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Taxi Driver back in theaters for its 35th Anniversary

See it at Film Forum March 18th-31st and then contemplate how it lost out to Rocky for Best Picture. Then contemplate Woody Allen's remarks on the Oscars. Draw your own conclusions.

More Woody and the Oscars.

Sour..."Apple"s? Nerds be hatin'.

Scoopertino.com aims to take a bite out of Apple, but ends up serving sour grapes in my opinion.

In other news, punnery is fun!

Via

Here are your Billy Beyond and your Susanne Barsch in 1985 at the Pyramid Club.

If you like little trips in time like this, check out the collection of videos by Nelson Sullivan.

Gonzalez Y Gonzalez closing to make room for...Chipotle.

I think nothing more need be said.

(Except that it closes the 31st.) 

Hit it up afore it's gone! 

Holiday cheer.

 

A) This is one of my favorite Christmas songs ever.

B) I love Billy Bragg's voice.

C) I love Flo's voice.

That's more than enough.

Via Daniel Griffin.

Civilization Progress Report: Don't pluck the forbidden rose! & other morality tales

Hello, world! How is everyone? Hello? Is this thing on? No? HOW' S THAT THEN? TOO LOUD? (Okay, Rod, I'll stop.) Anyway follow me down into this week's rabbit hole of kaleidoscopic queerent events! And what a kaleidoscopic week it was. 'Twas the week when we learned that should we wear a color popularized by such foods as aubergines and plums, we could cancel out the altogether-ooky feelings that the Dementors of our youth wrought on us. It was also the week when our fearless leader made us groan again and so...we sought reprieve in foreign rip-offs of animated Disney classics dating back to last century. Grab your CPR dummies and let's get crackin'!

• THE SEX TRADE The domain Sex.com has sold for $13 million. [BBC]

• The Obama Administration has decided a good thing to do would be to block the repeal of DADT. [HuffPo]

• Or not! DADT confusion mounts! [NYT]

Rue McClanahan grabbed my ass once.

 

Vivacious, lovely, sexy, real, natural, splendid, precise, quick, alive.  Alive.  Rue McLanahan was always so very alive.  And it's because of that vivid liveliness that she brought to a room that makes her death so much more saddening.

While I've shared space with her before, we only met once, about ten years ago.  She, along with Bea Arthur were at the GLAAD Media Awards.  Because I was  working for one of the sponsors, assorted celebrities would have their picture taken with me, which was a ridiculous thing really.  In most of the pictures, I would simply shake a hand, smile with whomever and keep going.

Rue McLanahan was different.  Her very nature had me opening up to her immediately.  "You must get tired of doing this sort of thing," I prodded.  She had nothing of my snarky note.  "Nope.  Nevah!"  We took our turn with the PR fellow taking the picture, and we waited.  There was a problem with the camera, and, wow, she could  literally charm the paint off a wall.  Suddenly I wasn't trying to be cool or witty, but just being real.  As was she.  We discussed the rigors of what she does, and the challenge of being 'on'.  (It was no challenge for Rue; she simply was 'on'.)

The camera issue was resolved, and we faced the lens.  Just before the flash went off, she took her full palm and gave my ass a generous squeeze.  From the event, it was the best picture of  me in the entire bit.  My expression was shock and joy.  Her face was coy, confident, alive - Rue.

Elian all grown up is making me feel all Pedobear and sh*t...

I'm having a hard time reminding myself this kid - one Elian Gonzalez who you may remember from a little Moses-like episode with a tire down Miami way about 10 years ago - is but 16 years old. The last thing anybody'd accuse me of being is a chicken hunter, but he's definitely grown into quite the handsome young man! These pics have me fantasizing he'll need rescuing from another closet at some point (once he's legal) in the future.

Apparently, the Cuban government website posted some photos of the now celebrity (they celebrate his birthday - Dec. 7th - with parades!) at a Young Communist Union congress on April 4th and the photos (conveniently) made their way to American news sources like Google News. 

Clearly they're taunting me us.

Via Kenneth in the (212)

"What's your damage, Heather?": Remakes we hope never happen.

  

Backlash from the news Jennifer Lopez has been cast to appear in the remake of Overboard continues (and we...i.e. - anyone in the world who's gay, older-than-23, and remembers Goldie Hawn, will make sure it does until reparations - or whatever - are made!), and Defamer is taking a proactive approach by lining up 80s movies "suitable" for remake as well as offering their ideas for treatment/pitch. Most are imminently likable ideas and at least one is spot-on: Don't TOUCH Heathers, motherf----rs! Full list and treatments via.

Happy Birthday, Chaka Khan!

Really?  This was a rough one.  Chaka Khan is an artist in so many genres:  funk, disco, blues ... even country.  "Ain't Nobody" is chosen here, because really, there is no one else like her, but there are so very many choices.  What is the "definitive" Chaka song?  Or is there one?

L. Simpson's Genius Genderbender

  

Thought the title for this post was somewhat clever/original (just a teensy bit?) last night when I wrote it...until I went back to the Bitches in the Sky website and noted the subtitle, "A Gender-Bending Photo Novella About The Filthy Rich".  

Apparently I left out a hyphen.

Linda Simpson's engrossing soap operatic web-series is spot on and stars some of our favorite nightlife (and LIFE life) people. We highly recommend.

McQueen: There's really nothing more that can be said

 (or show...these images are on LOCKdown!...Catwalking.com!)

Alexander McQueen F/W 2010 Show

T Magazine agrees.

His genius ensures he'll live on as legend, but for those left here, my wish is for peace. 

Goddess rest your soul, Lee.

"Troop Beverly Hills"' cult film status confirmed (they even have a tumblr 
 ??) by costume event/showing tonight at The Bell House.