RuPaul’s Drag Race season 7 queen Ginger Minj and her lover Chris, compete for cash on this episode of Couple$ For Ca$h! How well do they know each other? Watch and find out!
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In just under two weeks, the second season of Transcendent will premiere on FUSE, and Parade magazine just offered a sneak peek, profiling the five fabulous trans women from the GLAAD Media-Award nominated docu-series.
This powerful, trail-blazing program highlights the ups and downs of the lives of Bambiana, Bionka, L.A., Nya and Xristina as they balance transitioning, relationships and achieving their dreams with their performances at AsiaSF, a San Francisco nightclub. This season, the growing rift between the girls erupts, romantic relationships are put to the test, and the ladies are given a huge opportunity by an influential SF neighbor.
One of Fuse’s top achievements, the series delivers an up-close and personal glimpse into the very human triumphs and tribulations of trans women. Season two promises to be stronger, louder and prouder than ever before. Here’s a sneak peek of the fierce and fabulous women as they embark on their second season.
Transcendent premieres Wednesday, June 8 at 11:30 p.m. ET.
Meet the girls below.
Bambiana was born to be in the spotlight. Blessed with a supportive family, she is a hopeless romantic and a work in progress in the areas of love.
Having worked hard to overcome a childhood of bullying, Bionka refuses to let anything or anyone get in her way.
The baby of the group, LA was just beginning her transition when Transcendent premiered. Still looking for guidance from her friends as she explores her physical transition, LA has come into her own with both a new love and new-found confidence.
Nya has been one of AsiaSF’s hottest performers since she began working at the club. Now, having realized her dream of becoming an AsiaSF manager, Nya is faced with the reality of managing the different— and sometimes volatile—personalities at the club.
Xristina radiates resiliency and confidence. Her vulnerability is her real strength. She considers humanity her true “label.”
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Britney’s little sis Jamie Lynn Spears wants you to know she’s not just a teen mom, not yet a woman. Lucky for us, she’s getting her own documentary on TLC chronicling her life from Nickelodeon’s Zooey 101 to Mother 2.0.
CHECK it out:
We can’t wait to see more of the Spears legacy’s life.
This post is approved by this club banger:
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The queen of pout and rockin’ steady Gwen Stefani dropped the teaser for her highly anticipated junior video off junior solo album ‘This Is What The Truth Looks Like’ on her twitter.
CHECK IT OUT:
It’s coming! #Misery music video…
⭐️
#ThisIsWhatTheTruthFeelsLikehttps://t.co/zbjXeBkKbb
— Gwen Stefani (@gwenstefani) May 26, 2016
We can’t wait to see the WHOLE thing!
This post is approved by #TBT pink hair Gwen:
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Adam Carolla
Andre 3000
Chris Colfer
Christopher Lee
Cynthia McFadden
Denise Van Outen
Jack McBrayer
Jadakiss
Jamie Oliver
Joseph Fiennes
Lee Meriwether
Louis Gossett Jr.
Paul Bettany
Peri Gilpin
Richard Schiff
Siouxsie Sioux
Sumner Redstone
Todd Bridges
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Carr (R) with Steve Rubell and Olivia Newton-John at the opening of Grease
May 27, 1937– Allan Carr was an American Original. Mostly forgotten now he once was a top power player in the business we call show. Certainly in Hollywood, Carr was the only powerbroker who was out of the closet in the 1970s.
As a manager, Carr controlled the careers of Ann-Margret, Peter Sellers, Marvin Hamlisch, Tony Curtis, Dyan Cannon and Joan Rivers. He was responsible for taking a chance on unknowns: Mark Hamill, Michelle Pfeiffer and Steve Guttenberg.
I proudly indulge in camp whenever possible, and I’m not talking about sleeping outdoors. I get dizzy for a really good bad film: Valley Of The Dolls (1967), Roadhouse (1989), Terror In Tiny Town (1938) are all on my list of movies so ridiculous that they transcend crummy to become truly iconic cinema experiences. Showgirls (1995) is my #1 Good Bad Movie, but Can’t Stop The Music is right behind it. The 1980 musical epic was the only time The Village People starred in a film, proving that it takes a village. Producer Allan Carr cast Can’t Stop The Music with a lot of ex-boyfriends, but on the set they got out of hand and Carr issued an edict:
“Anyone caught having sex on the set will be fired!”
Nothing says 1970s hedonism like an Allan Carr production. But then there was nothing else like the very ostentatious, obese, ornate caftan-wearing Carr.
He built a fortune by betting on show biz possibilites. While still in college, he invested $750 in a Broadway production of The Ziegfeld Follies, starring Tallulah Bankhead. The payoff was handsome and Carr continued to reinvest his winnings in hit after hit, making tons of dough. He also produced events and premiers, including an infamous formal-dress party hosted by Truman Capote at the LA County Jail in 1963.
Allan Carr Enterprises, formed in 1966, managed the careers of: Tony Curtis, Peter Sellers, Rosalind Russell, Dyan Cannon, Nancy Walker, Marvin Hamlisch, Joan Rivers, Peggy Lee, Mama Cass Elliot, Paul Anka, Frankie Valli, George Maharis, and Herb Alpert. He personally looked after Ann-Margret, producing a string of television specials for the star in the 1960s and 1970s, and insisted on casting her in the film version of Tommy (1975), one of her best roles and bringing her an Academy Award nomination. Carr produced and promoted the films: Grease (1978), Grease 2 (1982) Where The Boys Are ’84, Tommy (1975), and the Broadway production of the gay dream team Jerry Herman and Harvey Fierstein’s musical La Cage Aux Folles. Grease remains the highest grossing musical film of all time.
