Richard Simmons gives a CNN anchorwoman the Cinderella treatment. (Thanks to Jon for the tip!)... ...

If Courtney Love isn't careful, she's going to end up like Little Edie. I do love this outfit for shopping, though. How could any salesperson even begin to figure out what she needs? (via Dlisted)... ...

Here.It's a picture of me.I went to a new cafe this week while wandering SoHo trying really hard not to be 3 hours early for Samfriend's brunch on Saturday. City Girl Cafe. Good coffee. That picture at the top is so obviously the city girl.Oh and I got to watch a blind date happen and fail. So there was this guy sitting alone, right, and this girl walked in who clearly worked there and had a shift starting in like 2 hours. You could tell because she said so. She was talking to the other employees when that guy got ...

The weather in Punta del Este just couldn't be better than it is today. ...

According to O Dia Online, Jesus Luz spent new year's in the Maldives with Madonna and her kids. The Brazilian model flew to New York with photographer Steven Klein after the W shoot in Brazil, and then the two headed to the Maldives together. Sergio Mattos, Jesus' booker at 40 Graus Models, said that he has not heard from the model since he left the country last month.FYI, the model is rumored to be featured on the cover of W with Madonna. Make sure to also look out for the new Louis Vuitton ads with the singer which ...

Three thousand people rang in the new year in Floripa dancing to DJs Felipe Lira and Eric Cullenberg at Mansão Alameda Casa Rosa. The special edition of E*Joy went on until almost nine o'clock in the morning. Check out more pictures of the party after the jump. All pictures by Camila Souza, courtesy of Leo Gross. ...

I have uploaded the members-only pictures of Paulo Henrique for Terra's The Boy in a photo album. Check it out in the link below. Warning: NSFW.PHOTO ALBUM: Paulo Henrique ...

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1. Tropic Thunder2. bellybuttons, especially if they are very deep innies3. no name white cheddar and macaroni with Greek seasoning on it4. hearing the parrot upstairs singing throughout the morning5. creating farting rhinoceroses in my new mastheadWage a battle against embitterment and take part in 365 days of Grace in Small Things. ...

Here are some of the people writing about some of the stuff I wish I had time to write about, for December 11th through January 5th:

• Torture and the Crime of Aggressive War -
• Analysis: Bush’s personality shapes his legacy -
• It’s Not Too Late: Demand Obama Investigate Bush’s War Crimes -
• Don’t Let Them Get Away With It -
• Ex-Iraq PM: Bush policies a ‘failure’ -
• Talking While Brown: A Look at Racism in U.S. Airports -
• The Problem with “Feeling Creative” -
• What I will miss about the Bush administration -

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Not the best way to kick off the new year, but I won’t be posting anything today. I’ve got a few things I’m working on, so there will be more to come. No matter how frustrating it is not to have time to make writing a priority, I cant give it up. Writing is as necessary to me as breathing. So, like a drowning man, I keep struggling to the surface… ...

I admit it. I’m a bit disappointed not to be among the nominees for the Best LGBT Blog in the 2008 Weblog Awards, but I blog a lot less often than I used to.  Hell, I’m probably have the blogger I used to be. But at least some of the blogs I write for (when I write) have been nominated: The Bilerico Project and Pam’s House Blend. Blabbeando, another great blog, is also nominated. Check them out, and cast your vote. ...

From DailyKos: Monday morning quarterbacking from the pundits. William Kristol: No one could have predicted that I’d say the Gaza incursion is part of the war on terror, and any retreat means the terrorists win. Roger Cohen: Sean Penn is as bad a writer as he is a good actor. See Milk. But don’t bother with Penn’s pen. James Surowiecki: On Wall Street, fraudulent schemes tend to thrive during economic booms, and to blow up when times turn tough. While bank robbers are getting busier, the Bernard Madoffs are starting to get caught. Jonathan Weisman And Naftali Bendavid: $300 billion ...

Setting GoalsI no longer make New Years' resolutions. I rarely, if ever, wind up sticking to them so why put myself through the hassle? And because I fail to follow through with many of them, the guilt tends to pile on. So this year, instead of resolutions, I'm setting goals for myself.Goals don't have a set time period so if I don't reach my goal by then end of the year, I can continue progressing toward its end during the next days, weeks, months, etc. Whereas if I break my resolution, then I might as well forget about it for ...

Beware soup, coffee, tea, cola and other beverages and liquids in excess. ...

Aiming For Guv's Job, Not Senate Former eBay Inc. boss Meg Whitman closer to a run for California governor, resigning from three corporate boards. ...

President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration on Tuesday, Jan. 20, is expected to attract up to one or two million people to Washington DC. As luck would have it, they will be sharing the nation's capitol with several thousand hard core gay... ...

For Parts 1, 2 & 3, see posts below… So why not more theater for Carol Burnett? “I had the best of both worlds,” she says, since her variety show, which ran for 278 episodes. “I find that I love the rehearsal period. I love the first few months of doing a (theatrical) show. After a while, I have to psych myself up — At 9:05 p.m. I walk over to the desk and say this line.” She admits to being spoiled by TV variety shows. “It was like doing a musical comedy revue a week,” she says of Garry Moore’s series. “We ...

Lewis Hamilton has experienced a meteoric rise in fame ever since the 23-year-old sports phenomenon became the youngest race car driver and the first black to win the exclusive Formula One championship. But the newest story around the F1 champion... ...

In recent weeks, the administration of hottie and gay-friendly Washington DC Mayor Adrian Fenty has taken some heat for the increasing number of anti-gay violent crimes. After some prodding by activists, the Washington Blade now reports Fenty has scheduled a... ...