Remains of the Day (03/21)

 

Saturday 'Stache: How Dylan Efron became everyone's "It" boy

TV Line: "American Dad!" eyes return to Fox as TBS run comes to an end

The Caftan Chronicles: Evan Wolfson, architect of the marriage equality movement, says don't worry about losing gay marriage--yet

Gr8er Days: Step inside NYC's legendary Fun House nightclub, which was around from 1979 to 1985

Without a Cue: I might have to schlep out East Rutherford, N.J., to to see "A Very Brady Murder"!

HT: Was Argentinian player Francisco Comesana really taking a smoke break during a changeover in Miami? 

Variety: Wings Hauser, character actor I know from "Roseanne," dies at 78

Speedo Sunday: Is that Patrick Schwarzenegger ... or his dad?

DNA: British hunk David Tag gets naked and real in new gay film “Departures”

V Mag: Lacoste celebrates 10-year partnership with Miami Open

AM New York: From punk to poetry: Cynthia Ross’s emotional journey revealed through "The Secret Door" and Lower East Side exhibit

Boy Culture: Modus Vivendi's Illusion underwear line is being shown off to its best advantage via a new Milkshake campaign

NYDN: I guess the Innocence Project won't be taking on his earlier appeal

Gimme Shelter: The late Mary Tyler Moore’s Connecticut mansion has found a buyer after steep price cuts

Artsy: Did you catch my friend Scooter LaForge's clothing designs on “The White Lotus”?

GCN: After years-long legal fight, Yeshiva University recognizes LGBT club

Gayety: I know my late pal Howard Bragman would be so proud that his widow(er), Mike Maimone, has new music out honoring him

Queerty: Rupert Everett opens up about his wild days in the London gay scene: “I loved being a leather queen”

NBC News: Man who drugged and robbed men in NYC gay bar murders is sentenced to 8 years

AP: Novak Djokovic on the PTPA legal filing: “This is a classic lawsuit, so lawyers to lawyers, type of situation. So to be quite frank with you, there are things that I agree with in the lawsuit, and then there are also things that I don’t agree with. And I found that maybe some wording was quite strong in there, but I guess the legal team knows what they are doing and what kind of terminology they’re supposed to use in order to get the right effect.”

Hot Cat of the Day: Arthur he does as he pleases 

On the Rag, Vol. 851

This week's rag 'n' mag roundup features reporter-cum-mental health advocate Bryan Piatt; new dad(day) Luke Macfarlane, Aussie Saxon Dunworth, ballet dancer JB Plumeau, authentic Jeremy Pope, Patrick Schwarzenegger in nothing but boxers, and more BELOW

My Favorite Year

To give you a (better) sense of how deluded I am, I swear I feel a greater kinship with the people in these photos Tracy Austin posted from Indian Wells than I do with anyone from my upcoming 40th high-school reunion(!). 

Growing up in tennis facilities, Inside Women's Tennis was the "school paper" my friend Greg and I read religiously -- not the Dobson Mustang -- and it felt like Tracy and Pam were our older classmates while Martina, Chris, Rosie and Billie Jean were celebrated alumni. (Andrea Jaeger was my troubled big sister and Kathy Rinaldi was basically my twin.) 

To me, 1981 was the greatest year in women's tennis history -- a rare occasion when all four majors were won by different (non-fluky) players and the No. 1 ranking was on the line at the year-end championships. 

It also marked the beginning of all the players competing Down Under every season, something that hadn't been done in the past. (After a disappointing season, Martina was determined to take home a Grand Slam title that year, so everyone followed her to Kooyong Stadium, forever putting the Australian Open on equal footing with the other majors.) That Tracy came out on top -- only to essentially have her career end after an injury-plagued 1982 -- made it all the more monumental. 

Oh, to be a fly on the wall at this WTA Class of ‘81 reunion. I have much fonder memories of these guys and a million more questions than I do for anyone from back "home" -- starting with this:

Do you think Tracy ever hooked up with post-divorce John Lloyd? (Her autobiography makes it clear she was boy crazy after basically retiring at 21.) I remember they teamed up for a mixed-doubles event in 1988 against Peanut Louie (in for an ailing Stephanie Rehe) and a 17-year-old Pete Sampras and I've always wondered if there was more to that story! 

They also paired for the World Doubles Cup held in Edinburgh in 1995, although Tracy was married by then.

