Russian Eurovision Hunk Sergey Lazarev Has A Dirty Little Secret

Though it may not sound like much in the U.S., Eurovision is a huge deal to participating nations. You take the nationalism from the Olympics and blend it with the passion of American Idol, then add a dash of Vegas showmanship, and you’ve got Eurovision.

The whole thing is pretty overtly gay, too, which presents something of a dilemma for nations with less-than-stellar track records when it comes to LGBTQ inclusion — especially since the winning nation always hosts the following year’s finals, with all the attention, money and gay fans that come with it.

This year, Russia really wanted the top honor, so much so that they were willing to downplay the awful attitude its government has taken against its queer citizens.

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What they didn’t expect, though, was their prized slab-of-beef entrant, Sergey Lazarev, to make the impression he did.

Lazarev, who was a favorite to win (he did not ultimately win), told Newsbeat leading up to the competition, “Gay life exists in Russia,” adding, “There is more talk and rumors about problems than exist. I just want you to come and see everything yourself.”

Oh, like that “rumor” that made it illegal to tell kids being gay is OK?

Well the propaganda machine wound up blowing up in the Kremlin’s face after a revealing photo Lazarev made the rounds:

The photo has been described as part of a kinky adult film shoot from Lazarev’s past — one that the Russian government paid to try and have wiped from the internet. And we all know how well wiping things off the internet always goes.

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Once the cat was out of the bag, the Kremlin tried another approach to downplay the damage, saying the image was intended to provoke thoughtful dialogue about domestic abuse.

That’s almost as creative as Lazarev’s performance in the competition, which you can watch below:

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Lawyer Supplied Boyfriend with Fatal Cocktail of GHB and Mephedrone, He Tells CNN: VIDEO

In a special report on the dangers of “chemsex,” CNN looks at the case of British lawyer Henry Hendron and Miguel Jimenez, an 18-year-old waiter from Colombia, who OD’ed while partying with Hendron on a deadly combination of alcohol, GHB and mephedrone (aka meow meow).

Hendron pleaded guilty in March to “to two counts of possession with intent to supply mephedrone and GBL” and was sentenced last week “to carry out 140 hours of unpaid work, at London’s Central Criminal Court.”

CNN reports:

Hendron says his teenage boyfriend took the drugs after dinner, with plenty of wine, at the home they shared in Temple — an area of central London popular with lawyers, and across the road from the Royal Courts of Justice.

A high-profile barrister who has represented MPs, aristocrats and reality TV stars, Hendron was working the next day, and so didn’t take any drugs the night Jimenez died.

His partner’s death turned the successful lawyer’s world upside down — “it was the other side of the coin,” he said.

“I’d gone from a situation of having everything — professionally, socially, financially — to losing the love of your life, losing your career, and where there is no future. Or there is no certain future,” he told CNN ahead of his sentencing on May 9.

Hendron says Jimenez’s mother blamed him at first but they now visit Jiminez’s grave in Colombia once a month.

“In the beginning she rightly blamed me and couldn’t speak to me…We are each other’s rock of support for what has been a nightmare over the last 14 months…I was the older one who should have known better. I was the one that funded those drugs. I should have been the one to say stop. And you know, it’s me that’s taken away my happiness. And he was a core pillar of my happiness. I feel totally responsible.”

Watch:

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Meanwhile, In Westeros: ‘Game Of Thrones’ 06×04 [RECAP] – SPOILERS

I’ll get right to it: I loved last night’s episode of Game of Thrones, “Book of the Stranger.” There were huge moments to celebrate, exciting plans put in place and a climatic finish that had me yelling “YAS KWEEN KHALEESI!” at my screen.

Indeed, last night was all about sisters doing it for themselves.

Find out where the women of Westeros stand in our SPOILER-filled recap below.

