Artist Jirka Väätäinen created some really amazing illustrations of what Disney princes could look like in real life… and they’re super hot. Like, fueling some serious fantasies hot.

Prince Charming is somehow made even more charming in the real life rendering…

And has, like, perfectly combed hair:

The real life Prince Eric makes me really jealous of Ariel…

Because wow:

Prince Phillip went from cute to full-on heartthrob…

That hair tho:

Hercules is, of course, really buff…

But he’s now the most gorgeous man ever dreamed up. Omg:

Tarzan isn’t necessarily a Prince, but he’s included as well…

With some luscious locks and a gorgeous body:

Prince Adam has some flowing locks of hair too…

But he’s now giving us some Travis Fimmel realness with the most perfect lips ever:

John Smith is the ultimate handsome blonde…

Living for that jawline tho:

Last but definitely not least is Aladdin…

Oh my god. Aladdin. Those eyes:

Current mood:

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Cecil and brother, Jericho.

Jericho, brother of Cecil the lion, was killed by a hunter on Saturday, confirmed the Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force’s chairman, Johnny Rodrigues;

“I’m very disappointed, I’m heartbroken. It’s just too much.”

Cecil as you know was hunted, killed, skinned and beheaded by Minnesota hunter Walter Palmer on a trip to the country. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officials were in contact with the dentist yesterday about the lion’s death, which is suspected to be illegal. Zimbabwe is seeking to extradite Palmer. The U.S. does not have an extradition treaty with the African nation, but if the Wildlife service finds evidence of wrongdoing, it will pass its findings to the Department of Justice and try him in the USA. A beloved Zimbabwean cultural figure, Cecil was fitted with a tracker by a research program from the University of Oxford to trace his movements throughout Hwange National Park. Fear still remains for Cecil’s cubs, who Jericho had been protecting in the park. (via USA Today)

Walter Palmer has been in hiding since he killed Cecil the lion

UPDATE: Jericho is NOT dead, a researcher monitoring the pride told Reuters, contradicting media reports that Jericho the lion had been killed. Brent Stapelkamp, field researcher for the Hwange Lion Research Project, which is monitoring the animal with a GPS tag.

“He looks alive and well to me as far as I can tell.”

A group called the Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force posted on its Facebook page that Jericho had been killed at 4 PM on Saturday. A furious reaction happened rapidly on social networks where animal lovers had already been expressing their fury.

Stapelkamp said readings from Jericho’s GPS tag indicated he was moving around as usual and appeared to be with a female.

“When I heard that report, I had a look on the computer and his movements look regular. He sent a GPS point from his collar from 8:06 p.m. GMT. Everything looks fine.”

That’s good news!

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The soulful Sam Sparro has just released new single Hands Up from forthcoming EP Quantum Physical Volume 2. The empowering track speaks on the changes we all need to do to make the world a better place. Once again Sparro has produced a smooth house music anthem with a universal theme that kicks you right in the gut (remember Black and Gold?).

“This song is a direct reaction to what has been escalating in the media over the past few years”, says Sparro. “There’s been so much violence propagated against people. It was making me upset and angry, to the point where I couldn’t function… I couldn’t even get out of bed sometimes. I had to make a decision to shift my mind. We need conscious music right now. We need a new generation of Curtis Mayfields, Marvin Gayes, Mos Defs, and Erykah Badus.”

Hands Up is available now on iTunes.

