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23-Year-Old Adult Film Star Maxent Houillon Has Been Missing For Five Days
23-Year-Old Adult Film Star Maxent Houillon Has Been Missing For Five Days
Adult film star Baptiste Garcia (real name: Maxent Houillon) has been missing since Monday, October 3.
The 23-year-old, best known for his work with “French Twink Studios,” was last seen in the Perpignan region of France. He was dressed in slim jeans, grey pullover, black basket sneakers, and a dark blue backpack.
According to a flier that’s been making the rounds on Twitter, Garcia was last seen around 1pm at the bus stop “Roussillonnais.”
He was supposed to visit friends at the Place Francois Arago, and then was scheduled to work in Elne.
He never showed up to either appointment.
@LukeAllenXXX it’s a strange story… we are waiting, waiting, waiting… and supporting @Chris_LoanXXX
— FrenchTwinks Studios (@FTwinks) October 7, 2016
Those with any info are encouraged to call +33 6 27 70 01 50.
Republican Lawmaker Who Sexted Teen Boy Issues Video Response, Apologizes But Doesn’t Come Out
Republican Lawmaker Who Sexted Teen Boy Issues Video Response, Apologizes But Doesn’t Come Out
One week after Mike Yenni, a local conservative politician from Louisiana, was outed for sexting with a 17-year-old boy, he is finally breaking his silence.
Yenni has been keeping a low profile since the scandal erupted. Until last night, that is, when he aired a commercial during the 10 p.m. newscasts on several local TV stations addressing the story.
Related: Married Conservative Politician Outed For Sexting Teen Boy, Kissing Him In Mall Bathroom
In the commercial, Yenni apologizes for his actions and assures people he never “abused or misused my powers as a public official.” He stops just short of resigning from his post at Jefferson Parish President or coming out as gay or bisexual.
“Last summer I was old enough to know better, but I guess I was still young enough to do something stupid,” 40-year-old Yenni says. “I chose to send improper texts to a young man.”
By “improper,” of course, he means sexting with a 17-year-old Catholic school boy who he met at a senior graduation luncheon and asking the youth to take pictures of himself modeling in a pair of $75 designer underpants.
Related: Internet Responds In All Sorts Of Ways To Married Conservative Mike Yenni’s Boy Trouble
In the video, Yenni says he would not go into details about the texts out of respect for the privacy of “all parties.”
“I made a bad decision,” he continues. “I regret my actions. I apologize to the families involved, and anyone who I embarrassed, especially my own family and the people of Jefferson.”
He goes on to say he will work extra hard “every day to prove that good people can rise from a bad decision.”
Related: Did Catholic School Where Mike Yenni Met Teen Boyfriend Know About His Lust For Underagers?
“I’m certainly not afraid of the future,” Yenni promises, “because I’m smart enough to never repeat the past.”
See Yenni’s response below…
Hurricane Matthew, Ted Cruz, Todrick Hall, Brian Sims, Baiji River Dolphin, Prince: HOT LINKS
Hurricane Matthew, Ted Cruz, Todrick Hall, Brian Sims, Baiji River Dolphin, Prince: HOT LINKS
HURRICANE MATTHEW. Storm’s eyewall hugs Florida coast. “Hurricane Matthew’s eyewall continues to brush parts of Florida’s northeast coast with high winds and storm surge flooding, and will spread those impacts, in addition to potentially serious rainfall flooding into Georgia, South Carolina, and southern North Carolina through at least Saturday night. Some areas near the coast in Georgia and South Carolina may see flooding comparable to last October’s event.”
INTO THE EYE. Hurricane hunter aircraft fly into the eye of Matthew.
DONALD TRUMP. ZERO major newspaper endorsements: “With just a little over a month until election day, Donald Trump has racked up zero major newspaper endorsements, a first for any major party nominee in American history.”
TED CRUZ. Phone bank photo goes viral.
“Yes, that same Ted Cruz. Yup, he called my wife ugly. Yes, he did say my dad killed Kennedy. Why am I doing this? Because I hate myself.” pic.twitter.com/zqEH61TlpK
— Mike Beauvais (@MikeBeauvais) October 6, 2016
MAINE GOV PAUL LEPAGE. Proud to be a deplorable. “LePage made the wisecrack Thursday while introducing Donald Trump’s son, Eric, who came to Maine to stump for his father, the Republican presidential candidate.”
