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Sharon Stone's AIDS charity auction has raised $1.35 million.
The 'Basic Instinct' actress - who is the global fundraising chairwoman of AIDS research charity amfAR - hosted the candlelit benefit in Rome, Italy, on Friday (26.10.07) and even sold her own necklace for $50,000.
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October 23, 2007
 | | Top 49 Manliest Men of 2007 |
AskMen.com, has unveiled its annual list of the Top 49 Men. AskMen.com readers were asked to select men who best exemplify a true “man’s man.� After more than one million votes were tallied over the past 30 days, the stylish soccer phenom David Beckham ranked No.1 on the list, which can now be viewed at http://www.AskMen.com.
Screen actor Matt Damon was the Top 49 runner-up, followed by Timbaland, the music producer extraordinaire
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January 8, 2007
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The British inquest into Princess Diana's death in a 1997 car crash in Paris resumed Monday with a plea from her sons that conclusions be reached quickly reports AP.
"It is their desire that the inquest should not only be open, fair and transparent but that it should move swiftly to a conclusion," according to a letter from Jamie Lowther-Pinkerton, private secretary to the princes, which was read at the opening session.
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September 27, 2006
September 19, 2006
Microsoft’s SoapBox to rival YouTube? VOMK
Giuseppe Zanotti Maryjane Wedge MOMIST
Pretty : Beyonce in Monaco PRETTYBORING
the world's first truely limitless display system. MOMIST
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July 15, 2006
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Sunsilk, one of the world’s biggest hair care brands, “came out� with a bang last night at a star-studded party at New York’s hot spot, The Plumm. H
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December 20, 2005
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Sir Elton John ♥ David Furnish |
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When Prince Charles wed Camilla, they did so in Windsor’s Guildhall. Wednesday, December 21, 2005 two real live queens will be married in that same place. Sir Elton John and his devoted long-time companion David Furnish shall be wed, under a new English law which makes the United States appear an international human rights laughing stock.
William Jefferson Clinton, who initiated the U.S. military’s loathsome and homophobic “Don’t ask, don’t tell� policy, has taped a congratulatory message for the homosexual couple. The Bosh doesn’t quite know where he gets off doing that. Had Hillary actively lobbied for gay rights in New York (which, because of widespread tolerance in New York City, has the greatest concentration of gay persons in the country) any number of American celebrities might already have come out and gotten hitched here.
While the John-Furnish ceremony will be an intimate family affair, the reception will be a celebrity-studded mega-event. An American television channel offered the couple 10 fat million to cover the ceremony, and even offered to donate the money to a charity, but John and Furnish chose not to turn the most important moment of their lives into a media feeding frenzy. The Bosh stops just short of apologizing to Queen Elizabeth II for the American Revolution. (By Scott Rose)
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December 6, 2005
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An Iceberg A Day Keeps The Cruise Ship Away |
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Thanks to a History Channel investigation complete with analysis by experts at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, we now have evidence that the Titanic sank faster than was previously believed. A documentary regarding the finds will air February 26.
The faster sink theory revolves around two pieces of hull found on the ocean floor some 300 miles off Newfoundland. It is not clear whether Leonardo DiCaprio would have had a career, had the theory been accepted prior to 1997. Whereas before it was believed that the Titanic had cracked in two, now it is thought she broke in several places.
The explorer Robert Ballard, who in 1985 was the first to find substantial parts of the sunken luxury liner, is not won over by the History Channel’s findings. He said: “They found a fragment, big deal. Am I surprised? No. When you go down there, there’s stuff all over the place. It hit an iceberg and it sank. Get over it.� The Bosh of course recognizes that as a compelling scientific rebuttal to the new theory.
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November 23, 2005
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Vatican Speaks Against Gay Seminarians |
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The Vatican has issued an edict (that's like an e-mail, only with a dict) banning from its fabulous celibate priesthood fags of whatever kind. Among the kinds of fags not welcome to devote themselves to celibacy and veneration of the Virgin Mary are those who support "the so-called 'gay culture.'" Opinion divides as to when the so-called 'gay culture' began to take hold. Sappho lived from 630BC to 612BC, but the bible doesn't even recognize that humans existed in that period, and there's no way that Sappho's lesbian-themed lyric poems can be considered culture anyhow.
Michelangelo (1475 - 1564) came later in time but as a supporter of the so-called 'gay culture' has rightfully made Ratzinger's shit list. Working on a scaffolding of his own design, lying on his back for years to fulfill his vision, the so-called artist completed the Sistine Chapel ceiling; but you call that culture? To top it off, when Michelangelo died, he did so in the arms of his lover Tommaso dei Cavlieri, having written for him hundreds of sonnets, which of course pale in comparison, as culture, to so much as a fart from the pope's blessed behind.
Who wrote "Rubyfruit Jungle"? What is that piece of utter trash known as "Death in Venice"? Rudolph Nureyev; you know where he liked to take it. The Bosh salutes The Vatican for its long delayed, much needed condemnation of the so-called 'gay culture.' (By Scott Rose)
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November 11, 2005
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The Devil and Intelligent Design |
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Where's the warranty? That's what The Bosh wants to know about the product called "life," alleged to have been intelligently designed. As a reminder, proponents of "Intelligent Design" say that just as you can look at a toilet and tell that it had to have been designed by somebody, so too can you look at a living organism, such as an erect penis, and deduce that it took a really, really intelligent designer to fold the thing out of the way when not in use.
