6 posts categorized "MANCHESTER"

Jun 01 2017
6-PACK — RIP Rainbow Lounge + Trump's Russian Givesy-Backsy + Michigan Farmer Sowing Seeds Of Discrimination + Wendy Williams Pays Tribute To Martyn Hett + Bond Girl & MARCUS WELBY Actresses Die Comments (0)

Rainbow-LoungeRobert L. Camina's 2012 documentary focused on the 2009 raid, which resulted in a brain injury for one patron (Image via Camina Entertainment)

WIDGETTowleroad: Fire destroys the Rainbow Lounge in Fort Worth, Texas, site of the notorious 2009 raid during which gay men were brutally arrested for public intoxication.

WIDGETWaPo: Trump giving back compounds to the Russians that Obama had seized in retaliation for election meddling. Gee, hard to figure why.

WIDGETKenneth in the (212): East Lansing, Michigan, apple farmer won't host same-sex weddings, sues city for right to discriminate.

Wendy-WilliamsEven bad people can sometimes do good things. (Video still via The Wendy Williams Show)

WIDGETOMG Blog: I hate Wendy Williams, who I think is toxic to the nth degree, but she very sweety memorialized Martyn Hett, the gay PR pro who had been set to attend her show but died in the Manchester bombing.

WIDGETVariety: Bond Girl Molly Peters dies @ 75.

WIDGETHollywood Reporter: Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969-1976) star Elena Verdugo dies @ 92. Her Welby part was the first Latina in a professional role depicted on series TV.

GiphyVerdugo starred as Millie in the early TV hit Meet Millie (1952-1956)

 
May 30 2017
Ariana Grande Headlining ONE LOVE MANCHESTER Gig With Justin Bieber, Miley Cyrus, Katy Perry & More Comments (0)

Ariana-Grande-Dangerous-Woman-Alternate-Photo-830x551(Image via Republic)

Ariana Grande has announced a One Love Manchester benefit for the victims of last week's suicide bombing outside her Dangerous Woman tour stop in Manchester, England.

The concert will take place Sunday, June 4, at Emirates Old Trafford in Manchester, a different venue from last week's site.

Along with Grande, stars announced include: Justin Bieber, Katy Perry, Coldplay, Miley Cyrus, Pharrell Williams, Usher, Take That and Niall Horan.

All proceeds got to the We Love Manchester Emergency Fund.

Tickets here starting Thursday.

 
May 26 2017
Ariana Grande: I'LL BE RETURNING TO THE INCREDIBLY BRAVE CITY OF MANCHESTER Comments (0)

Ariana-Grande(Image via Ariana Grande)

I worked with Ariana Grande (and met her brother Frankie) back in the day. I always liked her. I have a few friends who weren't fond of her professionally, and there are music fans who seem to view everything in life via a diva wars prism, but I must say I think whatever your opinion of Ariana as an artist, she has handled the tragedy of the Manchester bombing with heart and maturity.

Now, she is promising to return to Manchester to show terrorists that they will never win — and that is laudable.

More power to her.

 
6-PACK — Tennis, Everyone? + Chechnya Nightmare + Kushner Targeted + Gianforte Muscles His Way To A Weak Win + Manchester Bomber's Sis Has His Back + Not Ready For Her Glenn Closeup! Comments (0)

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WIDGETInstagram: Hot guys galore right here! Follows & likes appreciated.

WIDGETJoe.My.God.: New report details the ways in which gay men are being beaten and tortured in Chechnya. Where is Trump's bestie Putin in all of this? Nowhere.

WIDGETDaily Kos: Crooked Jared Kushner is a subject of the Russia probe, meaning investigators have now reached Trump's innermost circle — and his family.

WIDGETThink Progress: Republican Greg Gianforte won the special election in Montana in spite of an election-eve assault, but only by 7 points, a 13-point swing away from the GOP. See ya in '18!

WIDGETKenneth in the (212): Manchester bomber's sis claims he was “kind and loving,” and acted against the unfairness he witnessed being perpetrated against Muslims. Uh, your brother blew up kids.

WIDGETBroadway.com: Glenn Close pulls a Patti LuPone, stops show to demand patron halt picture-taking.

 
May 24 2017
6-PACK — Seth Rich Conspiracy Theory Dropped By Fox News + Good Porn, Bad Porn + Rebel Wilson Is The Peter Thiel Of Aging + Taiwan Says I DO + Martyn Hett Remembered! Comments (0)

SethrichSeth Rich's murder has been shamelessly politicized, even by Newt Gingrich. (Image via LinkedIn)

WIDGETHuff Post: Seth Rich was NOT murdered by the DNC. Even Fox News now knows that. Finally, its Sean Hannity is giving up that ghost.

WIDGETStr8UpGayPorn (Work Unfriendly): Men.com thought it was a good idea to show a guy impaled on a didgeridoo.

WIDGETGay Star News: On the other hand, Men.com was right in thinking a Pirates porn parody would be a good idea.

Colton-Grey(Image via Men.com)

WIDGETDListed: If you lie about your age, you can sue the media for pointing it out? Bizarre, Rebel Wilson.

WIDGETPink News: Taiwan is the first Asian nation to rule in favor of gay marriage!

WIDGETBuzzFeed: Martyn Hett, the gay man confirmed dead after the Manchester blast, once used social media to thrill his depressed mother. So touching. 

 
May 23 2017
Concern Grows For Gay Man Missing After Manchester Blast / UPDATE: Martyn Hett Confirmed Dead Comments (0)

DAfRW96XcAAitcfMartyn Hett (Image via social media)

UPDATE: Martyn Hett has been confirmed as among the 22 people killed in the suicide bombing outside the Ariana Grande concert in Manchester:

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Martyn Hett, a publicist who was at the Ariana Grande concert after which 22 people were killed by a suicide bomber, is still — as of this writing — missing.

Twenty-four hours later, he hasn't checked in, his phone is turned off and he is due, shortly, to board his flight for a dream vacation in the U.S that he had planned for a long time.

His family must be bracing for the worst.

A friend sent this heartbreaking video showing Martyn and his boyfriend Russell — who had once been on reality TV in the UK —camping it up as kids ...

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