Meanwhile, At Castle Black …

Jon Snow is packing up his things, putting his hair up in a man bun and getting ready to leave Castle Black for warmer southern climates. He’s like a Night’s Watch retiree, just trying to get a condo and a little sun, maybe some rattan furniture. Before he can set out for his own Westerosi Golden Girls-esque spin-off, there’s a knock at the door.

After so many seasons of teased reunions, hints and misses, finally, Sansa arrives and embraces her half-brother. Even though we didn’t even really see these two interact way back in season one, seeing some of the scattered Starks reunite gave me goosebumps.

Now that they’re together, what comes next? Sansa is determined to reclaim Winterfell, but Jon’s le tired of fighting. Sansa’s not hearing it, though. She pretty much just wants him to have a nap, then fire ze missiles (R.I.P. 2003). Jon’s shaken from his apathy when a threatening letter comes from Ramsay Bolton that tells him basically “All your Rickon are belong to us.” The Warden of the North invites Snow to come return Sansa, check out his sweet new direwolf rug and witness all the many disgusting things he plans on doing to whatever Starks he could get his hands on before he scoops out Jon’s eyes and feeds him to the hounds. Not the Winterfell Tourism Board’s best brochure, but it’s enough to convince Jon to make a visit to his former home.

A less jolly reunion? Brienne, Davos and Melisandre. Brienne hasn’t forgotten how Davos’ buddy Stannis unleashed Melisandre’s blood magic to kill her beloved Renley. (Also, did everyone else catch Tormund giving Brienne the googly eyes?)

At some point Ramsay, the most vile character, will meet his end, and I can’t help but try to imagine the most gratifying comeuppance to befall him. I want Sansa to be responsible, but it likely won’t be her who does the actual killing. I could, however, see her get her revenge by commanding Brienne to do the deed. If she doesn’t have a hand in his death, I hope she at least releases a surprise album about what a jerk he was (#CitrusAle). Hey, it’s my fantasy.

Meanwhile, In Pyke …

A second set of siblings, Yara and Theon, are reunited. Yara’s not too pleased to see him at first. The last time she saw him, her rescue attempt cost many men their lives only for Theon — still in full Reek mode — to refuse to leave Ramsay. So, Yara doesn’t have a ton of sympathy for him, especially now that he’s conveniently showed up just in time for them to name a new King. He tells her that he supports her bid to rule the Iron Islands at the upcoming Kingsmoot. On the one hand, #imwithher, but, on the other, granting Theon the ability to send the Ironborn military forces to Jon Snow’s battle with Ramsay could be just the thing to redeem a character that’s been through so very much. It’s a way for him to atone to the Starks and to play a role in Ramsay’s demise.

Meanwhile, In King’s Landing …

Our third set of siblings to come together are the poor prisoners of the High Sparrow, Margaery and Loras Tyrell. Margaery is rewarded a visit with her brother for sitting through the High Sparrow’s origin story (he was a cobbler, then he was a fancier cobbler, then he gave up all the fine food and women and money to serve a higher purpose). Loras is in much worse shape than Margaery. When she tries to rally him to stay strong, he begs her to just do whatever will make his punishment stop.

Elsewhere, Cersei and Jaime crash a meeting with Uncle Kevan and Lady Olenna to hatch a plan. Cersei tells Olenna the king has heard from the High Sparrow that Margaery will soon make her walk of shame, which Olenna is not pleased to hear. Instead, the Lannister siblings suggest the Tyrell army storm the city and overtake the Sparrows. Their plan can’t be that simple, though. Why introduce the idea of a trial by combat with the Mountain if they could just as easily kill the High Sparrow and reclaim the city by force? Will Cersei really be satisfied with the Tyrell’s saving King’s Landing?

And let’s not forget, all this uproar would certainly make King’s Landing ripe for a Dornish attack, no?

