Remains of the Day (06/25)

Today: Vacation buddies? See George Clooney and Barack Obama together in Italy

Vox: The 22 women who have publicly accusing Trump of sexual assault or misconduct

Instagram: Did I forget the weekend's hunkiest tennis winner?

Associated Press: Indiana school fires gay teacher to keep diocese ties

The Hill: House Democrats unveil changes to border bill to win over progressives

Washington Post: Iran calls new U.S. sanctions "outrageous," warns path to diplomacy is closed

Greg in Hollywood: While guesting on “WWHL,” Rosie O’Donnell covers the roses and thorns of her career

Boy Culture: MrMan's Top 10 hottest gay-sex scenes

ATP: Marcos Baghdatis to retire after competing at Wimbledon

Queerty: Brandon Flynn addresses Richard Madden relationship rumors

MetroSource: Now you can tell the "Golden Girls" thank you for being a friend

NewNowNext: Smithsonian’s “Illegal to Be You” exhibit revisits 150 years of queer history

The Daily News: Sister charged with stabbing her identical twin to death in New Jersey apartment

The WoW Report: Wishing Carly Simon a very happy birthday!

Dlisted: Dean McDermott ALSO has a story about his child walking in on him having sex with his wife

HuffPost: Young Americans are becoming less comfortable with LGBTQ people, GLAAD finds

Matthew's Island: Shirtless men together

The Randy Report: Gus Kenworthy gets "Nailed" by Michael Henry

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Remains of the Day (03/28)

Greg in Hollywood: Rosie O'Donnell says Whoopi Goldberg was "meaner than anyone has ever been" to her on "The View"

The Daily News: Mueller's report is more than 300 pages, raising questions about four-page summary

Washington Post: How Trump inflated his net worth to lenders and investors

Towleroad: Grindr not liable for man who sent 1,000+ sex-seeking men to his ex-boyfriend's house

Back2Stonewall: Google appoints right-wing extremist Heritage Foundation president to its advisory council

The New York Times: This is why I nudged a freshly out Gus Kenworthy that it probably wasn't a good idea to be partying with the son of the sultan of Brunei

Associated Press: Well if Donald Trump knows anything it's about being an "embarrassment to our nation"

Gr8er Days: "Day of the Dead" actor dies at 70

The Randy Report: White supremacist who drove his car into a crowd of people during a rally in Charlottesville, Va., pleads guilty to 29 federal hates crimes 

The Verge: How Grindr became a national security issue

Boy Culture: Rep. Adam Schiff pushes back against critics; Pelosi has his back

New York Post: First Democratic primary debate(s) to be in Miami in June

Quora: What does Debbie Harry mean when she says something like "Francois sais pas, Flashe no deux" in Blondie’s song "Rapture"?

Metrosource: 6 outstanding LGBTQ documentaries you may have missed

Attitude: "Arrow" actor Colton Haynes details dive into alcohol and drug addiction

Reuters: U.S. Supreme Court refuses to block gun "bump stock" ban -- finally its ardent defense of the Trump administration pays dividends!

TheStreet: Facebook is even more horrible than we already thought it was

The Source: The boy is no longer Monica's

Won't you help a "Cowboy" out?

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Page 1 Roundup (08/07)

The Daily News: Extended video of racially divisive nail salon brawl in Brooklyn offers another angle

How hunky Matt Harvey went from HERO to ZERO

Rosie O'Donnell, Broadway stars, protest outside White House

My friend Scooter LaForge designed the TRUTH T-shirts everyone wore

Towleroad: Man threatened to stab every gay person on train headed home from Pride festival

New York Post: Inside the bitter divorce war between billionaire exes

The New York Times: In Ohio election, Republicans test a midterm rescue plan: Polarization

TPM: Their families must be so proud

Mother Jones: Now ex-Trump campaign aides are lobbying for Bosnia’s pro-Russian separatist party

The Randy Report: Criminal Sheriff Joe Arpaio: I may have to say 'yes' to an 'amazing' BJ from Trump

The Washington Post: MoviePass slashes the number of movies a user can see by 90 percent

The Wall Street Journal: Who’s super stoked about Spikeball? Beach bros -- and mennonites

Remains of the Day (11/07)

Gr8erdays: A look back at the late Brad Davis

The Daily News: Rosie O'Donnell is dating a woman 22 years her junior

Towleroad: Gay adult film actor missing after boyfriend is found stabbed to death in San Francisco apartment

Hunk du Jour: I guess we know he's got sausage on the menu

Read HERE.

