Democratic presidential contender Mayor Pete Buttigieg dropped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon last night, and took part in one of the late night talker’s recurring segments, ‘Slow Jam the News.’
Mayor Pete mainly stuck to introductory campaign info with Fallon and Tariq Trotter of the Roots serving up the one-liners.
Although, in one exchange, Buttigieg shared his recent appearance on Fox News Sunday was meant as a gesture of inclusivity wanting “everyone to join this campaign, Democrats and Republicans.”
“Democrats and Republicans?” queried a honey-voice Fallon. “So what you’re saying is – you go both ways?”
• InstaHunk Steve in LA (above) makes baseball much more palatable, no? And – he has the good sense to attend a Yankees game 🙂
• The Gaily Grind: A Canadian man filmed himself tearing down and burning a neighbor’s Nazi flag, saying he took matters into his own hands because “authorities weren’t going to.”
• Vox: In the new book, Commander in Cheat, sportswriter Rick Reilly explores Trump’s complicated relationship with the game of golf, and herculean efforts he goes to lie about his scores, sabotage his opponents, and generally defraud the sport. Sport reveals, in part, who we are. Golf reveals the cheat that is Donald Trump.
• LGBTQ Nation: Mike Pence whines that America has ‘little tolerance’ for Christians if he can’t be anti-gay.
• Gay Star News: A makeup company is marketing a new brand specifically to ‘macho men’ with black packaging and the name ‘War Paint.’ They say male skin is ‘different’ from female skin, and therefore men need their own manly brand of makeup.
• Instinct: Mr. Ratburn of PBS’ Arthur is gay, and married.
• InstaHunks Alex Abramov and Brett Miles hug it out after exploring NYC’s ‘The Vessel.’
Chris Johnson at the Washington Blade reports that Donald Trump will oppose the Equality Act, set for a vote in the full House of Representatives this Friday.
With a vote on the Equality Act in the U.S. House expected on Friday, a senior administration official indicated exclusively to the Washington Blade that President Trump opposes the bill.
“The Trump administration absolutely opposes discrimination of any kind and supports the equal treatment of all; however, this bill in its current form is filled with poison pills that threaten to undermine parental and conscience rights,” the senior administration official said via email.
More details about Trump’s position on the Equality Act may come soon from the White House, which traditionally issues a Statement of Administration Policy when legislation comes to the floor of either chamber of Congress.
The Equality Act would amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Fair Housing Act to ban anti-LGBTQ discrimination in employment, housing, public accommodations, jury service, education, federal programs and credit.
During the 2016 presidential election, Trump laughingly promised to be “better for the gays” than Hillary Clinton.
The Blade also harkens back to an interview with The Advocate in 2000, when Trump was considering a third party run for the White House, where he said he supported amending the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to include sexual orientation.
Let’s face it – no one expected Trump to support the Equality Act. And fortunately for him, the U.S. Senate will protect him from having to veto the legislation since it will never get a vote in the Senate.
Julian Edelman naked definitely qualifies as “nice things,” and who doesn’t like looking at nice things? Three-time Super Bowl champion and New England Patriots’ wide receiver Julian Edelman (looking snack AF) shares how he fuels his body and says his scars tell his story. Related: Weekend Woof – Julian Edelman Check out the behind-the-scenes video from his photo shoot for the 2017 ESPN Magazine Body Issue: https://youtu.be/iAaezUAWqb8?si=w3oXhnIKPBURl9u7
The latest installment of the “Bad Boy” web series is here with a brand new hunky ‘bad boy.’
This seventh episode finds Artie O’Daly’s “Scott” (who also writes, produces and directs the clip) meeting with his agent “Erin” (Lyndsey Doolen) when an unexpected delivery boy (blond hottie Drew Bradley) comes knocking at the door.
Announcing he has a food delivery for Scott (actually “Daddy Scott”), bad delivery boy “George” barges in to drop off his package.
When Scott tells George he definitely did not order any food, George sizes up the situation: “Oh, I see. Is this one of those deals where you order food so I come in and you drop your pants and try to hook up with me?”
“Cause if it is, that’s cool – but I’ll expect a tip,” he explains.
Makes sense.
Drew Bradley and Artie O’Daly in “Bad Delivery Boy”
Scott asks our bad boy to take the food and leave, but soon it’s clear George is taking more than he arrived with.
Erin invites George to sit and chat. One thing leads to another (doesn’t it always?) and soon George is peeling off his shirt as he go-go dances in silver-spangled booty shorts.
Makes sense. Or not…
Drew Bradley and Lyndsey Doolen
Eventually, there’s always a twist in the “Bad Boy” universe, but no spoilers here. As with past episodes, O’Daly’s clever, off-kilter dialogue keeps ‘Daddy Scott’ off balance the entire time.
Hit play and check out ‘bad boy’ George in all his confusing wonder below.
You can check out previous coverage of the “Bad Boy” series here, here, here, and here.
Pastor Steven Anderson (via YouTube video screen capture)
Infamous ‘Kill the Gays’ pastor Steven Anderson has become the first person to be banned from the country of Ireland.
