News Round-Up: August 13, 2019

Max Souza (via Instagram)

Some news items you might have missed:

• InstaHunks: Max Souza looking ridiculously perfect in Brazil. #woof

• Norwich Evening News: A bus driver in the UK has been suspended pending an investigation after refusing to drive a bus he said “promotes homosexuality” because the ID number of the vehicle was written in a rainbow typeface.

• kenneth-in-the-212: Kenneth knows 'Morning Wood' when he sees it...

• Washington Blade: Cleveland Browns receiver Odell Beckham Jr. defended his sexuality after posting a photo of himself posing in Calvin Klein underwear.

• NY Times: Former Gov. John Hickenlooper of Colorado is considering ending his presidential bid and entering the race for his state’s Republican-held Senate seat, potentially giving Democrats a strong candidate in a race they must win to have hopes of retaking the chamber in 2021. Folks in Texas have urged former Rep. Beto O'Rourke to challenge GOP Sen. John Cornyn in his reelection bid.

• The Advocate: As the first gay Black man to play the coveted role of 'Freddy Eynsford-Hill' (singing the Lerner/Loewe classic, "On The Street Where You Live") in My Fair Lady on Broadway, Christian Dante White is blazing a new trail.

• New Music: Brazilian singer, songwriter and the first drag queen to be nominated to a Latin Grammy and the MTV EMAs, Pabllo Vittar, releases her new single and music video for “Flash Pose” featuring Charli XCX.

Vittar is currently the most followed drag queen on social media in the world, and also #1 on VEVO and Spotify globally.

Vittar spent her 2019 summer touring Pride events across the US and Canada including Los Angeles, Miami, New York, and San Francisco.

Out Music: Charli XCX's Latest Music Video "Gone" Is A Wet & Wild Affair

Charli XCX & Christine in "Gone"

I really don't know what's going on in the new music video, "Gone," from out singer/songwriter Charli XCX and Christine and the Queens, but it's a wet and wild affair to be sure.

Towleroad called the video "an automotive bondage fantasy empowerment anthem," which pretty much sums it all up.

That said, I do like the track. Mixing 90s synths with some fat 80s beats with the ladies' on-point pop vocals results in a bouncy bop I'll be including on my pool-time playlist.

Check it out below.

News Round-Up: July 31, 2017

Some news items you may have missed:

• Fitness model Nick Sandell all fresh and ready for a new week (above via Instagram).

• In light of Donald Trump's proposed ban on transgender military service members due to medical costs, this doctor has offered free gender reassignment surgeries for some trans military personnel. #ProblemSolved

• Los Angeles books the 2028 Summer Olympic Games! Traffic jam, anybody?

• President Trump's favorite polling outfit, Rasmussen Reports, shows President Donald Trump‘s approval rating plummeting to 39%, the first time the right-leaning poll has reported the Trumpster dropping below 40%.

• Sheriff Joe Arpaio has been found guilty of criminal contempt for willfully violating a federal judge’s order to stop racial profiling.

• In case you can't keep track, here's a list of the folks who've come and gone in the first six months of the Trump administration.

• It's the beginning of a new week, so how about something to put some pop in your bop? Charli XCX keeps busy dreaming about "Boys" in her new video of the same name which features musicians as eye-candy like Joe Jonas, Charlie Puth, Olympian Tom Daley and YouTube star Connor Franta. #HappyMonday!