The Broadway version of La Cage Aux Folles (based on a 1979 French film) was a critical and box-office sensation, sweeping the 1984 Tony Awards with six wins, including for Best Musical. The show, about an aging gay couple, ran at the Palace Theater on Broadway for five years and has been revived on Broadway in 2004 and 2010, each time collecting more Tonys and packed houses.
Carr also produced the 1995 presentations of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Cyrano de Bergerac and Much Ado About Nothing on Broadway and the Kennedy Center in Washington DC. The productions earned a total of 10 Tony nominations, including two for Carr as producer.
Carr always kept busy hosting exclusive extravagant events with guest lists that included show biz legends and those that loved them. The invitations to the gatherings at his opulent mansion, with nine bars, a disco, and plenty of private rooms where guests could indulge in cocaine and sex, were highly coveted even in the homophobic Hollywood of the 1970s.
He titled his parties as if they were films: Roman Polanski’s Rolodex Party, The Rudolph Nureyev Mattress Party, The Mick Jagger Cycle Sluts Party, Truman Capote’s Jailhouse Party. He invited rock stars and Hollywood royalty to his affairs. At a Carr fete you might rub-up against Elton John, Groucho Marx, or the pool boy. To promote the opening of the film Tommy, Carr held the opening-night party in the NYC subway.
Carr’s fall was as dramatic as his rise. He was banned from the Academy Awards after producing what is fondly remembered as the Worst Oscar Broadcast of all time, with a tone deaf Rob Lowe along with Snow White singing Proud Mary. Carr had hired Steve Silver to produce the opening number inspired by Silver’s long-running San Francisco musical revue Beach Blanket Babylon. Like BBB, the opening act featured dancers wearing giant, elaborate hats. In a setting designed to resemble the Coconut Grove nightclub, Golden Age Hollywood stars Doris Day and Cyd Charisse were featured, while a very gay Merv Griffin sang his 1949 hit I’ve Got A Lovely Bunch Of Coconuts. Watching the broadcast, I felt certain someone at the Academy Awards watching party I attended had slipped me some angel-dust.
Gregory Peck, Julie Andrews and Paul Newman signed a petition forever disinviting Carr from future Academy Awards. Disney sued the Oscars for copyright infringement over the use of their Snow White character. A Breakout Superstars Of Tomorrow segment in the program’s last half featured 12 minutes of young actors like Christian Slater and Patrick Dempsey writhing at the foot a giant Oscar statue as if it were the Golden Calf. It took a lot of guts and a lot of cocaine to come up with a show that demented and Carr gets the credit.
Soon after, the show biz establishment shunned the sizzling sex and drug scandals, and the sordid lifestyle of the flamboyantly gay Carr. Grease may have been the word, but nothing opened-up Carr like pretty parties, pretty caftans, pretty drugs and pretty boys. After appearing in Carr’s Can’t Stop The Music, Bruce Jenner was left gender-confused. We know how that turned out.
In 1999, Carr left this party for good, gone from that damn Cancer. His ashes were scattered in the Pacific Ocean by Ann-Margret in front of his former Diamond Head Estate on Oahu.
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Mother RuPaul addresses the attendees at the 2nd annual RuPaul’s DragCon on May 8, 2016 – Mother’s Day – at the Los Angeles Convention Center.
Get your tickets for RuPaul’s DragCon 2017!
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OK. Here’s the back story if you don’t already know it; the Reader’s Digest version is that PayPal billionaire, Peter Theil has recently fessed up to funding Hulk Hogan‘s lawsuit of Nick Denton‘s Gawker, who years ago “outed” and annoyed Theil. There’s a LOT more but that’s the gist of it. Yesterday came this open letter from Denton,
Peter Thiel,
Nearly a decade ago, after you had opened up to friends and colleagues, a gay writer for Gawker shared an item with the readers of Valleywag, a section for news and gossip about the rich and powerful of Silicon Valley. “Peter Thiel, the smartest VC in the world, is gay,” wrote Owen Thomas. “More power to him.”
And more power did indeed come to you. Your investments in Facebook and other companies have given you a net worth of more than $2 billion. You have tapped some of that fortune to support gay groups such as HomoCon. It is now clear that gay people are everywhere, not just in industries such as entertainment, but at the pinnacles of Silicon Valley power.
I thought we had all moved on, not realizing that, for someone who aspires to immortality, nine years may not be such a long time as it seems to most of us. Max Levchin, your fellow founder at Paypal, told me back in 2007 you were concerned about the reaction, not in Silicon Valley, but among investors in your hedge fund from less tolerant places such as Saudi Arabia. He also warned of the retribution you would exact if a story was published about your personal life.
Your revenge has been served well, cold and (until now) anonymously. You admit you have been planning the punishment of Gawker and its writers for years, and that you have so far spent $10 million to fund litigation against the company. Charles Harder, the Hollywood plaintiff’s lawyer who has marshaled your legal campaign, is representing not just the wrestler Hulk Hogan on your behalf, but two other subjects of stories in suits against Gawker and its editorial staff.
