I Ain't One To Gossip But ....

Serial dater, out-of-tune-auto-tuned singer, Taylor Swift is being sued.

No, silly, not by a boyfriend she dumped and then wrote a song about. And not because someone, i.e. me, said she can’t sing, but because she kinda kept $2.5 million that wasn’t really hers.

The lawsuit claims that Swifty was paid $2.5 million amount to perform at something called the Capital Hoedown in Ottawa, in August 2012. The show was eventually cancelled but Swifty—needing stalker money because she was on to a new fella—kinda forgot to return the money.

I hate when that happens.

The lawsuit says Swifty was paid up front, so now the ticket company, which had to refund $1.8 million in ticket sales, thinks she should be responsible for the bill.

I think her fans …. fan? …. Should be glad they got their money back, though, of course, now we’ll get another Swifty tune about Canada and Taylor breaking up because of 2.5 million reasons.

They’re on, they’re off. They’re both a couple of fools.

After appearing so snuggly at the Grammys, maybe Rihanna and Chris Brown are through …. again. Or, maybe they’re just in desperate need of seeing their faces in the news.

Anyway, Rihanna and Chris ignored each other one night last week while they both partied at the Playhouse Nightclub in Los Angeles. A source—and I’d say it was Lindsay but I don’t think she can afford airfare from NYC to LA just yet—says Rihanna didn’t even know that Chris would be there, and when asked by nightclub hosts if she wanted to be seated with her man, she turned them down and demanded to be seated elsewhere.

Of course, Brown, who’s a douche, saw Rihanna sitting far away from him and made a big deal of making his presence known to her; I think he punched a girl or maybe threw a chair, or maybe called someone a faggot. His usual MO, you know.

But it seems that she was ignoring him, not just because she’s a twelve-year-old girl, but because earlier in the week Brown was ALLEGEDLY seen partying in West Hollywood with ALLEGED ex Karrueche Tran.

So, she got pissy because he’s hanging and banging the ex, and he got pissy because she ignored him. But a so-called fan got pissy because she keeps going back to him, and, as Rihanna was leaving yet another nightclub—this time in London—some crazy guy threw a bottle at her, while shouting at her for hooking back up with Bruiser Brown.

It’s tough to be Rihanna; the guy who beat you up ignores you, and the fans who hate you for hooking back up with the guy who beat you up, throw garbage at you.

It’s quite clear that Dina Lohan loves having Lindsay close by these days—I mean, since we learned that Lindsay is dead broke, and even her porn movie is unwatchable. Picture that house, with Lindsay cracked behavior and Dina’s public drunkenness. It’s like Animal House only more White Trash.

But, maybe Lindsay won’t be broke for long, if Mama Pimp Dina has anything to say about it. It seems that money hungry Lindsay is asking for $500,000 to come to Dubai and promote a new energy drink; now, let’s be clear, we all know that’s code for ‘Lindsay’s a whore and wants 500K before she bangs a Middle Eastern guy.

A source—and Dina was paid in shots of tequila—says, “Lindsay wants $500k for an appearance in Dubai to promote Mr. Pink’s Ginseng Energy Drink, which executives at the company are balking at. Mr. Pink is prepared to offer the actress $200k, and would pay for all of LiLo’s travel expenses.”

200K? For Lohan? Maybe she’s banging the executive staff at Mr. Pink, too?

But her plans could be derailed because Dubai has strict rules about allowing convicted criminals—drug smugglers, jewelry thieves, and crack whores—into their country. And since Lohan is still on probation for the jewel heist, she may not be able to whore herself for an, um, ‘energy drink’.

Shia LaBeouf was all set to make his Broadway debut in Daniel Sullivan’s Orphans until, um, that old chestnut “creative differences” got in the way; this time creative differences means Shia fought with everyone, including, ALLEGEDLY a wall.

And, as happens in these days of over-social-mediazation—Okay, so I made a word up—Shia used Twitter to, oops, leak a series of email exchanges between himself and his former orphans Sullivan and co-star Alec Baldwin.

