Happy Fourth of July!

Ok, so I know it's a day early but I figured my American readers would be off and about doing "stuff" instead of staying home and reading blogs so I thought I'd get in early. I'm not quite sure what Americans do on the day, maybe watch baseball or a football match, have a parade, spit at the British? Anyway, it's not something we celebrate here in the UK, but I really think that we're missing a trick.

One of my favourite days when I lived in France was the Fourth of July. I have no idea why it's celebrated in France - maybe it's an anti-British thing - but I remember that my friends and I used to dress up and go out and the whole port of Saint Tropez used to be alive with hot young Americans and party goers. It was easily one of the best nights to go out and party and we always had a brilliant time.

You know, since we've pretty much imported everything else from the United States, we might as well import an excuse to go out and have some fun!

By the way, apologies for using the photograph of Reichen Lehmkuhl. I was looking for a photograph of a hot guy with an American flag, but this was the only non-pornographic one I could find.

When is the right time to bring up butt sex?

Now, before reading this story I had no idea who this Spencer Pratt person was. The girls at work told me that he was an actor in this fakey reality telly show called The Hills but I'm clearly not "down with the kids" these days as I've never seen it. Anyway, Radar has recently employed him as their regular agony uncle guy and he kicks things off in grand style with his answer to the following age-old question:

How long do you have to date someone before it's appropriate to bring up the possibility of anal sex?

If you're dating a guy, right away. If you're dating girl, I think you'll know pretty quick if she's into that. If they're not bringing it up, it's not something on their agenda. That's just realistic. My boxing coach Dirty Phi says, "If you stick your pinkie in there, and then another finger, and then another, and she responds happily, then it's cool."

I love that answer: If you're dating a guy, right away. I mean, he just gets right in there with no hesitation whatsoever, like it's the most natural thing in the world, which it is, of course. Having googled this Spencer Pratt person is, he's generally described as being a douchebag and a general all-round idiot, but I have to admit that I find his answer here very affirming and refreshing. Even complete losers can sometimes have their moments!

Mr Blackwell's 38th annual Worst Dressed list

Mr Blackwell's snarky 38th annual Worst Dressed list:

1 - Victoria Beckham: "Forget the fashion spice - wearing a skirt would suffice! In one skinny-mini monstrosity after another, pouty posh can really wreck-em."

2 - Amy Winehouse: "Exploding beehives above…tacky polka-dots below... she's part 50's car-hop horror."

3 -Mary Kate Olsen: "YIKES! In layers of cut-rate kitsch, Mary Kate's look is hard to explain... she resembles a tattered toothpick-trapped in a hurricane!"

4 - Fergie: "Another style-free 'Fergie' in fashion's hall of shame? Yes, when it comes to couture chaos, guess it's all in a name!"

5 - Kelly Clarkson: "Her heavenly voice soars above the rest... but those belly-baring bombs are hellish at best! She may be the queen of 'Pro-Active' – but that wardrobe looks downright radioactive!"

6 - Eva Green: "Stuck in neon nightmares not fit for the sane. Fashion this loud could give Bond a migraine! A profusion of confusion from toes to nose!"

7 - Avril Lavigne: "Gothic make-up courtesy the mad spatula-Fashions provided by.. The house of Dracula!"

8 - Jessica Simpson: "Forget the Cowboys. In prom queen screams, can it get any worse? She's a global fashion curse!"

9 - Lindsay Lohan: "Lindsay the fashion frenzy strikes again! Lohan takes fashion to a new low."

10 - Alison Arngrim: "Little Nellie of the prairie, looks like a 1940's fashion editor for the Farmers Almanac."

Heh, he's such a bitch! However, we did notice one name missing. Mr Blackwell must've been reading our thoughts as he added a note at the end of his list: "For those of you who were expecting to see Britney's name adorn the 2007 list, I felt that it was inappropriate at this time to make comment, when her personal life is in such upheaval. I hope 2008 is a better year for her."

Aw, looks like the bitter old queen has a heart after all. Maybe, just a little.

Source

So who got dumped in 2007?

EW's Hollywood Insider has a list of music acts that either got dumped (or had their contracts 'expire') in 2007: "many were simply caught up in consolidation and closings. Of course, several have found new homes already, but plenty of bands are free agents. What does it mean for the music business in '08? Are more casualties on the way?"

