Riffing on the classic “Meeting in the Ladies Room” by Klymaxx, the incomparable Jackie Beat and Willam take on the Bathroom Bill nonsense with their new video “Penis in the Ladies Room” with hilarious results.

Warning: Non-PC language and trigger warnings ahead…

Cameos by Marta Beatchu, Mario Diaz, Ian Harvie, Andrea James, Captain Rio MacDougall,  Sissy Spastik, Roxy Wood, and Misty Violet

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Al Franken
Briana Banks
Fairuza Balk
Gotye
Judge Reinhold
Kevin Shields
Lisa Edelstein
Mr. T
Mutya Buena
Noel Fielding
Sarah Ramos
Tom Daley

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May 21, 1917– Raymond Burr:

“Never gaining a good reputation is not nearly as painful as losing one.”

Perry Mason reruns have been playing on a Portland, Oregon, television station every day for the past 48 years. No another American station has continuously broadcast Perry Mason as long as KPTV, where the show debuted in syndication just 15 days after ending its nine year run on CBS. It’s among the least expensive shows to buy, even as KPTV has moved from showing it on film reels to one-inch tapes to digital tapes, and now streaming digital with closed captioning. Station Manager Patrick McCreery:

“Most markets don’t want it; they figure that with high-definition digital sets and 5.1 stereo sound, what viewer is going to want to watch an old black and white show? We’ve found very loyal viewers. It’s the linchpin of our daytime programming.”

Living deeply in the closet is not a special “members only” club in Hollywood, but the backstory of Raymond Burr’s career holds special interest to me. Typecast as a “heavy” when he landed in Hollywood after WW II, his imposing presence and brooding demeanor made him a perfect choice for a bad guy in film noir and crime dramas. Burr played the chilling homicidal husband across the courtyard from Jimmy Stewart’s Greenwich Village apartment in Alfred Hitchcock’s classic Rear Window (1954), and the district attorney who took apart Montgomery Clift’s testimony in A Place In The Sun (1951).

Burr was never an A-List film actor. He became a great big star in the brand new medium of television with two different series taking up two decades of his career. As the title character lawyer on Perry Mason (1957-66) and the wheelchair bound detective on Ironside (1967-75), he became one of television’s highest paid actors and best known faces. Burr returned to his most famous role in 1985 for the beginning of another decade-long run of made-for-television specials beginning with Perry Mason Returns. Extraordinarily popular, writer Earl Stanley Gardner cranked out his Perry Mason books, and there were Perry Mason lunchboxes and board games.

Because of the era in which he lived and worked, knowledge of his gayness would most certainly have ruined Burr’s career. He remained intensely private to the very end. Burr put in an enormous amount of energy to remain in the closet. The efforts it took to live the lie had their toll on him physically and psychologically. He believed he might possibly safeguard his privacy by creating an imaginary history to hide his gayness and his long relationship with fellow actor Robert Benevides, 13 years his junior, who he had met on the set of Perry Mason in 1957. He went to the trouble to invent two dead wives, a dead son, and then fabricate reports of his military service during WW II to fill out the blank spaces in his biography. He retold the tales so long and so often that they found their way into his obituaries.

In the 1950s, Burr was “romantically linked” to actor Natalie Wood. They were genuinely fond of each other and they remained friends until her very mysterious death in 1981.

He used his long hours on the set as a convenient excuse whenever the subject of marriage was brought up by colleagues or the press:

“I am an unmarried man, as opposed to a single man. A bachelor, according to the dictionary, is a man who has never been married. An unmarried man is not married at the moment. Many of these terms have fallen into disuse. It’s a good thing I am not married because I’m working eighteen hours a day and sometimes don’t come home from the studio at all.”

Burr was in nearly every scene on Perry Mason. He had to memorize more than 15 pages of dialogue every day. The courtroom scenes were especially tough to shoot. He usually slept about four hours a night at the studio during the week, arising before daybreak to go over that day’s lines. A cute young actor, Paul Kennedy, stayed with him, working as a “dialogue director”. Perry Mason became very popular and CBS went to great lengths to make the star happy with a furnished three-room bungalow for him on the lot, complete with all the amenities, including Kennedy and a personal secretary, Bill Swann, a “former concert singer”.

