Kevin Spacey Inspects Male Curves at 'Wild Party' in Croatia

Actor Kevin Spacey was photographed over the weekend at what Brit tabloid The Sun called a "wild party" in Croatia. Either that, or a Weight Watchers meeting...Spacey may have just been checking whether he could pinch more than an inch. Photos AFTER THE JUMP...

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Confederate flag that hangs at site of Cheney's weekend hunting trip stirs up anger from Al Sharpton: "It’s appalling for the VP to be at a private club displaying the flag of lynching, hate and murder. It’s the epitome of an insult." The good news is, nobody got shot in the face.

Rosie O'Donnell ambushed at book signing by Bill O'Reilly team. (Rosie's Video, O'Reilly's Video)

NYT: Cancellation of Halloween fest in San Francisco a sign that gay ghettos risk becoming passé. "For many in the Castro District, the cancellation is a blow that strikes at the heart of neighborhood identity, and it has brought soul-searching that goes beyond concerns about crime. These are wrenching times for San Francisco’s historic gay village, with population shifts, booming development, and a waning sense of belonging that is also being felt in gay enclaves across the nation, from Key West, Fla., to West Hollywood, as they struggle to maintain cultural relevance in the face of gentrification."

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Miller Brewing apologizes for allowing its brand logo to appear on posters for San Francisco's Folsom Street Fair that parodied The Last Supper.

Opposing accounts offered at trial of Navy doctor accused of secretly taping midshipmen having sex: "A Navy doctor who served as a sponsor for U.S. Naval Academy midshipmen 'violated the trust' of the students by using surveillance equipment installed in an air purifier at his Annapolis home to make 'secret sex tapes' of them, a Navy prosecutor said yesterday at the start of the doctor's court-martial. But Cmdr. Kevin Ronan's attorney, William T. Ferris, said the tapes were made by a former midshipman who used them in an attempt to extort money from his client. Ferris said the tapes became public after his client refused to give money to the former midshipman, who had been dismissed from the Naval Academy for academic reasons and needed money for expenses. 'This was a plan to extort money from Commander Ronan that went awry,' Ferris said during his opening statement at the Washington Navy Yard."

Meet the first Mr. Gay Brazil, Luciano Lupo.

Frank DeCaro looks at Paul Lynde's Halloween Special from 1976, along with a clip of Margaret Hamilton dressed as the wicked witch introducing Paul to members of KISS.

Queer community at NYU holds drag ball.

Croatian man charged with hate crime in Zagreb for attack on gay parade: "The man, identified only as Josip S., is charged with endangering lives and property by an act of hatred toward the participants of the Gay Pride parade in July, the Zagreb district prosecutors' office said. The man is the first person in Croatia to face hate crime charges since it was introduced into the Penal Code last year. If convicted, he faces up to eight years in prison. No date for a trial was immediately set. Police spotted the man as he prepared to throw homemade Molotov cocktails — bottles containing gasoline — at the parade participants gathering at Zagreb's main square. He fled the scene, but was tracked down later at his home."

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Leak reveals Cheney's plan for Iran attack? "In the scenario concocted by Cheney's strategists, Washington's first step would be to convince Israel to fire missiles at Iran's uranium enrichment plant in Natanz. Tehran would retaliate with its own strike, providing the US with an excuse to attack military targets and nuclear facilities in Iran."

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Serbia's Speedoed Imports

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O'Reilly: San Diego Padres Gay Night is "Social Engineering"

Bill O'Reilly hissed at the San Diego Padres' decision to offer hats to kids on the same night they were having a gay night, accusing the baseball team of "social engineering".

Rex Wockner reports on the "Christian" presence (about 75 picketed before the game started) and the performance of the San Diego Gay Men's Chorus:

"Chorus member Fergal O'Doherty told me: 'The crowd cheered when we marched out. Rainbow flags were visible waving in every section. There was no audible booing or hissing, to our shock and surprise. It was a breeze. [T]he Christian wackos from El Cajon were so few in number and so pathetic on TV, using worn out sound-bite platitudes like 'lifestyle' and 'protect our children,' to the yawns and boredom of all present.'"

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Croatian Gays March Despite Taunts and Violence

Gay Pride was observed in Zagreb, Croatia over the weekend where ten people were reported injured. Police arrested eight individuals and seized what appeared to be Molotov cocktails, according to the Associated Foreign Press.

Approximately 200 people took part in the march.

The Croatian Social-Liberal Party (HSLS) condemned those attacking the marchers, reported media outlet Javno:

"We especially condemn the brutal attack on 15 participants of the parade and welcome the efficient intervention of Ministry of the Interior representatives while protecting Gay pride participants, it is stated in the HSLS announcement . They also remind that one of the fundamental principles of this party is that all people have equal and inalienable rights regardless of race, nationality, religion, gender, political and other believes and points of view, social status and all other differences.

HSLS`starting point is the principle which states how a community can be free only is each individual is free, because the individual is the society`s greatest value. They advocate the right and possibility for all particularities to develop in society – personal, collective, regional, cultural and others. Men`s inalienable rights are physical and spiritual inviolability, freedom of speech, public appearance and association, HSLS says."

This was Croatia's sixth Gay Pride march.

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Alen Kostelac Crowned Mr. Croatia 2007

In Croatia they have pageants for both the men and the women, and this weekend Alen Kostelac was crowned Mr. Croatia 2007 in Zagreb.

Said Kostelac: "I primarily feel very tired. The competition was so strong that nobody could say for certain who will be Mr Croatia. Since I won the title, I will model primarily for financial reasons."

Some of the other contestants appear below. Somehow I don't think many would object being asked to judge such a contest.

