04/30/2008
News: Ling Ling, Jake Gyllenhaal, MIT, Reichen, Kathy Griffin
Smith College students protest, defeat Ryan Sorba, author of The Born Gay Hoax.
One of Tokyo's most famous is dead at 22 (that's 70 in human years).
MIT takes no action against student who threatened LGBT group after receiving an email about the group's end-of-semester celebration. Said the student's email: "If you fucking fags send me something like that once again or contact me in any other way, I swear you won’t be able to study at Sloan for some time because you will spend it at resuscitation department. If this is what you want, go ahead." (email and response)
A new Nike ad directed by Guy Ritchie.
Anglican school council in Australia formally endorses ban on bringing same-sex partners to the school formal: "Up to eight students had wanted to take boyfriends and raised the issue with a senior staff member, who passed the request to Churchie headmaster Jonathan Hensman. At the time Mr Hensman said it was not appropriate for students to take a same-sex partner because escorting a young woman to a formal was part of the boys' education. But after reports in The Courier-Mail Mr Hensman referred the matter to the school council. A brief statement posted on the Churchie website yesterday said the council 'strongly supported the headmaster's position on the school's education programs in social settings'."
Reichen Lehmkuhl splits with model boyfriend Ryan Barry, writes up list of Hollywood dating tips.
Viral campaign for The Dark Knight issues 35 mm film trailers to 12 winners of its contest, each one individually defaced by The Joker.
Presbyterian church court issues conflicted ruling in same-sex union case: "A San Rafael minister who presided over several same-sex ceremonies didn't violate Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) rules, because same-sex marriages don't exist in the church, a church court ruled Tuesday. At the same time, the Permanent Judicial Council's ruling affirmed the right of same-sex couples to have unions, a ceremony that would theoretically have a distinct liturgy. The ambivalent ruling - affirming the rights of gays and lesbians to have their relationships sanctioned by the church but not considering them equal to those of heterosexual couples - is likely to disappoint both sides in the debate."
Tenant who lived in Austrian incest house heard knocking from the basement for 12 years but did nothing: "I wish to God that I could turn back the clock. The signs were all there but it was impossible for me to recognise them. Who would ever believe something so terrible was going on right under my feet? It is a regret I will have to live with for the rest of my life."
Street artist targeting NYC subway ads.
Kathy Griffin was fired from Hannah Montana because she told Jesus to suck it.
Gossip Girl's Ed Westwick is somewhere under the rainbow.
Gay books: Publishing Triangle awards handed out.
Hometown boy makes good: Portland paper profiles Chad White.
Jake Gyllenhaal is opening a restaurant: "The so-called ‘closet chef’ is said to be in the development stages of an organic restaurant project, for which he plans to travel throughout Italy collecting ideas...The actor has always said he planned to open a high-end dining venue by the time he was thirty (he has three years left), as long as his acting career had put him in a position that would make that possible."
Dusty Springfield to be played by...Nicole Kidman?
Posted 1:25 PM EST by Andy Towle in "Ex-Gays", Advertising, Art & Design, Australia, Books, Chad White, Film, Gay Slurs, Guy Ritchie, Jake Gyllenhaal, Kathy Griffin, New York, News, Religion, Ryan Barry, Tokyo | Permalink
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NO! She of the over Botoxed frozen face cannot have been selected to portray Dusty. What an abomination.
Posted by: rudy | Apr 30, 2008 1:35:31 PM
That Chad White is absolutely beautiful, isn't he?
Andy, you've turned me into a sexual integrationist. To bad I'm too old to act on it...but just keep the icandy cumin' Andy--in white, black, Latino and Asian...and once in a while even a gay guy(with muscles, please).
You know, I looked up the spelling for "integration". I always thought their was an "r" after "inte". There should be--it would make sense. And some of y'all are always talking about "how beautiful the English Language is"...bullshit.
Posted by: Derrick from Philly | Apr 30, 2008 2:01:32 PM
I was really getting sick of some of those ads in the city..nice to see an artist using them in something new. Chad White is sooo cute...I didn't know he lived in nyc..Andy, I love how you always have something new on him..your taste in men soooo makes up for your taste in candidates :)
Posted by: davyenyc | Apr 30, 2008 2:19:04 PM
Although she's made some bad choices lately, I'm still a big fan of Nicole Kidman. Yes, the botox is getting too much, but she's always taking risks in lower-budget films (I loved 'Margot at the Wedding')to balance out her more commercial fares. I think if it's done right, she could be good as Dusty Springfield. I'm also a fan of 'The Hours' & Michael Cunningham, so I think this could work out.
