It's Johnston & Murphy, Not Masters & Johnson

Just a couple of days ago, David Duchovny, who plays a sex-obsessed character on Showtime's Californication, was Celebrity #1 at Nashville-based menswear company Johnston & Murphy, with the execs "thrilled" to have snagged him for its national print campaign launching in September in Esquire, Forbes, Fortune, Men's Health, etc. But immediately after the shit hit the stands yesterday that he'd entered rehab for a real sex addiction, reports Page Six, a poster like the one above was removed from the Johnston & Murphy window on Madison and 54th. "We got the call from corporate this morning to take him down," said a clerk in the Manhattan store. Does anyone see the contradiction here?

Jim Howley: Brave Nude World

Jim Howley, our favorite contestant on World of Wonder's transgender reality show Transamerican Love Story, gets a lot of press as an activist in the trans community. And very often he does it naked, like he did for "The Naked Truth," this Advocate piece on "the beauty and blemish of the human body." He tells us, "People are going to start not being able to recognize me with my clothes on!" (Photo by Eric Schwabel)

Cloned-Puppies Woman Had Mormon Sex Slave

Seems the publicity caused by the miraculous first-ever birth of puppies cloned from a dead dog's ear, may be the undoing of Bernann McKinney (top left), the woman who was the happy recipient of the pups. She's been identified by more than one observer as Joyce McKinney (top right), the woman who was arrested in England 30 years ago for kidnapping a Mormon and holding him as a sex slave, then fled before being brought to trial. (Times Online)

In 1977, the former Miss Wyoming stalked her lover, a Mormon missionary, to a tabernacle in East Ewell, Surrey, allegedly kidnapped him and held him in a cottage in Devon. There, the 17-stone Kirk Anderson claimed, his petite, busty admirer tied him to a bed using mink-trimmed handcuffs, slipped into a see-through nightie and forced him into sex. At a remand hearing she declared her love for the Mormon with the immortal line: “I’d ski naked down Mount Everest with a carnation up my nose if he asked me.”

Jettstream of Consciousness

Legend has it that Jack E Jett never met a man, woman, or transgender he didn’t want to interview. Now the man Charo describes as "a bit of Johnny Carson with a touch of Merv Griffin, only insane" (and, we should add, still very much alive), will begin airing the Jack E Jett Show live on Rational Radio, 1360 AM, beginning Saturday, September 6. The show asks its listeners to open their minds without worrying that their brains might fall out. The award-winning host (and friend of WOW) has almost 2,000 hours of TV talk to his credit, many with co-host Sandra Bernhard. His shows are currently seen in syndication on three continents.

Paris Responds to That McCain Ad

Just Saying

The new Camelot and the old cameltoe.

Who Am I?

Reveal after the jump.

Fair's Fair

It looks as if Vanity Fair is feeling a bit jealous of all the attention garnered by The New Yorker magazine's spoof of Obama last week and have decided to throw their own log unto the lampoon bonfire with a spoof of John and Cindy McCain. The cover illustration depicts John McCain standing with the aid of a walker inside the Oval Office while giving a "terrorist fist jab" to his wife Cindy, who is clutching a mound of prescription pills with her other hand. And to complete the picture, a portrait of George W Bush hangs above the fireplace that holds a smoldering Constitution. I guess with Vanity Fair, all is fair in love, war, and political spoofs. As it should be.

– AguynamedWayne

Madison Hildebrand's Open House

Top-listed real estate agent Madison Hildebrand, star of seasons 1 and 2 of World of Wonder's Million Dollar Listing, recently found a nice spread for himself – inside the pages of Playgirl. Out now. And so's the magazine. Ba-dum-bum.

Still That Cartoon

Fist Bumps & Afro Puffs

The New Yorker magazine is making some rather large waves in the pool of politics this month. The cover art for the current issue depicts Senator Obama wearing a turban and Islamic dress while giving his wife Michelle – who sports an afro and packs an assault rifle – a fist bump as an American flag burns in the Oval Office fireplace. The piece is entitled “The Politics of Fear" and the magazine's staff insists that the illustration is satirical and lampoons the caricature that Senator Obama’s right-wing critics have created. And though the campaign has boasted throughout the primary that Obama supporters tend to be highly educated, the recent episode with comedian Bernie Mac has shown that their sense of humor remains pretty PC and their ability to recognize and appreciate satire may be quite limited. Obama's spokesman, Bill Burton, said in a statement concerning The New Yorker that “most readers will see it as tasteless and offensive – and we agree.”