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Vivienne Pinay
Aaron Staton
Alice Evans
Anthony Crivello
Apollonia
Betsy Bloomingdale
Butch Patrick
Butch Vig
Cynthia Stevenson
Donna Air
Edward Furlong
Hallie Eisenberg
Jacinda Barrett
Joanna Cassidy
Kevin Smith
Mary-Louise Parker
Peter O’Toole
Sam Worthington 
Victoria Jackson
Wes Craven

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With William Powell and dog, Asta in “The Thin Man”

August 2, 1905– Myrna Loy, a woman who was the very essence of sophistication, was born Myrna Adele Williams was born in rural Montana. She moved to Southern California in 1912 because of her mother’s bad health. In those days it was believed that the sunny warm weather could be good for your health. Loy found work in the chorus that performed live between the features at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre. She was first noticed by gay silent screen star Rudolph Valentino who hired her as an extra for his film Pretty Ladies (1925) in which she & a yet to be discovered Joan Crawford were among a bevy of chorus girls dangling from an elaborate chandelier. Based on a still from makeup tests, Warner Bros. changed her name to the more exotic Loy.

Loy’s high pitched voice made her transition to the talkies tough. She was often cast as “Oriental” or Mexican in her first sound films. But, her strong performance in Penthouse (1933) convinced the MGM brass to cast her opposite William Powell in the first of 6 Thin Man films beginning with The Thin Man (1934) playing Martini swilling Nora Charles. The film was a huge success & Loy found well-deserved Hollywood stardom.

Although she appeared pale & raven-haired in her films, Loy was a red-haired & freckle-faced.  MGM producer David O. Selznick was concerned with her prominent ears, forcing the studio’s make-up artists to glue them to her head. One can only imagine how uncomfortable it would be to have your ears glued to your head every day.

She became Hollywood’s go-to perfect wife for any film. Loy was bright, witty & charming in MGM films: Wife vs. Secretary (1936) with Clark Gable & Jean Harlow, & Petticoat Fever (1936) with Robert Montgomery. She made 4 films in a row with William Powell: the delightful Libeled Lady (1936), along with Harlow & Spencer Tracy, The Great Ziegfeld (1936), playing Billie Burke opposite Powell’s Florenz Ziegfeld, & the next Thin Man film, After The Thin Man (1937). Loy was one of Hollywood’s busiest, most popular & highest paid actresses in the 1930s.

She took a break from making films during WW2, except to play Nora Charles again, devoting herself to the war effort, doing Red Cross work & selling those war bonds. Loy was so outspoken in her distaste of the Nazis that her name made Hitler’s special enemies blacklist.

She returned to the movies in 1946 making such terrific, entertaining films as The Best Years Of Our Lives (1946), Song Of The Thin Man (1947) the last of the series, 2 comedies with Cary Grant: The Bachelor & The Bobby-Soxer (1947), Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948), The Red Pony (1949) a western with Robert Mitchum, Cheaper By The Dozen (1950) & its sequel Belles On Their Toes (1952) with gay actor Clifton Webb.

Always a proud liberal, Loy became more involved with leftist politics & only acted occasionally for the rest of her life. She was a good close personal friend of Franklin Roosevelt & traveled on speaking engagements with his wife Eleanor. From 1949-1954 she served as the film advisor for UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific & Cultural Organization) & as a consultant to the National Committee Against Discrimination In Housing. Loy spoke out openly & fiercely in favor Civil Rights for all Americans.

Loy aged gracefully, retaining her beauty, & occasionally found work in films as a refined older lady. She gave great supporting performances in Midnight Lace (1960) with Doris Day, From The Terrace (1960) with Paul Newman & Joanne Woodward, The April Fools (1969) with Jack Lemmon & Catherine Deneuve, & played a delightful Jim Beam & Olympia Beer swilling drunk in the campy Airport ’75. Her final film was Sidney Lumet’s Just Tell Me What You Want (1980). That’s correct; Loy worked in show biz for 55 years, acting in more than 130 films of every genre. She made her Broadway debut in 1973, at 68 years old, in a revival of Clare Boothe Luce’s The Women.

Like her good friend, Cary Grant, she never received an Oscar for acting. In an effort spearheaded by gay actor Roddy McDowall, Loy received a special honorary Academy Award in 1991.

Loy married 4 times, plus she had affairs with Spencer Tracy, Leslie Howard & most possibly with Joan Crawford.