“Let’s just say that the part isn’t conducive to leisurely living the way I once knew it. I only hope that I can regain my own identity, once I decide that Perry Mason and myself have come to the parting of the road. Perry Mason has become a career for me. All I know is that I work, eat and sleep Perry Mason. It’s a lucky thing I’m not married now. No woman would understand my work schedule.”

On his rare time off, Burr would volunteer for USO tours in Korea and bases around the Western USA.  On one of the tours, Burr brought back a souvenir sailor named Frank Vitti, described by the gossip rags as “Burr’s nephew”. Vitti lived at Burr’s house in Malibu, where, apparently, he had his own bedroom. Later, Vitti became the curator of Burr’s Beverly Hills art gallery.

Burr dealt with the press by seldom granting interviews. When a magazine would do a feature on Burr’s personal life, it was always a “Raymond Burr At Home” story featuring his petting zoo in Malibu, and the gourmet meals he cooked for his close friends. Burr always said that he “way too busy” to date anyone.

The Perry Mason cast was extremely close, noted as one of the tightest-knit ensembles in show biz. Burr treated Barbara Hale, William Talman, Ray Collins, and William Hopper, son of gossip queen, Hedda Hooper, as family. His coworkers had to have known about Burr’s gayness and protected him. Hopper had extra incentive to ensure Burr was not the subject of  gay rumors. Maybe because he worked in television instead of films, but Burr seemed to have avoided the scrutiny brought to Rock Hudson, Montgomery Clift and Cary Grant.

Throughout his life, Burr was unfailingly generous to charities and gave away much of his time when he wasn’t keeping a grueling work schedule. He was known to be very popular on the set and especially kind to cast members and crew. Although he didn’t know him, when Burr heard that character actor George Stone was sick, nearly blind and unable to find work, he hired him to play the Perry Mason court clerk, a role that only required Stone to sit at a desk and look busy. When makeup artist Irving Pringle collapsed on the set from a hemorrhaging ulcer, Burr drove him to the hospital and stayed all night at his side. When he heard about a little girl who had been horribly burned in an accident, and that she had requested an autographed photo of her hero Perry Mason instead of a letter from President Eisenhower, Burr flew to the East Coast to visit her in the hospital. He was furious when press photographers showed up for the event and refused to let his picture be taken.

Burr and Benevides shared a passion and a business for orchids, which they bred on their private island in Fiji. Later they owned and ran a successful vineyard in Sonoma. At their home in Palm Springs, the couple was known to throw all-male pool parties along with their pal Rock Hudson. The couple was together 36 years. When Burr was diagnosed with that damn cancer in spring 1993, he threw a series of goodbye parties at their place in Sonoma and then took that final curtain call in September. Benevides continues to run the Raymond Burr Winery.

“I don’t have much of an ego, but I have a great deal of confidence!”

Perry Mason, Best Theme Song Ever?

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May 21, 1979– inside a jury room in San Francisco, 12 people had been deliberating whether to find former City Supervisor Dan White guilty of murdering Mayor George Moscone and openly gay City Supervisor Harvey Milk on the morning of November 27, 1978. White’s attorney mounted what became famously known as the “Twinkie Defense”, arguing that White had temporarily gone murderously nutty because of the sugary snacks he had consumed.

The jury rendered its verdict, finding White guilty of the lesser charge of manslaughter, saving him from getting the death sentence.

The pain and shock over the assassinations of the pair of beloved progressive politicians was still simmering, and the gay residents, as well as straight friends and allies, were angered and outraged by the outcome of White’s murder trial.

Thousands of people descended on The Castro to take part in a planned march to the Civic Center, where another large crowd had already gathered to protest the jury’s decision.

As evening came, emotions boiled over and the crowd surged the building, smashing windows, trying to break through the front doors of the courthouse. A line of police cars parked nearby were set on fire, sending smoke and fire into the night sky.

In retaliation, the police raided Elephant Walk, a gay bar in the heart of The Castro. The culmination of these events became known as the White Night Riots. It took decades before the chasm between police and the city’s LGBTQ community would be repaired.

Not all the protesters were part of the mayhem. A line of people had locked arms in front of City Hall in an attempt to hold back the crowd from doing further damage to the building. The events marked the last time that San Francisco’s gay citizens would be afraid to stand up and fight for their rights.

