Best gay blog. Towleroad Wins Award

Joaquin Phoenix Hub



04/19/2007


News: Lincoln, Joaquin Phoenix, Sundance, Philippines, kd lang

 roadPresbyterian leaders in Kentucky vote to allow gays and lesbians to be ordained as pastors, elders and deacons.

Watch  roadAbraham Lincoln's watchmaker carved a secret inscription to the president on the inside of his pocket watch. The watchmaker's memory of it is nicer than the reality: "The first gun is fired. Slavery is dead. Thank God we have a President who at least will try."

 roadStunt? Joaquin Phoenix attacks "bitch" in his audience - VIDEO.

 roadFlorida judge orders school board to allow Gay-Straight Alliance to meet at Yullee High School near Jacksonville.

 roadCenter Square: San Francisco reading of one-man play about Paul Lynde halted by "cease and desist" letter.

 roadGay man picked to head Sundance Film Festival: "Actor Robert Redford, who founded the Sundance Institute in 1981, said [John] Cooper 'brings to the position an infectious enthusiasm as well as a deep understanding of the Sundance brand and culture. Forward thinking, he is a natural choice of succession to lead the Festival into the 21st century.' In recent years, Cooper has been involved in distributing short films on platforms such as iTunes, XBox360, and Netflix. He's also recently spearheaded the Art House Project, an initiative of 18 art houses from across the country designed to connect regional audiences to the Sundance's films and filmmakers."

 roadIt's probably best not to give a woman-beater a Kids' Choice Award.

Chace_ed  roadOh, just kiss and get it over with.

 roadThree new biographies explore authors who were gay (or struggled with it).

 roadTrial to begin over anti-gay killing in Brooklyn's Crown Heights. Killer thought victim was flirting with him.

 roadPhilippines military opens recruitment to gays. Commanding officer: "I don’t have anything against gay people but I am still in the dark, I cannot imagine how they will perform and discharge their duties once they are accepted in the military"

 roadBoston Gay Men's Chorus to tackle kd lang's "Big Boned Gal" in next concert. Somebody please send a video.

 roadApparently, Sean Penn's suit from Milk is a Mormon magnet.

Croc  roadBig Gulp: Croc gobbles shark in Australia.

 roadWebsite scans NYC sandwiches.

 roadClay Aiken to present GLAAD award to Tyra Banks.

 roadGambling regulators in Las Vegas recommend $50,000 fine and a 6-month suspension of a slot machine license for city's oldest gay bar Snick's, over public sex complaint.

 roadIn praise of Sonny Bill Williams.

 roadGoogle to increase user surveillance: "Google’s influence over our lives is set to grow further after it anounced today that it will track millions of people as they move through the internet in order work out what their interests are. Using that information, it will then provide targeted advertising to suit users' individual tastes."


Letterman on Joaquin Phoenix: We Owe An Apology to Farrah Fawcett

Joaquin

Joaquin Phoenix heads in to The Late Show with David Letterman for a completely inscrutable appearance. Dave finally gives up, asking, "What can you tell us about your days with the Unabomber?"

Phoenix is either drugged up, drunk, demented, or pulling some kind of weird stunt.

Regarding the Farrah Fawcett reference, Farrah gave a legendary messed up performance on the show back in '97.

Watch it, AFTER THE JUMP...

Previously
Joaquin Phoenix Goes Into the Wild [tr]

Phoenix

Continue reading "Letterman on Joaquin Phoenix: We Owe An Apology to Farrah Fawcett" »


News: Roland Burris, iPod, Matt Dillon, Arkansas, Johnny Hazzard

road.jpg Blagoblah: Roland Burris and his monument to himself.

road.jpg REPORT: Apple launching large-form iPod Touch. "...expect a large screen iPod touch device to be released in the Fall of ‘09, with a 7 or 9 inch screen. Prototypes have been seen and handled by one of our sources, and Apple is talking to OEMs in Asia now about mass production."

Dillonroad.jpg SPEED: Matt Dillon arrested.

road.jpg Sacha Baron-Cohen takes swipe at Madonna in gay Bruno film: "A major plotline sees Bruno and his boyfriend 'Diesel' adopting an African baby called David, who they then parade around the chic fashion capitals of the world."

road.jpg 29 plaintiffs: ACLU files lawsuit to strike down Arkansas ban on adoption and foster parenting by unmarried couples.

road.jpg SPEEDO: Last year was white, this year it's black for Giorgio Armani.

road.jpg Rick Warren: what will he pray?

road.jpg Scientists: Moods spread like ripples through friends and family. "How grumpy people feel can be influenced not only by the state of mind of those closest to us, but also by friends of friends that we have never met like ripples from "pebbles thrown into a pond" , claim scientists. Professor James Fowler of the University of California, said each 'unhappy connection' decreased the chance of a person being happy by seven per cent. However, the effect works both ways with each 'happy connection' increasing the chance of a person's happiness by nine per cent."

road.jpg Vatican does damage control over homophobic Pope remarks.

road.jpg Ryan Gosling wants you to know about the room where he sleeps.

Hazzardroad.jpg Johnny Hazzard is gay adult film acting's Top Chef (site NSFW).

road.jpg Harvey Milk School students see Milk: "...the new movie 'Milk,' on the life of one of the first openly gay politicians to hold office in the United States, has given students at the nation's first public school dedicated to teaching gay, lesbian and transgender youths a glimpse into the leader's legacy, connecting them to a history many never knew. 'When it finished, I just felt so proud that I go to his school,' said Matthew 'Matty' Agostini, 18, who watched an advance screening with classmates from Harvey Milk High School. 'After he died, when they showed the people marching and there was a long line of people holding candles, I remember thinking if I was there, I would have been walking too.' Orville Bell, a teacher at the school, said after watching the movie, "I almost felt like screaming into the audience, 'I teach at that school!'"

road.jpg The latest fall of a member of the Phoenix family.

