21st-Century Vox

What You Wish For

The other day, while I was sick, I was watching the movie Pretty Woman. I’ve of course seen it a hundred times, but all of the sudden I became fascinated by that bum who ran around screaming, “This is Hollywood. What’s your dream?” I started thinking about people’s dreams and what happens when they actually come true. We all have aspirations and hopes about things that would be an ultimate experience to us, but do we really change if our dreams are made into reality?

I decided to look up some of the wishes on the Make a Wish Foundation to see what the organization actually does for people. Hundreds of adorable little children have been granted wishes since the organization began, but did they live up to the children’s expectations? One little boy’s wish was to ride a horse, a little girl wanted to meet Gwen Stefani, and one child wanted a fashion shopping spree. All granted, and all of the children seemed ecstatic by their wishes coming true, but what happened the next day. How long will that memory sustain you before you realize that that wasn’t what you wanted at all?

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So You Had A Bad Day

Last year, my best friend and I got free tickets to see a taping of Megan Mullally's show. As an LA resident (like residents of most cities) I don’t go to many touristy things, but I figured what the hell. I liked the chick on Will & Grace, and it seemed like it would be a fun thing to do together. I was dead wrong. We had to stand in line for about an hour and, once inside, the horrible audience rouser told terrible jokes and kept popping up to force the audience to clap and cheer for things that were extremely unworthy. And when Megan finally dragged her sedated self out to the stage, she was unprepared and unentertaining. Her guests were Desperate Housewife Felicity Huffman, and one-hit-wonder singer/songwriter Daniel Powter. Megan basically had NO clue who Felicity was, and during the completely lame interview, where they talked mostly about their husbands, Megan said, “Felicity was in a small little indy movie that a lot of people haven’t seen, but it’s really entertaining if you get a chance to check it out.” That little indy movie was Transamerica and happened to earn the actress a little Oscar nomination and a little Golden Globe, not to mention several little critics’ awards. It was just kinda rude that she seemed so unprepared and uninterested, and my love for Megan quickly began to wane. My friend and I groaned in agony.

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Hillary Clinton would be the best president to ever govern the United States of America. How’s that for an opening line? I’ve never really considered myself the most politically motivated person on the planet. Sure, I like to stay educated enough to be able to stay up with high-level political conversations, and I always vote, but usually I don’t really care who wins because the candidates all seem so similar to me that it’s like voting for which Backstreet Boy you like better – some may be cuter than others but they all kinda suck.

This year, however, I'm genuinely excited about the possibilities of who could become president. While I still truly believe that John McCain will probably ultimately win the prize because he looks like all of the other white men who have run the country, and the Republicans are more cohesive than the Democrats, I never actually thought there would be a person of color or a woman who stood a chance at taking control of the country in my lifetime. That’s how antiquated our government is. So with the primary elections right around the corner, I thought I would throw my two cents into the ring and watch as the comments fly.

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Testing Your Gag Reflex


Wanna see something gross? Well, first off, let me apologize for being so sporadic over the past few weeks. I just finished a very successful run of a great show called City Kid the Musical. Grammy award-winning writers, amazing directors, a brilliant band, sold-out audiences, and one of the best casts I’ve ever seen made for a fantastic show which hopefully will kick back up in the new year. If you wanna know more, check this out.

And now for the gross. There is a video phenomenon which if you haven’t seen yet, count yourself lucky. The disgusting "2 girls 1 cup" has been circulating through cyberspace and grossing out watchers all over the world. While the video itself is disturbing, there's no shortage of laughs to be found on YouTube of people who have filmed their reactions to it.

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Dylan Vox

I’ve often been criticized on this site because I never talk about porn, but this week I decided to put in my two cents on the subject. I sometimes feel like Kelly Clarkson when she has to talk about American Idol, like, “Yeah I did it. It was great. I appreciate all the people involved and yadda yadda, but look what else I can do.” But this is a subject I feel deserves a little attention. It’s been a controversial subject in the adult industry for years, and this week the argument over condom use came to a sad and inevitable forefront as three UK-based porn actors reported that they had contracted HIV. The news came as a result of a barebacking video with a fourth actor who didn't realize he was HIV-positive until days after shooting.

