In his autobiography, Arthur Laurents makes it sound like every guy in Hollywood was after him, from Farley Granger to Orry-Kelly. He even claims Cary Grant (!!!) threw pebbles one night at his window pane. I don't get it. He was kind of goodlooking in a very ethnic way (this is the handsomest photo of him I could find), but he makes it sound like men fainted from his beauty when he walked by, and that's just not believable.

Did Arthur Laurents really get as much ass as he claimed?

Fox executives said earlier this month that the audience drop-off this season had been greater than they anticipated and said that several tweaks were in the works to freshen the format for 2013.

'American Idol' finale sees record-low TV audience

1. Marvel’s The Avengers (Disney) NEW [4,349 Theaters] PG13 Friday $80.5M, Weekend $175M 2. Think Like A Man (Screen Gems/Sony) Week 3 [2,010 Theaters] PG13 Friday $2.6M, Weekend $8.0M, Cume $76.1M 3. The Hunger Games (Lionsgate) Week 7 [2,794 Theaters] PG13 Friday $1.9M, Weekend $6.7M, Cume $381.7M 4. The Lucky One (Warner Bros) Week 3 [3,005 Theaters] PG13 Friday $1.8M, Weekend $5.5M, Cume $47.9M 5. The Five-Year Engagement (Universal) Week 2 [2,941 Theaters] R Friday $1.8M (-47%), Weekend $5.8M, Cume $19.7M 6. Pirates! Band of Misfits 3D (Aardman/Sony) Week 2 [3,358 Theaters] PG Friday $1.3M (-50%), Weekend $5.9M, Cume $19.1M 7. The Raven (Relativity) Week 2 [2,209 Theaters] R Friday $950K (-62%), Weekend $2.8M, Cume $12.3M 8. Safe (Lionsgate) Week 2 [2,271 Theaters] R Friday $900K (-66%), Weekend $2.7M, Cume $13.1M 9. Chimpanzee (Disneynature) Week 3 [1,531 Theaters] PG Friday $707K, Weekend $2.2M, Cume $22.8M 10. The Three Stooges (Fox) Week 4 [2,174 Theaters] PG Friday $480K, Weekend $1.8M, Cume $39.6M

Avengers Sets Box Office Record: $80.5M Friday On Pace For $175M Biggest Domestic Weekend, $575M WW

These are troublesome vehicles, yes? My middle brother bought a used one earlier this week and I didn't want to call him an idiot-who's-just-asking-for-car-trouble in front of his wife. Have the English ever built a reliable car? Why are they so inept in the automotive arts?

I woke up at a trick's house this morning famished so I went rummaging through his fridge and found bread inside. I've never seen anyone refrigerate bread before. It was just baffling. Wouldn't it get hard? I confronted him about it when he woke up and he said it keeps it fresh and keeps away mold. Is this true? He toasted some for me and it did taste okay with marmalade and farm-fresh butter. I couldn't tell the difference.

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Jim Parson's has come out

If you had a time machine and could go back to witness one event, what would it be? Remember, you are just a passive observer. No going back to change history or do something that you will benefit from in the present. So as much as you want, no killing Hitler, no telling Bobby to avoid walking through that kitchen or buying a ton of Apple stock at rock bottom prices.

Anyone else a fan of the new BBC series. If so, SPOILER QUESTION INSIDE

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Out of all sports I feel personally we have more swimmers and divers who come out as gay ie Greg Louganus,Matthew Mitcham,Mark Tewksbury and Daniel Kowalski to name a few. Who in the swimming and diving world is rumoured to be gay or who may come out next,besides of course Ian Thorpe ?

Which one do you prefer? Or do you love both? What about French & Saunders? Is Jon Plowman one of the best producers ever? Is Miranda Hart the only one who was in both AbFab and Vicar of Dibley?

"Nights on Broadway"

RIP Robin

Finally?

Man confesses to killing Etan Patz

It says that Hammer Films bought the rights to make a film about it.

Cool article about the Winchester Mystery House

I seem to recall the word meaning something at one time.

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has just won American Idol.

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The DL search function sucks, so please tell me every juicy item that has been discussed about him, and more.%0D\ %0D\ Very appealing.

Wilmer is exactly my type, physically. And on Stern, he acknowledged his cock is massive. Even better. But he seems to have such a lacluster career. Is it his straight boy dilemma - he's trying to fuck every actress in Hollywood, and for that, no one will take him seriously ? Like a male Tara Reid.

Weak, weak, weak. And the whitest season ever. I love me some soul and a big black girl voice. Nothing this year. Hard to believe.

American Idol Top 24 (spoiler)

I couldn't find the new thread, so I posted this. If the search function has made me look like an ass, I apologize (it wouldn't be the first time).

Gay rights laws in America have evolved to allow — but in some cases ban — rights for gay, lesbian and transgender people on a range of issues, including marriage, hospital visitation, adoption, housing, employment and school bullying. The handling of gay rights issues vary by state and follow trends by region

Gay rights in the US, state by state

You get sick, and they emergency services have to be called so that they can bulldoze your house to free you from your bedroom. If this isn't a motivator to losing weight, I don't know what is. "A teenager weighing 63st was taken to hospital yesterday with the help of builders, scaffolders and members of all three emergency services. Georgia Davis, 19, needed urgent medical care but it took around 30 people almost eight hours to get her into an ambulance. The road outside her home was closed off as two walls of the house were demolished to move her from her first-floor bedroom."

For the Morbidly Obese DLers

Old thread was inexplicably closed, so here's the new thread!

Revenge of the Guys Presenting Their Holes