Flesh for Fantasy

In people's interminable boredom, these photos from 2002 have suddenly gone viral. A lot has happened since they were taken. We found out Dustin Hoffman was creepy to women with whom he worked. And that Susan Sarandon is dumb as an ox. But the one thing that has remained is that Jake Gyllenhaal is still hot as they come!

Remains of the Day (08/12)

The Wrap: Netflix revealed the first look at "The Politician," Ryan Murphy's first series for the streaming network, which stars Ben Platt, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jessica Lange and Zoey Deutch

Twitter: This is what Dominc Thiem and his ass look like running on a tread mill

Towleroad: Anthony Scaramucci said what everyone with a brain is thinking about Trump

Instagram: Jockstraps are for jump pages

Brian Ferrari: Revisiting Kate Bush's gayest songs (ICYMI)

Dlisted: Open post hosted by the end of the Pizza Hut red plastic cup

The New Yorker: Was e-mail a mistake? Digital messaging was supposed to make our work lives easier and more efficient, but the mathematics of distributed systems suggests that meetings might be better.

Twitter: More proof of how how hot Croatian doubles specialist Mate Pavic is 

Discover: 10 things to do the night before a trip

Metro Weekly: “Sexual Freedom Summit” teaches attendees how to fight for LGBTQ sexual freedom 

Boca Raton Museum of Art: Honoring the women astronomers who mapped the stars

Baseline: Reilly Opelka forays into male modeling

Boy Culture: A review of "Sea Wall/A Life" 

Back2Stonewall: Gay history: The Riot at Compton’s Cafeteria, San Francisco, in August 1966

People: Former President Jimmy Carter and wife Rosalynn celebrate 73 years of marriage (ICYMI)

The Hill: California mayor to keep flags at half-staff until Congress acts on guns

HuffPost: Illinois governor signs bill mandating public schools teach LGBTQ history

Ask Daddy: This is how you pick your identity in the gay world

Hot Cat of the Day: Although I'm leery of having innocent kittens around convicted criminals, it sure sounds like this program is paying dividends all the way around

Damian might want to try "reforming" this one ...

Page 1 Roundup (08/07)

The Daily News: Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison, author of ‘Beloved’ and ‘The Bluest Eye,’ dead at 88

Dad of 4-year-old girl left wandering Brooklyn streets after botched day care drop-off blasts dopey driver

YouTube banned a 14-year-old girl after she posted a video calling LGBTQ people pedophiles -- naturally she is a rising star in ultra-conservative circles.

CJR: NYT executive editor tries (very much) in vain to explain one of the paper’s worst headlines ever. I’ve said it before but I’ll say it again: The Times is legendary, but it was completely unprepared for something like Trump -- and still can’t find its footing

Instgram: They haven't posted many photos together lately. But this might be the most compelling piece of evidence that Jan-Michael Gambill and Malek Alqadi are still a couple

Back2Stonewall: August 1965: Washington Post reports federal workers can claim disability for being gay

New York Post: Here we go ... because you remember when "left-leaning" candidates joked with their supporters when one of them talked about shooting people?

 Drug dealer who tried to escape Brazil prison by dressing up as daughter is found dead

If you're a woman, you don't want to be in India

This football-throwing tweet is Robbie Amell’s ‘nightmare’

Dlisted: Seeing this has me even sadder about Luke Perry's untimely death

The Randy Report: "60 Minutes" caught up with Olivia Newton-John

Instagram: Now appearing in Chelsea (hubba hubba)

Penta: Sting Pays $67.7 million for another Robert A.M. Stern-designed apartment

Associated Press: Creepy correspondence from Theodore Cardinal McCarrick illustrates his ability to groom young victims for sexual abuse, experts say

The Washington Post: ‘We don’t want him here’: Trump to face protests and skepticism as he visits El Paso and Dayton after mass shootings

The New York Times: ‘Red flag’ gun control bills pick up momentum with GOP in Congress

 Toni Morrison, towering novelist of the black experience, dies at 88

The Wall Street Journal: Tired of waiting for Brexit, Britons munch through Nutella stockpiles

Men are wearing fishing vests in the city (really)

Play starring Jake Gyllenhaal has strong Broadway showing

Remains of the Day (01/02)

Boy Culture: 50 famous and infamous LGBTQ people, allies and newsmakers we lost in 2017

Dlisted: Meet the cookie-thief squirrel who pulled an ultimate “You won’t take me ALIVE!” by coming at the cops!

Second Nexus: Residents of the Irish town of Ringaskiddy report that fumes from a local Viagra factory have been giving local men (and male dogs) random erections

Deep Dish: Who'd you rather: Jake Gyllenhaal in a cowboy hat or Dennis Quaid in a tux?

The Film Experience: Criterion hints at what movies to look forward to in 2018

It's Either Sadness or Euphoria: Blogger read 172 books in 2017 -- here are his favorites 

Hunk du Jour: Do you like gingers in Speedos?

Greg in Hollywood: As Anderson and Andy bombed on CNN, here's how Kathy Griffin spent New Year's Eve

Curbed: 18 things New Yorkers can look forward to in 2018

OMG Blog: "Riverdale" star KJ Apa has a shirtless and thrusting holiday treat for you

Gr8er Days: 5 old movies to warm your cockles in the new year

The WoW Report: Vlogger apologies (twice!) over dead body video, but Twitter isn't having it

PinkNews: Same-sex couples could soon be biological parents after a huge scientific breakthrough 

Daily Intelligencer: Michele Bachmann has asked God if she should run for Al Franken's seat

The New York Post: Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch will FINALLY retire

TVLine: New show features a mustachioed Dylan McDermott, but will I watch?

