This is a nice twist the writers have put into Will Horton’s storyline on Days of Our Lives.
We thought that, way back when, Will confided to Sonny about his mother sleeping with EJ in order to get it off of his chest. He did it within earshot of stepdad Rafe who confronted Sami then left her.
Turns out that Will wanted Rafe to overhear and that he was put up to it by evil Stefano.
It seems kinda far-fetched but it does provide some nice complications for Will and his relationships with EJ and with Sami.
If ever there was going to be a year that Serena Williams was going to win the French Open for the second time, this was it.
She was having her best clay court season in ages winning 15 consecutive matches on the surface.
Those wins included convincing victories over Victoria Azarenka and Maria Sharapova – the other dominant players this year.
But somehow, Serena’s 2012 French Open is over.
She was two points from victory NINE times against Virginie Razzano yet still managed to lose 4-6, 7-6, 6-3 – the first time in her entire career that she lost in the opening round of a grand slam tournament.
I’d rank it as one of the biggest upsets on the women’s side in French Open history given Serena’s form coming into the tournament, the fact that she is a 13-times grand slam singles champion and the best player of her generation and that Razzano was ranked No. 111 entering the tournament.
Williams was in tears after losing the second set tie-breaker then went down 0-5 in the third set. She fought back and saved seven match points before losing.
So, are you getting sick of all of the Magic Mike posts in recent weeks?
I didn’t think so!
I just got my credential approved for the Los Angeles Film Festival where the film will premiere.
So hopefully I’ll be able to get into the flick and give you all an early idea if the movie lives up to all the hype.
If it doesn’t, do we really care? It’s been so much fun savoring all the pre-release hype surrounding stars Channing Tatum, Matthew McConaughey, Matt Bomer, Alex Pettyfer and Joe Manganiello!
Here is a preview of what is in the current issue of US Weekly.
He’s handsome, he’s talented and sometimes he’s more than just a little bitter.
The man who we first fell in love with in Another Country and who became an even bigger star opposite Julia Roberts in My Best Friend’s Wedding and also starred in An Ideal Husband and The Next Best Thing, continues to complain about the discrimination he says he faces in the film industry.
But on the occasion of Rupert Everett’s 53nd birthday, let’s focus on the positive!
He still looks good, is a terrific writer (his autobiography Red Carpets and Other Banana Skins is a great read), probably got gobs of money as the voice of Prince Charming in the first three Shrek films.
I hope there are plenty more good parts in films and television ahead for him.
Melissa Etheridge is a cancer survivor, an Oscar winner, a two-time Grammy winner, and today, she turns 51 years old!
Melissa has kept on making music and touring in the past year even as her bitter split with Tammy Lynn Michaels, with whom she has two children, continued to play out publicly.
They finally reached a settlement last week.
The singer, whose hits include I’m the Only One and Come to My Window, has sold twenty-seven million albums worldwide and almost fourteen million in the United States alone and has been a gay and lesbian activist since her public coming out in January 1993.
As you can see by the cover of this upcoming issue of Attitude magazine, Gareth Thomas has certainly not let himself go since his retirement from professional rugby last year.
The openly gay Welshman is featured in the magazine’s annual “Naked” issue.
This photo is proof that perhaps Mickey Rourke is way too old to play Gareth in a biopic.
No matter how hard Mickey works out, he’ll never look like this!
The other day, Anderson Cooper hosted Arab Spring: Revolution Interrupted, an immensely informative round-table discussion on his CNN show with a handful of the network’s foreign correspondents. They provided an in-depth look at what is happening in Bahrain, Yemen, Egypt, Libya and Syria, post-revolution.
Among those participating was Ivan Watson whose knowledge of the situation comes from being on the ground – this dude is seriously brave!
Watson is CNN’s correspondent based in Istanbul, Turkey.
He rejoined CNN in 2009 from NPR where he reported extensively on major stories from around the Middle East and Central Asia.
He most recently reported from Cairo covering the protests and unrest in Egypt.
The following is from his CNN bio:
CNN first hired Watson in the late 1990s as a Moscow-based producer. He covered the Russian war in Chechnya and the sinking of the Kursk submarine in the Arctic, among other stories.
Watson joined NPR in 2000 as their West Africa correspondent. Based in Lagos, Watson reported on Africa’s most populous nation, Nigeria. He also traveled to countries such as Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea and Mauritania reporting on the region’s different cultures and conflicts.
Following the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Watson traveled to Northern Afghanistan where he witnessed the defeat of the Taliban and the fall of Kabul. He then spent nearly a year reporting on developments in the post-Taliban country.