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Grow Up

I happened to be watching The People’s Court the other day – you know, with judge Marilyn Milian, the hottest judge on television – when I saw a case that peaked my interest. Most of the time there’s a clear-cut right and wrong in the cases and most of the litigants look like they just rolled out of their trailer home and threw on their acid-wash tight rolled jeans and an airbrushed T-shirt from the local fair in order to get to court on time, but this day was different. A young aunt was suing her former nephew through marriage for rent and for damaging her property while living at her house. Both litigants seemed to be pretty well educated and the aunt seemed generally concerned for her young nephew.

The boy, who had just turned 20, said he was kicked out of his mother’s house because he wasn’t getting along with her. He moved in with his father, whom he said abused him and wasn’t treating him fairly. He had gone to live with his grandparents and finally called his aunt who felt pity on him and allowed the guy to live in her home for almost a year. The boy had gotten into an argument with his aunt and she asked him to leave, and when he returned to get his things he broke the door in to get access to the house.

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I really Love New York

In case you haven’t been paying attention, the world of celebritydom has been changing over the past few years. No longer are the privileged sons and daughters of wealthy Hollywood execs or A-list actors or the just plain rich the only ones who are getting famous. As you know, I LOVE REALITY TELEVISION and as each new season comes, old castoffs, houseguests, top chefs, dancers, designers, and bachelors are brushed aside to make room for the next crop of celebrity wannabes who step forward to claim their 15 minutes of fame. That is, of course, unless you are the queen of a network.

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In the world of entertainment, audiences and executives alike are constantly on the lookout for the next triple threat, that special person who is phenomenally talented at everything they do. But as pop diva Madonna has proven time and time again, being talented in one field doesn’t necessarily mean your talent will transcend to the world of acting.

This week, I made the horrible mistake of seeing the film Game Plan, starring former wrestler turned actor The Rock. He plays a star quarterback who suddenly finds out he has an eight-year-old daughter to take care of. Although Dwayne Johnson has made a string of somewhat successful movies over the past few years, it's apparent that his talent as an actor is much less the cause for his success than his name recognition. Filmmakers are counting on that name recognition to help propel the movie or television program by creating the buzz that will equal dollar signs at the box office, but sometimes sports figures should stay just stay on the court. Everyone from ice diva Nancy Kerrigan, to football god Brett Favre has picked up the acting bug at one time or another, so here is a little examination about just “what happens when sports stars act.”

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Just a Click Away


Since the beginning of time, mankind has been obsessed with the unusual, the peculiar, and the downright weird. Like watching a train wreck in progress, sometimes you just feel like you can’t look away even though you really should. Long gone are the days when sideshows were the only place you could see some of the strangest freaks imaginable. With the cyber revolution strongly embedded into our culture, now any weirdo can post whatever he wants, and millions of computer users can log on and see into the minds of some of the most bizarre people on the planet. I've compiled a list of just a few of the oddest, most absurd, and even mundane things you can find just by clicking.

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The Douchebag Brothers

“If you're gonna make an asshole of yourself, try not to do it on television.” Now, that’s a small piece of advice I wish we had been offered in grade school. In this age where reality television has become such a huge part of our culture, it would apply more often than one would think and would definitely be a lot more helpful than learning square roots.

If you've been watching the latest installment of Big Brother then you've been privy to one of the best seasons of the show in years, and have seen a place where that aforementioned word to the wise would have come in very handy. The characters on Big Brother have come to life and provided hours of entertainment; but along with that, Eric has decided that he's gonna be this year’s waste of space. The guy can’t win challenges, refuses to say goodbye to certain people when they get kicked out of the game (game being the operative word), tells dumb jokes, has no skills, makes stupid facial expressions as though he were the joker from batman without the makeup, lies about not having a girlfriend outside of the house, says that he's falling in love with a girl on television, has his nipples pierced, TALKS TOO LOUD EVEN THOUGH HE HAS A MICROPHONE ON, wears women’s clothes, and just generally is a human toolbox. Every season has one or two so I thought it would be fun to go back and take a look at the biggest douchebags of Big Brothers past.

