Well I must say that this one comes as no surprise considering all the attention this boy has been getting lately which unfortunately seems to be all negative. I don't know how much of it is true but there are some parts that I am able to say are definitely not false information since it includes several friends of mine. I won't go into details but I would recommend reviewing the previous blind item by clicking the link provided in this entry. Angel Benton is fucking fierce when it comes to writing blind items so that the answer is vague enough to keep his nose clean but clear enough to guess.
Now, this is the first time that I have actually done a second blind item about the same person. So, to refresh your memory, let's revisit THIS entry. Now whenever my cohort Ted Casablanca does more than one blind item about a particular celebrity, he gives them some kind of cute nickname. (For example, people are CONVINCED that his "Toothy Tile" is actually Jake Gyllenhaal. My only thought about that is, "What the hell kind of a name is TILE??") So, let's call this particular young man, Exclusive Elroy. His studio recently canceled an entire shoot (not just one scene) because Elroy had contracted something. What was it? I'll give you a hint, it's three letters and it starts with H and ends in V. Oh but wait, that middle letter isn't an I, it's a P! Poor Elroy thought that Human Papilloma Virus was only something that girls caught, which led to cervical cancer. Well, while that can definitely happen, guys get HPV as well, which can manifest itself as ANAL WARTS. That's not exactly optimal for one of the best bottoms in the industry, is it? Hopefully his particular case is treatable and Elroy will be back in front of the cameras before you know it.
Okay so I got a call from Angel Benton the other night informing me that I may want to check the JustUsBoys newswire when I got home if I felt like smiling, or as Angel puts it "getting a hug from jesus". When I got home I scrolled through a few posts and automatically knew which one was for me. Now it is a BLIND ITEM so there was no name mentioned by Angel Benton nor JustUsBoys so this is totally my guess....but I'm almost certain that I have picked up on enough clues to make a educated guess as to who the individual in question is.
"Which current "It" twink of gay porn had better watch what he says and who he says it to? All that piss that he just loves to drink is NOTHING compared to the verbal diarrhea that has been coming out of his mouth. An example: He recently almost had a big studio shoot canceled because he didn't want to work with a specific model because he said that model "had done all this bareback porn in the past" and was HIV+. Well, not only were BOTH statements untrue (the scene partner in question hasn't even been in the industry for a full year and has NEVER done anything bareback on camera, and JUST had a full panel STD test, required for one of the websites he just shot for, and he is clean as a whistle), but "It" boy is the LAST person to make those allegations. Not only has made more than a few bareback movies himself, but one of the producers of those films called all of his scene partners and said, "If you have ever done a scene with XXXXXX, you should go get tested because he just tested positive for HIV." So is this a case of "Methinks he doth protest too much," or "Those who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones," or any other cliche' that you can think of? Oh well, if he keeps up this attitude, he won't continue to be on any year-end lists. I would wish him well with his newest business venture, but I'm afraid that would fall on deaf ears."
Christina Milian
You may remember Christina Milian from a few years ago with her hit "AM to PM" and the sexy number "Dip It Low" which happens to be one of my favorite numbers. Well as I was watching some music videos yesterday I saw an advertisement for a Family Christmas Movie titled "Snowglobe" which stars Christina Milian.
According to a report in the Los Angeles Daily News, the 12–0 vote stemmed from a 14-year-old harassment suit filed by gay former police sergeant Mitch Grobeson against the LAPD. The council also agreed to pay $695,000 in attorneys fees for Grobeson, whose case in 1993 resulted in LAPD policy changes regarding discrimination.
Under the terms of the agreement, Los Angeles mayor Antonio Villaraigosa will reissue an executive order first issued by former mayor Richard Riordan banning discrimination in city agencies based on sexual orientation. In addition, the council agreed to improve training for officers on gay and lesbian issues, develop an outreach program to various organizations to recruit new officers, and change questions on background checks.
The LAPD under police chief William Bratton is actively recruiting gays and lesbians.
