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#LateShow: Clooney Is Colbert’s First Guest, Admitting He’s a Trophy Husband; “That’s Mostly What I Do”

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Stephen Colbert delivered on his first show out of the gate. He got George Clooney to admit he is a mere trophy husband as he made his big debut.

Colbert said:

“What is it like to be the arm candy in a relationship, because she’s the very serious person? She must say like, ‘We’re going to meet extremely intelligent people tonight – these are not show folk. Just be shiny and pretty.'”

George admitted;

“That’s mostly what I do.”

Colbert began his tenure as host of the CBS Late Show last night with a tribute to his predecessor, David Letterman, had a brief conversation with new rival Jimmy Fallon and a surprise cameo from Comedy Central buddy Jon Stewart. Clooney, who several months ago handcuffed himself to Letterman in a joking attempt to get him to stay, was given a Tiffany paperweight engraved with “I don’t know you” as a wedding present.

Colbert talked with POTUS candidate Jeb Bush about how to restore civility to politics. At one point, Bush said,

“I don’t think Barack Obama has bad motives. I just think he’s wrong on a lot of issues.”

Colbert kidded him saying;

“Oh, you were so close to getting them to clap! You were THIS CLOSE!!”

The guest list for Colbert’s first week shows that he plans to go beyond the typical show biz talking heads of some talk shows. Vice President Joe Biden will visit Thursday and the CEOs of Tesla Motors and Uber also will make appearances. Comic Amy Schumer, actress Scarlett Johansson and author Stephen King also are on the schedule.

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#MakingHerstory: Trans Activist Lauren Foster Launches “Just Another Girl”

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THE LEGENDARY Lauren Foster was one of the first trans women featured in a 5-page spread for Vogue Mexico, as well as the first transgender cast member on The Real Housewives of Miami. Now she’s putting her fame name on a new project, her own website Just Another Girl– providing info for the trans community, including legal advice, medical referrals, beauty tips, and spiritual guidance with help from her close friend and mentor, New York Times best-selling author Marianne Williamson.

“She had the courage to take on this challenge when it was exceedingly rare; if  anybody knows the ropes, she does. There are a lot of life issues  that will be easier for people because her site exists.”

Herndon Graddick, President of GLAAD says;

“Before most people had even heard of the transgender community, there was Lauren in the pages of Vogue, already reshaping what it means to be a beautiful woman. Lauren Foster continues to be a remarkable trailblazer on the path to equality and I am humbled and honored to call her my friend.”

Check out Lauren’s site and a snippet from her forthcoming memoir, also called Just Another GirlHERE!

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#LGBT: Ghanaian Presidential Candidate Wants To “Eradicate Gay People By Firing Squad”

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George Boateng has said that he would have all gay people killed by firing squad if he’s elected. The Ghanaian presidential hopeful has already delivered some frighteningly brutal homophobic promises to the people of Ghana saying it was now time to “eradicate” homosexuality from the country – by seeking out, arresting and executing members of the LGBT community.

“There is too much indiscipline in Ghana, under my presidency when a corrupt person, gay or lesbian are arrested the law will make it possible for the courts to sentence the offender to death by firing squad.

It will be a public event to be witnessed by all to serve as a deterrent. There must be a house cleaning exercise to clear all such terrible acts from the society.”

Same-sex sexual activity between men (what about women?) is illegal in Ghana with those found guilty facing up to three years in prison. A prominent lecturer in Ghana preached earlier this year that churches risked “being dominated by homosexuals” if the clergy failed to stage a “blistering crusade” against same sex marriage in the country.

Law lecturer Moses Foh-Amoaning said the “dormant posture” of the Ghanaian clergy and will see the “houses of God being ruled by evil homosexuals”.

Speaking on what was supposed an educational Ghanian radio programme, the lawyer used the platform to express regarding “gayism” in country.

“Why is the clergy mute? I do not like the situation [where] our pastors are mute about gayism.

If they do not take care, their big cathedrals, churches and other places of meeting will be filled with homosexuals.”

What year is it? (via Pink News)

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#PopQueen: Elizabeth II, Now Britain’s Longest Reigning Monarch, Is Also the Pop/ Punk Queen

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Her Royal Highness Queen Elizabeth II today

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Elizabeth and her great-great grandmother, Victoria

Queen Elizabeth, the 89-year-old monarch of the British throne said the title was

“not one to which I have ever aspired”.

At 17:30 BST she had reigned for 23,226 days, 16 hours and approximately 30 minutes – surpassing the reign of her great-great-grandmother Queen Victoria. Prime Minister David Cameron said the service the Queen had given was “truly humbling”.

