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Celeb Instagram: Colton Haynes at Billie Lourd’s b-day party! Margeret Cho’s new tour! Elton in Austria!
Rainbows, water slides, & food trucks…the best
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Morning Round-Up: Caitlyn Jenner for US Senate? Colbert rips Sessions; George Michael to be honored
Caitlyn Jenner Considering a Bid for US Senate in California Towleroad
Stephen Colbert rips apart Jeff Sessions for meeting with anti-gay group Gay Star News
George Michael To Receive Elizabeth Taylor Humanitarian Award Posthumously NewNowNext
Shepard Smith Is Fed Up With Trump Camp’s ‘Lies’ And ‘Deception’ On Russia HuffPost
College football player Scott Frantz cherishes acceptance after informing teammates he’s gay ESPN
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Monday Morning Man: David Williams!
It’s time to revisit one of the earliest – and certainly hottest – Morning Men to ever grace this site. He’s now-retired Australian professional rugby league footballer star David Williams who was featured on the cover of the Gods of Football calendar almost a decade ago. He played his entire professional career with the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles of the National Rugby League, winning the 2008 NRL Premiership with them. The 30-year-old made his acting debut in 2013 in Tropfest short film finalist Darkness Comes in which he played a wolf man. He has also done modeling for Calvin Klein. 
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WATCH: A recap of Roger Federer’s magical day becoming the champion of Wimbledon once more
I’m just going to be in a good mood all damned day over my beloved Roger Federer winning Wimbledon again today. Watching these videos is just a joy with my favorite being when he is congratulated by his wife, parents, William and Kate, past champions and members of the All England Club. So many special moments but my favorite is the time he spends with Stefan Edberg who was Federer’s coach during two trips to the final. Fed lets Edberg, a two-time Wimbledon champion, hold the trophy once more.
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Roger Federer takes record eighth Wimbledon title!
What a happy morning! My favorite player of all time, Roger Federer, is the 2017 Wimbledon champion. At 35, Fed won the tournament for a record eighth time – no man has ever won more. He beat Marin Cilic 6-3, 6-1, 6-4 to win the tournament in straight sets – amazing! He now has 19 grand slam titles overall – four more than Rafael Nadal who is in second place. Fed is now the reigning Wimbledon and Australian champion and has got to be the favorite heading into the US Open where he will be vying for a sixth title. Fed is, without a doubt, the Greatest Of All Time. And he vows to return to Wimbledon next year to defend his title.
After losing the finals in 2014 and 2015 and in the semis last year, today’s victory is all the more sweet.
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Showtune Sunday: “With One Look” from “Sunset Boulevard” by all the great Norma Desmonds
Glenn Close triumphantly returned to Broadway this year in a new production of Sunset Boulevard. This came more than 20 years after she won the Tony Award for her portrayal of Norma Desmond – a Broadway gig that came at the expense of Patti LuPone who was contracted to take it to New York after a year in London. Close had opened in Los Angeles while LuPone was in London and Andrew Lloyd Webber chose her instead.
Things were hurled onto the street from Patti’s London dressing room, by Patti, she sued and won and later returned to Broadway in revivals of Sweeney Todd and Gypsy, the latter earned her a Tony.
What’s interesting to know is that the great Betty Buckley replaced LuPone in the London production then later replaced Close on Broadway.
Others played the role on stage including Elaine Paige and Petula Clark and in an acclaimed Toronto production, the great Diahann Carroll.
Here are all of their versions of With One Look. Vote for your favorite in the comments section.
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Morning Man Classic: Don Murray!
I remember handsome Don Murray from the first few seasons of Knots Landing when he played Sid Fairgate.
Sid was married to Karen (Michelle Lee) and they lived next door to Gary and Val (Ted Shackleford and Joan Van Ark) and across the street from his sister Abby (Donna Mills).
But Sid died during surgery that was supposed to make him walk again and he became paralyzed in a car “accident” that occurred after some bad guy involved with Gary cut his brakes.
Oh the drama!
Anyway, Don was around long before Knots Landing. He made his Broadway debut in 1951 in The Rose Tattoo then got his big break in movies starring opposite Marilyn Monroe in 1956′s Bus Stop for which he was nominated for an Oscar.
He married Hope Lange, with whom he also starred with in the film, and they had two children before divorcing.
He then went on to star in such films as The Bachelor Party, A Hatful of Rain, Advise and Consent, Baby the Rain Must Fall, and Conquest of the Planet of the Apes.
Knots Landing went on to run more than a decade after Don left the show. He spent his time appearing in an assortment of TV movies, doing guest spots on various series and doing some feature roles including the 1986 film Peggy Sue Got Married.
Now 86, he still acts with his most recent credit being the 2011 film The Hard Ride.
