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Madonna is so loose and playful here. Try contrasting it with her American Life visit! Love her look and the outta-nowhere dress, and it's endearing to hear Mama Madonna bragging about being “fat” ...

So much for the no photos and no video rule — portions of Madonna's taping of Live with Kelly and Ryan are here ...

Chan the Man (Video still)

DListed: Former stripper (now he just plays one on TV) Channing Tatum hands out creative stripper names for the stars!

Summer Diary Project: Bruin Collinsworth (who I posted here) gets totally naked for Venfield8. B-T-S- video (None Work Friendly!) is here.

(Image via Venfield 8)

Washington Post: Trump literally said that Andrew Jackson could have stopped the Civil War, which he apparently thinks was a very simple thing to avoid.

Speaking of Trump: 

ExtraTV: Besties with Anderson Cooper, produces Fire Island and now this — face it, Kelly Ripa loves the gays.

(Image via Passport)

Kenneth in the (212): Whole lotta hotness, magazine-style.

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OMG Blog: Keep reading to watch the appalling stonewalling from a Russian flack when asked about the concentration camps in Chechnya ...

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Kelly Ripa got some love from Andy Cohen on her show yesterday when the Bravo exec/host revealed she was the one who noticed what turned out to be melanoma on his lip.

Watch ...

Kelly Ripa spent a good chunk of her acceptance speech for a GLAAD Excellence in Media Award raving about Anderson Cooper and his partner Benjamin Maisani, who she referred to as wonderful friends and role models for her son.

Check it out here.

The event also saw Thomas Roberts receiving the Vito Russo Award from Lynda Carter. Unfortunately, he was not required to spin around, losing his clothes until he was left with a solid gold jockstrap.

Anderson Cooper, closeted 2 years ago, now comfy telling us Andy Cohen's a top.

Kelly Ripa is a bottom for Botox.

Wentworth Miller on being closeted: “I think audiences knew, to a certain extent.”

Justin Theroux's piece is...distracting.

THEY'RE BREATHLESS: Crazy-funny '80s wrestling montage.

Hot tennis players on hot beach vacays.

Malaysian Flight MH17 passenger tweets darkly funny photo before death.

Guy Ritchie's fiancée pops out THIRD kid in just over TWO years.

Former child actor Drake now acting like a child, dissing Macklemore on TV.

NYC's Long Island Railroad strike averted after lots of “agita.”

Award-winning short(-ish) film Dirty Magazines.

Courtney Stodden takes blindfolded challenge.

Francesco Scavullo's longtime lover shut out in estate battle.

Reporter recounts Israel's attack that killed four Palestinian children.

Stockton bank robbery leads to tragic deaths of hostages.

Blues guitarist Johnny Winter dies @ 70 while on tour.

One of Winter's final performances.

NFL's 1st out ex-player Dave Kopay was “unnerved” by Michael Sam's cake/kiss moment.

Kopay supports Sam, but is old-school on kissing and cake-smearing. (Photo: George Dureau)