– AguynamedWayne

Two Whores Chicks Talking

For the first time since the Bill Clinton scandal of the early '90s, the former president's two (publicity) whores, Gennifer Flowers and Paula Jones, sit down together and rehash their experiences. The women air opinions on politics, sex with Bill, his penis, and offer thoughts on Hillary. And they want you to pay to hear all that. Still whoring. Get over yourselves, ladies, no one gave a fuck then (except you, literally), and interest has since waned further. (GenniferandPaula.com; t/y Clancy)

Bunny on a Billboard

Living legend, The Lady Bunny, is on a crusade with PETA against animal cruelty and graces a very large billboard in downtown NYC to draw attention to Kentucky Fried Chicken's cruel practice of "de-beaking" birds while they are still alive! The slogan for the campaign reads "Sometimes Big Bright Packages Contain Dirty Little Secrets." Which of course makes ole Bun-Bun the perfect spokesmodel for the job!

– AguynamedWayne

A Million Dollar Baby in a Five and Ten Cent Story

We're not one for the practice of celebrities whoring out their babies for covers of magazines, so we can't explain why we're showing tomorrow's OK! cover shot of Jamie Lynn's Maddie Briann, courtesy of Pink Is the New Blog. The tot, which PITNB says profited Spears $1 million for the exclusive story and pics, seems to be all of one piece, although the fingers and toes have been cleverly concealed. Developing.

Madonna and A-Rod: Today on Today

Sounds like the Today show isn't putting much weight on Madonna's denial that she's getting a divorce or that she's involved "in any way" in A-Rod's divorce, but they're reporting it like good little entertainment journalists. (Redlasso)

He's Always Wanted to Direct

Old friend and WOW's Art & the City gadabout, David Keeps, writes for the Home section of the Los Angeles Times and today's his first day as a producer, director, etc, there. He sent this email:

"Today I posted my first video to the Los Angeles Times website. I produced, shot, edited, mixed, and narrated it myself. The subject is a 94-year-old potter who lives in Ojai, California. It might be the most heart-warming, life-affirming thing you'll see today."

Watch the video. Keeps is hoping it goes viral. So, a little help here.

Auntie Hillary

Hills has been keeping a pretty low profile after conceding the presidential race. But she re-emerged on Sunday to keep a promise to speak at Aleatha Williams' high school graduation in the Bronx. Aleatha’s mother, Patricia Williams, has been a longtime Hills supporter ever since she met Hillary back in 1992 at the Democratic National Convention. Clinton, whom Aleatha calls "Aunt Hillary," had promised to attend her high school graduation no matter what the circumstances were. Hillary kept her word and spoke briefly to the graduating class. “If you never give up, you never give in, and you keep believing that you are the best you can be, you have no idea where life will take you,” she said. Hills plans to keep another promise this week by campaigning with Barack Obama in an effort to unite the Democratic party against John McCain and the Republicans in the coming general election.

– AguynamedWayne

Surf Dudes Go Wilding

TMZ describes this scene in one sentence: "Around 12 photographers were on the beach in Malibu this afternoon trying to get shots of Matty hitting the surf, when an all-out smackdown was laid on the pappers by turf-protecting surfers." And that's supplemented with video, of course. Uncomfortably hot.

Hobo Is Boho

Here's the avant-garde actress with a MySpace page, Christina Ricci, on the cover of the latest hobo magazine, a bi-annual, avant-garde publication with a MySpace page. In circulation since 2003, the magazine began printing on 100% recycled, 100% post-consumer waste, chlorine-free, and Ancient Forest Friendly™ paper in their 2006 fall/winter issue. Its covers are also printed on 100% recycled, 50% post-consumer waste, chlorine-free, and Ancient Forest Friendly™ paper. And Ricci is 100% smoking a cigarette, haha. (t/y Celebrity Fashion Watcher)

Art Theft

Little pieces of the World of Wonder Storefront Gallery turn up in the strangest places. Along with Kylie, Dave Grohl, and Ugly Betty, UK tabloid News of the World uses artist Sham Ibrahim's Tabloid Trainwreck painting, from last year's "Just Britney" exhibition, to advertise their online showbiz section.

