Today the world begins to watch the best of the best compete in the Olympics. The coming together of all nations not only under the nations flag but together under the Olympic flag in celebration of competition and the human spirit. The flag of five interlocking rings blue, yellow, black, green, and red, "represent the five parts of the world which now are won over to Olympism and willing to accept healthy competition." Despite boycotts, trials, scandals and politics, the modern Olympic games still strive to bring the best athletes together in the world every four years. The Olympics are more than just sports, it changes lives, changes history and changes the world.
This year's summer Olympic games in Beijing are planned to comprise 302 events in 28 sports. But the impact of the world in China will be much greater than who wins and loses.
Of course OMG has their own world class athlete. The man of the day and every Friday. Austin Nichols. Mentioned in bios and interviews many times that it is almost commonplace, Austin was ranked third in the World by the age of thirteen for Water skiing. He represented the US Junior Water Ski Team in the Pan-American Championships in 1997, and was also on the Junior US Olympic Water Skiing team. He gave up his pursuit of a career in water skiing due to a shoulder injury. 
Many people water ski as something fun for a day the lake, but competing in water skiing takes it to a new level, and it is not a weekend warrior but a conditioned athlete who competes. Austin's natural athleticism and drive has led him to not only success skiing but to his career in television and film.
During the Olympics OMG will be highlight them in our own unique way. Look for a special Olympic highlight each day with an OMG twist.
Friday, August 8, 2008
Faster, Higher, Stronger
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Look for a special Olympic highlight each day with an OMG twist.
I don't care for sports but I LOVE OMG twists!
Looks like everyone was enjoying some music including Maggie and Mom on the Vineyard.
“Dark Knight” gal Maggie Gyllenhaal and her mom, Naomi, getting a kick out of “Mamma Mia” at the Edgartown Cinema . . .
Boston Herald Inside Track
Too bad we don't have any films of Austin skiing.
And I can't believe someone mentioned the DeFrancos yesterday! I have not heard that name in a million years, and can't believe there are others here who actually remember who they are. :-)
Remember our out athlete, Matt Mitcham will be competing in the 10 meter platform diving event. Here's the schedule-
Friday, August 22
Men's Platform Preliminaries (7:00 am EST)
Saturday, August 23
Men's Platform Semi-Finals (10:00 pm EST on 8/22)
- the semi-final will be shown live from 10:00 pm to 12:00 midnight on 8/22 on NBC
Men's Platform Finals (8:00 am EST)
- the final will be shown on tape delay during prime time from 7:30 pm to 12:00 midnight on NBC
As of tonight Wicked will get nothing done because she will be on her lazy ass watching the Olympics!
Destiny - I am the guilty one who mentioned the DeFranco family - like I said Austin would go for the outfit and the shoes and Jake has the finger pointing stance down.
I still can't believe not one Bee Gees song from anyone, Jake has done the Bee Gees song publicly several times.
How Deep is Your Love or Night Fever (which he has one) or Lonely Days, or maybe To Love Somebody?
There are so many songs in my head, my brain computer has crashed - but I do think of "Love You Inside Out" for our boys when I think of BeeGees songs. Love that one. I'll think of more as they come up. ;) I'll be watching the diving, for sure! :)
Surfer Girl - Good one. Actually Feist did a great cover of that one too.
I can see Jake doing some Bee Gees. Maybe it was the thought of him in that white polyster suit that scared people off.
Thanks for Matt's schedule Wicked, I had been wondering about that.
Clay Aiken and music producer Jaymes Foster welcomed a baby boy Friday morning, his mother Faye told Lynda Loveland of Raleigh, N.C., radio station WRAL.
According to Faye, Foster – Aiken's best friend – gave birth to Parker Foster Aiken at the lucky time of 8:08 a.m. on 8/08/08 in North Carolina.
This morning I had to go to the vet yet again because I broke one of my toenails and have been hobbling around on three legs for three days. I've broken this nail before because it grows kind of wonky and I will not let the mommies cut it. But usually I don't hobble around like this. The vet had to cut the nail because I had broken it below the quick and I am on antibiotics for a week. I have a cool purple bandage on that matches my bandana. I think Atti needs to show his ass up and bring me some toys and bling- STAT!!! He gave me nothing for my birthday, don't believe his lies either. That dog better cough it up or it's OVER!
I hope he doesn't cough up on the carpet. ;)
I hope he doesn't cough up on the carpet. ;)
Knowing my luck...
Pictures of the Opening Ceremonies from the Daily Mail(UK)
thanks for the diving schedule Wicked.
Special K said I still can't believe not one Bee Gees song from anyone,
What about 'Bald Headed Woman" ??
What about 'Bald Headed Woman" ??
I have a friend who sings it with those lyrics!
My favorite miscontrued lyric song is "Hey Jude."
Hey Jude,
I saw you nude.
