Towleroad Guide to the Tube #287

CINDY MCCAIN: Because she's "not the candidate" she refuses to release her income tax returns...ever.

TWISTER: Recent footage from a tornado that whipped through Leighton, Alabama.

DOGGIE HERO: Woof!

IF I WAS A TERRORIST: A new video from James Pence.

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Towleroad Guide to the Tube #286

JIMMY CARTER: A clip of last night's appearance on Tavis Smiley's PBS show.

MCCAIN'S OTHER PASTOR: John McCain has another pastor problem — Rod Parsley.

OBAMA GIRL: Mike Gravel tries to get in on the action.

MONICA CONYERS: Wife of congressman John Conyers and President Pro-Tem of the Detroit City Council gets owned by a 4th grader over calling the Council President "Shrek".

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Towleroad Guide to the Tube #285

I'M YOUR #1 FAN: Tom Cruise's #1 fan on yesterday's Oprah special.

ALAN CUMMING: Talks to UK gossip site Holy Moly in Claridge's.

CESC FABREGAS: Is flaming.

SHARK SURFER: Fake, but funny.

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Towleroad Guide to the Tube #284

HEAD OVER HILLS: Belinda Carlisle's gay son lets it be known who his mother is supporting for president.

THE EMPIRE STRIKES BARACK: Long, long ago, in a galaxy far, far away...

CHRISTIAN SIRIANO: Behind-the-scenes of last week's Ugly Betty appearance.

OIL: John McCain reveals the real reason for the war in Iraq. More here.

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Towleroad Guide to the Tube #283

100 YEARS: Republicans "apoplectic" over DNC's McCain ad that uses his own words.

CHIEF WHITE WOMAN: A GOP strategist calls Clinton "the chief white woman" in the country.

HILLARY CLINTON: YouTube's latest viral video. Clinton has a tangle with a coffee machine in North Carolina.

ARIANNA HUFFINGTON: On her new book, Right is Wrong, which apparently got her banned from NBC because of her remarks about Tim Russert.

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Towleroad Guide to the Tube #282

NANCY PELOSI: Has the House Speaker's personal love for Bush gotten in the way of her disagreement with his policies?

BILL O'REILLY: Responds to Karl Rove's suggestion of a question for Hillary Clinton (who is appearing on his show tonight): "That question is way too smart for me. I have stupid questions, but they’re fun."

THE ONES: New video for "When We Get Together" featuring Debbie Harry, Scissor Sisters, Jody Watley, Casey Spooner, Ultra Natè, Colton Ford, Ari Gold, Peppermint, and Nick Scotti.

JOHN MCCAIN: Screw 100 years in Iraq. How about a million?

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Towleroad Guide to the Tube #281

GEORGE W BUSH: His speech at the annual White House Correspondent's Dinner over the weekend. Part two here

GQ COVER: A reporter asks Obama whether he's too good-looking to relate to working class people.

100 YEARS: The DNC's new McCain attack ad.

TRAVIS CHILDERS: Mississippi Republican congressional candidate Greg Davis using Jeremiah Wright - Obama ad to attack his Democratic rival Travis Childers.

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Towleroad Guide to the Tube #280

KNOCKOUT: Preview of a new DVD coming soon from Joe Oppedisano, who as you may remember, shot the Dangerous Boys of the Black Party and the salute to Calvin Klein underwear which we featured in the last few months.

I AM BECAUSE WE ARE: Trailer for Madonna's new documentary on Malawi.

TR KNIGHT: Speaks to Miguel Contreras Learning Complex's School of Social Justice about anti-gay hate for the 'Day of Silence'.

EXIT BECKHAM: David Beckham makes a sexy exit on Ellen

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Towleroad Guide to the Tube #278

JOSEPH HERSCHER: Gay New Zealander's Rube Goldberg-inspired marble race is a YouTube hit. Here is Herscher's original clip.

UGLY BETTY: The show's first official podcast!

BETTER OFF: DNC launches first national anti-McCain ad.

AVE MARIA: Kelly Clarkson lets it rip for the Pope.

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Towleroad Guide to the Tube #277

ABC NEWS: Pilloried for its ridiculous Democratic debate coverage. (source: daily dish)

HOWARD DEAN: Tells superdelegates to decide now.

GAY DAD: Recent sketch comedy from Stanford University students.

CAFFEINE: Caffeine may protect you from sun damaged skin and skin cancer.

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Towleroad Guide to the Tube #276

ERYKAH BADU: An entertaining assessment on what young women should do to make it in the music business.

NAKED COCKATOO: Death-defying featherless cockatoo does Mick Jagger impressions. Michelle Collins at Best Week Ever writes, "Oscar looks pretty delicious. Let’s hope he doesn’t sing and dance his way into some buffalo sauce and blue cheese dressing."

