So there is no lesbian spice? Really?

Melanie F?

Melanie Chisholm gets a little blue at Toronto Pride.

by Ryan Porter

Melanie C, the most successful solo Spice, played a free concert on Saturday, June 29, in Toronto that had one group of girls from out of town lining up ("queing" as Mel said) overnight in the rain for front-row access. Mel showed the stage presence she picked up from the Spice Girls' school of performing by dancing her heart out to her pop-rock tracks, but rather than highly choreographed moves Mel stuck to jumps and spins and headbanging her blunt bangs. "I have to get myself together!" a relaxed and personable Mel told the crowd. "I feel like Amy Winehouse." Her commentary on the trainwreck singer was decidedly more adult than she could get away with at a Spice Girls show. "That big beehive," she pondered. "She must have a hairy b----r." The singer cursed so much she should be called Melanie F, but considering she was followed by the No Pussycat Dolls, a band of six drag queens performing the burlesque-pop band's hits, offense was not taken by this audience. The whole crowd was dancing to gay club hit "I Turn To You" and her duet with Bryan Adams, "When You're Gone." "I did that song with my Canadian friend," she said afterwards. "One of my Canadian friends." She's making plenty more. The singer toured Canada in May, played the MuchMusic Video Awards earlier this month and has a MySpace called Melanie C Loves Canada.

There has been wishful thinking whispered that the Sporty label was just a euphemism for "Lesbian Spice," although she's been dating Thomas Starr--a property developer--for six years. But Mel C was always a bit of an outsider in the girl-power gang, neither as artificially enhanced or classically cute as Victoria Beckham or Emma Bunton nor as commanding a personality as Melanie Brown or Geri Halliwell. But one thing she always had going for her was a powerful voice, which is all the more apparent without the rest of the Spice Girls around to distract. Amy Winehouse would be proud.

Sidenote: It really isn't nice to make fun of someone who is dying. Even I draw the line there!

What An Idiot.

Usher blames lesbianism on lack of men
by Elizabeth Bromstein

Usher's arguments begin soundly. But then it all goes to hell. Look out! Angry lesbian at two o'clock!

Usher, who has faced fair amount of backlash about his marriage, got a little defensive in the upcoming issue of Vibe. MTV reports that he took the opportunity to sound off on the skeptics."Am I so much of a bad guy because I decided to get married? Am I so much of a bad guy [because once I got in the situation], I decided to stand for something, build a foundation, and think about my future?" he asked. "As a man, you would respect me for not turning my back on it. ... It can never be bad to have a foundation as a man — a black man — in a time when women are dying for men. Women have started to become lovers of each other as a result of not having enough men. Are you not studying the stories? Wake up! Black love is a good thing." Are you not studying the stories! Why just last week there was a report in the peer reviewed journal, American Sex and Psychology, about how lesbians are lovers of each other as a result of not having enough men (kidding! Please don't look it up). Now we know the cause. So, you can all just relax. My lesbian best friend will be so relieved when I tell her all she needs is a man!Then, of course, there's Lindsay Lohan. And that Katy Perry chick. Get the news to her before she does something more than kiss a girl, and release another terrible song about it.We can almost forgive Usher thanks to Love in This Club. Lucky for him he makes decent music. Now, if only we could just get him to stop talking.

21 Things I Want TOO

ALANIS MORISSETTE -21 Things I Want In A Lover"

Do you derive joy when someone else succeeds?

Do you not play dirty when engaged in competition?

Do you have a big intellectual capacity but know that it alone does not equate wisdom?

Do you see everything as an illusion?

But enjoy it even though you are not of it?

Are you both masculine and feminine? politically aware?

And don't believe in capital punishment?

These are 21 things that I want in a lover

Not necessarily needs but qualities that I prefer

Do you derive joy from diving in and seeing that

Loving someone can actually feel like freedom?

Are you funny? la self-deprecating? like adventure? and have many formed opinions?

These are 21 things that I want in a lover.

Not necessarily needs but qualities that I prefer

I figure I can describe it since I have a choice in the matter

These are 21 things I choose to choose in a lover

I'm in no hurry I could wait forever I'm in no rush cuz I like being solo

There are no worries and certainly no pressure in the meantime

I'll live like there's no tomorrow

Are you uninhibited in bed? more than three times a week?

Up for being experimental?

Are you athletic? Are you thriving in a job that helps your brother?

Are you not addicted?...curious and communicative...

Cito!!!!