The Bosh has other ideas. We think an example of intelligent design is the Lamborghini Diablo (the Spanish word for Devil). Lamborghini super cars have been evolving ever since their introduction to the market in 1963. Unlike the so-called "intelligent" design theory, a Lamborghini does not have to be forced on anyone; indeed, no person who was offered one for free has ever turned it down.
We even know who the intelligent designers of Lamborghini automobiles are. Bizzarini, Dallara and Stanzani were responsible for the first models, for example. This type of intelligent design has everything to do with horse power, and nothing to do with horse poop, of which there is entirely too much in Kansas and the White House. If any readers have knowledge of the actual designer of the erect penis, please extend our intelligent thanks to her. (By Scott Rose)
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November 1, 2005
A bumper crop of royals has been seeing the light of day across Europe this year. On October 14, Prince Frederick of Denmark and his consort Mary were blessed with the birth of a prince. In Spain, los Principes de Asturias, Felipe de Borbon and Letizia Ortiz this week welcomed into the world la Infanta Leonor.
Both Denmark and Spain, having liberalized policy towards gays, must now do so towards their actual princesses. Still part of the constitutions in those countries is the requirement that a male heir to the throne, if available, take precedent over a female. The constitutional changes are expected to be made without resistance, and if they are not, perhaps a prince will surprise everybody by having a sex change operation.
William Alexander of Orange and his Argentine princess Maxima Zorreguieta made all Holland smile on June 26 when their second daughter Alexia was born. Belgium did not refrain from the festivities; Phillipe and Matilde presented the kingdom in question with their third son, Emmanuel. And finally, the Royal House of Norway is pleased that in December, Prince Haakon and Princess Mette-Marit will be giving their first child, Princess Ingrid, a regal sibling. (By Scott Rose)
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October 17, 2005
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Theater great August Wilson has had a Broadway Theater named in his memory. Wilson passed away October 2 at the age of 60. One of the most significant of 20th-century American playwrights, the body of his opus consists of a play covering each of the decades of the last hundred years. The final installment in the cycle, "Radio Golf," will likely be performed next year in this August Wilson theater on West 52nd Street. Other Broadway eminences honored with a theater named for them include Eugene O'Neill, Alfred Lunt, Lynn Fontanne and George Gershwin.
Because Wilson is the first African-American to be recognized in this manner, his friend Jack Viertel said: "We finally succeeded in making the Great White Way a little less white." Not all of the country has evolved to this point. Over the weekend, a white supremacist group threatened to march in Toledo, Ohio but had to back off in the face of protests. And Louis Farakkhan stopped a gay rights speaker from participating in his "Millions More" event in Washington, D.C.
Happily, August Wilson left behind a fascinating and rich oeuvre. Knowing in advance that he was to have the theater named for him, he wrote words his daughter read at the ceremony. "This is a high honor, but at the same time it is more than an honor. It adds to the measure and meaning of my life." (By Scott Rose)
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September 21, 2005
Sharon Olds spent one year as the State Poet of New York; there is widespread agreement that she is a modern master. Laura Bush invited her to attend the fifth National Book Festival on the National Mall in Washington this coming Saturday. In a truly poetic missive addressed to the Frist Lady, whoops! I meant to say First Lady, Sharon Olds noted that the invitation was enticing, as accepting it would allow her to enjoy a dinner at the Library of Congress and a breakfast at the White House. "But," she wrote, "I could not face the idea of breaking bread with you. I knew that if I sat down to eat with you, it would feel to me as if I were condoning what I see to be the wild, highhanded actions of the Bush administration. So many Americans who had felt pride in our country now feel anguish and shame, for the current regime of blood, wounds and fire. I thought of the clean linens at your table, the shining knives and the flames of the candles, and I could not stomach it." (Presented by Scott Rose)
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September 16, 2005
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Meghan O'Rourke, the culture editor of Slate magazine, is giving Oprah two thumbs up for her "Summer of Faulkner," during which viewers were encouraged to read and meditate on the master's novels "As I Lay Dying," "The Sound and the Fury," and "Light in August."
Though O'Rourke had a problem with that part of "The Sound and the Fury" where Quintin turns from a boy to a girl, she got so caught up in the cult that it no longer mattered to her that much of Faulkner is incomprehensible and that the academic explanations and sneers served up to anybody who dares say that much of Faulkner is incomprehensible are the result of fatuous snobbery.
Meanwhile in Paris, Jean-Paul Voitdire, a professor of Comparative Literature at the Sorbonne, caused a scandal with these words during a deoncstruction of phallic imagery in "Light in August":"one page of Faulkner is worth all that turgid crap by Voltaire and Victor Hugo, and don't get me started on Proust. Jesus, 200 pages just about eating a friggin' cookie. Give me a break. No, give me Sanctuary. Faulkner rules!!!!" (By Scott Rose)
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September 7, 2005
This year, the Kennedy Center Honors in the performing arts will take place on December 4 and will be broadcast later that same month. Among the honorees are Tina Turner and Robert Redford, a most intriguing pairing. Rounding out the honor roll call are Tony Bennett, Suzanne Farrell and Julie Harris.
