Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Message to readers:

Hi, Everyone!

I'm taking a one week break.

I did not want to leave you without at least some eye candy. So, I've scheduled daily eye candy to post at my other site, Masculine Textures. Enjoy!

Cheers,

Shane, aka QTC

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Tuesday, November 3, 2009

QTC's News Buzz: AIDS denialists, Rihanna, Pat Boone, Disney, Lord Byron, Gays in Sports, Kevin Jennings & MUCH MORE!

Crooner Pat Boone wants Kevin Jennings gassed

Pat Boone, the singer turned conservative political commentator, says the White House needs to be tented in order to get rid of the “parasites, vermin, roaches, rats, worms, and termites” that have found their way into the government. Pat Boone, the singer turned conservative political commentator, says the White House needs to be tented in order to get rid of the “parasites, vermin, roaches, rats, worms, and termites” that have found their way into the government. Amongst Boone’s list of “political voracious varmints” is Kevin Jennings, founder of the Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network, who was appointed by Obama as assistant deputy secretary of the Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools within the U.S. Department of Education.


It's time to end the use of gay slurs in hockey

I used gay slurs more times than I'd like to admit. Six months after I left my last professional locker room, I felt a twinge of regret, followed by a full-out, stomach punch of regret. And by the time I finished the first draft of this column, I was disgusted with myself. At the time, it seemed harmless. After all – when you think about the NHL, AHL, ECHL and more, can you call to memory a single open homosexual among them? There was nobody in my team's dressing room to offend, right? The lack of a homosexual presence in hockey must mean one of two things: either homosexual men don't play the game or they don't feel comfortable admitting it — in which case I, and my brethren, were offending some teammates with our close-mindedness, and furthering what must have been unsettled feelings of fear and general exclusion.


Mickey heading for China: Disneyland approved for Shanghai

The Chinese government has approved plans for the Walt Disney Company to build a theme park in Shanghai, its first in mainland China. Officials in Shanghai will now be able to proceed with detailed discussions with Disney on how to take the project forward. The deal represents a significant milestone for Disney in its efforts to get the park built. Disney has been working on this for more than a decade. The company had agreed the framework for the deal to build the theme park in Shanghai with the local government here, but it needed Beijing's approval. This was the biggest hurdle the company had to clear, so the fact that they have achieved it means the park is all but certain to be built. A final agreement will not be far off. Disney hopes to open the new Shanghai Disneyland by 2014.


Denying AIDS: Conspiracy Theories, Pseudoscience, and Human Tragedy

An esteemed professor rightly takes AIDS denialists to task, but his valuable history of the movement is at times a caustic read. On the first page of the preface to his book, Denying AIDS: Conspiracy Theories, Pseudoscience, and Human Tragedy, Seth Kalichman describes his initial encounter with an academic colleague who had written a Web-published screed against the 'AIDS myth'. "I mean I was really angry," he writes, with a sense of frustrated dismay that permeates the book. The dismay is understandable; Denying AIDS is not merely a history of the movement skeptical to widely accepted mainstream science about the disease, but also a detailed account of the author's personal journey, via lecture halls and message boards, into this world.


African desert rift confirmed as new ocean in the making

In 2005, a gigantic, 35-mile-long rift broke open the desert ground in Ethiopia. At the time, some geologists believed the rift was the beginning of a new ocean as two parts of the African continent pulled apart, but the claim was controversial. Now, scientists from several countries have confirmed that the volcanic processes at work beneath the Ethiopian rift are nearly identical to those at the bottom of the world's oceans, and the rift is indeed likely the beginning of a new sea.


Oklahoma state agency rejects "I'm Gay" license plate

An Oklahoma agency has rejected the request of a gay man who wanted to purchase a vanity plate for his car declaring "I'm Gay." "I always thought vanity license plates were to express something about yourself," said Keith Kimmel, the man who requested the plate. "Me being gay is one of my leading traits, so I thought, Hey, why not?" However, the Oklahoma Tax Commission, which regulates license plates, said Kimmel's plate would violate its policy of banning offensive language. Kimmel countered that "favoring certain viewpoints is not allowed" under the U.S. Constitution, according to KOKH News.


Lord Byron's tantalizing letters fetch $470,000

Revealing letters in which Lord Byron boasts of his infamous love affairs and shares his views on everything from poetry to politics have sold at auction for more than $470,000. An anonymous bidder purchased the set of 15 letters and other writings by the roguish English Romantic poet for £277,250 (about $472,500 Cdn), auction house Sotheby's announced last Thursday. The sale of the so-called Rosebery Letters soared past the pre-sale estimate of £150,000 to £180,000. Lord Byron penned the missives to his close friend and University of Cambridge schoolmate Francis Hodgson, who was a Victorian clergyman. The set comprises 71 handwritten pages of previously unpublished letters and other documents in which Byron detailed his notorious relationships with a variety of women, his travels and pursuits, as well as his thoughts on a host of matters.


South Africa welcomes gay tourists while homophobic violence persists

Travel companies inviting gay and lesbian travellers to "paint the town pink" and claiming that South Africa has some of the most enlightened human rights policies in the world aren't technically wrong — but the push to attract gays from abroad stands in sharp contrast to the violence suffered by homos in that country. In reality South Africa is divided into two different worlds, separated by ethnicity, money and geography, with one of the highest HIV-infection rates in the world.


