ATTITUDE UNCUT: Robert Royal is covering Attitude Uncut’s “Heat” issue.
KENNETH IN THE (212): Holden Parazette, a championship skier, drowned in a hot tub — and now his family wants answers.
KSL: 18-year-old could not wait to kill a gay man. He wound up charged with a hate crime.
TUCSON SENTINEL: More than 1,000 people mourned Vincent Anthony Siqueiros and Cameron Davis Capara, the gay men murdered by Ousman Ceesay at the Venture-N in Tucson this week. Another hate crime.
GAYVN AWARDS: Ryan Orion is hoping to snag Hottest Studio Newcomer.
BBC: Dolly Parton’s star on the Walk of Fame was inexplicably defaced after the death, and its flowers stolen. Now, lickety-split, she’s got a brand-new star.
MILEY CYRUS: Miley Cyrus announces her new album — Boss Persuades.
JOE.MY.GOD.: Rep. Max Miller (R-Ohio) is a total scumbag, and even his colleagues admit it. Yet the national Republican party is going to bat for him.
TOSOS: Tom Rowan’s play Burning Leaves, about a young teacher and his closeted student, runs September 26-October 17 at the historic TOSOS Theatre Company (502 W. 53rd St., NYC).
The pitch:
“In need of a fresh start, Matt Leland, a young actor on the run from New York, takes a job teaching at a small high school in the Midwest – where he finds himself feeling unprepared for the unexpected challenges that await. His most talented student is Jesse Wade, a troubled sixteen-year-old on the verge of coming out. Isolated in the small conservative town, Jesse desperately needs a gay role model—and other things Matt may or may not be able to provide. Burning Leaves is a humorous, compassionate play that asks serious questions about education, friendship, and love.”
CNN: Fox News harpy Maria Bartiromo has been unceremoniously dumped by the company. No explanation offered. Just … bye. No one’s confirming it, but it is alleged she shared Fox News business info with the White House in July and got caught.
INSTAGRAM: Steve Rowland, a music producer who back in the ‘50s was an actor in James Dean’s inner circle, just hit 94.