Above: He's a charity case — people donated, he disrobed. And it was all for a good cause.
Above: He's a charity case — people donated, he disrobed. And it was all for a good cause.
DListed: Matt Perry kicked Justin Trudeau's ass once, and said he almost tried to turn it into loveplay.
Highline: Meet the Mercers, a dad-and-daughter team of reclusive billionaires running the U.S. They're like the Kochs — except more evil.
KOCO News 5: Republican State Sen. Ralph Shortey hit with felony child-prostitution charges over underage boy.
Ralph Shortey's got a shawty problem. (Via NewsOK)
Politico: It's official — Congress says Trump's claims of wiretapping are made up out of whole cloth.
On Top: Alabama House approves anti-LGBTQ adoption bill over strenuous objection of lesbian Rep. Patricia Todd: “A direct attack on my community.”
Republican Rep. Rich Wingo, who spearheaded the anti-LGBTQ adoption bill in Alabama (Image via handout)
Facebook: Mark MacKillop continues trying to figure out if he has any bad angles:
(Image credits: Tom Hiddleston photographed by Mona Kuhn, styled by Patrick Mackie. Grooming by Cheri Keating at The Wall Group. Digital technicians: Andrea Bartley, Paolo Alfante. Photography assistants: Chris O’Neill, Jared Burkhardt. Fashion assistants: Jay Barrett, Elyse Lightner. Special thanks to the Standard Highline and Chateau Marmont.)
TOOK IT OFF: Tom Hiddleston strips to his underpants and reclines for W Magazine.
OUTING KEANU REEVES: Pure fantasy or a very hot memory of fact?
I NEED THIS MAG:
Saddle up for a wild ride with @ACMLondon in the second issue of 'NSFW' by @exterfacestudio! https://t.co/hFG8BG2Umt pic.twitter.com/hsNA3eZrFc
— Portis Wasp (@portiswasp) June 21, 2016
IF ONLY: Drake tops Nick Jonas.
PITT STOP: Brad Pitt dons “Days of Thunder drag.”
BONUS BROADWAY BARES PIC BY ME:
MALE BONDING: More Broadway Bares buddying up.
FINN COLE'S BOOTY: Actor goes back to nature in Animal Kingdom. (Work Unfriendly)
THE QUAD SQUAD: Biggest quads ever?
DAMN, ZAYN: Malik flashes his underarms (and more) for Paper Magazine:
If you have the names of anyone I referenced but did not name in this review, please feel free to forward to me here. More pics on Facebook. Order Bares DVDs here.
It's that time of year again, when Broadway Bares hosts another pair of burlesque-themed shows to raise money for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS—which just handed $150K to the Orlando victims' families—and I worry about getting a good spot.
When I first started going, the show was loud and clear about not wanting photography. There even used to be printed banners asking us to respect the dancers; perversely, I own one. (A sign, not a dancer.) But in spite of the stern warnings, photography was never policed, attendees indulged in it liberally, photos and videos littered the Internet and—in spite of protestations from the powers that be concerning the dancers' feelings—the dancers loved everyone's cellular attention and tagged themselves in photos across social media.
I would guess this only broadened the show's reach and helped sell official DVDs and tickets to future performances.
Order Bares DVDs here.
This year, the show's director, the indefatigable Nick Kenkel, granted a fantastic interview to Billboard. Kenkel noted the show is loosening up on its approach to photos. Even without that official word, the photo-friendly atmosphere last night couldn't be missed—no announcement was made, no signs were spotted. Let the games begin. (Within hours of posting a video consisting of 60 seconds of snippets from the show, I received a friendly take-down notice, the first time I've ever heard of this happening after the fact. Perhaps it was because it was video, but Instagram has plenty of that up already, too. Hm.)
With stand-outs Erik Altemus (top), Mark MacKillop (L) & Ben Ryan (R)
I was front-and-center for the June 19, 2016, midnight edition of Broadway Bares 26: On Demand at the Hammerstein Ballroom. The theme was TV, which is kind of like radio doing a special about TV in the '50s considering TV is theater's biggest rival! It seems like millennial gays are increasingly addicted to their shows, like old ladies used to be to soap operas—it's a wonder they can be counted on to buy tickets to anything, even a show like Bares, which is a reliable taint buffet.
Hotness at the show, but not part of the show
In line waiting to get in, an adorable young guy from Utah was trying to remain spoiler-free, looking away from the phones of the guys ahead of him ... they were watching Game of Thrones. He later had to put up with a precociously smashed guy groping him and asking him such long-lost Proust Questionnaire queries as, “How are you even here?” and, “Where do you sleep?”
Not-so-secret stache: Erik Altemus
The show kicked off with “Bares TV,” setting up the plot: Failing TV station (fronted by Lesli Margherita and populated by Morgan Weed, Erik Altemus and Michael Longoria) decides that sex sells, so decides to sell sex from within every offering on the network: News, weather, soaps, VOD and more.
Who knew On Demand was a docuseries?
Gay people continue to get more and more conservative.
It's okay to stop reading my blog if you think LGBT should abandon the T.
Cops in Austin swarm black guys, beat one, for jaywalking.
10 million people watched Donald Trump suck on SNL.
Childless James Woods gets knickers in twist over kids swearing.
Hillary Clinton proposes reclassifying pot as less dangerous drug.
Bernie Sanders did not work against Barack Obama in 2012.
Ben Carson probably made up this ridiculous Yale story, too.
Even if you're pro-PrEP, should we be glamorizing “partying?”
Speedo alert!
R.I.P. “Leatherface.”
Michael Fassbender: The horse-boner-whisperer.
Plan to close Guantanamo Bay on the way?
Thanks, Gay Calgary & Wicked Gay Blog & Kenneth!
Did this harmless-looking teen execute his family?
He sells pics of his naked bod.
Hot 'n' hairy dude is naked, but not. But naked.
Whistle-blowing teacher is bullied & punished.
Oh, man, this dude's hairy chest!
Dirty, filthy ... embroidery???
Myanmar to have female leader before U.S.
Tim Gunn is NOT a Kardashian fan.
Caitlyn Jenner (in a bubble bath) enlivens Kris Jenner parody vid.
Horror hottie Joe Zaso's latest, Breakfast in Bed with Café Himbo, is here.
Greece says NO.
Landmark July 5, 1965, gay-rights march remembered.
The iconic actor who lost his cherry to a stripper named Bubble.
Hottest naked Vines.
Proof our founding fathers were maybe just Christian-ish.
Shep Pettibone chooses Shep Pettibone's ultimate remixes!
Gay outlet Metro Weekly dumps on Madonna based on mainstream sales.
“Bitch I'm Madonna” sizzles on the dance charts.
Hillary Clinton responds to Humans of New York image of anguished gay child.
Princess Charlotte is christened.
Tyler Clementi's mom is on The Security Brief, has new campaign.
This sexagenarian can deep-throat a supermarket.
HOT movie men in towels.
Versace's Fall/Winter '15 campaign flashes pink.
Mark MacKillop's ass just won't quit.
Taking a tumble with Culture Club.
Michael Douglas's mom, Diana, dies @ 92.
First My Wet Hot American Summer: First Day at Camp trailer!