Relationships

Carnage Doesn't Trap Himself Into Making One Style of Dance Music

There are some artists who are destined for the lime-light. Even their names offer some insight to their future and Carnage is no exception. Born Diamante (which means "Diamond" in Spanish) Blackmon, the big "black man" from Guatemala was like a rare diamond in the rough who moved to Maryland at six ... More >>

Irvine Women Ranked Among Top Earners in the Nation from Online Auctions of First Dates

Ladies in Irvine auction off first dates to the highest bidder--who knew? WhatsYourPrice.com knows, having ranked the land of bland No. 10 on its list of "Top 13 Cities Where Women Date-for-Dollars." Irvine got the nod because during the first week of May, 56 women from the city joined the website t ... More >>

Tropicool

Detroit Bar

Bill Extending Rights to Third Parent Follows Senate OK with Assembly Nod--and Usual Foes

A bill approved by the California Assembly Monday would allow judges to extend parental rights to a child's third parent.Senate Bill 1476, which was co-authored by state Sen. Mark Leno (D-San Francisco), would allow--for instance--a gay father raising a child with a lesbian couple to also have paren ... More >>

Jane DeLeon and Irma Rodriguez, Lesbians Undone by DOMA, Sue Over Immigration Woes

Jane DeLeon came to this country from the Philippines two decades ago as the common-law partner of a man.In 2008, when same-sex marriage was still legal in California, she married a woman and had been leading a happy life in America--until the federal government told her she must leave.Now DeLeon is ... More >>

ABC's 20/20 and Host Chris Cuomo Botched Orange County Internet Dating Horror Story, Lawsuit Claims

A Colorado man accused of "preying" on a "multitude" of Southern California women including Kelley Cahill, the Orange County founder of dating investigative service iCheckmate, has sued Cahill, ABC's 20/20 and show host Chris Cuomo for libel.David Williams claims that "Blinded By Love: Kelley Cahill ... More >>

We Say Happy Birthday to Prince With His Top Five Songs

By: Katrina NattressPrince Rogers Nelson a.k.a. Prince a.k.a. The Artist Formerly Known As Prince a.k.a. Prince once again celebrates his 54th birthday today, and what better way to honor his greatness than to listen to his music all day long? His Royal Badness has produced ten platinum albums and ... More >>

Missed Connections

Hunger Artists Theatre Company

Dumbest Criminal of the Week! Nice job, Alonso Jose Lopez!

​Alonso Jose Lopez, a Vista Homeboys (VHB) hoodlum, is sitting in a California prison right now and probably wondering why.Lopez had been sent to prison before and after his release likely thought that the experience made him wiser about avoiding police detection in the future.But the 34-year-old ... More >>

Metallica, Nirvana and Linkin Park Fans More Likely to Have Sex on First Date

Tastebud.com, a music and dating site, published their (most likely unscientific) research  today asking their users how likely they were to have sex on the first date. Basically the site figures that people who listen to the same music are more likely to get along in the bedroom, and the re ... More >>

Ed Kowalczyk

The Coach House

Five Video Games to Convince Non-Gamers They Can Play Video Games

Flickr user ChelseaCharliWhite​Many of my friends don't play video games too often. Sure, they'll pick up a casual game once in a while, but gaming is mostly a solo hobby of mine. Unfortunately, most of them are also extremely competitive. That means whenever we do play games together, I have to ... More >>

Nerve

Chance Theater

David Araya, Recently Retired Laguna Hills High Spanish Teacher (Another!), Accused of Sex Crimes With a Student

Insert a man's head here.​Last week, we told you about Scott Adrian Peterson and his inappropriate relationship with a teenage student in an Orange riverbed. Now, we've got the recently retired David Araya, 57, who was a Spanish teacher at Laguna Hills High for 10 years before retiring following q ... More >>

Eric Gunderson of Newport Beach Sits in Canadian Jail Facing Charges of Assaulting Girlfriend He Met on an Internet Dating Site

​Have you seen the Internet dating site commercial where a love-struck woman and hunky man bonk heads, slip onto furniture and further batter one another accidentally when they try to get frisky with one another?That was a cakewalk compared to what happened to a Canadian woman, allegedly at the ha ... More >>

California Gay Marriages Banned Indefinitely

​So much for Prop 8 backers not having any standing.A three-judge federal appeals court put same-sex weddings in California on hold indefinitely moments ago while it considers the constitutionality of the state's gay marriage ban.

