Hump Day & Chill

I'm Sailing Away...
Gene Carter

When I was a young impressionable gay boy I remember being fascinated, no make that fixated on Playgirl Magazine. For the uninitiated Playgirl was a magazine featuring articles like Playboy, but unlike Playboy the nude photo spreads were of men, not women, showing the Full Monty.

I used to wonder about the guys who posed for those spreads. Who they really were and how they felt about the whole thing. Much to my delight while surfing Tye Briggs Favorite Hunks & Other Things I came across quite a few follow-up interviews with former Playgirl models who have bared it all for the world to enjoy.

One interview in particular caught my interest, I think it had a lot to do with the model being straight as many models for Playgirl were gay men. It is from a layout done in 1975 with a then nineteen year old Gene Carter.

Gene did the chat with Tye in January of 2011 - it is a fascinating piece on a man in his 50's looking back on getting naked for an international magazine. 

So it's time for a retro Hump Day & Chill minions, click on the link below and get to it!

https://favoritehunks.blogspot.com/2011/01/1975.html

She Won't Be Ignored! Glenn Close

Shock & Awe
Glenn Close & Lady Gaga

While I have no issue with Glenn Close winning the Golden Globe for The Wife, it was needless to say quite the surprise. Let's face it the whole show was one random all over the place affair. Not your usual Globe ceremony, I mean the worst reviewed film in the Best Motion Picture Drama category, Bohemian Rhapsody won.  

It was truly surprising that the Hollywood Foreign Press Association did not crown Lady Gaga for her Movie Star making turn in A Star Is Born. She had the momentum and the film scored with audiences.

This being stated the win has sparked some entertaining memes & such, some of which I will share with you right here, right now. Of course Glenn Close uttering her famous line "I'm not going to be ignored, Dan" as Alex Forrest from Fatal Attraction is among them...Enjoy! 

Monday Motivation

One Mississippi
Matthew McConaughey

After the WTF event last night known as the Golden Globes I needed something "So Extra" for my Monday Motivation.

Thus I hereby bring unto you Matthew McConaughey jumping rope. "Yes" that's correct, jumping rope, it's not just something children do on the playground. In fact it's F#cking hard!

How do I know? My spin instructor @ Gold's Gym Hollywood for some reason known only to her makes me do it in class. Honestly you will burn more calories and tone up really quick doing what you thought was a lark as a kid. Trust as an adult you realize how hard it truly is and feel the burn.

Me? I am determined to master the art of the rope, I am like the little engine that could that's how hardcore I am pushing to get my jump rope macho on.

What's your Monday Motivation bitches?

"Birdie, birdie in the sky, Why'd ya do that in my eye? 
Birdie, birdie in the sky, Gee, I'm glad that cows don't fly"

Got rope? Well here are some songs to skip to -
https://buyjumpropes.net/resources/jump-rope-rhymes-songs-buyjumpropesnet/  

"Oh" What A Night! The Golden Globes

Hosts
Sandra Oh & Andy Samberg

The Golden Globes have been dubbed "Hollywood's Biggest Party" due in no small part to the massive amount of celebrity skin per square inch the event contains. That's because it celebrates not only Film accomplishments, but TV as well. 

While there is nothing one can really say about the event, especially since tonight's award ceremony has yet to air. I figured why not give you a list of nominees and the prediction of who will win the Globe and who should win the Globe in each category along with other clickable coverage via USA Today.

Don't say I'm not a giver. Because I am, now click minions, click!

PS Did you catch the pun in my byline? "Yes" it's a wink to one of this year's GG hosts Sandra Oh. Ha ha ha ha ha ha...OK now you may click like your Mama taught you!!!

https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2019/01/03/golden-globes-2019-predictions-who-win-and-who-should/2449076002/   

And Now A Word From...Lindsay Lohan

Sealed With A Kiss
Lindsay Lohan

You knew she'd be back, you just weren't quite sure what form that would take. Well that question is answered this Tuesday January 8th @ 8 pm on MTV when Lindsay Lohan's Beach Club premieres.

Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale...you know the one of the Notorious LL and her rise and fall from Hollywood grace? "Yeah" no one needs a rinse and repeat on that one, and if by some stretch you happen to be uninitiated put your fingers to the keyboard and Google.

Here is the official 411 on Lindsay's latest venture into the spotlight:

"Lindsay Lohan is expanding her business empire with the launch of Lohan Beach House in Mykonos, Greece; she is a no-nonsense boss while managing the club and its restaurant and needs her team to come together to help bring her vision to life."

I read a review yesterday that in a nutshell said the show was loopy, all over the place and basically incoherent. Since we are talking Lindsay Lohan is that a bad thing??? In my mind it isn't.

"Yes" I was a Lohan fan when she was killing it as an actress and frankly I wish she had take a different path with her career and life as she knocked it out of the park on the silver screen. Remember this woman held her own playing opposite Meryl Streep in A Prairie Home Companion. But alas it was not meant to be, thus after bearing witness to her whack LiLo Dance and attempted kidnapping of refugee children that ended in the ultimate smack down on the WWW I will keep watching this derailed wreck of a train and see what track it ends up on.

Mic Drop! 

Join Lindsay's Club at:
http://www.mtv.com/shows/lindsay-lohans-beach-club  

Jamie Lee Curtis

Winner!
Jamie Lee Curtis

Yep, I think the today's byline says it all, don't you? While she did not get nominated for her top notch performance as a PTSD survivor in Halloween, 2018 was indeed Jamie Lee Curtis' year.

Without her the forty year follow-up to the original Halloween would have been nothing. She was the key reason it was a success, that and good film making by David Gordon Green.

I know first hand that as many Halloween fans attended, there were a lot of people I know who said they were compelled to see it simply because Jamie Lee was in it. Oh, and many of these individuals had not seen the original. Really it wasn't necessary to enjoy this roller coaster which really could stand on it's own two feet without having viewed the 1978 classic.

The film was a huge hit and proved women of a certain age, over fifty can be a box office draw. In fact the biggest feather in Curtis' cap is that she had the biggest opening weekend at the box office starring a female lead over the magic number.

While she is simply presenting at this weekends Golden Globes, Jamie Lee is one of the true winners of 2018, acting award (which she does deserve IMHO) or not, Jamie Lee came, saw, conquered and won!

Follow Curtis on IG, I do, at -
https://www.instagram.com/curtisleejamie/?hl=en

Michael's Musings

S-M-I-L-E!
Michael Shinafelt

"All in all you're just another brick in the wall" - Pink Floyd, Another Brick In The Wall 

Mexico is going to pay for the wall. More like Mexico is going to pay for your therapy you effin POS!

Oh, and aren't you happy?! I'm not entirely angry, yet marching into 2019 has me feeling like deja vu from 2018. Something has got to give, and it ain't gonna be moi. Capiche?! 

Carry on my wayward son...

Why did Adele cross the road? To say "Hello" from the other side

"F#cking Twat" was said on Vanderpump Rules - my life is complete

Sometimes I feel like Blondie "Call Me"

Surrender Donald

Don't do the Bird Box challenge states Netflix. Whatever the F#ck that is

Trolls, they don't simply live under a bridge

Julie Chen got replaced by Carrie Ann Inaba on The Talk - Oh, Julie that karma thing, you know getting a job because your husband is rich, powerful, connected. That's not happening for you anymore now is it???

Someone told me the Golden Globes are this weekend. In case you have a damn to give -

Bitch Pudding

I got the gift that keeps giving - Bitch Pudding! Thanks Karen Castrischer-Stegall 

"Find inspiration today, Life won't sparkle unless you do"

Someone mentions the 80's, what song pops into your head???

You know, that thing

Smell like a captain, screw like a bunny

The Candy Man can 

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https://www.instagram.com/michaelshinafelt/?hl=en

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