Birthday shoutouts! Will Arnett (above) is 46, Lance Bass is 37, and the incomparable Pia Zadora is 63. Pia + Solid Gold = 80’s heaven!
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Nashville star Chris Carmack reconsiders move to Tennessee after state passes anti-LGBT law.
Trans woman films her horrifying assault on New York City subway.
Obama to name first national monument honoring LGBT history.
Sense8 posts delicious behind-the-scenes photos from Season Two.
IN OTHER NEWS
Steve Grand talk about his boner kills, aka “Things that make the blood flow … away from my wang.”
Laverne Cox joins Megyn Kelly Presents.
“Laverne Cox has been added to the list of celebrities Megyn Kelly will interview for her primetime special on Fox broadcast network Tuesday, May 17.”
Troye Sivan on coming out and LGBT rights.
ESPN has hired out retired soccer star Abby Wambach.
The Craft producer Doug Wick reveals upcoming remake is actually more of an update.
“I wouldn’t say that we wouldn’t so much call it a remake as a ‘20 years later,’” Wick said, later adding, “There will be callbacks to the original movie, so you will see there is a connection between what happened in the days of ‘The Craft,’ and how these young women come across this magic many years later.”
Chris Evans plays “frozen blackjack” with Jimmy Fallon, or as it’s more appropriately called, “chilly willies.”
And here’s The Weekly ShoutOUT™. Each week we’re going to focus on one out athlete/performer and feature a daily pic and career timeline. We’ll be showcasing the big names, but also the lesser-known gay and bisexual celebs who deserve more recognition.
This week our 164th ShoutOUT™ is to … Wesley Taylor
Wesley and fellow Broadway babe Matt Doyle dated for a few years (I know, right?) before breaking up in 2012. But they did perform together numerous times, including this cover Of Jason Mraz and Colbie Caillat’s “Lucky.”
Most Briefs lists involve the “best” or “greatest” of something, so for a change let’s switch it up, as Evil Snicks brings you The 30 Worst Music Videos Of All Time.
You’ll see debacles from major musical artists, as well as a few Youtube “stars.” Sure, it’s really easy to pick on desperate wannabes. It’s fun, too. But it proves that terrible can run the gamut from multi-million dollar productions to, well, a certain video named after a day of the week. You know the one.
At #3 is “Rock Me Tonite” by Billy Squire.
AKA “The music video that destroyed a career,” “Rock Me Tonite” was actually Billy’s biggest hit song on the pop chart (although i’m still surprised Foreigner never sued for ripping off “Cold As Ice”), peaking at #15 in September 1984, but the video became one of the most infamous in music history.
There is a debate about who’s more to blame for the disaster, Billy or director Kenny Ortega, but the damage was done. You can read a lengthy history of how the debacle happened on Wikipedia, but it boils down to “Squier himself, and many other observers, believe its blatant homoeroticism alienated a significant portion of his fan base (predominantly teenaged boys at the time) and ruined his career.”
Congrats to zoso, who guessed that yesterday’s Pixuzzle™ © ® was The Jeffersons.
Here’s today’s Pixuzzle™ © ®. Here are characters from a FAMOUS TV SHOW. Can you name it?
And today’s Briefs are brought to you by … Tom Berklund from Charlie by MZ.