[UPDATED:] Prop 8 Overturned

​UPDATE: More details on tonight's celebratory rally (see end of post) . . .In a landmark case, Proposition 8, the 2008 California voter initiative that outlawed gay marriage, was overturned. Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker in San Francisco ruled that the voter initiative is unconstitution ... More >>

Ex-Rated Criticism of Exodus International

Michael Bussee and other activists denounce the upcoming conference of the 'ex-gay' ministry

Dinner With Friends

La Mirada Theatre

Funny Love Speed Dating

Brea Improv

Tweets From the Park!

Flickr user kevindooley"Hard to live up to Disney standards..."​It's Tweets from the Park, where we round up the week's funniest and most eyebrow raisin' tweets from Disneyland Resort. You know, ... More >>

Dishney: Tweets From the Park, "Did I Want to Know That?" Edition

Flickr user briberryAnybody else freaked out by the texture of Mad Hatter's nose?​Twitter really does have everything. Type in any pairing of words and you'll get someone talking about something--usually totally inappropriate to publicly broadcast--right there for everyone to read. We love it. Thi ... More >>

First Latino Gay Couple To Wed in OC Last Year Says Court Sent Mixed Message

Happier times: Alfonso and Manuel on the eve of their wedding last year. Today's state Supreme Court ruling on Prop. 8, which upholds a ban on same-sex marriage, was bittersweet (but mostly bitter) news for Alfonso Guerrero and Manuel "Bibys" Chavez, the loving duo we profiled last year, and the fir ... More >>

Zero Film Fest

Anti-Valentines Day Yacht Party

Waterfront Marina

What Mariners Church Teaches About Homosexuality Vs. What Jesus Teaches

In doing my cover story last week about the schism between Mariners Church pastor Kenton Beshore and his former right-hand man, Bob Gunn, over Gunn's homosexuality, I visited the Irvine congregation's bookstore. Books and books and books about Christianity, along with CDs, Bibles, and a cafe that wa ... More >>

Sheriff Mike Carona Corruption Trial Quote of the Day! Part Two

"The cover story was that he wasn't there to obtain a blowjob. It was to sign [legal] documents." --Prosecution witness and current Orange County Sheriff's Department employee Sandy Murphy testifying today how Mike Carona and his mistress Debra Hoffman helped devise a lie to mask the assertion that ... More >>

Vanity Fair Shamelessly Lifts Weekly Quotes for Article About Henry Nicholas

As Moxley noted in his column this week, the current Vanity Fair issue has a story on ex-Broadcom head and former Weekly cover boy Henry Nicholas. He notes how writer Bethany McLean gladly cites all media outlets when swiping bits from their Nicholas coverage for her story--except the Weekly. In fac ... More >>

Anaheim/Orange County Visitor & Convention Bureau Goes Gay, Gay, Gay, Gay, GAY!

Hello, young gay lovers, wherever you are. If you are heading toward the altar, the Anaheim/Orange County Visitor & Convention Bureau wants you! That is, they want you to get married in fabulous, homo-hatin', Laguna Beach-acceptin', Belmont Shores nearin', closeted-gay legislatin' Orange County. It ... More >>

[CD Review] Patti Smith/Kevin Shields, 'The Coral Sea' (PASK)

Romancing 
the Stone

Lauren Weisberger

Let Them Eat Pussy!

It seems Orange County can't bear the thought that it is nationally renowned for being full of normal, educated couples who (gulp) swing. Yes, swing, as in go out and have recreational sex in a safe environment with your partner or with other people's partners on a regular basis. Or maybe it's the ... More >>

Eyes Wide Shut

Do Me takes a lingering look at sex and love

The Martha Stewart of Sex Parties

Meet the host of LA/OC Jacks

OC Sex Inventions

Inspired by an exhibit of sex inventions at the New York-based Museum of Sex, I thought I'd do a little trolling through the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's online search for anything interesting coming out of our fair county. Anaheim inventor Wayne Manska was awarded patent #6,645,164 in 2003 ... More >>

Hey, You!

No Sex for the Ex

Hey, You!

No Joto, Mr. Moto!

The Beginning of the Affair

Anatomy of a secret relationship

Forget Rock & Roll

Panthers rather read a book

A Is For Ass-Kicking, D Is For Duh

In one corner, Jimmy Breslin!

In another, the foremost clerical authority on degenerate sex!

Americas Sweetheart

Sex fantasies of a Gravy Train

All of Me

Trembling Before G-ds warm ideal of Jewish practice

In-N-Out Urge

Best sex? Best food?

The Man That Got Away

Hedwigs John Cameron Mitchell

Ewww. Enemas

Hate Sells

Tim Millers tale of gay love

Wake Me When Its Sexy

Watching Playboys Sex Court

Sex Ed. Video

Sex and the Single Gun

Firearms don't kill kids, sex does!