Wow.
Check out Cuban native Osiel Gouneo whose gorgeous technique has already made his a celebrity on the international dance scene.
Those turns!
Amazing. Watch below.
Daily Dance: Osiel Gouneo Of Cuba
Wrestling Superstar Finn Bálor Makes His Wrestlemania Debut With Huge Show Of LGBTQ Support
Irish WWE wrestler Finn Bálor made a huge rainbow splash this weekend as he competed in his very first Wrestlemania in New Orleans.
Bálor entered the Mercedes-Benz SuperDome stadium surrounded by members of the New Orleans LBGQT community spreading a huge message of inclusion. His entourage was decked out in “For Everyone” t-shirts with a rainbow design.
Profits from Bálor’s entrance t-shirt – black with a rainbow design – will be donated to LGBT advocacy group GLAAD, whose motto is “To promote understanding, increase acceptance, and advance equality.”
Finn Balor with the message of inclusion joined by the #LGBTQ community in his entrance hella respect for #BalorClub #WrestleMania #ICTitle pic.twitter.com/fWfEQVRTIS— Jeremy (@Jeremy1P1) April 8, 2018
WWE is proud to announce that a portion of sales from my new shirt will benefit @GLAAD. Everyone deserves to be accepted & included! #BalorClubforEveryone https://t.co/8AzHINbhNr— Finn Bálor forEVERYone (@FinnBalor) April 2, 2018
Finn’s entrance still gives me such goosebumps and really makes me teary eyed. A wrestler of his magnitude having an entrance like that at the grandest stage of them all of professional wrestling is amazing. Thank you, @FinnBalor! 🏳️🌈 pic.twitter.com/6hpJA0cECY— Emre. (@inzaynxprogress) April 9, 2018
— Finn Bálor forEVERYone (@FinnBalor) April 2, 2018
Imagine all the people living life in peace…💙💚💛🧡❤️
BálorClub fOreVERyone pic.twitter.com/poJjUhZEfp— Finn Bálor forEVERYone (@FinnBalor) April 9, 2018
New Randy Rainbow Parody: “You Can’t Stop His Tweets”
Ah yeah, Monday gets kicked off in sassy 60s-style as Randy Rainbow rocks a riff on “You Can’t Stop the Beat” from Broadway blockbuster Hairspray.
Randy’s high-energy, rapid-fire lyrics are totally on point as he tweaks the Tweeter in Chief with “You Can’t Stop His Tweets.” And Marc Shaiman’s melody was totally built to bop to.
This may be Randy’s best parody song yet.
Watch below.
VICE: Conspiracy Hoaxers Say Every Mass Shooting Was A “False Flag,” Victims Never Existed
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| A “false flag” hoaxer tells the pastor of a Texas church his daughter’s death is a “hoax” |
This is truly hideous.
On November 5, 2017, Devin Patrick Kelley killed 26 people at a church in Sutherland Springs, Texas.
These two “false flag” hoaxers claim that it never happened. They say all mass gun massacres are fake, made-up events featuring “crisis actors” with the goal being to demonize and eventually take away folks’ guns.
During the segment from VICE, the insane hoaxers confront Sutherland Springs Baptist Church Pastor Frank Pomeroy, who lost his own 14-year-old daughter in that deadly shooting
The two hoaxers, who go by the handles “Side Thorn” and “Conspiracy Granny,” inform Pastor Pomeroy that not only is he lying, they claim his daughter never existed.
Welcome to Trump’s ‘Merica.
Watch the report below.
Podcast: “Will & Grace” Finale; New Documentary On The Life Of Sir Ian McKellen “Playing The Part;” MGM Resorts Releases Gender-Flipped Love Songs
In this week’s podcast:
• MGM Resorts released a new collection of wedding songs for LGBTs from Kesha, Bob Dylan and more.
• The finale of Will & Grace aired this week with some surprise couplings.
• A new documentary of the life and legacy of Sir Ian McKellen – Playing The Part.
• Natti Vogel’s new music video “Brown Rice” starring Matthew Wilkas explores the pressures of Instagram fame
• Maryland’s state legislature moves closer to banning so-called “conversion therapy.”
• Anchorage, Alaska, says “no” to transgender discrimination.
All that and more on this episode of The Randy Report.
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I like to think of my newsmagazine podcast as “the 60 Minutes of gay news” – only shorter.
Gay Teen Flick “Love, Simon” Is An Unequivocal Hit At The Box Office
Gay teens not only have a hit movie they can relate to in coming-out/coming-of-age flick Love, Simon, but the film is also an unequivocal box office hit.
BoxOfficeMojo reports that in 24 days the gay-centric rom-com, which cost $17 million to produce, has grossed over $37 million domestically.
According to Buzzfeed senior film reporter Adam Vary, Love, Simon is the most successful teen movie in four years.
