Portia de Rossi: Steven Seagal Sexually Harassed Me During an Audition

De Rossi tweeted that the actor unzipped his pants in front of her during an audition in his office.

www.advocate.com/women/2017/11/08/portia-de-rossi-steven-segal-sexually-harassed-me-during-audition

Brett Ratner’s Accuser Isn’t Backing Down

While several famous women have accused the Rush Hour director of sexual misconduct, he chose the one with the least star-power to fight against. That didn’t stop her.

www.advocate.com/women/2017/11/08/brett-ratners-accuser-isnt-backing-down

Ellen sends crowd into a tizzy with two very waxed hunks
The Ellen Show is no place for body hair.

www.queerty.com/ellen-sends-crowd-tizzy-two-waxed-hunks-20171108?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+queerty2+%28Queerty%29

‘The Apprentice’: Fired Candidate Sarah-Jayne Clark Reveals Last-Minute Boardroom Decision Change
Sarah-Jayne Clark, the latest ‘Apprentice’ candidate to be fired be Lord Alan Sugar, has revealed that she changed her mind at the last-minute when deciding who to bring back into the boardroom.

The 25-year-old shop owner was project manager for Team Vitality in Wednesday’s (8 November) episode, leading the team as their (sub-par…) Brussels city tour failed to impress tourists.

And while the whole team made it mistakes, it seemed as though Anisa could be in the firing line in the event of a loss – so we were surprised when Sarah-Jayne brought Andrew and Charles back into the boardroom.

Speaking to HuffPost UK, Sarah-Jayne admitted that this was a last-minute decision, explaining: “Originally I was going to bring Anisa and Charles back, however, it’s a lot more than what you actually see on TV.

“Lord Sugar, all he kept saying was about Charles and Andrew. You really do have to listen to what Lord Sugar says, that’s why I brought Andrew.

“Because he kept going on and on on and on about him, so I thought well, I’ll do that now. I’m happy with my choice, I’m happy with what I did.”

Anisa also stood said she had no regrets after putting herself forward for project manager.

“It was true that I had something to prove,” she admitted. “I was getting quite a few negative comments so I kind of wanted to be PM so they would either keep me in and stop being negative, or it was their opportunity to fire me.

“I didn’t want to waste any time by being there if I wasn’t going to win so I’m glad I put myself forward.”

Anisa’s exit means there are 12 candidates left in the current series of ‘The Apprentice’, vying for a £250,000 business deal with Lord Sugar.

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/the-apprentice-sarah-jayne-clark-interview-fired_uk_5a0325ebe4b06ff32c95068e

Mother Tells Spacey: ‘Shame on You for What You Did to My Son’

Journalist Heather Unruh wants the actor jailed for an alleged sexual assault on her teen son.

www.advocate.com/crime/2017/11/08/mother-tells-spacey-shame-you-what-you-did-my-son

Adam Levine, Ainsley Earhardt, Omarosa, iPhone X, Harry Styles, Corey Lewandowski, Adam Schiff: HOT LINKS

AINSLEY EARHARDT. FOX & Friends host says church is the best place to get shot.

BRIDEZILLA. Omarosa and 39-person bridal party head to White House for unauthorized photo shoot: “The visitors loudly wandered around, looking to snap photos in the Rose Garden and throughout the West Wing, according to four current and former White House officials. While it’s unclear whether she received formal permission for the photo shoot, at least some lawyers and other senior aides were not briefed in advance, the officials said. They quickly banned Manigault, director of communications for the Office of the Public Liaison, from posting the pictures online, citing security and ethical concerns.”

LIKE A PRAYER. The theme for the next Met Gala should have Madonna on her knees.

ADAM SCHIFF. Trump a greater threat to American democracy than the Kremlin: “I do feel our democracy is under threat,” Schiff said. Trump’s approach to governing, he said, “is a serious problem and in many respects far more grave a threat than anything coming from outside the country.”

COREY LEWANDOWSKI. Former Trump campaign manager says he couldn’t remember Russia email from Carter Page because of Father’s Day: “You have to remember, in the context of the campaign world––now, my memory has been refreshed, but to be clear, from what I understand and what I recall, that email was sent on June 19th of 2016, so about 18 months ago,” Lewandowski said. “It also happened to be Father’s Day on a Sunday, and it also happened to be the day prior to me being terminated from the campaign, so with all due respect, there were many other things on my mind that day other than trying to understand why a volunteer was telling me he may or may not be traveling outside the country.”