Meanwhile, In Runestone …

The young weirdo Robin Arryn (you know, the one who breastfed way too long and has a thing for the Moon Door) is chilling out max and relaxing all cool with Lord Royce when Littlefinger comes a riding up. Baylish gives Robin a bit of a fib about how the Boltons swept in and kidnapped him and Sansa, but now Sansa has escaped, and maybe they should go help her? Robin agrees to deploy the Knights of the Vale to protect his cousin. If Jon Snow could muster the Night’s Watch, the Wildlings, the Ironborn and the Knights of the Vale, suddenly he’s got quite the army to overtake the Boltons, even before you factor in other northerners that are still loyal to the Starks. Though, it’s hard to imagine Littlefinger doesn’t still have a larger scheme.

Meanwhile, In Winterfell …

Ramsay is skinning an apple when they bring in Osha. The wily Wilding acts as if she has no real loyalty to the Starks, before attempting to seduce Ramsay. We see her eyeing his knife while she straddles him, but Ramsay is no fool. Theon already spilled the beans about how Osha saved the young Stark boys using a similar distraction. Once the jig is up, they both reach for the knife, the knife, the knife, the knife, oh yes, the both reach for the knife, for the knife. Before Osha can grab it off the table, Ramsay grabs another handy dagger and jabs it in her throat.

Meanwhile, In Meereen …

Tyrion is getting ready to meet with the masters of Slaver’s Bay, but, it’s cool, he totally gets the whole slave experience, because some of his best friends are slaves! he was once briefly a slave for a few days. Missandei and Grey Worm are like, dude, check your privilege, but Tyrion is confident. If there’s one thing he’s good at, it’s politicking. During the meeting, Tryion offers a great compromise: They’ll abolish slavery, sure, but not like right now. Maybe they can slowly phase it out over the next seven or so years? Missandei and Grey Worm find this solution to be #problematic to say the least, but they lend their support to Tyrion when he’s questioned by Meereen’s citizens growing anxious about Daenerys’ absence. Looks like Tyrion may find himself on the wrong side of history here.

Meanwhile, In Vaes Dothrak …

Jorah and Daario are tiptoeing around the outskirts of Vaes Dothrak. How are these two going to infiltrate the Dothraki when they are so vastly outnumbered? Someone needs to save Daenerys!

She’s killing time with the other widows, when she excuses herself to the little khaleesis’ room outside. A young widow accompanies her, and the two of them become fast friends. Jorah and Daario surprise them, but before they can kill the young widow, Daenerys stops them. She looks at the young widow and basically asks her “No snitching?” to which she agrees, “No snitching.” Daeny tells Jorah and Daario that there’s no chance they’d escape all these Dothraki, but she has a plan. Is it Drogon?! I hope it’s Drogon. Someone needs to save Daenerys. Maybe it’ll be Drogon!

Later, Daenerys faces the leading Dothraki men. They wonder if they should sell her for some horses or keep her with the other widows. Daenerys is like, hey, you know what, I’ve got a third option, why don’t I just rule the Dothraki? To which everyone has a big laugh at even the suggestion. Daeny is undeterred. She saunters around the very flammable hut they’re all in, caressing the torches lighting the room. The men had enough of Daeny’s attitude and threaten to rape her many times over. She keeps her composure, and then, oops, knocks over one of the torches, setting the room ablaze. The men rush toward her and, oops, there goes another. Then another and one more until the whole place is engulfed in flames. The men can’t escape, because Daario and Jorah locked them in. The Dothraki gather around the blaze and see Daenerys emerge from the flames naked, but unscathed, and they drop to their knees.

No one needs to rescue Daenerys. She’s got this covered.

Now, fans of the book are all up in arms over this last scene, because Thrones creator George R. R. Martin has asserted very definitively that the Targaryen are not actually immune to fire, but that one time Daenerys survived Khal Drogo’s pyre was just a special circumstance. Sorry, nerds, but who cares? I found Daenerys fiery act of strength to be immensely satisfying after watching her fumble with the Sons of the Harpy as leader in Meereen. Her speech before going all Lisa Left-Eye Lopes on the Dothraki was a nice reminder that before Khal Drogo died, the plan was to reclaim the Iron Throne. With the Dothraki back under her command, it’s time to get back to that mission.