Box office: After 24 days, #LoveSimon it’s now the most successful teen movie domestically in four years. That’s especially impressive considering how hard it is to get teens (or adults!) to see a movie about teenagers that isn’t in some way about death. pic.twitter.com/kgMMwpvZDs— Adam B. Vary (@adambvary) April 8, 2018
Trump Threatens “Big Price To Pay” For Syrian Chemical Attack
For the first time in his presidency, Donald Trump called out Russian President Vladimir Putin in connection to a chemical gas attack in Syria that killed at least 70 dead and more injured.
From The New York Times:
President Trump on Sunday promised a “big price” to be paid for what he said was a chemical weapons attack that choked dozens of Syrians to death the day before, and a top White House official said the administration would not rule out a missile strike to retaliate against the government of President Bashar al-Assad.
In a tweet, Mr. Trump laid the blame for the attack partly on President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, the first time since his election that he has criticized the Russian leader by name on Twitter. Mr. Putin’s forces have been fighting for years to keep the Assad government in power amid Syria’s brutal civil war.
Mr. Trump also left no doubt that he believed the assessment of aid groups that Mr. Assad’s military had used chemical weapons to inflict the carnage on Saturday in Douma, a rebel-held suburb of Damascus.
The Times goes on to report that the White House has not ruled out a missile strike response among options available to the U.S.
The United Nations Security Council has announced it will hold emergency meeting Monday in light of the chemical attack.
According to reports, Trump has been mulling over pulling all U.S. military out of Syria. Observers are now curious to see if the Donald follows through on that considering these developments.
Many dead, including women and children, in mindless CHEMICAL attack in Syria. Area of atrocity is in lockdown and encircled by Syrian Army, making it completely inaccessible to outside world. President Putin, Russia and Iran are responsible for backing Animal Assad. Big price…— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 8, 2018
….to pay. Open area immediately for medical help and verification. Another humanitarian disaster for no reason whatsoever. SICK!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 8, 2018
.@POTUS‘s pledge to withdraw from #Syria has only emboldened Assad, backed by Russia & Iran, to commit more war crimes in #Douma. @POTUS responded after last year’s chemical attack. He should do so again & make Assad pay a price for his brutality. https://t.co/u30kF0ww8g— John McCain (@SenJohnMcCain) April 8, 2018
Your telegraphed intention to withdraw from Syria and disregard for basic human rights is worse than Obama’s unenforced red line. You enabled Assad and Putin’s escalating mass atrocities against Syrian children and other civilians. Now, you bear responsibility. https://t.co/X0DJXIKkCm— Evan McMullin (@Evan_McMullin) April 8, 2018
And, of course, war hawk Sen. Lindsey Graham wants to go to war so bad:
After Pres. Trump tweeted about the apparent chemical attack in Syria, Sen. Lindsey Graham tells @MarthaRaddatz: “If [the president] doesn’t follow through and live up to that tweet, he’s going to look weak in the eyes of Russia and Iran. This is a defining moment.” pic.twitter.com/hzWihueyfq— ABC News (@ABC) April 8, 2018
Just Because…
Seriously, my inner tap dancer’s first thought was “nice calves.”
And then there’s the rest of him.
I have to get to the gym. Excuse me.
SNL’s Trump: “I. Do. Not. Care. About. Any. Of. You.”
For last night’s cold open on Saturday Night Live, President Donald Trump (Alec Baldwin) holds a press conference with the leaders of the Baltic states (Kate McKinnon, Alex Moffat, Heidi Gardner).
Brash and unfiltered, “Trump” reveled in his newly invigorated freedom to speak his mind.
Along the way, he ignores memos from staff to not congratulate Vladimir Putin for his “very transparent” reelection in Russia, and even ignores the voices in his head to not mock McKinnon’s hair.
When asked by the press if his tariffs could ruin the U.S. economy and immigration policy tarnishing our standing in the world, Baldwin’s response is refreshingly candid:
“I. Do. Not. Care. About. America. This whole presidency is a four-year cash grab. And that will probably get me four more years.”
Funny in its outrageousness, and probably a lot closer to the truth than most would like to admit.
Watch below.
Sunday Slowdown: Reba McEntire “Sunday Kind Of Love”
Looking for sleepy Sunday, lazy morning music today I remembered Miss Reba McEntire’s stylish and vocally flawless rendition of the Etta James classic, “Sunday Kind of Love.”
A bit of intersectional awareness here: I’m currently staging South Pacific for San Diego Musical Theatre and Reba famously sold-out Carnegie Hall in June 2005 with a killer “Nellie Forbush” in the staged concert version of the Rodgers & Hammerstein classic.
Plus, Reba’s music video for “Sunday Kind of Love” is set in the 1940s during wartime as is South Pacific.
In 1988, Reba’s music video was nominated for “Video of the Year” at the Academy of Country Music Awards for the video below.
Happy Sunday everyone.