BRIAN SIMS. Gay PA lawmaker calls inquiry into speaking fees a “clickbait smear attempt”. “No entity that has brought me in for a lecture has ever sought any vote or favor from my office,” Sims said via email. “If you actually take a minute to look at my speaking engagements over the last four years, you’ll see that they have focused on institutions of higher learning both in Pennsylvania and across the country. It is nothing short of ridiculous to think that the students of these institutions are somehow ‘buying access’ to me or the Pennsylvania legislature.”
NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS. Here are the finalists.
ATLANTIC. Research group confirms Great White Shark nursery off Long Island: “A privately funded great white shark research group has confirmed the waters off Long Island’s Montauk Point are a “nursery,” a first in the study of great whites in the northwest Atlantic Ocean, the organization and other leading scientists say.”
MH370. Wing part confirmed to be from missing jet: “The piece of wing flap was found in May and subsequently analyzed by experts at the Australian Transport Safety Bureau, which is heading up the search for the plane in a remote stretch of ocean off Australia’s west coast. Investigators used a part number found on the debris to link it to the missing Boeing 777, the agency said in a statement. Malaysian Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai also confirmed the identification.”
CHINA. Animal protection volunteers believe they have spotted the functionally extinct Baiji river dolphin. “Unique to the Yangtze River, the baiji or Chinese river dolphin has been declared functionally extinct, meaning if any individuals remain alive, there numbers would be too few to make the species sustainable….The last confirmed sighting of a baiji dolphin was in 2002, and an intensive six-week search in late 2006 failed to find any evidence of the species.”
Baiji River Dolphin Declared Extinct Since 2006
Half the population perished in fishing nets. – HI pic.twitter.com/377Tt1r8DI— Healing Inspirations (@RisingSign) May 13, 2015
PRINCE. Pet doves reportedly went silent after singer’s death. “After he passed, they weren’t talking. It didn’t feel the same… So when I first came in [to Paisley Park after Prince’s death], I was like, ‘Where’s the doves? What’s going on?’ [His staff] said, ‘They’re up there. They’re just not talking.’ I said, ‘Well you need to play some Prince music.’”
SNAPCHAT. Planned IPO would value it at $25 billion: “Snap Inc. is working on an initial public offering that could value the popular virtual-messaging company at $25 billion or more, in what would be one of the highest-profile debuts in years.”
NYC. Massive Putin mural hung from Manhattan Bridge.
Someone just hung up a Vladimir #Putin poster at the Manhattan Bridge in #NYC. pic.twitter.com/TrRVsqiblx
— Silver Surfer (@RobPulseNews) October 6, 2016
RATINGS. SNL had most-watched premiere in 22 years: “Nearly 12 million people watched the 42nd debut of Saturday Night Live, making it the long-running NBC late night franchise’s most watched premiere in 22 years. Adding in three days of time-shifting and video-on-demand viewership, the audience for the season starter in which Alec Baldwin played Donald Trump at the first presidential debate, and Larry David returned as Sen. Bernie Sanders, grew from its L+Same Day 8.297M to 11.788M.”
MUSIC VIDEO OF THE DAY. “Randy” by Justice.
TODRICK HALL. Ready to play Lola in Kinky Boots on Broadway.
FRIDAY FLESH. Baggy Large.
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Drag Is A Family Affair On ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 2’ [RECAP]
Drag Is A Family Affair On ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 2’ [RECAP]
Gather round, chickadees, because we have a lot to discuss after last night’s RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars. Last night’s “Bring Your Family To Werk Day” themed episode started heartwarming, but it took a bitter, bitter turn.
Get ready to gag on the return of Drag Race’s most notorious girl gang, and find out who failed to duckwalk their way into the final four.
As a reminder, this is a BYOP party, bring your own pitchforks, henny. You’re gonna need them.
Things start in the workroom, where Alaska quickly tries to dispel rumors of a RoLaskaTox uprising. No, no, Alaska assures the room. She didn’t save Roxxxy over Tati last week because we’re in cahoots; she did it because Tati wasn’t here for a few weeks, so who knows how she would have fared.
Fair enough (even though, as I pointed out last week, if Tati had been in the bottom two both of the weeks she was absent, she would still only tie Roxxxy in the amount of times in the bottom AND she would have one more win). But, for the sake of argument, let’s just say Alaska was being honest. The reasoning mostly holds up. Katya, bless her, reveals she would have sent Roxxxy home. And rightfully so.