Dressed in turquoise with her trusty black handbag at her side, the Queen spoke briefly to the gathered crowds earlier.

“Inevitably a long life can pass by many milestones – my own is no exception – but I thank you all and the many others at home and overseas for your touching messages of great kindness”

The exact moment the Queen became the longest-reigning sovereign is unknown. Her father, George VI, passed away in the early hours of 6 February 1952, but his time of death is not really known.

Three years ago for QUE II’s 60th Jubilee, I had an exhibit at Jonathan Adler in London called Pop Queen. It has since occurred to me that she’s inspired a lot of work in her 60 plus years. Many painted portraits and photographs by some of the 20th century’s best; Snowdon, Beaton, Leibovitz, Condo, Freud. My portrait, below, was based on a rare 50s paint by number of the young Queen to which I added her nickname given by Private Eye magazine; BRENDA. (The title is her actual full title.) Andy Warhol 70’s portraits along with The Sex Pistols’ classic album cover, God Save the Queen show what a great pop subject she can be.

Long live the Queen! That seems to have come true with this Queen.

Queen Elizabeth II, by Lord Snowdon, 1957

Queen Elizabeth II, by Lord Snowdon, 1957

Queen Elizabeth II by Cecil Beaton, 1968

Queen Elizabeth II by Cecil Beaton, 1968

Queen Elizabeth by Annie Leibovitz, 2008

Queen Elizabeth by Annie Leibovitz, 2008

Lucien Freud's unflattering portait, 1999

Lucien Freud’s unflattering portait, 1999

George Condo's 9 portraits of the Queen

George Condo’s 9 portraits of the Queen

Album artwork for seminal Sex Pistols album "God Save the Queen", design by Jamie Reed

Album artwork for seminal Sex Pistols album “God Save the Queen”, design by Jamie Reed

Andy Warhol, Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, 1985

Andy Warhol, Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, 1985

Trey Speegle, HER MAJESTY ELIZABETH THE SECOND, BY THE GRACE OF GOD, OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND, AND OF HER OTHER REALMS AND TERRITORIES, QUEEN, HEAD OF THE COMMONWEALTH, DEFENDER OF THE FAITH, ON THE OCCASSION OF HER DIAMOND JUBILEE, TWO THOUSAND AND TWELVE (The Eyes of Brenda Windsor), 2012

Trey Speegle, HER MAJESTY ELIZABETH THE SECOND, BY THE GRACE OF GOD, OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND, AND OF HER OTHER REALMS AND TERRITORIES, QUEEN, HEAD OF THE COMMONWEALTH, DEFENDER OF THE FAITH, ON THE OCCASSION OF HER DIAMOND JUBILEE, TWO THOUSAND AND TWELVE (The Eyes of Brenda Windsor), 2012

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Watch New Videos From the WOWPresents Network! New Videos From Mike Diamond! Mikey & Teddy! Daniel Nakamura! Sir Jet! Sarahh Rush!

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Check out the latest videos from our WOWPresents Network! Mike Diamond, Mikey & Teddy, Daniel Nakamura, Sir Jet, Sarahh Rush and SO MANY MORE all have new videos from the WOWPresents Network!!! Watch all these and more right now on the WOW Report!

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#LGBT: Is Your “Gaydar” Working? Study Shows, That’s Homophobic!

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Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are challenging the ‘gaydar myth’ in a new paper published in the Journal of Sex Research saying it’s is not only inaccurate, it also promotes homophobic stereotypes. William Cox, (Cox! j/k) the lead author of the new study says;

“Most people think of stereotyping as inappropriate. But if you’re not calling it ‘stereotyping,’ if you’re giving it this other label and camouflaging it as ‘gaydar,’ it appears to be more socially and personally acceptable.”

Cox proved the theory by splitting the study’s participants into three groups. One was told that gaydar is real, another that gaydar is stereotyping, and gaydar was not defined at all for a third group. Then they were all shown photos of men with a statement about their interests.

The group that was led to believe gaydar is real were more like to make assumptions based on stereotypes, such as ‘he likes shopping.’

“If you tell people they have gaydar, it legitimizes the use of those stereotypes.”

Another reason gaydar is WRONG more often than not, Cox said, was because that gay people make up such a small percentage of the population – 5% or less in the US.

“Imagine that 100% of gay men wear pink shirts all the time, and 10% of straight men wear pink shirts all the time. Even though all gay men wear pink shirts, there would still be twice as many straight men wearing pink shirts.