AB ANXIETY: The arrival of a new trainer ruffles the staff at Sky Sports on Bravo's Workout.

HARD CANDY: Madonna discusses making her new record.

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Towleroad Guide to the Tube #275

BRITAIN'S GOT TALENT: This time, a dog!

MORRISSEY: Announces an upcoming gig in Tel Aviv on July 29. (source: idolator)

BEARAPALOOZA: Are you part of the Bearapalooza Nation? (source: queerty)

ALAN RITCHSON: Aquaman strips down for N2N Bodywear. More here.

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Towleroad Guide to the Tube #274

BILL O'REILLY: Media Matters comes down hard on the homophobic fear-mongering.

GEORGE TAKEI: Sings "On the Road Again" on Secret Talents of the Stars.

BURAN SPACE SHUTTLE: Space Shuttle of the Soviet era which never reached orbit gets its own funeral procession on the way down the Rhine River to the Technik Museum Speyer in Mannheim, Germany, where it will sit forever.

THOMAS BEATIE: Red Eye "apologizes" for last week's ugly trashing of the pregnant transgender man.

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Towleroad Guide to the Tube #273

ANNIE LENNOX: Her performance of "Many Rivers to Cross" on last night's Idol Gives Back.

VERBOTENE LIEBE: The German version of Luke and Noah, but these guys get to kiss, a lot.

PREVIOUSLY ON LOST: What? Yeah, I wonder the same thing most of the time.

DAFT PUNK BOYS: Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger.

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Towleroad Guide to the Tube #272

MCCAIN SUPPORTER: You can have your Tiger Woods."

RUNWAY HAZARDS: Model swallowed up by the earth. (source: gawker)

THE KARDASHIANS: Mad TV's take on the show. (source: lady bunny)

BARNYARD BEATDOWN: Two chickens break up a fight between two rabbits. Really!

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Towleroad Guide to the Tube #271

THE OFFICE: As performed by Nathan Alden Robinson. Not a gay story, but a touching one.

ANDERSON COOPER: Late last week Anderson and Kelly Ripa did a bit of thigh dancing.

WBC: The Westboro Baptist Church gets Rickrolled in Orlando.

DANNY NORIEGA: 24 seconds of something.

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Towleroad Guide to the Tube #270

GAY BACHELOR: MyPartner.com (a Towleroad advertiser) kicks off nationwide search for Most eligible Gay Bachelor.

LAURA BRANIGAN: The Filipino prisoners are back, performing "Gloria".

FAMILY: One of three powerful new PSAs shot by Babel director Alejandro González Iñárritu for the Montana Meth Project. View the others here.

BARACK OBAMA: Gets a gay marriage question on Hardball.

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Towleroad Guide to the Tube #269

ELEPHANT ZEN: An elephant paints a self-portrait.

I'M F**KING OBAMA: A spoof on the Jimmy Kimmel clips.

JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE: Performing at the Universal Charm Pageant / 1992 West Tennessee State Finals.

MADONNA - ELLE: Behind the scenes of her Madgesty's cover shoot.

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Getting the Word Out on Gays and Blood Donation

I don't know who Johnny Boy is but I want to see her punch the wall.

Clip, AFTER THE JUMP (warning: language NSFW)...

The girl's got an audience, although it's disturbing to read some of the comments posted on the YouTube site.

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Towleroad Guide to the Tube #268

CHELSEA CLINTON: Chelsea gets asked about Monica Lewinsky again and the pundits argue about whether or not it's a question she needs to answer.

THE WE CAMPAIGN: New ad from the Alliance for Climate Protection that is part of a $300 million campaign being promoted by Al Gore.

THERE WILL BE BLOOD!: Russian tennis player Mikhail Youzhny was so angry that he dropped a serve in the second set of his match yesterday at the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami that he beat himself in the head with his racquet, drawing blood.

IDOL CONTESTANT DANNY NORIEGA: He's back. Was he gone?

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Towleroad Guide to the Tube #267

LOU DOBBS: Ranting about Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's remarks that America still has race issues, Lou Dobbs nearly calls her a "cotton picker". Dobbs: "Not a single one of these cotton...these just ridiculous politicians should be the moderator on the issue of race."

COUGAR CAMP: Camp is in session.

LUKE AND NOAH: Van Hansis interviews Jake Silbermann.

MCCAIN GIRL: Remember "It's Raining McCain"? Well, one of the weather girls isn't too happy about some of the comments left by viewers. (warning: language NSFW)

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Towleroad Guide to the Tube #266

REAL WORLD HOLLYWOOD: The trailer for the new season.

