NEVER THIRSTY: Whatever they paid Dylan Efron to shower on camera, it was a bargain.
GR8ERDAYS: Too many obits popped up in the past day or so. Richard Harrison, a bona fide AMG posing-strap legend who became a huge movie star overseas making sword-and-sandal, spaghetti-western, Eurospy and ninja flicks, died September 18 at 90. He was a fascinating guy, suave, cultured, well-traveled and well-read. I’m sure the dinners he hosted with his wife of 48 years Francesca (which attracted the likes of George Cukor and Gore Vidal and Steve Reeves) must have been amazing.
G8ERDAYS: Personally bereft to read that the last member of the duo Naked Eyes, Pete Byrne, died September 14 at 74. Their debut album, along with a-ha’s Hunting High and Low and Madonna’s Madonna, is among the very best pop albums of the ‘80s. Plus, guy sang backup on Stevie Wonder’s #1 hit “Part-Time Lover”!
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TWITTER: Drag legend Alyssa Edwards is classily slapping back at crooked Texas Senate candidate Ken Paxton for referring to her as “sick and twisted.”
THE MAJORITY REPORT WITH SAM SEDER: Scott Galloway pretending Israel’s attacks on Gaza are not genocidal in a question to Abdul El-Sayed is not the flex he imagines, but El-Sayed’s respectful, measured response speaks to his statesmanship.
KENNETH IN THE (212): Queer and queer-adjacent mags of the moment.
JOE.MY.GOD.: In a shocking turn of events, RFK Jr. is cheerfully corrupt.
NEW YORK TIMES: A billionaire is not coughing up the bucks for Senate Republicans. But don’t thank him — it’s because Trump isn’t evil enough.
POLITICO: Even Fox News is mad Trump is trying to ice out the media — and a judge seems skeptical.
ABC7: A reportedly toasted Jonathan Taylor Thomas was arrested for kicking a deputy during a traffic stop.
ABC7: Gay Dutch PM Rob Jetten visited the Stonewall Inn!
PINK NEWS: Gay porn star Alfonso Osnya knocked out by assailant outside San Francisco queer bar.
Image by Kenneth Cameras and lights have really changed. The lighting guy is wearing gloves because those lights were 200+ degrees. The video camera looks like it's the size of a Vespa.