Above, Madonna Dietrich!

Tonight was Madonna's Cinema Society-sponsored premiere for Madonna: The MDNA Tour on Epix, held at the Paris on W. 58th. Marlene Dietrich cut the ribbon on this theater in 1948...remember that, because it's on the test.

Outside the theater, fans hoping to get in.

I dashed up in the rain around 7:15PM. There was a small but determined crowd of contest winners and hopefuls across the street, peopled by most of the same folks we would later see shouting at Madonna from within the Golden Triangle on the big screen. These are the people who go everywhere Madonna goes without fail. Do they have jobs? Where do they get their money? (The same questions must be asked of me.) It's always fun to see them...and it feels like home.

Frankie & Isaac

I bumped into Frankie Grande, a dazzling NYC talent who was one of the Born Yesterday producers, was a former Mr. Broadway and who tells me his next work will be on stage in Pageant. He was with his adorable pal Isaac, and both looked spiffy in the muggy mist. This is a hard thing to accomplish.

Snippets of Madonna singing an acoustic version of "Don't Tell Me" bubble through this MDNA documentary trailer.

Rita Ora is officially the new face of Material Girl.

Russia sinks back into the primordial swamp with sweeping anti-gay law.

THEY CALL HIM THE STREAK: Cristiano Ronaldo's new 'do.

Boxer Luke Campbell puts 'em up for Bello.

Daphne Guinness's "Fatal Flaw."

Edward Snowden seems to have lied about his salary. 

Marriage equality polls only go in one direction: Ours.

Gay people opposed to marriage equality are just evil.

A book on muscular men from around the world.

Gay characters in films have the longevity of black friends in horror flicks.

Youth center killings in Tel Aviv may have been revenge. 

Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont) attempts to gay up the immigration bill.

New Yorkers slurred and violently arrested by the NYPD hold press conference.

Win tickets to the premiere of Madonna's MDNA Tour video.

Ugandan gay activist Frank Mugisha updates us on the "kill the gays" bill:

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"Give Me All Your Luvin'", from one of the most entertaining segments of MDNA.

Jerry Penacoli had a convivial chat with Madonna backstage at the Billboard Music Awards for Extra in which she reacted to Elton John's claim that they'd made up and spoke at length about parenting...

 

Madonna slew at The Billboard Music Awards, arriving in an outfit that was giving me The Blue Angel, Sex and Dick Tracy flashes...and that was also giving me flasher flashes, considering she skipped pants.

Madonna at 35 or 36 in 1995's Four Rooms...

...and 18 years later, age 54!

Growing old "gracefully" is for people who could not wear this and look this good.

Kibitzing with Celine Dion!

Oh, and Keith at Billboard gets his Madonna moment, interviewing and posing with Madonna in one of her most memorable get-ups:

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This 12(!)-year-old French bitch can dance! I assure you, had I used my rented ($50 a day) VHS camera back in 1985 to film my elaborate "Into the Groove" routine, it would have been 10X smuttier, and one-tenth as technically dazzling...

Fancy a dip?

Via Sticky (Work Unfriendly): Marco Antônio Arcoverde Cals for H Magazine.

THE NEW MARLENE: Preview Madonna's MDNA Tour on Epix.

First-ever film adaptation of a David Sedaris piece to open Outfest.

Herndon Graddick resigns as GLAAD director after a year.

Will Harry Reid really go nuclear this time?

President Obama is squeaky-clean, conservatives can't get over it. 

I'LL TAX YOU FIRST: Tagged as a hate group...by Bette Midler.

Colin Egglesfield is attractive.

Sentences can end in prepositions.

Beating up on gays via court, and more literally.

New gay dads (my pals) Matt & Josh meet their new twins:

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The brill backdrop for Madonna's "Nobody Knows Me" used in her MDNA Tour has leaked, along with the sexy "Justify My Love" and the meh "Best Friend" ones.

Epix is airing Madonna's MDNA Tour on Saturday, June 22, at 8PM, and they're hyping it with this killer poster. (But who is that person in the middle of it? The, um, aggressive PhotoShopping makes her look like a Brigitte Bardot zombie.)