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Madonna vs. Bullying

Madonna will apparently include a tribute to Brandon Bitner, a teen who committed suicide, in her upcoming MDNA Tour. Good on her. I don't care if "bullying" is a cause de rigeur—it needs exposure until it's a thing of the past.

The Voice: A Review Of Lady Rizo

BOY CULTURE REVIEW: ***1/2 OUT OF ****

I just saw Lady Rizo's show last night at the Highline in NYC and I'm left feeling kind of how I felt when Janice Dickinson kissed me and licked my eyeball—except less afraid of getting herpes and more hopeful that Rizo's creativity might be viral.

Having no idea what to expect, we calmly ate our grilled cheese sandwiches and coconut shrimp and tomato soup that was really just Ragu in a bowl. I was nervous about what would happen if I didn't like Rizo (not pronounced like the Grease character, more like Ree-zoh) since my pal Greg and his partner Dan are friends of hers and had invited us. I needn't have worried. As soon as she emerged (in total darkness) and we heard the first notes, it was clear this bitch could sing just about anything. And wound up doing so.

Push In Boots

Push-ups with a little furry help...

Guydar

Love To Meat

Meet Matthew Wilkas. If only!

Hot Stuff

"No-no-no-no-no—I'm not smoking on camera."

For some reason—perhaps honoring their late matriarch's idea that she contracted lung cancer from living in Lower Manhattan during 9/11 and breathing toxic air?—Donna Summer's family has released a statement that she was a non-smoker. However, that's not true. I totally believe them if they say she hasn't been a smoker in years and years, but she was obviously a smoker in her youth.

To Be Blunt

When I met Paul Michael Glaser, he smelled of pot. Called it! From National Enquirer (May 28, 2012).

Guydar

Future Shock

The '50s were to the '80s what the '80s are to now. How disgusting is that? It seems impossible. Time totally flies. Totally.

Once You've Gone Men In Black...

The same Ukrainian prankster who fooled the world into thinking he was a diehard Madonna fan and inadvertently caused Hydrangea-Gate has now attempted an open-mouthed kiss with Will Smith—and was at least as smacked down as those damn flowers were.

Dancer For Money

The story of a young dancer torn between his family (a losing proposition?) and his dream (a losing proposition?, Five Dances is a film seeking your $upport. But watching the trailer is free...

Edging

Scott Teitler captures Zach Ramos for Fantastics in a feature called "On Edge"—it'll either have you on the edge of your seat or perhaps his, either way.

So Many Mad Men, So Little Time

David Leddick's take on what it was like to be gay during the same time period as TV's Mad Men sounds a lot more interesting to me than TV's Mad Men (a show I have resisted sampling...I know! I know.)

The Homosexual Gourmand

Above, Chris Evan looks fine in the wild, as seen in National Enquirer (May 28, 2012). Below, Rock of Ages star Diego Boneta as seen in People en Espanol (Junio 2012):

More after the jump...

Really, Really Bad Girls

With thanks to John: I prefer to remember Donna Summer's incredible talent than to dwell on the idea that she apparently thought 9/11 gave her lung cancer (and not her cigarettes). Check out this delightfully warped version of "Bad Girls" starring the late Donna Summer, complete with backing by the late Pat Ast (whose own connection to 9/11 was the death of friend Berry Berenson), the late Debralee Scott (whose fiancé was a cop who died in the 9/11 attacks) and Twiggy. (How sleazy that the cop greedily takes the prostie home for himself!)

The Angel Gabriel

Via Sticky (Work Unfriendly): His name is Julian Gabriel, and even that info is optional when you consider what we've got to work with just from a purely visual perspective.

Ends Of The World

Guydar

Man, I Feel Like A Woman: A Review Of Cock

BOY CULTURE RATING: ***-1/2 out of *****

Had the pleasure of seeing the new play Cock, by Mike Bartlett, at The Duke on 42nd Street. Thrillingly staged in the round with the lights up, the play is superminimalist, involving just four actors (and all four only at the end) whose characters are basically arguing whether one of them—John (Cory Michael Smith, pictured)—is gay, straight, bisexual or something else.

After deciding he's unhappy in a longterm relationship with a character denoted as M (Jason Butler Harner), John meets and begins a relationship with a woman, W (Amanda Quaid), for the first time in his gay life. When that also seems not quite right, he goes back...and forth...and back...and forth. He seems incapable of deciding which situation suits him better, and despite being so annoyingly confused, he's capable of keeping his lovers waiting with bated breath.