Myrna Loy lost a battle with cancer in December 1993, at 88 years old.  A class act, deserving of being The Husband’s favorite movie star. He has the best of taste.

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This ranking of the richest people of all time, by Time magazine, is based on hours of interviews with academic economists and historians. Suffice to say that the following is a well-researched (but highly debatable) attempt to list the wealthiest historical figures in order of their economic influence. Just accept the fact that these guys were (and one is) UBER-rich.

10. Genghis Khan
Lived: 1162-1227
Country: Mongolian Empire
Wealth: Lots of land, not much else

Genghis Khan is undoubtedly one of the most successful military leaders of all time. As leader of the Mongol Empire, which at its height stretched from China to Europe, he controlled the largest contiguous empire in history. However, despite his great power, scholars say Genghis never hoarded his wealth. On the contrary, the Khan’s generosity was key to his influence.

“One of the basis of his success is sharing the spoils with his soldiers and other commanders,” says Morris Rossabi, a distinguished professor of history at CUNY’s Queens College.

Jack Weatherford, author of Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World, explains that Mongol soldiers, unlike many pre-modern armies, were banned from taking personal loot. After an area was conquered, every item taken was inventoried by official clerks and then later distributed amongst the military and their families.

Genghis still received a share of the spoils, but that hardly made him rich. “He built no palace for himself or family, no temple, no tomb, and not even a house,” says Weatherford. “He was born in a wool ger [yurt] and he died in a wool ger. At death he was wrapped in felt, like any common person, and then buried. ”

9. Bill Gates
Lived: 1955-present
Country: United States
Wealth: $78.9 billion

As the richest living person, Bill Gates’ wealth is refreshingly easy to determine. As of this year, Forbes estimates the Microsoft founder’s net worth at $78.9 billion. That’s about $8 billion more than Zara co-founder Amancio Ortega, the second-richest person in the world.

8. Alan Rufus (a.k.a. Alan the Red)
Lived: 1040–1093
Country: England
Wealth: $194 billion

The nephew of William the Conqueror, Rufus joined his uncle in the Norman conquest. He died with £11,000, according to Philip Beresford and Bill Rubinstein, authors of The Richest of the Rich, which they say amounted to 7% of England’s GDP at the time. That would amount to $194 billion in 2014 dollars.

7. John D. Rockefeller
Lived: 1839–1937
Country: United States
Wealth: $341 billion

Rockefeller began investing in the petroleum industry in 1863 and by 1880 his Standard Oil company controlled 90% of American oil production.

According to his New York Times obituary, Rockefeller was valued at about $1.5 billion based on a 1918 federal income tax return and estimates of his overall fortune—the equivalent of almost 2% of U.S. economic output that year according to data compiled by MeasuringWorth (the U.S. did not keep official records on national income until 1932).

The same economic share in 2014 would be equivalent to $341 billion.

6. Andrew Carnegie
Lived: 1835–1919
Country: United States
Wealth: $372 billion

Rockefeller gets all the press, but Andrew Carnegie may be the richest American of all time. The Scottish immigrant sold his company, U.S. Steel, to J.P. Morgan for $480 million in 1901. That sum equates to about slightly over 2.1% of U.S. GDP at the name, giving Carnegie economic power equivalent to $372 billion in 2014.

5. Joseph Stalin
Lived: 1878–1953
Country: USSR
Wealth: Complete control of a nation with 9.6% of global GDP

Stalin is an uncommon figure in modern economic history: a dictator with absolute power who also controlled one of the largest economies in the world. While it is virtually impossible to separate Stalin’s wealth from the wealth of the Soviet Union, his unique combination of economic might and complete control of the USSR lead multiple economists to nominate him as one of the richest people of all time.

You can easily see their logic. Data from the OECD shows that in 1950, three years before Stalin’s death, the USSR made up roughly 9.5% of global economic output. As of 2014, that level of production would be equivalent to nearly $7.5 trillion dollars.

