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Madonna‘s Like a Virgin album, with its iconic cover art lensed by fashion photographer Steven Meisel, came out and it still makes us feel shiny and new.Released 16 months after her self-titled debut album and delayed for months due to the sudden success of “Borderline” and “Lucky Star”, Like a Virgin solidified Madonna’s superstar status becoming a worldwide sensation and a blueprint for female pop stars for decades to come.Promotion for the album started two months earlier when Madonna tore the roof off of the inaugural MTV VMAs with a legendary performance of the title track writhing on the floor in wedding dress and “boy toy” belt.Subscribe to our newsletter for your front-row seat to all things entertainment with a sprinkle of everything else queer.An icon is born.“Like a Virgin” was released as the lead single two weeks before the album dropped and quickly became controversial simply for including the word virgin and being “touched for the first time.” The accompanying music video, directed by Mary Lambert, continued the wedding theme interspersing images of Madonna in a bridal gown with clips of her dancing suggestively on a gondola through the Venice canals. There’s also a lion and a man in a lion mask because why not?On May 16, 1984, Madonna performed ‘Dress You Up’ & ‘Like a Virgin’ live for the very first time at Keith Haring’s 26th bday party.Reports claim Madonna selected Nile Rodgers, who had worked with everyone from Diana Ross to Duran Duran and Blondie, to produce her sophomore album following his success with David Bowie’s 1983 album Let’s Dance.

news outlets calling the race Monday. She ran well behind Trump, who carried Arizona by more than 180,000 votes. Stay woke with our briefing while staying informed on all things LGBTQ+ entertainment, life, and more!Gallego, a five-term Democrat in Congress, is leading by more than 72,000 votes.

Timotheé Chalamet has shown the world just how powerful a thin frame, sharp jawline, and NYU degree can be.But his signature lanky frame —not to mention a striking resemblance to Troye Sivan, whom he portrayed on Saturday Night Live — was initially seen as a hindrance to his career, the 28-year-old revealed in a new interview. While on the promotional circuit for upcoming Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown (which hits theaters on Christmas Day), Chalamet told Apple Music’s Zane Lowe that his build cost him a handful of roles when he was starting out.Subscribe to our newsletter for a refreshing cocktail (or mocktail) of LGBTQ+ entertainment and pop culture, served up with a side of eye-candy.A post shared by Timothée Chalamet (@tchalamet)A post shared by Timothée Chalamet (@tchalamet)“If I auditioned for The Maze Runner or Divergent, things of that variety that were popping when I was coming up, the feedback was always, ‘Oh, you don’t have the right body,'” he revealed.And if that wasn’t toxic enough, Chalamet added that he “had an agent that called me and said, ‘You got to put on weight,’ basically – not aggressively, but you know.”In this way, Timmy compared his own solitary journey to Dylan’s, explaining, “For [him], it was folk music.

The Associated Press reports that more than a dozen races for seats in the U.S. House of Representatives, including 10 for congressional districts in California, remain too close to call as of Tuesday — a full week after voters cast their ballots on Nov. 5.

U.S. Congresswoman-elect Julie Johnson is in Washington, D.C. this week for new-member orientation. Johnson is in the photo in the second row, fifth from the left.

Wicked premiere in Los Angeles? Fork found in kitchen. The countdown is on for part one of the highly-anticipated Broadway adaptation, which hits theaters on November 22. Thankfully, its leading cast, including Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Jonathan Bailey, and Michelle Yeoh, have been whetting our appetite with some on-the-nose looks as the blockbuster flick premieres across the world.

For The Love Of DILFs is Melania’s husband’s worst nightmare—and that’s exactly why it’s our favorite TV guilty pleasure!It is, after all, about gays of different ages looking for love while living in a gorgeous estate aptly named “DILF Mansion.” And it just so happens to be hosted by Stormy Daniels, the former adult film star whose affair with the unfortunate president-elect directly led to his felony conviction.“The conservatives haven’t figured out how to stop me yet,” Daniels says in the new trailer for For The Love Of DILFs just-announced third season. And thank goodness for that!Subscribe to our newsletter for your front-row seat to all things entertainment with a sprinkle of everything else queer.From the looks of it, DILFs Season 3 is about to be bigger, wilder, and daddy-ier than ever.If you need a refresher, the show welcomes in queer contestants who fit into one of two groups: There are “Daddies,” the older and more refined gentlemen looking for love, and there are “Himbos,” the younger and—shall we say—shallower boys eager to make a change and settle down with the right man.The Love Island-like conceit sees all of them living under one roof, where they’ll compete in a series of ridiculous challenges and games while theoretically looking for their soulmate.

I think the biggest challenge of my life has been being born male. I had this conversation with my brother where I was thinking that I identified with Ariel from ‘The Little Mermaid,’ but my brother cracked me by telling me that I was more like ‘Pinocchio’; trying to prove to my father that I was a real boy.It was this putting on of the masculinity.

After decades of unrelenting increases, rates of sexually transmitted infections in the United States are showing hints of a downturn. Diagnoses of gonorrhea dipped in nearly all age groups last year, compared with 2022, and new cases of syphilis and chlamydia remained about the same, according to data released on Tuesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The results are not yet cause for celebration.