You told the New York Times that you are motivated by friends who had their lives ruined by Gawker coverage, and that your funding is a “philanthropic” project to help other “victims” of negative stories. Let us run through a few examples so that people can actually read the articles you find so illegitimate, and make their own judgment about their newsworthiness.
Sean Parker, a partner in your Founders Fund and an early backer of Facebook, is one of the friends who was covered extensively on Gawker’s Valleywag. Those stories, some of them by me, helped define the colorful character played by Justin Timberlake in The Social Network, the David Fincher movie about the founding of Facebook. Parker was stung more recently by criticism from his neighbors of the disruption to 10th St. in Manhattan when the street was dug up to get a Fios line to Bacchus House, the famous party venue where Parker had been planning to live. Valleywag covered that story, as well as his lavish and controversial wedding in the redwoods near Big Sur.
Hulk Hogan was the first client represented by Charles Harder in a suit against Gawker. As we now know, the famous wrestler and entertainer sued over snippets of a sex tape apparently in order to shut down reporting of a racist rant against a black man dating his daughter.
Ashley Terrill, also represented by Harder, is suing Gawker for $10 million for defamation. She is a reporter who offered information about the conflict between the founders of two dating apps, Tinder and Bumble, who herself became part of the story after claiming she was being harassed and surveilled by agents of Tinder co-founder Whitney Wolfe.
Shiva Ayyadurai is a Massachusetts entrepreneur who says he invented email—about a decade after email was actually invented. A story on Gizmodo, Gawker’s tech property, said straight out that his claims were false, as did the Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times. Represented also by the lawyer you hired, Ayyadurai is suing Gawker for $35 million for defamation, though not the other news organizations that made the same point.
Peter Thiel—that is, you. Yes, Gawker has often been critical. Our writers have derided your views on female suffrage, mocked the libertarian separatist vision of offshore seasteads free of government interference, and questioned some of the businesses you have backed. There is much more. They don’t find you very likable.
I can see how irritating Gawker would be to you and other figures in the technology industry. For Silicon Valley, the media spotlight is a relatively recent phenomenon. Most executives and venture capitalists are accustomed to dealing with acquiescent trade journalists and a dazzled mainstream media, who will typically play along with embargoes, join in enthusiasm for new products, and hew to the authorized version of a story. They do not have the sophistication, and the thicker skins, of public figures in other older power centers such as New York, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C.
And I can see how tempting it would be to use Silicon Valley’s most abundant resource, a vast fortune, against the harsh words of the writers of a small New York media company. We have our devices; you have yours.
Among the million posts published by Gawker and other properties since the company was founded, there have undoubtedly been occasions we overstepped the line. In offsetting the fawning coverage of tech luminaries and others, sometimes our stories swing too far for my taste toward snark.
But this vindictive decade-long campaign is quite out of proportion to the hurt you claim. Your plaintiff’s lawyer, Charles Harder, has sued not just the company, but individual journalists.
A.J. Daulerio, author of the 2012 story on Hulk Hogan, is out of work and unable to pay the $100,000 in punitive damages awarded by the jury. In the Ayyadurai and Terrill complaints, Harder cynically paints author Sam Biddle as an abuser of narcotics, basing this claim on Biddle’s own writing about his struggle with anxiety and depression, and the physician-prescribed medication he takes to treat his mood disorders. John Cook, our executive editor, is accused of negligent hiring and retention.
Peter, this is twisted. Even were you to succeed in bankrupting Gawker Media, the writers you dislike, and me, just think what it will mean.
The world is already uncomfortable with the unaccountable power of the billionaire class, the accumulation of wealth in Silicon Valley, and technology’s influence over the media.
You are a board member of Facebook, which is under congressional investigation after our site Gizmodo reported on the opaque and potentially biased way it decides what news sources are seen by its billions of users.
Now you show yourself as a thin-skinned billionaire who, despite all the success and public recognition that a person could dream of, seethes over criticism and plots behind the scenes to tie up his opponents in litigation he can afford better than they.
You were the basis for the affectless venture capitalist in the HBO show, Silicon Valley; with this diabolical decade-long scheme for revenge, you are redefining yourself as a comic-book villain.
This story will play out in the press and the courts. Both are adversarial forums, in which each side selects facts and quotes to undermine the reputation and credibility of the other. We are confident of our arguments on the newsworthiness of our Hogan story, once it reaches the appeals court. Your main proxy, Hulk Hogan, has his.
We, and those you have sent into battle against us, have been stripped naked, our texts, online chats and finances revealed through the press and the courts; in the next phase, you too will be subject to a dose of transparency. However philanthropic your intention, and careful the planning, the details of your involvement will be gruesome.
I’m going to suggest an alternative approach. The best regulation for speech, in a free society, is more speech. We each claim to respect independent journalism, and liberty. We each have criticisms of the other’s methods and objectives. Now you have revealed yourself, let us have an open and public debate.
The court cases will proceed as long as you fund them. And I am sure the war of headlines will continue. But, even if we put down weapons just for a brief truce, let us have a more constructive exchange.
We can hold the discussion in person with a moderator of your choosing, in front of an audience, under the auspices of the Committee to Protect Journalists, or in a written discussion on some neutral platform such as Medium. Just tell me where and when.
At the very least, it will improve public understanding of the interplay of media and power. Considering the amount spent on lawyers, $20 million between us at this point, there should be some public benefit.
In the meantime, here are some more pointed and immediate questions.