NC Democratic Senate Candidate Comes Out
(Chapel Hill, North Carolina) Jim Neal, the only declared Democratic candidate for the US Senate from North Carolina, has officially acknowledged he is gay.
Neal, who plans to challenge Sen. Elizabeth Dole in 2008, was asked if he is gay on the weekend during an online discussion on the liberal North Carolina blog BlueNC.com
"I am indeed," he replied.
"No secret and no big deal to me - I wouldn't be running if I didn't think otherwise."
But he also said he wanted to be known as the candidate who happens to be gay not the gay candidate.
"I'm not running this race to make some social statement," Neal said. "I'm running to lead in the Senate for the voters in NC - something Sen. Dole has not done."
Neal is a North Carolina native. He was born in Greensboro in 1956.
He received his undergraduate degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1978 and worked for Goldman Sachs as a financial analyst.
He later returned to school at the University of Chicago, earning an MBA, and has worked at a variety of Fortune 500 companies.
Neal served as a national finance committee member for Wes Clark for President and the Kerry-Edwards campaigns, as well as acting as a national fundraiser for U.S. Senate candidate Erskine Bowles in 2004.
He has two sons.
His campaign Web site does not mention his sexuality. Nor does it mention LGBT issues in his section of campaign positions.
::Gay House Calls::(Los Angeles, California)Gay and lesbian inmates in California prisons will have equal access to conjugal visits from their registered domestic partners, the state agency said last week after prodding from the American Civil Liberties Union.
The change followed an application last year from convicted burglar Vernon Foeller, 40, of Sacramento, whose partner contacted the ACLU after being denied a family visit to the state's Vacaville facility.
The state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation ultimately allowed the couple an overnight family visit a week before Christmas. On Wednesday, the agency held a public hearing toward bringing its regulations in line with California's domestic-partner law.
Foeller, who was serving a 20-month term, was released last month and testified at the hearing.
"I heard from a lot of people inside the prison who thought it was a step forward," he told Gay.com on Monday. "People who are doing life terms, or even seven to life, can't get family visits, and they saw what I was doing as a step to roll that back."
In written testimony to the prison board, Foeller's partner of nearly seven years said the family visits were especially important because "the attitudes of other inmates, visitors, and staff" made him feel uncomfortable in the regular visiting room.
The change will affect all gay men and lesbians among California's more than 170,000 incarcerated residents, ACLU staff attorney Alex Cleghorn said in the statement.
Foeller, meanwhile, is getting back to work as a DJ and remix engineer. He, his partner, and Cleghorn all plan to march with the ACLU's float this year in San Francisco's pride parade. (Barbara Wilcox, The Advocate)
Bridge Collapses In Tanker Fire
April 29, 2007
(Oakland, CA) A fiery pre-dawn tanker truck accident caused the collapse of a heavily trafficked freeway overpass near downtown today, sending hundreds of feet of concrete crashing onto a highway below and hobbling a vital Bay Area interchange.
The driver of the truck, which was carrying 8,600 gallons of gasoline, was hospitalized with second-degree burns. No other injuries were reported from the accident, which occurred at 3:42 a.m.
The accident occurred in the very heart of an unruly cloverleaf known as the MacArthur Maze, where several major arteries converge at the approach to the Bay Bridge, which connects San Francisco with the cities and suburbs that line the east side of San Francisco Bay.
The highway patrol believes that Mr. Mosqueda was heading south on an interchange of Interstate 80 when he lost control in a curve, hit a guardrail and flipped his truck on its side. The tanker exploded, sending flames hundreds of feet into the air, according to witnesses, and quickly buckled a three-lane section of Interstate 580 and caused it to collapse onto Interstate 880 some thirty feet below.
Michael Brown, the commissioner of the highway patrol, said the driver was able to escape the burning truck and apparently hailed a cab in order to go to the hospital. Mr. Brown said there was “no indication of impairment of the driver” by drugs or alcohol, but that some legal issues are outstanding for both Mr. Mosqueda, and the truck’s owner, Sabek Transportation, based in San Francisco.