State Assemblyman Tom Ammiano, then a public school teacher, took part in the events of that night:

“We were in no mood. This guy had killed a hero of ours and a friend of ours and he got treated like he had shoplifted. Dan White was a former cop and he got away with murder. In a strange way I am grateful that when the verdict came out people were not just silent. I am glad we were so vocal. I just thought it taught us you cannot be too docile. You really do have to be strong.”

Mark Leno, an openly gay man now serving in the California State Senate:

“The White Night Riots were the culmination of many changes that were impacting the city at that time. It was as if it all came to a head through the outrage of the injustice of Dan White’s sentence. It was a jolt to the civic fabric as if we had to experience all of that to be able to move forward to become the city that we have become today. The experience I had at that time continues to inform my public office today. That we have had to fight for every right that we have gained and we have had to be vigilant every step of the way so as not to ever lose anything we have again.”

The next morning gay leaders convened in a committee room in the Civic Center. Openly gay City Supervisor Harry Britt, who had replaced Milk made it clear that nobody was going to apologize for the riots. Britt:

“Harvey Milk’s people do not have anything to apologize for. Now the society is going to have to deal with us not as nice little fairies who have hairdressing salons, but as people capable of violence. We’re not going to put up with Dan Whites anymore.”

The next day, May 22, would have been the 49th birthday of Harvey Milk. San Francisco city officials had considered revoking the permit for a rally planned for that night, but decided against, fearing that it could sparking more violence. Officials stated that the rally could channel the community’s anger into something positive. Police were placed on alert by Mayor Diane Feinstein, and my hero Cleve Jones worked on contingency plans with the police department. More than 20,000 people gathered on Castro and Market Streets. The crowd created a peaceful celebration of Milk’s life. They danced to disco, drank beer, and sang a tribute to Milk.

5 months later, on October 14, 1979, more than 100,000 people marched in a Gay Rights On Washington DC event. Many marchers carried portraits of Milk. The rally, an event that Milk had helped to organize, became a tribute to his life.

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Hudson in the house in Architectural Digest from 1955

(T/Y Tad; via Variety)

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Conservative lawmakers continue to deny the basic acceptance and civil rights of the LGBT community. As in North Carolina’s “bathroom bill” and recent employment protections that were shot down at the last minute —it’s more than a little interesting to note that some of them have a stronger connection to that community than they’d ever publicly acknowledge.

According to The Daily Beast, some of these same lawmakers aren’t practicing what they preach, and, as is often the case, their secret sex lives fail to align with their party line.

Meet “Darling of K Street,” Brittany Bendz.

Bendz is a transgender porn star escort—and MIT grad—whose reputation for guarding her client’s identities has made her a huge hit with politicians, lawyers, and other members of the United States government. She is their dirty little secret. In an interview with The Beast, the 28-year-old spilled the beans about her private affairs with the powerful political elite. Here’s an excerpt;

So, are you converting Republican congressmen?
[Laughs] “Oh, no… as a matter of fact, I heard one of them the other day arguing against the transgender bathroom issue.

Given your relationship with the congressman, how did you feel about that?
I expect them to tow their party line. I did send him a text like, “Wow, you’re getting kind of ballsy, aren’t you?” and he’s like, “Yeah I’m sorry it’s just what they need me to say.” I was like, “I know it’s alright.” I don’t really see them leaving their wives for me.

…you specialize in S&M. Is that something your more conservative patrons ask for?
Definitely. One of the congressmen I see really loves it.

Does that surprise you?
It doesn’t surprise me at all. It’s very much a corollary to the very powerful man paradigm that they’re all trying to work within. They’re in these jobs that have tremendous pressure and they have expectations of them not just professionally, but socially and personally. There’s no outlet for them—for their sexual deviance—so they seek me out.

The reason why I think trans girls and BDSM have become bedfellows, if you’ll pardon the pun, is that the core aspect of BDSM is humiliation. What’s more humiliating than being forced to suck a cock? Right? Especially if you’re someone like that, especially if you’re a member of Congress or on a committee… you might feel the need to be really filthy and humiliated.

Are the politicians you see concerned with secrecy?
Of course. They know the cornerstone of my business is discretion. I have a reputation; I don’t go around and name names. I’m an established provider/purveyor and that inherent trust appeals to them.