While that money didn’t belong directly to Stalin, he had the ability to leverage Soviet economic might for any reason he chose.

“He had enormous power, and through his power he could have anything he wanted,” says George O. Liber, a professor of history at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. “He controlled 1/6th of the land surface of the planet without any checks or balances.”

Does that make Stalin rich in the traditional sense? Liber isn’t so sure. “Was he among the wealthiest men?” the professor wonders. “I suppose if you want to stretch the definition of wealth, but it was not his wealth. He controlled the wealth of the country.”

Even so, it’s hard not to include Stalin on a list of the most economically powerful people in history. His wealth might be uncertain, but there’s no question the premier’s personal economic influence is unrivaled in recent history.

4. Akbar I
Lived: 1542–1605
Country: India
Wealth: Ruled empire with 25% of global GDP

The greatest emperor of India’s Mughal dynasty, Akbar controlled an empire that accounted for about one-fourth of global economic output. Fortune’s Chris Matthews cites the late economic historian Angus Maddison, who speculates India’s GDP per capita under Akbar was comparable to Elizabethan England, but with “a ruling class whose extravagant lifestyle surpassed that of the European society.”

That assertion that India’s elite class was wealthier than their counterparts to the west is backed up by data from economist Branko Milanovic, whose research shows the Mughal Dynasty was one of the most effective empires of all time at extracting wealth from the population.

3. Emperor Shenzong
Lived: 1048–1085
Country: China
Wealth: Ruled empire with 25% to 30% of global GDP

China’s Song Dynasty (960 – 1279) was one of the most economically powerful empires of all time. According to Prof. Ronald A. Edwards, a Chinese economic historian of the Song Dynasty at Tamkang University, the nation accounted for between 25% and 30% of the world’s economic output during its peak.

The empire’s wealth came from both its technological innovations and extreme skill at tax collection, which Edwards says was hundreds of years ahead of European governments. The professor also noted the Song Dynasty’s government was highly centralized, meaning the emperor held enormous control over the economy.

2. Augustus Caesar
Lived: 63 BC–14 AD
Country: Rome
Wealth: $4.6 trillion

Not only was Augustus Caesar in charge of an empire that accounted for 25% to 30% of the world’s economic output, but according to Stanford history professor Ian Morris, Augustus at one point held personal wealth equivalent to one-fifth of his empire’s economy. That fortune would be the equivalent of about $4.6 trillion in 2014. “For a while,” Morris adds, Augustus “personally owned all of Egypt.” That’s hard to top.

And for the #1 richest EVER, you’ll have to go to Time‘s story here. (Images & text, via Time)

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After last year’s sale of the Boerum Hill townhouse she owned with Heath Ledger, Michelle Williams has found a new Brooklyn home. She just purchased a veritable mansion—located in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park South neighborhood —for $2.45 million, which honestly seems like some kind of bargain these days. The 114-year-old estate has eight bedrooms and six bathrooms —eight fireplaces, lots of original detail and even a rooftop deck. It was designed by architects Robert Bryson and Carroll Pratt, in the Colonial Revival style. There are leaded and stained glass windows throughout the house and the first floor has a double parlor, formal dining room, sunroom, and eat-in kitchen. The second floor has a master wing, with a large bedroom, a dressing room with with all original built-in cabinetry, large original bathroom with pedestal sink and claw-foot tub, and indoor and outdoor porches. These pictures are from the real estate site, so you can just IMAGINE what it will look like once it’s restored and decorated with her taste and lots of Hollywood money.

(via Elle Decor)

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Images of endangered animals, including birds, tigers, bears and other creatures, shined on the downtown side of The Empire State Building last night. The live video projection drew large crowds of spectators and sparked conversation about mass extinction on our planet. The event was organized as a promotion for a new Discovery Channel documentary, Racing Extinction, which will air in December.