So, even in this extreme example, people who rely on pink shirts as a stereotypic cue to assume men are gay will be wrong two-thirds of the time.”

So just throw out that “gayer” idea… is is permanently broken because NO one can tell who is gay, lesbian, bi or even transgender not these days, so why even try. It makes cruising more confusing, but life in general less judgmental and a lot more exciting! (via Gay Star News)

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Post-Labor Day Inspo: 5 Things We Learned From “9 To 5″

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Tis the season WOWers…the kids are heading back to school and for us werkin’ girls, we have to accept the fact that our three (and sometimes four) day weekends have come to an end as we schlep back to the cubicle life (and count down the days til Martin Luther King Jr. Day, amirite ladies?!)

Other than the golden fashion rule of not wearing white after Labor day…

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(I mean…in the words of Cher Horowitz, “Ugh, as if! THIS is Los Angeles, not Kentucky” – so I’ll DEFINITELY be rocking white ALL year…)

…I wanted to find some business women inspo for getting back into the work-world (wo)mentality…

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So I turned to the celebrated 80’s feminist classic “9 To 5″

BECAUSE OF THIS (Obviously):

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AND because I came away with 5 things we can do to turn our work lives, into WERK life from revisiting this superb film!

5) ROZ

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Although she was sort of the Professor Umbridge of Consolidated Companies, you gotta give it up to her monochromatic fashion game. AND, it wasn’t JUST limited to her solo color coordination looks, her hair matched too! Pick a day this week and dress in all one color. It will make you the Solange Knowles of your office, I guarantee!

4) KIMONOS

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When in doubt, kimono it out! Lily Tomlin found a way to incorporate beautiful silk kimonos into all her day-to-night (or day-to-stealing-dead-bodies-at-the-hospital-at-night, rather) looks and SO CAN YOU.

3) BUTCH COLLARS

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Need I say more?

2) DOLLY EVERYTHING

Rewatching this movie reignited the adorable-ness that makes up Dolly‘s entirety.

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First things first, NEVER deny a lunch invitation from her…

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Especially, if you’re wearing THIS:

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Can we just not? Because I can’t.

If Dolly taught us one thing from this movie, it’s if you’re NOT wearing acrylics, you are NOT doing office drag.

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1) SISTERHOOD 

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Lastly, this movie was not only about undermining an “egotistical, sexist, bigot”, but it was truly about putting job titles aside (and putting on the shoulder pads) and getting to WORK (while making friends in the process!)

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Blake’s Snake of the Day: Woman Bit by Burmese Python in Washington State

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An employee of Bremerton Bug Museum in Bremerton, WA was bitten by a Burmese python named Stella on Monday after she decided to feed the snake on her own without permission or going through the proper training. Christopher Jones, who owns the museum said:

Stella is a very docile snake. I’m normally the only person who feeds her.

The employee was bitten on the leg by the snake while she was preparing it’s usual meal of frozen rats. Jones thinks the snake must have been excited or confused when she smelled the thawing rats. The employee has is doing fine and has returned to work.

 

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September 10: It’s YOUR Birthday, Bitch!

#BornThisDay: Actor, Rin Tin Tin

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September 10, 1918– Born on a battlefield in World War 1, Rin Tin Tin went on to be a big American film star & Gay Icon. Rin Tin Tin is credited with saving Warner Brothers Studios from bankruptcy in the 1920s. At the apex of his popularity, Rin Tin Tin received more than 20,000 fan letters a week, that’s 140,000 a week in dog years.

In late summer of 1918, Corporal Lee Duncan had discovered a bombed out German war dog station while on a scouting mission. Inside he found a shell-shocked mother German Shepherd & her 5 puppies.

Not wanting to leave them alone & helpless, Duncan brought them back to his base where he took care of them. When he returned home to California, Duncan brought Rin Tin Tin with him. Rin Tin Tin was named after the small dolls that French soldiers carried for good-luck.

Duncan settled into his home in LA & he became interested in the new film industry. Knowing his dog was special, he made the rounds of the studios, but they showed little interest in a canine movie star.

Finally Duncan & Rin Tin Tin got their big break when they came upon a crew shooting a scene with a wolf. Asking for the chance to show what he had, Rin Tin Tin performed a feat in a single take that had frustrated the director crew trying to make the scene work with the real wolf.

In 1922, Rin Tin Tin (his friends called him “Rinty”) made his debut in a low budget western called The Man From Hell’s River. He did all his own stunts & learned his dialogue phonetically.