Outreach

"Fuck eggplant—it's too spongy. I hate spongy stuff."—Channing Tatum

Channing Tatum is leaving no stone unturned in promoting Magic Mike, chatting up Out here.

Last Dance: Donna Summer Dies At 63

Disco's Marilyn Monroe

I'm absolutely gutted reading of Donna Summer's surprise passing at the way-too-young age of 63. The undisputed Queen of Disco actually sang mainstream pop, gospel and plenty of rock, too. Her voice was amazing, and her hits are indelible—"Love to Love You Baby", "Last Dance", "MacArthur Park", "Heaven Knows", "Hot Stuff", "Bad Girls", "Dim All the Lights", "No More Tears (Enough is Enough)", "On the Radio", "Love is in Control (Finger on the Trigger)", "She Works Hard for the Money", "I Don't Wanna Get Hurt"...the list goes on.

I remember watching Thank God It's Friday as a kid and being mesmerized by this secret world I would never grow up quickly enough to enter (the golden age of disco was so brief!), became addicted to "I Feel Love" thanks to Bronski Beat's cover and then was fully behind her "This Time" comeback when I was in college.

Beautiful Creatures

People en Espanol (Junio 2012) serves up its "Mas Bellos", and I serve up a subset of that list—the hottest menz on the list...

Out artist Ricky Martin is featured inside (pictured) and takes the cover, which also features a gaggle of beautiful women...

Keep reading for more...

Go, Diego, Go!

Bruce Weber shoots Diego Boneta for Vman (Summer 2012) and doesn't skimp on the shirtlessness. One more after the jump...

Splashy Colors

Via Sticky (Work Unfriendly): Despite his disaster-on-the-high-seas-sounding name, Edixon Valdez is one sexy bastard in a rainbow series of bikinis.

Guydar

If Gay Is Okay, John Travolta Is Fanfuckingtastic

National Enquirer (May 28, 2012) has an in-depth chat with Luis Gonzalez, the handsome former massage therapist who claims to have spent "an afternoon having passionate sex with Travolta at the luxurious Ritz-Carlton hotel in Laguna Niguel, Calif., in 1997." He's coming out with the story because Travolta's not coming out. Basically, everyone knows Travolta is gay.

The same issue as well as this week's Globe spend a lot of time quoting a friend of his who claims Travolta's taste ran to "weak-looking" or "rugged" types. This means he bragged about wanting Richard Gere, John Savage (weak-looking??? see pic), Christopher Reeve, George Michael and especially the once very hot Jeff Conaway, his Grease co-star. (Perhaps he envisioned them starring in Crisco?)

The late Conaway's former fiancée confirms that Travolta woke Conaway up in the '90s after spending time at his home by blowing him. It ruined their friendship. Conaway also left a handwritten suicide letter admitting the incident occurred. Yikes!

Ravin' Lesbian

Sexy couple

I'm not sure why tabloids choose certain celebrities to tell the truth about, sexuality-wise, and why they choose others to protect (outside of deals cut in exchange for participation), but National Enquirer (May 28, 2012) has outed Raven-Symoné. Mag says she's living with her lover, AzMarie, here in NYC.

I've met Raven quite a few times and interviewed her. This doesn't surprise me, but it does delight me. Hope she's happy.

Exhibitionistic Streak

Click me to see how amazing I am

Entertainment Weekly reveals its best-EVER cover.

Homobama

Paul Cameron of Family Research Institute not only thinks President Obama might be gay, he says he himself was attracted to men at the age of three around the time he was "homosexually raped", but since "gay" is a political term, he isn't gay himself. Dude, if you think people can choose their attractions, then that means you are gay. A truly straight person doesn't choose it, it just is.

Whoa! Is He

Joey Lawrence is the latest celebricoup in recent Chippendales history, agreeing to front the show in Vegas at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino from June 7—June 24, Thursdays through Sundays.

Don't Cross Me

Click me to see why I'm funny

With thanks to Brad: The above, apparently real gif, speaks for itself. I wonder if her conservator gets to call in and override Britney's input? At least Britney is a bona fide star, one in possession of whatever the legendary X factor of her new gig's title is.

La Dolce Evita

Everyone else has had a go at "Girl Gone Wild," so now it's the Italians' turn. For a song that wasn't a hit, its video sure seems to have struck a chord in pop culture...

Janorexic

Another reason you should be reading Chexy—he not only knows how to take Janet Charlton apart, he bothers to!

