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Sunday, March 25, 2012

(SHOWCASE) Reminder: Don't Steer Too Close to the Melting Iceberg!

Shot by some seafarers in Wilhelmina Bay, Antarctica.

"The thing just exploded very close to our zodiac! Or should I say imploded. And it spitted out big chunks of thousands year old ice to our heads."

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Sunday, March 18, 2012

(SHOWCASE) Shredded!

One of the most powerful shredders on Earth, alternately fascinating and terrifying.

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Wednesday, March 14, 2012

(POP NEWS): Anderson Comes OUT; Babs is Back; GLAAD; Da Vinci; Garth; LiLo in Trouble!

RE-VEALED: “The X-Files” star Gillian Anderson comes Out as BiSexual!

DIVA: Barbra Streisand’s “Gypsy” is going to happen!

BAITED: Jermaine Jones Will Be Kicked Off 'American Idol'!

FINALLY: New GLAAD Project Holds Anti-Gay News Commentators Accountable for Their Statements!

DE-CODED: Close to Finding Lost Da Vinci!

OVER: Jennie Garth and Peter Divorcing!

PAR-TAY: Army to Prince Harry: Cut the Boozing!

ICONIC: Doobie Brothers Drummer Dead at 65!

STATEMENT: Madonna Posts Bruises!

LAST CHANCE: LiLo Hits a Guy, Drives Off!

Saturday, March 10, 2012

(SHOWCASE) Snowboarding with Light!

Monday, January 23, 2012

PIECE OF ASS: Brit Busted for Hawking the Butt of Saddam Statue!

A British company official has been arrested after auctioning a buttock section of the massive Saddam Hussein bronze statue toppled when US forces stormed Baghdad in 2003. The arrest was made after the Iraqi government issued a complaint to British police following an auction in Derby, where the two-foot hunk of metal failed to fetch the minimum price of $375,000 set for the sale. Under a 2003 British law, all cultural property seized in Iraq must be handed over to police, reports the BBC.

The bronze butt was offered for sale by Trebletap, a company that specializes in turning war memorabilia into art. Company director Jim Thorpe was busted and has been released on bail. The firm's founder, Nigel Ely, is a former SAS soldier who was working for British TV on the scene when the statue was pulled down. He used a sledgehammer and chisel to remove the statue's "bum," he told the BBC. He claims that when he asked a US Marine if he could take the souvenir, he was told: "No problem, Buddy. Help yourself." He said he planned to sell it to raise money for an unspecified charity. He has been ordered not to dispose of the metal rear or alter it until the case is resolved. A Trebletop spokesman has said the bronze bum is being held in a secret location.

Friday, January 6, 2012

ANIMATED: Gay Artist Attacked in New Delhi at Exhibition of His Work!

A gay artist has been attacked in New Delhi at an exhibition of his work, the Times of India reports:

The artist, Balbir Krishan, said the attacker entered the solo exhibition space at Lalit Kala Akademi with his face covered by a handkerchief. He pushed and kicked Krishan, a double amputee who has lost both his legs, while hurling insults all the while.

Krishan, 38, from a village called Bijrol in Baghpat district of Uttar Pradesh, had received several threats over phone on Wednesday. The calls -- made from phone booths - accused the artist, himself homosexual, of "spreading" homosexuality in the country. According to Krishan, the caller said, "Tuney Hindu dharam ko bigarne ka theka laga rakha hai (You are determined to ruin Hinduism)." Before that, posters advertising his exhibition at Garhi studios and near Jamia Milia Islamia, were ripped and burnt.

The disturbing attack on Krishan and his work was captured on video.

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Thursday, December 22, 2011

BEEFCAKE: A Winning Look?

Model Giuseppe Riscitto has my vote in Male Boudoir's 2012 model contest.Does he have the Body and the Look?

Friday, December 9, 2011

(SOAP Q) Thom Bierdz' New INTER-view with LGBTsr.com!

By Rick Rose

LGBTsr.com

Thom Bierdz and I have much in common, and we share those traits with Michael Fairman who I interviewed here at www.lgbtSr.com not too long ago. We three amigos have worked in the world of soap operas for years, we each hail from Wisconsin, and we are all proudly-out parts of the LGBT community

Catching up with Thom and slowing him down enough for an interview may seem tough (you will see he is one busy guy), but Thom was right on top of this interview, and we appreciate his time with lgbtSr.

Read the FULL Interview Here!

Friday, November 4, 2011

(SOAP Q) Franco's Latest Hobby: Ghost Whisperer!

James Franco’s next project is a little weird, even for James Franco. The renaissance man will hold a séance in an attempt to contact dead playwright Tennessee Williams, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Of course, the whole thing is part of a New York City performance art festival called Performa. Franco will use a Ouija board in the Nov. 13 performance, a commissioned piece called Three Artists in Search of Tennessee.

