Nicolle (sic) Wallace has been announced as the conservative voice on the next season of The View. Considering she was instrumental in the McCain/Palin campaign, you might think she's a total idiot. However, she also supports marriage equality, so she's a big improvement over some of the right-wingers The View has tried out along the way.

She'll be joined by actress Rosie Perez and by the previously-signed Whoopi Goldberg and Rosie O'Donnell. Sounds like sparks will be flying...left and right!

And not one of them could be bothered to mimic a brunette period?

MOTHERS OF RE-INVENTION: 6 Madonna impersonators take on all her hits.

MO cop shoots, kills unarmed black teen.

Kurds battling back vs. ISIS.

McCain thinks the Iraq War wasn't long enough.

Sen. Graham (R-SC): “American city in flames!!!” if no war.

Hillary distinguishes herself from Obama, pans his foreign policy.

Soap actor Charles Keating dies @ 72.

Cooper Helfet (pictured) is hella hot!

Beyoncé is not the queen of subtlety.

A collection of thousands of instant boners.

Amanda Bynes sneaks back onto Instagram.

Live Lion King show on the NYC subway.

Ron Paul is an MH17 truther. Of course.

Josh Hutcherson launches LGBTQ project.

The real Aunt Jemima's grandson sues for $2 billion. Lawdy!

I sho'nuff hopes he gits some da money...because that Aunt Jemima bullshit was damn embarrassing and profitable.

There's so much more to him than just muscles. There's also the peen.

What do you see first, his bulging abs or his bulging...?

Supercute Danny Roberts from The Real World is still adorbs.

Buzzfeed's Chris Geidner is NGLJA's Journalist of the Year.

Why would Rick Santorum want a photo op with Eric Stonestreet???

John McCain sad that he has no dinner invites from President Obama.

Jane Fonda lashes out at Rupert Murdoch.

Angry landlord decapitated tenant while she was alive, dismembered her.

50 Shades of Grey is the worst book ever. Looks to be the worst movie:

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SHOCK!: Megyn Kelly has no idea what she's talking about.

Long Island Medium's Theresa Caputo called a fraud.

Amanda Lepore inks book deal.

The new Giovanni's Room can sell her book!

That Madonna snippet was a re-do of “La Isla Bonita”.

Just like the dude in the first link, this one also has a lot going for him:

They don't make them like this anymore. Well, they do, but it's harder to make them—they're so stuck up!

A Malaysian Airlines flight was apparently shot down via surface-to-air missile, crashing in the Ukraine near the Russian border.

Women sliding off their seats over sexy mug shot.

Taylor Lautner shirtless, minus the 'roids. HOT!

Perv-in-chief Dov Charney of American Apparel ousted.

R. Kelly & Lady Gaga's dumped video was “literally an ad for rape.”

Obama weighs limited military intervention in Iraq.

Sen. Boxer (D-Calif.) rips Sen. McCain (R-Ariz.) on Iraq.

Alan Parker refers to Madonna in Evita as “a compromise...”

...but wanted her in The Blue Angel opposite De Niro.

New face of Madonna's Material Girl is Disney's Zendaya.

Obama cuts off Uganda for draconian anti-gay laws.

Hot-as-hell wrestler.

Who's Afraid of Vagina Wolf? is a real movie title. Not porn.

Sam Smith sings “Stay with Me” to David Letterman:

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Restoration Hardware is sending around a 17-pound catalog!

Coldplay's “A Sky Full of Stars” video.

Sarah Jessica Parker slays on Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee.

All the hottest Grady Sizemore photos.

Rick Perry regrets gay = alcoholic comment.

NY State Sen. Ruben Diaz (D!) thinks Satan runs schools.

Diaz is a total Tony Danza fanboy.

Churro ice cream sandwiches for all!

(No) Surprise: Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) was accused of being a crook.

Disney's Into the Woods will be family-friendly.

Meryl Streep to be Maria Callas in the Mike Nichols HBO version of Master Class.

Maria...you oughtta see her...

Who's the boss?

Sinéad O'Connor collaborating with Photoshop for her next project.

Brad Pitt: “I don't mind an exhibitionist, but...”