Anderson, who heads up the Faithful Word Baptist Church in Arizona, is prohibited from entering the country thanks to an exclusion order signed by Charlie Flanagan, the Minister for Justice and Equality.
The order is the first issued under Section 4 of the 1999 Immigration Act.
Anderson was scheduled to preach in Dublin on May 26.
• Celebrating the dozens of deaths resulting from the mass shooting at Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, Florida, in June 2016. The anti-LGBTQ pastor posted a video telling his congregants that the 49 people killed in the attack “deserved to die.”
VICTORY!! The Irish government did the right thing and decided to block anti-gay U.S. pastor Steven Anderson from entering #Ireland where he was planning to spread hate against LGBT+ people later this month. Thanks for going All Out, everyone! https://t.co/pQBG6C5TK0
Ireland isn’t the first country to bar the anti-LGBTQ preacher from crossing its borders. Anderson has also been banned from the UK, Jamaica, South Africa and Canada.
In a video posted before the news of his ban, Anderson told viewers he wasn’t going to Ireland to be “talking about homos.”
“I’m not there to talk about all the other sick, perverted, filth that you have going on there in Ireland,” he added.
CNBC is reporting China has announced it will “raise tariffs on $60 billion in U.S. goods in retaliation for the U.S. decision to hike duties on Chinese goods. Beijing will increase the tariffs to 25% from 10% on June 1.”
The news is not a surprise in the aftermath of Donald Trump’s decision to raise taxes on $200 billion in Chinese products to 25% from 10% as the world’s two largest economies struggle to ink a new trade deal.
U.S. stock futures signaled a sharp drop Monday morning amid the escalation.
The Trumpster thinks he’s got China right where he wants them:
We are right where we want to be with China. Remember, they broke the deal with us & tried to renegotiate. We will be taking in Tens of Billions of Dollars in Tariffs from China. Buyers of product can make it themselves in the USA (ideal), or buy it from non-Tariffed countries…
— on the 🍊s of species (@waxingcrecent) May 10, 2019
In related news, Huffpostreports that Trump is seeking an additional $15 billion in U.S. subsidies in an effort to protect farmers from the devastating impact of his trade war with China.
That’s on top of $12 billion already earmarked for the farmers to help them weather the fallout.
Now, where would the U.S. government get billions in subsidy funds?
Academy Award nominee and Hollywood royalty, Doris Day, has passed away at the age of 97.
According to The Doris Day Animal Foundation, the actress and singer died early Monday at her Carmel Valley, California, home. The foundation said she was surrounded by close friends.
“The vivacious blonde, who also had a successful singing career, teamed with Rock Hudson in “Pillow Talk” and other lighthearted romantic comedies including “Lover Come Back” and “Send Me No Flowers.” Her other significant screen roles included Alfred Hitchcock thriller “The Man Who Knew Too Much” (1956), co-starring James Stewart and featuring Day’s Oscar-winning song “Que Sera Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be”); and “The Pajama Game” (1957), based on the Broadway musical.”
After many successful films, she starred on CBS in “The Doris Day Show” for five years starting in 1968, and soon after retired to Carmel, Calif. She released 29 albums, most recently “My Heart,” which consisted of previously unreleased songs, in 2011.
Matt Bomer stars in the upcoming buddy comedy, Papi Chulo.
Bomer plays “Sean,” a gay weatherman who hits a rough patch of depression following a major breakup.
Written and directed by gay Irish filmmaker John Butler (Handsome Devil), Papi Chulo made its world premiere last fall at the prestigious Toronto International Film Festival.
The official synopsis reads:
“After a newly-single TV weatherman is put on leave following an on-air meltdown, he directs his energy into home improvement and hires a middle-aged Latino day laborer named Ernesto (Alejandro Patiño) to help. Despite a language barrier and having nothing in common, the two men develop an unexpected but profound friendship in this darkly comedic reflection on class, ethnicity, and companionship in contemporary Los Angeles.”
“My ex has been gone for six months now and I have to admit I’m not good at being alone,” Sean tells Ernesto in the trailer. “I never have been.”
The film also features Elena Campbell-Martinez (The Big Bang Theory), Wendi McLendon-Covey (The Goldbergs, Bridesmaids), and D’Arcy Carden (The Good Place).
Matt Bomer and Alejandro Patiño (Blue Fox Ent.)
Variety’s Joe Laydon praised the film in his review, describing Bomer’s Sean as “played with admirable fearlessness,” and the film as a whole as a “scrupulously low-key and unassumingly ingratiating dramedy.”
“A warm-hearted tale of emotional healing through an unlikely friendship.” – The Hollywood Reporter
“The film captures something universal and profound: the fleeting human connections that can change a life forever.” – Screen Daily
Bomer earned an Emmy nomination and Golden Globe Award for his performance in HBO’s The Normal Heart, and recently appeared on Will & Grace as news anchor McCoy Whitman, Will’s love interest.
The 41-year-old made his Broadway debut last year in the acclaimed revival of the groundbreaking gay drama, The Boys in the Band. Producer Ryan Murphy has announced he will produce a screen version of the production for Netflix.
The Magic Mike actor is currently starring in the DC Universe series Doom Patrol.