GERMANY. Third gender must be allowed in registry of births, court rules: ‘The court ruled seven to one that lawmakers must create new legislation by the end of 2018 to allow for a third sex, providing the examples of “intersex,” “diverse” or another “positive designation of sex.”  Another possibility raised was to scrap gender entries altogether.’

EZRA MILLER. Justice League actor says he was told he made a mistake by coming out as queer.

FIFA. Mexico fined for anti-gay chants at all home World Cup qualifiers: “The latest $10,000 fine for “improper conduct among spectators (homophobic chants)” against Trinidad and Tobago on Oct. 10 was announced on Monday. Mexico had previously been fined the same amount in every other home game of the final Hexagonal round. FIFA issued a $20,000 fine for their first World Cup qualifier in the previous round in 2015, then $15,000 for the next, followed by $30,000 in September 2016, when Mexico was also cited for fans’ lasers.”

FOOD DELIVERY OF THE DAY. Adam Levine has to do whatever Ellen says.

MUSIC VIDEO OF THE DAY. Harry Styles “Kiwi”.

STREET PRANK OF THE DAY. The iPhone X is really the iPhone 4!

HUMP DAY HOTTIE. Andrei Olleres.

 

 

 

 

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Priti Patel’s Resignation Was A 24-Hour Social Media Rollercoaster

The moon landing. The JFK assassination. Lilith the lynx escaping from Borth Wild Animal Kingdom. Everyone says they knows where they were during these seismic moments in human history.

While the resignation of Conservative minister Priti Patel probably won’t live as long in the memory, those who do remember it will know precisely where they were. They were on Twitter.

So how did we get to the stage where a politician’s downfall was so absorbing it probably dented Britain’s GDP?

Let’s recap … 

Patel, the UK’s international development secretary, got into hot water after she admitted to holding meetings in Israel while on holiday in August, including with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

However, the Foreign Office was only made aware of the ‘secret’ meetings on August 24 – after they took place.

The problem here is that Patel could have been seen as freelancing and making government policy on the hoof.

By Tuesday night, amid increasingly loud calls for her to resign, things got appreciably worse.

Ruh-roh!

Except removing Patel from her ministerial berth for breaking the ministerial code was problematic for Theresa May, chiefly because they were more than 4,000 miles apart.

Patel was on an official trip to Uganda, and firing a colleague while in another continent when you don’t have a parliamentary majority is probably not good form.

Why she was in Uganda in the first place is itself intriguing.

Undeterred by geography, May ordered Patel to abandon her visit, and it was briefed a nine-hour flight from Nairobi in Kenya to Heathrow had been hastily arranged.

Meanwhile, the MP’s recall left a Daily Telegraph journalist high and dry. 

British political Twitter swiftly identified a Kenyan Airways Boeing 787 Dreamliner was probably carrying the imperilled Secretary of State.

But back on terra firma, more allegations were ping-ponging around. 

And there was more …

This time in Patel’s favour: the Jewish Chronicle reported how Number 10 instructed Patel not to include her meeting with an Israel foreign ministry in her list of undisclosed meetings.

If true, it would have meant Downing Street had in effect lied to journalists.

No. 10 flatly denied the story. Regardless, Patel may well have been blissfully unaware of the unfolding crisis.

“There is no wi-fi on board”.

Plus …

Patel’s epic journey was now more than just Twitter fodder. The state broadcaster’s interest was very much piqued.

But it wasn’t just journalists tuning in.

That’s right, 22,000 people were tracking her flight live online on a working Tuesday, and updates were constant.

People started to imagine how her arrival in London might play out.

BBC News broadcast live pictures of Patel’s plane as it landed at Heathrow …

… but Patel managed to side-step awaiting reporters. 

Ah, but helicopters …

Was everyone going too far, though?

There was a break in the drama as Patel was forced to wait for more than an hour as May met the Queen for her weekly audience at Buckingham Palace.

But Patel eventually arrived by Downing Street’s back gate. 

After a 33-minute meeting, the inevitable came.

But even the resignation letter was not without drama.

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/priti-patel-twitter_uk_5a033238e4b09205305991e4

With Election of Trans, Bi Women, Palm Springs City Council Now Entirely Queer

The California desert city is run by LGBT people.

www.advocate.com/politics/2017/11/08/election-trans-bi-women-palm-springs-city-council-now-entirely-queer