THANKSGIVING :: I’m thankful for my family – I think I’ve always taken advantage of the fact that my Catholic-Italian parents have never given me a problem about my flaming homosexuality. My brother and sisters are really supportive of my past and current accomplishments, and they’ve come to every vogue performance and tell me I’m pretty when I wear eyeshadow. Thank you.

I’m thankful for my best friends and roommates who put up with all my shit at all times. It’s not easy living with or knowing someone like me. I’m emotional, grumpy, always hungry, loud, obnoxious, and always singing or performing Madonna. Seriously. Thanks, guys.

I’m thankful for all the supporters I’ve never met: fans of my blog here on GGT, fans of my choreography, fans of my DJ days, and the viewers of 1 girl 5 gays – thanks for letting me make you think differently about issues that I’m passionate about. I love you!

And, lastly, I’m thankful for Madonna – a role model that has molded every aspect of my upbringing, emotionally and spiritually. Thank you.

Daryn Jones is the hilarious (and really sexy) host of MTV Live on MTV Canada. He’s coined a term that has trended on Twitter time and time again, and he is just waiting for you to Bieber his balls.

JUST THE FACTS

I’m a: Capricorn.
I’m: Timeless.
I was born: Between North and South Korea.  I am the DMZ Baby.
I: Fulfill a CRTC mandate for Bell Media (childhood dream).
My fave colour: Taupe.
Passion: Taupe.
Fantasy entourage:  Bobby Flay, Kevin Sorbo and an Orc.
Turn-ons:  Answering surveys for gay websites.
Irresistible in a mate: Compassion and sex organs.
Phrase I most overuse: “Yes, I will complete your survey.”
Most people would be surprised to know I: Am not writing this myself.
Fictional best friend:  Snooki.
Talent I wish I had: That thing you can do when you get two ribs removed.
When I order a cocktail I ask for: Discretion.

GUILTY PLEASURES

TV: Man vs Cake Wars.
Song: “Smell Yo Dick.”
Greatest extravagance: Shark Fin Soup.

WEAR APPARENT

Jeans: Cut-off.
Footwear: Keds.
Watch: Monte’s Carlo.
Eyewear: Liz by Liz Clairborne for Men.
Casual: Lakers Jersey and Jogging Pants.
Formal: Lakers Jersey and Tuxedo Pants.
Perfume / Cologne: Natural Musk

BEAUTY DUTY

Shampoo: Touch of Grey.
Face wash: Sunlight.
Moisturizer: Margarine.
Body Lotion: Butter.
Indulgence: Crashing rental cars.

CULTURE VULTURE

Last book read: The Ivan Lendl Story.
Last movie seen: First 30 minutes of Green Hornet, Last 30 minutes of Green Lantern.
Last concert:  Frank D’Angelo‘s Tribute to Amy Winehouse.
Last play: An Evening with Al Pacino at Fallsview Casino.

OBSESSIONS

Current obsession: My Gun Room.
Past obsession: My Gift Wrapping Room.
Future obsession: Probably something with kittens – like a room dedicated to them or something.

CRYSTAL BALL

The next big thing will be: Hooliganism.

AND FINALLY …

Words of wisdom: Measure once, cut once.

You can catch Daryn Jones, Sheena Snively, and the rest of the MTV Live crew on MTV Live, airing weekdays at 6 p.m. ET and 11 p.m. ET on MTV Canada. Follow Daryn on Twitter!

SATIRE :: Exclusive! TheGayGuideNetwork‘s Nelson Branco hacks into the Twitter feeds of Genoa city!

… @adamnewman just picked up my latest copy of Useless Pile. Do they realize there is a world outside of GC?

… @sluttysharon I’m itchy. Weird… because I only slept with seven men this week.

… @broodingdick (Nick Newman) Dudes! Whaaaatz happening? Can I hear a ‘Dude’ back?