The Randy Report: "Less regulation" sounds good to Republicans, but maybe not the families of coal miners

Outsports: Powerlifting championship announces category for trans and intersex athletes

That's Entertainment!: The 10 best "Frasier" episodes of Season One

Tennis Life: Roger Federer pondering Roland Garros call

The Daily News: Move over, Alabama: Gun range owner who banned Muslims running for governor of Arkansas

WTAE: Three teachers in Pennsylvania accused of bullying fifth-grade student, saying she "could be a good coal miner"

JoeMyGod: Trump celebrates "peaceful" Iranian protesters, called for violence against U.S. protesters at his own rallies

Homorazzi: Stevie Nicks's good friend Hoda officially named Matt Lauer's replacement on "The Today Show"

Brooklyn Vegan: The original Misfits reunited again in L.A. and Vegas (videos, setlists)

The Gay Almanac: Hollywood's first out star, William Haines, was born on this day in 1900

Towleroad: Thousands of shirtless men are taking on 2018's first major meme

AmericaBlog: Trump's hilarious denial of collusion with Russia

Reuters: Court rejects gay Singapore man's bid to adopt biological son

Village Voice: New York City's best new restaurants of 2017

Hot Cat of the Day: Zoe's a bitch if she doesn't have her coffee ...

On the Rag, Vol. 470

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

Gay Times (U.K.): "Hollyoaks" hunk Adam Woodward makes a splash! Read HERE.

Passport: Palm Springs has the country's highest concentration of independently owned gay boutique hotels and resorts sprinkled throughout its gorgeous valley / Read HERE.

Out in Jersey: "Hollywood Lesbians" -- from the same publisher as my memoir -- isn't afraid of slinging muff  / Read HERE.

QX (London): Soho strikes back! Read HERE.

DNA (Australia): Ooh-la-la Marcel for Garçon Model / More HERE.

Winq (U.K.): Football referee Ryan Atkin becomes first professional official to come out as gay in the U.K. / Read HERE.

Metro Weekly (D.C.): HRC endorses Danica Roem for Virginia House of Delegates. If elected, she would become the first out transgender person to be seated in a state legislature. Here's how Roem plans to oust Virginia's most anti-LGBTQ lawmaker / Read HERE.

POZ magazine: Kenneth Cole launches the "End AIDS Coalition" / Read HERE.

Attitude (U.K.): Chains of love / Read HERE

Get Out!: Say hello to Jared and David / Read HERE.

Out Magazine: Farewell, Easternbloc: Saluting New York's Iconic Gay Dive Bar After Its Final Night / Read HERE.

Q Salt Lake: Chelsea Handler named as Equality Utah's annual Allies dinner keynote speaker / Read HERE.

Grab: Are you ready for Chicago's Market Days 2017? Read HERE.

The Gay U.K.: The Hottest Intimate Gay Scenes of All Time in Cinema / Read HERE.

HIV Plus: New Antibiotic Might Win Against Drug-Resistant Gonorrhea / Read HERE.

HotSpots (Miami): Score’s Anniversary Party Pays Tribute to Versace / Read HERE.

The Advocate: 35 Photos of Mostly Bears, Mostly From Mexico / See HERE.

MetroSource: This is why ginger comedian Kevin Allison is crushing on Osric Chau / Read HERE.

Theater Queen Jake Gyllenhaal to Return to Broadway in 'Burn This'

Jake Gyllenhaal, who made his Broadway debut last year in "Little Shop of Horrors," will be returning to the stage to star in Lanford Wilson's acclaimed gay drama, "Burn This." To be presented at the Hudson Theatre on West 44th Street, the "Brokeback Mountain" star will assume a role previously played by both John Malkovich and Edward Norton. Read HERE.

Plot: 

"Burn This" begins shortly after the funeral of Robbie, a young gay dancer who drowned in a boating accident with his lover Dom. In attendance were Robbie's roommates: his sensitive dance partner and choreographer, Anna, and confident gay ad man Larry. Soon joining them in Robbie's lower-Manhattan loft are screenwriter Burton (Anna's longtime lover), and Pale (Robbie's coke-snorting, hyperactive restaurant manager brother). In the face of their shared tragedy, the quartet attempts to make sense of their lives and reconsider their own identities and relationships. Anna learns to be independent and self-confident; she pursues her interest in choreography and begins a relationship with Pale, breaking off her dispassionate relationship with her longtime boyfriend.

Jake Gyllenhaal Covers ‘L'Uomo Vogue

I can't remember the last time I saw one of his movies -- he picks awful-sounding scripts -- but I adore him just the same. Read HERE.

Fun Couple: Jake Gyllenhaal and Robin Quivers

Quivers (Arrows in My)

Robin Quivers met her Prince Charming today...and copped a feel!

Out of Print

Read HERE.

I canceled my subscriptions to Details and GQ this week, after subscribing since the 1980s. As someone who works in print media, it pains me to admit this, but hear me out. Both mags allowed me to access the iPad edition with my print subscription, so the hard copies just started to pile up around my (tiny) apartment, almost always unopened. (And to be honest, there's a backlog of issues I haven't downloaded either, but at least that's not taking up space.) Where I fault Conde Nast here, though, is that the customer service website offered no option to convert my print deal to an iPad-only subscription. In fact, it seemed Conde Nast was so preoccupied with trying to make it impossible to cancel at all that the option never occurred to them. Instead, once I jumped through three or four hurdles, the only option it gave me was to MAIL ME REFUNDS for my already paid subscriptions, something I didn't even want. (There's really no way to cancel it AFTER it runs out????) Perhaps when the checks clear I will see about buying a subscription via iTunes. I'm guessing Conde loses 50 percent of the revenue by doing it this way, but that's what they get for refusing to give the customer what he wants.