Low-Hanging Doughnuts

Via Sticky (Work Unfriendly): Intymen Underwear is hot, as is its model, but the name...I don't get it. It kinda reminds me of Entenmann's, though, and I guess they're both delicious to stuff in your mouth one after another.

Rock Of Ageless

P.S. Nose jobs apparently don't count

Promoting his (excruciating-looking—at least to the likes of me) new movie Rock of Ages, Tom Cruise says of plastic surgery: "I haven't and I never will," joining the ranks of the magically preserved. Joan Collins is another who's said she hasn't had it. The only real question is: Which of them is the bigger liar?

P.S. IMHO, both look fantastic, even if I really can't stand one of them in the least.

Tom, a few months shy of 50

WIN IT: Adam Lambert's New CD Trespassing!

Enter to win 1 of 5 copies of Adam Lambert's Trespassing!

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Global superstar ADAM LAMBERT

 

returns with his highly anticipated new album

 

TRESPASSING

 

feat. the hits “Never Close Our Eyes”, “Trespassing”, “Cuckoo” and "Better Than I Know Myself"

Available May 15 from RCA Records / 19 Recordings

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$10,000 In Or Out

A chance to meet Matt Bomer on the set of White Collar is being auctioned off by Charitybuzz. Valued high at $5,000, it's already going for twice that...and it's got another two weeks left! Popular boy.

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Final Connection

Photo by Marina Lystseva/Photoshot

Haunting—an image from inside that Russian jet that crashed during a demonstration flight this week. This was taken just before take off, shortly after which the jet slammed into the side of a volcano. Its black box has just been discovered. Chilling to contemplate how blissfully unaware the passengers were in this moment.

50 Shades Of Gay Rights

In engaging remarks on The View, President Obama talks about his former support of civil unions, his now fully evolved marriage-equality views, his belief that DOMA is not Constitutional and his ignorance of 50 Shades of Grey.

Tears From The Cleared

Rusconi says he cried when he found out he was removed from suspicion

Gay photographer Paul Rusconi, who was accused of raping his twin 20-month-old daughters after his nanny and distant relatives found (incredibly innocent!) photos he took of himself in the tub with them, has been cleared. Shockingly, with no real evidence, his accusers managed to persuade authorities to give them custody of the little girls when they first spoke out against him. Now, he is going to sue their asses off. Really scary, and seems perfectly reasonable that he assumes he was particularly vulnerable as a potential pedophile simply because of his sexuality.

WIN IT: Diana Ross Live In Central Park DVDs!

Photo by Albert Watson

Enter to win 1 of 5 copies of Diana Ross: Live In Central Park on DVD!

To enter, just comment this blog with your favorite Diana Ross song—a week from today at 5PM EST, I'll pick 5 you at random to win.

Good luck!

More on the legendary 1983 Diana Ross concerts...

On July 21, 1983, the legendary Diana Ross took the stage in New York’s Central Park before an audience of over 800,000. Soon after the entertainer began, pouring rain and heavy wind threatened to put an end to the show, but Diana pushed on for much of the set, urging the drenched crowd to remain calm and stay with her. Eventually the torrential storm put an end to the performance, but not before Diana promised her fans she would return the next day. True to her word, Diana performed the entire concert again on July 22nd for the people of New York.

Initially broadcast live around the world, this renowned concert was never again shown on television, and has never been released on DVD until now.

Available on DVD for the first time May 15 from Shout! Factory

Rowdy Roddy

Rod Daily's first Andrew Christian shoot was...eventful! (Work Unfriendly)

Guydar

Crimes Of Fashion

With thanks to Walter: A vintage fashion show for, um, men. I'm surprised these models weren't gay-bashed—actually beaten by other gays—afterward. More power to these slinky boys of 60 years ago for living as out as society could handle, but this makes International Male look like Levi's...

Entre Nous

Bruce Weber's "L.A. Diary" story in the new Vman seems rife with Nous Men models. Which is not a bad thing if you've laid eyes on them

And It Fits Like A Glove

Maybe this is why "Swim" was on the rumored MDNA Tour set list? (Props to Cristian for the title.)

Crack Shot

Thank you, Maria Menounos, for posting this twit pic of Derek Hough's sumptuous ass.

All Set: The Final (?) MDNA Set List

Multiple sources (with a shout out to Madonnarama) have said that the final setlist for The MDNA Tour is as follows (spoilers, duh)...

Ass Backwards

Another fine serving of athletic hunks in the/on the field here.