News Round-Up: April 26, 2018

(image via Instagram)

Some news items you might have missed:

• Paleontologist Francesc Gascó (above) redefines the old saying, "Walk tall and carry a big... hammer?" Ok, I'm not complaining... :)

• Out Olympic bronze medalist Adam Rippon not only attended the TIME 100 Gala in New York City as one of the news magazine's "100 Most Influential of 2018" but he got to sniff country music star Keith Urban along the way.

• Hottie Simon Dunn trolled anti-LGBT Australian rugby player Israel Follau for saying gays will go to hell by kissing his bf after his own rugby match and then retweeting the pic to Follau. Follau has doubled-down in his hateful comments saying he'd rather end his career than take back what he said.

Victory kiss. pic.twitter.com/REvhoUN2bX

— Simon Dunn (@BySimonDunn) April 22, 2018

RT for @IzzyFolau https://t.co/PAhFg9aL2b

— Simon Dunn (@BySimonDunn) April 23, 2018

• Diver Tom Daley, married to Oscar winner Dustin Lance Black, says girls can still turn his head.

• A NYC subway rider found DWTS and ANTM champ Nyle DiMarco so hot she took creeper pics of him. She didn't know he did the same :)

• Parker Matthews dropped his new music video for "Hit and Run" recently. In writing about the video, Pop Dust gushed, "Matthews' confidence in his sexuality glows onscreen."

I interviewed the talented popster back in February. You can catch my chat with him here and check out the video below.

Podcast: Miami Beach Gay-Bashing; Matt Bomer In Upcoming "Anything;" Diver Tom Daley Speaks Out On LGBT Rights At Commonwealth Games

In this week's podcast:

• Miami Beach Pride gay bashing

• Sen. Cory Booker calls out Secretary of State nominee Mike Pompeo on LGBT rights

• Newly-elected Alabama Sen. Doug Jones became the latest co-sponsor of The Equality Act citing his son Carson’s coming out as affecting his view on LGBTQ rights

• Out UK diverTom Daley speaks out against Commonwealth anti-gay laws

• Matt Bomer’s casting in upcoming film trans-oriented ANYTHING gets boos from transgender community

• And the latest political parody from Randy Rainbow - “You Can’t Stop His Tweets”

All that and more in this episode of The Randy Report.

Diver Tom Daley Calls On Commonwealth Countries To Repeal Anti-Homosexuality Laws

Tom Daley (L) with diving partner Dan Goodfellow (R)

After winning his 4th Commonwealth Games gold medal (with synchronized 10 platform diving partner Dan Goodfellow) on the Gold Coast in Australia where marriage equality recently became legal, Tom Daley called for more Commonwealth countries to repeal anti-homosexuality laws.

Of the 53 countries included in the Commonwealth, homosexuality is illegal in 70% of those nations.

From The BBC:

Homosexuality remains illegal in 70% of the 53 Commonwealth countries.

"Coming to the Gold Coast and being able to live as an openly gay man is really important," said Daley, 23.

"You want to feel comfortable in who you are when you are standing on that diving board, and for 37 Commonwealth countries that are here participating that is not the case."

Speaking to BBC Breakfast, Daley added: "I feel extremely lucky to compete openly as who I am, not worry about ramifications. But for lots of people living in those countries it is not the case.

"We have to talk about these things and shine a light on them in order to get change."

Daley is married to Academy Award-winner Dustin Lance Black and expecting their first child this summer.

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🏳️‍🌈 37 of the competing nations criminalise being LGBT+. I feel so lucky to be able to be openly who I am without worry. I hope one day every athlete from every nation in the commonwealth will be free to compete openly as who they are too! 🏳️‍🌈 pic.twitter.com/ry4GPiZhdB

— Tom Daley (@TomDaley1994) April 13, 2018

Tom Daley & Dustin Lance Black Are Expecting Their First Child

Gay power couple Tom Daley and Dustin Lance Black announced via Instagram today they are expecting their first child.

Along with the pic of an ultrasound, Black shared, "A very happy #ValentinesDay from ours to yours."

A spokesperson for the couple, who married in England last May, confirmed the baby will arrive later this year, “Tom and Dustin are thrilled to share that they are expecting their first child in 2018.”

Just goes to prove the old adage, "Practice makes perfect."