You’re involved in the private world of some very powerful people. Have you ever been surprised by what you overhear?
A lot of them don’t like to talk business. I’ve tried to, not to pry information out of them but men usually like to talk about their jobs… but no, most of these guys are tight-lipped. I ask how work was and they say something like, ‘Oh it’s fine, why don’t you come here and take my pants off?’

You list yourself as having graduated from MIT, so why go this route and choose this line of work?
For other women, escorting and porn is a way to make money, but for trans women, not only is it a way to make money it’s also validation. When you’re making serious money—either from porn or escorting—then you really feel it, and you know your sexuality is so pleasing it’s valued.”

Read the delicious, malicious rest here. (T/Y Tad; via The Daily Beast)

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Langer
Alison Eastwood
Annabel Chong
Apolo Ohno
Bernard Shaw
Bernie Taupin
Brooke Smith
Ginnifer Goodwin
Johnny Gill
Katie Price
Maggie Q
Morrissey
Naomi Campbell
Sean Gunn

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May 22, 1930– Harvey Milk, a middle-class Jewish guy from NYC, served in the US Navy during the Korean War and like so many other closeted gay people, he chose San Francisco in the 1970s as that place to open the door to his true self and be in the company of his tribe.

Listen up all you baby gays, there is a history lesson to be learned. Sit down and watch the remarkable Academy Award winning The Times Of Harvey Milk (1984), directed by Rob Epstein, narrated by Harvey Fierstein, with an original score by Mark Isham.

Also essential as a history lesson and an example of truly great filmmaking, you need to watch the powerful Oscar winning Milk (2008), directed by my good close personal friend, Portland’s own Gus Van Sant. Milk received eight Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, winning two: Best Actor for Sean Penn and Best Original Screenplay for the delectable Dustin Lance Black. Milk conveys a strong moral principal in an extraordinarily potent and stylish way: “What matters is the fight, more than the outcome!” Black’s screenplay is very dense and well organized, following fastidious steps for bringing its message, at the same time respecting the historic chronology, always the perpetual dilemma of a biopic. With a stunning cast, including Josh Brolin, Emile Hirsh, Diego Luna and James Franco, the emotionally charged movie was the winner of The New York Film Critics Circle Best Picture Award for 2008. Van Sant has fashioned a film that is accessible to all, while approaching his subject with sharp focus and a singleness of purpose that is at once definitive and topical. A stunning achievement, Milk manages to make its point without ever being preachy or trite, while remaining as true to the facts as any film bio could ever hope to be, with a perfect cast and lovingly detailed direction.

Milk opens with vintage film clips of gay history that many young gays and especially straight people may be shocked to discover. Less than 40 years ago, gay men, lesbians and transgendered people were subjected to violence, harassment, physical abuse, arrest and humiliation by the very people who are supposed to offer protection for the citizens: the police and judicial authorities. Newsreel footage shows raids on gay bars that today seem bizarre and barbaric. Today’s young gays probably don’t realize that in the 1940s through 1970s, right here in the good old USA, homos were arrested for simply patronizing a gay bar. Those arrested had their names and employers published in the newspaper, leaving them jobless and unemployable, forever branded as a pervert.

Van Sant brings out Penn’s best performance ever with a warts-and-all portrait of a frail human with an idealistic bent and a politician’s savvy. Gay film fans can find a real sense of pride and purpose from seeing Milk, and straights can gain a better knowledge of just who gay people are, what they want, and why they still must fight for acceptance. Milk is a triumph and a must see film.

According to people who actually knew him, some of whom are friends of mine; Milk was no saint and not an easy man. He had a temper and a stubborn streak. But his sense of independence freed him from compromising party politics, allowing him to be controlled by his conscience rather than a debt owed to special interest groups. A true patriot, Milk had an absolute allegiance to The Declaration Of Independence and our Constitution. He brought a defiant defense of individual rights and individual participation in our political process. The gay political establishment in San Francisco pushed against Milk, the man and the idea. As an openly gay man, Milk knew that whoever holds the power, dictates the limits of our individuality.

“It takes no compromise to give people their rights…it takes no money to respect the individual. It takes no political deal to give people freedom. It takes no survey to remove repression.”

