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Friday, March 30, 2007
Pulling Out - Arena Leaves France
Arena has closed its factory in France and moved production to China, underlining the woes of French industry in an election year.
On Thursday, the 169 workers of at Arena factory in southwest France clocked out for the last time, many in tears.
World Aquatics Championship in Melbourne - 2007
Frederick Bousquet of France looks at the scoreboard after competing in the men's 50m freestyle swimming heat
Ryan Lochte (L) and Michael Phelps (R) react as the U.S. men's 4 x 200m freestyle team wins the final
Ryan Lochte (front) of the U.S. and compatriot Aaron Peirsol start the men's 200m backstroke swimming final at the World Aquatics Championship in Melbourne March 30, 2007. Lochte won the race in a new world record time of 1:54.32.
Michael Phelps of the U.S. adjusts his cap before competing n the men's 100m butterfly swimming heat at the World Aquatics Championship in Melbourne
Michael Phelps reacts as the U.S. men's 4 x 200m freestyle team wins the final at the World Aquatics Championship in Melbourne March 30, 2007.
US swimmer Ryan Lochte celebrates after winning the men's 200m backstroke final at the world swimming championships in Melbourne. Lochte smashed the 200m backstroke world record before helping Michael Phelps get his hands on a fifth gold medal when the United States shattered the 4x200m freestyle relay world mark.
Eleven Men Out
The news makes the owner of his team apoplectic and Ottar's teammates nervous in his presence. His parents, his alcoholic ex-wife (a former Miss Iceland) and his adolescent son erupt with embarrassment and disbelief, thinking only of themselves. Once out of the closet, Ottar declines an offer to join a gay amateur soccer team.
When tempers cool, he is invited back by his old team, but agrees to return only if it will play a match with the gay team. The not-very-funny movie covers some very well-trod turf. — Stephen Holden, The New York Times
Dolce & Gabbana Loves Italian Football
Thursday, March 29, 2007
Dame Shirley Bassey Auctions Dresses to Support Gay Youth
From rare Chanel and Christian LaCroix dresses to a signed jewellery case, the 70-year-old singer has more than enough to give away.
The event, called "Hey Big Spender," will be hosted at Café de Paris in London's Leicester Square by Julian Bennett, star of Queer Eye for the Straight Guy.
It will begin with a champagne and canapé reception, and will feature Dame Shirley-themed performances from 4 Poofs and a Piano.
Actor Christopher Biggins will be taking on the role of auctioneer.
Dame Shirley said: "The outfits and accessories I have donated to Barnardo's hold some very special memories for me. (keep reading)
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Matthew Hayden is Dismissed
"Brothers & Sisters" Go for a Second Season
The freshman drama about the Walker family is currently the number 2 new series on any network in its hour with adults 18–49, behind only ABC's debut of October Road in mid March.
Brothers & Sisters stars Rachel Griffiths, Calista Flockhart, Sally Field, Ron Rifkin, Pattricia Wettig, Balthazar Getty, Dave Annable, and Matthew Rhys, who portrays the gay son.
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
"Some Men" - A History of Gay Men
“You wanna get married?” says the school librarian, breathing heavily, to the handsome Korean War veteran at what is clearly the beginning of a beautiful relationship. This is not quite a Barbara Cartland moment, given its context in “Some Men,” the surface-skimming, hit-and-miss new comedy by Terrence McNally that opened last night at the Second Stage Theater.
The setting is a gay bathhouse in the mid-1970s, a place and time when men were known to ask men to do all sorts of things, but marrying was usually not one of them. Yet the question — “You wanna get married?” — is more than frivolous, and it echoes throughout “Some Men.”
Frivolous was definitely the mood when Mr. McNally visited the baths before. “The Ritz,” his first Broadway success, was a farce that threw a heterosexual man (on the run from mobsters) into a homosexual bathhouse and watched him squirm. Mainstream audiences tended to leave “The Ritz” with the impression that gay men were wittier, better built, more sexually active and better versed in musicals and movies than most folks.
(Keep Reading- NewYorkTimes)
First Gay Union in Mexico City
The new law, which took effect on Friday, grants same-sex couples inheritance rights and social benefits similar to those enjoyed by married heterosexual couples. It reflects a growing acceptance of homosexuality in what has traditionally been a macho society, as well as a willingness by Mexico City—the second municipality in the country to legalize same-sex unions—to join the debate on gay marriage.
After dating for four years and three months, journalist Antonio Medina, 38, and economist Jorge Cerpa, 31 were united in front of the government offices for Mexico City’s Iztapalapa borough, signing documents under a banner that read “Civil Union Law: Your right to choose.”
Dozens of supporters, including several couples who plan to register their own same-sex unions soon, waved rainbow flags, showered the couple with flower petals and yelled “Bravo!” .
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