But, it wasn’t the Tweets that had people buzzing; it was Shia’s heartfelt apology to the production, in which he wrote:  "A man can tell you he was wrong. What he did wrong. That he planned to. He can tell you when he is lost. He can apologize, even if sometimes it's just to put an end to the bickering."

How touching.

And especially touched by Shia’s words was one Tom Chiarella, who wrote them first in a piece for Esquire entitled ‘What Is A Man?’ In fact, Shia’s letter was an entire verbatim quote from Chiarella’s piece.

And Chiarella has written about Shia’s misappropriation of his words:  "A man who's been plagiarized must be graceful and grateful that your words have power. A man who plagiarized just owes an acknowledgment and a one-sentence apology. But I don't expect it."

Shia LaBeouf ought to read, and not copy, ‘What Is A Man?’

Okay, so more Lohan Wackness.

One week, I posted about Lohan attending an amFAR benefit in a Roberto Cavalli gown, and how Charlie Sheen got stylist Phillip Bloch to dress here. A clarification first: the dress Lohan wore was a Theia gown .... Now, on to business.

Charlie offered to pay for half the dress—it cost about $1800 if Lindsay would pay the other half, but as broke as she is, she couldn’t buy her own Altoids, so she asked to borrow the long sparkly gown. She said it made her feel like Snow White and the Seven Deadly Sins all in one night. 

Trouble is, while she couldn’t afford to pay for half the dress, after her night out, Lohan only returned half the dress. The bottom half she cut off with a pair of scissors.

A source—and you know it’s Bloch because The Gays love to dish—says, “She said that the dress had ripped [at a club after the fundraiser] — she couldn’t possibly wear it like that — so her stylist friend went to the club bouncer and requested some scissors to repair the torn part of the dress. [And] she turned it into a mullet!”

And all because she was out clubbing—just where a recovering drug addict and alcoholic needs to be—and it was ripped. Hmm, wouldn’t the normal thing be to, oh, I dunno, take the dress off, and wear something else? Or, is the Normal Lohan Thing to do is to take a pair of scissors to a dress you don’t own and cut it to shreds?

Sounds like Charlie may have to buy the whole, now half dress, or maybe Bloch will sue Lindsay and maybe Lindsay will steal a car and run him over; or better yet, borrow a car and return it without the tires.

That’s our Lohan!

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PR 11 Ep 5: ♪♫A Little Bit Country, And A Little Bit ... WTF?♫♪

So, when we last left the designtestants, they were told that there was more coming, so they are scuttled back to the runway where Tim and Heidi reappear; Heidi, with the Dreaded Button Bag.

The teams are a’changing; again. This time they will be teams of two. As last week’s winner, Samantha gets first pick and she goes for Daniel and His Magic Mustache. Stanley and Richard team up, as do Mat and Michelle, Kate and Tu, Layana and Patricia, and Benjamin and Amanda. And Benjamin isn’t too happy about his partner because last week Amanda’s whole team through her under the figurative bus; but a couple of weeks back Benjamin sent down an outfit that had literally been under a bus.

The designtestants go off to Johnny Utah's to do some line dancing and shoot some whiskey …. Or, to be told by Tim Six-Gunn that their next challenge will be to design for country music star, Miranda Lambert.  Each team will create both a red-carpet look and a stage-ready look Miranda.

That said, let’s bust this bronco…..

SAFE

KATE & TU

This week Tu gets some airtime, and after his decision to Gaga-ize Miranda Lambert, I predict he’ll go back into the ‘Where’s Tu?’ file. Still, he was talked out of making Miranda’s already substantial breasts and hips even more substantial, so there’s that. But his look still seemed more rock and less country.

As for Kate’s, it was my favorite last night. The tight corset would really show off the curves, and the long flowing train was sexy and fun; plus, it was the only color—black and blues are really colors—on the runway.