Milk was one of the true political pioneers of the 20th century.  He was the first openly gay person to be elected to public office when he won his seat on the San Francisco Board Of Supervisors in 1978. Now, 36 years later, all 50 states have been served by an openly gay person elected official.  My representative to the Oregon State House, Tina Kotek, lives in my neighborhood. Oregon is currently served by a popular openly bisexual Governor, Kate Brown, up for reelection and certain to win.

“Coming out is the most political thing you can do.”

Milk’s struggles and his successes show that there is really no such thing as a “Gay Agenda”, there is simply freedom for all Americans. His energy and his eloquent voice spoke for all minorities, all the voiceless citizens who are crushed in the American cultural conformity.

“All I ever seek is to open up a dialogue that involves all of us.”

People told Milk that no openly gay man could possibly win political office. Thankfully for all of us, Milk ignored them. He knew that emotional trauma of being in the closet was a gay person’s worst enemy, worse than the haters. That made the election of an openly gay person crucial, practically and symbolically.

“You gotta give them hope. Hope will never be silent.”

There was a time not all that long ago when it was impossible to imagine Harvey Milk. Most people, straight and gay, had to adjust to what he represented: a gay person could live their life with honesty and still succeed in this world. That revelation continues to this day as the rights of gay people move baby steps forward with Equality, and then a step backwards with Religious Freedom laws like the one passed in North Carolina and 20 other states. With every gay character on television and film, with each time POTUS mentions us, with full Marriage Equality in every state, with each politician of any party that embraces the rights of gays, and each state that adds Equal Protection laws, we find that unequivocal equality becomes unquestionable, and that is due in large part to Harvey Milk.

“If a bullet should enter my brain, let that bullet destroy every closet door.”

Tragically, an assassin’s bullet did silence Milk’s voice, but not his momentum. Milk would have celebrated his 86th birthday today.

I have a full sheet of USPS Harvey Milk stamps purchased on the first day that they were issued in April 2014. My talented husband framed them for me. I see Milk’s image every day. Calling slain civil rights hero Harvey Milk a “predator”, that charming Fundamentalist Christian organization, American Family Association (AFA), urged its members to refuse any mail postmarked with a Harvey Milk. They issued the following statement:

“Harvey Milk was a very disreputable man and used his charm and power to prey on young boys with emotional problems and drug addiction. He is the last person we should be featuring on a stamp.”

The fight is far from over. Today marks the seventh Harvey Milk Day, a legal holiday in California. How about a national holiday?

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I saw Mike Albo‘s Spermhood last night and I’m pissed that I didn’t take better mental notes… I’m struggling to remember some of the best lines, as there were SO many of them. But had I been actually jotting down one-liners, instead of listening and laughing, I might have missed something. The set-up on the press release cues up the story…

“When Caroline asked me to be a sperm donor, I was speechless. But then I did it. And it changed everything. Jerking off in a cup is a spiritual path. Who knew?“

That’s the gist of it. The show like life, is a journey, to daddyhood that you aren’t sure how it’s going to end up. Mike’s Amazon Kindle book Single Spermhood: Diary of a Donor (just $1.99!) was the beginning of this heartfelt & hilarious account of the year he spent donating sperm for his good friends, a lesbian couple. It takes you on foot down many New York streets,

“Walking is the last thing I can afford in this golden Cronut of a city…“

…into creepy sperm donor clinics (spoiler alert: the metaphor for jerking off is vintage Whitney Houston) and that being a “Daddy” has multiple meanings in this case…

“You have to teach the children… and occasionally have sex with them.“

Mike’s charmingly neurotic stage-style takes self-effacing embarrassment humor to new heights – and depths…

“Gay men. No one cares about us anymore… and White. Gay. Comic. Are there three words that ever made LESS money…?”

But the whole enterprise has an unexpected depth and heart – which 30 seconds later turns into fits of laughter again.

Mike was born #OnThisGayDay (Happy birthday!) and as a present I wish I had his excellent gift of verbiage and delivery that HE has to tell him how great this show is – and how that nail was not just hit on the head, but pounded in with funny force, repeatedly. He’s doing it twice next weekend and like his last solo show The Junket, it was also expertly directed David Schweizer at Dixon Place. See it, if there are still tickets available and if not, stay-tuned as it’s bound to show up elsewhere in NYC and hopefully other parts of the country as well.