Have you or your representatives paid Hulk Hogan personally in addition to covering his legal expenses?
You say that you are operating much like a contingency lawyer, so does that mean you will take a third of any final judgement, or more?
You said you were funding several cases. Specifically, can you confirm you are funding Charles Harder’s work for Shiva Ayyadurai and Ashley Terrill?
Is your goal to bankrupt, buy, or wound Gawker Media? If you were to own the company after a final judgment in the Hogan case, what would your editorial strategy be?
You say that Gawker is not a legitimate news source. Do you take the same view of the other properties—Gizmodo, Deadspin, Jezebel, Kotaku, Jalopnik and Lifehacker?
As a Facebook board member, how have your own views on politics and news influenced your contribution to corporate decisions?
When you say your aim is deterrence rather than revenge, whom do you aim to deter?
You said you wanted to even the legal playing field for people without your resources. If Gawker Media was forced to sell the company to pay a bond or fight these court cases, would you and your agents seek to block that transaction?
Is Sean Parker the friend you mentioned that persuaded you to pursue this campaign?
And lastly, I understand that you give codenames from Tolkien for all your projects. What’s this one?
(Let me guess: Mordor.)
(via Gawker)
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Sister Tomato —a.k.a. Shenzhen Superstar Tomato —is a dancer who performs in clubs across China. Tomato recently told BuzzFeed they don’t care if people stare or take pictures,
“I feel good to be dressed like that. Sometimes when I hear music I like in malls, I’ll start dancing and people will stare at me and take photos. It’s just fun for everybody, then I’ll say goodbye [and leave].”
Weibo, China’s answer to Facebook and Twitter, has been very useful about getting the word out. For this photo series, she posted to a photographer, Mr. Danzi,
“I’m going to do some shopping, and I’ll be dressed up very beautifully.”
The stunt seems to have gotten the thumbs up on social media, but reaction on Weibo was somewhat mixed. One commenter said,
“For any sex or age to dress like this and go out is called an eyesore. Transvestites are subject to no difference, one can’t just wear underwear, cut a hole above the butt and go out. Please don’t overcorrect — have we not shown enough tolerance to minorities nowadays?”
I posted the image on Wow’s Facebook before I knew the story and got some hostile responses like this from a young person,
“How can you love that?! i dont judge him but one thing is being original and being yourself everywhere and a completely different one is being disrespectful to the people (kids, old people, etc) the way he dresses is offensive.”
But most were like this,
“Wat [sic] he is wearing, isn’t wrong. What is [wrong], is people within our own community, shaming him. How are we to live in a world of equality if we r so quick to judge each other?“
What they said.
(via NewNowNext)
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The December 2015 issue of the British movie magazine Total Film had a list of the 25 wackiest film facts… here are just a few as per John Reiber:
THE SHINING
Simon Cowell was a “runner” at Elstree Studios outside London and as part of his job on The Shining, according to his half-brother Tony,
“I remember him saying he used to clean Jack Nicholson’s ax in between takes for the most famous scenes! He took great pride in it. You could see you face in it, it was so shiny!”
So, it was Cowell was handling Jack’s Ax between takes for the “Here’s Johnny!” scene?
JAMES BOND
Did you know that Alice Cooper wrote and performed a Bond theme song? Cooper recorded the theme for The Man With The Golden Gun but it was apparently rejected.
E.T.
Debra Winger was the voice of E.T? She was one of Hollywood’s biggest stars in the early ’80’s, thanks to such hits like Terms Of Endearment, Urban Cowboy & An Officer And A Gentleman, she was also the voice of E.T.,
“Steven Spielberg asked me to record a few sentences – I went in for like one day, maybe two, to do these recordings. I’ve never seen the movie, so I don’t know what he used… well. I know about ‘phone home’ and all that…”
Sound effects creator Ben Burtt did the rest, mixing Winger’s lines with the sounds of raccoons, horses and otters!
Who knew? (via John Reiber)
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Heard and Depp at the Art of Elysium’s 9th Annual Heaven Gala in January.
“terminate the court’s ability to award support.”
Depp also wants the Heard to pay her own attorney fees –when she filed, Heard asked that Depp pay her costs too. Depp’s other responses include listing their separation dates as “To Be Determined.” Heard claimed it was May 22, the day before she filed for divorce –and, btw, two days after the death of Depp’s mother, Betty Sue Palmer. Cold.
Even if he doesn’t have to pay spousal support, the divorce could still cost Depp, BIG TIME as the couple married without a prenup. (Dumb.) Johnny is worth in the (VERY fancy) neighborhood of $400 million. He made $30 million last year alone!
In California, where they are divorcing, a judge simply divides the couple’s joint assets in half in the absence of a prenup.
UPDATE: Heard showed up showed up in court with her lawyer, Samantha Spector, armed with photos showing various bruises … she claims Depp inflicted various times during their marriage. TMZ obtained this pic … showing Amber with a bruise around her eye, which she says Depp inflicted Saturday night. According to TMZ,
Heard claims the pic was taken shortly after she was allegedly struck.
Heard claims after he allegedly hit her he offered her money to stay quiet, but instead she filed for divorce first thing Monday morning.…she’s asking for a temporary restraining order claiming there’s an immediate threat of harm, but Depp has been out of town since Wednesday promoting his new movie. Depp’s lawyer, Laura Wasser, appeared on his behalf.