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My Personals Ad

The other day I was sitting in an airport waiting for a plane that was inevitably late. I had finished the book I was reading and decided to pick up a newspaper. I skimmed through the news, which never seems to change, finished the sports pages, and then found my way to the personals section in the back. My first thought was disbelief that they actually still had a personals sections in the paper. I mean it’s an online world nowadays where pictures and profiles litter cyber space, and I was just in shock that small three-line ads with no pictures and very little description were expected to be the answer to true love. Then, after reading a few, I was shocked even more; one sad little ad had a 34-year-old white male seeking his other half.

It was a sad for a few reasons. First, that someone doesn’t think of themselves as a whole person without a partner sounds like a lonely existence. Of course, it’s great to share life with someone else, but if you can’t be happy with yourself, what good are you going to be to someone else? It was also sad that someone went to the newspaper and paid money to place an ad so generic that anyone or everyone could respond to it. I mean, are some people so desperate for a relationship that they can’t be specific about what they want?

The ad got me thinking about what I would say if I placed one. How would I describe my perfect partner if there were a big menu board like the one outside Wendy’s that allowed me to create the perfect person? Well here it goes:

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Touched by Tammy Faye

"Honey, God loves everybody. It's human beings who mess things up," Tammy Faye Messner said to me as she placed her tiny frail hand in mine to give a squeeze as we walked out of the movie theater. It was the premiere of her second documentary, which recounted her battle with cancer. The words she spoke in her high-pitched Minnesota drawl were so simple, and yet carried so much meaning because to Tammy Faye all men were created equal, no matter what their color, religion, gender, or sexual orientation, and in her mind not only was she not to judge other people, she was to accept them the way God intended her to. Tammy Faye Messner didn't judge people because she had walked in their shoes. Throughout her life she had been persecuted and made fun of. The joke, however, was on those who could not see past the wigs and pounds of makeup to the heart of an extraordinary woman who lived her life as best she could, mistakes and all, and gave people hope, enjoyment, and enlightenment.

Dylan Does Debbie Does Dallas

The off-Broadway sensation Debbie Does Dallas: The Musical is coming to LA! It's an uproarious good time and stars me, Dylan Vox! The show opens next week at the prestigious Key Club in Hollywood and runs on Thursdays for the next five weeks. Tickets are available at Ticketmaster or by calling 213 480-3232. I would love to see you all there!

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F-U-C-K

F-U-C-K. Such a short but extremely potent word. Do you know what it stands for? Do ya? No, it’s not For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge. Just because Van Halen named an album that doesn’t make it fact. No, the word fuck dates back to the um... well, it dates back to a long time ago when the King controlled sex among the non-aristocracy. The “poor” people had to go to the king and ask for permission to have sex. Then they'd write FUCK on their door, which stood for Fornication Under Consent of the King. Can you imagine that? Having to ask permission to have sex (yes, I realize guys have to pretty much beg girls to put out all the time, but that’s different).

Why is fuck such a dirty word? And why is sex considered so taboo in our country? I mean, who really cares? If no one gets hurt, I say do whatever you want. Life is just too short. The FCC actually allows (although I think no one thus far has had the balls to do it) network television to use the word. However, you can use it only as an expletive, not in reference to a sexual act. So, you can say, “I want to fuckin' kill you!” but you can’t say, “I want to fuck you.” Are we really that afraid of sex? (Do I really need to ask more questions?) I mean, sex is natural. Sex is fun. Sex is best… Well, you know the rest.

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It’s Just My Nature

A few weeks ago someone actually asked me, “What’s your sign?” My first thought, naturally, was to look at my watch and check which decade it was, but I told him I was a Capricorn. Now, I know my sign pretty much came about by accident because astrology and Kristy Swanson’s current career mean about the same to me – nothing. By the way did you hear that the star of the movie Buffy the Vampire Slayer is a homewrecker? Yeah, she hooked up with world champion pairs figure skater Lloyd Eisler when they were on that tragic mess of a show Skating with the Stars and apparently she never let him go. He left his wife and, recently, she and Swanson got in a huge altercation and were both arrested. That’s one way to revive a career, I guess.

ANYWAY, I digress. So I said I was a Capricorn, and the guy was all “yeah I knew it.” I couldn’t exactly figure out what that meant, so I decided to do some research to find out for myself just what all this “sign” crap is about. What I discovered was kinda eerie and actually made me wonder a few things about how people interact.

