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WATCH: Sterling K. Brown on his first Oscar nomination and getting a kiss from Meryl Streep

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Wilson Cruz hits runway for good cause!

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Snapped! Ricky Martin in San Francisco!

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Thursday Round-Up: Renee Rapp; Conor McDermott-Mostowy; Jeremy Pope; Rachel Maddow; Gabriel Attal

Renee Rapp Opens Up About Coming Out Publicly, Reading Comments That Made Her Feel ‘Like Sh-t’ Just Jared

France’s first out gay PM Gabriel Attal speaks out on historic win: ‘Mindsets are evolving’ Attitude

Speedskater Conor McDermott-Mostowy sets personal best with boyfriend watching Outsports

Jeremy Pope channels drag, bodybuilding, & God in new photo series Out.com

Megyn Kelly is peeved that Rachel Maddow reportedly makes $30 million Advocate

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Throwback Thursday: When Chita Rivera paid a visit to “The Rosie O’Donnell Show” in 1997

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Russell Tovey on “Feud: Capote vs The Swans”

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More LGBTQ tributes to Chita Rivera!

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Morning Man Classic: James Franciscus!

James Franciscus was a very handsome actor and tennis enthusiast who died far too young.

Today would have been his 90th birthday.

He was best known for his roles in such feature films as Beneath the Planet of the Apes, The Amazing Dobermans and Great White and in four television series, Mr. Novak, The Naked City, The Investigators, and Longstreet.

Franciscus was also a Yale grad and was one of the best celebrity tennis players of the 1970s when the sport was at the peak of its popularity.

Sadly, he was just 57 when he died 1991 from emphysema. He left behind four children.


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A look back at Chita Rivera’s illustrious career


Tributes are continuing to pour in for Broadway legend Chita Rivera, known for bringing to life some of theater’s most classic roles like Anita in “West Side Story” and Velma Kelly in “Chicago.” Rivera died Tuesday at age 91. CBS News’ Vlad Duthiers reflects on her decades-long career.

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Cicely Tyson was designer B Michael’s friend and inspiration. A new memoir tells their story.


The Oscar-winning actress Cicely Tyson, who died in 2021 at age 96, was also a fashion icon who influenced generations. She’s the subject of a new photographic memoir called “Muse: Cicely Tyson and Me, a Relationship Forged in Fashion,” by her longtime designer and friend B Michael, who joined CBS Mornings to share their story.

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Alexandra Billings to Caitlyn Jenner: “What a sad and sorry life you’re living. Shame on you.”

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LGBTQ+ community tributes to beloved Chita Rivera

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Broadway legend Chita Rivera has died at 91

It was just seven days ago that I wrote a tribute to the great Chita Rivera on the occasion of her 91st birthday. It has just been announced that the beloved Broadway legend who starred in West Side Story, Bye Bye Birdie, Chicago, Kiss of the Spider Woman, The Rink and so many more hit shows has died.

Via People:

“It is with immense personal sorrow that I announce the death of the beloved Broadway icon Chita Rivera. My dear friend of over 40 years was 91,” shared her rep Merle Frimark in a statement on Tuesday.

According to a statement released by her daughter Lisa Mordente, Rivera died in New York “after a brief illness.”

“She is also survived by her siblings Julio, Armando and Lola del Rivero, (her older sister Carmen predeceased her), along with her many nieces, nephews and friends. Her funeral will be private. A memorial service will be announced in due course,” continues the statement, asking for any donations in her memory to be made to Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.

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Tuesday Round-Up: Tom Hollander; Rebel Wilson; Shane McAnally; Lil Nas X; Kate McKinnon & more!

