News Round-Up: June 18, 2017

Some news items you may have missed:

• Tell me you follow Wayne Skivington of Cirque du Soleil's Zumanity on Instagram (above). Not only is he way hot, but his videos training with his adorable young son are great fun. #hotdaddy #HappyFathersDay

• Germany's Green Party says they are open to working with coalition government on the condition that same-sex marriage and climate protection legislation is passed.

• Please watch this exchange between Fox News' Chris Wallace and Donald Trump's lawyer who states twice in the first 30 seconds that Trump "is being investigated," and then denies he said those words.

Holy crap. This exchange between Chris Wallace and Trump's lawyer is absolutely incredible. pic.twitter.com/Wem33Lc1VK

— David Mack (@davidmackau) June 18, 2017

• Texas Governor Greg Abbott has signed into law HB 3859 — a discriminatory bill which allows child welfare organizations, including adoption and foster care agencies, to turn away qualified LGBTQ couples seeking to care for a child in need.

• Tweet of the day - Happy Father's Day

Happy Father's Day to all gay men. You might not have kids but everyone in West Hollywood will call you "Daddy" if you're a day over twenty.

— Sam Kalidi (@samkalidi) June 19, 2016

• I like these guys so much, I'm sharing my latest podcast interview again - Check out Canadian country artists Patrick Masse & Drake Jensen talk on their new Top 10 upbeat anthem for young LGBTs, "Go Your Own Way:"

Saturday Morning Juice

Kenneth-in-the-212 recently posted Juice Newton's 80s hit, "Angel of the Morning," on his popular blog this week, and it reminded me what a hit-maker she really was in the early 80s.

Juice had a terrific voice that was surprisingly powerful, and demonstrated a strong ability to deliver songs with country-pop crossover appeal. You can find much of her catalogue on iTunes.

From Wikipedia:

To date, Newton has received five Grammy Award nominations in the Pop and Country Best Female Vocalist categories (winning once in 1983), as well as an ACM Award for Top New Female Artist and two Billboard Female Album Artist of the Year awards (won consecutively).

During the 1980s, she charted 14 Top-10 hits across the Billboard Country, AC, and Billboard Hot 100 charts, with many of the recordings achieving crossover success and six of the songs hitting the No. 1 position.

Even though it seems like she hit the top of the charts for just the early 80s, I remember her songs being a constant presence on the radio.

Here's just three of Juice's big hits: