Weekend Report

The Daily News: Media barred from Harvey Weinstein hearing after judge rules details of session would ruin defense chances of selecting impartial jury

So excited Webster Hall is back in business!

ICYMI: I have a new boyfriend

Instagram: Do you like boys with big baskets?

Back2Stonewall: Studio 54 opens in New York City on this day in 1977

Dana Milbank: We shall overcome Trump. We have survived worse.

Dwell: We had one in our 1979 house in Phoenix before my parents ripped it out a few years later: “We have nothing left to talk about"

Towleroad; Pete Buttigieg considering attending candidates forum organized by Iowa’s most notorious homophobe

New York Post: Long Island lawmakers demand hearings into LIRR overtime abuse

Thousands honor Marine and FDNY firefighter killed in Afghanistan

Sigourney Weaver seen freaking out at acclaimed high school ‘Alien’ play

The New York Times: With help from his family, Beto O’Rourke transitioned from rootless former musician to start-up founder, civic leader and candidate

 More bullshit from the National Rifle Association 

Michael Fesco, whose gay clubs were trendsetters, dies at 84

My friend Jorge pays tribute ...

USA Today: As Brian Sims once eloquently said to me: This is the opposite of helpful

The Wall Street Journal: Drive-in theaters finally meet their match: New cars with automatic lights

Matthew Wilson made a movie for $11,000 and has earned $5,000 back. And he's thrilled.

On the Rag, Vol. 547

I can so relate to this tweet from the great Chris Hayes because of my long-running "On the Rag" feature. Sorry, but he and I are not part of "the problem." Yet both of us have trolls going after us because it makes them feel morally superior, or something. Get ready for a Trump landslide in 2020!

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

Get Out!: Jesse Carmichael of Maroon 5 presents 'Thrive'

Nile Rodgers stars at the Capitol Theatre

Q Salt Lake: I've got a proposition for this one

HotSpots: Shaggy(!) to perform at 2019 Florida AIDS Walk and Music Festival

Dallas Voice: Advocates gather in Austin to lobby for LGBT equality

QX (London): Studio 54 'was like being in an artfully lit Sodom and Gomorrah'

Metro Weekly (D.C.): Bill T. Jones on his epic new trilogy, becoming an elder gay and the joys of being naked

Between the Lines: Pop Art at the Detroit Institute of Arts

Grab (Chicago): This 'Glee' veteran is still alive, damnit

San Francisco Bay Times: 60th anniversary of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater to be celebrated at UC Berkeley

Page 1 Roundup (09/13)

The Daily News: NYPD cops arrested over alleged role in prostitution and gambling ring

Bronx teacher who performed oral sex on 14-year-old gets 10 years probation, avoids jail, keeps teaching certificate

Instagram: Davis Cup teammates Benoit Paire and Lucas Pouille get wet together

The Associated Press: Hurricane Florence downgraded to Category 2, still considered dangerous

The New York Times: Detention of migrant children has skyrocketed to highest levels ever

Threats and deception: Why CBS’s board turned against Leslie Moonves

OMG Blog: The Mark Wahlberg workout is giving me such a good sensation

Closer: John Ritter remembered on the 15th anniversary of his death 

The AIDS Memorial: Malcolm Forbes, Anthony Perkins and Tom Cruise -- was this a special gay edition of the National Enquirer?

The Wall Street Journal: Cinnamon-raisin bagels face a schmear campaign in New York

A new documentary brings viewers into the world of Studio 54 with never-before-seen footage from inside the iconic nightclub

On the Rag, Vol. 472

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

Metro Weekly (D.C.): Are you ready to raunch? Read HERE.

Attitude (U.K.): Take a look at the critically acclaimed gay coming-of-age drama "Beach Rats" HERE.

QX (London): Pink is for girls / Read HERE.

Out Magazine: Exploring Marsha P. Johnson's Queer Liberation / Read HERE.

Gay Times (U.K.): This tracking software tells parents if their son is gay based on online activity / Read HERE.

Get Out!: What the world needs now is Dionne Warwick? Read HERE.

Paper Magazine: Ex-Studio 54 owner Mark Fleischman tells all / Read HERE.

DNA (Australia): OMG! Mario Gonzalez is HERE.

Hot Spots (Miami): Broadway comes to South Florida! Read HERE.

Winq (U.K.): TV drama based on the victims of Grindr serial killer Stephen Port announced / Read HERE.

Grab (Chicago): Meet Mr. and Miss Continental HERE.

The Gay U.K.: "Celebrity Big Brother' star Chad Johnson gets his lob on! / Read HERE.

Out on the Mountain is coming up Sept. 22! Tickets HERE.

Echo (Phoenix): I sure wish they were trying to create safe schools when I was a kid in the Valley / Read HERE.

POZ Magazine: Anal Cancer Finally Declines Among Gay and Bi Men With HIV / Read HERE

Gloss (San Francisco): Shock and Awe! / Read HERE.

HIV Plus: A Niece Uncovers Her Uncle's Secret Gay Life in "Memories of a Penitent Heart" / Read HERE.

Edge Media: Acclaimed Transgender Surgeon Shares Tips on Beginning Transitioning Surgery / Read HERE.

New Book Goes Inside Studio 54

This shot alone of Bjorn Borg and Bianca Jagger would make photographer Hasse Persson's upcoming "Studio 54" worth the price of admission. Somebody's got a birthday coming up in June ...

Order now HERE.

Description:

In 1977, at the height of the disco craze, a club opened at 254 West 54th Street in New York City. Studio 54 was-and, arguably, remains-the world's most renowned and legendary disco. Regularly attended by celebrities such as Andy Warhol, Elizabeth Taylor, Mick Jagger, Bianca Jagger, Jerry Hall, Debbie Harry, Grace Jones, Michael Jackson, Calvin Klein, Elton John, John Travolta, Brooke Shields and Tina Turner, the club fostered an atmosphere of unadulterated hedonism for New York's art and fashion set. Hasse Persson and his camera were frequent club guests from 1977-80. The images he photographed there have become legendary, capturing the club's famed revelers, dancers in costume and general, drunken exhilaration-and yet, incredibly, Studio 54 marks the first time in history that they have seen publication. Almost 35 years after the club's unceremonious and sudden closure, this beautiful hardback volume superbly documents the zeitgeist.