Airbourne
Alexz Johnson
Alkaline Trio
Amerie
And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead...
Annie Steela
Ari Hest
Aslyn
Big Pooh and Little Brother
Blood Brothers
Bo Bice
Brendan James
Brett Ryan
Christian Daniel
Christina Milian
CMurder
Dandy Warhols
DMX
Fischerspooner
From First To Last
Goldie
Hedley
IMA Robot
INXS
JC Chasez
Jewel
J-Kwon
Joe Budden
Kelis
Kevin Devine
King Elementary
Liz Phair
Melissa Auf der Mar
Men, Women and Children
Moby
Mooney Suzuki
Natalie Warner
Nine Inch Nails
Northern State
Otep
Over It
P.O.D.
Paris Hilton
Paul McCartney
Phase 9
Prophet Omega
Radiohead
Reeve Oliver
Ronnie Day
Ruben Studdard
Shaggy
Shout Out Louds
Skye Sweetnam
Sound Team
Sparklehorse
Stacie Orrico
Sugarcult
Summer Obsession
The Clipse
The Donnas
The Music
The Outline
The Redwalls
The Vines
What About Frank
White Stripes

Poor J C Chasez! He was always my favourite gay member of N*Sync. I never really got it on with Lance Bass, the wonky eyebrow put me off. Anyway, here are some pearls of wisdom from our Mr Chasez:

"A person's private life should be just that - private. People have a right to privacy. I don't think that just because someone is famous it gives others the right to pry into their personal affairs." Spoken like a true closet case!

"I'm not Justin Timberlake, so I can go anywhere I want." No sh*t!

"I just like the fact that I'm skinny, because I can wear a lot of clothes. I can wear anything."

"I like a girl who maintains herself but isn't arrogant. I like a girl who is understanding and makes me laugh." And turns a blind eyes to the guys..

"I'm not Mr. Romeo who takes girls on yacht cruises and flies them on airplanes to go here and there and (goes), 'Hey baby'. But, you know, just little things. It's the little things in life that count."

Oh, we need J C back in the charts. He's so nutty and clearly delusional if he thinks anyone would ever mistake him for a hettie. Just look at him, my pussycat can smell his gayness!

Looks like Ian Thorpe has more to worry about now than just those pesky gay rumours

According to a report on the website of the French daily sports paper L'Equipe, Ian Thorpe showed abnormal levels of testosterone in a test taken in May last year, yesterday. The tests also showed luteinising hormone which stimulates the production of testosterone.

Australian anti-doping officials took no action, according to L'Equipe, because they doubted the scientific validity of the result. The French newspaper also asserted that the governing body of swimming, Fina, has appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport to have the case reopened.

Who knows what to think of this report? Drug testing is a tricky problem, especially when you’re talking about hormones that appear naturally in the body. Who’s to say why there are higher than normal quantities in some people? Poor Ian, and he thought he only had those pesky persistant gay rumours to worry about. This kinda puts things into perspective.

Mika's ambivalent sexuality attracts death threats from a fan!

Flamboyant pop star Mika says he's been receiving gay death threats because he won't discuss his sexuality. The 23-year-old singer has told how he receives messages from people threatening to kill him over his sexuality. Mika told the London Evening Standard "I get hate messages all the time, a death threat. It was over whether I am gay or not. He wasn't happy that I won't talk about my personal life like that. Sometimes I think that I have made it, other times it is a bit worrying."

The article goes on to state that Mika recently said: "I never talk about anything to do with my sexuality, I don't think I need to. People ask me all the time. In order to survive I've shut up different parts of my life, and that's one of them, especially this early in my career, I don't really feel that it's necessary to know in terms of my music. Some people make records that are defined by their sexuality, but mine really are not. It does play a lot with campness. It has a theatricality to it. Why not? It's pop music. If you're 14-years-old and you're gay, well, just do whatever you want. I'm not confused and I don't have any barriers about the way I live my life. That's why I don't want to put it under the microscope."

I don't care if Mika is gay, bi or Canadian. He's a singer and that's all I'm really interested in. There has been a lot of speculation about Mika's sexuality in the media and, between you and me, I think it's bloody obvious which team he bats for. So let's just say that if Mika ever does decide to come out, then I'd be about as surprised as I was when Rosie O'Donnell did. Sometimes, you really don't need to state the obvious.

