Boy Culture Links: 'Spider-Man's' Gay Jokes, Shirtless-palooza, Remembering Todd Jennings, Andrew Scott as Ian Charleson + MORE
AUGUST 4, 2026
FACEBOOK: This is a compelling video if you’re into linguistics.
CINEMABLEND: “Spider-Man: Brand New Day’s Gay Jokes Caught Me Off Guard. Why I Love That They Were Included.”
YOUTUBE: This is a very slutty post today, but regardless, I think the highlight is this video — it’s a tribute to the late Todd Jennings by his pal Alan Light. Todd died in 2004, but is memorialized as an amazingly connected and yet sweet man who was a raconteur:
HUFFINGTON POST: One problem with surrounding yourself with incompetent blind loyalists is the incompetent part. Gotta love seeing Trump turn on Jeanine Pirro, that turd.
OFFICIAL SITE: Elsinore, starring Andrew Scott, tells the story of queer stage-and-screen star Ian Charleson of Chariots of Fire fame. Watch for it November 20.
PEOPLE: Scott Pelley and Sharyn Alfonsi, canned by Bari Weiss at the new, bad CBS, have new roles as visiting journalists.
KENNETH IN THE (212): An incredible tennis wrap-up.
POLITICO: Rep. Chuck Edwards (R-North Carolina) may get censured for sexually harassing two staffers.
MADONNA.COM: Madonna wasn’t just performing with Kylie Minogue for kicks at WorldPride — she’s put her on her song “Love Sensation” and it’s being released Friday to streaming along with being offered as a CD single or three.
AMAZON: Coming in November is a memoir by Jane Wiedlin of the Go-Go’s fame.
BAY AREA REPORTER: The San Francisco Police Department is taking on a 16-year-old case of a gay man who was murdered. Philip DiMartino, 36, was stabbed 48 times in the back in his apartment on August 2, 2010.
CULTURE SAUCE: A new off-Broadway play shows that even a gay jock can be a toxic male.