… @queenkay Does @God read Twitter? I’m tired of visiting hospital churches with my Emmy-worthy monologues.

… @thegreatpowerfulvictor U got that @jackabbott?

… @sloshednikki still in rehab… it’s totally werkign write now. Burp! Shsuifhdupsalpksm….

… @billyabbott Beer is the breakfast of champions!

… @sloshednikki @thegreatpowerfulvictor Victor… why is this rehab center asking me to take a pay cut?!

… @victorianewman Combing my hair… found Miquel in there!

… @redphyllis is it weird that I wonder how my son is in the sack?

… @daisycarter In an acting class…. And it isn’t easy!

… @sluttysharon I miss my lamb… she understood me.

… @sloshednikki Guess who I ran in to in rehab? @bobbymarsino! Rehab just got more fun.

… @realityTVprincess Why am I gaining so much weight? You’d think I was preggers!

… @ashabbott Tucker got kinky last night during a trip to Santa Barbara…and threw on a patch during sex.

… @esthervalentine I’m alive, people! Someone please talk to me. I have no followers

… @sloshednikki Why are you in my parking spot at the Newman ranch @adamnewman? I’ll get you, yet!

… @keemoabbott @jackabbott Dad, why don’t you return my calls and emails?

… @redphyllis Shut the f*ck up @victoriarowell!

… @sloshednikki @mariaarenabell why haven’t you told me when I’m getting out of this shitty rehab? It’s past 30 days!

… @geneiviveatkin Genoa City, watch out… I’m going to bite all of your lips! Just running to Port Charles for a business trip.

… @calebatkinson Why is this account still active you ask? Bwahahahhaaa….

… @caneashby I’m a douche. Forgive me, Lily!

… @SaintGenevieve I’m NOT a victim! I’m the victimizer… and I’m proud, damn it! I’d rape a man if I could. Takers?

… @shaunproulx @adamnewman Do you use McMuhney Special Sauce in your hair to get it up like that?

… @colinatkinson I apologize in advance for my melodramatic wife. She used to be talented…

… @michaelbaldwin Bonjour tout le monde. Passez une bonne journee!

… @laurenfenmore I better win another Emmy after hawking this Jabot crap all over the country. It smells like ass, too.

… @jabotcosmetics Jabot fans – Jabot lube will be coming out in 2012!

… @phillipchancellorII While in Backburner Ville, I ran into two great gays… Kyle and Fish. Heading off to Salem now…

… @hogansheffer watching TCM… brace yourselves, folks!

… @thegreatpowerfulvictor What is my daughter, Victoria, doing on The Bold and the Beautiful?

… DM @pattycakes @dianejenkins Call me… framing Adam for your murder was genius. I look like Crystal Chappell these days!

… @donaldtrump @adamnewman Please tell me what you use on your perfect hair to get it erect like that? In exchange, I’ll give you a real father.

… @rafetorres @adamnewman I can finally walk again, Adam! Wanna rectum-fy that?

… @adamnewman People I no longer use my twitter account @adamwilson; Jeesz!

… @restlessstylemag Our circulation just hit a record 12 copies sold!

… @gloriafisher I’m big… it’s the soaps that got small, bitches! How do you do a hair flip on twitter?

… @heatherwilliams Just stopping by Pine Lesbians to break up Binks and Marissa before I head back to GC to bore all of you to death.

… @chance-alotchancellor My dad would sure like it here in the army barracks!

… @queenkay Murphy really drilled me last nite!

… @scotthamner Watching Falcon Crest again… and ripping off my dad’s writing again. Papa needs a raise.

- Follow @NellieBranco on Twitter – if you dare!

Alright, there are a lot of people complaining that they find Twitter boring. And understandably. With only 140 characters to work with, it’s usually just the facts on Twitter.

I call it Facebook Lite. Twitter is like the Blackberry of social media while Facebook is the iPhone. No wonder long-winded, game playing Facebook types find Twitter boring. It’s just them and their friends. No distractions.

