03/19/2008
News: Ben Cohen, Ryerson, Bachelor, Illinois, Arctic Icecap
Bad sign for the future of the Arctic ice cap: thickest, oldest, toughest ice melting...
British rugby stud Ben Cohen releases details on a night with his gay fans: "'Moving away from the more traditional rugby testimonial theme, the Ben Cohen Testimonial Committee is holding a ground breaking event at The Dorchester in London,' his publicist Jill Tipping said. 'BENediction is an exclusive evening of fun, feasting and frivolity aimed primarily at including his legions of fans in the gay community in the testimonial celebrations. Guests are promised a 'whole host of treats and surprises making this event a real one off and not to be missed. Ben Cohen fans need to make sure that they reserve their places quickly as they are expected to snapped up fast,' Tipping said. Of course, we are not sure how far Cohen will take the concept of 'one off,' but he has never been shy about marketing his physical assets."
If you missed the first episode of this season's The Bachelor (and I have a feeling many of you did), you can catch up real quick: this mess was what it was all about.
AfterElton looks at Jimmy Kimmel and the gays.
Beckham power shops and rocks the plain white tee.
Central Illinois' only gay newspaper shuts its doors: "The Flame is out. After 111/2 years of publication, Prairie Flame, central Illinois’ only newspaper that concentrated solely on gay issues and events, has called it a day...Volunteers distributed copies of each edition over much of the state, from Springfield to the Quad Cities, Joliet, Champaign and Effingham. Circulation was more than 8,000, and there were more than 200 places where the free newspaper could be found. But production costs kept rising, and ad revenue could not keep up."
Anderson Cooper underwent surgery for skin cancer: "I’ve been off for the last couple of days. I had minor surgery on Monday. I hadn’t planned on mentioning this, but I still have stitches and you’ll no doubt notice them tonight. Don’t want you to think I got into a fist fight with Charlie Rose."
Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo under fire for bullfight commercial: "The advertisement, for Fuji Xerox, shows the Portuguese winger taunting the bull with a football in the manner of a matador with a cape."
Ryerson University in Toronto sees gay bashing spike: "Ryerson's queer student group is scared homophobia is spreading across campus after its door was vandalized and grafitti saying 'gays must be exterminated' was left on a bathroom stall for at least three weeks. 'I have no doubt that we were targeted,' said RyePRIDE member Jesse Trautmann about a series of students' union stickers pasted on the group's door and nearby positive space posters on March 10. The office is located on the second floor of the Student Campus Centre. 'The amount of time it would have taken to cover the entire Rye- PRIDE sign — it was intentional.'"
Group pushes for "gay village" in Ottawa, Canada.
Madonna and Guy Ritchie still together, or just playing for the cameras?
Posted 1:26 PM EST by Andy in Anderson Cooper, Ben Cohen, Cristiano Ronaldo, David Beckham, Gay Media, Global Warming, Illinois, Jimmy Kimmel, London, Madonna, News, Rugby, Toronto | Permalink
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I read somewhere else that Anderson's skin cancer was removed from under his left eye. Which reminds me of when he spoke with Conan O'Brien about the fatty tissue under his left eye that the HD camera's pick up. Hmmmm...
Posted by: Tom S. | Mar 19, 2008 1:33:13 PM
I grew up just outside of Champaign Urbana, so this is sad news about the Prairie Flame. Chicago always seemed worlds away growing up in central Illinois.
Posted by: Ken Atkins | Mar 19, 2008 1:55:12 PM
Mmmmmmmmmmben cohen.
Posted by: Roscoe | Mar 19, 2008 2:23:56 PM
'But then he told [Lance] Bass, “I like you better now that you’re gay.” Does Kimmel really not know that gay people are “gay” even before they come out?'
It was a JOKE, you clueless, slanderous AfterElton reporter. Kimmel poked fun at the sudden change in public perception of Lance Bass following his announcement. (Lance Bass didn't change - the public's perception did.)
Let's just throw the homophobia slur at everyone, even our allies! Till we trivialize real homophobia, and the charge becomes meaningless!
Kelly Ripa? Homophobic.
George Clooney? HUGE homophobe, oh yeah.
Obama? More like HOMOPHObama!
This is fun. Who else can we slur needlessly?
Posted by: mint_tea | Mar 19, 2008 3:12:46 PM
Stacy from the Bachelor was hilarious. I swear if he had given her a rose I would have watched this season.
I have a major in nutrition! Love it. Love her.
Posted by: BANNE | Mar 19, 2008 3:14:32 PM
The Ryerson (Toronto) story is particularly disturbing because just a short while ago, a student was suspended and faced possible expulsion due to a Facebook study group that had inquired about solutions to an assignment the group was working on. The school quickly took action and suspended not the whole group but just one student even though he didn't set up that group. He eventually won the case and is appealing some of the actions taken by the school officials in regards to that issue. So to think that homophobic graffitis would take weeks to be removed, whilest prejudice is rampant on the campus screams irresponsibility by school officials and shows where their priorities are. Nowhere!!
Oh and Ben Cohen...Yumz!!
Posted by: Shabaka | Mar 19, 2008 3:56:33 PM
I still don't get the whole Ben Cohen=sexy thing. I just don't see it (and I've tried). I guess it's like Magic Eye. Some people see it right away while others can't.
Posted by: junior | Mar 19, 2008 4:11:41 PM
Ben Cohen is melting the Arctic ice cap. (and Henry Cavill's not helping matters)
Posted by: KevinVT | Mar 19, 2008 6:40:26 PM
Glad to hear Anderson Cooper is doing fine after surgery.
Posted by: Eddie | Mar 20, 2008 4:24:12 AM
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