What did you think of last night’s episode?

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George Lucas, Amazon, Adele, Apple, Russell Tovey, Cannes, Donald Trump, Tilt Brush: NEWS

I’M NOT STUPID. Donald Trump fires back at criticism from British PM David Cameron: “Well, number one, I’m not stupid, OK? I can tell you that right now,” Trump said. “Just the opposite. Number two, in terms of divisive, I don’t think I’m a divisive person. I’m a unifier, unlike our president now, I’m a unifier.”

NO REGRETS. Ted Cruz posts long sob story video, promises to run again:

GLOBAL WARMING. April smashes temperature record: “April 2016 was the hottest April on record globally – and the seventh month in a row to have broken global temperature records. The latest figures smashed the previous record for April by the largest margin ever recorded.It makes three months in a row that the monthly record has been broken by the largest margin ever, and seven months in a row that are at least 1C above the 1951-80 mean for that month.”

With Apr update, 2016 still > 99% likely to be a new record (assuming historical ytd/ann patterns valid). pic.twitter.com/GTN9sPL2D7

— Gavin Schmidt (@ClimateOfGavin) May 14, 2016

CANNES. LGBTQ women are the talk of the festival, according to the Daily Beast: “Besides [Jodie] Foster, [Kristen] Stewart, 26, is at Cannes co-starring in two films, her ex-girlfriend Soko, 30, is here with her own movie in which she stars with self-described bisexual Lily-Rose Depp, 16, and Sarah Paulson’s upcoming new J.D. Salinger biopic is one of the buzziest acquisition titles at the festival. This is also the year the Cannes lesbian drama goes from tender and worthy (like 2013’s Blue is the Warmest Color or last year’s acclaimed Carol) to kinky with a side of psycho in the twisty Korean thriller The Handmaiden or Neon Demon.”

CARS. Chinese ride-sharing firm Didi Chuxing, which Apple just made a $1 billion investment in, said to plan U.S. IPO.

MASSACHUSETTS. Boston man receives first penis transplant: “If all goes as planned, normal urination should be possible for Mr. Manning within a few weeks, and sexual function in weeks to months, Dr. Cetrulo said. Mr. Manning welcomed questions and said he wanted to speak out publicly to help dispel the shame and stigma associated with genital cancers and injuries, and to let other men know there was hope of having normal anatomy restored.”

SEND MY LOVE. Adele previews new music video:

COMING BACK. The Real O’Neals was renewed for Season 2. “This marks the second comedy series renewal for ABC Studios, along with Black-ish, as ABC’s sister studio is looking to grow its comedy business. This also makes for six renewed comedy series at ABC — more than any other network. All are single-camera family comedies, including the Wednesday lineup ofThe Middle, The Goldbergs, Modern Family, Black-ish, as well as Fresh Off the Boat. (ABC is yet to make a call on its Friday multi-cam comedies Dr. Ken and Last Man Standing). Since the network will also have to pick up new comedies, it may have to expand its hourlong Tuesday comedy block to two hours to accommodate all the shows.”

BRANDS. Amazon is about to start selling its own lines of food, detergent, and diapers: “While some people will point out that so-called “private-labeling” is nothing new — grocery stores and big-box retailers have been increasingly pushing their in-house brands — this is a much bigger deal. That’s because the growth in retail is all going to be online, and Amazon owns online. It already accounts for half of all sales growth in U.S. e-commerce.”

BEDHEAD OF THE DAY. Russell Tovey.

JAKARTA POST. Portrait of a gay Indonesian.