Depp arriving for his appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Monday May 23, 2016
(Photos, Pacific Coast News; via ET)
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Earlier this month, we reported about a new mini-series from Ryan Murphy, Feud, which will expose famous fights. The first is about the dynamic between Bette Davis and Joan Crawford during the making of What Ever Happened To Baby Jane and stars Oscar-winning actresses Susan Sarandon, as Bette, and his regular collaborator Jessica Lange, as Joan.
At the Cannes Film Festival, Sarandon said that she is nervous for the task of playing Davis,
“I don’t know how it’s going to turn out. I’m doing Bette Davis next, with Jessica Lange playing Joan Crawford… I’m kinda scared.
We’re doing a miniseries with Ryan Murphy about Hollywood and whether or not it has changed since those gals were trying to find their way through. So that’ll be a stretch and scary.
For me it’s always important to be [in] some kind of a love story. I find anything that encourages people to make contact is probably the bravest thing you could do, so everything I do is framed as some kind of love story, no matter whether it is sexual or not.”
OK. That’s an odd summation of her own career choices, but whatever. Speaking of WHATEVER, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, earned five Oscars and a best-actress Oscar nomination for Davis. Alfred Molina plays the film’s director Robert Aldrich, Stanley Tucci is studio titan Jack Warner, and Judy Davis will become gossip columnist Hedda Hopper. Filming isn’t scheduled to begin until this fall.
Bette Davis was 54 when she made Baby Jane, Sarandon just turned 70, although by all accounts, Davis never had any “work” done, so she looked older. Guess they’ll have to age Sarandon for the role. Hollywood.
(via Vanity Fair)
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Photo by Andy Cohen
Jim French
It’s the last day of Fleet Week in New York City and these visuals tend to skew toward male camaraderie that months at sea must induce. There’s a book called Hello Sailor! The Hidden History of Homosexuality at Sea, from 1945 to 1985 British merchant ships were ‘gay heavens.’ Passenger, cargo and Royal Fleet ships were the main workplace where men could be out (and camp). Who knew? The visual history here runs the a specific gamut from vintage pics to Bruce Weber to Tom of Finland. Happy Memorial Day weekend, seamen or not!
Vintage photo booth picture
Vintage photo booth
A gay stewards welcome gay stewards, photographer unknown
Vintage photo
Tom of Finland
Vintage tattooed sailor
Sailor tattoo by Geir
Stephen Tennant
David LaChapelle
Ginch Gonch ad
Wojciech
Pierre et Gilles
Pierre et Gilles
Bruce Weber
Richard Pier Petit
Brad Davis in Querelle
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Uh…This is a MUST DO!!! Back in 2008, WOWlebrity, David LaChapelle muse, and lady with the most expensive body on Earth Amanda Lepore put out her own fragrance Amanda, in collaboration with award-winning perfumer Christophe Laudamielom. It was a limited edition, adorned with 1000 pieces of Swarovski crystal. Apparently, there’s still one original bottle floating around (If you have $550 to spare). However, you can now get a newly repackaged version (sans crystals) for as little as $95 HERE…and TRUST…It smells just like Amanda!!! (photos by Nico Iliev)
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Ask Google. We do it all day, every day. I do anyway. Americans have no shortage of questions and WHATEVER you are looking, Estately decided to dig deep to find out what questions internet users in each state asked more frequently than others. What they uncovered was both weird and odd.
Using Google Autocomplete they compiled hundreds of the most common questions Americans type into the Google search and ran those searches through Google Trends to determine which state queried each of these selected searches the most over the past 12 years. The list below does NOT represent what each state Googles the most, it simply shows the searches each state Googles more frequently than the other 49 states and DC.
ALABAMA: Who is Jesus? / Who owns FOX News? / Who is Lucifer? / Is Donald Trump married? / How to vote?
ALASKA: How to smoke salmon?
ARIZONA: Who vetoes bills? / What is hominy? / What is the minimum wage? / Why is my computer so slow?
ARKANSAS: Where is Syria? / Who won the Civil War? / What is zika? / When is Veteran’s Day? / Is Adele married? / Is God real? / Is Pluto a planet? / How to vote on The Voice? / Why did the chicken cross the road?
CALIFORNIA: What is sexism? / What is Jello? / What is a mullet? / What is spirituality / What is anarchy? / Where is Iraq? / Is O.J. guilty? / How to get divorced? / Who owns MSNBC? / Who qualifies for Medicare? / What is nihilism? / Am I asexual? / How to become an accountant? / Where does bacon come from? / When is Burning Man? / When is Coachella? / When is kitten season? / Is a coconut a nut? / Is Bran the Three-Eyed Raven? / Is coffee bad for you? / Does bread make you fat? / Is honey vegan? / Is Bernie Sanders vegan? / Is karma real? / Is Uber safe? / Where is the nearest Starbucks? / Why are people racist? / Do jellyfish have brains?
COLORADO: What is fracking? / What is hash? / What is paleo? / Who is Edward Snowden? / Where is Waldo? / What is dry ice?
CONNECTICUT: Will Trump win? / What is the American dream? / How to be pretty?
DELAWARE: Who run the world? / How to get away with murder? / Who is Young Metro?
DC: When is Ramadan? / Where is Obama today?