Remains of the Day (03/19)

GT: Tom Daley “knows exactly what he’s doing” in unclothing video

Baseline: I have no knowledge of the merits of the PTPA lawsuit against all the major tennis organizations. But this rogues' gallery of notorious cranks attached to it -- Tennys Sandgren, Noah Rubin, Reilly Opelka and Nick Kyrgios (LOL) -- doesn't exactly bolster its credibility.

Boy Culture: Lee Grant and Brooke Adams unpack "Tell Me a Riddle" in NYC

Out: Post-Ronan Jon Lovett and Ari Schwartz open up about their engagement and wedding

Wrestle Wednesday: His nickname must be “Beer Can”

Rebel Satori: Frank Pizzoli’s “Passionate Outlier” is “an important, comprehensive look at some of the leading figures of gay literature and visual arts, this compendium of interviews never fails to entertain as it informs.”

Threads: 25-year-old Fabian Marozsan of Hungary really wants you to know how supple his ass is

GES: Remembering Jermaine Stewart -- best known for the 1986 hit “We Don’t Have to Take Our Clothes Off” -- who died of AIDS-related liver cancer in 1997

Out: Benito Skinner bares all as a gay jock in "Overcompensating"

Ad Watch: Jesus Christ. Now The Gronk is the spokesbody for BYLT underwear

DNA: Brandon Flynn opens up about his identity and the road ahead: “I’m an out actor in Hollywood”

AP: Openly gay soccer player still faces online death threats

Attitude: I saw the gay-hustler film "Sebastian" and thoroughly enjoyed it

The Randy Report: Three suspects identified in Seattle gay bar hate crime 

Gr8er Days: Remembering sex bomb Kevin Dobson

Hot Cat(s) of the Day: Say hello to Silver and other bodega cats the Gray Lady caught up with in NYC!

Feral House: Author Jeff Copeland's "Love You Madly, Holly Woodlawn" launched a few weeks ago and he tells me that "it’s getting a great response -- thankfully! The story is a fun, shocking but true showbiz memoir that’s upset the administration and [is] soon to be banned. But that’s what happens when you come clean and read everyone to filth." Order HERE.

Tennis Tuesday: Andrea Vavassori

No, it's not a mirage. Andrea Vavassori really is that sexy. 

And how do you say "the apple doesn't fall far from the tree" in Italian? More of the father/son tennis teases BELOW.

Remains of the Day (03/17)

Washington Blade: Dealer pleads guilty to drug sale that led to deaths of two D.C. gay men

Instinct: FDA cracks down on popular gay party drug "poppers"

The Caftan Chronicles: Paul Rudnick's always been (almost too) effortlessly funny -- and now he's going deeper

NY Post: First-ever NYC SeltzerFest draws sold-out crowd of fizzy fans, celebrating Big Apple’s quirky century-old tradition

Manspread Monday: Probably not safe for work unless you man a glory hole for a living

Acoustic Guitar: Rosanne Cash on celebrating her father and curating her own musical story

KWTX: Waco man fired gun at relative who came out as gay

MetroWeekly: Ryan Bernier has been playing Dorothy in "Golden Girls: The Laughs Continue" for two years and shows no signs of stopping

PinkNews: Russell T Davies claims gay society is in "greatest danger ever"

WPVI: Black Tie Gay Bingo provides life-saving support for those battling HIV in Philly

Attitude: "White Lotus" producer explains gay kiss scene between brothers: "It’s not for shock" ... and what did you make of Sam Rockwell’s bizarre sex monologue? (In real life the Oscar winner is in a longtime relationship with Leslie Bibb who plays Kate, aka the closet Republican.)

The Randy Report: Hungary -- a member of the European Union -- looks to ban Pride events, allow facial recognition to identify participants

Queerty: Was St. Patrick secretly gay? Apparently, he “refused” to suck men’s nipples 

The Advocate: U.S. announces end to gender-affirming care for transgender veterans ... it also quietly reversed a policy ensuring that trans veterans be protected from discrimination at VA facilities

Interview: Dylan Efron on liars, leg day and jockstraps

Hot Cat of the Day: I have a new favorite bodega! 

With my friend Greg at the 20th anniversary gala

Last Call: Barracua -- legendary gay bar in Chelsea that opened in 1995 -- to close March 23. While this may seem inevitable, there was something comforting about one of my old haunts still being around. I've said it before but I'll say it again: Truly the end of an era. 

RIP: Kevin Drum, influential early political blogger, dies at 66: "Mr. Drum married Marian Riegel in 1993. Along with her, his survivors include a sister, Karen. (His cats, Hilbert and Charlie, also survive him.)"