ABOVE: Denzel, one of the more talented Mantiques of the Day.

BELOW: Keep reading for a sexy gramps, Santos excoriated by Tulsi, a foreign-language film with gay rights at its core and more ...

Granddad energy in Kitkat: Life Is a Circus (Image via video stills)

OMG.BLOG!: Ever hear of silver daddy Gedeon Burkhard? No? You'll be glad to meet him full-frontal naked.

CNN: Republican congressman-elect George Santos ran to Fox News for what he THOUGHT would be a softball interview with Russian asset Tulsi Gabbard ... only to have her absolutely rake him over the coals. I mean, he has robustly called himself Jewish, and is now pretending he meant Jew-ISH. He also refuses to cop to blatant lies on his résumé. I hope New York AG Letitia James will investigate his sorry ass right into prison.

Oh, and he is apparently a Russian shill.

Sadly, Robert Zimmerman lost to Santos. Zimmerman has so far claimed all of this stuff was revealed months ago, but the media ignored it. However, I think it's ridiculous not to blame Zimmerman's campaign for not hitting this harder, sooner — like when it counted.

Starring Chad Douglas?! (Image via Cannes Film Fest)

FRANCE 24: Moroccan director Maryam Touzani's The Blue Caftan has been shortlisted for Best International Feature Oscar consideration, and hopes it will contribute to nurturing a healthy, much-needed debate about same-sex love. It portrays a male-female couple who make traditional robes, but whose relationship is tried when the man becomes attracted to a male newcomer. She went on to say:

It pains me to see people living hidden away, in fear, with their love suppressed, denied and judged.

VARIETY: Variety's early thoughts on possible Oscar nominees — and winners — include not much queer content. The picks also reveal what I have suspected, that it will be a corrective sort of year that leans into mainstream hits. We could see Top Gun: Maverick taking Best Picture. I have zero interest in that kind of movie, but hoped to be surprised. I wasn't. It's just jingoistic, empty, feel-good, masc, Hollywood-star idolatry. I found it silly. Ditto Elvis, which does have a nice central performance, if you can avoid Tom Hanks's second hammy perf of the year. I have yet to see Avatar, but I do think all three of those will get Best Picture nods. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever could become a fourth very mainstream entry.

CNN: U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg is vowing to make Southwest pay for its spate of outright cancellations, which ruined many a holiday.

INSTAGRAM: Britney Spears's hubby Sam Asghari posted a revealed, bulge-tastic selfie — only to delete it when people noticed the obvious.

I hate size queens who are saying this is small, etc. (Image via Instagram)