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Score One For the Good Gays

Often in gay life we look to the butchest, best-looking people as role models simply because of the way they appear in print or on television. Reality television stars seem to be flooding the market of late, and with more contestants, the more likely it is that more of them will be gay. But usually we're drawn only to the good-looking ones. When Danny Roberts (top left) was cast on The Real World New Orleans, everyone was excited because he was a hot gay guy on TV. Then when his season aired, everyone realized just how charisma-free a hot gay guy on TV could be. A few years later, Reichenmania began, and the over-botoxed stud (top right) blasted the cover of every gay mag, video, and book jacket he could run to, and people actually began to look to him as a mentor. He’s the hot guy who won The Amazing Race, whoopee.

Remember Ross the Intern from the Tonight show, the pudgy little ubergay guy who did on-the-street interviews and basically became Jay Leno’s lighthearted punching bag? He was the guy you kinda wouldn’t take notice of except to chuckle at with your friends. Well, the 27-year-old overweight intern, joined this season of VH1’s Celebrity Fit Club and after three months of battling with the judges, overcoming his fear of working out, and having to put up with child-star loser-turned-fatso Dustin Diamond, Ross the Intern came out on the other side as Ross Mathews, a stronger, more fit young man, who proved that kindness is the true value that makes a great gay role model.

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The Upside of Ignorance

This is not an article about Paula Abdul, but I think she's probably the perfect picture of ignorance. Anyway, I'm sick as a dog as I'm writing this because it's fucking raining in LA and my body is so pussy that the slightest change in the weather and I turn into Grandma Moses and have to lock myself up with my computer and a mountain of Zicam. So if this entry is crazy-sounding, grab a pad and pencil and write a long letter to your congressmen.

I happened to tune in to a terrible show called Trading Spouses, and for some reason in my hazy Nyquil glow a very interesting thought was included in my stream of consciousness: I wondered about who are better off, the people who have money and success but are so unhappy because they're smart enough to know there's so much they're missing out on, OR the simple and uneducated who are happy because they have very little? It’s an interesting dilemma if you think about it because everyone wants to have a good life and be happy, but at what cost are we willing to just be happy?

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Staying Thankful

I always wonder if we have a dream and it comes true, will we feel it all at once or will it take a while to sink in? Today I got to have a tiny bit of that feeling when I opened my new Entertainment Weekly and there on a page somewhere in the back of the television section was my picture staring back at me announcing my upcoming show The Lair. OK, well, I wasn’t technically staring back; it was me overtop of anther guy about to stick fangs into his neck but, still, it was a picture of me.

At first I was like, Dude, you have been in magazines and shit before, who really cares. But then it started to sink in that little old me was in Entertainment Weekly. It was such a great feeling because it was something that I have dreamed about for a long time. Then I started thinking about the new television show on Spike that I just filmed called Murder, and the fact that I will be doing Debbie Does Dallas: The Musical starting in August at the Key Club, which is a huge venue on Sunset, and all of the sudden I was just overwhelmed that maybe my dream is coming true.

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What’s My Name, Bitch?

Sometimes when I'm talking to my friends my brain farts out the most obscure reference, and I'm simply in awe of some of the crap I've retained. I thought it would be kinda fun to see if you all knew some of the names of the people who swim around in my head, so I decided to do another quiz. I actually know the names of all these people for some reason, so after the jump see if you do too.

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The Baby Dilemma

All the stars have them. It’s like a great new accessory, only it goes a lot deeper than that. Is it wrong that I want to get on the bandwagon and have one too someday? My best friend from high school is about to have a little baby boy, and it has been a great time at her house. I got to see pics of the little sucker in her womb and how awesomely happy she and her husband are about bringing a cute little child into the world. As happy as I was for her, I couldn’t help but feel a little sad that I don’t have a little dude or dudette coming into my life anytime soon. A lot of my friends don’t like or want children, which I think is cool, but I gotta admit I wouldn’t mind being Angelina Jolie (and not just for the Brad thing) and having a house full of different kids running around. I started to think out loud to a friend about the possibilities of what it would be like, and he expressed that he thought it was just stupid to bring a kid into the world when it was so fucked up. His response made me wonder, do people truly think like that or is it just fashionable?

