Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Shuffle Adds Colour
Apple announced that the world’s most wearable digital music player is now available in five brilliant colors: blue, pink, green, orange and the original silver...
Source Apple
U.N. HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT CONFIRMS IRAQI GAY KILLINGS
The following was written for Gay City News -- New York's largest gay weekly -- and appears in its current issue.For the very first time, an official United Nations human rights report released last week has confirmed the "violent campaigns" against Iraqi gays and the "assassinations of homosexuals in Iraq."
"Attacks on homosexuals and intolerance of homosexual practices have long existed, yet they have escalated in the past year," says the latest bi-monthly Human Rights Report of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq (UNAMI), released on January 16. "Islamic groups and militias have been known to be particularly hostile towards homosexuals, frequently and openly engaging in violent campaigns against them. There have been a number of assassinations of homosexuals in Iraq," the report says.
Including a section entitled "Sexual Orientation" for the first time, the 30-page report goes on to say that the UNAMI Human Rights Office "was also alerted to the existence of religious courts, supervised by clerics, where alleged homosexuals would be 'tried,' 'sentenced' to death, and then executed."
"The trials, presided over by young, inexperienced clerics, are held... in ordinary halls. Gays and rapists face anything from 40 lashes to the death penalty," the UNAMI report says, citing a report by the Institute for War and Peace Reporting, adding: "One of the self-appointed judges in Sadr City believes that homosexuality is on the wane in Iraq.
'Most [gays] have been killed and others have fled,' he said. Indeed, the number who have sought asylum in the U.K. has risen noticeably over the last few months... [This judge] insists the religious courts have 'a lot to be proud of. We now represent a society that asked us to protect it not only from thieves and terrorists but also from these [bad] deeds.'" (keep reading)
To help support Iraqi gays, or for more information, go to Iraqi GLBT's Web site.
Tuesday, January 30, 2007
The Police to Reunite at 49th Annual Grammy Awards
OMG! I can't wait to see them together again!The Police will reunite to open the 49th Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on February 11, The Recording Academy said on Tuesday, fuelling speculation that the hit 1980s band is planning a reunion tour.
The five-time Grammy-winning band, led by frontman Sting, with Stewart Copeland and Andy Summers, split up in 1984 and was last seen playing together in 2003 to commemorate their induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
The band, known for such hits as Roxanne, Message in a Bottle and Every Breath You Take, has never performed at the annual telecast for the music industry's most prestigious awards that are given by The Recording Academy.
"The Police join a stellar list of past Grammy Awards opening acts, which includes reunions and once-in-a-lifetime performances," said a statement from the academy.
Members of The Police have so far refused to confirm rumours that the band is planning to reunite in 2007 for dates in Britain and the United States, with this year marking the 30th anniversary of the release of Roxanne.
(Source:New Zealand Herald)
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Monday, January 29, 2007
Are You Ready for Gaspard Ulliel?
Gaspard Ulliel (born November 25, 1984) is a French actor and former male fashion model.He was born in the Parisian suburb of Boulogne-Billancourt to stylist parents. He attended the University of Saint-Denis, where he studied cinema. He began acting while he was still at school, appearing in 'Une Femme En Blanc', a film for French television. Since then, he has starred in a number of television productions, including La Bascule, Juliette, Julien L'apprenti and Le Refuge.
The year 2007 is a banner year for Gaspard, with upcoming films where he played the lead. One of them is Jacquou Le Croquant. He will also appear as a young Hannibal Lecter in the prequel Hannibal Rising, slated for release on February 9th, 2007.
Lance Bass & Reichen Lehmkuhl Split for Good
Lance Bass confirms to PEOPLE that he and Reichen Lehmkuhl have called it quits once and for all."We broke up last week," Bass tells PEOPLE. "But we're really good friends. Nothing bad at all – nothing bad at all to say."
The couple had announced in early December that they were splitting though trying to work on their relationship. "We remain the best of friends," they told PEOPLE in an exclusive statement Dec. 4. "Please respect our privacy as we try to work things out during this difficult time."
Former 'N Sync star Bass, 27, first revealed his relationship with model-actor-Amazing Race winner Lehmkuhl, 33, when he declared on the cover of PEOPLE in July that he was gay.
"I'm more liberated and happy than I've been my whole life," Bass said at the time. "I'm just happy." (Source-People)
Prince Harry March
Morning march earlier today with the Blues and Royals Regiment at Great Windsor Park in Berkshire, UK.[Source]
Three
France's Brian Joubert (C) poses on the podium with Czech Republic's Tomas Verner (L) and Belgium's Kevin Van Der Perren after winning the European Figure Skating Championships in Warsaw, 25 January 2007. Hot Chile
Chile's Nicolas Larrondo, 5, and Carlos Carmona leave the field after being beat 3-2 by Paraguay during a South American Under-20 soccer game in Asuncion, Sunday, Jan. 28, 2007. Chile qualified for World Cup to be held in Canada later thus year.
Sunday, January 28, 2007
Dutch Artist Rolf Maas
Hombres Cosmopolitan Spain 2007
I'm sure you have seen these boys on other blogs. They certainly are worth posting.
12 months of Hotness!
You can download the whole Hombres Cosmo 2007 Calendar as either a .pdf file or a Powerpoint file.
(Thanks for Cisoto Fotos for the pics)
USS Ronald Reagan Departs for the Middle East
San Diego, Calif. (Jan. 27, 2007) – The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) transits San Diego Bay. Reagan and attached ships of the Reagan Carrier Strike Group (CSG) surge deployed to the 7th Fleet Area of Operations from Naval Station North Island on Jan. 27.Surge deployments are part of the Navy’s Fleet Response Plan (FRP), which ensures ships are able to respond to real-world situations by maintaining high states of readiness during their surge windows.
The Reagan CSG is comprised of, the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan, Commander Carrier Strike Group 7 (CCG 7), Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 14, Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 7, the guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Champlain (CG 57), the guided-missile destroyer USS Russell (DDG 59), and Explosive Ordnance Disposal Unit 11, Detachment 15.
US Gay Dollar Power Worth $835 Billion By 2011
A new economic impact study says that 2011 LGBT buying power in the US will exceed $835-billion per year."Corporate America is waking up to the enormous opportunity of marketing to gays and lesbians," said market research firm Packaged Facts which prepared the study in collaboration with Witeck-Combs Communications, an LGBT marketing and public relations firm.
The report, The Gay and Lesbian Market in the U.S. says that this year the buying power of gays and lesbians will reach $660 billion. The study said that it is estimated there are about 15.3 million gays and lesbians in the country.
"What we're finding since our last report two years ago is a greater openness among gays and lesbians to share their consumer habits, leisure and media pursuits, and personal/social attitudes," said Don Montuori, the publisher of Packaged Facts.
(keep reading)
Wet Boys
The 2006 European Short Course Swimming championships were held in December in Helsinki, bringing together the top swimmers in Europe. Tons more pictures on OutSports.com
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