Queerty: How did Charlie Hunnam get the nickname "12 Inch"?

Dawn Ennis: The dirty little secrets Queerty doesn't want you to know

Kevin Sessums: The writer's site has been relaunched as SessumsMagazine.com

Boy Culture: Remembering Tom of Finland

Paper: Ed Westwick, who played an attempted rapist on "Gossip Girl,"  is the latest actor accused of rape

The New York Times: The members of Congress receiving the most N.R.A. funding

OMG Blog: Model and USF football player Ryan Hintze bares all

The Film Experience: First image from "The Post," Steven Spielberg's new film about journalists' decision to report on the classified Pentagon Papers

D-Listed: The full "50 Shades Freed" trailer is here

Curbed New York: Central Park's first statue dedicated to historic women will honor two suffragettes

Deep Dish: I like when a man wears nothing but a towel and a mustache

Outsports: Robbie Rogers retires, leaving zero out gay men in American pro team sports

Greg in Hollywood: Russell Tovey's best friend is one lucky dog

JoeMyGod: Scotland apologizes for gay sex convictions

Kitty of the Day: This little critter sure reminds me of someone!

The Unbearable Darkness of Being

A Facebook friend recounts the youthful moment, with pinpoint precision, that he realized how the world perceived gay people -- not good -- via Billy Campbell's appearance on "The Rosie O'Donnell Show" circa 1999.

 Reminds me so much of my own, when Kate Jackson was on “The Tonight Show” in 1982 to promote “Making Love” — and when she told (guest host) David Brenner it was about homosexuality, the crowd reacted similarly. Brenner chastised the audience -- as did Billy and Rosie -- but I learned right then and there that I should be ashamed of myself -- and went from being an outgoing kid to a painfully self-conscious teenager and young man. I'd like to think the variety of LGBT people depicted on television these days has made it somewhat easier for kids today.

Cutie patootie alert!

Campbell played Luke Fuller, Steven Carrington's lover from 1984 to 1985 on "Dynasty" 

Rosie O'Donnell Was Born to Play Steve Bannon on 'SNL'

I haven't seen an actor campaign this hard for a role since Sean Young didn't get to play Catwoman -- do the alt-right thing, Lorne Michaels! 

Children of the '70s Rejoice

I heard there was a new "Match Game." But no one told me about the "$100,000 Pyramid" reboot -- my favorite game to plan when home with the family -- and naturally Rosie O'Donnell is on both! Compare and contrast HERE.

Hillary Rocks LGBT Fundraiser in NYC

The second Damian and I saw Hillary Clinton on "The Rachel Maddow Show" with a stylish black leather jacket and glam eye makeup, we both knew the gays had stepped in. Turns out we were right -- she was on her way to the big LGBT fundraiser for the Democratic frontrunner at Capitale NY, looking fabulous! My friend Chad and I were excited to go, despite the beyond-our-means ticket price -- we were going to pose as "young professionals"! -- but alas I was unable to get the night off at work, so we missed it. Nonetheless, my friend Ben and others were on hand and said it was a great evening, as these photos featuring Billie Jean King, Cynthia Nixon, Michael Urie and Rosie O'Donnell support! 

Rosie O'Donnell and Michelle Rounds Settle Divorce

Happy to read that Rosie O’Donnell and Michelle​​​ Rounds amicably settled their divorce Wednesday. “There’s peace in the Middle East,” O’Donnell joked to reporters after a court date with Rounds. “It’s done. We’ve settled. We’re both very happy about the outcome.” Rounds’ lawyer, William London, said the two agreed to “joint legal custody” of their adopted 2-year-old daughter, Dakota. “I feel great,” a smiling Rounds said outside Manhattan Supreme Court. Page Six reports that the former couple chatted amicably after three hours of negotiations, during which Rounds’ attorney was heard counseling her: “Don’t ask for the world. Be reasonable.” Rounds was hospitalized in September for a reported suicide attempt.

