Sorry there's no page two today. I had a laptop crash and lost the images I had pulled. On the bright side, the laptop seems functional again. And on the really bright side, we have a Days of Our Lives liveblog today.
John Barrowmanis guest starring on an episode ofScandal, but there are no details of his character. It's not the first time Barrowman has been part of a Shonda Rimes project. He was slated to star in Gilded Lilies, which didn't get picked up to series. Sorry, UK, I don't think we're going to give him back now that we've got him.
France's Senate has voted 179-157 to legalize marriage for all. The first article of the bill is approved by both houses, without changes, making it extremely likely that equality is coming to France. Other articles of the bill are still pending, and I don't know enough about the French system to know if one article can become law if the others run into trouble.
What is a virgin? It's a relevant question, since even the British parliament can't seem to define consummation for same-sex couples.
While filming Townies, Zac Efron and Seth Rogenwere spotted standing shirtless outside an Abercrombie & Fitch. Half of that makes sense.
Brian K. Vaughan's popular comic SAGAwon't be available on any iOS platform when the new book releases today, and it's all because of gay sex. The comic has always tackled racy subjects, including straight sex, bloody violence, bare breasts and more in the past, but thanks to two postage stamps size scenes of gay sex, Apple has banned it for being too racy. You can still get it in print and on other platforms.
NBC is reportedly talking toAlec Baldwin about a thirty minute late night talk show, possibly replacing Carson Daley. While this is interesting, would Baldwin really do a show that airs in the middle of the night when few people are watching? Or do DVRs make that whole thing moot?
Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinellihas been denied his en banc appeal of the state's sodomy law. Even the judge who wrote the dissenting opinion in the original case that overturned the law denied the appeal. It's unknown if Cuccinelli will attempt to appeal to the Supreme Court.
My friend Brett Berk tackled an interesting problem that I didn't know existed. The number of young people who have driver's licenses has plummeted, which shocks me, because I couldn't wait to get mine. So he took a teenage New Yorker to California and put him in exotic cars, like a Rolls Royce to the hotel, a Lamborghini to a desert track to go off roading with an X-Games winner, put him in a Porsche with a Le Manns winner. Did he succeed in whetting the appetite to drive? The answer may surprise you. I'm hoping to meet up with Brett later this year, and I hope he treats me to something similar. Hint, hint.
Which celebrity has the most literate Twitter feed? It's not Justin Bieber. And I'm shocked that number two is Katy Perry.
How were the dinosaur sounds inJurassic Park created? If you guessed things like the sounds of tortoises mating, take a bow. We also have hissing geese and puppies eating.
Fans of trim Benedict Cumberbatch, I have bad news. The actor really bulked up forStar Trek Into Darkness. "It was the first time I'd really intensely shape-shifted. To go up from a 38 chest to a 42, eating 4,000 calories a day, and training two hours a day, as well as stunt rehearsals and fight choreography, [it] was the most physical demand that's ever been made of me for the screen."
New Mexico Governor Susana Martinezreally hates gay people. After going with a pocket veto of a bill designed to streamline the processes of getting professional licenses like hairdressing, nursing, etc. for military spouses, she then signed a bill that was identical, but only for straight military spouses.
Women like men with bigger penises. And science has proof. An Australian research team created 49 unique computer generated male forms that varied in three aspects: height, shoulder-waist ratio, and flaccid penis size. They then showed them to women, who picked the bodies with the biggest Johnson as the most attractive, and was as important as previous top traits like stature. I have a feeling replicating the study with gay men would yield similar results. The details of the study are fascinating, if not expected.
In this week's Ask the SexPert with Conner Habib, Conner sits down with Bad Sex's Chris Donaghue to talk about Grindr, Scruff and hookup apps, and how they change our expectations of interacting with people. The best advice they have is to minimize the time you spend chatting with people before meeting so that you don't build up unrealistic expectations that can never be met. I think that's great advice, but also because, let's face it, did you really log on to chat endlessly with someone?
The first trailer is out for Java Heat with Kellan Lutz as an American agent who teams up with a Muslim cop played by Ario Bayu to take down a terrorist played by Mickey Rourke. You may remember me linking to some stellar photos from this film of Lutz getting a massage and showing off his perfectly shaped backside, which doesn't make an appearance in this trailer. But it does have the best use of Find My Friends I've ever seen.
Science vs. Bullsh*t. Any questions?
There's no doubt that Australian actors have landed some of the most coveted roles in the upcoming pilot season. As an American actor, Brian Guest decides he must take extreme action if he's going to get cast in anything.
Elysium is the science fiction film starring Matt Damon and Jodie Foster. The idea is that a privileged few live a life of luxury on a space station, while the masses live in poverty on earth, and Damon's character wants to break down the status quo with a nasty looking exoskeleton.
This video of a raccoon crossing the telephone wires has been a viral hit this week. Raccoons are clever creatures, but this one is exhibiting behavior normally reserved for primates. The narration is fantastic.
The werewolf transformations in Netflix's Hemlock Grove are really like nothing you've seen before. There's no slick vanishing/reappearing pants like Twilight, and True Blood doesn't get this violent about the process. This definitely qualifies as NSFW, and possibly NSF breakfast. You have been warned.
Brad Paisley keeps trying to explain "Accidental Racist" and not doing a very good job of it. The best thing I can say about it is that he seems to have been approaching it from the right place emotionally, even if the execution is terrible. Also, protip, when discussing race, it's always awkward if you name the black guy (LL Cool J) as your new best friend.
Glenn Beck explains that marriage equality wins because it's about freedom, and that freedom is always right. I'm not sure I'd go that far, and I'm having a really hard time admitting that Glenn Beck is mostly right about something.