Despite now being against gay marriage, Mitt Romney is still desperate for the gay vote. According to Nielsen Online, AdRelevance, the presidential candidate had banner ads on gay.com. Well, if Romney is elected, he'll be able to use this anecdote to relate to the US Army, which also accidentally bought ads on a gay website. Maybe Romney's minions should keep a list of groups he doesn't support so they won't get confused when it's time to buy ad space. [Queerty]
The Lance Bass book party last night was dull, but a good networking opportunity for gay journalists. Apparently Michael Musto has game. Who knew? [Queerty]
Tom Ford is featured in this month’s Out Magazine and reveals his inner perfectionist:
If I lived in a one-room hut, every piece of grass that made the roof would be lined up in the right way.
Fittingly, he takes the same approach to his remaining strands of hair.
Out indulges Tom Ford's model fantasy, and gives him a photo spread.
After the jump, Tom Ford’s butt (and tan lines).
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Yesterday we idly wondered what Republicans were thinking with their new logo. Today, Big Head DC created an equally preposterous GOP logo for our gay little brother, Queerty. Look out for the purple eyelashes. [Queerty]
Our gay little brother Queerty sort of has a crush on Mark Ronson. And by sort of, we mean he totally does. But all this lusting is good news for you because Queerty is holding a trivia contest for free tickets to his show on Friday.
Act now. First one to answer all the questions correctly wins.
NBC’s revival of The Bionic Woman has some purist up in arms. In this incarnation, Jaime will be a bartender who sustained a car accident instead of a former tennis pro and childhood sweetheart of the Six Million Dollar Man.
To legions of gay fans, the most egregious add-on is noted homophobe Isaiah Washington. Washington, last seen getting kicked off of Grey’s Anatomy, will play a mysterious government handler.
The Washington Post talks to Queerty’s Andrew Belonsky about the new show, the appeal of velour and why Isaiah isn't sorry.
Gay, Jewish and "no beauty," Leo Lerman still made something of himself. The former Vanity Fair editor knew how to party and how to write about it. [Queerty's New Issue]
It’s been a good week for John McArdle. The four-year Roll Call vet broke the gay sex scandal of the summer after he received a tip last week. It was just this month that McArdle began covering team politics for Roll Call. Unlike reporters in Idaho, the 26 year-old wunderkind had the good sense that an arrest for lewd conduct in a public restroom might be a good story.
McArdle himself is surprised that he was able to break the story. He told Editor & Publisher today, "You would think in the 24-hour news cycle, something like this would slip through." Everyone must have been distracted by that O.J. book.
The Idaho Statesman had been working on an investigation on Craig’s sexuality which they held off from running until yesterday. The best quote of the story comes from Craig himself, who after hearing tape of a man who alleged to been involved with Craig, shouts “Jiminy God!” We can only assume it’s a Midwestern thing.
All you have to do is say "underwear models" and "Times Square" to the gays at Queerty and they go running off with a video camera in hand. Yesterday, as you might've heard, was National Underwear Day — an excuse to parade hard bodies on Midtown's most famous traffic island all in the name of Freshpair.com. [Queerty]
Sometimes, getting motivated on a Thursday morning can be kind of a drag.
Which is why we've decided to provide you (and, well, ourselves) with an amazing early-morning distraction.
Because, as far as we're concerned, (a) it's never too early for your first break, and (b) anything featuring super-hero queens doing a crazy gymnastics-dance to the tune of the Footloose soundtrack is alright by us.
UPDATE: In a revealing IM confessional, Queerty editor Andrew Belonsky has just proclaimed this clip to be "the most riveting piece of entertainment [he's] seen since posh's nbc special."
[via Popbitch]
Sen. Mike Gravel thanks the gays and Queerty for getting the Human Rights Campaign to backtrack on its decision to exclude the most overtly gay-friendly Democratic presidential candidate from its "debate" on Logo.
The fagalas at Queerty hit yesterday's Gay Pride Parade, where editor Andrew Belonsky took to the streets to quiz the crowd on their gay rights. And also to take photos of pretty people, which you can see here.
• JR Rotem, the music producer Britney "dated" for approximately five minutes (pre-rehab) has decided to go the classy route and offer an unsolicited (and uncomfortably detailed) glimpse into their sex life. No wonder that guy's name rhymes with "scrotum."
• When Entourage's Jeremy Piven challenges pint-sized morning talk show host Kelly Ripa to a push-up contest, we think it's fair to say everybody loses. And by "everybody," we especially mean Jeremy Piven.
• ABC clears out GMA studios when overly zealous Sam Champion fan sends anthrax-y envelope instead of amateur sex tape like a normal person.
• For those of you who missed last night's Queerty bash at the Chelsea Hotel, all we can say is "You should be ashamed of yourselves!" Fortunately, however, there's a recap.
• Salma Hayek remains fashionable despite having a raging case of "bowling ball stomach." Related: Hayek's future offspring already struggling with childhood obesity.
• Paula Abdul: "I haven’t had one ounce of work done, contrary to what every plastic surgeon may believe.”