Posted by: scar2 | Apr 30, 2008 2:28:56 PM
Come sit by me, Rudy.
Posted by: David Ehrenstein | Apr 30, 2008 2:29:23 PM
And who are they going to get to play Dusty's girlfriend Martha Reeves?
Beyonce I suppose.
Posted by: David Ehrenstein | Apr 30, 2008 2:52:17 PM
Great ...Homosexual = bisexual in Hollywood...DUSTY wasn't "bisexual" but i guess no one cares.
Btw im 28yo and I really hate any reports on "the hills" "gossip girl?"or anythign that is just there to look pretty and take space for more interestign articles, news, or ART....Come on Andy, how old you think your readers are ?
anyway aside from trashing you :) you still do have some pretty good stuff....just skip the brainless stuff and put some good shit up
Posted by: Bosie | Apr 30, 2008 3:02:29 PM
I just wanted to say I hate Chad White, personally. He is a lying dog who uses people to get ahead. And I will be whooping that bitch he live with in Manhattan ass soon. That's all.
Posted by: Young, sad, and blue | Apr 30, 2008 4:51:19 PM
RUDY, I didn't care that much for Kidman until I saw "THe OThers", then "Birth" and then "The Hours". I think she's brilliant. The botox? Well, maybe she's preparing for a remake of "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane". I dunno.
David E, fascinating about Martha Reeves and Dusty Springfield. I never knew--neither did Black America...well, maybe Berry Gordy knew.
YOUNG, SAD, AND BLUE: you must have some dirt on pretty boy, Chad. You can tell us...please? And don't be so blue and sad. When you're young there's always HOPE! That was the great wisdom they told me long before I became an alcoholic.
Posted by: Derrick from Philly | Apr 30, 2008 5:11:33 PM
Reichen is so gross. That list of "dating tips" reads like a warning letter that should come pinned to his lapel for any potential suitors to read. He's basically spelled out his own modus operandi in that list.
Live by the sword, die by the sword, I say.
Posted by: JPH | May 1, 2008 1:50:47 AM
The MIT Sloan student who wrote that hate mail was Artem Krasnoslobodtsev (aka Kras), former Sales Director at Delsan LCD, former Head of Direct sales group at Alfa-Bank, and former Head of Sales department at METRO Cash & Carry.
MIT is supposed to have a zero tolerance for this kind of hate speech. I wonder what action MIT would have taken if the student had written a similar letter to the Black Students' Association in response to an invitation to celebrate Black History Month.
Posted by: Rich Diaz | May 1, 2008 12:02:54 PM
BELLEZA PLENA
POEMA DE OSCAR PORTELA
DEDICADO A MARCO DA SILVA
Intocada y bárbara belleza. Luz de luna
Sacrifícial y sangre en los colmillos
Del hombre que aún es leopardo. Y el
Poeta un venado que pasta torpemente cuando
Ya la posesión es sangre y la carne gramilla
Entre los dientes marfilinios del dios del sacrificio.
Pues sacrificio es Eros. Y un no domesticado dios
De belleza inaudita que ignora los sonidos de
La lira toma de este rapsoda la luz primera
0 el alba que a si misma se nace – y lo devora todo
Como el jaguar devora al cervatillo. Y no hay dolor
En este sacrificio tan hondo como la muerte
Que completa la vida : el rapsoda ya es el :
Trasmutado que fue de los cantos al sinuoso
Mundo que subyace en la pulsión de vida
Que es sangre y carne y hostia de la tierra.
¿Pues de de donde escapaste Marco da Silva
Hombre y jaguar – dios del ras de la tierra tan bello
Como las alboradas que pare en sol cuando escondido
Esperas a tu madre la luna ? Ninguna belleza
Tan áspera y tan brutal, tan indomesticada como
La tuya Marco ? Tu boca cual pila bautismal salva
Al poeta de la mera grafía y lo trasporta al grito
Del primer nacimiento. Mientras devoras
Lo que soy renazco y soy el poeta que ruge
En la indómita alba tan lustral como el tiempo
Que se espacia y soy cuerpo y laberinto y senda
Tu intocada belleza brutal como las auras esta aquí
Para decirme que el origen repite la semilla
Y que el alba es la primera alba. Pues todo se refunda
Eternamente en el Eros que sangra entre tus dientes
Y renace en el primer poema que es este que escribo ahora
Como si fuera el último y primero.
(a mi amigo Benoit Pivert)
Posted by: 0scar Portela | Aug 16, 2008 8:57:42 AM