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Remains of the Day (01/28)

LGBTQ Nation: Sweet interview with out "Jeopardy!" contestant who won nearly 100 grand

Page Six: Actor who appeared completely nude in "Roma" denied visa

Towleroad: GLAAD teams up with "The Black List" to promote the hottest unproduced LGBTQ screenplays in Hollywood

Instagram: Are these the two hottest photos of Henry Cavill ever?

The Daily News: So it turns out Tom Brokaw said Republicans "don't want brown grandbabies" (whew) -- but then he turned around and said Hispanics "should work harder at assimilation" (huh? how so?)

Raw Story: Trump insults ex-presidents on surreal White House tours for strangers and friends

Brokelyn: The late great David Rakoff had a few choice words about the original "Rent"

Dlisted: Trader Joe's star Geoffrey Owens made an appearance in the SAG Awards opener

New York Post: Woman spent her entire weekend trapped in an elevator on the Upper East Side

Alan Ilagan: These shirtless Bradley Cooper gifs won't have you seeing Barry Manilow

Baseline: Novak Djokovic's top 5 hard-court feats

Beantown Cuban: Johnny Diaz is engaging more with his audience

The Washington Post: I don't see anything wrong with Jason Witten

Gr8er Days: She was the first Lucy, but where is the love?

Boy Culture: I might consider taking up backpacking if this guy walks in front of me

Washington Blade: Things for LGBTQ Brazilians are deteriorating quickly under its new Trump of the Tropics leader

The Randy Report: Olivia Newton-John and Kylie Minogue honored on Australia Day

Greg in Hollywood: I see I'm not the only one on to Peter Gojowczyk's best ass-et

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Hot Cat of the Day: Bob and his father both look pretty frisky to me ...

Everything That's Wrong With the World: Right Now Edition

Watched the Fyre Festival documentary on Netflix over the weekend. I only understood about 10% of what they were talking about -- what’s a Gigi Hadid, Major Lazer, Ja Rule, influencer, etc.? -- but I’m guessing like most of you, the only people I have any sympathy for are the Bahamians who got stiffed for all their hard work. Shouldn’t it have been called “Schadenfreude: The Movie”? I can't for the life of me figure out how we got to a place where people are more interested in how they look online than how happy they are in their real lives, but that's where we are. We'll probably check out the Hulu one at some point. I heard Billy McFarland was paid to sit down for an interview -- not really interested in what a sociopath has to say, but that money had better not have wound up in his pockets -- and that it answers some other questions, although I'm not sure what that could be.

My boyfriend’s takeaway: It’s time to shut down the internet.

P.S. We actually started to try to watch “Get Me Roger Stone” in honor of someone finally getting indicted over Hillary’s emails -- and were considering making an exception on hearing Trump’s voice since it was from before he fraudulently became president -- but then Tucker Carlson popped up on screen and we just couldn’t deal with looking at that frozen-food heiress’s face.

I reckon the Michael Jackson documentary will be next on our list. If *only* there had been some way of knowing something was amiss ...

“Like [alleged victim Wade] Robson, [James] Safechuck says he was instructed by Jackson never to tell anyone about the abuse, which occurred between 1988 and 1992. Safechuck began to think he was gay until he developed a crush on one of Jackson’s backup dancers, Sheryl Crow. But, the complaint says, Jackson was displeased by this and showed Safechuck pictures of Crow without makeup to try to convince the boy she was unattractive.”

Mug Shot Monday

I'm assuming this isn't actually Detroit Lions linebacker Trevor Bates's mug shot -- it's the hottest one yet if it is. But the 6-foot-2, 247-pound 25-year-old was arrested over the weekend for allegedly pummeling an NYPD sergeant. More HERE.

Weekend Tennis Roundup

Novak Djokovic increased the odds that he might be deemed GOAT when all is said and done, dismissing Rafael Nadal in straight sets to claim his record seventh Australian Open title.

Nadal delivered the best post-match speech in recent memory

I’ve been watching professional tennis since 1977, and I’ve never seen a man play better than I did in that match -- and against one of the best players of all time.

Rafa scores a win down under ...

Truly incredible. Nadal was p;laying in just his first tournament since retiring in the semifinals of the U.S. Open -- so reaching the final at all was Serena-esque, to put it mildly.

But the Spaniard had looked so utterly unbeatable that I was still taken aback by the outcome.

Assuming Nadal stays healthy, it will be fun to see these two possibly square off in Paris again, where Nole will be going for his second sweep of the majors.

Already told you how thrilled I am for Naomi Osaka, who won her second straight major on Saturday.

Nice to finally see that smile she was robbed of in New York ...

Found these pics of Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut ...

to be strangely homoerotic ...

Leg men ... and did you see Herbert's HOT BROTHER?

The Frenchmen achieved a career Grand Slam in men's doubles after defeating Henri Kontinen and John Peers in the final, 6–4, 7–6(1)!

Ended up watching the boys' final, pitting No. 1 seed Lorenzo Musetti of Italy and American Emilio Nava. I don't really see much of a future for either of them, to be honest. But it immediately took me back to my juniors days, with each boy tensing up and wanting it SO BADLY that you could barely breathe even as a spectator. That it went to a third-set tiebreak in which each boy had match points only added to the drama. But in the end the Italian came out on top. Ivan Lendl presented the trophies -- which was as awkward as you'd guess. But it looks like Novak Djokovic surprised the guys by stopping by later, which seems to have put smiles on their faces.

Love this photo so much!

Another fun factoid I learned this fortnight is that there have been 26 women ranked number one in the history of the WTA -- and Serena has beaten a stunning 21 of them if you count what she did against Karolina Pliskova. Can you name the five she hasn't beaten? Hint: Only one of them is a player who hadn't retired before Serena got to 'em!

When Damian and I saw Naomi play Venus Williams at Wimbledon in 2016, we predicted she was the real deal. Now she's proven she's even realer than we thought! After she beat Petra Damian said to me, "Shouldn't she be pacing herself?"

(With wire services)