Kieferroad.jpg German tennis pro Nicholas Kiefer, who we've featured here before, shows us what training is all about.

road.jpg Lawsuit claims culture of homophobia in California Parks system: "Attorneys for California state park ranger Jennifer Donovan filed the civil suit December 16 in San Diego County Superior Court against the plaintiff's employer, the California Department of Parks and Recreation and several co-workers. The lawsuit describes an embattled employee enduring numerous incidents of homophobic slurs, harassment, and discrimination by her Southern California co-workers based, at least in part, on her sexual orientation."

road.jpg ARIZONA: Backers of gay marriage ban filed donor list improperly. "The backers of the successful ballot proposal to constitutionally ban gay marriage did not get the occupations of the majority of those who contributed to the campaign despite a state law requiring them to gather that information. But the state's top election official said Monday that the wording of the law allows them to get away with that."

road.jpg Billie "Glinda the Good Witch" Burke to be subject of book: "I devote a chapter to Billie's role as Glinda and to the genesis and symbology of the character. I also explore the facts and the fiction behind accounts of Billie's marriage to philandering husband Florenz Ziegfeld, her alleged relationship with director Dorothy Arzner, and show a very different side to the actress many erroneously suppose was as dithery in person as her best known comic role, Clara Topper."

road.jpg Minnesota senator requests $500K earmark for Christianist program tied to 'ex-gay' ministry.


News: Ryan Reynolds, Sao Paulo, Halloween, Kay Hagan, Viagra

road.jpg Ron Reagan endorses Obama.

Reynoldsroad.jpg Ryan Reynolds beefs up the NYC marathon.

road.jpg Two Swedish women married in India: "The young women, Sara and Sandra had been living together in India's national capital, New Delhi for past one year and 'solemnized' their marriage according to the Vedic rites and rituals. The newly married couple said that they were extremely happy to get married in the city of Taj Mahal, the monument of love and one of the Seven Wonders of the World."

road.jpg Lesbian engagement on All My Children: "That day, I knew I wanted to spend the rest of my life with you. And I knew that I wanted to have a home with you and Miranda, and a future together. And so today, I am asking you my beautiful, beautiful, beautiful Bianca... will you marry me?"

road.jpg Will & Grace creator Max Mutchnick marries.

Levineroad.jpg Harrison Ford dressed as a peapod for Halloween while Maroon 5's Adam Levine took a sexier route.

road.jpg Hawaii verifies Obama birth certificate.

road.jpg New play about gay Iranian teens executed in 2005 to open in Chicago: " The play tells the story of two boys coming of age, and struggling with their identities as Arab Iranians, and as typical teenagers longing to discover their place in the world. Ayaz Marhouni and Mahmoud Asgari, the two fifteen year old boys who may have been gay or may have been experimenting with their sexuality – like many teenagers do, get caught in a compromised position, publicly humiliated and tried in the Iranian legal system."

road.jpg New York voters targeted with robocalls claiming to be Gay City News with an endorsement for the Democratic candidate in certain districts.

Saopauloroad.jpg Students kiss for gay rights in Sao Paulo.

road.jpg North Carolina Democrat Kay Hagan is suing Elizabeth Dole for defamation over her "Godless" attack ad.

road.jpg New McCain Keating 5 revelations on investigations on alleged leaks by the Senator: "All five senators--including McCain--had testified under oath and under the U.S. penal code that the leaks did not come from their camps. The leaks were also prohibited by rules of the Senate Ethics Committee; according to the rules of the Senate, anyone caught leaking such information could face expulsion from the body. These, then, were not the usual Washington disclosures: Discovered, they could have stopped the career of any Washington politician in his tracks."

road.jpg Boy gunned down while trick-or-treating: "An ex-convict who thought he was being robbed gunned down a 12-year-old trick-or-treater, spraying nearly 30 rounds with an assault rifle from inside his home after hearing a knock on the door, police said Saturday."

Tomoffinlandroad.jpg Tom of Finland retrospective opens in Liverpool.

road.jpg Joaquin Phoenix says good-bye to acting .

road.jpg Homophobic attacks on the rise in Scotland.

road.jpg Netherlands: Cannabis being laced with Viagra.

road.jpg Straight man bringing discrimination suit against employer over "gay taunts" from colleagues who suggested he was gay because he lives in Brighton: "Stephen English, who is heterosexual, says he was called a 'faggot' and 'Mr Franglais' by fellow members of staff at the blind and awning firm where he worked. He alleges that the barbs began after a sales manager discovered that he went to boarding school and now lived in the Sussex seaside town, which has a large gay population. Mr English, who has been married for 20 years and has three teenage children, decided to take legal action after his attendance at Brighton's Gay Pride parade wearing "skin-tight Lycra cycling shorts" was mentioned in the Thomas Sanderson Blinds in-house magazine."


Joaquin Phoenix Goes Into the Wild

Joaquin1

Joaquin Phoenix has joined the indigenous Yawanawa people of the Brazilian Amazon. For a few pages of the new Italian Vanity Fair.

One more shot of Joaquin getting inked, AFTER THE JUMP...

Continue reading "Joaquin Phoenix Goes Into the Wild" »









Lijit Search



Home | Page 2 | 3 | 4 |