LAYANA & PATRICIA

Patricia is all about ideas; bullet holsters and twisted leather fringe. Layana is all about complaining; there isn’t enough time to ruche her whole dress—and when she does you can’t even see it on this boring prom queen Dress Barn mess—and she thinks Patricia is too adventurous, though Patricia completely finishes her dress; which wasn’t good because it looked more touring company Annie Get Your Gun than 2013 country music star.

TOP TWO

RICHARD—Performance Piece

These two are as giddy as school girls to be working together, and Richard takes on the performance piece because he sees Miranda as a, and I quote, “Rock goddesssssssssssssssss.”I haven’t heard a lisp that strong, or long, since Terry-Thomas went Around The World In Eighty Days back in the 60s.

Team Rich-Stan didn’t spend all their cash at Mood, so they decided to use the rest to buy themselves a couple of ‘Thank You Mood’ t-shirts; good idea, since Richard’s mesh-and-fringe dress was hooker-see-through. He used the cut up T’s to line it so Miranda’s substantial lady parts wouldn’t be exposed.

I thought the whole thing was cool but it was more Nutbush City Limits than Austin City Limits. Richard, however, gave it Two Snaps Up.

The Adorable Zac Posen™ loved that it moved and that it would look good onstage; and he was a fan of the more sparkly fringe, go figure. Heidi thought it looked expensive, while Nina thought the fringe would show off Miranda Lambert’s curve. The lady herself, Miranda, said it was definitely something she would wear.

And, for that, Richard got his first win, and a bout of the giggles.

STANLEY—Red Carpet Look

Gosh, I find him just adorable.

Had to get that out there.

Stanley is good at what he does, but like Benjamin he has time issues. As in, Tim Gunn, “Time to go to the runway Stanley” while Stanley is trying to put the dress on his model. And luckily he did, because a naked model with a Red Carpet Gown Turban does not get you to The Tents.

I liked his look; liked. It was kind of safe and boring, even with the addition of the glittery waist. It just wasn’t show-stopping enough.

Miranda loved the plunging neckline … to show off ‘The Girls’ … but hated the full pleated skirt because, well, she’s, again, got some curves happening. Still, it was, as she said, time and again, something she would wear. The Adorable Zac Posen™ thought there were some good elements, but also some fit issues in the top. Nina Garcia gave it the dreaded ‘nice’ which, you know, means ‘I hate it, but I won’t kill you for it.’ Heidi agreed that any woman would be swallowed up by the pleating.

Nice, but not Red Carpet Worthy.

TOP TWO ALSO

AMANDA—Performance Piece

Amanda, who reminded us time and again that she lives in Nashville and has seen Miranda around town at the Buy-and Bag and the Curl Up and Dye,, seems to know just what Miranda, wants; and Benjamin knows, too. Miranda wants the same fringe dress that Amanda wore whilst flower shopping last week.

So, Amanda took a fringed skirt and made it into a fringed dress and then topped it off with a fringed diamond necklace. I could’a dome without the jewelry.

Still, I thought it was sexy, and with all that fringe would look good onstage. Miranda Lambert dubbed it ‘really cool’ and said it was something she would wear—what won’t she wear? The Adorable Zac Posen™ loved the casual jersey fabric—wet t-shirt fabric, he said—but liked the fringe because it moved so well. Nina Garcia called it easy, but not in a slutty kind of way, while Heidi seemed mostly happy that Amanda was able to shake off the bus she was thrown under last week to make a comeback.

BENJAMIN—Red Carpet Look

As with Richard and Stanley, Team BenjAmanda comes in way under budget; to the tune of $130. And, of course, they think they’re sunk.

Not so fast.

Benjamin let’s Amanda crack the whip on him, so this week he actually gets something done ahead of time. And, of course, it’s all structure and corsets and built-ins, and no visible pleats because that’s what he does.

What he also does is create a sequined boob; just the one, mind you. I seriously thought it winked at me as it walked, and the judges seemed to forgive it, while they raved that he actually finished something all the way.

Nina called it elegant and beautiful and gorgeous from every angle, while Miranda worried that it might not be her style—was it Spanx-friendly—though it was totally something she would wear. The Adorable Zac Posen™ loved the styling and called the whole look chic. Heidi thought Miranda’s curvy figure would really be a showstopper and was thrilled that Benjamin gave a completed look.