– Steven Corfe

Kathy Griffin Covered in Fur

Kathy Griffin, current A Bear's Life cover girl, proves she really is the fags' favorite.

No Cover Story for Lohan

OK! magazine reportedly has offered Lindsay Lohan $1 million to come out as a lesbian in a cover story. Insiders are saying that Lohan and the mag are in talks for the actress to spill the details of her relationship with girlfriend Samantha Ronson, and that she could use the money, but Lohan's rep says they've taken a pass on the deal and the magazine says their policy is to not comment on future issues. But we bet Dad'll do it. (Page Six)

Bitter Clinton Supporter Thrown Out of Rules and By-laws Committee Meeting

"I'm no second-class citizen, and goddamn the Democrats!" bellowed self-called proud older American woman Harriet Christian yesterday. "I got news for all-a you – McCain will be the next president of the United States!"

Tyra Banks Talks to Lynn Hirschberg for the New York Times Magazine

TV's Tyra Banks, a professional model, demonstrates the seven basic smiles every model should be equipped with. But she says we simply aren't ready to see all 275. And because it's Tyra talking, there's so much more, including a stray hair removed fiercely from her eye. (NY Times; t/y Mark)

Exclusive! Hot! RuPaul! On the Cover of the NY Times Magazine

Sez it all. (t/y Joey)

Three Blind Mice

Last week the California Supreme Court overturned the state’s ban on gay marriage in a historic ruling for gay rights. But sadly, the monumental ruling has been met with near-deafening silence by the three leading candidates for president. The campaigns for both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton put out very underwhelming statements that voiced respect for the court's ruling, but affirmed both candidate’s political position that gay Americans should be afforded equal rights through a policy of civil unions, not gay marriage. As for John McCain, he disapproves of gay marriage as well, but has said he is against a constitutional ban against it because he believes each state should decide the issue independently – though he did criticize the California court for overturning the vote that enacted the ban in the first place. This doesn’t bode well for the future of gay marriage rights in America. Despite all the hope for the possibility of real change in our political process, when it comes to the issue of gay rights; it seems the only people gays can depend on to effect real change, will be ourselves.

– AguynamedWayne

Fashion Wigger

Two of the aforementioned Interview photos of the powdered and bewigged Marc Jacobs. (via Towleroad)

Marc Jacobs: Fashion Bigwig

Designer Marc Jacobs will be Interview's first cover subject since editor Ingrid Sischy was unceremoniously dumped and decades since Andy Warhol's name was removed from the masthead. Cover boy Jacobs will appear in drag as Andy Warhol, wearing the pop artist's actual wig, which was flown to Paris from the Midwest for the shoot; inside, look for Jacobs giving still more drag looks. It's said that the bitter Sischy has been bad-mouthing the magazine at Conde Nast and telling photographers not to work with new edtors Glenn O'Brien and Fabian Baron, "so only young unknowns will shoot for Interview now." Which sounds to us like a great way to give the stale mag fresh life. (Page Six)

Fewer Blondes for Marston

Hugh Hefner's 18-year-old son, Marston, took time out from contemplating college (Bard's too "granola"; Wesleyan's too "academically rigorous") to tell GQ he'd like one day to take over Dad's Playboy magazine, but "I'd want to make it cool again. Not like now. I'd make it much more multicultural and diverse. Not so many blondes." (Page Six: 2003 photo: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

...And California Dreamin' Is Becomin' a Reality

While we were otherwise engaged, the California Supreme Court ruled that homosexual couples have a constitutional right to marry, striking down laws barring same-sex marriages and making California the second state (after Massachusetts) to legalize gay weddings. The court directed state officials to guarantee that all local authorities comply with the ruling. The decision takes effect in 30 days unless extended by the court. (Source)

The ruling marks a watershed moment in the conflict over gay marriage, with the most influential state Supreme Court in the nation, dominated by Republican appointees, ruling in favor of gay rights advocates in the state with the largest gay population. California was considered a crucial battleground for civil rights groups, which have lost a number of major legal challenges in recent years in other states such as New York, Washington and New Jersey.