Tom Hollander discusses his sexuality after playing gay in The White Lotus and Feud Attitude

Rebel Wilson Admits She’s Been ‘Feeling a Bit Down Lately’ as She Teases Pitch Perfect Secrets in Her Memoir People

Shane McAnally could make history for the LGBTQ+ community at the Grammys this week Advocate

Lil Nas X’s Complicated Family Dynamics and More Revelations from His ‘Long Live Montero’ HBO Documentary People

Kate McKinnon Pokes Fun at Pete Davidson’s Dating Life in Hellmann’s Super Bowl Commercial People

Caitlyn Jenner Threatens Legal Action Against Son Brandon’s Reality Show, Explains Why Just Jared

Weekend Tennis Round-Up Kenneth in the 212

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Tom Daley & synchro partner answer questions!

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Aussie hunk Tim Draxl cast as Joe Gillis in “Sunset Boulevard” opposite Sarah Brightman’s Norma Desmond

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Let’s enjoy some Adam Lambert performances on the “American Idol” alum’s 42nd birthday!

Wishing a happy 42nd birthday to Adam Lambert!

Hard to believe it’s been more than 15 years since Adam burst onto the scene on American Idol and finished as the most successful runner-up in the show’s history (sorry Clay Aiken and Katherine McPhee!).

I’ll always appreciate the fact that Adam came out publicly as a gay man after the show ended in a Rolling Stone cover story. What a powerful statement to the world and to young kids out there who watched the show.

We all know what’s happened to Adam since then. The solo albums For Your Entertainment, Trespassing, and The Original High, a Grammy nomination for the single Whataya Want from Me, and more than 3 million albums and 5 million singles sold worldwide. He released Velvet in 2020 along with Live Around the World with Queen.

When Trespassing premiered at number one on the U.S. Billboard 200, Adam became the first openly gay artist to top the album charts. Elton John and Barry Manilow were not out when they premiered at number one.

And, of course, Adam has juggled his solo career with a very successful collaboration with rock band Queen as lead vocalist for Queen + Adam Lambert since 2011, culminating in a successful worldwide tour that began in 2014 and is still going strong. Lambert and Queen were the first rock band to open the Oscars with an “explosive” performance of two classic Queen songs in 2019 that earned a standing ovation.

But Adam’s power as a solo performer was never more apparent than in December 2018 when he performed a stupendous version of Believe for Cher at the Kennedy Center Honors that was one for the ages (see video below). I was thrilled when he released it as a single in late 2019.

Can’t wait to see what Adam has in store for us next. When you have such talent and vision and drive, anything is possible.



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Morning Man Classic: Marc Singer!

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See Barry Manilow reveal to Drew Barrymore the hardest part of being a singer-songwriter


Drew Barrymore sits down with Barry Manilow at the Barrymore Theatre to talk about what it’s like standing in front of huge crowds, what the hardest part is of his career, and his Broadway musical “Harmony.”

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Happy birthday to Olympic icon Greg Louganis!

Wishing a very happy 64th birthday to the great Olympic diving legend Greg Louganis!

He is one of my biggest heroes!

Greg overcame great obstacles in his life to reach the top of his sport and remains an inspirational figure for so many. He won two gold medals in 1988, two in 1984 and a silver medal in 1976 while still in high school.

He is simply the best there’s ever been.

Greg’s story means so much to me because I was coming out in a big way in the mid-90s and it was then that he also came out and wrote a deeply-felt memoir called Breaking the Surface in which he revealed that he had just found out that he was HIV positive when he won his third and fourth gold medals at the 1988 Olympics. He assumed he would not live much longer after that triumph.

Thankfully there were breakthrough medications introduced in the mid-90s and Greg has survived and thrived.

Although he did not come out publicly as a gay man until 1994, Greg was rumored to be gay and that hurt his commercial endorsement opportunities. But in recent years he seems to be getting more his due – especially since the airing of the Emmy-nominated documentary Greg Louganis: Back On Board.

In 2016, Louganis along with fellow Olympic legends Edwin Moses and Janet Evans received the long overdue honor of being placed on boxes of Wheaties breakfast cereal. The next year, he became the first openly gay man to ride as grand marshal of the Rose Parade in Pasadena.

Wishing Greg a happy birthday and the best always!


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