Rinty’s charisma, good-looks, athleticism, fearless stunt abilities & acting talent attracted the attention of the struggling Warner Brothers. Together they made 24 films that helped establish the studio & made Rin Tin Tin a household name, fashion icon & magazine cover boy. In 1929, Rin Tin Tin received the most votes for the first ever Academy Award for Best Actor, but the Academy determined that a stupid human should win.

At the height of his celebrity, Rinty earned a salary of $1000 a week, had his own production unit, a chauffeur driven limousine, a personal chef, a Pilates coach, lawyer, life-coach, & a diamond studded collar. Not much is known about his personal life, but Rinty was spotted at several underground gay spots around Hollywood including gay director George Cukor’s infamous Sunday afternoon pool parties. Although he was quite a stud, siring 48 pups, including a favorite named Junior, Rin Tin Tin was known to hump male stunt dogs & was very probably bisexual.

In 1930, in an ungrateful gesture, Warner Bros. released Rinty from his contract. He was forced to work low budget serials. He admitted to a Milk Bone addiction & went into rehab. After 40 films, Rin Tin Tin retired in 1931.

Surrounded by family & friends, human & canine, Rin Tin Tin took his final bow in winter 1932. Millions of fans grieved at his passing. Rumors abounded & the fan magazines reported that Rinty died on the front lawn & in the arms of actor & blond bombshell Jean Harlow who lived on the same street.

In a private ceremony, Duncan buried Rin Tin Tin in a bronze casket in his own backyard with a plain wooden cross to mark the location. Duncan suffered the financial effects of the Great Depression & could not afford a better burial. Eventually Duncan grew unable to even keep his own house, which he sold, & quietly arranged to have Rinty’s body returned to the country of his birth for re-burial in the Cimetière des Chiens et Autres Animaux Domestiques, the famous pet cemetery in the Paris neighborhood of Asnières-sur-Seine.

Rin Tin Tin’s son Junior continued to work in serials & radio. Junior made a single film opposite a young Robert Blake, The Return Of Rin Tin Tin (1947). Junior also assisted Duncan in the training of more than 5,000 dogs for the WW2 war effort.

Rin Tin Tin’s grandson, Junior Jr., appeared in a TV series in the 1950s, The Adventures Of Rin Tin Tin, where I first fell in love with him, & I fell hard. I had a Rin Tin Tin lunch box & a series of books.

Several of Rin Tin Tin’s children & grandchildren were adopted by movie stars including Greta Garbo, Katherine Hepburn & Clark Gable.

No canine star ever again matched Rin Tin Tin’s  very special magical brand of screen charisma, star power or talent, especially that bitch Lassie.

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#Bushwig: Brooklyn’s Fourth Annual Festival of Drag, Music & Love!

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Bushwig is baaaack kiddies! The over-the-top festival of drag in Brooklyn, New York returns with 3 days of fun, folly and OVAH 150 self-proclaimed Proud Mary freaks. It all started back in 2012 as the deliciously deranged brainchild of queer queens Horrorchata and Babes Trust. They were so inspired by the folklore of Manhattan’s legendary Wigstock fete, they decided to start their own day of drag in Bushwick, Brooklyn. This year, the party stretches over 3 days, kicking off with the crowning of Mz. Bushwig 2015 at the Bushwig Ball on Friday, September 11; and the main event on Saturday with drag icon Lady Bunny (the creator of Wigstock), and Sunday with Mr. Twin Sister. Scheduled  performers include Merrie Cherry, Thorgy Thor, Untitled Queen, Charlene, Hamm Samwich, Gage of the Boone, Louvel, One-Half Nelson, Rify Royalty, Leo Gugu, Misty Meaner, Cher Noble and more!  NOT TO BE MISSED!!! Check out the full line-up and get your tix HERE. (photos by Maro Hagopian)

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Possible Supervillain Elon Musk Wants to Nuke Mars. Here’s Why It Might Actually Be a Good Idea

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SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk was a guest on the Late Show With Stephen Colbert last night and stunned the audience with a seemingly outrageous suggestion: Earth should nuke Mars. Wait, what? Was he REALLY suggesting starting an interplanetary war with the Red Planet? Not really. The idea is to “terraform” it so that future generations of humans could one day live there.

“It’s a fixer-upper of a planet,” Musk told Colbert. “Eventually you could transform Mars into an Earth-like planet.” Hmmmmm. Okay.

NBC News gives a brief rundown on why it might work:

Right now, Mars seems like a dry, dead planet. But its polar ice caps contain about equal parts water and carbon dioxide.

Nuclear weapons could be used to vaporize them, releasing those materials into the atmosphere. Once the atmosphere got thick enough, the greenhouse effect would kick in: energy from the sun, absorbed by the planet and released as infrared radiation, would be trapped.

That would continue heating up the planet, releasing more carbon dioxide, setting off a chain reaction until, ideally, the surface pressure of Mars would increase enough for liquid water to exist — making it much more habitable for oxygen-producing plants.

“You could start turning Mars from a red planet into a green planet,” Michael Shara, curator of the American Museum of Natural History’s astrophysics department, told NBC News.

Nuclear weapons aren’t the only way that humans could melt the planet’s polar caps. Shara offered some alternatives, like finding a way to guide asteroids to Mars’ poles, or covering the poles in a fine, black dust to absorb sunlight and heat them up.

But many ideas involve transporting heavy equipment to Mars, which would be very expensive. Nukes are fairly compact and immensely powerful, offering a lot of bang for the buck.

Using nukes might not be the best public relations move. But modern thermonuclear weapons can be designed to leave very little fallout, Shara said, and wouldn’t pose much danger centuries after they hit.

It could take firing thousands of them over the course of decades to start the greenhouse effect, Shara said. After that, it might only be centuries before people could start buying vacation homes on Mars.

Read the whole article for some of the potential downsides here.

And watch his interview with Colbert below.

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Celebrity Roundup: Willow Smith’s New Mono-Brow, Gaga Gives Gothic Beach Glamour, and Katy Perry Looks… Different

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Really good stuff in today’s celebrity roundup: Willow Smith has a nutty new look, Lady Gaga give Gothic glamooooooooour on the beach in Santa Monica, ’90s teen sensation Matthew Lawrence (‘member him?) is shirtless while walking his dog, and look! Something is different about Katy Perry. What is it? Check out all the latest pics after the jump.

142180, Lady Gaga plays the role of countess on the set of American Horror Story while filming on the beach of Santa Monica. Santa Monica, California - Wednesday, September 9, 2015. Photograph: KVS/Gaz Shirley, © PacificCoastNews. Los Angeles Office: +1 310.822.0419 sales@pacificcoastnews.com FEE MUST BE AGREED PRIOR TO USAGE

Lady Gaga plays the role of countess on the set of American Horror Story while filming on the beach in Santa Monica, California. It’s our Hot Look of the Day.

142141, Legendary actress Ann-Margret looks radiant in a pink dress while shooting a wedding scene on the sets of 'Going in Style' in Prospect Park, Brooklyn. New York, New York - Wednesday September 9, 2015. Photograph: LGjr-RG, © PacificCoastNews. Los Angeles Office: +1 310.822.0419 sales@pacificcoastnews.com FEE MUST BE AGREED PRIOR TO USAGE

Legendary actress Ann-Margret looks radiant in a pink dress and floral crown while shooting a wedding scene on the sets of Going in Style. Good to see her again!

142123, Katy Perry at the Premiere Of The Vladar Company's 'Jeremy Scott: The People's Designer' at TCL Chinese 6 Theatres in Hollywood. Los Angeles, California - Tuesday September 8, 2015. Photograph: © Joe Sutter, PacificCoastNews. Los Angeles Office: +1 310.822.0419 sales@pacificcoastnews.com FEE MUST BE AGREED PRIOR TO USAGE

Katy Perry at the premiere of Jeremy Scott: The People’s Designer, and something looks… off. And it’s not just this pic. I saw a dozen pics and they all look…. weird. Just puttin’ it out there. Something’s different with Katy.

142108, Willow Smith attends the premiere of 'Jeremy Scott: The People's Designer' at TCL Chinese 6 Theatres in Hollywood. Hollywood, California - Tuesday September 8, 2015. Photograph: © Koi Sojer, PacificCoastNews. Los Angeles Office: +1 310.822.0419 sales@pacificcoastnews.com FEE MUST BE AGREED PRIOR TO USAGE

Willow Smith features a fetching new yellow monobrow look at the Jeremy Scott premiere.

142108, Dita Von Teese arrives at the premiere of 'Jeremy Scott: The People's Designer' at TCL Chinese 6 Theatres in Hollywood. Hollywood, California - Tuesday September 8, 2015. Photograph: © Koi Sojer, PacificCoastNews. Los Angeles Office: +1 310.822.0419 sales@pacificcoastnews.com FEE MUST BE AGREED PRIOR TO USAGE

Dita Von Teese arrives at the premiere of Jeremy Scott: The People’s Designer in a lovely studded gown. Always on point, that Dita.