Thursday, November 3, 2011

LANDMARK: Home of Frank Kameny Now Listed in National Historic Register

The home of pioneering LGBT rights activist Frank Kameny, which in February 2009 was declared a District of Columbia Historic Landmark, has now been listed in the National Register of Historic Places, according to an announcement from the National Park Service:

In 1961 Kameny co-founded the Mattachine Society of Washington, an organization committed, through activism to achieving equal social and legal rights for homosexuals. Through lobbying of government officials, testifying before congressional committees, bringing court challenges, and picketing the White House, Kameny and his allies pressured the U.S. Civil Service Commission to eventually abandon its policy of denying homosexuals federal employment. Kameny led efforts to remove homosexuality as a basis for denying government security clearances. He was also involved in the first legal challenge to the U.S. military’s policy of discharging gay and lesbian service members, including the much-publicized case of gay Air Force Sergeant Leonard Matlovich. Kameny played a leading role in attacking the American Psychiatric Association’s (APA) definition of homosexuality as a mental illness. In 1973, the APA voted to remove homosexuality from its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Psychiatric Disorders. In 1998, President Clinton signed an Executive Order banning discrimination in federal employment based upon sexual orientation.

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ORDERED: Malaysia Gay Arts Festival Banned, Called Threat to Public Order !

The “Sexual Independence” festival, a gay arts festival held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia since 2008 aimed at fighting discrimination has been canceled after several Muslim groups said they would protest, the AP reports: Earlier Thursday, Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin had described the event as “inappropriate” and a “waste of time,” according to Bernama.

Gay rights activists did not immediately respond. Earlier, they had said the festival was meant to counter widespread homophobia in this socially conservative Asian nation, where a young gay man received death threats last year after posting a YouTube clip defending his sexuality.

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Monday, October 24, 2011

FIT: Lee Kholafai is Perfection!

Actor/model Lee Kholafai at Nous by Scott Hoover. Fresh from LA.
Via VGL

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Monday, October 17, 2011

THEORY: Was Van Gogh Murdered by his Young Male Admirer (Lover)?

The accepted explanation for Vincent Van Gogh's death may be all wrong. While the standard story is that the artist shot himself in a field, managing to return to a nearby inn before he died, a new 900-page book paints a very different picture. In Van Gogh: The Life, Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith postulate that a local teenager shot Van Gogh, likely accidentally, the Telegraph reports.

The teen, one Rene Secretan, had formed an odd relationship with Van Gogh; he mocked the painter and bought him drinks. After the shooting, Van Gogh was asked whether he intended to kill himself; he said, "Yes, I believe so." Naifeh and Smith say the painter didn't want to get the boy in trouble and wanted to die anyway. They also write that the angle of the bullet's entry path isn't what you'd expect in a suicide. The authors' version, which the BBC notes is based on thousands of letters studied over a decade, helps explain why neither a gun nor a suicide note was found, but they acknowledge that "no one knows what happened."

Saturday, October 15, 2011

SIGN: City Deploys Mimes to Tame Traffic!

In Venezuela’s capital, motorcyclists have been known to drive down sidewalks, and cars frequently speed through red lights. So the mayor is dealing with the problem by deploying … mimes. About 120 of them hit the streets last week in an attempt to shame drivers and pedestrians alike into behaving.

“Some people get angry when we reprimand them,” one mime told the AP as she put her hands forward to signify “stop,” then pointed to a red light as a motorcyclist approached. The mimes wear brightly colored clown-like outfits and, of course, white gloves. The mayor came up with the idea after a similar plan in Bogota, Colombia, proved to be a success. But Caracas’ streets, where it’s not uncommon to see people driving in reverse or the wrong way through oncoming traffic, may be even more dangerous. “Many times, the mimes can achieve what traffic police cannot achieve using warning and sanctions in their efforts to maintain control,” says the president of a cultural organization. “Mimes, on the contrary, often achieve the same objective by employing artistic and peaceful actions.”

Monday, October 10, 2011

GONE: Stolen Masterpieces 'Crushed by Garbage Truck'!

A Paris watchmaker says he threw out several priceless works of art before being arrested last year, the Telegraph reports. Revealing a long investigation today, police say a Serb nicknamed "Spiderman" stole works by Picasso, Matisse, Braque, and others from a poorly guarded Paris museum in May 2010. An antiques dealer then allegedly passed the works to a watchmaker with expertise in auctions, who "panicked and destroyed the canvasses before throwing them into a rubbish bin."

Detectives are dubious, they say, but can't "totally rule out" his story. In another delicious detail, police say "Spiderman" sought only a Fernand Léger work when he broke into the Musée d'Art Moderne opposite the Eiffel Tower—but the alarm didn't sound, so the "veritable art lover" strolled around for an hour while eluding cameras. Eventually he walked off with five works worth an estimated $100 million. Police say he snitched on the antique dealer after failing to receive his promised $40,000 payment.