This is from a poster by United Kingdom rugby stars where the proceeds go to fight male cancers. (hat/tip TowleRoad) ...

10:00am pacific timethe plane didn't crash. i am now home from texas. i'll probably do what i normally don't do and write about the rest of it this weekend.i will not sleep now. got work to do. idol stuff. movies to review. etc/blahdear bearwitched, thank you for the 3:30 am wake-up call. ...

Seasons-ago It boy, Fabian Basabe, was arrested Wednesday night for urinating outside a Los Angeles club we've never heard of, the Crown Room (sounds like an airport lounge). When police approached, "he pulled up his pants [they were down? to pee?] and became verbally abusive, really nasty. You know how he can get," said a witness. Cops can be nasty too, so they ran a background check on Basabe and found two license suspensions due to an outstanding Beverly Hills DUI warrant. He was arraigned yesterday and released on $85,000 bail. His lawyer explained to Page Six that ...

No beef on board. British Airways has removed beef from its in-flight dinner menu in a tip of the turban to its Hindu passengers. BA, now PC, has replaced the beloved British institution of meat and potatoes with your choice of fish pie or chicken. Or you could just drink. (This Is London) ...

"You can pretty much bet all you own that I would never leave another voicemail message for my daughter that wasn't just like something out of a Rodgers and Hammerstein score." – Alec Baldwin, to 60 Minutes, about leaving his daughter that phone message last year, calling her "a thoughtless little pig." (Us) ...

Everyone watched honeymoon-fresh couple Maria and Nick at the Time 100 celebrity blowout last night at Jazz at Lincoln Center, where Mimi performed. Afterward, the newlyweds dutifully hung out with couple Gayle and Oprah before heading off to dinner at the Waverly Inn. It had been Mr and Mrs Cannon's first public appearance since the marriage. "I’ve been smiling for days," said the Mr. (Just Jared; photos: WireImage, Splash) ...

Texans Matthew Richard Gonzalez, left, and Kevin Wade Jones, both 17, have been accused, along with a younger boy, of digging up the corpse of an 11-year-old who died in 1921, hacking off his head, and using the skull as a bong. It was Jones who spilled the story to the cops while being questioned about a car burglary. Police didn't believe him until they visited Gonzalez at home. "He regurgitated in his plate of food when I asked him about it," said a detective, "so I knew there was some truth to the story." Abuse of a ...

I have a pain in the ball of my left foot that's looking more and more like it will prevent me from riding AIDS/LifeCycle in three weeks. My doctor diagnosed it as a pinched nerve, a neuroma, and didn't really have anything to offer passed keep off it for a few days. A few days later it was worse, waking me up at night and I can't walk on it without pain, let alone ride a bike from SF to LA. I saw a physical therapist who recommended me to another podiatrist, who I'm seeing monday afternoon, but it won't come ...

hey kids - happy friday! yesterday legends tina turner (68) and cher (61) appeared together on oprah winfrey's daytime talk show - except it wasn't in chicago - oprah took her audience to caesars palace in las vegas where cher just kicked off her brand new show for a three year run (in the same theatre where celine dion did her 'a brand new day' show) the two divas even reunited on stage together for a duet of ms. turner's classic track proud mary (which was fabulous) plus tina announced she's ...

I decided to take another step out of hiding. It took nearly a week but it was finally approved. It had been years since I first started using the alias. I was discovering the Internet and began to present myself with the name. Funny thing about the Web . . . . it's easy to be anonymous and even easier to wear a mask. It's a two-dimensional thing, this computer screen and peripherals - and as connected as people can be online, each individual can choose just how connected they want to be. Or rather, you can choose just how ...

who knew that sharon stone (50) & melanie griffith (50) were such good pals?!? the two actresses were spotted out having lunch at the ivy (aka known as a paparazzi hunting ground) and then went shopping together at les habitudes - i do adore ms. stone (if i were forced to pick out my favorite movie starring ms. stone it would have to be casino) but i freakin' love ms. griffith - she's total hot mess & high camp - i swear you must see her '92 flick shining through - ...

Genre Magazine presents "Global Package," a spread by photog Rick Day, celebrating the fashion statement that binds us together, "Whether east or west, north or south, far away or close."  Via El Quemon.  Many more after the JUMP --> ...

good evening! this week's national enquirer has one of those cover stories everyone loves - hollywood stars and their imperfections - this time the culprit is 'cellulite' - recently striking big-time up inside 22-year old mischa barton's legs who was seriously not pleased when photographers snapped shots of her 'cottage cheese' - she's the youngest 'victim' featured - the 'guess who?' on the left is 'hot tranny mess' actress phoebe price who was photographed earlier today in hollywood proudly holding up the magazine (check 'em out over on dlisted ...

Needs caption. (t/y Lindsey) ...

Yeah, that's right – RuPaul and Charo hanging on the fourth floor at World of Wonder. (Photo by Chris McKim) ...

This is the show that believes Jesus died for our sins, so why not take advantage of it. Kim Cole co-hosts and comes out to her parents. Desperation Squad tortilla throwing mayhem. Alan Cumming promotes his new fragrance and confronts his Scottish heritage. (Click here) ...

The Austrian rugby team, having lost to Lithuania 48-0, took to the center of Lithuania's capitol, Vilnius, and stripped naked to the tune of "Singing in the Rain." Although they were cheered on enthusiastically by the crowd at a nearby cafe, the team had to issue a formal apology for its "act of hooliganism." (PageOneQ via OMGblog) ...

David LaChapelle and Daniel Franzese on the same page in Flaunt. ...

Never in a million years would we have thought we'd like this guy, but we totally adore him. Here's the haphazardly hilarious Project Runway winner and probable red-carpet host at the next MTV Movie Awards, Christian Siriano, talking to MTV's Control Freak about the clothing lines of The Hills' Heidi and Lauren. We think he doesn't like them. (Watch here) ...

anybody going to be awake at 1:30am this morning pacific time?i ask for a favor. i'm in texas and there've been some strange, brief power outages in my family's neighborhood over the past couple of days. i don't trust the alarm clock to wake me up at 3:30am so that i can make my 6:30am flight back to los angeleswho wants to wake-up call me at that time?email me at dlelandwhite at aol dot com if you're a nightowl who can remember to dial my cell.... ...