FLORIDA: Where is Israel? / Who owns CNN? / What is A.A.? / Is adultery illegal? / Where is Siri? / What is quantum physics? / Are UFOs real? / When is high tide? / When is Opposite Day? / Is Kasumi a synth? / Is magic real? / Which Disney princess am I? / Why are Americans so stupid? / How to be famous? / How to be rich? / Why does everyone hate Florida?
GEORGIA: Who created God? / Who is in the Illuminati? / What is calamari? / What is adultery? / What is ovulation? / Who is going to be the next president? / Was Jesus black? / Who is Allah? / Is DMX dead? / Is Jesus real? / Is Vietnam communist? / How to hack an Instagram account? / How to improve credit score? / How to hotwire a car / Where is weed legal? / When is a woman most fertile? / Why are my nipples so sore? / How to be a man? / How to become a stripper? / Is Africa a country?
HAWAII: What is foie gras? / What is Instagram? / How to write a resume? / How to YouTube? / What is the meaning of life?
IDAHO: Is Ted Cruz the Zodiak Killer? / How to be single? / What is federalism? / What does “Netflix and chill” mean? / Is Netflix down? / How to meditate? / What is the electoral college?
ILLINOIS: What does OPP mean? / Is Trump winning? / What is falafel? / What is pâté? / What is NATO? / Was Jesus real? / Is Bill Cosby guilty? / Is JoJo engaged? / Was Hitler elected? / Why are TSA lines so long? / How to jump a car?
INDIANA: What is presidential? / What is Islam? / What is Judaism? / How many states are there? / What is communism? / What is Jupiter made of? / What is natural selection? / What is satire? / Do midgets have night vision? / Are aliens real? / Is Bigfoot real? / Is global warming real? / Is Bernie Sanders a democrat? / Was Clinton impeached? / What is the constitution? / What is the first amendment? / What is the second amendment? / How to be popular?
IOWA: Where is ISIS? / Who is Bernie Sanders? / What is a caucus? / What is a socialist? / What is socialism? / What is Snapchat? / Is Lady Gaga married? / Is Ted Cruz hispanic? / Do penguins have knees?
KANSAS: What is Syria? / How to make meth?
KENTUCKY: What are jorts? / How to pass a drug test? / What is catfishing? / How to make a baby? / What is hemp? / Who is Siri? / Which side is your appendix on?
LOUISIANA: What is Scientology? / When is hurricane season? / When is Wrestlemania?
MAINE: Who won Survivor? / What is a blue moon? / How to knit? / Is Bernie Sanders Jewish?
MARYLAND: Did O.J. do it? / Is Joe Flacco elite? / Who unfollowed me? / Who runs the world? / When is it going to snow? / Why do I owe taxes?
MASSACHUSETTS: Who’s on first? / Can I kick it? (Yes, you can) / When is Columbus Day? / How to negotiate? / How many beers in a keg? / Where have all the cowboys gone?
MICHIGAN: Is Trump presidential? / What’s the weather today? / Who is Ron Paul / What causes depression / Where is Canada? / How much caffeine is too much? / Who is Muhammad? / When is Lent? / Is Mr. T dead? / How to be a good girlfriend?
MINNESOTA: Is funner a word?
MISSISSIPPI: Am I pregnant? / Who am I? / Can I get a what what? / Is Obama the antichrist? / Who is Prince? / Is Prince dead? / Who killed Tupac? / What is love? / What is Common Core? / What is gout? / What is HPV? / Are mermaids real? / Who is Harriet Tubman? / How to lose belly fat? / How to lower blood pressure? / How to make money? / Where is Rihanna from?
MISSOURI: Who has played Batman? / When is tornado season? / Am I a psycho?
MONTANA: How to move to Canada? / What is corned beef? / What is Gluten? / Is Bernie Sanders out?
NEBRASKA: Who owns Budweiser? / When is Arbor Day? / What is Tinder?
NEVADA: Who invented pizza? / What is asexual? / When is spring break? / Is Reddit down? / Where is Area 51? / What is Burning Man?
NEW HAMPSHIRE: Who Framed Roger Rabbit? / Who should I vote for? / Is Bernie Sanders married?
NEW JERSEY: Who is Hillary Clinton? / How to stop Trump? / How to make friends? / Is time travel possible? / When is iPhone 7 release date? / Is weed bad for you?
NEW MEXICO: Where is Mars? / Why is the sky blue? / How to be emo? / Do dogs dream?
NEW YORK: Am I bisexual? / Am I an alcoholic? / Am I a democrat? / Where my dogs at? / Is Cornell an Ivy League school? / What’s a millennial? / Who killed Biggie? / Who to invade next? / Who unfriended me? / How to meet women? / Who is Banksy? / When is Passover? / Is Mercury in retrograde? / Is wine gluten free? / How to ask for a raise? / Is Hillary Clinton left handed? / Is Bernie Sanders a communist?
NORTH CAROLINA: Who is the antichrist? / Who built the Great Wall of China? / What is Buddhism? / What is Hinduism? / What is religion? / What is dabbing? / Is Kodi legal? / How to open a jar? / Is Donald Trump the antichrist?
NORTH DAKOTA: When is NFL Draft? / How to get a passport?
OHIO: What is feminism? / What is the best dog food? / Is pot legal? / Am I a republican? / Do I have to pay taxes? / Was Jesus white? / Will North Korea attack?
OKLAHOMA: Is Obama muslim? / Why do dogs eat grass? / Why are gas prices so low?