NO OSCAR. Harrison Jeffs reedited this Charlie Rose interview of Star Wars director George Lucas into the saddest interview you’ve ever seen:

AVIATION. World’s largest plane lands in Perth, Australia for the first time: “The Antonov An-225 Mriya, designed in the Soviet Union in the 1980s, was chartered by a resources company to transport a 117-tonne turbine. The An-225 is the longest and heaviest aeroplane ever built. It also has the largest wingspan at 88.4m.”

TILT BRUSH. Paint in 3-D space with this virtual reality implement from Google: “The new app is set to revolutionize the definition of painting. With the swipe of a digital brush users wearing a connected HTC Vive headset can paint life-sized, three dimensional strokes. You can draw anything you want, even the impossible, including materials such as fire, snow and stars. How the app will be used, remains to be seen, but we can certainly see a few interesting use cases for the fashion industry. Being able to paint with textured fabrics and also to scale, can be a huge advantage over pen and paper.”

MONDAY MUSCLE. South African dancer and fitness model Kyle Sellar.

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PHOTOS: We Need To Talk About Male Duck Face

According to the all-knowing Wikipedia, “duck face” is “a trend of photographic pose, which is well known on profile pictures in social networks. Lips are pressed together as in a pout and often with simultaneously sucked cheeks.”

Related: PHOTOS: Tom Hardy Has “No Shame” Over His Resurfaced MySpace Underwear Shots

Much has been written about women who make duck face, as they tend to be the more serial offenders. Less has been said about men. But plenty of guys do it. It’s totally weird, not particularly attractive, and, frankly, needs to be addressed.

“The phenomenon of ‘duck face’ can be boiled down to one simple thing, insecurity,” Jake Myers, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist based in Los Angeles, tells Queerty. “Almost all gay men grow up with some level of feeling less than, not acceptable, or different. Because of this, we often have a base line of insecurity that we must overcome.”

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Myers continues, “Pursing out your lips is another way of screaming not only ‘notice me!’, but ‘notice how sexy I am!’ The problem with this is that it’s superficial validation. You can’t really feel better about yourself because someone else notices you and thinks you’re sexy. Happiness and self acceptance must come from within.”

Scroll down for examples of otherwise good-looking men distorting their faces in strange and unattractive ways. And, please, remember these faces the next time you pose for a selfie…

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PHOTOS: Orlando’s Hot Summer Nights Are Steamier Than Ever

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Obama Hammers Trump at Rutgers Commencement: ‘Ignorance Is Not a Virtue’ – WATCH

President Obama delivered the commencement address at Rutgers University yesterday and once again showed what a talented orator he is. He also took aim at Donald Trump, though didn’t mention him by name.

Here’s an excerpt:

Facts, evidence, reason, logic, an understanding of science — these are good things.  (Applause.)  These are qualities you want in people making policy.  These are qualities you want to continue to cultivate in yourselves as citizens.  (Applause.)  That might seem obvious. (Laughter.)  That’s why we honor Bill Moyers or Dr. Burnell.

We traditionally have valued those things.  But if you were listening to today’s political debate, you might wonder where this strain of anti-intellectualism came from.  (Applause.)  So, Class of 2016, let me be as clear as I can be.  In politics and in life, ignorance is not a virtue.  (Applause.)  It’s not cool to not know what you’re talking about.  (Applause.)  That’s not keeping it real, or telling it like it is.  (Laughter.)  That’s not challenging political correctness.  That’s just not knowing what you’re talking about.  (Applause.)  And yet, we’ve become confused about this.

Look, our nation’s Founders — Franklin, Madison, Hamilton, Jefferson — they were born of the Enlightenment.  They sought to escape superstition, and sectarianism, and tribalism, and no-nothingness.  (Applause.)  They believed in rational thought and experimentation, and the capacity of informed citizens to master our own fates.  That is embedded in our constitutional design.  That spirit informed our inventors and our explorers, the Edisons and the Wright Brothers, and the George Washington Carvers and the Grace Hoppers, and the Norman Borlaugs and the Steve Jobses.  That’s what built this country.

