Here are the nominees for the 2009 GaySocialites Awards. The nominees were picked by an independent committee, and not the GaySocialites.com editorial board.
The award goes to the nominee who gets the most votes on our website over the next few weeks.
And the nominees are...
1. GaySocialite of the Year:
-Chris Ryan
-Dougie Meyer
-King Ralphy
-Malik So Chic
-Micah Jesse
2. Most Talked About Drag Queen:
-Acid Betty
-Anthony Lamont
-Mimi Imfurst
-Peppermint
-Yuhua
3. Most Talked About Transgend... Read Full Story
Michael Jackson's funeral is currently scheduled for 10 a.m. this Tuesday at the Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles.
AEG Live, which owns the basketball arena and the Nokia Theater next door, will use both facilities and the surrounding plaza. There's no word yet on how tickets will be distributed.
We originally thought the funeral was being held at Michael's former home, Neverland Ranch. The Jackson family is evidently trying to make arrangements to have the singer buried on the property. Read Full Story
The New York Blade has suspended publication following news that HX Magazine was sold as well. Both fell under the HX Media umbrella, but now they're both seemingly gone.
Bank announced that HX had been sold to a top secret buyer earlier this week, and now he says the New York Blade is on hold as well. All the staff has also been canned.
“Everyone was let go, but the people on The Blade know that they may come back if The Blade is coming back,” says Bank.
The future of the Blade seems unce... Read Full Story
Debbie Rowe evidently wants custody of at least two of Michael Jackson's kids. Rowe was the surrogate mother for 12-year-old Prince Michael and 11-year-old Paris Michael, and according to reports on Thursday - she wants the kids now that Michael is gone.
"I want my children," Rowe said in an interview Thursday morning with radio station KNBC in Los Angeles. Rowe also said she was willing to undergo DNA testing to prove she is indeed the children's biological mother.
Michael's will said tha... Read Full Story
AFTERNOON DELIGHT
Travis Kraft was born and raised in the midwest, and now he's living it up in Hollywood. He's an actor and model, and he's freakin' beautiful.
Enjoy today's Afternoon Delight, Travis Kraft. There are more pictures after the break.
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To make a suggestion for the Afternoon Delight or to sponsor this daily post, e-mail charles@gaysocialites.com. Read Full Story
Sam Adams has been cleared by the Attorney General who said there isn't any evidence to support a claim that the Portland Mayor kissed his ex-boyfriend Beau Breedlove before he was 18-years-old.
Breedlove spoke with KGW-TV claiming the kiss happened while he was only 17 in the bathroom of the city hall men's room in 2005.
“My best recollection is a security guard walked in right when we were finished. It was one of those situations when you panic because you know you’ve been caught,” Breedl... Read Full Story
The oldest of the Jonas Brothers is off the market. It's a good thing he isn't one of the cuter ones, huh?
Kevin Jonas is evidently engaged to his long-time girlfriend Danielle Deleasa. He'll be trading his purity ring for a wedding band soon.
They've been dating for about two years, and evidently that was enough time for the two to find love. Kevin evidently asked Danielle to marry him over the weekend at her home in New Jersey.
Kevin told People that Deleasa "said yes, yes, yes like 500... Read Full Story
GaySocialites.com has decided not publish any photos of Michael Jackson as he died in the back of that ambulance, but others like OK Magazine are going all the way with it.
OK has decided to put what they're calling Jackson's last photo on the cover of their latest edition. However, it is really a photo of MJ while he was trying to hold onto life.
If you'd like to see a picture of the cover, we came across this YouTube video of the mag. I'm a bit disappointed that OK decided to run the pic... Read Full Story
'I'm out, and you're fired.' That's basically what Matthew Bank told employees at HX Magazine earlier this week.
Bank announced to the staff that he had sold the magazine to a top secret buyer and that their services were no longer needed.
The HX staff put together their last issue after Pride, and the rest is history. The big question is whether or not the new owners of HX Magazine will keep the publication going.
"The information about the sale is confidential," Banks told me in response t... Read Full Story
On Wednesday, GaySocialites.com announced that voting will begin next week for their annual GaySocialites Awards.
This year, the GaySocialites will honor someone who normally doesn't take the spotlight with their "Best Behind the Scenes" award.
The nominees will be announced on Friday, July 3rd and you might expect anyone from a bar back to a secretary on the list of those who deserve recognition for their work behind the scenes. Read Full Story
