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| Jack Nicholson (Chinatown) - August 12, 1974 |
Wednesday, March 23, 2016
Scream, Queens! The Top 40 Horror Films of The 80’s!
From: The Backlot
#12
Child’s Play
The sequels were so campy (which is not a bad thing), that it’s easy to forget that the original Child’s Play was actually a straightforward serious horror film, with a fine performance from the always dependable (and underrated) Catherine Hicks as a single mother who discovers that the Good Guy Doll she .. well, you know the story. Gay screenwriter Don Mancini is about to unleash Curse of Chucky on us, so now is as good a time as any to pay tribute to the … gulp … 25TH ANNIVERSARY? God, we’re old.
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
1946
Anne Baxter
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Sophie Nelson-MacDonald
The Razor's Edge
Anne Baxter (May 7, 1923 – December 12, 1985) was an American actress of screen and stage. She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Sophie in the 1946 film The Razor's Edge, and received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress for the title role in the 1950 film All About Eve. Her other films included The Magnificent Ambersons (1942), I Confess (1953) and The Ten Commandments (1956).
100 Treasured Chests: Hairy Edition
From: OUT
Jake Gyllenhaal
Actor
Jacob Benjamin "Jake" Gyllenhaal (/ˈdʒɪlənhɔːl/ jil-ən-hawl; born December 19, 1980) is an American actor. A member of the Gyllenhaal family and the son of director Stephen Gyllenhaal and screenwriter Naomi Foner, Gyllenhaal began acting as a child with a screen debut in City Slickers (1991), followed by roles in A Dangerous Woman (1993) and Homegrown (1998). His breakthrough performance was as Homer Hickam in October Sky (1999) and he garnered an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Male Lead for playing the titular character in the indie cult hit Donnie Darko (2001), in which he played a psychologically troubled teenager alongside his older sister, Maggie Gyllenhaal. He subsequently appeared in another indie film, The Good Girl (2002) and the climate fiction-disaster film The Day After Tomorrow (2004), portraying a student caught in a cataclysmic climate event.
In 2005, Gyllenhaal portrayed Anthony "Swoff" Swofford in Jarhead, Gwyneth Paltrow's love interest in Proof, and Jack Twist in Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain. For his performance in Brokeback Mountain, he received critical acclaim and won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role and was nominated for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role, the Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture, and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
Gyllenhaal received further recognition for roles in Zodiac (2007), Brothers (2009), Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010), Love & Other Drugs (2010), for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, Source Code (2011), End of Watch (2012), Prisoners (2013), Nightcrawler (2014), and Southpaw (2015). For Nightcrawler, his performance was widely acclaimed and received rave reviews from critics and he was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama, the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role, and the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role.
Richard Grieco in IF LOOKS COULD KILL
Can't say as I loved this movie, but my GOD, that tighty whitie scene was so hot I was squirming in my chair.
From: Favorite Hunks & Other Things
From: Favorite Hunks & Other Things
The 100 Greatest Lost Hits of The 80’s Part 2: The New Batch
From: NewNowNext
#14
“Wind Him Up”
Saga
Earlier we saw Canadian band Saga’s only top 40 entry “On The Loose,” but their followup “Wind Him Up” should have done much, much better than it did, only reaching #64 in May 1983. Lead singer Michael Sadler (left) is still looking mighty fine in his 60’s.
Celebrating Today: March 23rd
From: Favorite Hunks & Other Things
Soap star David Tom turns 38.
If I did not prefer men, I would want Keri Russell, I think she is one of the most beautiful actress's around. Loved Felicity as well, but I wanted her with Noel, no Ben, nah Noel....anyway, Keri turns 40 today.
Steven Strait turns 30 today.
The 40 Hottest Male Bodies Of 2015!
From: Boy Culture
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| Karter Country |
Levi Karter
One of the most famous of porn's CockyBoys, Karter is instantly recognizable—cute, scruffy, abs of steel.
As one of the most popular bottoms in the biz, maybe in porn history, Karter may be the most identifiable performer in the CockyBoys stable—and that's saying a lot, with names like Tayte Hanson, Liam Riley and Jake Bass at their disposal.
A 2015 HuffingtonPost profile gave Karter a forum to say the following:
Within the same piece, CockyBoys founder Jake Jaxson said of Karter:
He's not rude. He does not get hung up on wanting to be 'right' and works hard to show mutual respect in both work and play. But what I love the most about Levi is his curiosity and desire to learn. And like all our CockyBoys, he's working hard to create possibilities beyond the perceived limitations of adult entertainment.
We'll see if he crosses over or simply becomes a porn icon.
BFI Releases List Of The Top 30 LGBT Films Of All Time
From: NewNowNext
8.
All About My Mother
Pedro Almodóvar
Spain / France
1999
All About My Mother (Spanish: Todo sobre mi madre) is a 1999 Spanish drama film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar, and starring Cecilia Roth, Marisa Paredes, Antonia San Juan, Penélope Cruz and Candela Peña.
The plot originates in Almodóvar's earlier film The Flower of My Secret (1995) which shows student doctors being trained in how to persuade grieving relatives to allow organs to be used for transplant, focusing on the mother of a teenager killed in a road accident. The film deals with complex issues such as AIDS, homosexuality, transsexualism, faith, and existentialism.
The film was a commercial and critical success internationally, winning the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language in addition to the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film and the BAFTA Awards for Best Film Not in the English Language and Best Direction (Almodóvar). The film also won 6 Goya Awards including Best Film, Best Director (Almodóvar), Best Actress (Roth).
Where Are The LGBT “Real World” Housemates Now?
From: NewNowNext
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Dan Renzi
“The Real World: Miami”
The Miami house was a wild ride of sex, fun and fights, and Dan fully participated.
