Daniel Radcliffe Is Ripped, The Razzie Nominations: BRIEFS
Birthday shoutouts! Liam Hemsworth (above) is 26, Julian Morris is 33, Patrick Dempsey is 50, and Julia Louis-Dreyfus is 55.
ICYMI
Campbell's soup dads cast opposite Nicole Kidman and Reese Witherspoon in the new HBO limited series Big Little Lies.
President Obama praises marriage-equality win in final State Of The Union.
Madonna performs touching "Rebel Rebel" tribute to David Bowie.
New CBS President comes out: "I'm just a gay guy from Indiana."
Ben Carson thinks it's "beyond ridiculous" to help "abnormal" LGBT people.
From Jim Halterman: Wentworth Miller on Legends Of Tomorrow's Captain Cold.
“So far he seems to be presented as straight,” Miller explains. “I’d like to believe there are a couple extra layers to unpeel [and] I instinctively feel like he’s probably pansexual and just gets a hard-on for your soul.”
IN OTHER NEWS
Matt Baume on the Gay State Of The Union. The speech, and the actual gay state of the union.
“Protect Thy Neighbor is monitoring and fighting bills across the country that would allow individuals, businesses, and government employees to harm others in the name of religion. The most common bills would allow discrimination against LGBT Americans and deny access to reproductive healthcare, but these bills have other negative and far reaching consequences as well."
Daniel Radcliffe is in the new issue of Vanity Fair Italia. I have no idea what he's saying, but he carries a sledgehammer and looks ripped.
Ariel Winter shuts down Vine star Nash Grier over homophobic comments.
In response to @Nashgrier from my last post... pic.twitter.com/aV8bRYYOa1
— Ariel Winter (@arielwinter1) January 10, 2016The Australian web series The Horizon is crowdfunding for seasons 7 & 8. (h/t jon arbuckle)
"The Horizon takes a unique look at the lives of urban Sydney gay/queer & alternative characters as they navigate their way through love, sexual politics and health issues in the post-AIDS crisis era."
The Oscar nominations are tomorrow (I'll have a full wrap-up in the morning), which means that Razzie Nominations have been announced, with Adam Sandler and Fifty Shades Of Grey picking up the most. The nominees for Worst Picture are Fantastic Four, Fifty Shades of Grey, Jupiter Ascending, Paul Blart Mall Cop 2 and Pixels.
Of these, the only one I've seen is Fantastic Four. It was more "meh" than terrible.
And here's The Weekly ShoutOUT™. Each week we're going to focus on one out athlete/performer and feature a daily pic and career timeline. We'll be showcasing the big names, but also the lesser-known gay and bisexual celebs who deserve more recognition.
This week our 148th ShoutOUT™ is to ... Stephen Spinella
Stephen was part of the superb ensemble cast of 1997's Love, Valour, Compassion. He played Perry (replacing Anthony Heald from the Broadway production), partner of Arthur (John Benjamin Hickey).
Three years ago I presented my personal favorite Briefs list, The 100 Greatest Lost Hits of The 80's, and because if there's one thing Hollywood has taught us, it's that sequels and reboots and remakes are ALWAYS better then the original, we're going to the well again with The 100 Greatest Lost Hits of The 80's Part 2: The Even More Forgotten
We'll be spotlighting 100 more of the greatest minor hits of the decade, the songs you don’t hear on any 80’s nostalgia show. Songs that missed the top ten, or top twenty … or top forty. Hopefully these forgotten gems may ring a long dormant bell, or for younger readers, provide a pop music history lesson.
At #29 is "Rain Forest" by Paul Hardcastle
British composer Paul Hardcastle had his biggest success with the Vietnam song "19," but his first single was the lovely instrumental "Rain Forest," which peaked at #57 in March 1985
Here's "19," which reached #15 in July 1985
Congrats to Miz Liz, who guessed that yesterday's Pixuzzle™ © ® was Bewitched.
Here's today's Pixuzzle™ © ®. Since it's a new year, let's switch things up again. Here is a scene from a FAMOUS TV SHOW. Can you name it?
And today's Briefs are brought to you by ... Deximus Starr