OREGON: Should I move to Portland? / Who is Ammon Bundy?
PENNSYLVANIA: Am I gay? / Is Bill Cosby a rapist? / When is X-Files? / What is vaping? / How to write a check? / Why are people gay? / What is Grindr? / Is Hillary Clinton going to win? / Why is my period late? / Why can’t I poop? / Do cats fart?
RHODE ISLAND: Did Jay-Z cheat on Beyonce? / Is John Snow alive?
SOUTH CAROLINA: What is transgender? / What is capitalism? / What is mercantilism? / What is OCD? / What is satire? / What is foreshadowing? / Is Google making us stupid? / Is he cheating? / Is Jesus God? / Is weed legal? / How to hack someone’s Facebook? / Where is my phone?
SOUTH DAKOTA: Who let the dogs out? / Who killed JFK? / How to tie a tie? / How to use Snapchat? / Why is my poop green?
TENNESSEE: Who killed Superman? / Who or whom? / Where do babies come from? / What is popcorn lung? / Is vaping safe? / Are unicorns real? / What is the clap? / What is the hottest pepper?
TEXAS: Am I a lesbian? / Am I cool? / Am I a sociopath? / How does sex work? / Who is the best rapper? / Who named Pluto? / Who qualifies for medicaid? / Who was the best president? / Do I have herpes? / How to meet men? / What is gun control? / Where is the internet? / What is jock itch? / Where is hell? / Where is heaven? / Why do I sweat? / Where is Johnny Manziel? / When is flu season? / When is Jesus coming? / Is Russia in Asia? / Can I vote? / How to yodel? / Which Pokemon are you? / Why are people so mean? / Why are we here? / How to get rich quick? / How to be the man? / Who is Putin? / Why is my hair falling out? / Why is my tongue yellow? / Why is my tongue white? / Do girls poop? / Do zombies exist?
UTAH: How many ounces in a pound? / Who moved my cheese? / What should I make for dinner? / What is my IP? / What is Pinterest? / What is quinoa? / How much wood would a woodchuck chuck? / What about Bob? / When is National Pancake Day? / How to kiss? / How to network? / How to pick a lock? / How to register to vote? / Which states are winner take all?
VERMONT: Where is my mind? / How to write a cover letter?
VIRGINIA: Why is Virginia for lovers? / What is emo?
WASHINGTON: Who buys gift cards? / How many grams in an ounce? / What is Spam? / What is dim sum? / What is kombucha? / What is Reddit? / Is Comcast down? / Is Breaking Bad over? / Will Bernie win? / Can Bernie win? / Is Ted Cruz Canadian? / How can I help Syrian refugees?
WEST VIRGINIA: Are zombies real? / Who invented the internet? / Who died? / Who is Donald Trump? / How to lose weight? / What is normal? / What is pansexual? / When is Cinco de Mayo? / Is Facebook down? / How to last longer in bed? / Where is Chuck Norris? / Why is there a leap day? / Why are cats afraid of cucumbers?
WISCONSIN: Who are the Koch brothers? / How to join ISIS? / When is American Idol on? / Is coffee good for you?
WYOMING: What is Wyoming?
(via Estately)
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Facebook is useful for SO many things but this one ranks high on the list of WTF!? It seems that someone left this car park illegally and the City of Key West, Florida asked Facebook for help,
Correction: This vehicle cannot be considered abandoned without going through a legal process. Please help us find the owner!
This Flintstone car is in front of 828 Emma Street. It is illegally parked in the public right of way. It’s been red tagged, but the City would really like to find the owner before we have to take it away. The owner has not yet come forward. Please, if you know whose it is, let them know. Please help us find the owner of this ride… QUICKLY!
But what they got were suggestions in the comments section. Like these…
“The owner’s name is Fred….Fred Flinstone he lives in Bedrock…”
“He moved apparently. He’s been spotted in Boulder, Colorado and as far east as Flint, Michigan. Apparently he wanted to start a life with a clean slate….that’s just rumour though”
“Are Fred and Wilma still listed in the KW phone directory?”
“So, now it’s a phone di-rock-tory!”
“They haven’t printed phone directories in years! Now the Flinstones have iPhones.”
“iStone 5s”
“The Flintstones don’t have iPhones, but they do have tablets.”
“If you still haven’t found the owner, maybe you can try to see if Scooby Doo and the Gang can crack the case.”
It goes on and on until the owner was finally found…
Seriously, they found the actual owner.
THE OWNER HAS BEEN LOCATED! Thanks to everyone who helped on this! And thanks for all the funny remarks. This island is awesome!
You can check out the endless thread and funny comments here.
(T/Y Tad)
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At a campaign rally in Buena Park, California this week, Hillary Clinton got a distracted when two young men decided to take off their shirts. One of them had a giant “H” drawn his chest and the other had a faded “Hill is perfect” written in marker.
As soon as security noticed the men, they started to escort them out of the room and one of the guys yelled,
“Hillary, they’re kicking us out because we don’t have our shirts on!… They’re making us leave because we don’t have shirts on!”
And that’s when Secretary Clinton told secret service to let them stay.
“Well, um, you know what, as long as they don’t take anything else off.
You know, you gotta make split decisions. That’s what leadership is about.
OK, where was I? I gotta admit, it is a little distracting standing up here looking at them…“
Some other “Bros For Hillary” have gotten in on the act too.
Watch.