BOTTOM TWO

MAT—Performance Piece

Mat is all full of ideas, but then loses himself in the confidence department as he seems to second guess himself to death.

He creates a top of leather and lace, all in black, so you can’t even see it, and then, because he’s bogged down in Bustier-ville, forgets to make a skirt until about a minute before the runway. Then he whips up a simple pleated, cheerleader skirt.

Gimme a U, gimme a G, gimme an L, gimme a Y.

U-G-L-Y.

Heidi  loved the detail, but hated that you couldn’t see it and The Adorable Zac Posen™ wished it had been bolder; he, again, complimented Mat on his look from last week and wished he’d brought that sense of deign to this challenge. Nina said it had no shine and no movement, while Miranda Lambert went all Life Coach on Mat’s ass and said he needed confidence. He knew the dress was hideous, but he just shriveled up. ‘Get some confidence, dude.’

I think Miranda make have just written her next big hit.

Mat’s next big hit was getting Auf’d.

MICHELLE—Red Carpet Look

WTF was that necklace? I mean, at first I thought it was part of the dress and a bad choice at that, but then to learn that Michelle went to the Lord & Taylor Accessory Wall™ and picked that thing out … Someone get me some buckshot and my rifle.

Michelle doesn’t do country because she’s all AC/DC and MTV Music Awards … from the 1990s. Miranda began to say that she would wear the leather top; until Heidi crushed her by saying they weren’t there to pick pieces from which to create a new wardrobe. Heidi then said if Miranda wore that, she would be on the Worst Dressed List, or, god forbid, the Fashion Police’s Fash-hole of the Week!  The Adorable Zac Posen™ loathed the Linguine Necklace and thought the skirt—of denim, so cliché for the country star—was too casual; in fact, when the necklace was taken away, the dress actually looked a heckuva lot better; sexy, and kinda casual. Nina thought it was a dated ‘Rock of Ages’ costume and Michelle seemed to love that.

In fact, you gotta give it to Michelle; she stuck to her guns, and her necklace, by saying again and again how much she liked it.

She has a Point Of View, and while it may be old, at least she has one.

Which saved her; still, she's going to have to pull out all the stops next time to break away from her seemingly permanent place on the bottom.

BOTTOM TWO ALSO

DANIEL—Red Carpet Look

I have been thinking for weeks about Daniel and who he sounds like, and then last night I realized he sounds exactly like Dustin Hoffman as Dorothy Michaels in Tootsie. And so now, all I can see of Daniel is an old lady in a mustache.

Ick.

I’m also growing tired—as is Kate—of Daniel’s ability to sew and pat himself on the back at the same time. Daniel used some metallic leather—ooooooh—and then told us he was going to "soutache" it; a method so old that the producers were forced to actually define it onscreen. All I could think, every time he said ‘soutache’ was succotash, emphasis on suck.

Miranda Lambert said she had no idea it was a leather ‘soutached’ top until he told her, and I think she might have mumbled something about it being something she would wear; I’m guessing. Heidi thought the top looked like tinfoil, and Nina had to be restrained from leaping onto the runway and beating Daniel to a pulp for fraying silk.

SILK!!!!

Bad enough, she said, after a shot of bourbon calmed her down, that it looked like a napkin and a tablecloth. Bad enough that it had an awful center seam—which Daniel had told Tim, in the workroom, he wasn’t going to do—and bad enough that it was, well, I’ll let Nina say it, “Bad. Bad. Bad!”

Again, she had to be restrained.

The Adorable Zac Posen™ gave Daniel the "You're good but you better get better, fast" speech and then said later, that Daniel “might be amazing, but he isn’t cool.” He also hinted that Daniel seemed to be a bit too referential of other designers, i.e. stealing.

Daniel needed a smackdown, and a wake-up call, or else he be copying another designer, Mat, and be going home soon.

