March 2008
remembering how the one rich kid conversation i could fake my way through in college was about Tahoe, but only bc it was my backyard lake.
Quickies: Stars who start their own rumors edition →
Photo: Getty Images > Fall Out Boy’s Pete Wentz wants you to be the first to know he’s one-half of a hot new couple. (Hint: his new boyfriend isn’t usually seen sporting a beard.) > Ellen Page’s…
Watching a hummingbird suck juice from our flowers as I sit on the sunny steps and read the April issue.
February 2008
After the gold rush →
The psychedelic folk of Seventh Tree, Goldfrapp’s fourth release, is a clear departure from 2005’s acclaimed glittery romp Supernature, a neo-disco album accentuated by the electropop duo’s…
Is moving the cold medication back into the bathroom cabinet, which must mean the plague has passed on
(We’re making margaritas to go with our fake summer in February barbecue.)
Megan just said: ‘I’m going outside to pick a bushel of lemons.’ and them she did.
The Bardem backstory →
Photo: Getty Images I got lost on my way back from the archive room, but these quotes from Oscar winner Javier Bardem said to Out — back in February 2001, when he was promoting the biopic Before…
didn’t have to argue with the mechanic at all about the engine still being under warranty. hopefully ready tomorrow or monday…
Quickies: The gossips on gossips edition →
Photo: Getty Images > I can’t top Queerty’s take on the New York Post story that says Perez and even less reputable blogger (yes, it’s possible!) Jonathan Jaxson may have swapped sex tapes. Jaxson…
OMG: The SATC long trailer! →
Anyone who knows me knows (a) I’m such a girl; (b) I’m an occasional lesbian; and (c) I think I’m Carrie Bradshaw. And no, not like those hyperactive, annoying girls who claim they’re Carrie all the…
taking the scenic route to my to-do list this morning.
Exclusive: Portishead album first listen! →
After disappearing for 10 years, Portishead is back. Yes. For real. We’re not kidding. Fourteen years ago the Bristol trip-hop trio released Dummy, one of the most seminal albums to come out of the…
Dolly does it for the kids →
Photo: Getty Images My very first crush was on Dolly Parton. (My second crush was David Bowie in Labyrinth, to be fair.) I was 7 and obsessed with her short-lived variety show. I kept a pin my…
Fast & Furious with Project Runway's Jack →
Photo: Rae Votta Not that my love for Christian isn’t pure and true, but before Jack went home early on this season of Project Runway he was far and away my favorite! Out’s Jason Lamphier caught up…
Quickies: The "Play it like a man" edition →
Photo: Getty Images > Mark Wahlberg and Leonardo DiCaprio just can’t stay away from each other. Also, the world didn’t yet have enough ’70s-era cocaine kingpin movies! > The best advice Sharon Stone has for tough, fearless acting roles? Play…
Felt the need—in this john Hughes way—to be out in the early morning with a teenage rock soundtrack.
Didn’t sleep particularly well but still woke up feeling refreshed and, better yet, not congested!
is wondering what it’s like not to be eminently googleable.
Viral videos that get around →
Photo: ABC/MICHAEL DESMOND In 48 hours, apparently, Jimmy Kimmel’s love song to Ben Affleck has gotten more than 2.5 million hits on YouTube. (What’d they do, add up all the versions that are on the site?) > Kimmel tells Usmagazine.com…
Exclusive @ Out.com: The Wire's Michael K.... →
I have never in my life been so sad to be so right in so many of my predictions. The final season of The Wire — we’ve got two episodes left now — has been just as bloody and heartbreaking…
only had enough beans for 1 cup of coffee. next up: cherry coke zero. please, i am done with the plague now.
Quickies: Varyingly substantiated rumors →
Photo: Getty Images > This rumor that JC Chasez and Chace Crawford are living together seems to have no basis in reality whatsoever! Chasez (above), who popped up on last night’s Pussycat Dolls: Girlicious to give the ladies some tips…
Remind me not to watch Sarah Connor chronicles before bed… That way leads to apocalypse nightmares.
