Remains of the Day (09/19)

Vulture: Bouncing from "Mindhunter" to "Little Shop of Horrors," Jonathan Groff is finally having fun

The Randy Report: Graphic PSA shows "essentials" students should have in the event of a school shooting

Twitter: Ryan Reynolds is still hot

Back2Stonewall: When Ronald Reagan finally mentioned AIDS ... after 20,849 Americans had already died

The New York Times: Looks like I wasn't the only one thrown off by Ric Ocasek's age!

Instagram: Proof that Robert Farah's ass doesn't just happen

Los Angeles Blade: Biden, Warren, Harris, Buttigieg in Iowa and HRC/CNN LGBT forums

NPR: New Mexico unveils plan to offer free college tuition

Jennifer Finney Boyland: Why the pickle became a symbol of transgender rights, and why it's not enough

KIT212: Who knew Alex Trebek had such a hot son?

Instagram: What do we think of Chris Evert's new glasses?

WGN: American fashion brand sparks outrage over school shooting-themed hoodies

EW: The untold story of "Ordinary People" (ICYMI)

Politico: Nearly 60 mayors and ex-mayors endorse Pete Buttigieg

Instinct: Little boy in viral hugging video has gay dads

Yahoo: Did Elizabeth Smart date failed Texas gubernatorial candidate Clayton Williams? 

Washington Post: Comedians are being hired by the hour to help dementia patients. Their goal? "A full belly laugh"

OMG Blog: This is what San Diego State's 1974 rugby team looked like naked

Hot Cat of the Day: These cuties are part of a program in Indiana that allows people to pay off parking tickets by donating to animal shelters!

Page 1 Roundup (07/23)

The Daily News: Cops mocked, doused with water

Transgender woman found shot dead along a South Carolina roadside

Manhattan dietitian, 27, apparently commits suicide after penning farewell note on her website

Instagram: Robert Farah is being an exhibitionist in the gym ... again

 Towleroad: When people say it's "hard to come out as conservative," what they really mean is that they were somehow surprised to learn a lot of people don't like racists

Dlisted: Open post hosted by Shawn Mendes's new tattoo

New York Post: As long as the governor of Puerto Rico isn't be used as a scapegoat

New York becomes first state to ban cat-declawing

Murdered couple, missing teens in Canada could be linked: cops

Yahoo: Andy Roddick left cringing by Brooklyn Decker and her mother on "Family Feud"

P.S. Did the 2003 U.S. Open champion visit Joel McHale's hair doctor? Looks good!

The Washington Post:  John Paul Stevens remembered for ‘deep devotion’ to law and justice

The New York Times: Trump, Democrats clinch two-year budget deal

The judge and jury agree that he didn't commit murder, so why did he spend 16 behind bars?

Jonathan Groff to lead off-Broadway "Little Shop of Horrors"

The Wall Street Journal: Comic-book adaptations have gotten so pervasive that producers of new shows ‘The Boys’ and ‘Pennyworth’ have turned to some deep-cut characters to say something new

Remains of the Day (01/25)

NewNowNext: Couldn't wait for Wrestle Wednesday to share these gifs of KJ Apa in a singlet on "Riverdale"

Slog: Dylan Farrow's other brother says Woody Allen isn't guilty

The Randy Report: A majority of Americans now report being uncomfortable around LGBTQ people most notably when they learn a family member, doctor, or their child’s teacher is LGBTQ

Back2Stonewall: Federal court throws out Liberty Counsel's "hate group" defamation suit against GuideStar

Towleroad: Tennys Sandgren apologies for anti-LGBT tweets (this is a step in the right direction)

Dlisted: "Storm Chasers" star Joel's Taylor's probably drug-related death on a gay cruise has resulted in an FBI probe

JoeMyGod: Bernie Sanders summons advisers to discuss 2020 bid

Daily Intelligencer: Let this be a reminder that Trump voters feel no remorse -- and he's likely going to be re-elected based on Obama's efforts to fix the economy

Baseline: Wilander, Graf kick off career years at 1988 Australian Open, its first year at Melbourne Park

Boy Culture: If you've ever dreamed of an orchestral-tilted Madonna album -- with vocals intact -- you'll swoon over this.

The Washington Post: Five diets, one year later: Did our staffers keep off the weight?

