Today Is World AIDS Day
With federal health officials reporting a sharp increase in unprotected sex among gay men in the United States, World AIDS Day hits a lot closer to home this year. Join the rally to end AIDS here in...
View ArticleDeadly Weekend
‘It was just a bloodbath’: 4 dead, 63 injured in NYC train derail nightmare Two deadly large-scale accidents --- plus the Paul Walker tragedy -- over the weekend really shook me to the core. When I was...
View ArticleMeet GQ's Men of the Year
  Got GQ's Men of the Year 2013 issue over the weekend on my iPad. The Justin Timberlake cover story was particularly revealing. The writer happened to catch the Golden Boy at a moment when his latest...
View ArticleThe Gilda Age
 My love for Gilda Radner is well-documented HERE and HERE. So you can imagine how moved I was when I realized the part of West Houston Street where Gilda's House resides has been renamed after the...
View ArticleSong of the Day: 'Tinsel and Lights' by Tracey Thorn
Although admitting Christmas is merely weeks away pains me, I must confess I listened to Tracey Thorn's sublime "Tinsel and Lights" holiday album on the plane to Phoenix for Thanksgiving last week. It...
View ArticleStan's Back
I grew up in a racket club yet never owned a pair of Adidas' iconic Stan Smith sneakers. (I wore Converse like my idol ... Chris Evert.) They're coming back in 2014 -- expect to see me in 'em!Â
View ArticleStairway to Bubble-Butt Heaven
Am intrigued by celebrity trainer Jason Walsh's fat-burning versaclimber. Anyone ever tried it?Seen in the new issue of Details.
View ArticleMarilyn's Idol Chatter
Naturally, everyone and their brother sent me the New Wave artists aging gracefully. An 80′s world gone by ... post that went viral last week. (I loved it -- but they included Pete Burns?!!!!!) Found...
View ArticleLove for McSorley's
The New Yorker on McSorley's:“It’s a quintessential New York landmark that still has a character. Everything about it is reassuring, constant, historic—which is rare in the U.S. Lots of people have...
View ArticleOlympic Diver Tom Daley: 'Yep, I'm Bi'
'I'm dating a guy... but I still fancy girls'Olympic diver Tom Daley reveals he is in a relationship with a man in heartfelt video message about his sexuality   Now before you start making cracks about...
View Article'Boy' Turns 8
My friend Matthew Rettenmund is celebrating eight fun years of Boy Culture with a list of his 100 favorite posts. Enjoy the view and wish him well HERE!
View ArticleLove Match
Tennis player Ryan Sweeting is engaged to marry some chick from "The Big Bang Theory"?
View ArticleSong of the Day: 'It Ain't Me, Babe' by Johnny Cash and June Carter
The lovebirds' cover of the Bob Dylan classic is just one of several highlights from "Carryin' On With Johnny Cash & June Carter," which was born the same year I was.
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