Birthday shoutouts! Jason Dohring (above) is 34, Norah Jones is 37, Tracy Chapman is 52, Eric Clapton is 71, Warren Beatty is 79, and Celine Dion is 48.
ICYMI
Out Quantico star Jay Armstrong Johnson dazzles in “Diamonds Are A Girl’s Best Friend.”
The internet apologizes for fat-shaming Wentworth Miller.
Dad responds to transphobic mom’s terrible rap with awesomely bad rap of his own.
Justin Trudeau is a yoga rockstar and we can’t stand the hotness.
IN OTHER NEWS
Don Lemon blasted by Omarosa after tense on-air exchange: “Stop being such a queen.”
Tony Kushner talks to Chris Hayes about supporting Hillary Clinton and Susan Sarandon’s “baffling” remarks.
And a few others have weighed in.
Susan Sarandon muses tht Trump prezcy wud b better 4 the country thn Hillary.Wonder if she'd say that if she were poor,gay,Muslim or immgrnt
— Debra Messing (@DebraMessing) March 30, 2016
I respect but disagree with @SusanSarandon. A possible support of Trump over @HillaryClinton is dangerous 2 women, minorities & immigrants.
— Jamie Lee Curtis (@jamieleecurtis) March 29, 2016
Of course I would never support Trump for any reason. If you watch the interview you'll see that's not what I said. https://t.co/wQk0cMmeyp
— Susan Sarandon (@SusanSarandon) March 29, 2016
The fabulous Rachel Bloom stopped by Stephen Colbert, and proved that anything can be made into a musical. “Rachel, listen to me. You are not stupid.”
Michael Sam is on the cover of the new issue of Attitude, and discusses the media storm that happened when he came out.
“I wouldn’t say it was a storm because to me storms are bad. I helped a lot of people,” he tells us. “I was so naive when I came out. I wasn’t thinking about anybody else trying to be an inspiration or advocate or activist, whatever, I wasn’t trying to be anything but just to get that over with so I could stop focusing on me.
“Then I started reading things that was going around, from people: emails, letters, Tweets, messages, everything – they were more positive than negative. ‘People said oh my god I just can’t believe you had the courage to do that’. I said, ‘I’m just living my life’.”
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 159th ShoutOUT™ is to … John Early
You haven’t lived til you’ve seen John’s shot-by-shot remake of Nomi Malone’s first day of rehearsals from Showgirls. THRUST IT!
And here is the greatest, and most accurate Britney impression you will ever see.
Most Briefs lists involve the “best” or “greatest” of something, so for a change let’s switch it up, as Evil Snicks brings you The 40 Worst Music Videos Of All Time.
You’ll see debacles from major musical artists, as well as a few Youtube “stars.” Sure, it’s really easy to pick on desperate wannabes. It’s fun, too. But it proves that terrible can run the gamut from multi-million dollar productions to, well, a certain video named after a day of the week. You know the one.
At #38 is “Bewitched” by Blood On The Dance Floor.
So two Hot Topic employees got bored at the store one night and decided to make a music video for shits and giggles. Get back to work, kids!
Congrats to SuperKPG, who guessed that yesterday’s Pixuzzle™ © ® was My So-Called Life.
And today’s Briefs are brought to you by … Wendell Brown from Charlie By MZ
