Miss Brazil Gay 2009 Attacked by Jealous Wig-Snatching Competitor

At this year's Miss Brazil Gay 2009, the winner, Ava Simoes, had her wig and tiara torn off by Miss Sao Paulo, who was jealous of the results. No doubt this is the same type of rage Carrie Prejean was feeling after her loss. Drag queens just know how to werq it out. You know this wasn't the end of it.

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Power Returns After Blackout Darkens Half of Brazil

Bloomberg reports on the outage:

"Power was restored in Brazil after an outage at a dam providing 20 percent of the country’s energy thrust about half of the nation’s 190 million people into darkness for at least two hours.The 14,000-megawatt Itaipu Binacional hydroelectric dam said operations were back to normal at 6 a.m. local time after transmission failed, causing the world’s largest dam by output to forcibly shut down for the first time since it went online in 1983. The government is investigating the incident....'The problem was a result of the lack of investment in transmission lines,' said Adriano Pires, head of the Brazilian Center for Infrastructure, a research group, in a Bloomberg TV interview today. 'The government missed a great opportunity to modernize its electricity system when the economy was growing at a faster pace and now has to do its homework as the country will host the Soccer World Cup in 2014 and the Olympic Games in 2016.'"

Watch the lights come back on in Rio, AFTER THE JUMP...

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Adam Lambert and Ferras glam it up on Halloween in West Hollywood.

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West Hollywood woos gay tourists.

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Male model fix: Matt Loewen.

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One million celebrate rainy Pride in Rio.

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Ethan Hawke praises Madonna for speaking out for Romania's Gypsies: "She transcended being a pop star. She drew international attention and shone the spotlight on a level of racism and the need for greater education."

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Towleroad Guide to the Tube #557

JOE SOLMONESE: Speaking at the hate crimes bill presser this morning. Sorry, can't find clips of other speakers.

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Bronson Pinchot on working with Tom Cruise in Risky Business: "We thought Tom [Cruise] was the biggest bore on the face of the Earth. He was tense and made constant, constant unrelated homophobic comments, like, 'You want some ice cream, in case there are no gay people there?' I mean, his lingo was larded with the most… There was no basis for it. It was like, 'It’s a nice day, I’m glad there are no gay people standing here.' Very, very strange."

White House supports Ryan White Reauthorization Act.

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Bigots of a feather flock together.

Toronto gets a gander of Ryan Gosling.

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Equality Florida endorses Dan Gelber for Attorney General. "Our community has two friends in the Democratic Primary race for Attorney General, however Dan Gelber stands apart as someone who has used his political capital to truly lead on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues."

Anti-discrimination ordinance makes first appearance at Salt Lake City Council — public hearing scheduled for November 10.

Homophobic slapper has day in UK court.

Bobby Brown suggests Whitney Houston is a lesbian in new book.

A new Twilight clip with lots of fangs, shirtlessness, drool, and growling.

Saturn at equinox...

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For Elizabeth Taylor, too much Kathy Ireland is never enough.

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