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No One Is to Blame

I debated all week over whether to make my entry about the tragedy at Virginia Tech. I grew up in VA and my parents and both brothers went to Tech so it is a very sensitive subject for my family, but one that I feel is necessary to speak about. Please read this post knowing that I have nothing but well wishes for the families and sympathize with the horrible things they are going through.

It is unfortunate that in the aftermath of tragedy people’s first reaction is to look for someone to blame. After 9/11, the United States basically went to war with just about everyone – even ourselves. The FAA cracked down on airplane safety adding more security, limiting things that could be carried on, adding excessive check-in processes, delaying take-off times, and all the changes may have done more harm than good. I remember that on my way to an ice-skating competition my partner and I were not allowed to bring our skates on board because they could be used as a weapon. We checked them, of course, but the luggage was lost and neither of us got them in time to compete.

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Big Ole Balls

I love people with big balls, and no I don’t mean just anatomical. There are times when I'm watching TV or working or just driving down the road that I'll catch somebody doing something that makes my jaw drop 'cause I just can’t believe they're able to do what they're doing and still keep a straight face. So I’m taking my hat off to those of you out there who truly have some big ole balls.

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The News According To Me

For the life of me I still cannot figure out why we are a nation obsessed with the goings-on of Paris Hilton. She has no ass, no skills, and no talent, is not funny or smart or witty or anything that usually make a celebrity interesting, but if you live in Los Angeles you know that even the local news will dedicate a whole segment to her latest trials and tribulations. Put the bitch in jail right next to Zsa Zsa Gabor and give my newscasters a break.

There are interesting things happening in the news which get very little coverage, and I think they're worth mentioning and getting comments about. So if you're tired of hearing about Sanjaya and his latest gay hairdo (and yes, ladies, he is very very very gay; he makes Ryan Seacrest look like Charlton Heston), take a second and read some of the weird and newsworthy things that happened this week.

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Don’t Fuck With the Help

I recently rented the movie Waiting, starring the often hot and always silly Ryan Reynolds. If you have ever waited tables or eaten at a restaurant you should check it out. The underlying message is DON”T FUCK WITH THE PEOPLE WHO TOUCH YOUR FOOD. Now, I have worked in restaurants to pay for college, and let me tell you that when the 13th amendment outlawed involuntary servitude, I’m not so sure they didn’t have waiters in mind. It’s a horrible job with very little thanks and very little pay.

A few years back, the government raised minimum wage but, in most cases, waiters still only make around $2.13 an hour. In the resolution to raise the wages, it was suggested that the standard tip rate should be raised to 20% over the former 15%. Well, I’m not sure everyone got this memo, 'cause I still have friends who barely tip 15%, and that’s friggen embarrassing. You're paying these people to bring you food and drink and clean silverware and to make sure everything is OK with your food. Your tip is what they're working for.

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Doolittle Does It and the Super Bowl Can Make You Gay

It's been a completely random week for me and as such this will probably be the most random entry ever, but since you all like to make comments, I was hoping that I could put some somewhat interesting thoughts out there that I could get some feedback on. [Ed note: Ah, but the comments section is temporarily closed.]

First off, American Idol has started. Since I usually skip the first round of fake performers that they hire to come in and make asses of themselves, I had some catching up to do. When I finally tuned in, I was met with 24 men and women who have what I would consider marginal star appeal, at best. The winner, as predetermined, will no doubt be Justin Timberlake-wannabe cutey Chris Richardson, even though Melinda Dolittle is my new Chris Daughtry as best person of the year who won't win. My friends were convinced Sanjaya and Haley (?) were not gonna make the top 12, but I assured them that there was no way the show was gonna allow five black girls and only one white girl (Gina Glocksen) to make the finals. And as far as Sanjaya is concerned, do we remember John Stevens and Jasmine Trias? Oh yeah, of course we don’t.