The New York Times: Is an Israeli cave, scientists discover jawbone that suggests much earlier human migration

Hunk du Jour: Ya gotta love briefs that leave very little to the imagination

Think Progress: How a hate group manufactures clients to challenge LGBTQ protections

Matthew's Island of Misfit Toys: What's better than a muscular ginger model? Two

The Hill: Department of Justice recovers FBI employees’ missing texts

Washington Blade: Cuban woman with same-sex partner granted custody of daughter's children

Pink News: Joe Biden reveals what Barack Obama privately told him about marriage equality

OMG Blog: Here's Darren Criss dancing around in nothing but a pair of bulging budgie smugglers

The Daily News: Caitlyn Jenner to reportedly pay $800G to family of five caught up in deadly car crash

New York Post: Broadway's Jonathan Groff is the next Hugh Jackman (only not as gay)

The WoW Report: Disney star Adam Hicks arrested for string of armed robberies

Deep Dish: This stud could do better than that dog on his lap

Curbed: Visiting 10 historic NYC buildings slated for demolition

Page Six: The Regis and Kathlie Lee reunion of your dreams

From @kenzo_jimmy: “DIY chin scratches” #catsofinstagram

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Hot Cat of the Day: I love a kitty that isn't shy about using the self-service line ...

On the Rag, Vol. 483

A weekly look at what's making news in the gay mags:

QX (London): Get checked this HIV testing week!

Get Out: Getting to better know Jane Lynch

HotSpots: Front runners of Fort Lauderdale offer couch to 5K training

Metro Weekly (D.C.): Francis Lee had personal issues to work out, so he made "God's Own Country" and brought gay romance to a whole new level

A&U Magazine: International LGBTQ and HIV/AIDS activist Carlos Idibouo shares his life's journey

Out: Jonathon Groff named entertainer of the year

Attitude: Jakes Shears isn't a fan of Instagram whores

Paper: Michael Musto reveals the worst celebrity disses against him

'Looking' Back

With "Looking" being released Nov. 15 in a special Blu-ray and DVD set containing the entire series and the movie, Boy Culture chatted with Michael Lannan, the guy who created "the show that took on HIV panic, infidelity, racism and classism in the LGBT community and, well, rimming." Read HERE.

Cast of 'Looking' Looks Back

Broadway World caught up with the cast of HBO's "Looking: The Movie" at world premiere at the Castro Theatre. Jonathan Groff, who plays the lovelorn Patrick, had this to say about following up an already canceled series: "It was very meta for all of us. Coming back to shoot the movie was like coming back to say goodbye to our characters and San Francisco. But when I read the script, I thought: 'Omigod, that's the perfect ending!'" Read more HERE.

Did you know in real life Lauren Weedman hired a hot (teenage) babysitter and her husband slept with her? Read HERE.

More photos HERE.

Trailer for HBO's 'Looking' Wrap-Up Movie Arrives

The film premieres July 23. Watch the trailer now HERE.

'Looking: The Movie' to Premiere July 23 on HBO

I wanted another season or was happy with the way it (abruptly) ended on an ambiguous note, but I will definitely be tuning in. The description is somewhat unexpected: 

Patrick (Jonathan Groff) “returns to San Francisco for the first time in almost a year to celebrate a momentous event with his old friends. In the process, he must face the unresolved relationships he left behind and make difficult choices about what’s important to him.”

The same men behind the series, executive producers Andrew Haigh and Michael Lannan, penned the script, with Haigh also serving as director.

TVLine recalls that HBO canceled "Looking" last year after two low-rated seasons, but network president Michael Lombardo cushioned the blow by immediately commissioning a standalone movie to tie up all the series’ loose ends. “There were some fans that really wanted to find [closure] with the storylines, [and the writers] wanted to wrap up storytelling for the characters,” said the exec, who viewed Looking as a passion project. “I thought the show, creatively, was really doing something that I hadn’t seen on any other show, particularly dealing with gay lives. As a gay man, in particular, I was very proud that there was a show that felt like it was dealing very honestly and openly with gay men and their lives, without putting them into a comedic mode.”

Jonathan Groff Is Looking Exasperated

He's right, and it's pretty much ruined going to movies and stage presentations for me.