(via Queerty)
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We were been feeling a 70s caftan moment about this time last year but it never quite happened. Now LOOK at all the gorgeous pattern inspiration here! Are we crazy or can just about ANYONE work a caftan? If you are relying on that young, hot bod, make it sheer with a bikini (or nothing) on underneath –and if you’ve got a Dad bod, what a perfect way to give it some room to breath. I’m again forecasting “The Summer of The Caftan” for 2016 for Fire Island, Palm Springs, P-Town, Miami Beach and as far away as Mykonos. Here’s some Butterick, Simplicity and Vogue pattern inspiration. If you aren’t feeling a caftan, there here a few tunics, a few jumpsuits and some hot swimsuit sets too.
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May 28, 1937– One of my favorite structures on our pretty spinning blue orb is, of course, the openly gay Golden Gate Bridge.
The bridge is a technical masterpiece and a structure of exceptional design artistry. When it opened to the public, the Golden Gate was the world’s longest and tallest suspension bridge. But above all, this masterly example of engineering is a magnificent monument set against an awesome, jaw-dropping backdrop.
Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge began in 1933. The bridge, which was designed by engineer Joseph Strauss (who also designed my city of Portland‘s Burnside Bridge) with Charles Alton Ellis, was built to connect San Francisco with Marin County across the mile wide, three mile long channel known as Golden Gate Strait which connects San Francisco Bay with the Pacific Ocean.
The building of the bridge was a colossal task. At the time most people did not believe it was technically possible to span the Golden Gate. But despite the disbelief, resistance and a little problem they called The Great Depression, Strauss and Ellis were able to find sufficient support and financial backing to go ahead with the monumental project. It would take thousands of workers, four years and 35 million dollars to complete the structure. 21 men died in accidents during the construction.
The project provided a lot of jobs during a time of dreadful unemployment. Despite the economic promises touted by its supporters, the project met fierce resistance from many San Francisco business and civic leaders. Not only would the new bridge impede the shipping industry and mar the bay’s natural beauty, they argued, it wouldn’t survive the sort of earthquake that had crippled the city in 1906. Years of litigation followed as opponents sought to block the project. But, it withstood the destructive Loma Pieta earthquake of 1989, and it has only been closed to traffic three times in its first 79 years because of weather conditions.
When it was built, the dimensions of the bridge defied all imagination. The total length of the bridge is 8,981 feet. The main span between the two enormous towers is 4,200 feet long, making the Golden Gate Bridge the world’s largest suspension bridge, a record that would stand until 1964 when the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge in NYC was completed.
The magnificent Art Deco towers are almost 740 feet tall. The six lanes of road are an amazing 220 feet above the water level. The bridge is supported by enormous cables, anchored in hundreds of bars locked into concrete blocks. The two cables are woven from 27,572 threads of steel with a total length that equals three times the earth’s circumference.
The Golden Gate Bridge has always been painted an orange vermilion, named International Orange, chosen by a group of gay color consultants from the city. The distinctive color blends well with the span’s natural setting, a warm color consistent with the colors of the surrounding land and distinct from the cool colors of the sky and sea. It also provides enhanced visibility for passing ships, plus it is tasteful in a way orange can be when used well.
A revered and rugged group of 19 hot ironworkers, 38 cute painters, plus a chief bridge painter battle wind, sea air, fog, and the Folsom Street Fair, suspended high above the Gate, to repair corroding steel and keep the bridge looking pretty.
On opening day, 79 years ago today, 200,000 pedestrians made their way across the newly finished span. President Franklin D. Roosevelt announced that the bridge was open via a White House telegraph.
On a lovely late summer day in September 1971, I walked across the Golden Gate Bridge. It was quite a challenge. It is a long trip, but it is a breathtaking one, literally. It was not nearly as cruisy a spot as I had hoped. Trying to pick-up a trick on a bridge is tricky.
In certain conditions the bridge will sway almost 30 feet. This makes the bridge less pleasant to negotiate during strong winds or an earthquake. The views, however, are always amazing, even, or especially, in the fog.
It is claimed that it is the most photographed bridge on the planet.
A star in more than 50 films, The Golden Gate Bridge has a major role, playing itself, in my favorite Alfred Hitchcock flick, Vertigo (1958). In 2015, it was destroyed by a bitch of an earthquake in San Andreas and last year it figured as a major character in Ant-Man.
Remember kids: Love Can Build A Bridge.
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The hardest working drag queen on the planet Sherry Vine is about to drop three new shows to her super popular network gaySVTVworld, just in time for Gay Pride month! Trade2Trade is a sexy new talk series featuring men as they strip down to the bare-essentials. Empty Your Sack, Queen stars Sherry Vine as she corners nightlife celebrities and asks the questions on everyone’s minds. Poop Up Videos is an insider’s look at the making of some of Sherry’s classic music parodies. Plus, gaySVTVworld’s top talk show, Sherry and The Greek (with Chris Semers), will be focusing on gay history and coming out topics throughout the month, and welcome LGBTQ and straight allies including YouTube stars DailyLondons and HERCfitness. Click HERE to see all of Sherry’s antics, and don’t miss her live Gay Pride broadcast special on Sunday, June 26th!
Josh Rosenzweig, the network’s co-founder:
“We’re doing this Pride in Sherry-ific style,” proclaims . We’re mixing comedy, music, a bit of gay history and whole lotta sexiness.”
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