I say mix it up. Don’t follow your friends on Twitter! Most of them probably suck anyway! Start following the alphabet soup of celebrity lists. A, B, C and, yes, D-listers are SO gonna be more fun than your friends.

Trust me. This is why I follow Cher. On Twitter there’s no beads, no wigs, no makeup. It’s just Cher, and this bitch is crazy! Spelling mistakes and all!

- Richard Ryder is never boring on Twitter. (He spells right, two.)

Sheena Snively is the outlandish, in-your-face, brutally honest, hilarious best friend you wish you had, and Host of MTV Live. Please be advised that her off-the-cusp antics may offend some, but we can’t get enough of the girl! We’ve also, for the first time ever, have left her responses as we got them, just for you to get an idea as to how loud Sheena can be at all times – yes, she wrote all her answers in CAPS LOCK. Check it out!

JUST THE FACTS

I’m a: PISCES.
I am an: MTV LIVE HOST.
My fave colour: BLACK (PROOF I AIN’T RACIST).
Passion: VULGARITIES, LOUDNESS, COOKING WITH BACON.
Fantasy entourage: I HAVE MY FANTASY ENTOURAGE: DARYN [Jones], PAUL [Lemieux], NICOLE [Holness], AND JAYCEE DUGARD.
Turn-ons: PHONE DIAL TONES – THE SOUND MAKES ME TINGLE DOWN TOWN!
Irresistible in a mate: ROSY CHEEKS & HIGH CHOLESTEROL
Most people would be surprised to know I: GET A LITTLE NERVOUS BEFORE EVERY SHOW, SO I TAKE A 15 MIN RELAXATION DUMP TO PUMP MYSELF UP.
Fictional best friend: ROSEANNE [Barr].
Talent I wish I had: I HAVE ALWAYS WANTED TO DO THE SPLITS, I HAVE EVEN TRIED TO STRETCH MY LEGS EVERYDAY TO ACHIEVE THIS – BUT I #FAIL.
When I order a cocktail I ask for: IT TO BE FANCY! COCKTAILS SHOULD HAVE BELLS AND WHISTLES! I WANT MINI SWORDS, UMBRELLAS, AND CHERRIES IN THAT SHIT!

GUILTY PLEASURES

TV: PEE-WEE’S PLAYHOUSE, YO GABBA-GABBA.
Song: YOUNG TURKS, ROD STEWART.
Greatest extravagance: TAMPONS: PRICE IS IRRELEVANT WHEN IT COMES TO VAGINAL COMFORT.

WEAR APPARENT

Jeans: PENNINGTONS.
Footwear: DR. MARTENS.
Casual: TORRID.
Formal: LOLA & GIGI.
Perfume / Cologne: MARY-KATE & ASHLEY PERFUME VARIOUS.

BEAUTY DUTY

Shampoo: GOT2B SQUEAKY CLEAN.
Face wash: DERMALOGICA.
Moisturizer: DERMALOGICA ACTIVE MOIST.
Body Lotion: SUGAR BABY.
Indulgence: ELNETT SATIN HAIRSPRAY! IT’S EXPENSIVE, BUT THAT SHIT REALLY WORKS!

GOTTA-GET GADGET

Gadgets: OMGOODNESS! NINTENDO 3DS.
On my music player now: SELENA GOMEZ & THE SCENE – “LOVE YOU LIKE A LOVE SONG.”
I always PVR: CELEBRITY APPRENTICE.

CULTURE VULTURE

Last book read: DISCO BLOODBATH (WHICH IS A CHRONICLE OF NYC CLUBLAND MURDERER MICHAEL ALIG).
Last movie seen: THE EYE’S OF TAMMY FAYE.
Last concert: TRAGICALLY HIP [in] DOWNSVIEW PARK.
Last play: BILLY ELLIOT.