Ru enters to let the ladies know that this week will be makeover week, and it’s going to be a family affair. Mama Ru has invited the moms and sisters of the remaining queens to come be transformed. The pairs will be judged on family resemblance and a special vogue performance. How fun!
Katya’s mom is an adorable little lady. She’s so adorable, she even makes that grating “Bahstan” accent charming.
Alaska’s mom prompts this season’s frontrunner to confess his struggles with substance abuse.
Alyssa and his sister discuss the death of their mother a year ago, while Detox and his sister talk about the recent anniversary of their father’s passing. Roxxxy’s mom (technically her grandmother, but she is the woman who raised Roxxxy) is probably the most likable thing about Roxxxy we’ve seen so far. She even showed up in her own homemade t-shirt.
Their time in the workroom is sweet, if sort of uneventful, save for an appearance by Anastasia Soare, some sort of Romanian eyebrow dominatrix socialite. She could’ve been Katya’s long-lost sister. I want more of her.
But I also want more Aubrey Plaza, this week’s guest judge. In fact, I vote that we send Todrick Hall home and keep Aubrey forever. She’s snappy and clever, but a totally different vibe than Michelle and Carson.
The resulting runway is a lot of fun. Katya and her mom are wonderful, and play to Katya’s campy strengths. Her mom played an actual Russian peasant mother while still serving glamour, and it was great. A real hammer and SICKENING routine. Detox also turned it way up with her sister, going for outrageous artistry like only she can. Alyssa and Roxxxy produced cute, middling routines, but it was our leading lady Alaska that really stumbled.
This led to ‘Laska throwing an all out hissy fit backstage, which was really unattractive. For a competitor that’s been cool as a cucumber the entire competition, it was shocking to see her completely unravel like this. She even (jokingly?) offered Detox $10k to stay in the competition.
Alyssa makes the case that clearly Alaska has been killing it, and it’s only Ms. Edwards second time in the bottom, so the choice should be obvious, right? RIGHT?
Somehow, Roxxxy feels like her safe performance this week cancels out the last few weeks of falling in the bottom.
The queens lip sync, and Detox just kills it. She wisely changed into a new outfit and a perfect Dr. Seuss-esque wig, and she just goes for it. Even the one, well-timed jaw quiver was masterfully deployed. She takes the win and sends home … ALYSSA?! Even Ru gasps in horror.
I guess this really is RuPaul’s Best Friend Race.
As Alaska points out in next week’s preview, this is a repeat of the season five closer: RoLaskaTox and a lovable weirdo are all that remain going into next week’s finale. Let’s size up the competition in our rankings, below.
1. Despite some truly off-putting behavior in tonight’s episode, the season still belongs to Alaska. A win for anyone else at this point just doesn’t feel earned. Even though I think her performance this week was underwhelming, she outpaced the other queens by such a comfortable distance in the preceding episodes that I still think she deserves the crown.
2. I’m loving this more focused Katya. I like that she knows her brand of humor and doesn’t second-guess making some bold choices. Her commercial last week was strong, and I loved the story she told on the runway with her mom. It’s good to see her feeling emboldened to stand up to RoLaskaTox instead of letting that get to her.
3. Well, I guess the top three is sured up now, and it’s Detox snagging the third spot. (Though it’s unclear if a winner will be chosen from the top four or if we’ll whittle down the remaining girls any further first). It goes without saying that I think Detox deserves the spot more than Roxxxy, but I’m not sure she can shake the savvy top two competitors.
4. Alyssa. Yeah, I said it. Her work last night was at least on par with Roxxxy, if not better, and her work throughout the competition far surpassed Roxxxy’s output. In the end, Alyssa is a star, regardless, and for sure one of the all-time favorites in the hearts of fans. She’ll be fine.
5. Roxxxy with her mom was the most endearing version of Ms. Andrews I’ve seen yet. But Roxxxy’s stubborn refusal to acknowledge that, yeah, it was her time to go sent her right back to the bottom of my list. She’s a competent, skilled queen that I just find utterly unlikable. She’s got skill, but she’s just not a star. #sorryboutit
How would you rank the queens?