SAMANTHA—Performance Piece

Samantha was all about motorcycle jacket, vest, kind of a thing, with a skirt that seemed to have movement. Hard and soft, and Heidi loves some hard and soft.

But, somewhere between the idea, the workroom and runway, the dress just wilted. The vest was cool, hut not showstopper, and the skirt seemed a little too Little Bo Peep undergarment to me.

Luckily, as Heidi reminded her, she has immunity. The Adorable Zac Posen™ wanted more from her, and, in fact, preferred what Samantha was wearing to her design, and wished designers would stick to designing from what they like; which leads me to picturing The Adorable Zac Posen™ wandering around his pied-a-tierre in an Oscar gown. Miranda Lambert said, again, that it was something she would wear, but she was also referring to Samantha’s own outfit and not the one she designed.

So, it was lucky she had immunity, but unlucky that she won’t have it next week because if she does something this boring again, well, Buh bye.

MY TAKE

 Miranda Lambert was all va-va voom in a very sausage-casing black leather number; I literally thought she’d bust a gut, and not in a good way.

Thank goodness The Adorable Zac Posen™ looked more adorable and less Little Boy Blue this week.

Thank goodness we heard from Tu before he gets Auf’d.

I can’t get the image out of my mind that Richard’s head looks like a walnut, and I can’t get the image of Stanley out of my head, period. He’s slowly becoming The Adorable Stanley™, and I’m not sure I can have two of those.

I was pleased by the switching up of the teams again, and hope they continue changing it up every week. I’d thought Michelle was good, but, no matter what team she’s on—save last week—she’s in the bottom; so, it’s not them, Michelle, it might be you.

What did YOU think?

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I Didn't Say It ....

Bill Maher, pissing off Catholics everywhere:

"Hey Catholics, newsflash—if the Pope can quit, it’s OK for you to quit, too. As you all know, this week Pope Benedict told Vatican radio—you know Vatican radio, playing the hits from the 8th century, the 9th century and today—Benedict told them he was going to resign because the church needs a fresh young face somewhere other than a priest’s lap."

It’s funny, ‘cuz it’s true.

Azealia Banks, 'singer', continuing her defense of using the word 'faggot':

“There are such bigger problems… and then you've got organisations like GLAAD, which are f**king complete bulls**t.  I mean let's look at it, it's gay and lesbian alliance against defamation, or whatever…. that's what it stands for, right? I mean would you agree that homosexuals, and the homosexual community, have bigger problems than the word faggot, you know what I mean? .... Some people are Satanists, some people are Christians, some people are Jews, Buddhists, you know what I mean? Some people are still Nazis… there are some people who are still KKK members… Come on people, please. If you're trying to call me a homophobe, you're basically trying to imply that I’m insulting you for having sex with men. I have sex with men too – what the f**k? .... I have sex with men and women, do I have to take a picture of my licking a f**king pussy? What the f**k! It doesn't make any sense. It's so stupid. It's so stupid and it's so evil. And it's just like this stupid f**king media sh*t, you know what I mean? It's the media sh*t. And this is why I go about myself the way the way I go about myself, and I do whatever the f**k I want. If the media is going to build me up to tear me down, you motherf**kers are not going to tear me down. .... I just make these f**king raps, and I'm just gonna wear these outfits, and f**king live my life. I can't deal with you motherf**kers, I don't have time for this sh*t.”

Our lesson for the day: This is what idiocy sounds like.

And, let’s be clear, she does this to get her name in the press hoping people will Google her and download her music.

Let’s not.

Chris Kluwe, LGBT ally and professional football player, on the idea of an openly gay NFL member:

"If any NFL players happen to read this, I guarantee you’ve played with or against a gay player at some point during your career — that’s simple statistics. Guess what? It didn’t make him any less of a player. It didn’t make him any less able to push through conditioning drills, less able to stay awake during meetings, less able to rally for the win when down by 10 with four minutes to go in the game. That gay player, whether you knew it or not — he was a teammate. He was your teammate. He was my teammate. Just like the coaches go on and on about every preseason: Once you step between those white lines, it doesn’t matter who you are, where you came from, what you believe or when you were born. There’s only one thing that matters, and that’s Can you play?'"