As a present I can SO cheaply give, here’s a little video treat that will either turn Mike on BIG TIME for a nice birthday jerk, or just make him dance around alone in his living room with his memories. Either way, enjoy it, Daddy. I know this song forever has new meaning for all those, like myself, who were lucky enough to be at Dixon Place last night.

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This townhouse feels more like an old-world NYC mansion, and at $11 million, you wouldn’t blink at the price in Manhattan, but for a Brooklyn townhouse, it’s expensive. (Not THE most expensive, which was $15.5 million last year, but UP there.) But once you look at it, it might seem like a 2016 bargain (it will certainly seem a 2036 deal) It’s HUGE. Spread out over 7,000 square feet of original details and perfectly situated on Prospect Park West, with views of Litchfield Villa. It’s has been owned by the same family for a century (I once owned a Clinton Hill brownstone with a friend as only the fourth owners since 1869, and I thought that was pretty unusual.) It’s recently had a gut renovation, according to the listing it has,

“just undergone a total, architecturally curated custom renovation blending painstakingly preserved original detail with superb modern craftsmanship and design.”

Nice job. Besides being on the park, it’s got a nice backyard space, a full-floor master suite with lots of closet space (not the case in the brownstones originally) a giant parlor floor, chef’s kitchen, and 1,500 square foot cellar ready to be turned into your own private gym, screening room, wine cellar, or office. Kinda pricey –and kinda perfect.

(via NY Curbed)

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UPDATE: WOWlebrity, Kendra’s friend and ex-assistant Edward Bochniak tells us, “I always told her she’s the Britney Spears of reality TV, and she just proved me right! Adding this to my Songs of the Summer playlist!”

It’s just what you didn’t know you ever needed! Your favorite reality star from 2006 Kendra Wilkinson, from The Girls Next Door and Kendra on Top, has just released a single and video for her song “Lost in Space.”

In the video which features bits from the 1960s television show Lost in Space, the 30-year-old mother of two plays a sexy martian who captivates Dr. Smith with her sexy dance moves. Other scenes in the video show Kendra dancing in a little black dress and twerking against a robot in a sexy silver number. Still better than Marie Osmond’s “Music is Medicine.”

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Teen Wolf and Arrow star Colton Haynes, who recently made headlines for (finally) coming out of the closet, took to Instagram ranting at people he feels have “brainwashed” or “manipulated” him. He didn’t mention any names, or even give us any real context for the diatribe, but told upcoming actors to “be careful” with who they work with.

“Watch out for liars, brainwashers and manipulators,” he said. “Those who promise you the world then fuck you over leaving you blindsided.”

He tells his followers that “If and when this happens to you, I promise you will make it out alive.”

“Take it from me, I knew it was happening the entire time and I’m doing so much better in life without that fake influence who projected negativity on me because they were too afraid to own up to their own insecurities. Sorry for the realness… actually I’m not.”

“I’m done apologising for things I didn’t do,” he finished.

Again: Not 100% sure what this is referring to but I imagine it has something to do with his famously litigious management who advised him to keep his sexuality a secret and who threatened bloggers (MYSELF INCLUDED) with lawsuits if they posted his infamous homoerotic XY magazine pictures. If that’s the case, good for him. I’m glad he’s owning his truth and not ashamed of his past. (via Attitude)

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Japanese pop star Mayu Tomita is in critical condition after she was repeatedly stabbed in the neck and chest by an obsessive fan who was angry that she had refused a gift from him. The singer suffered nearly two dozen stab wounds and has yet to gain consciousness according to reports in the Japanese media.

A 27-year-old man, Tomohiro Iwazaki, admitted to attacking her and was arrested at the scene by officers, who seized his blood-covered knife. He was angry about a gift he sent her that was returned without an explanation.

“I ambushed her at the station (where she was to perform that evening) and asked her (about the gift). I lost my temper and stabbed her many times because she didn’t clearly answer,” the suspect was quoted as saying.

According to the owner of a restaurant in the same building, a trail of blood and a bloodstained mask were found on stairs leading to the room where the concert was to take place.

According to sources, a person believed to be Iwazaki sent multiple messages to Tomita’s Twitter account. In those messages, the person claimed to have sent a watch to her sometime between January and February. It was apparently returned to the sender in April.