142023, Matthew Lawrence shows off his toned body as he walks his dog in Los Angeles. Los Angeles, California - Monday September 07, 2015. Photograph: Miguel Aguilar, © PacificCoastNews. Los Angeles Office: +1 310.822.0419 sales@pacificcoastnews.com FEE MUST BE AGREED PRIOR TO USAGE

’90s sensation Matthew Lawrence goes shirtlesss he walks his dog in Los Angeles. STILL LOVE HIM SO MUCH.

142102, Angélique Morgan AKA Frenchie seen outside Craig's in West Hollywood. Hollywood, California - Tuesday September 8, 2015. Photograph: © PacificCoastNews. Los Angeles Office: +1 310.822.0419 sales@pacificcoastnews.com FEE MUST BE AGREED PRIOR TO USAGE

Angélique Morgan AKA Frenchie seen outside Craig’s in West Hollywood. I’m told she is some sort of reality star. And I think I love her.

142077, Internet sensation and singer, Kristina Karo attempts to break the world record with the release of her new single 'Elevator' performing it for 28 hours in an elevator at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. Las Vegas, Nevada - Tuesday September 8, 2015. Photograph: © CPA, PacificCoastNews. Los Angeles Office: +1 310.822.0419 sales@pacificcoastnews.com FEE MUST BE AGREED PRIOR TO USAGE

“Um, I’ll take the stairs, thank you.” Internet sensation and singer, Kristina Karo attempts to break the world record with the release of her new single ‘Elevator’ performing it for 28 hours in an elevator at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.

142118, Bob Geldof at the GQ Men Of The Year Awards at The Royal Opera House in London. London, United Kingdom - Tuesday September 8, 2015. NORTH AMERICA & SOUTH AMERICA ONLY Photograph: © Xclusive, PacificCoastNews. Los Angeles Office: +1 310.822.0419 sales@pacificcoastnews.com FEE MUST BE AGREED PRIOR TO USAGE

Bob Geldoff at the GQ Men Of The Year Awards at The Royal Opera House in London. And talk about a coup de vieux – when the hell did he/we get so old?

142118, Jack O'Connell at the GQ Men Of The Year Awards at The Royal Opera House in London. London, United Kingdom - Tuesday September 8, 2015. NORTH AMERICA & SOUTH AMERICA ONLY Photograph: © Xclusive, PacificCoastNews. Los Angeles Office: +1 310.822.0419 sales@pacificcoastnews.com FEE MUST BE AGREED PRIOR TO USAGE

Yummy Jack O’Connell at the GQ Men Of The Year Awards. So when does he become a bigger star?

142093, EXCLUSIVE: Ivana Trump leaving Le Bilboquet restaurant in Midtown, New York City. New York - Tuesday September 8, 2015. Photograph: © Darla Khazei, PacificCoastNews. Los Angeles Office: +1 310.822.0419 sales@pacificcoastnews.com FEE MUST BE AGREED PRIOR TO USAGE

Ivana, still the most fabulous former Mrs Donald Trump, wears a tropical print dress at Le Bilboquet restaurant in Midtown, New York.

(Photos: Pacific Coast News)

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Get Your Own WOWL!

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What is a Wowl? It’s the World of Wonder Owl. These charming critters will bring you wealth and good fortune beyond your wildest dreams. Probably not, but they can at least serve their made-for purpose of hiding hairspray, deoderant or whatever 8″ plus sized thing you have lying around. They were rescued from languishing in some warehouse somehwere by Brian Heinberg and now enjoy living at World of Wonder. But we feel they need to spread their wings and fly from our basement to your penthouse. When you purchase your WOWL, you can choose either a Green, Red, or Yellow one.

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Poignant Pic OTD: A Rainbow Rises From Ground Zero on the Day Before September 11


Justin Bieber Proves Once Again His Hair Game Is Completely Ahead Of Its Time

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If you’re anything like me, you were anxiously awaiting Justin Bieber‘s performance this morning on The Today Show. And I’m ecstatic to report that it did NOT disappoint. Biebs performed three songs (despite the rain) AND debuted a perfect new hair color—PLATINUM BLONDE. That’s right, Justin is now a blonde bombshell.

Thankfully, Twitter user (and presumably class-A Belieber) Amanda was there to capture the moment he pulled off his hat for the big reveal:

And someone perfectly captured the gorgeousness of the back of his newly-platinum head:

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Obviously this was a huge moment for TV when the Today Show hosts stopped to admire the new hairdo with the Beliebers:

 

And apparently they were so impacted by the platinum that they had to Instagram it:
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I have to admit, I had just started to miss Justin’s recent man-bun and the 90s boy-band hairstyle that came after, but now that he DAZZLED me with this whole new concept, everything makes sense in the world again!