Do you think Ryan Seacrest is gay? Vote now!

You may place your vote here. Courtesy of InTouch Weekly, they really know the burning issues of the day.

They also report that Ryan's ex-girlfriend Shana Wall, who he dated for a few years, says he's been telling the truth when he says he's straight. "Ryan is not gay, nor is he bisexual," Shana, who produces and hosts the online cooking show, The Hot Dish with Shana, tells In Touch. "We had an amazing and passionate relationship for a few years, and we are still very close."


The poll is close but, amazingly, most people are voting that he's heterosexual. I bet Ryan's pleased with that though he does seem to feel the need to assert his credentials and you know what that usually indicates..

Armisted Maupin's Tales of the City

Armisted Maupin's Tales of the City was the next DVD that I rented and I watched the first series over the weekend. Browsing in a second hand bookshop the other week, I picked up a compilation of the first three Tales of the City books for £1.99. It prompted me to get the series on DVD as I hadn't seen it since it was first aired in 1993. You know, it's funny how quaint it seems now. I remembered it as being a very controversial series at the time. Now, it almost looks innocent.


It reminded me that I had a huge crush on Bill Campbell, he was so fit and never afraid to play a gay character. Remember he was Steven's boyfriend in Dynasty? He was so tall and handsome, I would watch anything he was in. As for the other actors, Barbara Garrick was hilarious, playing uptight, grocery boy seducing Dee Dee Halcyon.


My favourite character of all is Mrs Madrigal, played by the wonderful Olympia Dukakis. Oh, she's magnificent in the part. I won't spoil the mystery behind this character, go rent the DVD yourself.


By the way, did you know that Armistead Maupin knew Rock Hudson and wrote a thinly veiled account of their liaision in Further Tales of the City? Years later, Maupin was responsible for outing Hudson in an article in the San Francisco Chronicle.

Because we just can't get enough of Jake Gyllenhaal wearing revealing clothing..

You know it's no accident when our Jake is caught dressed like this. The man just knows how to push all the right buttons!

Grrr

Wentworth Miller lookin' sexy in black and white

Oh, Wentworth, you're so fine
You're so fine you blow my mind
Hey, Wentworth!

Could this guy be any hotter?

So there was this guy shaving his balls in the steam room..

Yes, you read the heading correctly. You won’t believe what I saw at the gym today. At my gym, the steam room is located within the men’s changing room so you don’t have to wear shorts, you can just wear a towel or go naked. I always wear shorts, of course, but some guys go naked. Today there was a guy who was shaving his body hair. I’m not a fan of guys doing that in the steam room because it’s not hygienic. Anyway, this guy started off with his chest and then he lifted up his cock and started shaving his balls! Seriously, I don’t make this up. I didn’t know where to look. I just kept thinking, “that’s not very hygienic..” I don’t even like to cough in the steam room, let alone shave my bits.

Normally, I like to illustrate my posts with a photograph but since I intend to keep this blog safe for viewing at work, I’ll refrain this time. Believe me, it wasn’t a pretty sight!

American Idol frustration – what super crazy treat does Sanjaya Malakar have in store for us this week?

As I’ve noted before, Tuesday to Friday is frustrating for us American Idol fans in the UK as we don’t get to see the shows until Friday evening so I end up having to avoid going on the internet too much in case I stumble across a spoiler revealing details about this week’s shows. I prefer to be totally surprised on Friday evening by the super crazy antics of those loopy American Idol kids, or in the case of Haley Scarnato , be totally underwhelmed.

Most importantly, how is Sanjaya Malakar going to wear his hair? This is a topic of hot debate before the shows and Sanjaya never fails to disappoint. This kid knows how to work an audience and make love to the camera, even if he does creep me out. Sanjaya has proved to be one of the most popular contestants this year. There are several websites devoted to his mincing femininity and one of them even gave my humble blog a mention. You can see the mention at Sanjaya Malakar Idol.

