LGBT Comedians, Allies React to VP Debate

“God, this debate is like watching sweaters dry, but if one of the sweaters hated gay people” pretty much sums it up.

www.advocate.com/comedy/2016/10/05/lgbt-comedians-allies-react-vp-debate

Of Course Stephen Colbert Has a Joke About Mike Pence on His Knees (Video)

The Mike Pence line from the debate that Twitter was snickering about gets the late-night treatment.

www.advocate.com/comedy/2016/10/05/course-stephen-colbert-has-joke-about-mike-pence-his-knees-video

8 Questions With DC Comics' Bi Mastermind

Get the details from Steve Orlando on comic-dom’s gay superhero couple, the Girl of Steel, and what’s queer about the Justice League of America 

www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/2016/10/05/8-questions-dc-comics-bi-mastermind

Did Catholic School Where Mike Yenni Met Teen Boyfriend Know About His Lust For Underagers?

The scandal involving Republican Mike Yenni, the former mayor of Kenner, Louisiana who currently serves as Jefferson Parish President, is getting messier by the day.

Last week, the 40-year-old conservative “happily married father of one” was outed for allegedly sexting with a 17-year-old boy who he met at a Catholic school function, gifting the teenager designer underwear and kissing him in a mall bathroom.

Related: Married Conservative Politician Outed For Sexting Teen Boy, Kissing Him In Mall Bathroom

Now, it’s being reported that Yenni purchased a table at Jesuit High School’s commencement luncheon in New Orleans back in April of this year. The luncheon is held each spring for graduating seniors as they are formally welcomed into the Jesuit Alumni Association. It also serves as a fundraiser for the school.

The luncheon is where Yenni, who is a graduate of the esteemed high school and who would frequently return to give speeches to students, allegedly met his teenage boyfriend back in 2015.

When school officials learned that he was planning on attending the function again in 2016, they allegedly panicked and asked a friend of the politician to politely inform him that his presence would not be welcome. As a result, Yenni did not attend.

Apparently, the rescinded invitation came just weeks after Yenni’s former election challenger, Elton Lagassee, quietly sent a letter to Archbishop Gregory Aymond of New Orleans urging him to investigate rumors about the politician’s affinity for teen boys.

Related: Teen’s Story About Hooking Up With Married Politician Sounds Awfully Like Mike Yenni

“As a grandfather of a child in a Catholic school, I am very concerned about the potential for future incidents of misconduct by Mr. Yenni should these allegations be confirmed by your investigation,” Lagasse wrote, adding that Yenni “will certainly be attending many functions at schools in the parish.”

Aymond responded to the letter by saying, ““I appreciate receiving this information. As you know, we take such allegations very seriously.”

So what does this mean exactly?

It sure sounds like school officials were aware of Yenni’s penchant for Catholic school boys and attempted to mitigate the situation internally.

Sound familiar?

Too bad the press got wind of it before it could be safely swept under the rug.

Tom Bagwill, who serves as director of institutional advancement for Jesuit High School, didn’t return calls from local press seeking comment. Yenni’s office, as well, is keeping mum, though a representative said this morning that he plans to “address the allegations against him later this week.”

Related: Internet Responds In All Sorts Of Ways To Married Conservative Mike Yenni’s Boy Trouble

h/t: The Advocate

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WATCH: Inside Prince’s “Untouched” Paisley Park Estate

We’re going to go ahead and assume that Prince did not, in fact, have a “Purple Rain Room” complete with a video loop of him performing the classic tune when he occupied his legendary Paisley Park estate, but he was a man of eternal mystery so who knows? Maybe he did.

Either way, the sprawling domicile is set to open as a shrine to all things Prince very soon, and is being touted as remaining “untouched” from before the untimely death of the musical great who called it home.

Related: If Prince Was A Homophobe, What Does That Make You?

But Al Roker got to roam the hallowed halls before the general public has a chance to get their sticky fingers all over Prince’s threads.

Weather forecasters get to have all the fun.

Watch below, or at this link if the video isn’t showing up:

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The Haunting First Trailer for Natalie Portman’s ‘Jackie’ Is Here – WATCH

The first trailer for Jackie has just been released. The film follows iconic first lady Jackie Kennedy (Natalie Portman) in the aftermath of her husband’s assassination in Dallas.

The film’s synopsis via Fox Searchlight:

JACKIE is a searing and intimate portrait of one of the most important and tragic moments in American history, seen through the eyes of the iconic First Lady, then Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy (Natalie Portman). JACKIE places us in her world during the days immediately following her husband’s assassination. Known for her extraordinary dignity and poise, here we see a psychological portrait of the First Lady as she struggles to maintain her husband’s legacy and the world of “Camelot” that they created and loved so well.