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Oscars and Angels

This entry is going to be bifurcated, and if you don’t know what that means look it up or just continue reading. Tomorrow night is the Academy Awards, also known as The February Event Where Hollywood Celebrities Come Together and Celebrate Themselves. I say this is the February Event because God knows the celebrities don’t like to miss a month without giving each other an award. You know, kinda like employee of the month or top salesmen of the week for other people. Only we don’t usually bask in the moment wearing $15,000 gowns and give speeches about how fantastic it was to go to work. I don’t take flowers to the girl at McDonald's for showing up and packing the biggest box of fries, so I guess it seems weird to me that they win awards for doing good work. When I'm nominated for one, I promise I will come back and apologize for this blog entry, but until then let's move along to the most pretentious night in all of Hollywoodland.

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Jumping the Shark

Unfortunately, the past couple of weeks I have forced myself to watch The Apprentice in the hope that something of interest would come up and the show would be back to the way it was in its heyday (like a year ago). That, however, has yet to happen. That fool Donald Trump fired Carolyn, who was one of the biggest highlights of the show, and brought on his two mo-ron children to replace her. I mean, is it just me, or does Ivanka have a man voice? And why are they living in tents? It seems that Mark Burnett may have run out of things to sell to the network so now he is combining his shows. Does that mean that the next season of Survivor will have tribal counsel held in a boardroom? Well, at any rate, firing Carolyn may have been the exact thing that caused this show to JUMP THE SHARK.

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I’m Bringing Sexy Back?

Ever since I first started in the entertainment business, I have been told repeatedly that I am not the most beautiful person, but that there is something about me that is sexy. I thank them for the back-handed compliment and cope with the fact that I am not conventionally hot, but I've begun to realize that sex appeal doesn’t always come from great looks. (OK, so I'm telling myself this to make me feel better; just bear with me.) I've put together a list of some of the people I find sexy and why. Some of them are conventionally hot, but usually that’s not the thing I'm attracted to. For example:

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How to Have Sex Like a Star

Forget everything you were taught about the birds and the bees, fast food sex is over. If you wanna know how to get out of the bad-sex slump, here are some tips that will catapult you from going through the motions to having amazing sex like a pro.

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Selling Your Soul

Last night, I had the weirdest dream and wanted to share it with ya’ll. OK, so maybe it’s not exciting to hear about someone’s dream, but it leads to the story, so chill out! In my dream, I was on my way to an audition with four friend and we had to go through an old cave to get to the audition (it’s a dream, they don’t make sense). When we got into the cave, these scary zombielike people told us that they would kill us all, OR we could choose which one of us they could kill and the rest of us would go free, but we couldn't tell anyone about the cave or we would die anyway. So we all cried and fought and finally decided that my friend Scott would be killed so the rest of us could live. Then we had to continue to the audition, and I was really good because I cried a lot in the audition room and that’s what the character called for. YES, I KNOW IT’S TWISTED, but it was a dream!

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You’re Gonna Love me

I was fortunate to be able to go to a screening of Dreamgirls the week before its release. I guess that's one of the upsides to living in Los Angeles. Although I have never really been a big fan of musicals, I could not wait to see this film. Not because of the story, but to watch Jennifer Hudson prove to the world she was an unmatched talent. I’m sorry, Beyoncé, but your talent was completely marginalized by Jennifer's. The press she's gotten is all deserved, and when she sang “And I Am Telling You” everyone in the audience jumped to their feet and gave a huge ovation. I am not a fan of applauding in a movie – the performers are not there, the director is not there, the writer is not there – but for some reason it felt very appropriate to clap for Ms Hudson’s performance. She was great.

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Did You Know?

I asked someone where the saying 420 came from. I know it's used as a euphemism for smoking weed, but where did it come from? One of my friends said that it was Hitler’s birthday, another person said it was the day that Columbine happened, but no one knew for sure. So I looked it up, and apparently the earliest known reference of 420 was in 1971 when a group of high school students used the term as a time to meet up and smoke. So 420 is now a generic for someone saying they like to use marijuana. Who knew? So here's some other shit that I thought was interesting.

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Looking for Love Online

It seems that everyone is looking for love in all the wrong places. If you believe the research from the LOGO Channel – and let’s face it, why wouldn’t you? – then you would know that 48% of gay men now find “love” online. That’s right, gone are the days when you actually had to leave your house to meet that special someone. Now you can just log on and click to your favorite site to find Mr Right or, in most cases, Mr Right now. The biggest trouble is deciding which site will have exactly what you are looking for. Sorry, ladies, I couldn’t find many for you all so this blog is pretty male oriented.