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September 11: It’s YOUR Birthday, Bitch!

#BornThisDay: Kristy McNichol, Not Really

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This post isn’t really about Kristy McNichol, the popular actor who starred with Tatum O’Neal in Little Darlings (1980). She came out of the closet in 2012, although we always knew she was gay. She deserves the #BornThisDay treatment, but I have something else on my mind today.

On September 11, 2001, 6’4’’ & 225 pound Mark Bingham was the last person to board United Flight 93, having arrived late & nearly missing the flight.

Bingham was openly & proudly gay. He was well known & much loved in San Francisco’s gay community. He was a public relations executive, a graduate of UC Berkeley, an athlete with a very considerate, chivalrous, caring & creative personality. He has become perhaps the first openly gay, great American patriotic figure & an idol for the gay community.

Andrew Sullivan:

“The media portrayal of gays (lots of it by gays themselves) is as effeminate etc., as well as my personal experience with gays my age, most of whom seemed little interested in military service or aggressive pursuits in general… Mark Bingham could cut it. He’s a hero, plain & simple. I simply can’t say to myself any more that gays have no place in the military.”

Bingham’s friend Hani Durzy says he once fought off a mugger with a gun:

“Mark knew how to use his size & would get into situations without thinking about it – which used to amuse us and scare us. I think he knew himself that was not anyone’s idea of a typical gay man”.

Bingham’s friend & roommate Per Casey:

“He didn’t politicize his sexuality at all. It’s ironic that in death he is being celebrated for something he did not think was worth politicizing, & that’s lucky for all of us, & unlucky for people who are biased against us. What he did is both inconceivable & great.”

Durzy:

“My feeling is that if told he would become a gay icon he would laugh. Then he would sit back & think: ‘but if this is going to do some good for the gay community, then so be it… good’.”

Bingham had overslept on the morning of September 11th & the friend with whom he had been staying, Matthew Hall, drove as fast as possible to get him from Manhattan to Newark, screeching to a halt outside the terminal at 7:40am. Bingham jumped from the car, slinging his canvas duffel bag. He ran to the gate, down the ramp, boarded the Boeing 757 & sat down in seat 4D, first class, just behind the cockpit. Then he called Hall: “Hey, it’s me. Thanks for driving to get me here. I’m in first class, drinking a glass of orange juice.”

United Flight 93 was scheduled to take off at 8.01am. It pulled away from the gate, but was a delayed for 41 minutes, leaving the passengers to sit & wait before taking off on what should have been a 6 hour flight across the USA to San Francisco.

2 men aboard had stayed at the Marriott at Newark’s Liberty International Airport, paying cash for their rooms & expensive meals: Ahmed al-Haznawi, a student from Saudi Arabia & Ziad Jarrah from Lebanon. They also sat in first class, with a colleague, blending in, as they had been trained to do.

After 41 minutes of sitting, waiting & complaining, United Flight 93 moved down the runway, light with passengers & heavy with fuel. The view of lower Manhattan would have been dazzling with the World Trade Center Towers glimmering in a blue September sky. Coffee & breakfast were served.

At 9.30 am, 3 men with red bandannas suddenly rushed towards the cockpit & air traffic controllers in Cleveland picked up this message: “Hey, get out of here!” The end had begun. Cleveland could hear an announcement, probably from one of the terrorists having flipped the wrong switch, with a message he thought he was delivering over the PA: “There is a bomb on board, we are meeting their demands. We are heading back to the airport.” The airplane began to climb.

The tape recording from the cockpit is a half hour loop, beginning with screaming, & someone pleading not to be hurt or killed. Shortly afterwards, both pilots were seen lying motionless on the floor just outside the first-class curtain, with their throats cut, according to a passenger. United Flight 93 had changed course & was heading for Washington DC.

Final words of love & goodbyes were sent, with passengers passing their phones to strangers. Through these calls those aboard learned what had been happening that morning.

The first call answered was by Deena Burnett, wife of Tom Burnett, the man sitting next to Bingham. Deena Burnett:

“Are you okay?”

Burnett:

“No, we’ve been hijacked. They’ve knifed a guy; there’s a bomb on board; tell the authorities, Deena.”

Bingham’s call was to his mother was oddly succinct:

“This is Mark Bingham. I love you.”