During the US invasion of Iraq, Watson covered the conflict’s northern front. He traveled south towards Baghdad with Kurdish militias following the overthrow of Saddam Hussein. Later, he documented the first years of the troubled US occupation from Baghdad.
He also covered the surprise victory of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Iran’s 2005 presidential election. Watson reported extensively from South Lebanon during the 2006 conflict between Israel and Hezbollah.
Throughout his career, Watson has sought to share his affection for countries in the region with audiences, by reporting on the quirks and cultural treasures of societies that rarely grab headlines. Topics range from profiling a millionaire doctor who used hypnosis and shamanistic traditions to treat heroin addicts in the mountains of Kyrgyzstan to frolicking with Turkey’s enormous and treasured Kangal sheepdogs in the highlands of Anatolia. In August 2010, CNN’s World’s Untold Stories aired a documentary reported by Watson and Istanbul camera-man Joe Duran which documented the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Constantinople’s efforts to protect Istanbul’s dwindling Greek community from disappearing all-together.
Watson attended Brown University, where he earned a BA in International Relations and speaks fluent Russian and French.
Jimmy Connors played on the ATP Tour until he was past 40 and made it to the semifinals of the 1991 US Open just days after turning 39.
In the process, he won a record 223 matches at tennis’ four grand slam championships.
Earlier today, Roger Federer tied that record with a first-round victory at the French Open. He tied Connors and was able to do so at the age of 30.
”Jimmy Connors was a huge champion. Still is,” Federer said after the win.
Federer, currently ranked third in the world and the winner of four tournaments in 2012, should be able to claim the record as his own with a victory in the second round later this week.
Among the records Federer already has is probably the most coveted one of all: most grand slam singles titles won by a male player in history. His 16 wins (6 Wimbledon, 5 US Open, 4 Australian Open, 1 French Open) are double the eight Connors won during his career.
Federer was reminded Monday that his very first grand slam victory was at the 2000 Australian Open and the man he beat was Michael Chang who was once ranked as high as number two in the world.
”You step back, you realize you have been playing for quite a long time,” Federer said. “When I started, I loved playing against those famous players I used to see on TV. Now I’m playing against younger players, a new generation. t’s great I didn’t suffer that many injuries over these years. And I always had fun playing tennis.”
The Sex and the City star and Christine Marinoni, her girlfriend since 2004, tied the knot on Sunday in New York. Few details about the nuptials have been revealed except that Nixon wore a custom dress by Carolina Herrera.
This Memorial Day is especially meaningful for my family because just two days ago, my uncle Pete – a Korean War veteran – died.
He is my mom’s only brother and they remained close all their lives.
While I knew my uncle had served three years in the US Navy, I didn’t know until just the other day that he had tried to enlist when he was just 16. He lied about his age and had to be stopped by my grandmother. But two years later, when he was 18, he enlisted and served his country with honor.
While Memorial Day was established to honor those who died while serving in the United States Armed Forces, it’s also a good time to remember all of those who served and are no longer with us.
Here are two versions of The Battle Hymn of the Republic to help mark the day. The first is from the Sept. 27, 1969 episode of The Johnny Cash Show and the second is Whitney Houston singing at a “Welcome Home Heroes” concert in Norfolk, Virginia in 1991.
It has already been reported that a major DC Comics character would be revealed to be gay next month.
The comics site Bleeding Cool is reporting that the character will be the original Green Lantern, Alan Scott.
Green Lantern possesses a power ring and power lantern that gives the user great control over the physical world as long as the wielder has sufficient willpower and strength to wield it. The ring is one of the most powerful weapons in the universe and can be very dangerous.
The original Green Lantern, Alan Scott, was introduced in 1940 but his adventures ceased some time after WWII when comic books declined in popularity. The character was revived in 1959 but this time his alter-ego was Hal Jordan. Subsequent alter-egos include Guy Gardner, John Stewart, Kyle Rayner and Sinestro.
It was Hal Jordan who Ryan Reynolds portrayed in the 2011 Green Lantern feature film which grossed about $220 million worldwide.
Judd Winick, who first gained attention as a cast member of MTV’s The Real World: San Francisco, won a GLAAD Media Award for writing a Green Lantern a storyline in which an assistant of Kyle Rayner’s emerged as a gay character in Green Lantern #137 (June 2001). In Green Lantern #154 (November 2001) the story entitled “Hate Crime” gained media recognition when the assistant, Terry, was brutally beaten in a homophobic attack.
DC Comics relaunched Green Lantern with issue #1 in September 2011 as part of the company wide relaunch. This new series stars both Jordan and Sinestro as Green Lanterns.