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Men vs Women

I was watching American Justice last week (yes, I do watch something other than reality shows), and it was about women in the criminal justice system. It started off with the familiar tale of Lorena Bobbitt, the chick who cut off her husband’s penis and then threw it out the window of her car. Now, both people were obviously extremely trashy, for lack of a better word. He claimed she was a lying sex fiend who cut off his thingy because he couldn’t get it up; after they sewed it back on, he starred in some great porn films. Meanwhile, she said he beat her all the time and raped her; she later moved back to South America and sold her story for a substantial sum. Two different sides to one story and both people were acquitted and set free.

The program also talked about Aileen Wournos – the gal the movie Monster was based on – and how rare it is to have a female serial killer. It also touched on battered woman’s syndrome. When the show finished, my cluttered mind began to focus on all the times that men and women react differently to different circumstances and how different they are treated in society. I decided that it would be a cool topic to hear reactions about, so here we go:

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Why Can’t Gay Dudes Play Gay Dudes?

Today was a realization day. I hate those days. You know when you realize that something that you never thought was true actual is true, and now you feel like a jackass 'cause you didn’t see it before. Well, today was one of those days. I had an audition for a feature, and I read through the script, which was OK, not exactly Chaucer, but it was OK. It happened to be a gay movie, which I usually don’t audition for because they are typically soooooo boring and clichéd, and some character always either has an overdose or AIDS because apparently that’s all gays are about (yawn), but I thought this one could be interesting.

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Reality Check

This was the week where all of my favorite shows played those horrible goddamn recap episodes. Do they think that our short-term memory is so jacked up that we can’t remember what has happened for the first six weeks? When Desperate Housewives started two years ago my friends insisted on making me watch the show, and for a few weeks I really got into it. Then they replayed episode three again, then four again, then a new episode, then the first episode again, then the sixth episode again, then three weeks passed before a new episode, and ahhhhhhhhhh. I became so frustrated that I just gave up and haven’t tuned in since. OK, just had to get that out, lol. Anyway, I thought this would be a good time to have a reality update.

21st-Century Vox

Name That Film

Have you ever been watching a movie and someone in it says something that you totally wish you had said? A lot of times I'll incorporate things into my everyday speech and forget where they came from. I thought it might be cool to write some of my favorite movie quotes here and see if you can tell where they come from. Welcome to the first episode of NAME THAT FILM.

A Program Note

The WOW Report's 21st-Century Vox columnist, Dylan Vox, has scored himself a part in the Israel Horovitz play, Line, at the Underground Theatre in Hollywood. If you don't already know, Line, which concerns five characters waiting in line, is the longest-running play in off-off-Broadway history. And playwright Israel Horovitz is the father of Beastie Boy Ad-Rock.

The Underground Theatre is at 1312 N. Wilton Place, Hollywood 90028. Show dates are Tuesdays and Wednesdays, October 24, 25, 31, and November 1. For tickets call 323 467-0036.

21st-Century Vox

The Six-Million-Dollar Kournikova Question:
What Makes People Famous?

I just got a new job as an associate editor at Gaysports.com. If you all are interested in sports you should check it out. I love sports. No, I FUCKING LOVE SPORTS. Competition is the most invigorating thing that a person can imagine. I don’t drink 'cause alcohol tastes like camel piss. No, really, it doesn’t taste good. I know everyone thinks it does or says, “Oh, you just haven’t had the right drink.” Well, I don’t want the right drink. I like competition – it’s a much more powerful aphrodisiac, and you don’t feel like crap the next day.