Monkey Business Over Obama Tee

A Marietta, Georgia, tavern owner is selling T-shirts depicting the lovable literary character Curious George, a monkey, enjoying a banana over the words OBAMA in '08. The tee has raised the hackles on many a Barack Obama supporter, who claim the message is racist. Harcourt Mifflin Harcourt, publisher of the Curious George books, is considering legal action, and a Curious George kiddie show on PBS's Boston affiliate has denounced the use of the image. "It's offensive," said the show's denouncing spokeswoman. Meanwhile, neo-con Mike Norman, whose tavern is being picketed by outraged libs, calls his T-shirt "cute." (Boston Herald)

Banner Head

The best headlines, like this one from the Daily Mail, synopsize the story with all the facts and render further reading unnecessary:

Owen Wilson to wed Kate Hudson - a year after he 'tried to kill himself' when she dumped him.

Flaunted

David LaChapelle and Daniel Franzese on the same page in Flaunt.

Giving It to Barbara

Seems Barbara Walters' affair with Senator Edward Brooke is old news – or at least her lying about the rumors is. Not only was the coupling mentioned in Jerry Oppenheimer's unauthorized Walters bio in 1990, but it came up on live TV in 1975 when Walters was interviewing Pulitzer Prize-winning White House photographer David Kennerly. After she confronted him with the rumor that he'd dated Gerald Ford's daughter Susan, "I waited until she finished the anticipated question," Kennerly told New York magazine, "then said, 'Well, Barbara, I put those stories in the same category as those about you and Ed Brooke, they are rumors and gossip." That shut her up. (Page Six)

1 Rm No Vu

So-called "catastrophe tourists" outside the house in Amstetten, Austria, where Josef Fritzl imprisoned and sexually molested his daughter Elisabeth for 24 years. More grim details at Daily Mail. This is not what was meant by the cry of "Lock up your daughters!" (Photo: Getty Images via The Independent)

Bad Breath

In this full-page ad in USA Today, the liquor industry wants you to know that in-car breathalyzers are not meant to prevent drunk driving, they're meant to prevent that drunk driving. (TMZ)

Snap!

George Clooney tells why Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are and should be two of the 2008 Time 100. (Photo: Sean Gallup / Getty)

Is Vanity Fair?

Video footage from Vanity Fair's Annie Leibovitz shoot with Miley Cyrus. How it went down.

The Genius of Gossip Girl

So it takes New York magazine to say out loud what we've all been thinking: that Gossip Girl is the "BEST. SHOW. EVER." Yep, you heard them. EVER! As in THE HISTORY OF TELEVISION. Forget Lucy, Mary Tyler Moore, Seinfeld and Lost (PLEASE can we forget Lost?). It's Gossip Girl, plain and simple. According to the article, GG is (quote, unquote) "the future of television," it is "changing the very model of successful TV," it "GETS New York" unlike any other show, and "because against all odds, it offers profound social commentary." It''s a hell of an article – read it in full HERE.

– James St James

CNN – Rx

Richard Quest, the "instantly recognizable" British correspondent for CNN International, known for feature reports and profiles, was apprehended with a quantity of methamphetamine in New York's Central Park early this morning. As police escorted him out of the park at 64th and West Drive at 3:40AM, Quest mentioned that, "I have meth in my pocket." Sure enough, a search of his person discovered the drug sealed in a Ziploc. (NY Times; photo: Pascal Lauener/Reuters)

Is Big Love Reality TV?

Fueled by a 15-year-old girl's claim that she'd had a baby by her 50-year-old husband, over 400 women and children were taken by Child Protection Services from the fundamentalist sect of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints yestereday in West Texas and placed in shelters. Suffering and heartbreak aside, the scandal will be just the ticket ratings-wise for the polygamist drama Big Love when it returns in the fall to HBO, which hasn't been feeling so hot lately. (Video at keyetv)

Time Magazine

Britney's new diet secret is to set the time machine to four years ago. (HuffPo via dlisted; t/y Lindsey)

Problem Solved

Democratic candidate goes trans for the cover of The New Republic.

What If

Don't you think Star magazine might have gotten away with its embarrassing gaffe about Brad and Angelina getting married if the editors had simply said they were trying to get a jump on the April Fools stories?