The news about Green Lantern comes as Marvel Comics character, Northstar, will be marrying his boyfriend in an upcoming issue of Astonishing X-Men. Northstar proposes in the current issue.
Corporal Patrick Daniel “Pat” Tillman was an American football player who left his professional career and enlisted in the United States Army in June 2002 in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attacks.
Tillman was a star linebacker at Arizona State University and helped his team go undefeated in 2007 – the season they made it to the Rose Bowl.
He was drafted by the Arizona Cardinals in 2008 and at one point in his NFL career, Tillman turned down a five-year, $9 million contract offer from the St. Louis Rams out of loyalty to the Cardinals.
After completing the 2001-02 NFL season, Tillman turned down a contract offer of $3.6 million over three years from the Cardinals to enlist in the U.S. Army. His brother, Kevin Tillman, also enlisted.
He participated in the initial invasion of Operation Iraqi Freedom and was later redeployed to Afghanistan. On April 22, 2004, Tillman was killed by friendly fire when one allied group fired upon another in confusion after nearby gunfire was mistakenly believed to be from enemy combatants.
Tillman’s family was not informed of the finding that he was killed by friendly fire until weeks after his memorial service, although at least some senior Army officers knew of that fact prior to the service.
Tillman’s parents have sharply criticized the Army’s handling of the incident; Tillman’s father charges that the Army “purposely interfered in the investigation” because of the effect it could have on their recruiting efforts, while Tillman’s mother charges that “this lie was to cover their image.”
One thing is for sure: Pat Tillman seemed to be such a man of courage and honor – a true American hero.
Today is the 22nd birthday of the oh-so talented Chris Colfer, the Emmy-nominated and Golden Globe-winning star of Glee.
His character of Kurt Hummel just graduated from high school on the show but did not make it into his first choice school, NYU.
But Kurt is so talented and resilient. He will no doubt hatch an interesting Plan B.
Chris isn’t just focusing on Glee. He also wrote and stars in Struck by Lightning, a dark, irreverent coming-of-age comedy that premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival.
EJ seems to really care about Will and is yet isn’t afraid to put him in his place.
He tries to get Will to go a little easier on Sami who Will still refuses to speak to.
Meanwhile, Will’s mom, Sami, runs into her ex-mother-in-law Kate who puts aside their mutual hatred to talk about Will. Kate had already figured out that Will is gay and Sami is still wondering how she could have been so clueless!
“I’m not surprised I picked up on what was bothering Will before you did,” Kate said. “On the whole, I’m just a more sensitive person than you are.”
Fernando Lamas was the inspiration for Billy Crystal’s popular Saturday Night Live character of Fernando and the catchphrase: “You look mahvelous.”
The handsome actor was a movie star in Argentina by his mid-20s.
Then Hollywood called.
He was signed to a contract in 1951 and cast in various ‘Latin Lover’ roles in such films as The Merry Widow, The Girl Who Had Everything, Dangerous When Wet, Rose Marie and The Girl Rush. His final film was The Cheap Detective in 1978.
He is the father of actor Lorenzo Lamas from third wife Arlene Dahl. His fourth and final wife was film legend Esther Williams to whom he was married until his death at the age of 67 in 1982.
The Abbey announced Friday that it is banning the bachelorette parties that have become increasingly popular there in recent years.
Founder David Cooley said the policy move is being made in consideration of the establishment’s customer base because same-sex marriage is not legal in California.
‘Every Friday and Saturday night, we’re flooded with requests from straight girls in penis hats who want to ogle our go-gos, dance with the gays and celebrate their pending nuptials,’ Cooley said in a press release. ‘They are completely unaware that the people around them are legally prohibited from getting married.’
‘Over the past 22 years, The Abbey has been a place that accepts everyone, gay, straight, lesbian, transgender, bisexual and everything in between,’ Cooley added. ‘We love our straight girlfriends and they are welcome here, just not for bachelorette parties.’
The Abbey is encouraging other gay-owned and operated establishments to institute their own bans as a sign of solidarity until marriage is legal everywhere for everyone.
Last Friday night, my date and I went over to The Abbey after dinner for a drink and, as luck would have it, they were served up by my favorite bartender Philipp Karner.
Phillip excitedly told me about a new movie he’s just finished filming: Fair Game. It stars Sean Penn, Naomi Watts, Simon Baker and others and tells the story of CIA Agent Valerie Plame whose identity was revealed by White House officials allegedly out to discredit her husband.
Phillip plays the role of Walter in the movie. I wanted to find out more but he got swamped behind the bar!