As The Playlist notes, both the film and Portman’s performance got rave reviews at the Toronto International Film Festival, making it an early Oscar contender: 

Every once in a while, there are one or two movies that emerge at the fall festivals with no set release date, only to wow crowds and critics, and rushed into the Oscar season. And this year, that crown belongs to “Jackie.” Pablo Larrain‘s movie was a bit of an unknown quantity heading into Venice and TIFF, but after a strong reception at both festivals, Fox Searchlight is hoping they have new player for the months ahead (particularly now that “The Birth Of A Nation” feels like a big question mark).

RELATED: Oscar Season Preview: Moonlight, La La Land, Fences, Loving, The Arrival, and More!

Jackie hits select theaters on October 2.

Watch the trailer, below.

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Seth Meyers: Chris Christie & Rudy Giuliani Look Like Comic-Book Henchmen Scared of Their Evil Boss – WATCH

Seth Meyers took a closer look at Donald Trump’s terrible week that won’t seem to end, exploring all the crazy things the candidate has said and done since the first presidential debate.

Said Meyers, “Not only was Trump’s debate performance last Monday disastrous, he spent an entire week talking about it. He’s like a kid who wets the bed at a sleepover, and a week later is still going, ‘I’m telling you, I spilled my juice box.’”

Among the crazier things Trump said last week was that he believes Hillary Clinton isn’t loyal to her husband Bill, offering no proof of this accusation while speaking at a campaign rally.

But because Trump doesn’t back down from any of the insane things he says, he had Rudy Giuliani and Chris Christie go on cable news to defend him, tasking Giuliani in particular with defending his claims about Hillary’s alleged infidelity.

RELATED: Chris Christie Tells a Flummoxed Chris Wallace That NYT’s Bombshell on Trump’s Taxes is a ‘Good Story’ – WATCH

Joked Meyers, “Of course, Trump’s own first marriage ended when he cheated on [Ivana] with his eventual second wife [Maples]. So you might think maybe this isn’t the best argument for Trump to make—which is why the Trump team sent their best man, Rudy Giuliani, to go on TV and make it again.”

Giuliani has also infamously had extramarital affairs.

Pointing to a clip of CNN’s Jake Tapper grilling Giuliani over Trump’s “indefensible” accusation, Meyers pointed out that the only response Giuliani could muster was, “Well that’s your opinion.”

Said Meyers, “Trump’s campaign is such a cluster-fart they’ve been reduced to quoting the Dude.”

Of both Giuliani and Christie’s attempts to defend Trump, Meyers quipped, “Those two are like comic-book henchmen who are scared to death of their evil boss.”

Watch, below.

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Right-Wing Conservative Blames Hurricane Matthew on Orlando’s Gay Pride Parade

Hurricane Matthew has been sent by God as a punishment to the cities of Orlando and Savannah because they’re having Gay Pride parades this month, says a right-wing conservative.

Andrew Bieszad, a contributor to Shoebat.com, the website run by anti-gay extremists Walid and Theodore Shoebat, made the claims in an essay posted today, Right Wing Watch reports.

Writes Bieszad:

The Bible clearly teaches that in the Old Testament whenever the Hebrews were very disobedient towards God, He would send punishments against them, many times in the forms of natural disasters. Christian history also recognizes the same, where God will use His creation to execute judgment against the wicked. While not all bad weather is necessarily a sign of sin, both sacred scripture and sacred tradition clearly note that it can be so. Now we know that Florida is an area that is infected with sin, especially cities such as Miami and Orlando, which are veritable dens of sodomy.

But instead of looking at mere particularities, I thought I would ask a broader question- Is there any “homosexual” activities going on this month in either the Orlando or Savannah areas? Sure enough, I found that both Orlando and Savannah are having massive sodomite pride parades this month, especially in Orlando, which is sponsoring this very weekend as the hurricane is about to hit a massive “coming out” parade sponsored no less than with the major support of the city itself and major corporate backers.

…A hurricane- the storms from an evil being- named after the New Testament Evangelist whose symbol is an angel- a messenger of God and and executor of His will among and upon men- is about to make landfall on the exact area where two massive sodomite parades are taking place and almost to the day for the largest one, and the exact day the hurricane is scheduled to hit is the Feast Day of the Holiest Prayer in the Catholic Church used to fight the most wicked of sins and heresies given by the Mother of God herself.

Oh, and nobody show Bieszad, the ‘Skull of Hurricane Matthew’ screen shot above, which is an actual screenshot of the hurricane captured during meteorologist Matt Devitt’s weathercast yesterday.

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