OBSESSIONS

Current obsession: SERIAL KILLERS.
Past obsession: TIM BURTON.
Future obsession: TIM BURTON REVEALING HE IS, IN FACT, A SERIAL KILLER.

CRYSTAL BALL

The next big thing will be: DRINKING GASOLINE.

AND FINALLY …

Words of wisdom: SHAVE YOUR PUBES OVER THE TOILET, ITS MUCH EASIER TO CLEAN UP – FLUSH IT DOWN. NO FUSS NO MUSS!

You can catch Sheena and the rest of the MTV LIVE crew on MTV LIVE, Monday – Thursday at 6:00PM et/pt and 11:00PM et/pt on MTV Canada. You can also watch online, at http://www.mtv.ca/live. Also, be sure to follow Sheena on Twitter:

http://www.twitter.com/sheenasnively.

Friday nights I do a little thing on Twitter I like to call my Porn Star Bed Time Story (#PSBTS). These are stories from porn sets, real life sexual encounters, lessons I’ve learned along the way and slices of life.

This past Friday I shared a full circle moment in my life that went like this:

In the darkness of the strange room the only sound was my breathing. My body was tingling with anticipation of the thought of what was to come…

Silently, I stepped out of bed and crept to the door. I made my way down the dark hall and stood in the doorway of his bedroom…

I paused outside the door for only a second before turning the knob and slipping inside. I stood over his bed and reached out to him…

Slowly he came to and realized what was about to happen. I slid my hand under the covers keeping an ear out for any sound from his parent’s bedroom…

It was my first gay experience and my only time in Bobcaygeon, a small town in Ontario’s cottage country…

Years later, I find myself planning a wedding. Venue after venue doesn’t work out until our wedding planner makes a suggestion…

“I have a great place north of Toronto right on a lake, you could have the wedding there, it’s beautiful in September”…

It wasn’t until we drove down the main road that I recognized where I was. I had come full circle and life has brought me back …

I had lost my virginity there, and now, I’m going to be married there, in Bobcaygeon.

We love movies and we love funny girls, so we had to ask the very entertaining movie reviewer our TMI Questionnaire!

JUST THE FACTS

I’m an Aries.

I’m 24.

I was born in Toronto.

I am a film reviewer, freelance writer and PR.

My fave colour is Grey.

Passion: Film.

Fantasy entourage: I’m way too waspy/twee to answer that.

Turn-ons: Confidence.

Irresistible in a mate: Wit.

Phrase I most overuse: I’m told there’s no phrase but a series of facial expressions…(like a living GIF?).

Most people would be surprised to know I: am a camping virgin. It’s a big deal, I’m waiting for the right man to come along.

Fictional best friend: My entourage would be April from TMNT, Daria from Daria and Joan of Arc from Clone High.

Talent I wish I had: To jazz out the double bass.

When I order a cocktail I ask for a Vodka soda, half the ice and lose the straw.

GUILTY PLEASURES

TV: When I’m not falling for James McNulty’s alluring self-destruction on The Wire I’m judging the ladies of The Real Housewives (perferrably Beverly Hills).

Song: Rihanna “What’s My Name”/Big Boi “General Patton”

Greatest extravagance: Criterion DVDs/almond butter

WEAR APPARENT

Jeans: Yes please.

Footwear: What my friend calls “fugly ankle boots” or massively high wedges.

Watch: Vintage Rolex (thanks Grandma).

Eyewear: Burberry spectacles or Ray Ban aviators when I get my act together and wear contacts.

Casual: Jeans/high waisted skirt, t-shirt.

Formal: Anything that’s strapeless/backless/shamless.

Perfume / Cologne: No thanks, I sneeze.

BEAUTY DUTY

Shampoo: Pantene Pro-V.

Face wash: Oxy Pads (yes, I am a 13 years old).

Moisturizer: Clinique (you know, the yellow one).

Body Lotion: Satsuma Body Butter.

