LGBTQ news and entertainment
From today’s Morning Joe on MSNBC: “There is something immoral” about the wealthiest Americans paying a 15% tax rate.
Scarborough, a former GOP congressman, also remarks that raising taxes on the wealthiest “won’t wreck the economy.”
Check out the clip above.
From superherofan: Neil Patrick Harris has a new Web series called “Neil’s Puppet Dreams” coming to Nerdist on November 27.
There will be puppets, of course, and shirtless dancers like Neil himself, his partner David Burtka and Joe Manganiello in a pineapple tanktop.
Did I mention Joe Manganiello in a pineapple tanktop?
Just a bit from Gareth Thomas’ interview in The Observer:
• My fear of coming out wasn’t about rejection. I was scared people would say: “Why were you lying to me? If you’ve been lying about that what else are you lying about?” Lying is my biggest regret.
• My sport was my comfort. The routine, the camaraderie, the team… everyone’s around you. After rugby you’re on your own. Every day was the same, but now it’s different and that’s really scary. I had to change my mindset, stop fearing what I didn’t know.
• People say getting fit is 90% diet and 10% exercise, but that’s bollocks. If you train hard you earn the right to a chocolate bar.
• Other sportsmen have confided in me that they’re gay. The advice I give is that coming out is great for you as a person, but that you also have to remember you’re a role model. As a sportsman you take the money and the glory, but you also take the responsibility that comes with it and make sure the stories that follow are positive.
• Neither my ex-wife nor I regret getting married. There was so much good in the seven years we spent together. The regret for me is the hurt I caused not just her but my parents, too.
• Am I British? No way. I’m as Welsh as you can get.
Don’t forget that Gareth Thomas – The REAL Celebrity Fitness DVD is on sale now from gareththomasfitness.co.uk and selected Tesco stores. Part of the profits from sale will go to the Life Music Foundation (lifemusicfoundation.org)
(via The Observer)
I’ve never been a “hat person.” One of those folks who look cute in a hat. Baseball cap, pork pie hat… whatever. Not me. Just don’t have the face.
Me and a baseball cap means “I need coffee more than I care what I look like.”
It would be nice to be “hat cute” but I’m much more “hat utilitarian”. And I’m good with that.
More coffee…
Must watch YouTube clip.
I understand the man’s name is Arthur and the workout he used is DDPYoga which is run by Diamond Dallas Page (a former Pro-Wrestler for WCW & WWE).
We all complain along the way. We all think we’re overwhelmed. We all think we can’t fix something in our lives.
So did this guy. Now look.
I’m sometimes one of those people who think I’m a bit stuck, too.
Get unstuck.
Forward.
Justin Bieber tweeted a self-pic of his abs with the caption “Back in the gym.”
I know girls lose their minds over him, but somehow this still seems like some kind of teen porn or something since he’s only 18.
Morgan Freeman narrates this new second commercial for the Human Rights Campaign.
The clip will be aired during the Sunday morning news shows.
Text of the clip:
“America stands at the dawn of a new day,” he says as images of women’s suffrage and Martin Luther King Jr leading the Million Man March flash across the screen. Just as people did during those civil rights fights, we must now all come together to support our gay and lesbian comrades.
“Now, across our country, we’re standing together for the right of gay and lesbian Americans to marry the person they love,” Freeman says. “And, with historic victories for marriage, we’ve delivered a mandate for full equality. The wind is at our back, but our journey has just begun.”
For more info on how to get involved: http://www.HRC.org/Marriage
Forward.
MSNBC’s Melissa Harris-Perry hosted an in depth discussion on her show about the evolution and expansion of LGBT families, which included guest (and still-glowing newlywed) Thomas Roberts. Roberts explained while sharing his wedding photos with the panel:
“I grew up pretending a lot to fit in; pretending to be straight. When you find your voice, you don’t want to shut up about it – and I have found my voice and feel very privileged to have found it. Patrick and I were together for 12 years up to the point when we got married. We deserved that opportunity. It’s good stuff.”
Wow, this makes me happy to watch. I can’t imagine this being discussed so openly ten years ago. And the joy and enthusiasm in Thomas’ voice is smile inducing.
This week’s super hero themed duets episode may be one more sign that perhaps GLEE has “jumped the shark.”
But you have to laugh and enjoy – especially the use of the whip in this clip as “style fan” for hair blowing.
I will say though – whether for good or bad reasons, I’m still finding things on the show to entertain me.
BTW – Out.com points out that the split done at the beginning of the GLEE clip could be a nod to what is considered the “Best Drag Queen Entrance EVER!”; watch the footage of the late Tandi Iman Dupree covering Tyler’s 80s hit, and get ready to scream at the :25 mark
George Prescott Bush, the son of former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and the nephew of former Texas governor and ex-President George W. Bush, has filed preliminary paperwork to run for office in the Lone Star state in 2014. Given his family ties plus the Republican landscape of Texas politics, he stands to become a prominent voice in the next generation of Republican leaders.
His father Jeb Bush recently sent out a email to his own supporters looking for donations for George Bush v3.0.
“The office that George is considering running for is Land Commissioner which overseas the mineral rights, commercial real estate owned and sovereign submerged lands of the State of Texas as well as veterans affairs and historic archives,” he wrote.
Land commissioner is a less high-profile position than governor or lieutenant governor, but is considered a strong stepping stone for Texas pols, hoping to run for higher office statewide. David Dewhurst, now the state’s lieutenant governor, among others, began in the land commissioner position.
Apparently part of the approach is to find a position that won’t require a drawn out primary with an opponent. So, the young George is definitely looking for the right fight to begin a political career.
Considering his family name plus his hispanic heritage, plus he’s fairly handsome, he may be part of a new, young line of GOP names to follow.
Read more at Politico