“I will never forget that I was looked down upon by you,” a message sent on Feb. 22 read.

“It would be radical to kill just because (someone was) rejected by a girl,” read another message dated March 15.

Tomita, 20, appears in pop idol shows and television programs for children. (via The Independent)

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Brilliantbrilliantbrilliant. Love this. Love her. Sixteen-year-old Melbourne-based self-taught body artist Lara Wirth of Armageddon Painted has wonderfully bizarre collection of creepy critters and spooky whatnots on her Instagram feed.  She also has some superfab tutorials on YouTube that I recommend you spend some time perusing.

Once again. SIXTEEN-YEARS-OLD and SELF-TAUGHT.

Check out some of my faves below. (via Laughing Squid)

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Even if you’ve never heard of Justin Tranter, lead-singer of Semi Precious Weapons, if you listen to Top 40 radio at all, you’ve most definitely heard his work.

He’s made hits with Gwen Stefani, Selena Gomez, Justin Bieber, Fall Out Boy, and DNCE – and that’s all just in the past year! Justin took some time from writing your next favorite song to sit down with Jonny McGovern on Hey Qween where he spills the T on working with Lady Gaga, Britney Spears, Nicole Scherzinger, Kelly Clarkson, Fall Out Boy, Kygo, DNCE, Nick Jonas, Selena Gomez, Gwen Stefani, and Justin Bieber. Check it out!

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On this episode of Alyssa’s Secret, Alyssa Edwards is joined by her friend Jeffree Star to talk makeup, Jeffree’s success as a cosmetics mogul, and RuPaul’s Drag Race!

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Make-up maven and friend of WOW Jeffree Star just tweeted a series of devastasing tweets and photos involving her perfectly pink BMW.

Counting my blessings.

— Jeffree Star (@JeffreeStar) May 23, 2016

Oh no…what happened, JS?!

Leaving the doctors now and I’m 100% good. My back hurts a lot but I’m just thankful to be here

— Jeffree Star (@JeffreeStar) May 23, 2016

This doesn’t sound like your routine check-up!

RIP pink baby pic.twitter.com/3coZWdRn2D

— Jeffree Star (@JeffreeStar) May 23, 2016

RIP, gorgeous wheels…

My car is totaled and ruined, it can’t be fixed from the severe front damage :(

— Jeffree Star (@JeffreeStar) May 23, 2016

*Insert sad-face emoji.

But good news is, my seat belt and air bags saved me. So scary… People are insane.

— Jeffree Star (@JeffreeStar) May 23, 2016

We are SO happy you’re safe!

I’m on my way home… Love you guys so much. So blessed to have you all. Forever grateful

— Jeffree Star (@JeffreeStar) May 23, 2016

All of us at World of Wonder are counting our lucky stars that you’re safe and healthy, Jeffree! Drive safe, wowers!!!

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Do. Not. Watch. If. You. Haven’t. Seen. The. Episode. Yet. I cannot stress this enough. The video is dark and full of spoilers. But something happened on Game of Thrones last night, and I needed to work through my emotions. If you saw the episode, you know what I’m referring to.

Watch as I search the teeming masses of Hollywood Boulevard for a hug, below.

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The formidable 12th century fortress, deep in the Romanian countryside, that inspired Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel Dracula, is up for sale! Yes, the infamous Bran Castle in Transylvania, which was the inspiration for the home of the world’s most famous vampire, Count Dracula, can now be yours for a mere pittance: $66 million.

According to Cosmo:

The breathtaking structure currently belongs to descendants of the Romanian royal family, who have been operating the property as a popular museum. As the country’s largest tourist attraction, some half a million people visit its spooky halls every year. But the current owners are getting older and hope to pass the estate on to someone who will continue to build up its destination status.

So: $66 million is the going price, although it may sell for much less, especially since the Romanian government has reportedly declined the offer to buy it and continue it as a museum. According to the Financial Times, the unusual property could go for as little as $13 million! I say, we all pool our money on a Kickstarter NOW, and offer up whatever we get! LET’S OWN A CASTLE TOGETHER!

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Queen of celebrity impressions and ponytail envy, Ariana Grande shared her new video “Into You” and we here at WOW are INTO IT.

CHECK IT OUT:

Ari’s sophomore album “Dangerous Woman” is available on iTunes.

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