JasonCurious.com Presents
The Profits of Pleasure: Gay Men, Porn and Sex
Sunday, April 15, 2007
Center Stage - Renberg Theatre
2:15-3:30pm
There is no doubt about it… porn sells. And it sells BILLIONS each year. In fact, it is widely-known as the chief building block of the Internet and video industries, and its impact has been felt throughout the queer community for decades. So, while many cast this genre off as marginal or illegitimate, the truth is that there are big, big, bucks and tremendous creative coups to be made in the skin trade.
This lively forum will feature some of the most successful and popular adult content producers and gay male porn stars in the country chatting about why porn is often at the center of the gay male experience. They’ll also discuss ways of breaking into (and, yes, out of!) the adult entertainment industry, share “pros” and “cons” of working in the skin trade and offer tips on how queer video creators, actors and newbies can cash in on this ever-growing XXX phenomena.
Panelists
Brandon Baker, Escort
Brent Corrigan, Indie Porn Star
Chad Donovan, Director
David Forest, Manager
Jason Sechrest, (moderator) Founder/Host JasonCurious.com
Eddie Stone, Contract Porn Star
::Chainsaw Massacre::
(Sioux Falls) A hardware cashier testified that a deaf woman accused of dismembering a rival bought a chain saw two days after the victim disappeared.
Daphne Wright, 43, the first female defendant in a South Dakota capital punishment case, is charged with kidnapping and killing her lover's friend, Darlene VanderGiesen, on Feb. 1, 2006.
Denee Daniels, a cashier at Ace Hardware store, said that Wright paid cash for a $52.99 electric chain saw the morning of Feb. 3, 2006, and came back that afternoon to buy oil for the blade.
According to prosecutors, Wright became upset when her girlfriend, Sallie Collins, befriended VanderGiesen, 42. The three women were deaf and knew each other through the deaf community.
Detective Keith Gries also took the stand, saying he saw striations, or lines, on the concrete floor of Wright's basement. Prosecutors have said those lines are similar to the type of damage a chain saw would leave.
Detective Steve Schaefer testified that when he searched Wright's basement, he spotted what turned out to be fragments of bone and tissue matching VanderGiesen's DNA on the wall of a room. He said the fragments were similar to flecks he had seen during autopsies.
"What I have seen on the saw blade after they have conducted the autopsy was very similar, I felt, to what I saw on the wall of this small room," Schaefer said.
Prosecutors said part of VanderGiesen's body was burned. Her remains were found in a Minnesota ditch and a Sioux Falls landfill.
Lt. William Fluit also testified that orange carpet found near VanderGiesen's remains in the landfill matched some carpet in Wright's basement.
An autopsy determined VanderGiesen was killed either by suffocation or a blow to the head. Wright was arrested Feb. 10 after a search of her basement yielded bone fragments, muscle and fat that matched DNA taken from VanderGiesen's toothbrush.
(Los Angeles, California) The Walt Disney Co. has changed its popular Fairy Tale Wedding program to allow for commitment ceremonies between same-sex couples.
Disney had previously limited access to the program to couples with a valid marriage license.
The company said it will now include ceremonies for gay couples at its parks and cruise line after being contacted by a gay couple that wanted to participate in the program.
"We believe this change is consistent with Disney's long-standing policy of welcoming every guest in an inclusive environment," Disney Parks and Resorts spokesman Donn Walker said Friday. "We want everyone who comes to celebrate a special occasion at Disney to feel welcome and respected."
The Fairy Tale Wedding service offers packages starting at $8,000 and running to $45,000 or more.
Ceremonies are offered at Disneyland in California and at the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida, as well as on Disney's cruise ships.
Packages include flowers, dining, music and other extras, depending on the location. Walt Disney World has a dedicated wedding pavilion and for an extra fee, couples can exchange vows in front of the park's iconic attractions, including Cinderella's castle.
