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InstaHunk Round-Up: Weekend Edition

Moe_Bear89 was all smiles for Flex Friday

https://www.instagram.com/p/CO3BcdTtJ1f/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link Some of our favorite Instagram posts this week from the land of Insta. First up, Moe Bear (above) was all smiles for ‘Flex Friday’ and gave a shout-out to his ‘almost abs’ (we think he looks pretty dang great). Photographer Leonardo Ursini makes a pretty convincing argument that ‘thick is the new ripped:’ https://www.instagram.com/p/CO0oGs0gKkN/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link LuffyPiece served up our favorite selfie this week: https://www.instagram.com/p/COuFmTAlTkC/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link Writer Rich Burns showed off how fab life after 50 can be: https://www.instagram.com/p/CO73dPqMKIH/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link Former Army Captain Roberto Portales kept his scuba class waiting: https://www.instagram.com/p/CO6eHkqBop6/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link Johnny Middlebrooks boasts some bountiful biceps in what he calls his ‘off season’ shape: https://www.instagram.com/p/CO6QJEBrdso/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link Bearded Frank served up serious beard goals from Black Sands Beach in Sausalito: https://www.instagram.com/p/CO8PvuagUVJ/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link We think fur is fab, but Max Souza reminds how sexy smooth can be: https://www.instagram.com/p/CO3iH7yLg9X/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link Actor/model Brock O’Hurn demonstrates the complications that arise for folks 6’7″ tall in an airplane restroom. He also mentions something about a size 15 shoe, so… https://www.instagram.com/p/CO8WfZFMTGp/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link Kevin Davis got all romantical during a photo shoot with fitness guru David Cook. p.s. the duo scored a book cover deal from the shoot! https://www.instagram.com/p/CO7oxGet88_/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link Bruno Baba asks his followers if they like him with abs or what he calls ‘chubby:’ https://www.instagram.com/p/CO5_gP7BWLd/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link Tom Daley and Matty Lee scored gold at the European Aquatics Championships in Budapest: https://www.instagram.com/p/CO57durHi9k/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link Dan Tai was just hanging out to see what would happen: https://www.instagram.com/p/CO5_xnglwz-/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

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Love Found In Israel – The Queer-Themed Film ‘Sublet’

Check out the soon to be released queer themed film "Sublet"

Check out the soon to be released queer themed film "Sublet" Check out the trailer to the soon-to-be released queer themed film, Sublet.

Starring Tony Award-winning and Emmy-nominated John Benjamin Hickey and featuring the debut of Niv Nissim, Sublet focuses on a New York Times writer (Hickey) who visits Tel Aviv after suffering a tragedy. The city’s energy and his relationship with a younger man he meets there (Nissim) bring him back to life.

In theaters and Video On Demand on June 11.

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Saturday Showtune: Mandy Patinkin “You’ve Got To Be Carefully Taught/Children Will Listen”

I was recently reminded of this 1995 recording by Mandy Patinkin of “You’ve Got To Be Carefully Taught” paired with “Children Will Listen” from Stephen Sondheim’s Into The Woods. At the time of the album release, some folks decried what they felt were Mandy’s vocal “histrionics” in his take on the Rodgers & Hammerstein song. But I always liked it; I found his yelling the line, “You’ve got to be taught before it’s too late, before you are six or seven or eight, to hate all the people your relatives HATE!” compelling and evocative. Pairing the song with a very tender, sensitive rendition of “Children Will Listen” (from the brilliant Into the Woods) brought home the same lesson Hammerstein was going for but in Sondheimian manner.

Careful the things you say, children will listen… Careful the things you do, children will see – and learn…

Looking at the divisive political landscape today, I think it’s pretty spot on. Listen below.

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Zachary Quinto & Billy Porter Cast As Gay Parents In Disney Series

Billy Porter and Zachary Quinto
Billy Porter and Zachary Quinto
L-R Billy Porter and Zachary Quinto (images via Instagram/Depositphotos)

Out actors Billy Porter (POSE, Kinky Boots) and Zachary Quinto (Star Trek, The Boys in the Band) are joining the cast of the upcoming reboot of Disney’s The Proud Family.

The original series ran on Disney Channel from September 2001 to August 2005 with a 14-year-old African-American protagonist named Penny Proud.