Page Six goes on to report that the "personal family issue" that prompted Rosie to leave "The View" the second time was troubled daughter Chelsea, who has since blasted her mom in the press. Rosie responded this week during a Manhattan stand-up gig, saying: “My daughter has been in the news ... but [Chelsea’s problems are] not news to the family. It’s been a decade long.”

Families are messy and complicated. Here's hoping mother and daughter are able to work through their issues. Happy to see Rosie and her ex were.

Rosie's Daughter Aims for 'Mommie Dearest,' Ends Up Sounding Like Petty Brat

Rosie O'Donnell's daughter Chelsea, 18, breaks her silence to reveal how the star locks herself away in her 'arts and crafts house' blasting Madonna and smoking weed and left The View because she feared a heart attack from Whoopi 

--Chelsea O'Donnell tells Daily Mail Online in an exclusive interview that she never ran away from home 

--She went to live with her boyfriend after Rosie kicked her out two weeks before her 18th birthday 

--She claims her mom is a 'phony' who is a totally different person inside their family home than she is in the public eye 

 --Rosie wears tight Spandex shorts and T-shirts around house and likes to sleep late - only doing her make-up if someone else does it for her 

--Rosie told her she was in withdrawal from heroin when she was born but when she checked hospital records her tests came back clean 

 ---Chelsea denies she's 'mentally ill' but reveals her struggle with depression and anxiety since Rosie divorced Kelli Carpenter

I don't know. If these are your smoking guns -- dyke mom doesn't like to wear makeup and sleeps late; you're forced to listen to Madonna in an arts-and-crafts room -- then it sounds like you've got it pretty good to me!

Read the full story HERE.

Rosie O'Donnell Helped Save Suicide Blonde's Life

Happy to see that Michelle Rounds, aka Rosie O'Donnell's estranged wife, is up and about following a suicide attempt on Tuesday. TMZ reports that Rounds was distraught about losing custody of the couple's 2-year-old daughter and that it was a quick-thinking O'Donnell who got authorities to Rounds' hotel room when she indicated she planned to take her own life -- and that O'Donnell stayed on the phone with her ex until help arrived. Major lesbian drama. Here's wishing everyone well. 

A friend, or does someone have a type?

In proverbial happier times

Rosie O’Donnell’s Estranged Wife Hospitalized After Suicide Attempt

Radar Online is reporting that Rosie O'Donnell's estranged wife, Michelle Rounds, was recently hospitalized after a suicide attempt in a hotel room, about a week after photos surfaced of her ex on a "romantic getaway" with new girlfriend Tatum O'Neal. Not sure how much of this to believe -- Rounds has always seemed flaky and I'm not convinced Tatum and Rosie's aren't just friends -- but there's one thing I am sure of: Rosie has had a rough couple of months, between her custody battle with Rounds, her father's passing and her daughter running away.

Rosie O'Donnell's Missing Daughter, 17, Was Found With Convicted Heroin Dealer She Met on Tinder -- UPDATE

Disturbing update from The Daily Mail on Rosie O'Donnell's daughter. 

The schoolgirl daughter of TV comedian Rosie O'Donnell spent several days in the company of a man convicted of drug offences and who had been arrested for endangering a child, Mail Online can reveal tonight. Chelsea O'Donnell, 17, met known criminal Steve Sheerer through the online dating app Tinder, it can be disclosed. When she was apprehended at a house in Village Drive, Barnegat, New Jersey, last night, the runaway who had been the subject of an appeal by her mother, tried to hide in an attic with her puppy Bear. Sheerer, 25, first told officers she was not inside the property, but he was known to police officers who knew they could not accept his word at face value. Patrolman Nicholas Dapuzzo entered the property and found the teenager, wearing a black zip up hoodie, white shirt and jean shorts, huddled in the attic with her dog. She was unharmed and of 'sound mind and body' but it is the Mail's revelation that she was with a man with a drugs record who she met on social media that is likely to alarm her mother most. It has been established that Chelsea, who went 'missing' on August 11 after leaving her family home in Nyack, New York, spent the first few days in New York City. She then headed for Penn Station in Manhattan and boarded a bus arriving in Barnegat 'Thursday-ish' she told police. 

