los Angeles event

The 19th: LGBTQ rights are on the ballot in 2026, with voters facing measures that could shape the future of protections for gay and transgender Americans

Billboard: The B-52s will finally get their star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on October 29, with fellow new wave icons the Go-Go's and comedian Fred Armisen on hand to celebrate -- just two days before the band wraps up its tour with Devo

Fox 9: You may have noticed that Lavender has been missing from my "On the Rag" roundups lately. Sadly, the longtime Minnesota gay magazine ceased publication in June after 31 years, with its publisher suggesting that it had fulfilled its mission now that gay rights had largely been achieved -- a rather debatable assertion, to say the least

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