The new series, titled The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder, will stream on Disney+ and pick up with the straight A student and her coterie of friends.

As part of the new crew, Porter and Quinto will voice the roles of Randall Leibowitz-Jenkins and Barry Leibowitz-Jenkins, respectively. The pair will play mixed-race adoptive parents to 14-year-old activist Maya Leibowitz-Jenkins, to be voiced by Keke Palmer.

The animated characters of Barry and Randall Leibowitz-Jenkins
The animated characters of Barry and Randall Leibowitz-Jenkins (image via Disney)

Plus, EJ Johnson (Rich Kids of Beverly Hills) will voice the role of Michael Collins, Penny’s bestie who is described as “a non-conforming trendsetter serving fierce looks at school and on the basketball court” by EW.

The animated character of Michael Collins
The animated character of Michael Collins (image via Disney)

The new series is slated to launch on Disney+ in 2022.

In the meantime, you can catch Porter in the final season of FX’s acclaimed series POSE currently airing new episodes on Sundays. And Quinto can be heard as the voice of the Robot on the Amazon Original adult animated series, Invincible.

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Former ‘Bachelor’ Star Says He Came Out After Being Blackmailed

Former 'Bachelor' star Colton Underwood

Former 'Bachelor' star Colton Underwood
Former ‘Bachelor’ star Colton Underwood (screen capture)
Former ‘Bachelor’ star Colton Underwood shares that he never planned to come out publicly as gay but was the victim of blackmail. From Variety:

According to him, last year, while living in Los Angeles, he secretly visited a spa known for catering to gay clientele. Shortly thereafter, he received an anonymous email, which has been reviewed by Variety, from someone claiming to have taken his nude photos at the venue.

Underwood never saw the alleged photos and explains he was at the spa “just to look,” saying he “should have never been there.” The unidentified sender threatened to “out” him in the press, and in a panic of paranoia, Underwood forwarded the email to his publicist, Alex Spieller, which forced him to finally have an honest conversation about his sexual orientation.

Variety shares this interview with the former NFL player where he says he wishes he’d had a gay role model in football and regrets a lot of how things went down with his ex Cassie Randolph.

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Ellen DeGeneres Will End Talk Show In 2022

Ellen DeGeneres

Ellen DeGeneres at home (screen capture)
Ellen DeGeneres will end her iconic afternoon talk show in 2022 after the upcoming 19th season beginning this fall. From the Hollywood Reporter:

The decision, which fell to DeGeneres, is said to have been several years in the making. She informed her staff May 11, and will sit down with longtime pal and daytime predecessor Oprah Winfrey to discuss the news on Ellen‘s May 13 show.

“When you’re a creative person, you constantly need to be challenged – and as great as this show is, and as fun as it is, it’s just not a challenge anymore,” DeGeneres tells The Hollywood Reporter, discussing the move publicly for the first time.

DeGeneres also discusses the tumultuous year she’s had as wave after wave of bad publicity kept coming:

It was very hurtful to me. I mean, very. But if I was quitting the show because of that, I wouldn’t have come back this season. So, it’s not why I’m stopping but it was hard because I was sitting at home, it was summer, and I see a story that people have to chew gum before they talk to me and I’m like, “Okay, this is hilarious.”

Then I see another story of some other ridiculous thing and then it just didn’t stop. And I wasn’t working, so I had no platform, and I didn’t want to address it on [Twitter] and I thought if I just don’t address it, it’s going to go away because it was all so stupid.

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‘Bad Massage Boy’ Serves Up Wine, Disco Shorts & Naked Massage

Drew Canan is a 'bad massage boy'
Drew Canan is the 'Bad Massage Boy'
Drew Canan as ‘Bad Massage Boy’ (screen captures)

The latest installment of the Bad Boy web series – ‘Bad Massage Boy’ – features Jim (Drew Canan) trying to give Scott (Artie O’Daly) a reward massage for finishing his movie script about Jim, but unexpected interruptions keep getting in the way of the rubdown.

Scott tries to politely pass on the massage but Jim won’t take no for an answer. When plying Scott with wine doesn’t seem to convince him, Jim goes the ‘alpha’ route: “Listen, you little b*tch, you’re going to get naked, lie down on my table and I’m going to rub you down. Any questions punk?”

