CLIMATE CHANGE<\/strong>. It\u2019s here,\u00a0and its real<\/a>: \u201cThe average temperature in the United States has risen rapidly and drastically since 1980, and recent decades have been the warmest of the past 1,500 years, according to a sweeping federal climate change report awaiting approval by the Trump administration. The draft report by scientists from 13 federal agencies, which has not yet been made public, concludes that Americans are feeling the effects of climate change right now.\u201d<\/p>\n NO ORIGINAL IDEAS?<\/strong> NBC plotting remakes of\u00a0The Office<\/em>,\u00a030 Rock<\/em>,\u00a0ER<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0The West Wing<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n NATURE MOMENT<\/strong>. \u2018Pink rainbow\u2019 spotted in England<\/a>.<\/p>\n HUH?<\/strong> U.S. considering airstrikes against ISIS in Philippines<\/a>.<\/p>\n CYNTHIA NIXON<\/strong>. She won\u2019t deny a run for New York governor.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n TEXAS<\/strong>.\u00a0Anti-transgender bathroom bill falters<\/a>. \u201cSocial conservatives and the state\u2019s powerful lieutenant governor, Dan Patrick, have backed the effort. Gay rights groups, business groups and the\u00a0House speaker, Joe Straus<\/a>, one of the few powerful moderate voices in the Texas Legislature, have opposed it. But after the State Senate, where Mr. Patrick presides, passed a bill, a narrower one is showing few signs of life in the 150-member House.\u201d<\/p>\n MARWAN KENZARI<\/strong>. The live-action Aladdin remake has a hot new Jafar<\/a>.<\/p>\n JIM\u00a0BAKKER<\/strong>. End Times prepper invited to the White House<\/a>: \u2018Bakker revealed on his program\u00a0today<\/a>\u00a0that he and his wife Lori were in the White House on the day that Anthony Scaramucci was\u00a0fired<\/a>\u00a0from his short stint as White House communications director, noting that it was not a coincidence that Scaramucci was let go at the moment when George O. Wood, who heads the General Council of the Assemblies of God, spoke out against \u201cunnecessary swearing\u201d during a meeting with White House staff.\u2019<\/p>\n THE GANGWAY<\/strong>. San Francisco\u2019s oldest gay bar sold<\/a>: \u201cBased on a pending liquor license transfer, the Tenderloin gay<\/a> bar \u2014 which opened in 1910 and began publicly identifying as a gay<\/a> bar in 1961 \u2014 is in the process of being sold to Sam Young, the man<\/a> behind the quirky and sometimes\u00a0controversial<\/a>\u00a0bar Kozy Kar several blocks away.\u201d<\/p>\n DEREK HOUGH<\/strong>. You\u2019d be shirtless all the time too looking like this<\/a>.<\/p>\n TFW<\/strong>. Something is watching you.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n THE VOICE<\/strong>. Adam Levine chose Joe Jonas because he\u2019s a beautiful man<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n TOO HOT TUESDAY<\/strong>. Kenromil.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n The post Barbara Cook, Climate Change, Club Cumming, Marwan Kenzari, Cynthia Nixon, Cougar, Adam Levine: HOT LINKS<\/a> appeared first on Towleroad<\/a>.<\/p>\n![\"Alan](\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/cumming.jpg?resize=195%2C195\")
<\/a>CLUB CUMMING<\/strong>. Alan Cumming\u2019s new nightlife spot is about to open in NYC\u2019s East Village<\/a>: \u201cCumming announced plans to open a cabaret club\u2014he\u2019s experienced in this type of performance; his\u00a0Alan Cumming Sings Sappy Songs<\/em>\u00a0cabaret show<\/a>\u00a0debuted in 2015\u2014back in April<\/a>, but at that point, Eastern Bloc\u2019s closing date was still up in the air. However, the East Village news blog\u00a0EV Grieve<\/a>\u00a0announced today that Eastern Bloc would officially be shuttering on August 6th<\/sup>\u00a0after 12 years in the neighborhood.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
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