News: NE Hurricane, Gay Beatles, Iraq and Vietnam

Experts say northeast hurricane not unlikely: "It will be the largest financial disaster that this country has ever seen."

Beatles album Please Please Me named one of the gayest albums ever in Attitude list: "That summer it was the gay album. Every party, every club, everywhere you went, Please Please Me blasted out. George and Paul singing into one microphone, their cheeks touching, was the gayest thing we’d ever seen."

Gay man announces intention to apply for Tory open primary in effort to become next mayor of London: "Lots of people have encouraged me to stand for the nomination as the Conservative Party's candidate for Mayor. People from right across the London party. And people who have never voted Conservative in their lives. I'm very attracted by the idea of running for Mayor. It would be an opportunity to present a new face of Conservatism to the capital. I love London and believe it needs to be led by someone who unifies people and makes things work - neither of which can be said of Mr Livingstone."

Gay Big Brother: Australia contestants announce plans to marry.

Britain refuses to recognize same-sex marriage performed in Canada: "To accord a same-sex relationship the title and status of marriage would be to fly in the face of the (European) Convention (on Human Rights) as well as to fail to recognize physical reality."

Senator Chuck Hagel: "[Iraq] is an absolute replay of Vietnam."

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Hedi Slimane: Photoblogger

Hedi Slimane, who based last season's Dior campaign on the "homoerotic and deeply romantic" porn-inspired works of Toronto artist Paul P, has begun to post similarly-styled photos in his online diary. Black and white work served up with a helping of angst.

(via made in brazil)

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Belarus Broadcasts Gay Porn Over State TV

A hidden camera in the home of a Latvian diplomat under investigation for disseminating porn in Belarus revealed gay porn to be among the official's inventory.

This discovery should not sit well for authorities in Belarus where porn is illegal, or the diplomat's home country, where violence surrounding a gay rights march resulted in state sympathy for not the gays, but the police.

However, the footage of two men having sex, which Belarus quickly took the opportunity to broadcast over the state TV network, made for the most exciting afternoon at the old folks' home in years.

Belarus State TV Broadcasts Diplomat’s Homosexual Sex Tape [mosnews]

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Derek Jeter Gets Stinky

Seems everybody needs to have their own fragrance these days. New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter has taken the David Beckham route and comes up with "Driven", though I'm not sure that any brooding, Heathcliff-inspired romantic photoshoot is set for the Bronx ballbuster.

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David Beckham: The Scent of a Metrosexual [tr]

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Honeymoon Over for Lance and Reichen?

Page Six is already predicting the end of the Bass/Lehmkuhl coupling, accusing Reichen of using the high-profile relationship as publicity fodder for his upcoming memoir, Here's What We'll Say: A Memoir of Growing Up, Coming Out, and the U.S. Air Force. Page Six source: "Reichen forced Lance to come out just at the same time he has a book coming out so he could ride the publicity wave. He is a big gay activist and very controlling. He wants Lance to give up his straight friends and do whatever he tells him to."

According to an interview Reichen gave to The Insider, however, there's no unhappiness to report: "I'm happy it's shocking people . . . I couldn't be more proud of Lance. It's definitely a sense of relief. There are a lot more smiles. We are so happy about it."

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Boy George Punishment is Rubbish

Boy George will begin his community service on August 14th for charges related to cocaine possession, according to the New York Daily News. The singer/DJ will be issued a shovel, broom, plastic bags, and gloves and be sent to clean up streets in Little Italy, Nolita or parts of the lower East Side.

Said Sanitation Department spokesperson Vito Turso: "A lot of tourist traffic means a lot of street litter. This is the epitome of community service. It's not like he's going to be working in an air-conditioned office."

Boy George's spokesperson said earlier this year that the singer would have rather "worked with an HIV/AIDS charity while taking part in an outpatient drug-treatment program for himself." After missing a court appearance, George put himself in unfavorable light with Judge Anthony Ferrara, who said: "You have to do the community service. It's up to you whether you make it an exercise in humiliation or in humility. If you don't do the community service, I'll make you a promise: You're going through that door."

Culture Club, the 80's band that shot George into the limelight, recently announced that they found a new front man for the group.

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