The more lavish packages also include having Mickey and Minnie Mouse in formal wear as guests.
Groups not affiliated with Disney have held annual "gay days" celebrations at Disney parks for years. Company officials have taken a tolerant attitude to the weekend, allowing party promoters to rent out parks after hours and rebuffing religious groups that condemned Disney.
(New York City) One of the man responsible for the brutal beating of gay entertainer Kevin Aviance last summer has been sent to prison for eight years. Three others who took part in the attack are awaiting sentence.
__All four pleaded guilty in a Manhattan court last month after reaching plea agreements with the district attorney's office. Akino George, 21, pleaded guilty plea to first-degree gang assault. He was sentenced Friday. When he gets out of prison the Bronx man will be subject to five years of parole supervision.
__Had he not made a deal with the DA and found guilty in a trial, George could have faced 25 years behind bars. Still awaiting sentencing are Jarell Sears, 21, of Newark, N.J.; and Gregory Archie, 19, and Gerard Johnson, 17, both of Manhattan.
__Sears also pleaded guilty to first-degree gang assault and is expected also to receive a prison term of eight years followed by five years of parole. Johnson, described as the ringleader, pleaded guilty to first-degree assault as a hate crime. He is expected to be sentenced later this month to 15 years in prison and five years parole. Archie pleaded guilty to second-degree assault as a hate crime. He is expected, under the plea agreement, to be sent to prison for six years to be followed by three years of post-release supervision.
__Avaince was attacked as he left the Phoenix bar last June. The four beat him unmercifully, breaking his jaw, doing serious damage to one leg and leaving him with cuts and bruises over most of his body. As they attacked him the four young men yelled homophobic slurs. Days later, with his jaw still wired shut and his leg in a brace, Aviance made a surprise appearance at a rally against homophobic violence.
"You can't keep a good queen down," Aviance told the crowd. But he warned against meeting violence with violence.
"We can't fight any of these people with arms and bullets and drama. We have to fight all these people with love, every single day," he said.
__Aviance's song ''Alive'' hit the top of the chart in 2002. Other popular songs by the singer have included ''Give It Up,'' released in 2004, and ''Din Da Da,'' which topped the Billboard dance chart in 1997.
The cowboys and wranglers who sidle up to the bar at Rawhide are looking for good ol’, down-and-dirty fun. And raunchy action is what these caballeros get and give. With its Western theme, a diverse cast of men, and four hot scenes, Rein ’Em In has a little of something for every buckeroo. The camerawork and a sense of humor make this a bone-inducing flick. And with hot newcomers like Tommy Blade, Blake Riley, and Dean Campbell, you’ll be howling, “Giddy-up!”
Rein 'Em In (DVD)
| DVD | 2007 | 108 Min |
Studio: Unzipped Video
Director: Doug Jeffries
Starring: T.J. Young, Tommy Blade, Steve Carlisle, Blake Riley, Dean Campbell, Eddie Diaz, Sledge Sawyer, Kyle Lewis
Mamas, don’t let your babies grow up to be cowboys–unless you want them horny as a rabid prairie dog and looking for nasty action to satisfy their needs. Hmm, on second thought…
Flames allegedly ignited by two teens sent smoke seeping into the Warner Bros. studios and towering high in the sky behind the famous Hollywood sign Friday before losing intensity.
The 150-acre blaze started near a corporate housing complex east of Universal City, south of the Warner Bros. studios complex in Burbank.
They have been arrested on suspicion of reckless setting of a fire and released to their parents, said Ron Myers, a fire department spokesman. They could be charged after prosecutors review the case Monday, he said.
For several hours smoke roiled into the sky behind the famous Hollywood sign that stands on the south face of the hills, but the flames made no move down the south face and by late afternoon the landmark appeared to be well out of any danger.
Nonetheless, dozens of people gathered at the foot of the hills to take pictures of the sign and smoke.
'If it burns, we would be losing an icon,' said Russ Mitchell, a Los Angeles resident.