Even though Phillip has worked at the West Hollywood hotspot for years, I first met him at closing night of Outfest a few summers ago. He was one of the stars of the closing night film Kiss the Bride which also starred Tori Spelling.
I thought he was wonderful in that movie, very funny and smart and very sexy.
He played Matt, a magazine editor in San Francisco who gets invited to the wedding of his high school best friend Ryan (James O’Shea). Here’s the wrinkle: Ryan was also his lover and he hasn’t seen him since they went their separate ways once college began.
“I really was drawn to the character because he does a lot of growing up in the film,” Philipp told me in an interview last year. “He starts out as someone commitment phobic jumping from one relationship to the next and ends up in a very different place and commits to someone for the first time, accepts their flaws and lets the past be the past. It’s a powerful rite of passage.”
Prior to Fair Game and Kiss the Bride, Philipp appeared in the films Race You to the Bottom and The Battle of Shaker Heights. He has done guest appearances on such TV series as Everwood, Charmed, CSI: Miami, Eureka, Sex and the City, Will & Grace, Without a Trace and NYPD Blue.
Just 30 years old, I look forward to seeing Philipp in many more films and television shows – and hopefully still at the Abbey now and then!
Will Horton continues his coming out process. He still has not patched things up with his mother, Sami, who ran out of apartment when he told her he was gay.
He ran into ex-girlfriend Gabi at Horton Town Square (where else?) and old her about Sami’s reaction.
Gabi says it’s understandable because ‘what mother wants to hear that her son is gay?’
Responds Will: “Wow. No rainbow flag for you.”
I love that line! And I love that Will is still chipper despite it all. He knows who he is now, and he knows his mom is a drama queen.
The highlight of this episode is that we get our first Will and Marlena scene in awhile. Marlena had been presumed dead the was hiding in a safe house pretending to be dead (God that storyline is stupid!) so there was no opportunity for heart-to-hearts between grandmother and grandson.
Will tells her about coming out to his parents and he is clearly hurt over Sami’s reaction. Marlena knows this and she knows her daughter. She tells Will: “You know what? She will come around when she realizes it’s not about her. Right now, I’m sure Sami thinks your being gay has something to do with her as a parent. But you, are living your truth. And that’s what’s really important.”
Will looks at his grandmother with such love in his eyes and says quietly: “Thank you.”
The magic between Chandler Massey and Deidre Hall shines through in this scene. While I frequently praise Chandler’s astoundingly real performance, Miss Hall is also stellar. She delivers the lines about acceptance and living authentically with such conviction. She nails it and makes you believe it and it is a beautiful thing to have on this soap opera a grandmother who not only completely accepts her gay grandson, she understands him.
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This is a nice twist the writers have put into Will Horton’s storyline on Days of Our Lives.
If ever there was going to be a year that Serena Williams was going to win the French Open for the second time, this was it.
David Burtka, the handsome and talented fiancee of Neil Patrick Harris and a correspondent for E! News Daily, turns 37 today!
So, are you getting sick of all of the Magic Mike posts in recent weeks?
He’s handsome, he’s talented and sometimes he’s more than just a little bitter.
Melissa Etheridge is a cancer survivor, an Oscar winner, a two-time Grammy winner, and today, she turns 51 years old!
As you can see by the cover of this upcoming issue of 
The other day, Anderson Cooper hosted Arab Spring: Revolution Interrupted, an immensely informative round-table discussion on his CNN show with a handful of the network’s foreign correspondents. They provided an in-depth look at what is happening in Bahrain, Yemen, Egypt, Libya and Syria, post-revolution.
Jimmy Connors played on the ATP Tour until he was past 40 and made it to the semifinals of the 1991 US Open just days after turning 39.
It has already been reported that a major DC Comics character would be revealed to be gay next month.
It was Hal Jordan who Ryan Reynolds portrayed in the 2011 Green Lantern feature film which grossed about $220 million worldwide.
DC Comics relaunched Green Lantern with issue #1 in September 2011 as part of the company wide relaunch. This new series stars both Jordan and Sinestro as Green Lanterns.
Corporal Patrick Daniel “Pat” Tillman was an American football player who left his professional career and enlisted in the United States Army in June 2002 in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attacks.
Andy Roddick did manage to beat Roger Federer in Miami back in March.
They grow up so fast!
Fernando Lamas was the inspiration for Billy Crystal’s popular Saturday Night Live character of Fernando and the catchphrase: “You look mahvelous.”
The Abbey announced Friday that it is banning the bachelorette parties that have become increasingly popular there in recent years.
Originally posted Nov. 4, 2009