The "flamboyant" Mika

Have you noticed how Mika is usually described by the media as being “flamboyant”? Now, I don’t know what that says to you, but to me, a man who is described as flamboyant is normally another way of saying that he’s “gay”: the flamboyant Elton John, flamboyant Rupert Everett, flamboyant Graham Norton etc. So I don’t know why Mika is always described as flamboyant, it’s not as though he’s openly gay. I couldn’t care less if he is, frankly he’s not my type. But I did wonder why all the hinting. Maybe Mika’s sexuality is common knowledge among journalists but they’re unwilling put any details in print in case they get their asses sued.

Simon Cowell’s not jumping out of his chair for Sanjaya Malakar, to say the least..

According to The Post Chronicle , Simon Cowell is definitely not enjoying the hula mincing sashaying phenomenon that is Sanjaya Malakar . The American Idol judge had this to say: "He's not going to win. I won't be back if he does!" The judge with the pendulous man-boobs has never been so upset about a contestant making the top 12, and he's never threatened to quit before, so it looks like it's up to all of you in the US who can vote to wind up Mr Cowell even more. Don’t forget that Simon will already have to endure Sanjaya on the Idol CD and Sanjaya in the finale (even if he doesn't win, he'll come back to sing with the others) so if Sanjaya gets further he’ll also endure Sanjaya on the Idol tour and Sanjaya would be the reason he lost his lucrative job.

As Simon would say though, let’s get real. Somehow, I don’t see Sanjaya winning. Poor Simon had to endure Chicken Little last year for a few weeks, remember his priceless rendition of “Part Time Lover”? Also, in the unlikely event that Sanjaya does win, I don’t see Simon leaving. Don’t forget that
in 2006, Simon agreed to remain as a judge on American Idol, earning £20 million ($38 million) per series for another 5 years. Even Simon doesn’t have so much money that he’d walk away from that nice little earner. He’ll just grit his porcelain veneers until poor Sanjaya finally gets the heave-ho.

After all, Haley Scarnato has to leave next. Please!

Still having nightmares about Sanjaya Malakar’s Hula!

Watching the repeat of American Idol yesterday, Sanjaya Malakar totally creeped me out again with his hula. I dunno whether it was his mincing sashay, super-crazy grin or the moment he blew a kiss to the camera, but this kid is seriously weirding me out! I suppose that he’s just super-freaky and it’s kinda entertaining, but I remember an article in Entertainment Weekly where the judges were being criticised for putting through a contestant with learnings difficulties. You guessed it, they were talking about our Sanjaya!

Vote for the worst has taken credit for Sanjaya’s popularity, but I reckon that voters don’t need any encouragement to keep voting for the most comical perfomer, they’re twisted enough all by themselves. What treat do you reckon Sanjaya has in store for us this coming week with the Diana Ross theme? I’m hoping for “Chain Reaction” but only if he performs it on a spinning glitterball with fireworks and a huge wind machine (for the hair). Oh, that would be American Idol heaven! Please leave your suggestions in the comments below.

Doris Day and Rock Hudson in Pillow Talk

Pillow Talk was shown on TV this afternoon. I've seen it several times before but I had no plans so I settled down with a box of Toffifee and watched it again. For those of you who haven't seen it yet, it was the first film Doris Day made with Rock Hudson and it formed a successful template for many other films that followed. Some films from the 50's have dated badly, but Pillow Talk still seems fresh with Doris Day playing a successful career woman who doesn't need a man to be happy. I hear you girl!


What struck me was how gorgeous Rock Hudson was. I found this cheesy photo above, isn't his manly physique mighty impressive? No wonder everyone swooned over him. I read "Rock Hudson: His Story", by Hudson and Sara Davidson, really just one of those "as told to" autobiographies, but it was very candid and gave an insight to Hudson's personal life. Well worth seeking out if you want to get the background behind this most enigmatic film star.

Ann Coulter refuses to apologise, says that the word "faggot" isn't offensive to gays!!

Fox News carries a story about Borat in a skirt, Ann Coulter. Besieged in the press and by three Republican presidential candidates, Coulter defended herself by saying she was mocking political correctness in America, not homosexuality. Ann Coulter has the impudence to say that "'faggot' isn't offensive to gays; "It has nothing to do with gays." Coulter said on FOX News' Hannity and Colmes, "it's a schoolyard taunt meaning 'wuss,' and unless you're telling me that John Edwards is gay, it was not applied to a gay person."

