Ben Platt handed off the starring role of Broadway hit Dear Evan Hansen to Noah Galvin and Taylor Trensch, who will be taking over the role on November21 and mid-January, respectively. The handoff was done via a disco throwdown to Earth, Wind & F…
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Clinton Foundation, Sia, Kate Winslet, Sebastian Gorka, Heritage Foundation, Turkeys, Japan, Dawn French: HOT LINKS
TERRIFYING ESCAPE. Two men escape the Cascade wildfire in Loma Rica, California, after no evacuation. CLINTON FOUNDATION. Harvey Weinstein donations have been spent: “We are a charity. Donations, these included, have been spent fighting childhood obe…
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Obama Chooses Gay Portraitist Kehinde Wiley to Paint Official Presidential Portrait for Smithsonian
Kehinde Wiley, a gay portraitist known for his paintings of African-American celebrities, particularly hip-hop musicians, will paint President Obama’s official portrait for the Smithsonian, the L.A. Times reports: Wiley, a Los Angeles native, i…
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Florida GOP Congressional Candidate Claims She Was Abducted, Taken Aboard Alien Spaceship
A Republican congressional candidate in Florida claimed in a 2009 interview she was abducted by aliens who revealed to her stunning secrets about Earth and still communicate with her telepathically. The candidate, Bettina Rodriguez Aguilera, is aimin…
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‘Black Panther’ Trailer Has the Internet in a Standing Ovation: WATCH
Marvel Studios has just released the trailer for the highly-anticipated Black Panther. Footage from the film was given a standing ovation at Comic-Con last summer. Bleeding Cool has the synopsis: Following-up on where events left off in Captain Ameri…
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Sky in London Turns Red as Monster Storm Whips British Isles
The sky in London has turned a deep reddish brown due to dust from the Sahara desert whipped up in the plumes of ex-hurricane Ophelia, which is pounding Ireland and the British isles at this hour. The independent reports: All over England, the sky lo…
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Lambda Legal Blasts Jeff Sessions ‘Publicity Stunt’ in Iowa Transgender Hate Crime Case: ‘The Height of Cynicism’
This morning we reported that Attorney General Jeff Sessions personally ordered a DOJ hate crimes lawyer to Iowa to prosecute a case against a man who murdered a transgender high school student last year, an act which the NYT described as revealing h…
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Donald Trump on Mike Pence’s Opinion of Gays: ‘He Wants to Hang Them All’ – REPORT
The New Yorker’s Jane Mayer just published an article about the risks America might face if Trump were impeached and Mike Pence became president, which features this eye-opening paragraph: “Trump thinks Pence is great,” Bannon told me. But, acc…
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‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Made Gay Love Explicit Last Night, in Matching Red Pajamas
Star Trek: Discovery broke new ground in the TV franchise last night when it finally made the relationship between (Dr. Culber) Wilson Cruz and (Lt. Stamets) Anthony Rapp explicit. One tends to worry when they're doomed to love a brilliant, but r…
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Ophelia, Strongest Eastern Atlantic Hurricane Ever Recorded, Barrels Toward Ireland and into History Books
Schools were closed Monday as Ireland braced for an “unprecedented storm”, with authorities warning that violent winds, rain and storm surges could pose a risk to life. Ophelia, the largest hurricane ever recorded so far east in the Atlan…
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