Gibbons out; Gaston returns to Jays
Toronto turns back to two-time World Series-winning skipper

The Blue Jays entered this season with lofty aspirations that have quickly become seemingly unattainable as the club has limped through the first three months. The unanticipated struggles have now cost manager John Gibbons his job.
On Friday, the Blue Jays relieved Gibbons of his duties as Toronto's manager and appointed Cito Gaston -- the orchestrator of the club's World Series titles in 1992-93 -- as the first two-time manager in team history. The Jays also made sweeping changes to their coaching staff.
In light of the Jays' poor offensive production this season, hitting coach Gary Denbo, who was in his first tour with Toronto, was dismissed. So were third-base coach Marty Pevey and first-base coach Ernie Whitt.
Toronto named Gene Tenace its new hitting coach, and hired Dwayne Murphy and Nick Leyva to serve as the club's first-base coach and third-base coach, respectively.
Gaston, along with the new coaches, will be on hand on Friday night in Pittsburgh, where the Jays are opening a three-game Interleague series.
Blue Jays general manager J.P. Ricciardi, who joined the team in Pittsburgh, was not immediately available for comment. The moves came after the Jays were swept in Milwaukee over the past three games, keeping Toronto -- a team with designs on contending for a playoff spot -- in last place in the American League East.
The Jays currently own a 35-39 record and have lost five games and six series in a row. During Gibbons' tenure as the club's manager, Toronto went 305-305, dating back to 2004. The 46-year-old Gibbons joined Toronto's staff in 2002 as a bullpen catcher before eventually being named an interim manager on Aug. 8, 2004.
Prior to being named the club's new manager, Gaston served as a club ambassador and special assistant to president and CEO Paul Godfrey. Gaston, 64, managed the Jays from 1989-97 and guided the franchise to four postseason appearances, including both of Toronto's World Series championships.
In his previous time as Toronto's manager, Gaston compiled a 681-635 record in a franchise-high 1,316 games. Gaston also served as a hitting coach for the Jays from 1982-89 and again in 2000-01. Gaston, Bobby Cox and Gibbons are the only managers in team history to reach at least 300 career victories.
The 61-year-old Tenace served under Gaston in the '90s, working as the hitting coach and bench coach between 1990-97. The 54-year-old Leyva also is making a return to the Jays, with whom he served as third-base coach from 1993-97. Murphy, 53, previously worked as Toronto's roving Minor League hitting instructor.

Alanis!

I really love the new Alanis Morissette album. My favouriate songs are "Not As We," "In Praise of the Vulnerable Man," "Torch," "Incomplete," and "Madness." Ahhhh. She speaks to me. Check it out! I also have a soft spot for the random bonus track "Tequila" (which I actually hate).

Flame-haired comedienne ‘D-list’ Kathy Griffin has no shame. She’s fine with it, the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences is fine with it, and by all accounts, those of you who turn in to her award-winning exploits and sell-out her concerts are too. But Ms. Griffin isn’t content to just lord over the Emmys, or her New Year’s Eve broadcasts with everyone’s boyfriend Anderson Cooper. She wants a Grammy, and on June 17, will release her first comedy CD, For Your Consideration, via Music with a Twist/RED, with the express purpose of winning one. Tracklisting and tour dates are below.

In other news, My Life on the D-List returns June 12 on Bravo.

For Your Consideration Tracklisting:

1) The Hot Ticket
2) The Survey: Gay? Straight?
3) The Clicker (For The Maggie Fans)
4) My First Rebanning (Hi Barbara Walters!)
5) Happy Sunday (More Maggie!)
6) Cover Me
7) Oprah Is A Deity (And I Think She Is Full Of Shit)
8 ) Oprah’s Favorite Things
9) The Osmonds Were Never Cool
10) Freaky Doll People (Demi? Oh Yeah!)
11) Straight Guys Wake Up!
12) Our New Daddy’s Coming
13) Wizard of Woz
14) My Run In With Spielberg

So EXCITED

We got tickets for Kathy! August 8th, 2008 Massey Hall, Toronto. Ohh Yah Martin, we do need to switch shifts. Love you! Just not as much as Kathy. Mel you're back today, woot! I think I have insomnia...Must sleep but it is too hot and this new fan makes too much noise (not a nice pleasant soft airy sound...more like a motorcycle).

Rosie : My Love :)

Rosie O’Donnell reasonable?

By Brian Bento
2008-06-06
Rosie not up for a second wedding ... at least not right away
Rosie O’Donnell will not be walking down the aisle with Kelli Carpenter for a second time after The California Supreme Court ruling on gay marriages, reports Canoe.ca.
The reason O’Donnell won’t tie the knot again is timing.
"[We’re] going to wait until it's legal everywhere, because otherwise, I said to Kelli, we'll be going around touring the country on the marriage tour every state by state," she said.
“Once it gets to be at the federal level, once every state recognizes the marriages of every other state, I think that'll be the time we would do it."
O’Donnell married Carpenter back in 2004 in San Francisco after the city’s mayor announced gay marriage would be recognized.
The California Supreme Court later ruled the marriages invalid.
That’s right, the same court that made gay marriages illegal also made it legal four year later. The times, they are a-changing.
O’Donnell compares the fight for gay marriage to the fight for inter-racial couples to marry, and believes soon views will change.
Unlike O’Donnell, other famous gay couples have jumped at the chance to have a legally binding union, including Ellen DeGeneres and partner Portia de Rossi, and George Takei and fiancé Brad Altman.

Love her outfit...even the hat.

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