• Al Gore continues to blame all world's problems on gossip. Related: We caused global warming, social security debacle and tensions with Iran!
• Britney Spears admits she "hit rock bottom," then steals our punchline by admitting she was "like a bad kid running around with ADD."
• Check it out, our gay younger brother Queerty got a brand new makeover! (And take our word for it—he totallyIMAGE needed the manscaping).
• Paris Hilton's nemesis, Shanna Moakler, has only well-wishes for her sometimes adversary. Kidding! Moakler is way too bitchy for that.
Whenever we get the chance to roll in the hay with our gay cuz Queerty, we take it. And thanks to the misfortunes of PlanetOut Inc. – owner of Gay.com, Out, The Advocate, and RSVP Vacations – we're getting laaaaaaid! As Queerty was among the first to report, PlanetOut's outlook hasn't been so rosy. Sinking share price. Execs selling off stock. Cash strapped operations.
Now Queerty brings word that the situation is even more dire. Reports in the SF Gate claim that without a cash infusion, PlanetOut will run out of dolla dolla bills by the end of the year. It's not just hard out there for a pimp; it's hard out there for a gay media conglomerate who thought its well-lubed infrastructure would help cut costs and boost profit.
Meanwhile, during a recent interview with Out editor-in-chief Aaron Hicklin, we were assured that the future of his magazine was safe. He wouldn't comment on the LGBT ticker symbol's troubles, but his glossy rag is, supposedly, treading water just fine.
You know, the glossy rag that's loaded with ads for its parent company's RSVP Vacations — the same RSVP Vacations that's being blamed for much of PlanetOut's woes. Not that all the guys who used to cruise Gay.com are now on MySpace, Facebook, and Dlist or anything.
In today's New York Blade (the gay weekly made of newsprint, not glossy paper with escort ads), porn impresario Michael Lucas takes on Queerty, Jossip's blog for homos, bis, and chicks with dicks. Queerty, you see, has written much about Michael, from his gay sexcapades to his thoughts on politics. They even asked readers to vote on which new publicist-approved photo the site should start using. That made Michael mad, so he tore into Queerty with a rant that, as far as we can tell, criticizes the site for claiming an award that was, in fact, bestowed up them. But we're not one for semantics.
We are, however, one for retorts. So read Queerty's.
• Jessica's new look bears an uncanny resemblance to American Idol's resident drunk.
• Its time to decide once and for all, which Hollywood fatty has the biggest man-boobs.
• Cause of death still unknown for Anna Nicole, but now Zsa Zsa Gabor's ex-husband is claiming he might be Dannielynn's biological dad.
• Students are starting to use "im lingo" in their essays; And u thought kidz were getting smRtr…
• Finally, Queerty responds to those gays who care way too much about being Genre's MOTY.
• Eddie Murphy is back to making crappy, unfunny flicks. It's as though he's trying to show everyone Dreamgirls was just a fluke.
• HX Media attempts to cut costs by continuing to fire the majority of its staff.
• Finally! The grainy proof that Britney Spears gave birth to a second mistake lovechild before taking up with her new seaman.
• Rachel Evan Wood drastically alters her appearance so as to more closely resemble the freakishly pale Goth chicks Marilyn Manson usually dates.
• If a tree falls in a Rhode Island school cafeteria that's banned conversation of any kind, will anybody hear it? (Answer: yes, yes they will).
• MSNBC's Chris Matthews to play hardball as a judge at this weekend's Miss America pageant.
• Win a night out with Jessica Cutler, and see your awkward first-date sexual experience plastered across the internet for all to enjoy.
• We'd like to offer a hearty congratulations to Queerty, for scoring a 2007 bloggie award nomination. Don't forget to show your love—cast a vote for them today.
• Gideon Yago to leave MTV and become just another struggling screenplay writer in need of lasik eye surgery.
• Pam Anderson and Tommy Lee once had a threesome with a Pam doppelganger; Related: Kid Rock rethinks that whole divorce thing.
• Tom Cruise is the Jesus Christ of Scientology.
• Jared Leto, best known for his breakout role as brooding, high school burnout Jordan Catalano, is finally being recognized for his later work as an eye makeup-wearing douchebag.
• Beyonce is snubbed by those old geezers at the Academy, despite an impressively one-dimensional performance.
• Next Magazine revives Queerty blogger Andrew Bolonsky's feud with his nemesis, Ken Solby.
• The latest polls are in, and President George "Lame Duck" Bush is sitting ugly at a pitiful 34% approval rate.
• The legendary Valentino to possibly retire from the worlds of fashion, walking clothes-hangers, in July?
The fagalas at Queerty hit Out magazine's Out 100 party at Capitale on Friday night, capturing all the glam you'd expect from the gayest event of the season: Iman, Michael Kors, Anne Hathaway, Claire Danes, Kelis, and the well-cheekboned Aaron Hicklin, editor of the magazine. Yes, we were there too, but only to stuff our face in Kelis' crotch. She volunteered. (To be sure, it didn't hurt that we were among those listed in the Out 100.)