Jonathan Groff Covers FourTwoNine's Boys of Summer Issue

Via friend and FourTwoNine editor Kevin Sessums' Facebook page:

Here is a sneak preview of my next cover of FourTwoNine magazine with Jonathan Groff on the cover photographed by Damon Baker. I decided to give you two Groff looks on newsstands. You decide which one to buy. I have themed the issue The Boys of Summer. Inside you'll see hot photos not only of Jonathan, but also the San Francisco Giants' Hunter Pence, American Ballet Theatre's Herman Cornejo and Roberto Bolle, Broadway is represented by Hamilton's Daveed Diggs and The King and I's Conrad Ricamora, Mercy for Animal's Nathan Runkle, The Riker Brothers photograph themselves, Stephen Busken photographs two of the hottest tattooed skateboarders from Venice Beach and Malibu, Jack Pierson is represented with five pages of his new work from his show opening this summer at Cheim & Read ( John Cheim's great gallery) and there are lots of hot models in the 25 pages of fashion.

Subscribe HERE.

 

Jonathan Groff: 'I've Always Known I Was Gay'

My pal Wayman Wong did a nice interview with Jonathan Groff for GoldDerby. Groff, who turns 30 later this month, tells Wong he always knew he was gay but didn't come out until he was 23. In the piece, the singer-actor discusses the season finale of "Looking," his return to "Frozen" and "Glee" and his memories growing up of the portrayal of gay men in entertainment:

When I saw "Brokeback Mountain," I was in a closeted relationship and went to go see it with my boyfriend, so that was really intense for the both of us. We left the theater in total horrified silence. And I remember being in high school and seeing "Queer as Folk" playing on the TV in the background at a party and being intrigued, but too embarrassed to go turn up the volume and actually watch it. "Will & Grace" was a big one, too, when I was growing up. And even though I didn't personally relate to Will or Jack, it was just great to watch them every week and not feel so alone. Also, it was such a great show!

Read HERE.

'Looking' From Above

No spoilers here, but thought last night's "Looking" was awfully good and hit on a lot of heavy topics. Did you like?

Jonathan Groff Covers Winq Magazine

Irish Spring's colleagues like what they see, available now HERE.

Inside:

The new Jan/Feb issue of Winq is out NOW, with three amazing exclusives… As hit TV series "Looking" returns we talk to heart-throb Jonathan Groff, one of the leading men, formerly of "Glee" and Disney’s "Frozen." Commonwealth Gold medalist Chris Mears is our new fitness columnist and gives his most revealing interview yet. And we’ve had time with Russell T. Davies ("Queer As Folk," "Doctor Who") about his all-new triumvirate for Channel 4: "Cucumber, Banana and Tofu." Plus there’s ex-boybander Kevin McDaid, buffed up and stripped down, a Uruguay travel special and the lovely chaps behind Digby Fine English sparkling wine. Add in a 2015 wedding special that covers real lives, a fashion extravaganza that suits you (sir) and our top 10 destination wedding venues and it’s almost too much…

Scene Queen

Scene magazine declares Jonathan Groff this century’s gay icon. Read HERE.

'Looking' Back

   We just watched the season finale of "Looking" -- and oh-my-god! It's not very often that I see Michael's jaw drop, but it did. To all of you naysayers out there I have just one thing to say: You're out of your fucking mind!

'Looking' Renewed for Second Season by HBO

  Kudos to whoever at HBO made this decision. Ratings for "The Comeback" look like "The Sopranos" compared with "Looking," yet someone was smart enough to give the show a chance to grow. Read HERE.

Murray Barlett talks to Butt magazine HERE.

Song of the Day: 'Take a Look Around' by the 2Bears

Watched "Looking" for the third time last night and liked it even more than the first two times. I think the guys have great chemistry -- and I have a feeling the music may become the show's fourth star. This song never fails to give me chills in the closing scene when Patrick finally begins to give into his Muni man's charms. 

'Looking' for Trouble

Wow. Even if you didn't love the pilot, there's no way you can't be looking forward to seeing Jonathan Groff in this little getup, grabbed from Slate's fun article by a "gay extra" who talks about his day on the set of "Looking" HERE.

On the Rag, Vol. 286

A weekly look at what's making news in the free gay mags:

Edge Boston: Looking at "Looking" with Andrew Haigh / Read HERE.

Metro Weekly: Meet Mr. DC Eagle 2014, Ramien Pierre, HERE.

Next catches up with everybody's Gay Best Friend -- Michael J. Willett -- HERE. 

Get Out! gets the lowdown on Sandra Bernhard's new show, "Sandyland," HERE.

Echo: Before coming to the Valley to perform with the Phoenix Symphony, "Glee" star and LGBT ally Matthew Morrison talks about his career. Read HERE.



... and Jonathan Groff also talks "Looking" HERE.