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Spain’s Garbi Muguruza beats five-time champ Venus Williams to win her first Wimbledon title
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Flashback Friday: It was like buttah when SNL’s Linda Richman joined Barbra Streisand on stage
Can’t believe that not only had I never seen this video before now but I did not even know it existed! So it’s been a real treat to go back in time to when a Clinton was president, Mike Meyers was still on SNL and Barbra was just like buttah (she still is!)
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‘Heroes’ alum Thomas Dekker officially comes out as gay – and newly married – in Instagram post
I was in the audience at Outfest last week when honoree Bryan Fuller mentioned an actor on NBC’s Heroes who didn’t want to play gay then ended up being gay. It turns out that actor, Thomas Dekker, had never come out publicly. Well, now he has in an Instagram post. Congratulations to him.
You can read the post below.
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Morning Round-Up: Parents speak out over James Woods Twitter attack; Anderson Cooper gets fed up
Parents of ‘gender creative’ son speak out about James Woods’ tweets Gay Star News
Members of Congress urge Trump to condemn gay Chechnya crackdown Washington Blade
Congress Narrowly Rejects Anti-Trans Military Amendment Advocate
Anderson Cooper Gets Fed Up With Trump Official Dodging His Questions HuffPost
Lana Del Rey confirms July 21 release date for new album Lust For Life Gay Times
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WATCH: Chris Colfer talks about his last ‘Land of Stories’ book and upcoming film
After coming to fame with his award-winning portrayal of Kurt Hummel on Glee, Chris Colfer became the author of the best-selling Land of Stories series of novels for young people. He tells Kthie Lee and Hoda on NBC’s The Today Show about Worlds Collide, the sixth and final book in the series, as well as an upcoming film adaptation of the first book.
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David Burtka is releasing a cookbook!
The delicious David Burtka is not only a talented actor, he’s also a professional chef.
David is working on his first-ever cookbook that will be titled Life is a Party and is set to be released in the spring of 2019 by Grand Central Publishing. will feature Burtka’s expertise in preparing delicious recipes and celebrating a variety of occasions with guests, according to People.com. The book will be divided by season and will include comfort food favorites like barbecued ribs and funnel cakes and more extravagant dishes like caviar with chive cream puffs and butter-roasted lobster tails.
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Happy 57th birthday to Jane Lynch!
The talented Emmy-winning actress and TV host Jane Lynch turns 57 today.
She has remained mighty busy since Glee left the air a few years ago with things like Hollywood Game Night, her short-lived comedy Angel From Hell, touring with a live cabaret act and the role of former Attorney General Janet Reno in the upcoming miniseries Manhunt: Unabomber.
It’s so great to have an openly gay performer doing so well! Happy birthday to Jane!
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Friday Morning Man: Steven Gerrard!
This handsome guy isSteven Gerrard, an English professional footballer who plays for Major League Soccer club LA Galaxy as a central midfielder.
Steve spent the majority of his career playing for Premier League club Liverpool, with most of that time as their captain.
He is considered to be one of the greatest midfielders of his generation and certainly one of the best looking!
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Emmys 2017: Lily Tomlin, Billy Eichner, Laverne Cox, RuPaul, Denis O’Hare, Wanda Sykes, BD Wong get nods
Glad to see so much LGBT representation in today’s Emmy nominations!
Love, love, love that Billy on the Street got its first nomination in the category of Best Variety Sketch Series. Yay for Billy Eichner and company.
RuPaul, coming off his first nomination and win last year, is nominated once again for Reality Show host and RuPaul’s Drag Race will compete again for Best Reality Show.
Will the show final get its first win? It certainly has the momentum.
Among those competing against RuPaul as host are former winners Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn for Project Runway.
The great Lily Tomlin is once again for Best Actress in a Comedy Series for Grace & Frankie (Jane Fonda is nominated too!).
Tituss Burgess is also a repeat nominee for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.
Also nominated for Westworld is bisexual actress Rachel Evan Wood in the category of Best Actress in a Drama Series.
As usual, the Guest Actor and Guest Actress categories are filled with familiar names.
This year they include Wanda Sykes (Black-ish), Denis O’Hare (This Is Us), B.D. Wong (Mr. Robot), Laverne Cox (Orange Is the New Black).
You can see a full list of nominees HERE.
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WATCH: Andy Cohen on Eileen Davidson’s ‘RHOBH’ exit & vacationing with the Coopers
Watch What Happens Live host Andy Cohen chats with Access Hollywood’s Scott Evans about his two-week vacation in Tahiti with Bradley Cooper, Irina Shayk, Allison Williams and Anderson Cooper. He also discusses Eileen Davidson’s RHOBH exit.
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