Thursday, January 22, 2009

First Lady's Hairstylist hits it Big


Johnny Wright, super stylist who has given Lady Michelle her fierce hairdos, has signed a deal with 44 Blue, a company that produces reality shows as Style Network's "Split Ends" and A&E's "L.A. Gang Unit."

Johnny is here in Los Angeles at Frederic Fekkai, and already have a star soaked clientele of Vanessa Williams, Vivica A. Fox, Rebecca Gayheart, Lauren London, Selita Ebanks and Candace Bushnell.

According to THR, 44 Blue executive vp Stephanie Drachkovitch knew he was star material.

"We fell in love with him before we knew. There's a lot of hairstylists out there who do celebrities, but they can't center a show."

She's pitching for a show on the cable networks as a docudrama of makeover series. She should go over to CW and save their dumbass network, but I think she can do better. Good luck to Johnny and I hope everything works out.

Supporting Actors Rule!












Congrats to the Supporting Actor/Actresses in today's Oscar nominations! Heath for The Dark Knight; Viola Davis, Doubt; and my girl, Taraji P. Henson, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.

And speaking of Button, this movie has 13 noms followed by Slumdog Millionaire with 10 noms. However, poor Leonardo DiCaprio; he was shut out from any noms, and The Dark Knight didn't get the best movie nod, but that's okay it was still a good movie.

Here's more about the Oscars

Barbie Goes to Space

As the Star Trek movie gets closer, Mattel gets their dolls ready to promote and sell. Take a look

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Hill-HIll's Legit!


Hillary is Secretary of State! The Senate voted 94-2, and the 2 consist of the haters, Repubs Sens. David Vitter of Louisiana and Jim DeMint of South Carolina.

Her confirmation was necessary so that Obama could get to work with big time foreign policy issues. So Congrats Hill-Hill, you deserve it!

More here

Don King! What in the Hell were you thinking?


Don, please hire a stylist.

Bush's Homecoming Speech

Funny, right? The only place to see this man was on the very place that made him.
Fox News was the only channel to carry a live telecast of Bush's homecoming speech.

If you missed Rev. V. Gene Robinson speak...



HBO, home my favorite show True Blood, will air a different version of Sunday’s inaugural-related concert today at 11:30 p.m. Eastern and Pacific time.

This new version will include the invocation by the Rev. V. Gene Robinson.

HBO peeps said:
“We had always intended and planned for Rt. Rev Robinson’s invocation to be included in the televised portion of yesterday’s program. We regret the error in executing this plan – but are gratified that hundreds of thousands of people who gathered on the mall heart his eloquent prayer for our nation that was a fitting start to our event.”

I think it's a good start to address this issue quickly. The gay conspiracy theories were riding my nerves. I read things like, 'this is a spit in the face of Gay people' and 'how Obama caused this to happen', and Rachel Maddow got involved. People please, chill out. Have some frakking faith.

LGBT Community of Portland speaks about the Mayor & Minor scandal

Lordy, Lord Sam. Since he came clean about his affair with the young boy, Portland's LGBT community feels betrayed. I knew there would be some drama, you can't keep everything hidden forever...and unfortunately, something like this.

OPB News and Queerty shared bitter feelings from the LGBT community:

Kimberlee Van Patten said, "Here we are standing on the mountaintop, with our black president and our gay mayor, we were going to get this done, you know? And now I just feel like we've totally been let down."

"We spend our whole lives trying to convince everyone that we're OK, that we're not broken or wrong. And -- I don't care who he slept with -- but he lied! That's the part I can't get past. He got elected under false pretenses, 'cause we didn't know the truth, and now we have to deal with it."

Ryan Schultz "He was trying to break down that stereotype, but in fact he's building it up by lying about it."

Many people in the room said they were upset by Adams' judgment, both in getting involved in with someone so close to the age of consent, and in lying about it.

Many also said they needed more details before they could make up their minds. But some in the room said they were aware of the moral weight Adams carries, as the first openly-gay mayor of a large metropolitan area.

Here's Sammy's press conference, (thanks Queerty)

Mayor Adams meets with Oregonian editorial board part 1



Mayor Adams meets with Oregonian editorial board part 2



Sammy said he will not resign, but he will try to right the wrongs. But I think it's too late. The timing of this couldn't be worst. With the country's love/hate reationship with us, we need to show that we are responsible and sensible. I understand the age thing and get that these things happen. Hell, I'm sure at 15, if my hot PE teacher ask me for sex, I would've done it. However in an important role such as mayor, he should've taken the high road.

A gay person in power is always watched and judged. You have to be at your best and on top of your game. What Sam did will be a weapon used against us and I wouldn't be surprised if American Family Association or any other anti-gay groups start attacking Portland. Thanks Sam, you have cracked the dam with this one.

Beautiful

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

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Viktor is a small town southern boy living in Los Angeles. You can find him on Twitter, writing about pop culture, politics, and comics. He’s the creator of the graphic novel StrangeLore and currently getting back into screenwriting.