Bingham’s friend & former employer Holland Carney, has said that his economy of language as the first indication of revolt aboard United Flight 93:

“If I know Mark, he would not have said anything about what he intended to do. I remember him coming to work one day with a huge black eye. I asked what had happened. He said 2 guys had jumped him & he had fought them off. I said that was dangerous, better to give them the money, but he would have none of it. That would have been him on the plane. He was not someone afraid to act.”

Burnett made another call, by which time his wife was watching the World Trade Center Towers collapse on TV news. Burnett: “Are they commercial planes?”

Deena Burnett:

“From that point, he said he was going to have to go out on faith because they were talking about jumping the guy with the bomb. He was still holding the phone, but he was not talking to me, he was talking to someone else & I could tell he had turned away. He said: ‘You ready? Okay, let’s roll’.”

The terrorists had formidable opposition: one passenger was a 6’1″ Judo champion, Bingham was a rugby player. Burnett had been a college quarterback. Among the other passengers, there was a weightlifter & a former paratrooper.

No one will ever know how the plan to attack the terrorists was hatched, except that experts listening to the tapes agree that the scuffle began not at the back of the plane but at the front, where Bingham was sitting.

Denna Burnett: “Tom, sit down. Don’t draw attention to yourself.”

Burnett: “If they’re going to run this plane into a building, we’re going to do something.”

The cockpit recorder picks up the sounds of fighting: the crash of trolleys, dishes being smashed. The terrorists scream at each other to hold the door against what is obviously a siege from the cabin. A passenger cries: “Let’s get them!” &  then there is more screaming.

Across Somerset County, Pennsylvania, farmers & commuters watched a plane rock & sway in the sky & then crash to earth.

Bingham, Burnett & the others saved many lives & probably our country’s Capitol building. But the richness of Bingham’s part in the tale is that he so narrowly failed to save himself & the other passengers. Carney:

“I can so much more easily imagine Mark bouncing out of the wreckage of the plane punching a high five & saying: ‘we got the bastards’.”

The Husband & I had stood on the very top of one of the World Trade Center Towers on our 20th anniversary, a gorgeous October evening in 1999, watching the skyscrapers of Manhattan turn pink in the sunset. I thought of that day as we watched the TV news from our Seattle bungalow on 9/11. We actually saw the second jet fly into a tower.

We would leave Seattle after 20 years & move to our new home in Portland just a few weeks after the towers fell. It was an unsettling time with so much to be afraid of, a new world, a new city, a new home, a new start. I would read the daily special section of the NY Times with the photos & short biographical sketches of the victims. I cried every day for weeks. The day I read about Bingham, I was transformed by grief. I had lost one of my own. The more I discovered about him, the more I felt that I had my own personal Gay Hero: gay, a bear, a good guy, a brave man.

The first tree that I planted in the garden of my new home was a small graceful Japanese maple. I dedicated the tree to Bingham. I prayed for the first time in years. I cried as I said:

“God bless my big gay hero Mark Kendall Bingham.”

Bingham:

“We have the chance to be role models for other gay folks who wanted to play sports, but never felt good enough or strong enough. This is a great opportunity to change a lot of people’s minds, & to reach a group that might never have had to know or hear about gay people. Let’s go make some new friends…& win a few games.”

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These Photos of Drake Are So Hot They’re Going to Have You Running For A Bucket of Ice Water

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CAUTION. It’s still REALLY HOT here in Hollywood and these 2 photos Ultimate Zaddy Drake recently posted on Instagram are NOT helping cool us down, like AT ALL. The pics together have OVER ONE MILLION LIKES, by the way. And even though Drizzy has always been cute to me, I can confidently say he has NEVER looked this good. From the gorgeous skin to the sexy beard and, of course, the huge muscles, it’s all flawless.

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Real or Fake? Man with 19-Inch Penis Weighs It For the Camera

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TMZ has posted a video clip of Roberto Esquivel Cabrera weighing his allegedly 19-inch penis on a kitchen scale in his small and rather squalid apartment. (It ends up being about 2 pounds, for the record). His penis is wrapped in a flesh-colored bandage, and the edited footage blacks out his testicles. Is it real? Is he punking us? Are you secretly just a little turned on? Or are you about to dry heave onto your computer screen?

Watch the video below and tell me your reaction on Facebook.

In related news, porntrepeneur Steve Hirsch of Vivid Entertainment confirms his company has offered Cabrera big bucks for a sex tape. “We have reached out to him and have in fact connected with him,” he told The Huffington Post on Tuesday. “We offered him a significant amount of money but as of now his demands far exceed reality.” Awww. Here’s hoping they work that out. I think I speak for everybody (?) when I say we all really want to see this thing in action.

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