Seamus Kelly's perfect azzzzzz.

Preliminary casting of Pageant announced...

ELEPHANT MAN IN THE ROOM: Bradley Cooper returning to Broadway.

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Matt Palmer's EP Stranger Than Fiction coming June 24.

Gavyn Edlinger, Family Dollar manager, got fired over his viral shit-fit video.

Dem is leading in first PA poll for governor.

McCain flip-flops on Bergdahl—in Feb, it was a good idea. Now, it's bad.

Vintage boxing treasure trove of pix.

Ya think Assad will win? Surprised el-Sissi won?

WELL, SHOOT!: Gun nuts seeing red over NRA.

Nancy Grace thinks Anita Bryant is sweet as pie.

YOU MANGO, GIRL!: Chris Kattan, it turns out, is alive.

Lower East Side Film Festival looks goooood.

 

Good sport.

Blake Skjellerup glides onto the cover of Bello (December 2013).

FAKE OUTRAGE: Haters POed at Obama for selfie, Raul Castro handshake. Yawn.

Dumb, bigoted, anti-gay baker feels his rights have been compromised.

Don't try shoe-icide...nobody gives a damn.

I'M RUBBER, YOU'RE GLUE: Racy condom commercial pulls out all the stops.

Can Megan Mulally save Sean Saves the World?

George H.W. Bush is the third U.S. president on Twitter.

Another fake GF for Taylor Lautner.

BETTER THE DEVIL YOU KNOW: Now NBC is remaking Rosemary's Baby.

It's the Me(phistopheles) Generation.

You need a little (Boy) Culture!

It blows my mind to realize that Boy Culture is now eight years old. I can still remember the joy I felt when I figured out how to post, how to upload an image and how to embed a video. I remember every time a post blew up, bringing in hits and new viewers. I remember the longtime commenters, the trolls, the spam and the never-ending (and validating!) pitches and free tickets and photographers' snaps of half- or all-naked male models. 

Shooting for my blog has never been a drag.

I've used Boy Culture to express myself, to help express others and to connect to people internationally.

I've also used it to show off my humor (both high and low), to flaunt my obsessions, to reality-test my sexual diversions and perversions, to laud the art I love, to lash out against the enemies of gay people and to broadcast my admiration for Madonna.

I want to thank you all for having read this blog over the years. It's a very hard thing to maintain, and it will not be maintained forever. But each time I get some positive (or even just meaningful) feedback, each time my posts are shared on social media, each time something I've written elicits a response, it keeps me going that much longer.

Madonna's stepmother was not impressed.

Thank you. Please enjoy my 100 favorite posts, please let me know if you're reading any old ones for the first time and are liking them and, most of all, please share this entire post far and wide to help get my work out there.

My first "Guydar" post from 2008.

As always, you can find me on Facebook (personal and blog), Twitter, Instagram and YouTube (plus, here are my YouTube greatest hits). 

ALL ORANGE TITLES ARE HOTLINKS.

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#100

TOTALLY RANDOM LISTS (2011—2013)

I've gotten way into lists. Way. You'll find more of my lists higher up on, uh, this particular list. But the ones that are just completely random go here because I worked my ass off on them, because I love them and because—judging from Quantcast data—you like 'em, too.

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My favorite Duran Duran member.

POP QUIZ: VIDEOS THAT KILLED (2011)

Totally awesome '80s! Take this visual quiz to see how many classic music videos you can ID.

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I wish sex tapes had existed in the '50s.

UNDER THE GAYDAR: 10 PEOPLE YOU MAY OR MAY NOT REALIZE WERE OR ARE QUEER (2012)

I got lots of feedback on this, mainly because nobody realized Nell Carter was with a woman at the time of her death.

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I would've chipped in to get this one made.

WOULDA COULDA SHOULDA: 5 INCREDIBLE MOVIES THAT NEVER HAPPENED (2013)

I'm shamless for including Leda & Swan, a movie that was a bomb without ever even being made.

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Great Scott!

IN & OUT: 25 STARS' FIRST & LAST PERFORMANCES IN FILM & ON TV (2013)

Being obsessed with nostalgia and with movies, this was fun—but so very taxing—to compile. I loved the randomness of it.