A very happy #ValentinesDay from ours to yours. 👨‍👨‍👦

A post shared by Dustin Lance Black (@dlanceblack) on Feb 14, 2018 at 5:41am PST

Tom Daley Dives Into Gymnastics With Olympic Gymnast Nile Wilson

As Olympic (and current world champion) diver Tom Daley notes in the beginning of this video, diving and gymnastics use different sets of muscles, but Daley and Olympic Bronze medalist Nile Wilson find the common ground putting each other through the other's paces.

I have to say, I expected to watch a few minutes of the clip, but was drawn in by how accomplished both athletes are in the other's arena. Daley clearly had a lot of acro-experience for his diving, and Nile was fearless trying out some not-so-simple dives.

And, there is the fact that both are easy on the eyes :)

Watch the boys work it out below.

Out UK Diver Tom Daley Wins Gold At World Aquatics Championships

Tom Daley (via Instagram)

Out UK diver Tom Daley snagged the gold medal this past weekend at the World Aquatics Championships in Budapest.

The triumph surely helps smooth some heart ache for Daley after a disappointing Olympic showing in Rio last year where he was eliminated in the semi-finals.

His victory included beating the Olympic gold medalist, Chen Aisen of China.

Hubby (and Oscar winner) Dustin Lance Black took to Instagram to celebrate: "I already couldn't have loved you more or been prouder so I'll just go full Texan and say Holy Cow! My husband is World Champion! Now let's go honeymoon. I love u @tomdaley1994!!"

I already couldn't have loved you more or been prouder so I'll just go full Texan and say Holy Cow! My husband is World Champion! Now let's go honeymoon. I love u @tomdaley1994!! PHOTO: @Kickboxerlad

A post shared by Dustin Lance Black (@dlanceblack) on Jul 22, 2017 at 10:32am PDT

Did Tom Daley & Dustin Lance Black Just Get Married?

Dustin Lance Black (L) and Tom Daley (R)

The BBC is reporting that British Olympic diver Tom Daley has married his longtime beau, Academy Award winner (MILK), Dustin Lance Black.

The couple got married in a service at a luxury hotel on Dartmoor National Park in Devon, a source confirmed to the BBC.

Daley, 22, won bronze medals at the Olympic Games in London and Rio de Janeiro.

He revealed in a YouTube video in 2013 he had a boyfriend, saying his "whole world changed" when he fell in love with a man.

"Come spring this year my life changed massively when I met someone and they make me feel so happy, so safe, and everything just feels great and, well, that someone is a guy," he said.

The high-profile couple announced they were engaged in 2015.

Black, 42, is a US film director, writer and producer.

He won the best original screenplay Oscar for the 2008 film Milk, which was based on the life of gay rights activist and politician, Harvey Milk.

Tom Daley & Dustin Lance Black Chat Love On A Daily Basis

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I needed something 'lighter' and soothing; something to take a break from the world of politics.

I think Olympic UK diver Tom Daley and Oscar winner Dustin Lance Black are quietly charming talking about the evolution of their romance.

From Tom Daley's documentary 'Diving for Gold.'

Take a minute and relax in someone else's bliss.

Olympian Tom Daley Engaged To Marry Academy Award Winner Dustin Lance Black

Academy Award winner Dustin Lance Black and Olympic diver boyfriend Tom Daley have announced that they are engaged to be married.

The 21-year-old Olympian has been dating the Oscar-winning screenwriter since December 2013.

The announcement appeared on Thursday in the Times newspaper in the births, marriages and deaths section.

The announcement read: “The engagement is announced between Tom, son of Robert and Debra Daley of Plymouth, and Lance, son of Jeff Bisch of Philadelphia and Anne Bisch of Lake Providence.”

Tom Daley Is Perfection At World Championships

I know the world is a bit obsessed with the way out diver Tom Daley looks, but it's great to be reminded what an incredible athlete he is.

From yesterday's World Championships. Perfection.

Absolute perfection from Tom Daley!The World Championships are LIVE on Eurosport and eurosportplayer.com
Posted by Eurosport on Thursday, July 30, 2015

Tom Daley captures gold at the 2104 Commonwealth Games

This weekend at the Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, openly gay champion diver Tom Daley captured the gold medal in the 10m dive competition. This is his third gold Commonwealth Games medal.

Australia's Olympic medalist Matt Mitcham, also out, finished a disappointing 4th.

TOWIE star Dan Osbourne's synchronized dive with Tom Daley

Shirtless Dan Osbourne and Tom Daley before their dive in SPLASH finale

Perri Kiely may have been crowned winner of Splash! last night in the UK, but TOWIE celeb Dan Osborne was clearly champion when it came to the Twitterverse.  Via Metro:

The TOWIE star, as famous for his body and trunks as for his diving, finished fourth in the competition on Saturday night following his first-round dive and synchronised effort with Tom Daley.

