Before his “Hunger Games” break, Alan Ritchson was an underwear model. Here’s the proof.
Talented in so many ways.

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Peter Hitchens Compares Sexual Harassment To Militant Islam In ‘Insane’ Column

Mail on Sunday columnist Peter Hitchens has prompted a social media storm after likening those “squawking” about the Westminster sexual harassment scandal to “Militant Islamists”.

The veteran writer’s column appeared in Sunday’s newspaper and online as British politics is engulfed in accusations in the fall-out from the Harvey Weinstein allegations.

Defence Secretary Michael Fallon has quit and the Conservative Party, Labour and SNP are all probing claims made against their representatives, including an accusation that Jeremy Corbyn’s party ignored a rape allegation.

It was the provocative headline on Hitchens’ piece – “What will women gain from all this squawking about sex pests? A niqab” – that fuelled disbelief on Twitter.

The headline drew comparisons to a widely-shared and similarly-derided Charles Moore column in the Telegraph a day earlier.

“This scandal shows that women are now on top. I pray they share power with men, not crush us,” the headline of his piece ran.  

The headline alone was enough to draw fierce criticism. 

One of Hitchens’ defences was that most commentators on Twitter had not read the article, and he suggested they were basing their outrage on the headline alone and deliberate misinterpretation.

But many people had read the piece, and objected to various aspects of his argument.

That included his argument that men and women objecting to harassment have “lots in common” with “Militant Islamists”. Some simply couldn’t comprehend the comparison.

Hitchens also argued feminists have a wider agenda.

While he says he welcomes the “wonderful new equality between men and women, which is one of the great changes for the better in our age”, Hitchens fears for the “militant destruction of marriage and the traditional family”.

He writes:

“Many of those who claim to seek female equality have another, much fiercer objective. They actually see men as the enemy, the ‘patriarchy’, to be overthrown by all means necessary, and replaced by a feminised society. They also see marriage as a machine for oppressing women. Their objectives moved a lot closer last week.”

Some pointed out this, again, was overblown and men were just being asked to be “less awful”. 

Hitchens goes on that those calling for equality also “sneered at restraint and manners” and now want those customs to return.

He argues the values once enshrined in marriage separated “us” from the “Islamic world”, and the niqab alluded to in the headline.

One Twitter user countered that this assumed there was no harassment before society was “liberated”. 

Hitchens then imagines the lengths men in Westminster will have to go to ensure they do not face accusations of harassment. Again, it is dismissed as a “laughable” way to act. 

But aspects of the column did garner praise, notably his argument that Britain faces bigger problems than the allegations that have rocked Westminster. 

Hitchens in turn confronted his critics, arguing many were “twisting” his words and that people were failing to explain their counter arguments – even though many had. 

Some, however, took a philosophical approach to quell their anger.

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Richard Dreyfuss’s Son Harry Alleges Kevin Spacey Groped Him at Age 18

The son of the Oscar-winning actor wrote an account of Spacey groping him while his father was there running lines.

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NYC-based musician Corey Tut has some big surprises in store
“It was really fun to just write a few songs about d**k.”

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Robert Mueller May Be Indicting Michael Flynn and His Son Next

Robert Mueller has enough evidence to bring indictments against former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn and Michael Flynn Jr., NBC News reports:

Mueller is applying renewed pressure on Flynn following his indictment of Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, three sources familiar with the investigation told NBC News.

The investigators are speaking to multiple witnesses in coming days to gain more information surrounding Flynn’s lobbying work, including whether he laundered money or lied to federal agents about his overseas contacts, according to three sources familiar with the investigation.

Mueller’s team is also examining whether Flynn attempted to orchestrate the removal of a chief rival of Turkish President Recep Erdogan from the U.S. to Turkey in exchange for millions of dollars, two officials said.

Flynn Jr., who worked with his father, could be indicted separately, but investigators are using the potential charges to get Flynn Sr. to cooperate further.

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Jeremy Corbyn Warns Of ‘Warped And Degrading’ Westminster Culture Of Sexual Harassment
Jeremy Corbyn has hit out at the “warped and degrading” culture of sexual harassment in Westminster.

The Labour leader told his party’s North West conference in Blackpool on Sunday that abuse was “hiding in plain sight”.

It came as he faced questions over why Labour MP Kelvin Hopkins was appointed to his shadow cabinet despite allegations having been made about him behaving inappropriately towards a young female party activist.

Parliament has been rocked by allegations of sexual harassment by MPs and ministers.

Damian Green, the de facto deputy prime minister, is facing calls to step aside from his job while an investigation into his conduct is carried out.

The first secretary of state strongly denies the allegations made against him.

In his speech, Corbyn said: “We must no longer allow women, or anyone else for that matter, to be abused in the workplace or anywhere else.

“This is not about peering into some dark recesses. This kind of abuse, sexism and misogyny, has been hiding in plain sight. It is all around us.

“It is, sadly, in our schools and universities, it is in our businesses and workplaces, in our newspapers and on our TV screens, and yes, it is in the corridors of power.”

He added: “Labour is committed not just to challenging a warped and degrading culture in Westminster, and across society, but to overturning it.

“Faced with the ongoing revelations about sexual harassment, we must make this a turning point and a moment of real change.”

Hopkins has “categorically” denied claims of inappropriate conduct made by party activist Ava Etemadzadeh.

Labour is investigating  Etemadzadeh’s allegations that the MP sent her suggestive texts and acted inappropriately.

Emily Thornberry, Labour’s shadow foreign secretary, told Sky News on Sunday that she could not comment on the specifics of the Hopkins case as it was being investigated.

But she said she was “ashamed of what’s been going on” within Labour when it came to allegations of abuse.

“I think that the people who we owe a debt of gratitude to are those who have come forward with these allegations and who have been brave in the way that have,” she said.

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Is America ready for Hollywood’s first big gay teen romance?
Getting a big studio behind a gay teen film mainstreams our loves and relationships, considering that even great films like Brokeback Mountain receive limited releases.

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Puerto Ricans With HIV/AIDS Are Suffering After Hurricane Maria

Carmen Cruz, the mayor of the Puerto Rican capital of San Juan, said the government is doing everything it can to get medical help to people with HIV/AIDS. She said they “stocked up” medications and other supplies before Hurricane Maria hit, but quickly ran through most of it. “We bought a lot of medication which we…

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