Photo via Wikimedia Commons August 3, 1936– Jesse Owens wins Olympic Gold in the 100 Meters Race In 1931, the International Olympic Committee awarded the 1936 Summer Olympic Games to Berlin. The choice brought Germany's return to the world … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Mexican Movie Star, Dolores Del Río
MGM Archives via YouTube August 3, 1904 - Dolores Del Río : "I hate intolerance and blundering stupidity. And those who are ridden in fear. I have had much laughter and much success. And many tears and dark sorrow. Now, gently, a philosophy has tempered all these things for … [Read more...]
#WomenWeLove: Nazi Hunter, Myrna Loy
"Some perfect wife I am. I’ve been married four times, divorced four times, have no children, and can’t boil an egg." She was a woman who was the very essence of sophistication even though she was born Myrna Adele Williams in rural Montana. She moved to Southern … [Read more...]
Leland Talks Bringing Back the Magic of Drag Back to Las Vegas in RuPaul’s Drag Race Live!
Category is: Viva Drag Vegas! We talked to Leland, Golden Globe-nominated songwriter, composer, executive producer, and one of the masterminds behind the music of the glitziest show to hit the Las Vegas Strip, RuPaul’s Drag Race Live! Along with RuPaul and World of Wonder's … [Read more...]
#OnThisDay: 85 Years Ago, Nazi Olympic Games
Photo: US Holocaust Museum In August 1936, Adolf Hitler's Nazi dictatorship hid away its racist, antisemitic, militaristic essence while hosting the Summer Olympic Games, presenting an image of a peaceful, tolerant Germany. The United States rejected a proposed boycott of … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Gay Writer, James Baldwin
Photograph from James Baldwin Archive, NY Public Library August 2, 1924– James Baldwin: "Hatred, which could destroy so much, never failed to destroy the man who hated, and this was an immutable law." The very first "gay" book I read was James Baldwin's beautiful, … [Read more...]
#Flashback: 75 Years Ago, “Ain’t Nobody Here But Us Chickens” by Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five Goes to Number One
Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens is a Jump Blues song by Alex Kramer and Joan Whitney. It was recorded in June 1946 by Louis Jordan (1908 – 1975) and His Tympany Five by Decca Records on a 78 rpm record. Any flat disc record, made between about 1898 and the late 1950s and … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Songwriter, Lionel Bart
August 1, 1930– Lionel Bart: ''Must I travel far and wide? 'Til I am beside the someone who I can mean something to ... Where? Where is love?'' Lionel Bart hosted some of the most fabulous parties in the Swinging Mod London of the 1960s. His guests included: Princess … [Read more...]
Snoop Dogg’s Olympic Commentary Snatches the Silver (Leslie Jones Still Golden)
Peacock is making The Olympics even more fun with entertainers like Kevin Hart and Snoop Dogg making NSFW comments on lesser-known events. Watch Snoop freak out at a [Read more...]
Will Smith Stars as ‘King Richard,’ Venus and Serena Williams’ Dad/Coach
"This world ain't never had no respect for Richard Williams, but they're gonna respect y'all!" Get ready to get choked up just from the trailer for the … [Read more...]
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