Post-RW, Dan pursued modeling and writing, and became the editor of the South Florida Blade. He’s also worked as a safe-sex educator and is now a registered nurse.
25 Times White Actors Played People Of Color And No One Really Gave A S**t
From: Huffington Post
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Boris Karloff
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Dr. Fu Manchu
Film
“The Mask of Fu Manchu” (1932) is based on the book series that follows the schemes of Dr. Fu Manchu, an evil Chinese genius.
Character’s Background
Dr. Fu Manchu is a Chinese villain. The character is often viewed as the “Yellow peril incarnate” who reflected Western fears of China.
Actor’s Background
English actor Boris Karloff is one of many white actors to portray the character. No actor of Asian descent has portrayed Dr. Fu Manchu.
20 Songs Everyone Knows That Didn’t Hit The Top 40!
From: NewNowNext
#5
“Tiny Dancer”
Elton John
The second single from Elton’s fourth album Madman Across The Water is, of course, one of his most recognizable songs, and one of great classics of pop music. It was also a chart failure, peaking at #41 in April 1972. “Tiny Dancer” would eventually be certified platinum forty years later, having stood both the test of time, and Phoebe Buffay’s lyrics confusion.
13 Irish Celebrities We Want To Get Lucky With
From: NewNowNext
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Allen Leech
Originally from Killiney County in Dublin, Leech is most famous for his role as Tom Branson on Downton Abbey, and also had a role in the Academy Award winning film The Imitation Game.
11 Hot Trainers To Inspire Your Next Workout
From: NewNowNext
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Alex Toussaint
As an instructor at Pelotin Cycle, Alex knows how to inspire his members to sweat it out.
His philosophy is simple: “You feel good, you look good, you do better.” We can’t disagree.
Indiana Priest Kicks LGBT Catholic Group Out Of Church After 12 Years
The pastor reportedly urged the group to repent for "struggling with same-sex attractions."
From: NewNowNext
From: NewNowNext
An LGBT Catholic group has been forced to find a new venue for their monthly meetings after the new pastor of St. Mary parish in Evansville, Indiana, where the group has met for the last 12 years, unceremoniously kicked them out because they are “not operating in compliance with the Roman Catholic Church rules.”
Father Gordon Mann told the members of Rainbow Catholics in Christ (RCC) to leave in February, but the group only recently revealed his decision publicly, Church Militant reports.
According to the Evansville Courier & Press, RCC meets monthly to pray and discuss social topics like “LGBTQ advocacy, fairness in employment and housing, and human sexuality and spirituality.”
Father Mann, who took over the church in January, reportedly told the group they could continue meeting at St. Mary if they adhered to the rules of Courage/EnCourage, a Catholic outreach group that organizes meetings for people “struggling with same-sex attractions.”
RCC members claim turning their group into a Courage group would inflict “spiritual and psychological harm” on members, as it teaches that same-sex attraction is unnatural, and that people with same-sex attractions should remain chaste and frequently attend confession.
Writing about her experience in an op-ed for the Courier & Press, former St. Mary parishioner Kirstin Ethridge said she was leaving the church as it is no longer “a safe space for all people, including LGBT+ Catholics”:
As soon as I was old enough, I participated in many ministries, from greeting people at the church doors to teaching First Communion classes, because I wished to contribute to this wonderful mission of God’s love. Due to the church’s change of heart, I have had to resign from my multiple ministry positions. As I said in my resignation letter, “I cannot in good conscience continue to teach at a parish which excludes. Even if I do not explicitly teach exclusion, by remaining a First Communion teacher, I would be complicit in such exclusion.”
Since leaving St. Mary, the RCC had found a temporary home at a local library before moving permanently to St. Lucas United Church of Christ in Evansville.
Father Mann refused to comment on the matter, but the diocese of Evansville affirmed that “all are welcome” at any church in a public statement.
“The Church’s respect for the dignity of every person as created in the image of God has remained consistent throughout time,” he said. “Outreach to people across society — including the LGBT community here in the Tri-State and across the world — continues to be founded in that respect for the sacredness of every person. All are welcome.”
In Surprise Decision, UK Government Rejects Plans To Add PrEP To National Health Service
"Today’s decision by NHS England... is shameful," said Jackie Morton, director of the Terrence Higgins Trust.
From: NewNowNext
From: NewNowNext
This week activists and medical experts were stunned to hear the British government has decided to scratch plans to put PrEP on the National Health Service.
It has, instead, approved £2 million for “early-implementer tests” that would provide pre-exposure prophylaxis to 500 men at high risk of HIV infection.
In a statement, NHS England said getting the drug to at-risk communities was not its responsibility, though it was “committed to working with local authorities, Public Health England, the Department of Health and other stakeholders” on the issue.
Activists complain the £2 million allotment is arbitrary,” especially when PrEP has already proven effective—both in the UK and abroad.
“NHS England led us to believe for the last two years that they would be willing to commission and fund PrEP as long as it met the appropriate criteria of cost effectiveness,” said Yusef Azad of the National AIDS Trust. He blasted today’s decision as “another example of our health system refusing to fund prevention effectively” and complained that it’s still not clear who’s responsibility it is to get PrEP green lighted.
“Is it the Department of Health, local authorities, the NHS or Public Health England? We need answers, we need access, and we demand both.”
“By denying full availability of PrEP we are failing those who are at risk of HIV,” said Jackie Morton, CEO of the Terrence Higgins Trust, a major AIDS organization in the UK.
“Today’s decision by NHS England to depart with due process, and, instead, offer a tokenistic nod to what has the potential to revolutionize HIV prevention in the UK, is shameful.”
More than 2,500 men who have sex with men are diagnosed with HIV each year in the UK, a figure that has remained constant over the past 10 years.