I imagine they’ve played with gay players, been coached by gay coaches, and taught by gay teachers. The idea is this: if you’re good enough to play professional sports, any professional sport, it should not, does not matter what your sexual orientation might be. All that matters at the end of the day is, do you play well …. Do you win …. Do you make money for the team.

Anything else is irrelevant.

Julian Fellowes, Downton Abbey creator, on the homosexuality of the Thomas Barrows character:

“He was always going to be gay. I don’t know about in America, but here [in England], there are so many people under 40 who were hardly aware of the fact that it was actually illegal until the 1960s. Perfectly normal men and women were risking prison by making a pass at someone. Their whole life was lived in fear, and ruin and humiliation and career after career would be smacked down. I think it’s useful to remind people that many things that they take for granted, are, in terms of our history, comparatively new. But I also felt it was believable that someone living under that pressure would be quite snippy and ungenerous and untrusting. But once you understood what he was up against, you’d forgive quite a lot of that. I like to write characters where you change your mind, without them becoming different people.”

And that is the character of Thomas. I also like that he is not very likable; so many times the gay characters are drawn as ‘puppy’ like, cute and oh so precious. Thomas is devious and sneaky and not at all nice, and that had nothing to do with him being gay.

Kelly Clarkson, on Clive Davis' selective memory in his new 'memoir':

“So I just heard Clive Davis is releasing a memoir and spreading false information about me and my music. I refuse to be bullied and I just have to clear up his memory lapses and misinformation for myself and for my fans. It feels like a violation. Growing up is awesome because you learn you don't have to cower to anyone - even Clive Davis .... First, he says I burst into ‘hysterical sobbing’ in his office when he demanded ‘Since You Been Gone’ be on my album. Not true at all. His stories and songs are mixed up … I resent him dampening that song in any way. But, yes, I did cry in his office once. I cried after I played him a song I had written about my life called ‘Because Of You.’ I cried because he hated it and told me verbatim that I was a ‘sh*tty writer who should be grateful for the gifts that he bestows upon me .... He continued on about how the song didn't rhyme and how I should just shut up and sing. This was devastating coming from a man who I, as a young girl, considered a musical hero and was so honored to work with. But I continued to fight for the song and the label relented. And it became a worldwide hit. He didn't include that in the book.”

I’ve long been a fan of Clarkson’s for a couple of reasons, most evident during the Grammys last month, where she won the award for best Pop Vocal Album, and then sang ‘Tennessee Waltz’—a country tune—followed by signing ‘Natural Woman’—an R&B hit.

Pop, Country, R&B; that’s the talent of Kelly Clarkson, and for Davis to take what amounted to a private conversation with Clarkson and use it to sell books—aside from saying she sobbed hysterically—is the height of ego.

He thinks Kelly should ‘shut up and sing’? I think he needs to shut up.

Jon Huntsman, on marriage equality and the GOP:
"While serving as governor of Utah, I pushed for civil unions and expanded reciprocal benefits for gay citizens. I did so not because of political pressure—indeed, at the time 70 percent of Utahns were opposed—but because as governor my role was to work for everybody, even those who didn’t have access to a powerful lobby. Civil unions, I believed, were a practical step that would bring all citizens more fully into the fabric of a state they already were—and always had been—a part of .... That was four years ago. Today we have an opportunity to do more: conservatives should start to lead again and push their states to join the nine others that allow all their citizens to marry. I’ve been married for 29 years. My marriage has been the greatest joy of my life. There is nothing conservative about denying other Americans the ability to forge that same relationship with the person they love .... All Americans should be treated equally by the law, whether they marry in a church, another religious institution, or a town hall. This does not mean that any religious group would be forced by the state to recognize relationships that run counter to their conscience. Civil equality is compatible with, and indeed promotes, freedom of conscience."

I doubt the GOP will listen.
I mean, they're planning on listening to Mittsy and the MGB™ at CPAC this year so Huntsman's ideas won't get a chance.

