Over 100 people took part in a strange New York tradition yesterday — the pants-less subway ride. Several were arrested. May we suggest the tradition be altered next year? How about the Speedo Santa Subway Ride?
Aussie swimmer Ian Thorpe (the Thorpedo) signs $10 million Adidas deal.
John Waters speaks out about Brokeback Mountain at Sundance: “It’s a good gay movie. It’s probably the most positive gay movie ever made. The right wing is correct: It’s a great recruitment tool. I’ve never seen any gay cowboys that were that cute.”
Is Richard Hatch proving himself as wily a defendant as he was a contestant? The Survivor winner dropped a bombshell in court on Friday at his tax evasion trial, claiming that the producers made a secret agreement to pay the taxes on his winnings if he kept quiet about the fact that contestants had cheated on the show by sneaking food. Contestants are denying that ever happened, while some cameramen are saying just the opposite.
NYDN Widdicombe: New Marlon Brando bio details the actor’s wild sex life, including “a (literally) jaw-dropping scene on page 320, involving Peter Lawford, another actor and ‘a motor trip to Palm Springs'”. For fantasy purposes, we’ll just hope this incident occurred more toward the Streetcar period than the Godfather one.