12/03/2008
News: Tina Turner, Meteorite, Empire State Building, Arizona
India identifies terrorist siege mastermind.
Tina Turner returns to the stage.
Paper: Gay parenting the next skirmish in culture war.
SURVEY: Most Americans favor gay adoptions, openly gay military service. "The Pulse of Equality survey, commissioned by the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) and released today, shows a majority of Americans favors a broad range of policies and protections for gays, as well as supporting them as adoptive parents. More than six in 10 would allow openly gay people to serve in the military. Another 63 percent favor expanding hate laws to include gays, lesbians and transgender people. Also, 69 percent support gays adopting."
Obama receiving more intelligence briefings than Bush: "The president-elect is receiving intelligence briefings every day of the week, exceeding the six days given to President Bush, according to Michael McConnell, the director of national intelligence."
Obama names New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson Secretary of Commerce.
Britney Spears has 27th Bday at Tenjune in NYC.
Model Edilson Nascimento finds being on the cover of Brazil's Junior magazine very funny.
"Don't Ask, Don't Tell" repeal to be a product of consensus-building not an add-on to an appropriations bill: "When it comes to President-elect Barack Obama making good on his campaign promise to repeal 'don't ask, don't tell,' gays and lesbians—70 percent of whom voted for him—may have to be patient. Advocates of the repeal are warning that any action might take a year or more."
Brad Pitt might get married.
New York Daily News steals Empire State Building in 90 minutes: "The News swiped the 102-story Art Deco skyscraper by drawing up a batch of bogus documents, making a fake notary stamp and filing paperwork with the city to transfer the deed to the property. Some of the information was laughable: Original 'King Kong' star Fay Wray is listed as a witness and the notary shared a name with bank robber Willie Sutton. The massive ripoff illustrates a gaping loophole in the city's system for recording deeds, mortgages and other transactions. The loophole: The system - run by the office of the city register - doesn't require clerks to verify the information."
Researchers have put together a new theory about what early Earth looked like, and apparently it looked much like a velvet black light poster from the 70's.
Details: The Rise of the A-Gay. "Make way for the A-gays. Moneyed, successful, educated, and comfortable in their own skin, they're fast becoming the new archetype of cosmopolitan masculinity. The urban man's man. They don't own yappy miniature dogs or time-shares in Fort Lauderdale; they own Labradors and four-bedroom summer homes in Sag Harbor. Instead of cruising in gay clubs, they jet to Gstaad or the TED conference, and party at Sundance with Zooey Deschanel. They don't want to be part of any kind of closeted group or velvet mafia."
Gay rights groups in Canada pressure Ottawa to sign UN declaration against anti-gay discrimination.
Chace Crawford is a cheater.
Remember that meteor that was photographed lighting up the sky as bright as day over Edmonton, Alberta? They found it.
What was behind the Prop. 102 gay marriage loss in Arizona? "In last month's vote, the proponents of Prop. 102 shed their financial disadvantage, receiving over $7 million in contributions and swamping the mere $600,000 raised by the opposition. And they ran what Herrod describes as a 'first class campaign,' with five television ads and even more radio spots. The ads highlighted the simplicity of the ballot initiative and cast doubt on the opposition's argument that Arizona statutory law already defined marriage as between a man and a woman. With courts in Massachusetts, Connecticut, and neighboring California delivering gay marriage to their states by judicial fiat, proponents of traditional marriage in Arizona could see the need to enshrine the definition of marriage in the state constitution. California voters themselves saw the need, approving a ballot initiative last month that nullified the imposition of gay marriage by the state's supreme court in May. Sam Holdren, public affairs director of Equality Arizona, which opposed Prop. 102, blamed California's ballot initiative for fundraising difficulties in Arizona. 'We were only able to talk to a limited number of voters with a very narrow message,' said Holdren, while the supporters 'were able to inundate people's mailboxes and phones. They had a lot of money to run a really effective campaign.'"
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I love that she can still work the Aunty Entity costume. For a second I thought you were about to announce "Beyond Thunderdome: The Musical." Go Tina!
Posted by: Aman Chaudhary | Dec 3, 2008 2:46:00 PM
That is TINA? I thought that was Tyler Perry!
Posted by: Rad | Dec 3, 2008 2:56:00 PM
I actually saw that Tina Turner show a few months ago. The Thunderdome segment was beyond cheesy. She looks like an old drag queen in a bad wig.
The rest of the show, however, was flawless. She still has the moves at 69 years old.
Posted by: crispy | Dec 3, 2008 3:16:00 PM
Ha Ha Ha. I laughed so hard when I read the spot that "A-list gays own timeshares." Really? Who owns a timeshare?
Posted by: Matt | Dec 3, 2008 3:24:27 PM
MATT, it says they DON'T own timeshares in Lauderdale.
Posted by: Dan B | Dec 3, 2008 3:35:04 PM
She's 69 and still got amazing legs.
Posted by: 207guy | Dec 3, 2008 3:52:16 PM
I thought that A-list gay social structure died alongside the exclusive circuit bear culture.
Ultimately, it takes an A-hole to believe an A-list.
Posted by: Pbar | Dec 3, 2008 4:02:47 PM
Don't own a yippy dog. Don't own a timeshare in Fort Lauderdale or cruise gay clubs. Of course, I don't own a vacation home in Sag Harbor or jet to Gstaad either. But I love that an entire culture of people can be characterized by a priviliged few. Because Mark Jacobs or David Geffen does these things doesn't mean most "normal" people do.
Posted by: Larry | Dec 3, 2008 4:09:12 PM
Thank God GQ has replaced that worn-out cliche gay stereotype with a new cliche stereotype.
Posted by: Timmmeeeyyyy | Dec 3, 2008 4:15:37 PM
I'm not sure Marc Jacobs could be considered an "A-Gay." He is a whorish drug-addict after all. I don't think that'd fit into the nauseatingly stupid category GQ has created. And it's not even new. WTF?
Posted by: Nick | Dec 3, 2008 5:02:59 PM
If any gay guys choose to go to Sundance in 2009, they'll be very popular among the straight people who will hug them and kiss them and thank them for overlooking the "petty" anti-Prop 8 boycott. They'll reassure you that they support you and that they really wish things would change. Then they'll purse their lips and offer you a champagne.
Come on, homo industry wannabes! Book your tickets now!
Posted by: Rey | Dec 3, 2008 6:02:31 PM
The "A-Gay" article was in Details and not GQ. Or at least that's where I read it. These A-Gay people appear only to be male and extremely annoying.
Posted by: realitythink | Dec 3, 2008 10:08:10 PM
the 'A Gay' article was published in Details, not GQ... get it right.
Posted by: nicholas | Dec 4, 2008 2:02:01 AM
Andy, a minor quibble but a legit one, I think. That "paper" you link to is the Chicago Tribune, one of the biggest papers in the country from one of the biggest cities in the country. You explicitly mention the New York Daily News, other NY papers and even SF papers by name. The Trib has a lot of influence in the Midwest. I'm hoping that "coastal elite" vibe doesn't keep seeping into this blog.
Posted by: Donny B | Dec 4, 2008 1:59:22 PM