• South Florida Blade: Gov. Charlie Crist’s first appointment to the Florida Supreme Court is rattling gay nerves. His choice, Judge Charles T. Canady of the 2nd District Court of Appeal in Lakeland, Fla. is widely regarded as a partisan politician, who repeatedly stood against GLBT rights issues when he served in the US Congress. Crist Picks Anti-Gay Judge for Florida Supreme Court
• Check out this ad for Stocker Jeans (sold in England).

• Queerty: "More than 37 million U.S. TV viewers tuned in to watch Sarah Palin accept the Republican nomination for vice president on Wednesday, just shy of the record set last week by Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama, Nielsen Media Research reported. Palin's Big Draw
• Beautiful Mag: At the respectable age of 18 you would think a guy has all kinds of things to keep him busy with the exception of the more serious things in life. And guess what, you are right. In most cases. Eugene Malitsky however, finds time to do a lot more than just having fun and enjoying life at 18. Eugene Malitsky photographed by Sandro Bross
• Us Magazine: Pregnant 17-year-old Bristol Palin and her 18-year-old boyfriend Levi Johnston displayed their commitment to each other at Wednesday's GOP convention. Johnston debuted a "Bristol" tattoo on his ring finger, while Bristol rocked what appeared to be an engagement ring. (McCain campaign officials have yet to identify the ring.) See the Tattoo here: Levi Johnston Debuts "Bristol" Tattoo on Ring Finger at Convention
• Roseanne Barr Blog: "Palin is perfect for the republicans' very first ever woman candidate! She has warped ethics, little concern for her family, and likes to draw down on endangered species from a helicopter, steal publicly owned property, and say anything she is paid enough to say. She is an insult to American women. I would like to challenge Sarah Palin to a gun dual in a target practice setting!! I can shoot 100 times more accurately than she can, I just know it. I am from Utah, she is from Idaho, and we Utahns always knew those Idaho girls talk big and can't deliver!"
• The Sun: Wild child Britney [Spears] allegedly first hit the bottle after joining Disney’s squeaky-clean Mickey Mouse Club. Mum LYNNE claims 14-year-old Britney then had sex with an 18-year-old high school footballer soon after she quit the TV show. And she had her first taste of drugs at 15 when she went to Los Angeles to record her debut album Baby One More Time. Britney's Mum Tells All on Her Daughter
• We leave you with dudes surfing... in Idaho.

• PageOneQ: The "cream of the Republican Party," said Daily Show correspondent John Oliver, are meeting at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport not due to any particular election strategy or political ideology. They are there for "the clandestine gay sex." Watch video as 'Daily Show' Reports from the Larry Craig Bathroom [Editors note: This video is hysterical!]

2008 Clip Film Festival Program Guides will not be mailed out this year, unless you are a member of the festival.  Program Guides will be distributed to most major Watermark distribution points, however, if you'd like to get your hands on an advance copy of the program guide, come to the Program Guide Launch Party - Friday, September 5th at G. Bar Ybor City (Tampa)  in the GaYBOR District of Historic Ybor City.  We'll have program guides, and festival passes/tickets available for sale. 

At La Te Da Key West on Friday, September 5th, they will perform Hairspray:  Our Way.  Performed on the way two drag queens and a gay boy, they will do musical highlights from the Broadway production.  Show starts at 9 PM and call 305-296-6706 ext. 10.