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I hate that music has been sleeveless for 20 years.

20 7" SINGLE SLEEVES FROM THE '80S THAT BELONG IN A GALLERY (2013)

Just 20 from my massive collection of 45s. I got rid of my 12" records, but I've kept these guys because they're just too much a part of my childhood.

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Amanda Blake's marriage was a mystery, with both spouses dying of AIDS.

GAY MARRIAGE: CELEBRITIES WHO MARRIED LGBT SPOUSES (2013)

It might've been more efficient to make a list of famous straight people who managed to marry other full-on heteros.

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The infamous Gary Coleman/Mark Messier two-shot seen 'round the world.

ODD COUPLES: 19 UNUSUAL CELEBRITY PAIRS (2013)

This post encapsulates my outlook on pop culture and my desire to twist it and play with it...except in this case, its participants are already doing the dirty work.

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Haunted House: The family home that haunted Jane and Bill's final years.

#99

A FIGHT AT THE MUSEUM (2007)

My late mentor's husband struggles to give away his family home.

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#98

POLITICS (2005—2013)

I'm a political person and I blog about it a lot. Some of the entries stand up over time, but many are so of the moment it was hard to pull the ones I like best.

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Where Kevin James goes, (unintentional!!!) homophobia follows.

TRUNZO IS DUNZO (2007)

Star Magazine implying gay people aren't quite right? Not normal! This took off on several blogs and GLAAD got an apology from Trunzo over it. Some people think it's being "oversensitive," but Jesus...how much clearer is "Man to man" with a huge "NOT" (NORMAL) stamped over it?

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If McCain calls, I'm not here. 

NEW YORK TO McCAIN: DROP DEAD! (2008)

The time I saw John McCain and showed him exactly how I felt. 

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The Clintons practice some black magic 

WHITE MISCHIEF (2008)

When Bill and Hillary decided to use race in the race for the White House.

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Crist for the mill 

FLORIDA'S GOVERNOR ENGAYGED: DOES THIS COUNT AS "GAY MARRIAGE?" (2008)

Charlie Crist is gay. Really, really gay.

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There's always 2016... 

HOW DO I LOVE THEE? LET ME COUNT THE GAYS... (2008)

The gay affair with Hillary Clinton.

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Hail, Mary, full of disgrace

 SARAH PALIN = SPIRO AGNEW + HARRIET MIERS (2008)

Aw, she'll never last...

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Whoopi-tee-doo & Kate, too! 

THE MARRYING KIND (2008)

That fabulously spontaneous anti-Prop 8 march in NYC.

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"Fierce advocate" was once a taunt, and is now just true.

WITH US OR AGAINST US (2009)

A post from when the Obama Administration was considered almost openly hostile toward gay-rights advocates. I believe he's turned that impression around.

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A good sign

IT GOT BETTER (2010)

The one where President Obama happily signed DADT out of existence.

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As she lays her career down to sleep...

DAMN, I WISH SHE WOULDN'T DO THISI (2011)

Sopie B. Hawkins GOesProud. I wish she'd GOHome.

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I live for death!

#97

OBITUARIES (2009—2012)

I tend to write about almost every celebrity death I hear about, specializing in anyone from the Golden Era. These are two that really blew me away. You, too?

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Very hazardous duties

AND JILL CAME TUMBLING AFTER (2009)

The death of Farrah Fawcett, a woman whose nips decorated my walls before I realized I had no use for them.

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End credits

REFLECTIONS IN A VIOLET EYE: ELIZABETH TAYLOR DIES AT 79 (2011)

The biggest living star fades out. It's still hard to believe she isn't around anymore.

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She worked hard for the money.

LAST DANCE: DONNA SUMMER DIES AT 63 (2012)

I'd spent a long time hating Donna over her alleged anti-gay comments, but that rumor isn't the whole story on her life.

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Good egg

MAKES SAD FACE, MOVES LIPS, TYPE APPEARS ON PANEL: "THE END" (2012)

I was surprised when no major news services noted the death of the last person to have starred in a silent film as an adult, Barbara Kent.