Glad this has a happy ending -- and here's hoping the younger Ms. O'Donnell gets the help she needs.

The Daily News reports:

It was Rosie O’Donnell’s public plea for help in finding her missing mentally ill daughter that led to the 17-year-old’s swift return, police said Wednesday. Chelsea O'Donnell went missing on Aug. 11, and was found at a home in Long Beach, N.J., hours after her mom issued a desperate public plea for her daughter to come home. “It has not been easy, for any mother of a child with mental illness, or all the siblings,” mother of five O'Donnell told The News on Tuesday night, after Chelsea was found safe and sound at a residence in Barnegat Light. Sgt. Daniel Wilson described the disappearance as a “runaway situation.” He said Chelsea had been in contact with her mom “through third parties” in the days after she left their South Nyack home. “She wasn't divulging her location. They were very brief contacts, just, statements were made, I'm not sure of the particulars,” Wilson said. “She said she was not saying where she was." The troubled teen also “did not give any indication” as to why she left home, he said. O’Donnell reported her daughter as missing on Sunday, and then tweeted and asked for help finding her daughter on her website on Tuesday. “Chelsea stopped taking her medicine and is in need of medical attention,” the statement on her site said. She also tweeted a picture of her daughter and her six-month-old therapy dog, Bear, who Chelsea had taken with her.

Keep reading HERE.

Well, I'll Be Damned

It seems Sophie B. Hawkins -- who just had a baby at age 50 with a frozen egg of hers -- is Rosie O'Donnell's latest lover. Read HERE.

Rosie's Ex Makes the Rounds

Rosie O'Donnell's estranged wife Michelle Rounds leaves party hand-in-hand with busty brunette amid ugly battle for custody of daughter

Looks like someone's got a type.

O'Donnell's Rosie Outlook

Variety writes that Rosie O'Donnell is returning to "The View" healthier and happier. I like! Read HERE.

Cilic Marin-ates Nishikori for U.S. Open Title

This post should be about the devastatingly overpowering performance Marin Cilic gave in defeating Kei Nishikori for his first Grand Slam title, but all I can think about his Mary Carillo's hilarious mom hair.

 I haven't seen something that bad since Rosie O'Donnell went lesbo-New Wave back in the day!

Hey, Mary Carillo: Amanda Bearse called and she wants her hair back.

Barbra Streisand and Rosie O'Donnell Reunited

I'm not sure what's going on here, but I like it a lot. (Looking good, Rosie!)

I wonder if it had anything to do with the launch of Barbra's new collaboration with Siriux/XM Radio, The Barbra Streisand Channel!

From a news release:

SiriusXM announced today that it will launch The Barbra Streisand Channel, an exclusive channel featuring the works of Grammy, Oscar, Emmy and Tony award-winning artist Barbra Streisand. 

The limited-run channel will launch on Friday, September 12 at 5:00 pm ET and will run through Friday, October 10, via satellite on Sirius channel 69 and XM channel 73. The Barbra Streisand Channel will also be available online on channel 69 and through the SiriusXM Internet Radio App. 

The Barbra Streisand Channel, the exclusive, limited-run channel, will feature music spanning Streisand’s legendary career, from her 1963 debut through her newest album, Partners, scheduled to be released on September 16. The channel will be fully dedicated to Barbra Streisand’s extensive body of work and will include selections from her live and studio recordings. The channel will also include Streisand’s personal song selections from her catalog, spanning 50 years. 

The Barbra Streisand Channel will also feature an exclusive “Town Hall” special with Barbra Streisand. Streisand will sit down for an intimate Q&A session with a select group of listeners in the SiriusXM studios in New York City. Moderated by her longtime colleague, music industry executive Jay Landers, “SiriusXM’s Town Hall with Barbra Streisand” will air onSunday, September 14 at 12:00 pm ET on The Barbra Streisand Channel.