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Random Musings

It comes as no surprise that I am not a fan of JLo, but even less so when you realize how much she copies steals from others in the spotlight. First off, she stole Angelina's Leg Pose, and we all know Angelina did it better.

But then she stole from Cher.

Cher .... Citches.

See, in 1986, Cher made Mask and won all sorts of awards for the performance, but wasn't nominated for an Oscar because many thought she wasn't a "serious actress."

That year, at the ceremony, Cher showed up in that outfit and said, "As you can see, I got my Academy Handbook on How To Dress Like A Serious actress."

This year, at the Grammys, after CBS released a sort of Dress Code for presenters, JLo appeared on stage and said this: "As you can see, I read the memo."

First off, stop stealing. 

Second off, if you're going to flout convention, flout it, don't just do a Cherelina and think it's something new.

You're tired, JLo, sit down.

Carlos and I finally saw ‘Lincoln’ this week—on President’s Day, no less—and really enjoyed it. I have long been fascinated by Abraham Lincoln and there were things in this film that I hadn’t heard before, so it was good entertainment and educational, which is always good.

But, then imagine my surprise to find out the next day that the great state of Mississippi—and in the interests of full disclosure, I was born there—never, never, ratified the 13^th Amendment to abolish slavery until, you guessed it, this year.

Now, also to be fair, the state’s Legislature did vote to ratify it in 1995—but the vote was never made official because lawmakers failed to inform the U.S. archivist, and so, they finally did so in 2012.

Nice to know that I was born into a state where slavery was, technically, still legal.

Just A Thought ....

So, Clive Davis write a book and the big part of the book getting press is his continuing feud with Kelly Clarkson for not doing exactly what he says when he says it. Making less noise, though, is Davis’ admission that he is bisexual, and has been in a homosexual relationship for the last seven years or so.

Davis, who is twice divorced, with three sons, a daughter and six grandchildren, acknowledges that his orientation is "something that my children and close friends have always known, but that I knew I would need to discuss in a biography.”

Also making less noise is Davis’ relationship with Whitney Houston, whom, he says, he discovered. If, of course, by discover, he means, something sent him a  demo and he signed her to his label, and not ‘discover’ like I was walking down a street and heard a woman singing and signed her to a deal.

One issue about Davis—who also plays up the gossip that he was like a surrogate father to Houston—is his story of being in the audience the night Whitney—cracked out and looking dangerously thin—performed at a Michael Jackson tribute concert.

His baby, his surrogate daughter, his meal ticket, looked like death warmed over so much so that producers of the TV show used CGI to actually beef Whitney up.

So, did Davis run backstage and tell her to get her act together? Did he demand she go into rehab or be dropped from the label? Did he try in any way shape or form to parent his ‘child’? No, he wrote her a letter that said he was worried about her; he doesn’t even know if she ever got it.

We all need a father like that, eh?

Oh, for the love of the Baby Jeebus.

Last week motor vehicle workers in Dayton called police on a man who insisted on wearing a pasta strainer—yes, you read that right—on his head during the taking of his driver’s license photo.

The man, Aaron Williams, told motor vehicle workers the strainer was a religious head covering and he had a right to wear it in his driver’s license photo.

His religion—and you’ll be reading this right, too—is Pastafarianism. He’s a Pastafarian. Also known as the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, Pastafarianism opposes teaching intelligent design and creationism in schools.

Needless to say, after much discussion, and some police intervention, Williams agreed to have his picture taken without the strainer, although he did raise his Parmesan cheese grater defiantly.

I’m just guessing about the cheese grater.

Tweet Of The Week ....

I recall when former First Lady Laura Bush came out in favor of marriage equality, and I applauded this Real Housewife of the GOP for taking a pro-equality stance.

Now, sadly, the applause has died.

Laura is asking the Respect for Marriage Coalition to remove her from a national television, newspaper and online advertising campaign that launched this week. The advertising blitz shows a clip of Bush talking to Larry King on CNN in 2010 and saying, “When couples are committed to each other and love each other then they ought to have the same sort of rights that everyone has.”