Don't try to fake it.
I saw you naked!
Whenever I hear it I am shocked those are not the lyrics.
Speakin' about misconstrued lyrics, how about:
"'Scuse me, while I kiss this guy." lol
Let's Get it On
Can't Get Enough of Your Love
Come and Get Your Love
Nice to hear that Maggie and Mom are enjoying the Vineyard this summer. I wonder if it's Maggie who's planning a wedding in MV? Such a nice location, especially since the G's grew up summering there. I always picture an ideal place for a wedding as somewhere like The Castle Hill Inn in Newport, RI - simple elegance and tradition, romantic, sea breezes. I had to plan a conference there and I always thought it would make a beautiful spot for a wedding. Sigh. :)
How about these miscontrued lyrics- for the longest time I thought the song "Secret Agent Man" was "Secret Asian Man." I couldn't figure out how he kept it a secret!
For seven years, China has dreamed of orchestrating every detail, athletic and political, of its glorious Opening Ceremonies to the Olympics. Now, one lean 1,500-meter runner from the United States, chosen by his teammates in an act of open defiance, may steal the show. Lopez Lomong, one of the Sudanese "Lost Boys" and a member of the anti-genocide group Team Darfur, has been chosen by his 595 U.S. Olympic teammates to carry our flag on Friday. What, we couldn't find a Tibetan monk on the team?
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I can't wait to see this tonight.
I wonder if it's Maggie who's planning a wedding in MV? Such a nice location, especially since the G's grew up summering there.
Being in MA and in season - get a lot of press about the Cape & the Island this time of year. Something I didn't know and was a little amazed - that behind Vegas, MV is the second most popular place for destination weddings. I don't know if that was really well written spin for pr or not, but definitely something new to me.
Wow, I didn't know that either - there's just something nice about it, it certainly would be my choice for a location. :)
Ted mentions Toothy in his latest blog entry about the new format.
"A yellow lily stands for (no joke, we did our research) false and gay—two things Toothy Tile sure knows a ton about."
"Maggie also says she and Peter – who have a 21-month-old daughter Ramona together – have no plans to marry in the near future. She added to Britain’s Tatler magazine: "Motherhood is incredible. It's brought me to my knees in an incredible way - it's so humbling. We’ll get married at some point in the next 20 years."
http://www.actressarchives.com/news.php?id=11305
Great timeless song today! Very appropriate when we think about what's going on in China right now. The Olympics with an OMG twist? Anytime baby. ;)
And thanks for the Mitcham schedule Wicked.
Austin was ranked third in the World by the age of thirteen for Water skiing. He represented the US Junior Water Ski Team in the Pan-American Championships in 1997, and was also on the Junior US Olympic Water Skiing team. He gave up his pursuit of a career in water skiing due to a shoulder injury.
Which means the guy showed dedication and tenacity at a very young age. God knows these qualities must be quite handy now that he has to deal with Reeke. I sincerely hope his patience will pay up one day.
Haven't had time to compile my Jaustin duet list but since Jake and Austin seem to love Italy, how about the very Italian Quando Quando Quando?
Special, when you mentioned the Bee Gees I immediately thought about Massachusetts. ;)
Frenchy! How's this one? Midnight Special. I can tell you & I are along the same ages, probably. K-Tel! Oh my dog. I used to have a couple of those.
Surrender to the Dog PG! I think that mutt has definitely invaded your subconscious! :D
I still have to convert to I-Tunes and online music. I hate to have anything stuck in my hear so I-Pods are definitely not for me. But I'm really starting to feel like a relic from some lost age�
Speakin' about misconstrued lyrics, how about: "'Scuse me, while I kiss this guy.
Thank you Jimi. You just forever ruined Purple Jake for me. :D
uh huh. tink's been quiet so i know i'm right.
Hey Frenchy If we're going with Quando Quando Quando, how about Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps too?
Blind Vice Friday! Closeted Stars Are Dummies!
This is just great. Not only is Crotch Uh-Lastic, whom you all met last week—-and whom I could have sworn it would be at least a few weeks before we all said hullo to again—really does have his brains stuffed deep inside his paramours’ overly tight swimsuits. See, the big-screen idol, whose pics make all kinds of bucks because their themes are all so brilliantly multiplatform, is doing things just like Toothy Tile. Now that word’s just beginning to get out that Crotch loves to lure "straight" men back to his Hollywood pad and have them don all sorts of skimpy swimwear (just so CUL can slowly take it right off), Crotchy-poo’s pullin’ an emergency Toothy!