RYAN PHILLIPPE: Phillippe visits Ellen Degeneres and they talk about his first acting role as a gay teen on One Life to Live but she does not ask him for his 'gayest look'. (source: queerty)

RECESSION: The movie.

SEX AND THE CITY: Starring Bea Arthur. (source: a socialite's life)

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Towleroad Guide to the Tube #265

BOSNIA: CBS follows up on Clinton's Bosnia blunder.

BIG BROTHER 9: Gay contestant Joshuah has plans for the future.

FREE TIBET: NYC Cops rough up peaceful marchers in front of the UN.

BILLY WOLFE: Matt Lauer talks to the bullied teen Billy Wolfe who was the subject of the NYT cover story.

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Towleroad Guide to the Tube #264

BARNEY FRANK: Announces his MAke Room for the Serious Criminals Bill on Real Time with Bill Maher.

CIAO: New film about two gay men who meet after a mutual friend dies. Playing this week at the Dallas AFI International Film Festival. More here.

THE HEART: This sculpture, by Billy Chasen, was recently displayed at the American Heart Association's 2008 Heart of New York Gala, which took place at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City.

WALRUS: This guy is a Smooth Criminal.

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Jill Bolte Taylor's Stroke of Insight

Here's a fascinating lecture from the TED talks series which was posted to their site this month. TED is an annual conference which brings together great minds in the worlds of Technology, Entertainment, and Design.

In this talk, neuroanatomist Jill Bolte Taylor discusses the day she realized that she was having a massive stroke and describes, as only a brain scientist can, how she experienced it and what she learned from it.

If you have 20 minutes to spare I recommend it.

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Towleroad Guide to the Tube #263

YouTube handed out its 2007 YouTube Awards in several categories last night. Here are two of the winners.

BATTLE AT KRUGER: I posted about this back in May of last year. Absolutely my favorite of the bunch, and one of the best amateur wildlife videos ever. Winner for " Eyewitness".

HUMAN TETRIS: Winner for "Creative".

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*** The following are not award winners:

PENIS STRAWS: Mother offended that Walmart is selling drinking straws to her kids. She "can't think of any other thing." (source: slog)

CHRIS CROCKER: The Chris Crocker video of a blink which has received more than a million views.

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Towleroad Guide to the Tube #262

WII DOG VS WII CAT: The pet playoff.

ELLEN PLAYS HARDBALL: Chris Matthews slamdances and chats with Ellen DeGeneres.

EARTH HOUR: Jeremy Piven and the WWF want you to go dark for one hour one March 29.

KRISTY LEE COOK: She can blow you out of your socks and you know it.

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John Malkovich Bathes with Craig Bierko

Here's a strange entry into the world of web programming.

Actor Craig Bierko premiered his new talk show, Bathing with Bierko, yesterday. His first guest is John Malkovich. They discuss weight loss techniques, living abroad, tongue twisters, and working at a fast food drive thru.

Random!!!

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Towleroad Guide to the Tube #261

5 YEARS IN IRAQ: Rep. Robert Wexler (D-FL) has a message on the anniversary.

LOCKSTEP: Bush and McCain on Iraq.

UNION STATION FREEZE-IN: Code Pink protestors borrowed the Improv Everywhere Grand Central Station 'freeze' concept and staged a protest in Washington DC's Union Station - five minutes for five years.

SHANTYTOWN: BBC covers the tent cities which have sprung up outside of L.A. in the wake of the mortgage crisis.

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Towleroad Guide to the Tube #260

ATLANTA TORNADO: Inside the Georgia Dome during Friday night's storm which spawned an F2 tornado in downtown Atlanta.

APARTMENT BOMB: An Air National Guard jet mistakenly dropped a 22-pound BDU-33 dummy bomb on an apartment complex in Tulsa, Oklahoma late last week.

JOHN MCCAIN'S BAGDHAD MARKET: Too dangerous to stroll through now

A GAY AMERICAN IDOL: CNN explores the possibility.

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Towleroad Guide to the Tube #259

JEREMIAH WRIGHT: Barack Obama's latest divisive pastor.

SHOW OFF: A woman with 21 different accents.

HARLAND WILLIAMS: Tells anti-gay joke on last night's Conan. Comes sandwiched within the Ellen clip.

WHAT WE WANT: Eliot Spitzer's prostitute is also a wannabe pop star.

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Towleroad Guide to the Tube #257

GERALDINE FERRARO: Defends her remarks that Obama is where he is because he is black.

DREAM TICKET: Nancy Pelosi puts the kibosh on any Clinton-Obama, Obama-Clinton combo.

GEORGE W BUSH: The president sings an early farewell at the Gridiron Roast.

BILL O'REILLY: O'Reilly vs Godwin's law.