Scott obeys.

Jim goes alpha on Scott in 'Bad Massage Boy'
Jim goes ‘alpha’ on Scott (Artie O’Daly)

Jim begins the massage (wearing perfectly acceptable sequined disco shorts) but is quickly cut off by a phone call from his Aunt Whitney (Theresa Ryan) warning of a ‘dangerous man’ running around the house with a gun.

Forget that – there’s a naked massage to be had!

Next comes a parade of unannounced visitors beginning with James (Alex Dyon) who’s on a mission to hurl water-filled condoms at people.

Wacky FBI agent Calista (Alina Bock) shows up in a faux ‘Swiss Miss’ costume still trying to prove Scott was somehow involved in a murder.

And Brian (Doug Rogers), Scott’s hot ‘boyfriend who’s not really his boyfriend,’ proves the point that every time he visits Scott, Jim is usually there and Scott’s always half-naked.

p.s. yep, this time, too…

'Bad Massage Boy' - Brian takes a peek at Scott's butt
Brian (Doug Rogers) takes a peek

Along the way, Scott’s butt makes some cameo appearances and Jim declares he should get naked for his own massage.

As always, the absurdist storyline moves at a fast pace thanks to O’Daly’s rapid-fire dialogue and the cast who are clearly down for the wild and wooly antics.

Hit play below and make sure you hang out for the adorable end title graphics by Charlie Branigan which tell the tale from each character’s perspective.

You can find my previous coverage of the ‘Bad Boy’ web series here.

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Randy Rainbow Parody: ‘Clang, Clang, Clang Went Josh Hawley’

Randy Rainbow offers a parody of the Judy Garland classic song "The Trolley Song"

Randy Rainbow offers a parody of the Judy Garland classic song "The Trolley Song" Randy Rainbow starts our week out on the right track with his parody of Judy Garland’s iconic “The Trolley Song” from the 1944 classic film Meet Me in St. Louis. In Rainbow’s version, “Clang, Clang, Clang Went Josh Hawley,” the artist skewers current GOP members of Congress including Hawley, Lindsey Graham, Matt Gaetz, Ted Cruz and more.

Clang, clang, clang went Josh Hawley Yap, yap, yap went Ted Cruz Crap, crap, crap went McCarthy Cause his party continued to lose…

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Out Music: Sylas Dean ‘Shine’

Out recording artist Sylas Dean

Out recording artist Sylas Dean
Out recording artist Sylas Dean (photo: Brett Stanley)
Queer hyper pop artist Sylas Dean drops his debut EP American Dreeming, where he explores longing, love and heartbreak with a vintage glam rock influence. The lead single for the synth-pop collection, “Shine,” is a glossy, summer-ready romp with an irresistible beat and muscular vocals. Armed with a shimmering dance-driven sound and an eye for dreamy imagery, Dean looks and sounds ready to roll. Follow him on Instagram here.

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New Music Video: P!nk ‘All I Know So Far’

The latest music video from P!nk includes cameos from gay icons Cher and Judith Light

The latest music video from P!nk includes cameos from gay icons Cher and Judith Light
International pop star P!nk
P!nk’s latest music video, “All I Know So Far,” not only features the pop star, but gay icons Cher (as a regal goddess) and Judith Light (as the singer’s mother). The video opens as P!nk begins a bedtime story for her daughter. Along the way, P!nk shares some of the life lessons she’s learned up to now. The music video prefaces P!nk’s upcoming documentary P!nk: All I Know So Far, which chronicles her life as a mom and a pop star on the road during her Beautiful Trauma tour. The doc film will launch globally on Friday, May 21 exclusively on Prime Video in over 240 countries and territories. Since her debut in 2000, P!nk has released 8 studio albums, 1 greatest hits album, sold over 60 million albums equivalents worldwide, 15 singles in the top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart (four at #1) and has sold out arenas all over the world. In addition, she is the recipient of three Grammy Awards (twenty nominations), one Daytime Emmy Award, seven MTV Video Music Awards (including the 2017 Vanguard Award recipient), two People’s Choice Awards, and was named Billboard’s Woman of the Year in 2013.