Rihanna: Brown's assault, aftermath 'humiliating'

Rihanna says dealing with the media attention after being assaulted in February by ex-boyfriend Chris Brown was humiliating. But she now hopes to speak for young women who are afraid to talk openly about domestic violence. The 21-year-old pop star told Glamour magazine in an interview posted online Tuesday that the police photo of her bruised face that was leaked to reporters added insult to injury. Rihanna said she felt disappointed and taken advantage of, especially when she heard that the two officers under investigation for leaking her photo were women. "I felt like people were making it into a fun topic on the Internet, and it's my life," she said. Rihanna said she didn't realize how much her decisions affected people she didn't know, like her many fans. She feels stronger, wiser and more aware now, she added. "Domestic violence is a big secret," Rihanna said. "The positive thing that has come out of my situation is that people can learn from that. I want to give as much insight as I can to young women, because I feel like I represent a voice that really isn't heard. Now I can help speak for those women."


Danish club fires footballer for 'I hate gays' comment

Polish goalkeeper Arek Onyszko has been fired by FC Midtjylland, a Danish football club, for making homophobic comments in his autobiography. The player's book, titled F**king Polack, was released yesterday. In it, he detailed his hate of homosexuality. Onyszko wrote: "I hate gays, I really do. I think it’s f**king disgusting to hear them talk to each other as if they are girls. I can’t be in the same room as someone who’s gay. Look at them kissing each other – it’s sickening." He also likened gays to "vomit" and attacked female sports reporters.


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QTC's TV Buzz: Meet Your Oscar Hosts, CSI, Kathy Griffin, Gossip Girl, Heroes & MORE!

Meet Your Oscar Hosts: Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin

It's official, as detailed in a press release from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin have said yes. Martin has hosted the Oscars twice before, in 2000 and 2002. Martin and Baldwin have worked together several times thanks to their longstanding affiliation with Saturday Night Live. Martin has hosted 15 times -- more than anyone else -- and Baldwin is right behind him at 14. In 2006, Baldwin showed up on a Martin episode, followed a few months later by Martin crashing a Baldwin show, both times with Martin trying to kill Baldwin to prevent him from overtaking his hosting record. (In the Oscar press release, Martin says, "I am happy to co-host the Oscars with my enemy Alec Baldwin.") Martin guested on an episode of 30 Rock, and both actors will appear in It's Complicated this Christmas.


'Gossip Girl' threesome has Parents Television Council really, really peeved off

The Parents Television Council is threatening to declare war on CW affiliates who broadcast next week's Very Special Threesome episode of "Gossip Girl." In a letter to affiliates obtained by TheWrap, PTC chief Tim Winter blasts the scheduled storyline as "reckless and irresponsible" and claims the show is "expressly targeted to impressionable teenagers." The head of the right-wing political action group says CW affiliates that air the episode will be "complicit in establishing a precedent and expectation that teenagers should engage in behaviors heretofore associated primarily with adult films." Winter then makes it clear that local affiliates have the right to preempt programming that doesn't meet the interests of their community. And, most disturbingly, he warns the stations that they will "bear the financial burden of an FCC fine" should the government declare that next week's episode violates decency laws.


Kathy Griffin's new show "Let's Dance"

Two-time Emmy Award winner and NY Times best-selling author Kathy Griffin (My Life on the D-List) is the host of this new LIVE weekly dance-off premiering Monday, November 23rd at 9:30/8:30c, right after the finale of Dancing with the Stars. The competition will be hot (and hilarious) as teams of celebrities pay comedic homage to famous dances while competing for a $250,000 grand prize for their favorite charity. The show will include single dancers, duos and groups, all competing against each other to wow a panel of judges and viewers across America who will be voting each week leading up to the series finale. The panel of judges and celebrity participants will be announced in the next couple of weeks.


Brutalized women as entertainment

The above ad is for an upcoming episode of the three “CSI” franchises. The presentation of the dead female body, in torn fishnets, as simply a prop for the lead male characters is a good example of the way that violence against women (usually involving rape) is served up by these shows as a form of entertainment.


Josh Duhamel denies cheating on pop singer wife, Fergie

Josh Duhamel and wife Fergie are denying another round of allegations from an Atlanta stripper that she had a one-night stand with the actor. "This is not the first nor will it be the last time that a stripper was paid a large amount of money to sell a false story about a celebrity," says Duhamel's rep. "This story is absolutely ridiculous." In her latest interview, Nicole Forrester says she had sex with Duhamel in an Atlanta hotel a week after he came into the Tattletale club, where she works as a dancer. Forrester says she has text messages and polygraph test to back her up. "It's the truth," she says. "I'm not lying about anything. I have nothing to hide and he's just guilty as I am."


The many deaths Of Nathan Petrelli on 'Heroes'

Josh Wigler writes:
Last month, some controversy arose in the "Heroes" department following word that a male series regular — one who had been with the show since its first season — would be unceremoniously written off at some point in the near future.

After weeks of fan speculation, Deadline Hollywood Daily has let the cat out of the bag that the soon-to-be-deceased character is none other than flight-worthy politician Nathan Petrelli, played by actor Adrian Pasdar. It's hard to classify the news as a spoiler, particularly considering Petrelli's death at the end of the last season... and the season before that... and the season before that.

To date, the ill-fated senator has gone through more deaths than any one super-man should have to endure. Here are all of the ones that I can remember...READ MORE

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    Celebrity Sighting: Lady Gaga in NYC

    Lady Gaga was snapped while on her way to the MTV studios in New York City today. The pop diva is promoting her The Fame Monster album and according to Faded Youth, celebrating her fourth number one single, Paparazzi, from the CD! She's the first artist in the 17-year history of Billboard’s Pop Songs chart to earn four No. 1s from a debut album.

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