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I “came” with the band

Some people fall in love with one another, some fall in love with food or their children or their houses, and some fall in love with a stage. Unfortunately I’m one of the latter. Last night I got to rock out at a new trend in Hollywood called Extreme Karaoke. Before you throw up and insist that karaoke is a wretched invention that the Japanese came up with to take over our country one bad note at a time, let me say that most of the time I would definitely agree with you, but this is different. My best chum Mr Nightlife and I were invited to the launch of a new magazine at a chill little bar in Hollywood called Boardner's where supposedly the legendary Black Dahlia had her last drinks before being bisected like a turkey. Oh, and on an aside, if you haven’t seen that film, I am warning you not to. Yes, I do have an incredible disdain for Hilary Skank, but besides that it’s just a bad bad film. Anyway, I was all prepared for a regular Hollywood night where everyone schmoozes on everyone and talks about them behind their backs later and then we all get cool gift bags and go home. This, however, was not one of those nights. When we walked in, I noticed that they were setting up for a band. I sat at a front table and was curious to know who was going to perform. When I was told that in fact no one was performing, that this was to be karaoke with a live band, I had a small orgasm because, as everyone knows, I FUCKING LOVE TO SING.

21st-Century Vox

What the Hell Happened to You?

I was watching that horrible show Celebrity Duets the other night and, as I was trying desperately to continue looking at the screen as the awkward contestants got chastised by the likes of Marie Osmond and Little Richard, they call Chaka Kahn to the stage. My first thought was, “Damn, how did they get Chaka Kahn to perform on this tragic show?” but once she appeared on stage my thought shifted to “Damn how did they get Chaka Kahn ONTO the stage?” She strolled out looking more like Ghengis Kahn, and I was afraid that she may just eat the person she was doing the duet with. I mean, GOOD GOD SHE’S BIG. Granted, she was never a petite flower, but when in God’s name did she decide that she could let herself go like that? Chaka, honey, gravy is not a beverage!

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Where were you when…

When I was little, I always used to hear my grandparents and parents discuss where they were when they heard Kennedy had been shot, or where they were when Pearl Harbor happened. I have also always heard that Generation Xers and Generation Yers were really spoiled because we never really had anything to fight for or suffer through. I might not have been around during the civil rights movement or prohibition or the Cuban missile crisis, but I can tell you that every generation eventually has its cross to bear, and I thought it would be interesting to go back and find out where I was when significant things in my life happened. OK, so a lot of people will say who gives a flying fuck and will probably just skip this entry, but I guarantee that if you start thinking about where you were when certain events happened, you will find it fascinating.

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Kids can Suck and Lessons Can Be Learned

When we're young the world doesn’t seem so perfect, but it's true that as you grow up you can only remember the good times, or at least the times that seem good to you now. So I want to tell you about some of those things that happened to me. You know, the trials and tribulations that have molded me into the self-obsessed, neurotic, fame whore that I am.

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Survivor in Color

Reality television SUCKED this summer with its blatantly rigged outcomes that even Helen Keller could have seen coming, like Mike “the ugliest man ever to grace television” Malin winning Big Brother and Magni taking the top prize on Rock Star. OK, so they haven’t actually concluded yet, but I’m pretty sure that even if they don’t win, the producers will have generously helped the actual winners along. But now the new television season is starting and CBS is finally taking a chance and doing something that should have been done before. The 13th installment of Survivor is pitting five Asians, five black people, five Latinos, and five white people against each other to fight for the million-dollar reward carrot at the end of the game. The brilliance of this concept is that most likely the game will be played exactly as it usually is and the audience will be able to observe that underneath the skin people really truly are exactly the same.

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Rock Star: SuperStorm

In most entries I try to give some sort of insight into how my crazy-ass mind views the world. I’m not sure that this is going to be one of those entries. This is all about my new crush on the sexy, sultry, Supernova wanna be, Storm Large. If you didn’t watch Rock Star: INXS, or aren't watching Rock Star: Supernova, then you don’t know what you're missing. It’s like American Idol without the ridiculous over-sponsorship and white-washed contestants. It has great semi-established talents vying for the frontman position of an already successful band. They play the music I love, and go one step further by allowing the contestants to do their own arrangements of classic rock songs. After the great first season, I couldn’t wait to see who they were gonna pull out of the hat to be the group. When Tommy Lee, Jason Newstead of Metallica, and Gilby Clark, the luckiest man in rock 'n' roll (in other words he ain’t that good), decided to form a band, I almost peed.

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21 Things I Hate

It has been said that there is no such thing as love without hate. Now in real life, to be honest, I very rarely care enough about things to truly HATE them, but I figured it would be fun to list some things I, um… really dislike. I hope that you will add to the list 'cause I love to know what other people hate.

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