Remains of the Day (02/27)

Bammer47: Have you checked in with gay historian Mike Balaban lately?

Dlisted: Are the Spice Girls performing at the Royal wedding?

The Washington Post: Kushner's overseas contacts raise concerns as foreign officials seek leverage

Towleroad: "Clueless" Stacey Dash is running for Congress in California

Press Release: Kylie Minogue to headline New York City Pride

NPR: Michelle Obama's "deeply personal" memoir will be published Nov. 13

Broadway World: Friend-of-the-(212) Dennis Hensley's "You Don't Know My Life!" comes to the Los Angels LGBT Center on March 11

Time: Bernie Sanders's son Levi announces run for Congress 

Page Six: Cynthia Nixon snapped with Sarah Jessica Parker amid Kim Cattrall feud

Baseline: Serena's hubby puts up Billboards in Palm Springs

Curbed: Judge rules stockbroker must vacate his ill-gotten affordable Chelsea apartment

The New York Times: I've always said most actors are cast for who they are, not how they act -- and this interview with Lauren Ambrose was like catching up with Claire Fisher

Hunk du Jour: Anthony Gallo really does these Polo slip briefs justice

HuffPost: Gay GOP group leader still believes Crazy Donald is a"pro-LGBT" president(!)

The Wall Street Journal: U.N. report links North Korea to Syrian chemical weapons

The Guardian: Slovakian journalist investigating claims of tax fraud linked to ruling party shot dead

The WoW Report: Barbra Streisand reveals she had her dog cloned -- TWICE

Metrosource: Just how many "unseen" photos of Marilyn Monroe still exist?

Boy Culture: How do we feel about the "Heathers" reboot headed to television?

Vice: Streaking makes a comeback

Daily Intelligencer: GOP Senator Bob Corker decides to retire (this time for real)

Hot Cat of the Day: Let's sure hope this little cutie finds a good home, now that our governor has granted $5 million to fund state animal shelters

Digging 'Diggers'

Watched the director Katherine Dieckmann's new film, "Diggers," with Michael over the weekend. It stars cutie Paul Rudd and Maura Tierney as a working-class brother-sister coping with the death of their clam digger father on the South Shore of Long Island circa 1976. The "realizing you're really an adult once your parents die" theme isn't groundbreaking, but the smart script and outstanding performances -- particularly by Tierney and the hilarious Ken Marino (the former "State" star who also wrote and co-produced the film) as the siblings' hyperfertile friend Lozo -- make the film worth seeing. (It was fun seeing Lauren Ambrose in a small part that is decidedly not Claire Fisher, although her inner art student rises to the surface in the end!) One question though: what happened to the Strong Long Island accents, guys? Buy "Diggers" on DVD here.

Footnote: "Diggers" received a limited theatrical release on April 27, 2007, and also premiered on HDNet on the same day, and the DVD came out days later, on May 1. It's an interesting strategy for a "little movie" given the expense of marketing and getting a film distributed in wide release. I wonder if we'll see more "simultaneous releasing" options as the digital age continues.