Quote Unquote

“I wasn’t a hippie or a stoner, so I ended up being the weirdo. I was interested in classical ballet and music, and the kids were quite mean if you were different. I was one of those people that people were mean to. I decided to emphasize my differences. I didn’t shave my legs. I had hair growing under my arms. I refused to wear makeup, or fit the ideal of what a conventionally pretty girl would look like. So of course I was tortured even more. [But it] further validated my superiority, and helped me to survive and say, 'I’m getting out of here, and everyone is a heathen in this school!' " – Madonna to Vanity Fair on her Detroit upbringing.

Diddy Was Punk'd

How did an imprisoned, overweight and disturbed white kid from Florida orchestrate the hoax that had the Los Angeles Times falsely claiming that Sean Combs was involved in the shooting of Tupac Shakur? (The Smoking Gun)

She's Running Now, but Not Then

Hillary Clinton says when she and Chels visited Bosnia in 1996, sniper fire forced them to duck and run for cover. But the videotape brought out of mothballs by CBS tells a different tale. On the positive side, we like Hill's '96 pageboy way better than her current dykey 'do.

Full Disclothesure

It looks like Playgirl isn't the only one who wants to see more of New York's ex-governor. The folks over at 23/6.com think Mr Spitzer should take the magazine up on its offer to pose nude. But since they doubt he will, they've put their own little centerfold up to give us an idea of what we're missing!

– AguynamedWayne

Show Us Your Spitzer

Playgirl magazine is offering New York's ex-governor big bucks to pose nude! I guess they think big ears and a big forehead translate into a big...ego? (Photo: Debbie Egan-Chin)

– AguynamedWayne

Fleshback

There was that funny story today about Joe Francis forgetting he'd already shot the Spitzer girl a few years ago. Here she is being "wild" in 2003.

Diddy Denies Puff Piece

Sean "Diddy" Combs denied a report in the LA Times today that his associates were responsible for the 1994 robbery and shooting of Tupac Shakur (above) at a New York recording studio and that he knew about the attack in advance. Says the former Puff Daddy, "The story is a lie. It is beyond ridiculous and completely false." (Seattle Times; photo: Getty Images)

Spitzer Take

Heidi Fleiss tells Radar that it was the devil in Eliot Spitzer's particular freak that was his undoing. "You pay people right, you treat them right, you don't have a problem," she says. "It's so easy to not get caught." The girls who are alleged to have serviced the New York governor described him as "difficult," with demands involving "things that, like, you might not think were safe.... I'm sure he wanted anal sex without condoms." Radar notes that she says that last bit "speculating but strangely confident." Says Heidi: "I think he's an arrogant prick and he thinks he's above the law; no one likes a hypocrite." (Radar Online; photo: Getty Images)

First!

Page Six is pissed off it didn't get to be the first to reveal Patrick Swayze's tragically shortened time on Earth, and was shamefully scooped by the National Enquirer. The gossip sheet says it had a tip a full four weeks ago that Swayze had terminal pancreatic cancer, but his "fork-tongued" publicist lied and said the actor was doing fine after a "gastrointestinal procedure." As punishment, the publicist has been banished to the column's "Liar's Corner," which one would think was already filled to capacity.

Foot Soldier

Here's what Prince Harry was doing in the Afghanistan front lines when the Drudge Report leaked his whereabouts and forced the British military to whisk him back to the safety of London. (Photos: WENN via A Socialite's Life)

Liar Liar

It looks as if Obama fans can rest easy. Larry Sinclair, whose lurid allegations via a much-viewed YouTube video (that in 1999 he had performed oral sex on Barack Obama in the back of limo and then later in a hotel room while smoking crack cocaine), have been proven false! The political blog WhiteHouse.com challenged Sinclair to take a polygraph test to back up his allegations. Sinclair agreed and the test was performed this weekend and both experts hired to analyze the results declared that deception was indicated.

– AguynamedWayne

Senator On The Down Low?

The now much viewed video in which Larry Sinclair claims to have performed oral sex on Barack Obama in the back of a limo, and later in a hotel room while smoking crack cocaine, is starting to cause quite a stir in the blogosphere. Mr Sinclair claims to have made the incendiary video because the Obama campaign and the mainstream media stifled his efforts to tell his story. He also offers to take a polygraph test to prove he is telling the truth, and asks that Obama do the same. Right or wrong, you can expect to hear more about this...

– AguynamedWayne

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