And then of course, there's the Croatian National Water Polo League.

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News: Naomi Campbell, Fire, Rudy Giuliani, Encyclopedia of Life

Website to catalog all of Earth's approximately 1.8 million known species: "The effort, called the Encyclopedia of Life, will include species descriptions, pictures, maps, videos, sound, sightings by amateurs, and links to entire genomes and scientific journal papers. Its first pages of information will be shown Wednesday in Washington where the massive effort is being announced by some of the world's leading institutions. The project will take about 10 years to finish."

Burning: Fire threatens L.A.'s Griffith Park observatory.

Most Americans back Congress over Bush in Iraq war funding battle: "The reason the public supports a timetable for withdrawal may be because the four-year-old war remains unpopular, with nearly two-thirds of the public opposed. Of those polled, 34 percent said they support the war, while 65 percent expressed opposition. But while previous surveys show Americans are pessimistic about the outcome of the war, a majority of 55 percent said they were not yet willing to declare it 'lost.' The prevailing view, held by 63 percent of Americans polled in April, is that neither side is winning. Fifty-four percent said they don't believe the Bush administration's assertion that the war is the "central front" in the war on terrorist groups that was launched after al Qaeda's September 11, 2001, attacks on New York and Washington. Forty-three percent said they agreed."

Potential jailbird Paris Hilton forgives, rehires publicist Elliot Mintz. Mintz: "Paris and I met last night, I am still her media rep. She is still my client. She is also a dear friend."

Naomi Campbell in W glamour editorial surrounding her sanitation department gig in NYC: “I find solace in sweeping. I have no other responsibility. I have no phone. I have the time to think. Just have, you know, peace.”

New York City gay pride planners in battle with city over location of PrideFest.

Rudy Giuliani donated to Planned Parenthood six times in the '90s: "Giuliani's old contributions could echo throughout the 2008 GOP nomination battle, as he seeks to lessen the political impact of his support for abortion rights -- an unpopular position among the social conservatives who in recent elections have weighed decisively in the primaries and caucuses. The issue was raised anew at last week's debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, when Giuliani gave a noncommittal answer to the question of whether it would be a good day for the country if Roe v. Wade were overturned. 'It'd be OK,' Giuliani responded, adding that it would also be all right if the Supreme Court decided the other way."

Queer Zagreb Festival kicks off in Croatia.

Big Brother Australia gets a gay contestant. Nick describes himself as "arrogant, vain and self-absorbed."

In England's first gay football championship, Bournemouth take the Cup.

Time Warner Inc. Chief Executive Richard Parsons slams "new media": "The Googles of the world, they are the Custer of the modern world. We are the Sioux nation. They will lose this war if they go to war. The notion that the new kids on the block have taken over is a false notion."

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Reed Prescott, last seen as a contestant in Grease: you're the One That I Want, is set to play a gay porn star in I Google Myself, a new off-Broadway play by Jason Schafer: "The play is the unusual story of three very different men with the same name. One is a gay porn star with a dirty little secret. One is a stoner mechanic who blogs poetry and has anger management issues. And another is a wily stalker with a balloon fetish, desperate to make a connection. Their worlds collide when one man Googles his own name to find others who share his moniker. What he discovers leads to an unforgettable, ripped-from-the tabloids chain of events that will leave you asking yourself: what would I do to become a top search term on Google?"

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Gay German couple attacked in Croatia: "The two German men, ages 20 and 39, were beaten late on Wednesday while walking on a street in Split, a police spokeswoman told AFP. The 39-year-old suffered serious injuries and needed medical treatment for a broken nose, she said. According to local media, the two were holding hands when they were attacked. It was the fourth attack against gay and lesbian tourists in the Split area since July."

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Google and Apple in "video talks" over content deal for new iTV streaming device. Apple iPhone on track for early 2007.

Letter to government from Indian luminaries: repeal 145-year-old law criminalizing gay sex. Letter: “In independent India, as earlier, this archaic and brutal law has served no good purpose. It has been used to systematically persecute, blackmail, arrest and terrorize sexual minorities. It has spawned public intolerance and abuse, forcing tens of millions of gay and bisexual men and women to live in fear and secrecy, at tragic cost to themselves and their families.”

Janet Jackson stages comeback as neo-Barbarella.

Gay Berlin Mayor Klaus Wowereit wins re-election handily.

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In South Africa, a massive Christian protest against upcoming parliament vote on gay marriage: "The protests, spearheaded by the conservative African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP), came days before a parliamentary committee holds hearings on a bill that would accord same-sex couples the same rights as heterosexual ones."

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Over 40% of HIV-infected gay men are unaware of their status: "One in eight of the gay men in London (12.3%; 95% CI, 10.7%-14.1%) who agreed to anonymous HIV antibody testing were HIV-infected. However, worringly, London had the second-highest percentage of HIV-infected men unaware of their positive status, at 44.1%."

Debby downer: Tropical depression forms in the Atlantic. Hurricane chief issues warning: "People think we have seen the worst. We haven't. I think the day is coming. I think eventually we're going to have a very powerful hurricane in a major metropolitan area worse than what we saw in Katrina and it's going to be a mega-disaster. With lots of lost lives. I don't know whether that's going to be this year or five years from now or a hundred years from now. But as long as we continue to develop the coastline like we are, we're setting up for disaster."

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Massive exhibition of naked portraits to go on display in Scotland in an effort to rid the National Portrait Gallery of its stuffy image.

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Naked men run amok at Croatian seaside resort gay week. Organizer: "The person who walked naked outside the cathedral has nothing to do with our group. Many of us are Catholics who will never do such a thing."

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