Indulgence: Chanel nail polishes and YSL Red Muse lipstick.

GOTTA GETTA GADGET

Gadgets I love and / or covet: My Mac festish objects (iPhone, MacBook).

On my music player now: Fucked Up/The Strokes/Yuck/Chiddy Bang

I always PVR: Don’t own that acronym.

CULTURE VULTURE

Last book read: I Drink for a Reason, David Cross

Last movie seen: RIVERS AND MY FATHER (dir. Lou Li) at the opening of Images Festival (this answer will be out of date in 3 hours).

Last concert: J Mascis, with Kurt Vile opening.

Last play: Montparnasse at Theatre Passe Muraille.

OBSESSIONS

Current obsession: Use of sound in film (#nerd).

Past obsession: Use of sound in film (#nerd).

Future obsession: A dude who’s into the use of sound in film (#nerdlove).

CRYSTAL BALL

The next big thing will be: Flare jeans.

AND FINALLY …

Words of wisdom: “Nothing you’ve told me with today is worth getting worked up over.” – My role model/perspective checker

Kiva Reardon writes for the Torontoist, CriticizeThis.ca, Shedoesthecity.com and blogs in between. You can see for yourself here diegeticsound.com or follow her mini musings on twitter: @kiva_jane

Well hello dears.

It’s that time again when Toronto fashion fanatics wait with breathless anticipation for what will be going down the runway. If the indications from Paris, London, and Milan are any indication my pre season comments are, “prepare to shop.” Last week I raved about Lady Gaga’s Mugler music with the video installation featuring tattooed zombie performance artist, Rico G! Now you’ve got to see the collection yourself.

Designer Nicola Formichetti has done a jaw-dropping, risky yet gorgeously avant-garde collection based on the idea of a Mugler monster (which Rico G is the face of). Not only this…OK, OK, I’ll stop going on about it. See the Mugler collection for yourself and don’t say I didn’t warn you.

So enough about European menswear, for now! LG Fashion Week starts Monday, March 28^th with the kick-off show being Holt Renfrew’s Can’t Live Without Canadian Fashion then right after Izzy Camilleri and Adrian Mainella team up to present IZMA’s Fall/Winter 2011. Though what many people don’t know is the fun starts this Monday, March 21^st with Philip Sparks show, which I will be attending with the ever fabulous Shaun Proulx, followed by the huge popular Greta and Ezra Constantine presentation on Friday, March 28^th at an Audi dealership. The pre LG Fashion Week shows are signal style is coming.

So what to attend during LG Fashion Week? Remember if you are not registered and thumb-printed media you are considered a consumer which means you get the cattle seats at the shows. But if you don’t mind and just want witness all the mayhem here are the “must see” shows:

Tuesday, March 28^th

Joe Fresh at 8:30 p.m.

Bustle at: 9:30 p.m.

Thursday, March 31^st

Rudsak at: 6 p.m.

Friday, April 1^st.

Klaxton Howl at: 6 p.m.

You can follow my runway-side commentary on right here on GayGuideToronto.com through the @GayGuideTO feed on Twitter.

The 2011 Oscars

I’d like to thank the academy! Style Guy is Oscar ready along with you for this year’s ceremony to capture all the fun, mayhem, excitement and couture. Will Halle Berry work Nina Ricci as she did at The Golden Globes or will she be a stunner again in Elie Saab?

Halle Berry in stunning Nina Ricci

Will Nicole Kidman cause a paparazzi pile up calmouring to get photo of her as they did in the year she wore Jean Paul Gaultier couture the year she won Best Actress for The Hours?

So many questions! Find out the answers this Sunday, February 27th starting at 7 p.m.  for exclusive my red carpet commentary coming to you – I’m special guest at The Official Oscar GGTwitter Party ONLY on Twitter @myggt.

Oh I’m so jazzed! I can hear the swish of couture now!

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