And today, in every phone in one of your pockets — (laughter) — we have access to more information than at any time in human history, at a touch of a button.  But, ironically, the flood of information hasn’t made us more discerning of the truth. In some ways, it’s just made us more confident in our ignorance. (Applause.)  We assume whatever is on the web must be true.  We search for sites that just reinforce our own predispositions. Opinions masquerade as facts.  The wildest conspiracy theories are taken for gospel.

Now, understand, I am sure you’ve learned during your years of college — and if not, you will learn soon — that there are a whole lot of folks who are book smart and have no common sense.  (Applause.)  That’s the truth.  You’ll meet them if you haven’t already.  (Laughter.)  So the fact that they’ve got a fancy degree — you got to talk to them to see whether they know what they’re talking about.  (Laughter.)  Qualities like kindness and compassion, honesty, hard work — they often matter more than technical skills or know-how.  (Applause.)

But when our leaders express a disdain for facts, when they’re not held accountable for repeating falsehoods and just making stuff up, while actual experts are dismissed as elitists, then we’ve got a problem.  (Applause.)

Watch:

Watch the whole speech (excerpted portion above begins at 21:38):

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NH High School Teacher Suspended For Sexting Students on Grindr: VIDEO

A New Hampshire high school teacher was placed on administrative leave last week after he was accused of sending nude pictures to students asking them to have sex with him.

Bruce Lanctot, who taught social studies at Nashua High School South for almost 15 years, turned himself in to police on Wednesday and is now facing a number of charges, including two felonies related to using a computer to lure minors for sex. Police allege that Lanctot used Grindr to communicate with several students at the school.

According to WMUR9 ABC, police said the youngest victim is fifteen and all victims are boys. Superintendent Mark Conrad said the allegations are surprising because Lanctot has always been highly regarded and there have been no previous issues. He added that school counselors and administrators are in place to speak with students in classes Lanctot was teaching.

RELATED: Anti-Gay Priest Caught Sending Nude Photos on Grindr To Former Student

Lanctot has been released on bail.

You can watch an ABC report on the case here. click image below for report from NH1.

(Image via Twitter)

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‘CBS Sunday Morning’ Profiles ‘Anything But Cookie Cutter’ News Anchor Rachel Maddow: WATCH

CBS Sunday Morning did a great profile on MSNBC anchor Rachel Maddow, her hobbies, home life, and newscasting career, noting that “she’s anything but cookie-cutter.”

For instance, Maddow loves to go to the gun range and shoot a Colt .45 pistol and AR-15 rifle though she’s “a real liberal” on gun safety and gun control.

Her news segments are not like anyone else’s either, as Towleroad readers know – often a labyrinthine narrative of segments woven together. “Storytelling is fun for me,” she explains.

Her news show dress is unconventional too. Since we only see one half of her, she’s usually got a t-shirt, jeans, and tennis shoes or boots on under her blazer: “It’s business upstairs, party downstairs.”

The segment also touches on her education, giving us a brief glimpse of when she was a long-haired blonde at Stanford:

And her relationship with longtime partner Susan Mikula, but she won’t go too far into that:

“It’s private. There’s a lot about my relationship with Susan that we keep to ourselves. And so I have a strong feeling on equal rights. I’m an unabashed advocate that people in this country should have equal access to the rights and privileges of citizenship. But  in terms of what that means for my own relationship? Eh, that’s my own relationship.”

The segment does reveal that Maddow suffers from depression, and how Mikula helps her get through it.

“The time when it’s hardest is when I have forgotten that this happens to me, and so I don’t know what it is, and she will say, ‘you are depressed.’ And just being able to identify it and then knowing that it’s not going to be forever, and that it will pass, and that it will ease at some point, helps.”

Watch:

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VIDEO: GLAAD prepares Ukrainian advocates to speak up and speak out

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