(via ABC News)

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On this episode of Alyssa’s Secret, Alyssa Edwards sits down with some of the kids from Beyond Belief, her dance studio in Mesquite, TX. This was the first time they had seen her as Alyssa Edwards! Then Laganja Estranja teaches the kids Haus of Edwards dance!

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From the Cowardly Lion to Jack MacFarland, pop cultural theorist Matt Baum has made a video tribute to sissies on the big and little screen and the impact they’ve had on LGBT culture throughout the 20th century. In addition to discussing his own inherent sissiness, Baume examines their roles as villains throughout the ’30s and ’40s  up to their portrayal as witty, yet stereotypical characters in ’90s sitcoms. Watch it below.

Sissies are strong, they’re brave, they’re upbeat and utterly shameless. For nearly a century they’ve been fearlessly flouncing through movies and shows, teaching us that it’s ok to be honest about who we are — which ones are at the top of your list?

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“He fits like a glove/ always up for love/ steady like a caterpillar/ rabbit from a hat/ he knows just where its at/ gives me what i want” – Yep, that’s Macy Gray singing about B.O.B (her battery operated better) in a new instructional (?) video.

Throughout it all, the cartoon vibrator dances across a bedroom, while Gray sweetly croons about the benefits of this sort of one-sided love affair. “He can go all night/ dark until the light/ and we stop when I want to/ he’s always the same/ he never complains when I want another/ he comes in all kinds of colors/ but he had me at yellow.”

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If you’ve ever been active on social media in your life, chances are you’ve seen pictures of Matthew Camp—the clothing designer, actor, creator of the 8.5 fragrance, model, self prescribed “manbearpig” and the greatest thirst trapper to ever live. If not, you’re welcome in advance. But either way, let’s take a walk through some of my favorite of Matthew’s social media moments, shall we?

Let’s start things off with his pearly whites.

Here’s a professional photo of Matthew looking like the personification of literally everyone’s doorman fantasy.

And another professional photo of Matthew looking like everyone’s fantasy… period. Eggplant emoji, tho.

“Nips for days.” (He said it, not me.)

This is how he wishes his 86,500 Instagram followers goodnight. NBD.

And sometimes he gives us this angry face for those moments when he can’t find his shirt or something.

Thankfully someone was there to capture that one time he tried to taste the air.

Cue the locker room fantasy—

He also got professionally photographed in this lucky pair of gray underwear.

And lifted his arms to show us his giant biceps and a perfect armpit situation.

So I guess he boxes with a perfectly twisted mustache too? Punch me.

He’s also the star of these very mesmerizing GIFs.

Oh and raise your hand if you want to know what Matt smells like.

You can also follow him on YouTube. Because, duh.

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Admittedly, I haven’t watched SYTYCD since the late ’80 (or that’s what it feels like – the show has been on FOREVER). Apparently, though, the new season has all sorts of yummy eye candy, just take a look at Asaf Goren, the stunning dancer from Tel Aviv whose signature style is “Hebrew Breaking.” What is Hebrew Breaking, you ask? Well, it has something to do with spinning in a puddle, I think. Just watch and see. You will NOT be disappointed.

What a goofball. A sexy fuckin’ goofball. Unfortuanatly, he might get elimated after his disastrous cha cha routine last night when Nigel Lythgoe compared him to an ugly caterpillar. Doesn’t matter. He’s a butterfly to me.

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This episode of Damiana’s drag sketch comedy menagerie “Pretty Things,” co-starring Amanda Barrett, features the sketches “Dudes” and “Processing,” the Treble & Timbre music video “Another Sterile Millionaire,” and new episodes of “Riddles,” “Megwin and the Land of Neverwill,” “Popcorn,” “Mulberry Commons” and “Sugar & Pepper.” New episodes get posted on the “Pretty Things” YouTube channel every Sunday – be sure to subscribe to not miss an episode!

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British inventor Colin Furze has built a bed that flips up and dumps the heavy sleeper onto the floor when an alarm goes off in the morning.

