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Che For Sale
Two of the revolutionary hero (to some) Che Guevara's kids said this week that they've had enough of their dad being used as a branding icon for advertisers of all stripes. "The appropriation of the figure of Che that has been used to make enemies from different classes" is "embarrassing," said one of his daughters. That's true. But Che's image today is largely made up of consumer products, that people buy in solidarity with a complicated man whose popular representation is—to say the least—highly simplified. Below, ten of the most important Che items that any dedicated revolutionary should own. Get em before they're outlawed. More »
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Clint Eastwood Reflects on Dirty Harry
Now that he's a bigtime fancy-pants director, Clint Eastwood wants nothing to do with his role as a rogue cop with a taste for brutality in the Dirty Harry franchise. Kidding! He's totally cool with it. "'At the time in the press, there was a lot of attention to the rights of the accused, and that's not bad or wrong, but nobody thought too much about the rights of the public or the rights of the victim, that's not what the attention was on,' Eastwood said. 'All of a sudden here was a picture about the rights of all the victims, and I think it really resonated with people who were frustrated.'" And Eastwood's not some gun-nut, either. More »
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Famous Bookstore Run By Jerk
The Strand, the humongous New York bookstore by Union Square that is like one of the biggest used book stores ever of all time, has always attracted lots of young workers who take the low pay in exchange for the cool factor of working at the place, and the chance to be around books all day. One negative: the store is run by a despised woman named Nancy Bass Wyden (trivia: she's married to Oregon Senator Ron Wyden). I've known several people who worked at The Strand, and they universally agree on her tyranny. Now, the New York Press has actually done some investigative work on the claims, and it's found evidence for allegations of racial discrimination, callous disregard for pregnant women, and—most terrifyingly—"fungus from rats." More »
the gay icons
Bette Midler May Disappoint Thousands of Gays
Ohhh dear. Don't tell your "uncle" Barry, but Bette Midler's new Las Vegas show, "The Showgirl Must Go On," is apparently not so good. The musical extravaganza, that has the unenviable task of replacing Celine Dion's mind-bogglingly successful phantasmagoria at Caesar's, is opening tonight, and yet critics have been banned from reviewing it until February 29th. This is never a good sign. The Las Vegas Sun's Joe Brown managed to see an invited dress and has some terrible (if a bit vague) things to report. More »
gay icons gone soft
Mary-Kate Olsen's Purse Can Fit Kylie Minogue
"If you had told Mary-Kate Olsen on Saturday morning that her day was going to include taking in the recently revamped production of 'Rent' and wind up at London's famed seafood restaurant J. Sheekey for dinner with Kylie Minogue, her response would have been simple: 'I would have called you a liar,'" reports "writer" Derek Blasberg for Style.com. Us too. Kylie, WTF! [Photo: Derek Blasberg!]
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One-Half Nelson Speaks!
Homosexual bloggers Queerty sit down with Blue States Lose fashion icon and party monster One-Half Nelson.I always try to show a little piece of myself. Maybe some idea that I had or maybe it's just me getting dressed and my mood plays into it. There are certain days when I feel very dark and, you know, if I'm down or there's some sort of exciting thing in my life. As far as a reaction from the viewer - really, in a response, I mean even negative responses - I get into all the spectrum of responses. That just shows that my work is hitting many different facets and many different people.Apparently you people can't get enough of this shit, so who are we to stop you? Enjoy! More »