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Rosie O’Donnell Writes Poem About Meeting Ivanka Trump: ‘Captivated By Her Beauty’
Rosie O’Donnell Writes Poem About Meeting Ivanka Trump: ‘Captivated By Her Beauty’
Yesterday we reported on Rosie O’Donnell’s meeting with Ivanka Trump at a Manhattan Nobu restaurant on 57th street. O’Donnell tweeted about the encounter shortly after it took place:
@IvankaTrump in a city of 8 million – we meet face 2 face – i thank u 4 listening – mother 2 mother – on this new years week – my best 2 u
— Rosie (@Rosie) October 6, 2016
O’Donnell, of course, has been in a vocal feud with Donald Trump for years, and was mentioned at the end of last week’s presidential debate.
Spurred on by accusations from Clinton about his derogatory remarks toward women, Trump brought up O’Donnell out of the blue, saying, “Rosie O’Donnell, I said very tough things to her, and I think everybody would agree she deserves it.”
After the debate, O’Donnell tweeted, “HE WILL NEVER BE PRESIDENT.” She also tweeted the video which started the feud in the first place and referred to Trump as an “orange anus.”
It was the second time Trump had mentioned O’Donnell in a presidential debate. In the primary, he mentioned her too when host Megyn Kelly asked Trump about his off-color remarks about women over the years – calling them “fat pigs,” “dogs,” “slobs,” and “disgusting animals.”
Trump responded by saying “Only Rosie O’Donnell,” which, while untrue, drew a huge round of cheers and applause from the crowd.
Now, Rosie has reflected on the meeting with Ivanka and penned a poem. Here’s what we learned from it.
O’Donnell is still suffering from depression:
i am tired
this is the first time i have been out
out of bed really – to be honest
since the debate
i have been sleeping a lot
depression clings to me
it’s hard to walk
to shower
to try
to care
She did not realize that she had seen Ivanka at first after seeing an attractive couple sitting at a booth:
i watch them
stunned by her face
and his calming charm
they were definitely a THEY
obvious for all to see
oblivious to all seeing them
love works like this
i thought
two
so connected
alone together
in a crowded corner
“that is the most beautiful woman i have ever seen”
i say aloud to dana
she turns to look – turns back at me
“that’s ivanka”
can’t be i said
no it can’t be
it is –
she reassures me
Ivanka is stunning in person, at least to Rosie:
i was captivated by her beauty
it blinded me so
Rosie still worries about the heart attack she had, and feared she might have another one when she saw Ivanka:
we stood to move to another table
but i knew i could not stay
my heart i worried
would break again
it did 4 years ago
i won’t survive another one
change ur life
is the prescription
The encounter was civil and they talked about family:
i told her of my children
some truths about myself
my pain and shame
she was absurdly kind
Rosie believes it was fate that they met:
i wrote a book once
about bashert
the concept of
meant to be
it has comforted me
on my darkest days
when my inner voices scream
u deserved it
as her father has
same as my own
Read the poem in full HERE.
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An Active Day in Nevada
An Active Day in Nevada
HRC staff and volunteers enjoyed a politically engaged day on Tuesday in Nevada. First, HRC joined our progressive partners and Hillary for America for a rally supporting Catherine Cortez Masto, an HRC-endorsed candidate for U.S. Senate. Our good friend Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., stopped by the event to remind us that we, as a community, need to volunteer and turn out to vote!
From the rally, we went to phone bank with our LGBTQ community partners, urging Nevadans to listen to Sen. Warren and turn out to vote and volunteer. Saturday, Oct. 8 – just two days from now – is the last day for paper voter registration in Nevada. After Oct. 8, register to vote at www.hrc.org/vote.
We ended the day with a debate watch party and discussion. Attendees expressed great concern about the notion of a President Trump in our future. The choice between Trump and Clinton is clear. Only one candidate sees the LGBTQ community worthy of being legally protected and treated with dignity, and that is the candidate we find worthy of the White House.
We had a busy and productive day and we are planning for 32 more days full of elections activities in Nevada and across the country. Learn more about HRC’s Vote Equality 2016 efforts.
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The GLAAD Wrap: Ian McKellen documentary, MTV Docs, 'Legend of Korra' graphic novel and more!
The GLAAD Wrap: Ian McKellen documentary, MTV Docs, 'Legend of Korra' graphic novel and more!
Photo Credit: Courtesy of Gary Moyes / © Brown Eyed Boy Ltd 2016
Every week, The GLAAD Wrap brings you LGBT-related entertainment news highlights, fresh stuff to watch out for, and fun diversions to help you kick off the weekend.