I think the Tom Daley/Dan Osbourne sychro dive has done something permanent to my housemate. He can't speak.
— Dani S (@MsDani_Marie) February 15, 2014

My mum watching Splash: "Dan Osborne's got a really nice chin, don't you think?" Not sure why she's looking at his chin to be honest.
— Sam Rigby (@SDRigby) February 15, 2014

Tom Daley shares first Instagram pic with bf Dustin Lance Black

Tom Daley & Dustin Lance Black via Instagram

Preview: Tom Daley does shirtless photo shoot for 2014 Calendar

The man doesn't disappoint his fans.  Tom knows what they want...

(via Instagram)

Tom Daley talks "coming out" on The Jonathan Ross Show

Olympic Diver Tom Daley chats with Jonathan Ross on coming out and "love at first sight" with his new boyfriend. 

He says making and releasing his "coming out" video was "a terrifying decision to make... I just wanted to say something in my own words from my heart."

Daley also added that he himself was surprised he fell for a man: "It happened so quickly. I thought I'd really liked someone before but I'd never felt the feeling of love and it happened and I was completely overwhelmed by it to the point where I can't get him out of my head all the time... I thought that I'd felt feelings like it before but this surpasses it."

Oscar winner Dustin Lance Black is dating newly "out" Tom Daley

UK Olympic diver Tom Daley made a splash when he recently came out and shared the news he was dating a man.

The question for many was - "who is the lucky guy?"

According to E! News "the lucky guy" 19 year old Daley has been dating is Dustin Lance Black, the 39-year-old writer who won an Academy Award for his screenplay for Milk, the 2008 biopic about gay rights activist legend Harvey Milk.

As recently as October, the two had been seen in Los Angeles having coffee.

The British tabloid The Sun ran this on their cover:

Celebrities tweet in support of UK Olympic diver Tom Daley coming out

UK Olympic diver Tom Daley comes out

The Guardian is reporting that British Olympic diver Tom Daley has come out.  As he says in the video "I'm dating a guy and I couldn't be happier:"

The Olympic diving star Tom Daley has said he is in a relationship with a man. He made the announcement in a video on YouTube to "put an end to all the rumours and speculation". Daley, 19, said he "couldn't be happier" in the five-minute video in which he speaks about his new partner for the first time. He added: "I've been dating girls and I've never really had a serious relationship to talk about and now I feel ready to talk about my relationships. Come spring this year my life changed massively when I met someone and it made me feel so happy, so safe, and everything just feels great. And, well, that someone is a guy." Daley, who won a bronze medal at the London 2012 Olympics, said he wanted to reveal the news in a video because he didn't want his words to be "twisted".

The video clip has received over 450,000 views and 10,000 comments in less than a day.

Tom has become quite has a huge following on Instagram and shares pics frequently. It's easy to see why he's captured the attention of the world.

Pic via Inatagram

Pic via Instagram

UK Olympic diver Tom Daley - "I'm not gay"

UK Olympic diver and heart-throb Tom Daley wants you to know he's not gay - but doesn't mind if you think he is:

"I think it’s funny when people say I’m gay... I laugh it off.

"I’m not. But even if I was, I wouldn’t be ashamed. It wouldn’t bother me in the slightest what people thought. "

"But I can understand why I have a massive gay following – I spend most of my life half naked in trunks on a diving board showing off my bare chest. I often joke I wear more to bed than I do to work.

"But I’m cool with my gay following. It’s great to have gay fans even though my friends gently take the mick. I just think about my diving.

"If people think I am gay or that I don’t focus on my diving enough and go out too much, there is always going to be an opinion – and if I worry about that too much, then my diving goes downhill."

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Tom Daley "really appreciates" his gay fans

Tom Daley's new 2014 calendar is set to be released in September and his fans can't wait.  And not just female fans.  Tom has a huge fanbase which includes gay men, who appreciate the often shirtless Olympian.  The nineteen year-old recently told DigitalSpy that he "really appreciate[s]" his gay fans.

On the challenges of living up to his heartthrob status, Daley says: "I don't really feel any pressure because I'm training five hours a day, but you do feel like you're being constantly watched and looked at."

Check out pics from the soon-to-be-released calendar and Tom's Instagram.  The calendar will be available in September.