Suddenly, Crotch's rarely seen (female) significant other is out at events more. Suddenly, the S.O.'s mentioned in media interviews. Suddenly, the S.O., who’s more East Coast based, is in Hell-Ay! None of this happened until more than just days prior to last week's baddy Blind, believe me. Oh, and then—quite the opposite—gone missing are Mr. U.L.’s previously very homo-friendly statements to the press. It’s all so Rock Hudson, really. Or Toothy Tile, as I said before. Now, a word to the surreptitious swim fan: T2, even though a surprisingly large amount of folks are buying this ersatz domesticity you're pulling off so well in the tabloids and such, it ain’t gonna work with you, bro. At least, not while you’re having nooky delivered to your house in limos. At least Tooth keeps it somewhat discreet with the BF!
Hey Frenchy If we're going with Quando Quando Quando, how about Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps too?
Yeah! And also: More! More! More! (How do yo like it? How do you like it?) ;)
Regarding Crotch Uh-Lastic: people at FCC think it's James Franco. Who's bearding for that guy right now?
Ahna O'Reilly
Could someone explain something to me - why does Ted call it Hell-ay? I never have gotten that one. I know he means Hollywood, (right?) but I don't get hell-ay.
Nooky delivered in limos. Very, very spicy, Toothy. ; )
WooHoooooooo, it's Fridayyyyy!!!
I just texted Tom that this is the most overt Ted has been in insinuating that TT is bearding. Am I wrong about this?
I don't think so, Wicked. Ersatz domesticity in the tabloids - it's music to my ears! :)
Wicked, you are right about this.
Ted calls L.A. "Hell-Ay" because, it can be a hellish place - one day you're on top; the next, you're replaced by the new flavor of the month, and it's the kind of town that eats its young. Superficial, money-crazed, homophobic, ageist, etc. Overpopulated, urban sprawl, pollution & smog, dry desert climate not meant for green lawns, draining the Colorado River by watering said golf courses and green lawns in water shortages when people's lawns are brown in No. CA. Fires of hell from the Santa Ana winds, mudslides during the rainy season. But for some reason, we love L.A.! :)
Nooky delivered in limos. Very, very spicy, Toothy. ;)
If I'm not mistaken it's Crotch who's having those special home deliveries PG. TT doesn't need them, GG's already home. ;)
I just texted Tom that this is the most overt Ted has been in insinuating that TT is bearding. Am I wrong about this?
I think you're right Wicked.
Now I wonder if at this point Jake, Reese and their teams are bothering themselves with Ted anymore. Will something happen if he sticks to his guns and keeps alluding to the bearding? Will they ignore him since, as Ted himself points out, a surprisingly large amount of folks are buying this ersatz domesticity? Or will they push the Reeking even farther than it already is?
I'm watching Stop Loss again tonight, on DVD this time. Yup, this one's been added to my collection.
Oh, forgot to add - Hell-Ay is in an earthquake zone too, but has heavenly beaches to escape to. :)
Sorry :), I didn't realize you had answered my question. Thanks!
I love that last picture of Austin. I like the short hair. He looks masculine and hot. Wow!
Totally off topic guys, but as I was reading at Towleroad, I found this bit of info that made me jump. Here's the link:
The Petition for Impeachment Nobody's Talking About
Gotta go now, have a great movie to watch. :)
Now, a word to the surreptitious swim fan: T2, even though a surprisingly large amount of folks are buying this ersatz domesticity you're pulling off so well in the tabloids and such, it ain’t gonna work with you, bro. At least, not while you’re having nooky delivered to your house in limos. At least Tooth keeps it somewhat discreet with the BF!
i can't tell who ted is talking about or to who directly..TT or this new guy CUL. can you guys figure it out??
who's the surreptitious swim fan?
who's having nooky delivered to your house in limos.?
and when ted says At least Tooth keeps it somewhat discreet with the BF!
does it mean he and the bf are discreet when they're together or is it that TT is cheating on bf and keeping it discreet?
He's talking to C-UE, but using TT's situation as an example of what ain't gonna work for him! Surrepititious swim-fan is C-UE (swim trunk fashion shows at his home, albeit don't stay on for long). C-UE also has his nooky delivered by limo too - I gotta order takeout more often. ;)
I think he means that TT is a one-man man only with GG, whereas C-UL has several bf's.
If I'm not mistaken it's Crotch who's having those special home deliveries PG. TT doesn't need them, GG's already home. ;)
Darn, Frenchy! I thought nooky delivered via limo sounded kind of hot, especially with Austin being the deliveree'd. Thanks, anyway, Frenchy, hope you're enjoying your movie.
Merriam Webster's says:
Main Entry: er·satz
Pronunciation: \ˈer-ˌsäts, -ˌzäts, er-ˈ; ˈər-ˌsats\
Function: adjective
Etymology: German ersatz-, from Ersatz, noun, substitute
Date: 1875
: being a usually artificial and inferior substitute or imitation
Ol' Slow on the Draw here had to look up ersatz. Guess college is but a faded memory for the ol gal here. I have to keep looking up words, lately, lol!!!