1) Out actor Ian McKellen will be the subject of a feature documentary, McKellen: Playing the Part, based around an exclusive 14-hour interview. Directed by Joe Stephenson, it will feature rare archive material of McKellen’s early work from stage and screen, never-before-seen photography from his private collection, and “cinematically reconstructed scenes from his life.” There is no date yet set for the film.
2) Rachel McAdams will star in the upcoming film adaptation of the novel Disobedience opposite Rachel Weisz. The story follows a woman (Weisz) who “rekindles a repressed love with her best friend” (McAdams) when she returns to her Orthodox Jewish home. Disobedience is set to begin production early next year.
3) MTV is launching a new documentary imprint, MTV Docs, and one of the first films will be a documentary on transgender youth in Los Angeles, called Transformation, which will air by the end of 2016. In other TV news, FX has renewed out creator Ryan Murphy’s American Horror Story for a seventh season. Out interior designer/television host Nate Berkus will be adapting Sam Lansky’s memoir, The Gilded Razor, as a scripted drama series. I. Marlene King has extended her deal with Warner Bros. TV and Warner Horizon, and Anderson Cooper has re-upped his long-term deal with CNN. Netflix’s Marvel’s Iron Fist has received a premiere date of March 17, 2017. The show will be connected to the rest of Netflix’s Marvel Universe with characters like lesbian lawyer Jeri Hogarth (Marvel’s Jessica Jones) appearing.
4) Out author, speaker, and advocate Roxane Gay, the first black woman to write for Marvel, will be featuring two black queer women in the upcoming World of Wakanda series. The characters, Ayo and Aneka, are members of the Dora Milaje, an elite all-women bodyguard force. Legend of Korra will be getting a three-part graphic novel series in summer 2017 that will focus on Korra and Asami’s relationship as it picks up from the finale of the animated series, which ended with Korra and Asami walking into the sunset together. Batwoman’s solo title will relaunch in 2017, by out writer Marguerite Bennett with art by Steve Epting. The series will see Batwoman on a mission that takes her around the world.
5) The Sixth Annual Streamy Awards, honoring the best in online video, took place this week. YouTuber and sex education advocate Laci Green, who identifies as pansexual, picked up the award in “Science or Education.” Todrick Hall won the award for Breakthrough Artist, and out YouTuber Joey Graceffa’s series Escape The Night took home the Streamy in Ensemble Cast.
6) Out country artist Brandon Stansell just released his latest music video, “Slow Down,” the title track for his new EP. “Slow Down” captures the “raw emotion of those first moments in a budding relationship.” Check out the video below, the EP is available for purchase on iTunes.
7) The team behind the short film August in the City has launched a crowdfunding campaign to produce a film about love and loss, told through a family with a struggling mother, August, and her twin daughters. Her daughter, Ana, returns home for Thanksgiving with her new girlfriend in tow and August flashes back to the night she let what might have been her shot at “true happiness slip away.” Find out more at August in the City‘s Kickstarter page.
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WeHo Mayor To Meet With Grindr CEO About App’s Meth Problem
WeHo Mayor To Meet With Grindr CEO About App’s Meth Problem
Okay, Grindr, we need to have an intervention. The West Hollywood based app is coming under fire for facilitating drug sales, and now city officials are demanding a meeting with the CEO.
Other apps, like Scruff, do what they can to curb drug references, but it’s unclear whether Grindr has done the same. Weho City Council members are growing increasingly troubled by the app’s use by drug dealers. Many of those politicians are personally acquainted with Joel Simkhai, and said that they plan to question him about what the company can be doing differently.
In addition, Council Member Lindsey Horvath said that her appointee to the Public Safety Commission, Estevan Montemayor, had asked the local Sheriff for a report on the problem.
It’s unfortunate that it took so long for officials to deal with the issue. Many of Weho’s City Council members are gay, and are surely aware of how people use Grindr. Even after local news reported on the drug use, it took days for anyone at City Hall to respond.
Beyond reaching out to Joel, Council Member John D’Amico suggested that the city could be doing more to reach out to people prior to addiction, warning them of the consequences. And those consequences are pretty bad: permanent brain and heart damage, high blood pressure that can kill you, malnutrition and infections, tooth loss, depression, stroke, epilepsy — just to name a few.
Ultimately, any steps that Weho is able to pressure Grindr to take will probably be a good thing. The app is used all over the world, so if they can take measures to report or restrict drug chatter, it’ll affect millions of people.
