Weekend Tennis Roundup (08/17)

Another week and another unfinished 1000 event. So while we await the winners of Sinner vs. Alcaraz and Swiatek vs. Paolini, enjoy all the ATP beef that's fit to post BELOW.

'Deeply Superficial': Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story

 

Last night we watched "Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story," Barnaby Thompson's new documentary now streaming on Dekkoo. It's an enjoyable piece of work -- Alan Cumming and Rupert Everett do a wonderful job narrating while Adam Lambert brings a contemporary twist to some of Coward's best-known songs. I guess the only way I might have enjoyed it more is if it had dug a little deeper. Billed as a "lively and affectionate new documentary" celebrating "the extraordinary life and legacy of [the famed] playwright, singer, actor, composer and director," it didn't exactly shy away from his humble background (of which he was deeply ashamed) or his barely veiled homosexuality. Yet when it was over it still somehow felt deeply superficial, although I can't exactly say why. Still, a great introduction to the legendary wit. 

BELOW: Watch Cary Grant present Coward with a Tony for lifetime achievement in 1970:

Remains of the Day (08/15)

Out: 29 celebrities who put the "man" in manspreading

76 Crimes: Ukraine government introduces bill to combat anti-LGBTQ discrimination, hate speech

Washington Blade: Two students murdered at Nigerian boarding school because they were gay

NYT: A Swedish wedding singer makes a literary match

AP: Hall & Oates resolve business dispute through private arbitration

Saturday 'Stache: My heart belongs to Daddy

The Wrap: Jeff Hiller is still getting used to being an Emmy nominee for "Somebody Somewhere"

Loti: An exhibition of rare Blondie photos is now on display to London

New Yorker: The lives and loves of James Baldwin

The Guardian: Another idiotic TERF war

GLAAD: The Television Academy launches inaugural "Televerse" with LGBTQ spotlights

Queerty: Boy George and Billy Porter set to star in a new movie adaptation of "A Christmas Carol"

Out: All about Netflix's new gay Marines show "Boots," based on my pal Greg Cope's "Pink Marine" memoir

Mahomet Daily: State Department releases scaled-back human rights report, removes sections on women and LGBTQ rights, among others

Esquire: Lee Pace makes his own luck

EIN: Despite travel advisories, these are the safest cities for LGBTQ travelers during 2025

The Advocate: David Geffen responds to estranged husband Donovan Michaels's lawsuit, denies "exploitation"

Speedo Sunday: I see red

Hot Cat of the Day: Cutest ball kid ever!

Moises Mendez II: Not everyone is happy to see "And Just like That..." end

On the Rag, Vol. 870

 

This week's rag 'n' mag roundup features Tom Holland, Noah Way, Brad Goreski, Hasan Piker and more BELOW.

Remains of the Day (08/13)

People: Calvin Harris shares disappointing c**k news

RIP: George Harris, a legend in North Texas as one half of the very first same-sex couple married in Dallas County, has died at 92

Instinct: In praise of Dan Reynolds’s bold rebellion against toxic masculinity

Attitude: "Moderate" Indonesia -- the world's largest Muslim-majority nation -- strikes again ... 80 times

Washington Blade: Kidnapped LGBTQ Ukrainian children must not be forgotten, writes Ayman Eckford

Wrestle Wednesday: A whiter -- and thicker -- shade of pale

Broadway World: I don't know who Matt Magnusson is, but I'm pretty sure he's my favorite actor of all time

Queerty: A theater kid crushes on the hunky handyman in the coming-of-age charmer "Griffin in Summer"

The Advocate: Jonathan Bennett discloses husband Jaymes Vaughan's rare health condition called a Schatzki ring, which makes it nearly impossible to eat without vomiting

Out: Jwan Yosef’s art book "Intimacies" explores being "an object of desire" -- and a single dad since split with Ricky Martin

Instinct: Is your hairline the new dealbreaker in dating?

Ad Watch: Jamie Dornan's new shirtless Diet Coke commercial has got the world horned up

The Real Deal: Jake Gyllenhaal trades Tribeca condo for $14 million, a cool $6 million more than he paid in 2017

PinkNews: Anti-LGBTQ lawmaker in South Carolina resigns after arrest on child sexual abuse material charges

Boy Culture: "The Gilded Age" co-stars Morgan Spector and Carrie Coon like you've never seen them before

People: How Joyce DeWitt and Priscilla Barnes became actual roommates after "Three’s Company" wrapped

Pop Matters: Carlene Carter, Pointer Sisters, Fleetwood Mac, Shaun Cassidy make list of "20 of the Best New Wave Albums by Rock/Pop Artists" ... I picked Carlene's "C'est C Bon" -- rather than "Musical Shapes" -- when I made a similar list a few years ago HERE. P.S. Carlene Carter says her memoir -- "Cartwheels in High Heels" is complete and she hopes to have it out in 2026.

Hot Cat of the Day: A Facebook friend announced that he'd adopted this little cutie -- Spooky, "a sweet 10 month old Siamese rescue kitty who's a purr machine and snuggle puss who loves to play -- especially at 3 a.m." As if her face weren't enough, this additional comment made my night: "I thought it might be too soon after Penelope passed away to adopt another cat, but Spooky needed a home and I had one to give. It was the right thing to do." 

Pop Thruster: All 351 "Key & Peele" sketches ranked!

RIP: Heartbroken over the death of Danielle Spencer, who played TV's greatest kid sister on "What's Happening!!" before embarking on a successful career as a veterinarian. Side note: People talk a lot about representation, which is undoubtedly important. But I don't think it's as straightforward as academics think: I saw myself in Spencer's wisecracking Dee (before my self-consciousness over being gay fundamentally changed who I was) and Oprah saw herself in Mary Richards -- and my husband did just fine without a single Argentine American family on TV -- so let's give humans a little more credit, at least where this topic is concerned. 

Tennis Tuesday

 

This one looks like he's got quite a grip. More BELOW.