But Bush spokeswoman Anne MacDonald said the former first lady “did not approve of her inclusion in this advertisement nor is she associated with the group that made the ad in any way …. When she became aware of the advertisement last night, we requested that the group remove her from it.”

You know, because even though she said it, way back in Ott-Ten, she doesn’t want to say it today.

Way to fall back into the GOP Inequality Goosestep, Missus Bush.

Just Because ....

Peter Porte played an assistant principal on The New Normal this week, and, well, he's quite nicely assisted, as evidenced by his Fantasy Sequence Striptease.

I wish my assistant principal had been as talented. I might have gotten in more trouble at school

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The Ridiculousness Of Missouri

Missouri’s nickname is ‘The Show Me State’ but I think, after hearing these two stories, they should change it to ‘Show Them The Door State’ because they have a chamber full of legislative morons out there.

First up: State representative Mike Leara, a Republican of course, because, well, most of the gun nuts are of the GOP persuasion, has come up with a novel way to fight for gun rights. He has proposed a bill that would make it a felony, a crime, mind you, to propose any legislation that would restrict or limit gun rights. It would, in fact, become against the law to propose a law about guns in Missouri.

Like I said, ‘Show Them The Door.’

Now, Leara is not completely stupid; he has said that he knows his bill doesn’t have any more chance of passing than he does in becoming a member of MensaLite™, but he says, ahem, “I filed HB 633 as a matter of principle and as a statement in defense of the Second Amendment rights of all Missourians. I have no illusions about the bill making it through the legislative process, but I want it to be clear that the Missouri House will stand in defense of the people’s Constitutional right to keep and bear arms.”

Methinks Leara needs to reread the Second Amendment and, please, ‘Show Me’ the part about assault weapons being arms.

Still, while Leara seems to be a moron of near epic proportions, he comes up short in the idiocy department when compared to Missouri state representative Eric Burlison, a, you guessed it, Republican, who posted a video to YouTube in which literal gunshots are taken at House Bill 545, a proposed ban on assault weapons and large capacity magazines.

Yeah, he actually opened fire on the bill, which sort of proves the point of any type of gun control when asshats like Burlison will take legislation outside and fill it full of lead, while saying, “It’s a great bill. It’s great target practice.”

Seriously, Missouri, these are the people you elected to office. These are the people wasting your time and your tax dollars. Show Me how you can change this up by voting these two morons out of office. Gun control, gun rights, is a serious discussion and yet these two idiots have turned it into Circus Sideshow Theatrics. Is that what you elected?

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Architecture Wednesday: Villa Belle

Ah, Villa Belle.

It's not the biggest villa--with just three bedrooms--but it does have some of the most spectacular views. Located in Thailand, amid lush tropical surroundings, the house sits on a hillside overlooking Choeng Mon and Plai Laem bays. The house was designed specifically for the site, and to take advantage of the panoramic vistas of the Gulf of Siam and neighboring islands.

This ideal location is further enhanced by the fact that its tranquil setting feels like getting away from it all, yet in only a few minutes, you can reach the town and find all sorts of shops and cafes and bars, as well as some of the most stunning beaches in the world.
Villa Belle is surrounded by sloping tropical gardens with impressive slate feature walls and ornamental ponds fringed with traditional Asian carvings. The house is arranged on two levels, one with  including three spacious luxurious bedrooms, the other with an open plan living area, with gourmet kitchen, banquet dining and sumptuous lounge; all rooms face the dramatic sunrise to sunset sea views.
The main living area features floor to ceiling disappearing walls of glass, a fantastic chef-designed gourmet kitchen and breakfast bar, and a large antique dining table with seating for up to eight.
Blurring the division between indoor and outdoor living, the wrap around expansive wood terrace unfolds to feature a 26 foot Balinese style infinity-edge swimming pool, a large outdoor lounge sofa seating, and an outdoor kitchen.
It's the perfect getaway, where you can feel all alone in the world, or take a short drive to a fabulous Thai playground.
Shall I fire up the jet?

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