September 17, 2013, 8:00 am
Sure, this 18-year-old from Allen Park, Mich., went on a small crime spree early Friday morning in Ypsilanti -- charged with two counts of first-degree home invasion, larceny from a motor vehicle and receiving and concealing stolen property. But surely the judge could go easy on Anthony Carbonaro given how good he looks in a swimming suit. (Via
MLive)
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September 17, 2013, 11:14 am
Oops. I'm just glad there wasn't social media back when I used to cover Paradise Town Council meetings for the Arizona Republic.
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September 17, 2013, 12:04 pm
Clint Eastwood may be a silly old fool screaming at a chair these days. But in his day he was one of the most handsome men to ever grace the silver screen. His 27-year-old son, Scott. favors him, douchey fratboy cigar included. From
HERE.
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September 17, 2013, 8:55 pm
Leave it to the
New York Post to make some sense of this horrible tragedy in the nation's capital.
Meanwhile, the New York Times has a loving tribute to this psycho's 12 victims
HERE.
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September 17, 2013, 9:10 pm
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September 18, 2013, 7:00 am
I could barely concentrate on my Rubik's Cube during this retro-maniacal ditty.
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September 18, 2013, 7:30 am
I've fallen seriously behind on my reading -- just now wrapping up Kamal Al-solaylee's memoir,
"Intolerable," but wanted to alert you to a handful of new books that caught my eye, two of which I have already purchased (one as a gift):
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"American Hipster: The Life of Herbert Huncke, The Times Square Hustler Who Inspired the Beat Movement" tells the tale of a New York sex worker and heroin addict whose unrepentant deviance caught the imagination of Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and William S. Burroughs. Teetering between exhaustion and existential despair, Huncke (rhymes with “junky”) often said, “I’m beat, man.” His line gave Kerouac the label for a down-at-the-heels generation seeking spiritual sustenance as well as “kicks” in post-war America. Recognizable portraits of Huncke appear in "Junky" (1953), Burroughs' acerbic account of his own heroin addiction; “Howl” (1956), the long, sexually explicit poem that launched Ginsberg’s career; and "On the Road" (1957), Kerouac’s best-selling novel that immortalized the Beat Generation. But it wasn’t just Huncke the character that fascinated these writers: they loved his stories. Kerouac called him a “genius” of a storyteller and “a perfect writer.” Order
HERE.
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"Lawfully Wedded Husband: How My Gay Marriage Will Save the American Family": When Joel Derfner's boyfriend proposed to him, there was nowhere in America the two could legally marry. That changed quickly, however, and before long the two were on what they expected to be a rollicking journey to married bliss. What they didn't realize was that, along the way, they would confront not just the dilemmas every couple faces on the way to the altar—what kind of ceremony would they have? what would they wear? did they have to invite Great Aunt Sophie?—but also questions about what a relationship can and can't do, the definition of marriage, and, ultimately, what makes a family. Add to the mix a reality show whose director forces them to keep signing and notarizing applications for a wedding license until the cameraman gets a shot she likes; a family marriage history that includes adulterers, arms smugglers, and poisoners; and discussions of civil rights, Sophocles, racism, grammar, and homemade Ouija boards—coupled with Derfner's gift for getting in his own way—and what results is a story not just of gay marriage and the American family but of what it means to be human. Order
HERE.
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"Leaving the Rest: Gay Men on Alcoholism and Sobriety": Collected for the first time in two decades are 22 personal essays by sober gay men about the wide spectrum of experiences particular to being a gay alcoholic, including experiences leading to and following recovery. Edited by Leslie L. Smith. Order
HERE.
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September 18, 2013, 7:31 am
Given what we have learned in the last 48 hours since Cheyenne Jackson's
jerkoff video went viral, I think it's now safe to say
THIS PHOTO I posted in 2009 really was the Broadway hunk Xanadu-ing himself on a really hideous Jennifer Convertible.
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September 18, 2013, 2:00 am
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September 18, 2013, 7:15 am
Sometimes the hottest criminals are also cops. Read
HERE.
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September 18, 2013, 9:10 am
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September 18, 2013, 10:00 am
West 57th Street in Manhattan is about to become the home of four of the tallest buildings in America. Read
HERE.
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September 18, 2013, 1:45 pm
Kind of meta: A famous gay guy who plays straight guys will play an even more famous gay guy who played straight guys. Do we approve, or am I gonna have to talk some of you off a clift? From
HERE.
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September 18, 2013, 2:00 pm
But when isn't it, really? From
HERE.
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September 18, 2013, 9:10 pm
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September 19, 2013, 7:00 am
Heard Madonna's "Angel" in a restaurant the other night -- thanks, Delilah! -- and have to say this is definitely Ms. Ciccone's most underrated single to date. (Remember when she
did it on the Virgin tour?)
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September 19, 2013, 7:15 am
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September 19, 2013, 7:30 am
Anyone else been following this story about the former small-town mayor and mother of five who was accused of blowing her daughter's teenage boyfriend? He's a football player named Bubba(!) and her name's Linda Lusk(!!) -- surely Lifetime is already all over this -- but even though she did some REALLY inappropriate things (sending him a selfie in just a bra, for one!), I actually don't believe any physical contact ever took place. Read
HERE and weigh in if you saw the latest on "20/20." (Yes, she left her husband and has a new younger man in her life!)
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September 19, 2013, 2:00 am
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September 19, 2013, 10:05 am
Courtesy of my new Rolling Stone app for iPad:
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