Last gasp of Oscary goodness →
Photo: Getty Images > The official transcript slighted my favorite moment of the night — power-bear Scott Rudin getting all lovey-dovey and thanking his honey, PR man John Barlow — but then apparently reinstated the mushiness. I don’t know who…
Atlas Sound: Healing music that actually rocks! →
One of Out’s latest obsessions is the ridiculously talented Bradford Cox, the self-described asexual front man for Atlanta-based psych-punk group Deerhunter. The band’s critically hailed 2007 release, Cryptograms, was an eerie, enigmatic labyrinth of an album, one I find myself…
Who's that guy? Sandro Kopp! →
Photo: Getty Images Tilda Swinton’s big coming out party at the Oscars — just in time for her to appear in five more killer films in 2008 — included one refreshing development not reported on by most red carpet commentators….
Turkish oil, Indian spices, and more L.A. dyke... →
Photo: Paul Michaud/Showtime Can I start this post with a little lesbo gushfest? How hot is Niki Stevens (played by the gorgeous Kate French)? Yes, I think we’d all appreciate it if she kept her pretty mouth shut — enough…
Ben & Jimmy's revenge →
Words I never thought I would utter: Josh Groban is awesome. In this response to Sarah Silverman’s cheeky video about schtupping Matt Damon, Sarah’s actual boyfriend, Jimmy Kimmel, reveals his secret love affair with Matt’s imaginary boyfriend, Ben Affleck. Except…
Marion! Marion! Marion! →
Photo: Getty Images I suppose it’s not so shocking that a bunch of gay guys still know how to pick a leading lady. From our Hot Issue, June 2007: La Vie En Rose thrums with a passion and feeling that…
¡Javier! ¡Javier! ¡Javier! →
Photos: Getty Images Don’t worry, I didn’t forget about best supporting actor Javier Bardem, whose introduction to American audiences was playing the defiant, beautiful Reinaldo Arenas in Before Night Falls. (I just hadn’t realized there’d be enough exciting winners to…
Tilda! Tilda! Tilda! →
Photos: Getty Images Our girlfriend Tilda Swinton — and, I am now allowed to tell you, the star of Out’s April cover! — just won the Oscar for best supporting actress for Michael Clayton! Relatedly, though I have no idea…
The Oscar short list: A French Midnight Cowboy and... →
Compared to the Oscars of 2006, when Brokeback Mountain and Capote both competed for Best Picture, this year’s competition doesn’t offer much in the way of gayness among the major competitions. [Ed. note: Of course, we’ll see how people dress…
must be feeling at least a little better if i’m actually inspired to clean
cautiously running our allegedly repaired dishwasher…
Almost all my weekend plans have gone out the window due to illness or inclement weather. Over it.
fuck, man. THE MOTHERFUCKING WIRE. caught up now, a little overwhelmed (as per usual). THIS SHOW.
like tears on my windshield, the cold night is crying… now stuck in my head instead.
today we’re negotiating, which is making me hum paul simon: “and love songs are often mistaken for one and the same…”
Adamo Ruggiero acts naturally →
Adamo Ruggiero from Degrassi: The Next Generation came out last month, talking about the unusual and unique position of being cast to play a role that turned out to be gay well before he was himself ready to accept his…
woke up with a sore throat. spending a few minutes with those OTHER social networking apps. need to start working on LONG to-do list.
Metro-sexual →
Photo: Rae Votta Despite being very young, despite having been discovered by a record label intern who found them on MySpace, despite having been playing tiny shows in coffeehouses a little over a year ago, Metro Station knows how to…
Getting blunt with Joan Rivers →
Photo: Getty Images Out’s girlfriend of the month (we go through them so quickly!) is none other than the everlasting Joan Rivers, whose straight talk in the March issue should not be read while drinking hot beverages or, well, trying…
Quickies: Hayden runs away, Christian wins, Idol... →
Photo: Getty Images > Hayden Christensen tells Nylon that his character’s superpower in the new Doug Liman film, Jumper, “is the ability to run away.” He’s sooo pretty in this clip that it’s easy to imagine hordes of people chasing…
oh, fuck you typepad & firefox for eating my post!
‘green carpet’ event—can’t wait to see how heels do on grass! Also it’s a madhouse.
Something about driving megan’s car in the dark thru Hollywood is soo high school. Maybe it’s the nirvana on the radio.