When it’s time to wake up, his High Voltage Ejector Bed won’t take no (or “5 more minutes”) for an answer – it will literally throw you out of bed to the sound of ringing bells and car horns!

As is customary with Furze’s crazy inventions, the majority of it was assembled by him in his garage. An ordinary domestic compressor powers the home-made pistons that throw you out of bed.

Furze worked as a plumber before hosting the Gadget Geeks show on Sky1. He got the idea from his Youtube channel viewers and was supported by an endorsement deal from a coffee brand called Taylors of Harrogate – and he acknowledges that he was inspired by Wallace and Grommit, too!

I could have used one of these this morning. (via Bored Panda)

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Super hunk Cristiano Ronaldo from Spain’s Real Madrid served as the best man at his agent Jorge Mendes’ fancy schmancy wedding in Portugal yesterday, but you’re never going to believe what Cristiano gifted Jorge and his new wife Sandra Barbosa!

A freakin’ Greek island!

From Eurosport:

Greece has put a number of its islands up for sale as a result of its crippling financial problems and Move Noticias says Ronaldo took advantage, with the likely price of the purchase ranging from anything from €3m to €50m.

That’s $3.2 mil – $54.8 mil in US dollars. DAMN! I’m not getting married anytime soon, but when I do, I must remember to ask a rich hot hunk to be my best man!

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There’s a reason that ABC World News Tonight has been trouncing the competition lately and it’s not because Brian Williams lied about a helicopter ride. It’s because they’ve stumbled onto the perfect formula: Hot Guys + Hard News = Ratings Gold. There seems to be a never-ending parade of hot reporters, hot “experts,” and, of course, their resident anchor god, David Muir. Just check him out below. Lester Holt WISHES he could smolder with the same intensity as David.

WOW. Right?

Then there’s the jewel in their reporting crown, Gio Benitez. Just look at him (below). Those muscles! THE BEST ARMS IN JOURNALISM! When he joined World News in 2013 (from CBS WFOR-4 in South Florida), ABC News president Ben Sherwood wrote a note to his staff saying: “Versatile and hard-charging, Gio worked for years as an investigative producer before going on the air. He will be a welcome addition to the World News family.” All I got from that is that he is “versatile.” Plus, he loves his abuelita and Mickey Mouse, what more could you want in a husband?

Then there’s Matt Gutman, the Kyle Chandler look-alike with the ears I just want to grab onto while I’m riding him like a stallion. Now THAT’S a DILF.

And yummy little upstart Tom Llamas (pronounced Yah-miss) (which, when you think about it, means his parents named him Thomas Yahmiss) (I love that). He gets so excited when he’s allowed to sit in the big-boy chair and anchor the news when David is away. I just want to squeeze his little cheeks and tell him what a good job he’s doing.

And we can’t forget weather expert Rob Marciano. This preppy little slice of Wonder Bread can do whatever he wants with me. My body is ready.

The thirst is real!

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Uptown designer Arnold Scaasi –  whose pouffy, polka-dotted, beaded, and big-bowed gowns were staples for giddy society debs and stalwart Park Avenue doyennes for decades – has died of cardiac arrest, according to the columnist Liz Smith, a longtime friend. He was 85. Although he had been around forever, he is mostly associated (in my mind at least) with the ’80s when his aesthetic dovetailed perfectly with the prevailing trends of the time. Think Ivana Trump at her MOST Ivana Trumpish and Scassi was probably responsible for the look. God bless.

Says the Associated Press:

Designer Arnold Scaasi, whose flamboyant creations adorned first ladies, movie stars and socialites, has died.

Scaasi — which was his given name, Isaacs, spelled backward — specialized in made-to-order clothes, often in ornate, brilliantly colored fabrics and trimmings like beads and ostrich feathers.