Kennedy Center chairman Stephen A. Schwarzman praised all the honorees, as well he might. Tony's voice was admired by Sinatra, Suzanne is a major force in ballet, Julie is one of the greatest actresses of our era, Bob has done wonders for independent film and Tina can roll it our river any time she wants. What a shame that after the ceremony, the honorees will have to endure a reception at the White House. George Bush wouldn't recognize culture if it walked up to him and corrected his wayward grammar. (By Scott Rose)
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August 27, 2005
The Bosh has noted with great sadness that playwright August Wilson, 66, has been diagnosed with advanced liver cancer and has been told he only has a few months to live. We have seen miracle cases in the past in which somebody is given a few months by the experts but years later they are sipping champagne at a New Year's party; we hope that will be the case with August Wilson. Held in wide esteem for his portrayal of the history of African-American families in plays of compelling power, the center of his opus was a cycle of 10 plays that he recently completed with "Radio Golf," presently at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles. August says: "I'm glad I finished the cycle. I've lived a blessed life. I'm ready." (By Scott Rose)
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August 12, 2005
Lorin Maazel, who heads the New York Philharmonic, has had to cancel his scheduled guest appearances with the Sydney Symphony due to a mysterious toe surgery. An NY Phil spokesman said of the surgery: "It involves his toe. I honestly don't know more than that." With so much information to go on, we obviously aren't going to be putting any footnotes on this commentary. However, we do wish Mr. Maazel and his toe a quick and complete recovery. (By Scott Rose)
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August 8, 2005
In one of the odder developments of the week, Bruce Springsteen is to be the subject of a scholarly conference. This happening event will take place September 9 at Monmouth Universty in West Long Brach, New Jersey. Mark Bernhard, who calls himself a "Springsteen nut" and who is a Penn State conference planner is the event organizer. He believes that more than 270 educators, music historians and plain ol' Springsteen fans will attend. Subjects to be droned on endlessly about include Springsteen's story telling techniques, the influence of his music on Roman Catholocism and how his appearances continued the reputation of New Jersey. There is no word on whether the Boss himself will appear to hear himself analyzed to a fare-thee-well. (By Scott Rose)
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August 5, 2005
For the past 23 years, the annual Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest award has gone to the writer who begins a novel with the absolute worst sentence of the year. The award is named for Edward George Bulwer-Lytton, who began his 1830 book "Paul Clifford" with "It was a dark and stormy night."
A present-day update might go "It was a dark and stormy night, and Paris Hilton was having a screaming, bra-throwing hissy fit because her stretch limousine had failed to arrive at the appointed hour."
This year's actual winner, though, is Dan McKay, an employee of Microsoft. He began a novel with a woman's mammaries evoking visions of carburetors: "As he stared at her ample bosom, he daydreamed of the dual Stromberg carburetors in his vintage Triumph Spitfire, highly funcitonal yet pleasingly formed, perched prominently on top of the intake manifold, aching for experienced hands, the small knurled caps of the old dampeners begging to be inspected and adjusted as described in chapter seven of the shop manual."
Way to go, Dan McKay! It's writing such as yours that makes parents think TV is more educational for their children than books. Meanwhile, Mr. McKay was in China when the award was announced; contest officials believe he was trying "to escape notoriety for his dubious literary achievement." (By Scott Rose)
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August 3, 2005
Vienna's Leopold Museum is a citadel of culture that happens to now host a special exhibit "The Naked Truth." Gustav Klimt and Egon Schiele among other notables who worked in the early 1900's are represented by paintings of people in their birthday suits.
In a publicity ruse, the museum has encouraged people to attend the exhibit disrobed or scantily clad. I have just the studded leather jockstrap for the event and am trying to book a flight to Wien right now.
Interviewed in the New York Times, a certain Mario Vorhemes, 20, who attended the exhibition in a buttocks-hugging swimsuit, said: "We're born naked into this world. Why can't we walk around in it without clothes from time to time."
We at The Bosh just hope that those museum visitors actually take some time to look at the art on the walls. Studies have proven that people can't resist looking at a bared tit or dick when they are in close proximity to it. For the record, I'm typing this stark naked, and I don't appear to have three legs because Picasso put a Cubist twist on me. (By Scott Rose)
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July 8, 2005
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If you're mad for Moby, you better start ordering from Amazon. The online retailer is preparing for its 10th birthday by having celebrities - like the aforementioned techno music icon, Harrison Ford and Jason Alexander - deliver packages to unsuspecting customers. The deliveries will be broadcast live on Amazon.com. July 16 is the official birthday of Amazon, but the deliveries began on the sixth and will take place until the 16th. That means you've already missed out on four days worth of chances to meet Indiana Jones! On the 16th, the site will have special musical performances by Bob Dylan and Norah Jones available to view.
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