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The Amazing Race starts tonight! Go Team Chippendales!

Everyone knows I’m a big fan of THE AMAZING RACE. Haven’t missed an episode of any season. Love it.

So, of course, I’m excited to see the new season and meet the teams, which were announced today. And lo, and behold, my favorite team already – Team Chippendales!  Scruffy, hunky guys – what’s not to like?

Chippendale friends Jaymes Vaughan (left) and James Davis (right).  Here’s their video package.

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The new season premieres Sunday, September 30 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network

Go to CBS.com to meet the rest of the teams.

Here is the full list of teams:

Name: Natalie Anderson
Age: 26
Hometown: Edgewater, N.J.
Current occupation: Physical Therapy Student

Name: Nadiya Anderson
Age: 26
Hometown: Edgewater, N.J.
Current occupation: Project Coordinator at Bridge2Peace
Connection: Twin Sisters

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Name: Josh Kilmer-Purcell
Age: 43
Hometown: Sharon Springs, N.Y.
Current occupation: Goat Farmer/Advertising Executive/Author

Name: Brent Ridge
Age: 38
Hometown: Sharon Springs, N.Y.
Current occupation: Chief Executive Officer of Beekman 1802
Connection: Goat Farmers/Life Partners

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Name: Rob French
Age: 46
Hometown: Boston, Ga.
Current occupation: Professional Monster Truck Driver

Name: Kelley Carrington-French
Age: 50
Hometown: Boston, Ga.
Current occupation: Professional Monster Truck Driver

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Name: Trey Wier
Age: 23
Hometown: Austin, Texas
Current occupation: Land Consultant/Former College Athlete

Name: Alexis “Lexi” Beerman
Age: 22
Hometown: Dripping Springs, Texas
Current occupation: Clothing Designer
Connection: Dating

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Name: James LoMenzo
Age: 53
Hometown: Burbank, Calif.
Current occupation: Professional Musician/
Former Band Member of White Lion and Megadeth

Name: Mark “Abba” Abbattista
Age: 45
Hometown: Denver, Colo.
Current occupation: Entertainment Lawyer
Connection: Friends

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Name: Abbie Ginsberg
Age: 31
Hometown: Encinitas, Calif.
Current occupation: Dance Instructor/Choreographer

Name: Ryan Danz
Age: 35
Hometown: San Diego, Calif.
Current occupation: Financial Service Company Owner
Connection: Dating Divorcees

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Name: Jaymes Vaughan
Age: 30
Hometown: Las Vegas, Nev.
Current occupation: Chippendales MC

Name: James Davis
Age: 27
Hometown: Las Vegas, Nev.
Current occupation: Chippendales Dancer
Connection: Chippendales Dancers/Best Friends

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Name: Rob Scheer
Age: 52
Hometown: Ketchikan, Alaska
Current occupation: Lumberjack and Entrepreneur

Name: Sheila Castle
Age: 44
Hometown: Pigeon Forge, Tenn.
Current occupation: Retail Manager
Connection: Engaged

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Name: Caitlin King
Age: 24
Hometown: Atlanta, Ga.
Current occupation: Special Ed Teacher

Name: Brittany Fletcher
Age: 25
Hometown: Chicago, Ill.
Current occupation: Medical Device Sales
Connection: Best Friends

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Name: Gary Wojnar
Age: 52
Hometown: Livonia, Mich.
Current occupation: Substitute Teacher

Name: Will Chiola
Age: 53
Hometown: Dearborn Heights, Mich.
Current occupation: Substitute Teacher
Connection: Best Friends/Substitute Teachers

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Name: Amy Purdy
Age: 32
Hometown: Summit County, Colo.
Current occupation: Motivational Speaker/Snowboarder
(Amy is a double amputee)

Name: Daniel Gale
Age: 36
Hometown: Summit County, Colo.
Current occupation: Executive Director
Connection: Dating On and Off

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CA: Governor Brown signs SB1172 outlawing “ex-gay” therapy

On Saturday, Gov. Jerry Brown of California signed Senate Bill 1172, which officially bans so-called “ex-gay” therapy for minors.

The law goes into effect January 1, 2013, and prohibits state-licensed therapists from engaging in “reparative therapy” with minors. Advocates for the bill say that conversion therapy uses dangerous tactics that place youth at a high risk of depression and suicide.

Reparative therapy—an umbrella term for various methods that often incorporate prayer or designate a childhood incident as a “root” for homosexuality—have been soundly condemned by the World Health Organization, the American Psychological Association and almost every other professional therapeutic group in America. (Adults can still seek such treatment, but do so with informed consent, not as the helpless victims of their parents or guardians)

Two men who had endured such therapy, Ryan Kendall and Peter Drake, told the California assembly committee of business, professions, and consumer protection about their experiences

“As a young teen, the anti-gay practice of so-called conversion therapy destroyed my life and tore apart my family,” Kendall said. “In order to stop the therapy that misled my parents into believing that I could somehow be made straight, I was forced to run away from home, surrender myself to the local department of human services, and legally separate myself from my family. At the age of 16, I had lost everything. My family and my faith had rejected me, and the damaging messages of conversion therapy, coupled with this rejection, drove me to the brink of suicide.”

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Respect ‘the game’ by respecting all fans and athletes

“Respect the game by respecting all fans and athletes. If you can play, you can play.”

Comcast Sportsnet became the first U.S. broadcast outlet to sign on to the “You Can Play Project”, which fights homophobia in sports. Its “SportsTalk Live” co-hosts Brian Mitchell and Ivan Carter made a video which calls for the fair treatment and inclusion of all athletes.

Says Mitchell: “Athletes should be judged on their talent and character. Not on their sexual orientation.”

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Water Is Everything – Ryan Lochte & Conor Dwyer

US Olympic Gold Medalists Ryan Lochte and Conor Dwyer for Water For People.

It took them just under 2 minutes to swim their leg of the relay and win the US Gold in London.

In the developing world, women and girls haul water for an average of 4 hours a day. That’s hours of time lost that could be going to school, work, and play.

Water is everything. Nobody knows it better than Ryan and Conor, who have been swimming since they were babies — often spending up to six hours a day training. So they also know the value of time.

You can make Time Well Spent for everyone. Check out Water Is Everything by clicking here.

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Christina Aguilera’s new video “Your Body”

Christina Aguilera sings the words so you don’t have to: “All I want to do is love your body!” (That’s the censored version.)

The new video for “Your Body” has her meeting a surprising number of hot men, some of whom explode in neon confetti.

Check out MTV News explains the full menu of her coy nods to pop culture.

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Arnold Schwarzenegger had another affair while with Maria Shriver

Arnold Schwarzenegger naked

Arnold Schwarzenegger confirms in his new book out Monday, “Total Recall”, that he had an “outrageous affair” with Brigette Nielsen while shooting the 1985 movie “Red Sonja.”

Schwarzenegger writes that he and Nielsen did indeed have a “hot affair,” but he knew it wouldn’t last. In fact, their “fling” only made him realize that he wanted to marry Shriver.
Nielsen would soon marry Schwarzenegger’s fellow action star, Sylvester Stallone.
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