However, one of his most famous designs was a flimsy lace pantsuit designed for Barbra Streisand‘s Oscar appearance in 1969, when she won for “Funny Girl” in a tie with Katharine Hepburn. It featured bell-bottom pants and matching top in spangly black lace, and the thin fabric used created the impression of nudity.

Adds the Palm Beach Daily News

Mr. Scaasi’s designs were never androgynous. His work was famous for its lush material and decidedly feminine cut that displayed the curves of a woman’s body.

He also designed for Jacqueline Kennedy, but only when she was a senator’s wife, as he was expected to dress her at no charge once she became First Lady, which he refused to do.

Mr. Scaasi’s clients included Claudette Colbert, Elizabeth Taylor, first ladies Barbara and Laura Bush, and Palm Beachers Rose Kennedy, Eunice Shriver, Mary Sanford, Audrey Gruss, Pauline Pitt, Eles Gillet, Betty Scripps, Maura Benjamin, Barton Gubelmann, and Dina Merrill.

My friend Alan Rosenberg summed him up on Facebook this morning  by saying “When he was good he was marvelous and when he was bad he was really atrocious.” Which is oh-so true. But GODDAMN, I loved his atrocious ’80s designs like no other.

And now I’m going to spend the rest of the day eBaying some of those super-tacky ’80s gowns and reliving my glory days.

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First there was rumors of Will Smith & Jada Pinkett divorcing. Then came Reba McEntire & Narvel Blackstock, Gwen Stefani & Gavin Rossdale, and Zayn Malik & Perrie Edwards. They all broke up only a week after Miranda Lambert & Blake Shelton called it quits. AND NOW KERMIT & MISS PIGGY?

Apparently so. At least according to this post on his Facebook earlier today:

After careful thought, thoughtful consideration and considerable squabbling, Miss Piggy made the difficult decision to terminate our romantic relationship. We will continue to work together on television (“The Muppets”/Tuesdays 8pm this fall on ABC) and in all media now known or hereafter devised, in perpetuity, throughout the universe. However, our personal lives are now distinct and separate, and we will be seeing other people, pigs, frogs, et al. This is our only comment on this private matter. Thank you for your understanding.

We here at the WOW Report are devastated, and we hope that they can reconcile in the near future.

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Um, still not sure why we need a fictional account of Stonewall, when the actual account is so cinematic and so inspiring. And the fact that it stars a young white cis boy from out of town, instead of the true Stonewall legends Sylvia Rivera, Stormé DeLarverie, and Marsha P Johnson, is beyond me. Marsha barely makes the character list for this movie. So insulting.

I’m not the only one who noticed this, too. Youtube commenters are up in arms.

Never mention the bunch of QPOC (Queer People of Color) especially trans people who were there from the begining and recieved the most violence and discrimination from the police force. God forbid we tell their story.

Are you FUCKING SERIOUS! Once again the cis gay men take the spotlight forgetting the actual fucking history of what happened that day.

Which is not to say that Jeremy Irvine isn’t a great little actor. And Jonny Beauchamp and Caleb Landry Jones are future ICONS – just forces of nature who have yet to be tapped. So the casting is interesting. I WILL see it. But I will be ready to side-eye every scene unless I’m somehow proved wrong.

Watch the trailer below.

Danny Winters (Jeremy Irvine) is forced to leave behind friends and loved ones when he is kicked out of his parent’s home and flees to New York. Alone in Greenwich Village, homeless and destitute, he befriends a group of street kids who soon introduce him to the local watering hole The Stonewall Inn; however, this shady, mafia-run club is far from a safe-haven. As Danny and his friends experience discrimination, endure atrocities and are repeatedly harassed by the police, we see a rage begin to build. This emotion runs through Danny and the entire community of young gays, lesbians and drag queens who populate the Stonewall Inn and erupts in a storm of anger. With the toss of a single brick, a riot ensues and a crusade for equality is born

Stonewall hit theaters September 25.

Maybe someday they’ll tell the actual story. Until then, this is what we get.

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