Towleroad Guide to the Tube #247: Brit Awards Edition

The Arctic Monkeys and Take That each won two awards last night at the Brit Awards: "The Sheffield band [Arctic Monkeys] won the coveted Best British Group award. They also walked away with the Best British Album award for Favourite Worst Nightmare. Take That won Best British Live Act and Best British Single for "Shine", voted for by commercial radio listeners and The Sun Bizarre column readers. Gary Barlow described it as 'unbelievable'."

Mika and Beth Ditto opened the show with a medley of "Love Today", "Standing in the Way of Control" and "Grace Kelly" (above). Below, Kylie Minogue performs "Wow", Leona Lewis performs "Bleeding Love", Amy Winehouse performs "Love is a Losing Game", and Rihanna trots out "Umbrella" another time with The Klaxons.

A full list of winners AFTER THE JUMP...

Brit Awards 2008

British live act: Take That. (chosen by BBC Radio 2 listeners).
Critics' Choice Award: Adele.
British breakthrough act: Mika. (chosen by BBC Radio 1 listeners).
International male solo artist: Kanye West.
British male solo artist: Mark Ronson.
International female solo artist: Kylie Minogue.
International group: Foo Fighters.
British female solo artist: Kate Nash.
International album: Foo Fighters, “Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace.”
British group: Arctic Monkeys.
British single: Take That, “Shine.” (Chosen by live public phone-in.)
British album: Arctic Monkeys, “Favourite Worst Nightmare.”
Outstanding contribution to music: Paul McCartney

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Towleroad Guide to the Tube #200

KARL ROVE: Tells Charlie Rose that the administration was opposed to Iraq war vote in 2002.

BULLYING: Beth Ditto of The Gossip joins the BeatBullying campaign. As does Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz.

RHYDIAN: The X-Factor favorite takes on "Somewhere" from West Side Story and makes Dannii Minogue cry.

MAN-TAGE: What "real men" do.

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Beth Ditto's Method for Dealing with Homophobes: Puke on Them

The frontwoman of The Gossip, Beth Ditto, penned an essay on revenge in her latest column for the UK's The Guardian. She revealed a messy but effective tactic for dealing with homophobes:

"I have experienced a few situations where a little cold, calculated retaliation seemed appropriate. For instance, I once purposefully puked on some homophobic boys on a boat. This probably wasn't the healthiest approach, but I considered it a political tactic more than a revenge per se, and it was certainly effective! Even in that situation, I'd still say the question - to puke, or not to puke? - was up for debate, but it did give me an instant feeling of relief, and I can't say I've ever regretted it."

Ditto, above, as captured by Francois Rousseau for the OUT 100.

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Towleroad Guide to the Tube #149

DAVID BECKHAM: A new ESPN spot to hype the arrival of the Real Madrid superstar. Music is a cover of the Beatles by Son Volt.

JEN from BIG BROTHER 8: Cries when she sees her picture on the wall for the first time because she doesn't like it. Reality contestant train wreck at its finest.

MIKA and BETH DITTO: Sing a cover of "Sweet Dreams" at the Oxegen Festival in Dublin.

GOING TO A TOWN: The making of the Rufus Wainwright video. Here's Part 2.

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British Presenter Has His Way with Jake Shears

British presenter Steve Jones of Transmission with T-Mobile wanted a little taste of Jake Shears much to Shears' surprise (and pleasure) during a show last Friday night. The Scissor Sisters appeared with The Gossip's Beth Ditto and Yoko Ono.

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The Gossip's Beth Ditto: Gay Men to Blame for Skinny Women

Lesbian singer Beth Ditto, who appears naked on the cover of this week's New Music Express, says gay men are to blame for the preponderance of ultra-skinny female celebrities and models who put pressure on women to be thin.

Said Ditto: "If there's anyone to blame for size zero, it's not women. Blame gay men who work in the fashion industry and want these women as dolls. Men don't know what it feels like to be a woman and be expected to look a particular way. The Beckhams are part of the machine, Paris Hilton is part of the machine. There's that thing Paris Hilton said about Lindsay Lohan, 'You're poor, ugly and fat.' It's always women who are victims...I spent one night talking to Kate Moss and she said the most amazing things about bodies. I didn't think I was going to like her, but she said, 'Do you know what I hate, Beth? When people tell my big girlfriends, 'You have a beautiful face…' That's a really radical concept."

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