Tag Archives: Xmas

Via Gizmodo: Who wants the hassle and maintenance of a real fireplace when Netflix serves up a convincing yule log you can just stream to your living room TV? Or better yet, why not just give in to all the Star Wars mania and curl up next to Anakin Skywalker’s burning corpse on a cold winter’s night. If this five …

Via Boston.com: The Santa Speedo Run made its way through the streets of Boston, Saturday, for the 16th year. Runners were greeted with surprisingly warm weather for mid-December, making the event a little less chilly, but no less steamy. The runners started and ended with toasty brews at Lir Tavern, and ran a lap of Back Bay wearing nothing but …

Gone viral and heading for half a million views is this holiday ad for a British hardware chain “where gays and straights can buy drills and so much more.” The deadpan delivery is flummoxing some viewers and others see this commercial as gently mocking gay-inclusive ads from major retailers. Watch below.

“Dame Shirley Bassey & vocal trio BLAKE release their unique festive single ‘The Christmas Song’ on December 18th.”

Last weekend I had the pleasure of hearing Cyndi Lauper perform this Dolly Parton classic at her annual Home For The Holidays concert for homeless LGBT kids. Cyndi has now released the track. Rolling Stone reports: While recording her upcoming country album in Nashville, Cyndi Lauper’s hotel featured an inspirational phrase above the artwork. In lights, it said, “What Would …

Twenty Three Ads reviews: Nordstrom demonstrates why they have a 100 percent approval rating from the Human Rights Campaign Buyers Guide. The upscale fashion retailer has created a dazzlingly beautiful holiday ad titled The Homecoming that features a man coming home with a suitcase and a Nordstrom shopping bag to be reunited his partner and their gorgeous dog. The two …

The newest single from Kylie Minogue’s holiday album was written by Coldplay’s Chris Martin and the production video features lots of PDA with Kylie’s real-life boyfriend Joshua Sasse. As an extra-gay bonus, the track has also been remixed by 80s disco kingpins Stock Aiken Waterman (Donna Summer, Dead Or Alive, Bananarama). Both clips are below.

Rainbow flag creator Gilbert Baker has sent us the pattern for a do-it-yourself rainbow White House ornament. Click on this link and print out the pattern. You can throw Mr. Baker a buck or two via his PayPal account.

Forty-five minutes of actor Nick Offerman silently drinking whiskey by a crackling fire. And that’s pretty much it. More than 1.3 million views overnight.

Going viral today is a holiday ad from Pornhub. Yup. Clip recap:  This holiday season, give the most touching gift of all! Pornhub Premium’s new gifting service allows you to spread the love to family and friends with specially customizable gift cards. Add a personal message and send same day or on a future date of your choosing! Pornhub Premium …

I didn’t really have an opinion on Ms. Jepson until she performed at Freedom To Marry’s “going out of business” party, where I found her totally charming. Today we get her cover of Wham!’s 1984 holiday classic, which was kept from the top spot that year by Band Aid’s Do They Know It’s Christmas? – which also featured George Michael. …

Starring and directed by Mariah Carey. From Hallmark, who sets up the trailer: A Christmas Melody revolves around Kristin (Chabert), a beautiful, stylish divorcee who is a talented clothing designer, and her young daughter, Emily (Strazza). Kristin has just had to close her small Manhattan boutique to return to her Ohio home town and live in her parents’ former home. …

Yesterday the Liberty Counsel issued their annual “Friend Or Foe” ranking of companies that don’t express their religious liberty in the precise manner stipulated by the Baby Jesus. Today comes a similar ranking of 100 companies from the American Family Association. They write: There are secular forces in our country that hate Christmas because the word itself is a reminder …

People recaps the trailer: Bill Murray and his friends are getting in the Christmas spirit a little early this year. The Golden Globe winner is the star of the upcoming Netflix original holiday special A Very Murray Christmas, directed and co-written by Sofia Coppola. “It just started from wanting to see Bill sing and our fondness for those old Christmas …

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This story makes its eleventh annual appearance on JMG…. Grand Central Terminal functions as the mechanical heart of midtown New York City, pumping out several thousand workers and tourists on one beat, then sucking in several thousand more on the next. The rhythms of the terminal are fascinating. Beat. Four thousand, inbound from New Haven. Beat. Three thousand, outbound to …

Via the Tallahassee Democrat: Susan Hemeryck, 54, told two Florida Department of Law Enforcement Capitol Police officers that she was “sorry and had to take down the Satanic display,” because it was “not right” before she attempted to tear it about 11:30 a.m. Hemeryck then tried to remove the display. Officers stopped her and told her to put it back. …

From the morning radio team at Denver’s KS107 FM. (Tipped by JMG reader Don)