I hope it means TT is a one-man only guy. Encouraging, not to mention old-fashioned & romantic, but it also sounds like the Jake I used to think he might be like. But who knows. I certainly don't & have to keep reminding myself of that.
Does anyone on OMG know if James Franco has actually been eliminated as Toothy? James is from California.
bored..i went to teds latest bv page and kept hitting refresh to see what code words came up in the box near the comments. swear to god, this is what i got in the exact order: great, screw, army, chin, nation, tooth, debt, fear, again, pain, with, right.
I don't recall seeing any pictures of Franco out and about with a gf in recent weeks, have I just missed them? And he seems pretty comfortable talking about Milk.
I thought about Franco too for the new BV after I thought about it. He was in a movie with two of the three it ain't when the original BV came out and played stoned in Pineapple Express
Destiny, check out the BI's threads at FCC, they make a pretty strong case for Franco.
I agree though that Franco was quite open and "gay-friendly" in the interviews I've read (and heard about) so I don't know exactly what Ted means when he says that those are now "gone missing".
Does anyone on OMG know if James Franco has actually been eliminated as Toothy? James is from California.
To this day, I think Ted has pretty much eliminated 99.7% of HW actors so even though I haven't checked, I'm ready to bet, let's see, my Cheyenne Jackson avatar that Franco was in one of those "and it ain't" batches.
Prairie Girl, glad to see I'm not the only one who thinks that dictionaries are our friends. :D
I need to take a course in how to read the new Ted. I went there first and missed practically everything you guys are talking about. Of coure I am watching The Lover at the same time I surf, so am very distracted.
I am pretty sure Franco has been eliminated in the "and it's not". Plus he's from Northern Ca and Toothy is from LA. He is a cutie though. I watched him in a few interviews last few days and he is really sweet. They added some steamy scenes to Milk. This slash lover cant wait to see it.
Thanks frenchy. Last time I checked FCC I couldn't even find this blind vice, so I'll have to check it out.
Ted definitely takes some getting used to, but most of us here have now had at least a few years of practice.
"Now, a word to the surreptitious swim fan: T2,.......At least, not while you’re having nooky delivered to your house in limos. At least Tooth keeps it somewhat discreet with the BF!"
Ted's talking to T2 here IMO, saying the bf is coming to Tooth's house - but it is just the one discreet bf in his case.
Is it coming to his house or coming to where he is? (locations)
Now, a word to the surreptitious swim fan: T2, even though a surprisingly large amount of folks are buying this ersatz domesticity you're pulling off so well in the tabloids and such, it ain’t gonna work with you, bro. At least, not while you’re having nooky delivered to your house in limos.
A word to Crotch. T2 is selling his bearing but it's not going to work for Crotch. Boys are delivered to Crotch's house and Tooth keeps it somewhat discreet with the BF.
AND is the bf coming to T2's house in limos?
Don't know 'bout the rest of ya'll, but I'm pretty damn happy to hear that Jake and Austin are still together.
That's all I need to know.
AND is the bf coming to T2's house in limos?
We don't know / Ted didn't say anything about it.
I am amazed at the National Enquirer. Because of their insistent reporting that John Edwards had an affair, Edwards has had to admit it. They also reported he fathered a child with the woman, but he denies this. Edwards better hope the Enquirer does not have proof the child is his, because if they do you know they won't let it go. Amazing that a tabloid could have this much power.
Should Jake be nervous about NE? Didn't they have a story about him and Austin once?
That was the J. Jaxson "story" from his blog. He floated the baby tile "story" to NE because he had helped them with a few Britney stories in the past.
They ran the story w/o mentioning Chris like Jaxson did for obvious reasons, debuked the story with the denial, didn't credit Jaxson nor his blog.
His/their attempt to push it mainsstream fell flat, it was an internet "storya' that was treated as a joke.
Hw tried to revive it a few months late claiming the baby was born, but it was mostly ignored.
I am pretty sure Franco has been eliminated in the "and it's not".
June 2, 2005
Dear Ted:
Love your dish, dirt and juicy bits. Is Toothy Tile Spider-Man's James Franco? You don't hear much about his love life.
Care
Milwaukee
Dear Midwestern Wonderer:
Another primo stab (though not quite as "almost too close to homo home" Cathie V., above)! You're on the right scent, just not quite there in the major-stah-stirring pot, I'm afraid.
That should be "He", not HW.
Great news! That's all we need to know too, that TT is still with his BF (GG!). *combined sigh* Is it to late to suggest a song for our boys - "The Man I Love." :)
Wicked, for the rag that it is, Natl Enquirer does have its moments and has broken stories before others. I'm really disappointed in John Edwards. I thought he was different, for a good looking politician. And all the awhile his wife is battling breast cancer. Man, how low that is. "I'm so ashamed". No; he's ashamed he got caught.
Oh, by the way. Good morning, everyone.
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