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The mother of Aeryn Gilleran (the gay man who has been missing for a year) returns to Austria to find out what happened to him.

Crist declares voting state of emergency


Elizabeth Dole is getting her ass kicked by Kay Hagan. So this is Dole's hysterical sucker punch. This could be my favorite political commercial. "There is no Go-ud!"

Interactive map of early voting results

Obama informercial a good idea?

Dianne Feinstein speaks out against Prop 8. Finally.

Speaking of Joss Whedon, in the new issue of The Advocate, Buffy The Vampire Slayer's Tom Lenk comes out. From the interview (via After Elton):

It probably doesn't come as that big of a shock to fans of Buffy that Tom is gay, which probably isn't fair, as no doubt Lenk is capable of playing a wide-range of characters. Nonetheless, Lenk pinged quite a few gaydars including Buffy creator Joss Whedon, who told The Advocate that Andrew hadn't been planned as gay, but when Lenk auditioned they decided to take the character that way since "Tom has a bit of a fey thing going on in his persona that, you know, you can't really deny." . . . Lenk says his coming out now was supposed to be timed to coincide with his first television same-sex kiss.

I think Joss should have at least given Tom one dirty sex scene with Spike. Like the one Buffy had with the vampire when they destroyed the house. Willow and Tara were definitely great, but the gayboy geeks who loved the show could've used a little boy-on-vamp something, too. Something like "True Blood!"

A smaller version of Matt Damon than in the picture above talks about the election and the movement in Hollywood to get more involved.
The brilliant Joss Whedon on what happened to "Dollhouse"

Tina Fey to receive $6 million to write a book of comic essays

FA to investigage into anti-gay verbal attacks UK at football games

"The Front Runner" author Patricia Nell Warren calls out the "Yes on Prop 8" crazies

Time Inc. plans to lay off 600

Windows 7 leapfrogs over Vista

After being swung around the dance floor by her arms and legs, 82-year-old Cloris Leachman gives a crazy interview on Good Morning America to talk about the joys of "Cloreography." Why is that just because she's old everything she says is hysterical? The poor girl can't get a word in edge-wise because as soon as she opens her mouth, the people around her bust out laughing.

The View denies backstage screaming matches. That's right. They save their screaming for in front of the camera.

MTV Video Music Awards host Russell Brand suspended from the BBC for prank calls

An article in Newsweek explains how line judges can make those crazy-making line calls that can ruin tennis matches -- "Out!"

Memo to tennis players: because of the way the human visual system works, referees are more likely to call “out” a ball that actually lands in, rather than call “in” a ball that in fact lands outside the line. Now that professional players are permitted to challenge calls, therefore, they would do well to focus on balls that are called “out,” since they are more likely to be wrong.

So concludes a neat little study published online today in Current Biology. Scientists led by David Whitney of the University of California, Davis, started from the fact that the human visual system consistently misperceives moving objects as shifted in the direction of their motion, making them appear to be farther along their path than they are.

When I play, I'm pretty generous with calling balls in. If it looks even a few inches from the line. I usually just call it in. Looks like calling it in is a good call. Karma meets cognitive science.

Oh, and the picture of Marat Safin above is just because.

Via Ethan Says, Mischel. I don't know his last name. He's a model. Again. I mean models are pretty much, by definition, really hot, but after all these clean and sweet guys, I think tomorrow I might see if I can find someone a little dirtier and meaner.

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And, Mischel does get a little dirty in the bonus pics after the jump. (NSFW-ish)

Here we go.

Rachel Maddow gets grossed out by a Republican congressional candidate's use of a sexy breathy-voiced robocall to moan and groan and call incumbent Mike Thompson a "bad boy."

And to give you even more Rachel Maddow-ness, she has Obama booked for tonight! This is amazing! Did I tell you or did I tell you? Rachel Maddow is the new first go-to source for every proud Democrat. (And I think Obama going on Maddow's show is a great opportunity for him to step up and tell voters in California to vote against Prop 8 - something I've been hoping for for a while now.)

Richard Dreyfuss was not having it yesterday on The View. Although he portrayed Dick Chendy in the movie "W." and was booked on The View to, ostensibly, promote the movie, Dreyfuss apparently hates the movie. And possibly Oliver Stone. Via The Huffington Post:"When asked why he made the film, [Dreyfuss] said he did it for 'money.' Dreyfuss also said, 'I think it's 6/8ths of a great film.' Asked how it was to work with Oliver Stone, he said 'imagine working for Sean Hannity... you can be a fascist, even when you're on the left.'"

Watch The View segment in its entirety above.

I bet Oliver Stone and Keith Olbermann might just get along. I think we need some Rachel Maddow to cleanse the palate right about now.

The Washington Blade is reporting that the Connecticut State Supreme Court decision became official on Tuesday October, but there will be a slight delay until the appropriate marriage license applications are printed, shipped and received.

The state Department of Public Health is having new marriage applications printed that reflect the change. Instead of putting one name under "bride" and the other under "groom," couples will see two boxes marked "bride/groom/spouse." The new forms are expected to be shipped out to city and town clerks later this week.

And us gays can tie the knot in Connecticut beginning November 10. It's a start . . . .

Via the AP:

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- It was only fitting that "Milk," the film about Harvey Milk's life and death, premiere Tuesday night in the Castro.

Milk, San Francisco's first openly gay leader who was slain 30 years ago, used to call himself "the Mayor of Castro Street," referring to the main drag through the neighborhood he represented on the Board of Supervisors and the center of the city's gay and lesbian community.

The world premiere of his biopic brought considerable star power to Milk's beloved Castro Theatre, including director Gus Van Sant and stars Sean Penn, Josh Brolin, Emile Hirsch and Diego Luna. The film follows Milk's rise to office and his and Mayor George Moscone's assassination at City Hall by fellow Supervisor Dan White in 1978.

Van Sant said he had been talking about making this film for 18 years."He's an American hero," Van Sant said. "He's a great example of a man representing his community and his city."

Earlier in the day, Milk also had a streetcar used in the film dedicated to him as well. Watch a video of the premiere.

Wake Up With These:

The New York Times:

The Front Page, 10/29
The Ethicist

NPR:
Tell Me More:
Stories: 1) Hudson Tragedy Deepens, Chicago Crime Under National Scrutiny 2) Georgia Inmate's Execution Postponed For Third Time 3) High School HIV Scare Alarms Community 4) Author Shares Tricks And Treats For All

Fresh Air:
Stories: 1) A Narrative Problem: The Many Faces Of McCain 2) Hotline To Help Secure Voters' Rights On Nov. 4

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