Some people applaud Ann Coulter for speaking out against Political Correctness, but I disagree. I don't think she’s done anything laudable. I think she is a coward. Let her call John Edwards a faggot if that’s what she truly believes. But the remark is later excused as just being a harmless joke that everyone is over-reacting about. This is damage limitation, Ann Coulter style, only she’s such a klutz, she can’t even keep her mouth shut for long enough to limit any damage, she’s just doing more!

The whole context of the remark reminds me of a shyster lawyer making an inadmissable remark in court knowing full well that it’ll have to be retracted. Well the jury hears the it anyway and the remark still has the desired effect once it’s said out loud. So John Edwards will now forever be known as the guy that Ann Coulter called a faggot. What do you reckon of his chances now? One down, two to go. I wonder what she’s cooking up for Hillary and Obama!

By the way, I had the usual problem of finding an acceptable photograph of Ann Coulter. Who the heck said this woman was hot?

Jake Gyllenhaal gives me new shower nozzle masturbatory material, I want to lick his eyebrows..

The New York Post carries a humorous vignette about Jake Gyllenhaal's recent Bloomingdale's shopping excursion, where he applied his manfully obsessive attention to the task of shopping for foundation garments: apparently, a shopper in Bloomingdale's underwear department recently watched the "Brokeback Mountain" star with a salesman "combing through every style . . . A good 10 minutes later, Jake was still at it . . . holding up a pair of tight white briefs that he'd pulled out of the package to examine, as if he'd never seen tighty whities before in his entire life. It was hilarious. He looked very confused and had a furrowed brow . . . He was examining undies like an anthropologist in the city's most highly trafficked department store."

Jake eventually settled on the Calvin Klein Mens' Pro Mesh Trunk. Now, I’ve got the Pro Mesh Trunk and although it looks great, it’s just not the most comfortable garment I’ve ever worn. For starters, it’s not cotton, it’s polyamide, which for usage down there, isn’t the best idea. And it’s also kinda tight, it simply clings to everything. Or maybe that’s the look Jake was going for…?

Now, although we now know what Jake bought, we don’t know who he bought the undies for. Was it for Austin or fugly grocery bag guy? We want to know! Maybe that’s why he spent so much time examing the undies, he was imaging the intended owner wearing them and wondering about the fit. Oh, to be a salesperson at Bloomingdale’s underwear department…



Don't you think it's probable that Jake was staring at them because he was trying to guess his boyfriend's size and taste? The real question is whether he was buying them for Austin or the long island grocery bag guy (he's fugly, Jake, go back to Austin!).

John Amaechi joins in the condemnation of Ann Coulter's homophobic remarks

John Amaechi, a spokesperson for the Human Rights Campaign Coming Out Project, made a statement on Ann Coulter's use of hateful “F” word at last week’s Conservative Political Action Committee event. Amaechi, the first former NBA player to come out as gay, is on tour for HRC, spreading the word about gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender equality.

You can read Amaechi's statement from March 3rd on his Blog, but here's a quote: "Coming out and living openly can be challenging - and that challenge only grows when people like Ann Coulter mockingly use it as a cheap joke. Words have power - and this word in particular has a ricochet effect, as it emboldens bullies in the school yard, in the work place, and on the streets, and tells them that this kind of hate speech is ok."

Well said, John. I think that the general condemnation from all political parties over the past few days has shown that this kind of language is simply unacceptable. Coulter’s Friday speech has thus far raised objections from Republican presidential hopefuls Sen. John McCain of Arizona, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani as well as Democrats.

Coulter is like one of those attention seeking people who posts controversial comments on forums which then get you reaching for the "ignore" button. She sometimes crops up (only via satellite, thankfully) discussing US issues on political programmes in the UK so I've heard her overly simplistic views before. I just can't figure out who actually likes and listens to this awful woman. I mean, even Dr Laura has more diplomacy!

Let's face it, Ann Coulter is a real life Borat. Only she's not funny.

Wentworth Miller workin' up a sweat down at the gym.. for the last time!

Honestly, I can't get enough of this guy.. Wentworth Miller is so damn fine, I just had to finish off my series of pictures of Wentworth working out.



The Prison Break actor was recently photographed stretching and engaging in some boxing at a local gym. Hey, Wentworth, let's get sweaty!