The Wheel and Axle

Ellen Degeneres has been inspiring generations of LGBT folks for about two decades now. Ever since she broke ground in 1997 by coming out as a lesbian, she has served as a role model not just for the LGBT community but for women as well. In fact, she is a role model for people in general, period.

She’s smart, hilarious, charitable, and loves to give us what we want – lots of shirtless hot men on her show! – even if she swings the other way.

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College Humor never fails to make me laugh.

One week away, darlings.

Today, we remember the life of Heath Ledger, taken away from us nine years ago at the prime of his life and career.

In memoriam, here are ten things about Heath that I will never forget.

1. Heath’s performance as Ennis Del Mar in Brokeback Mountain will forever be one of the most iconic portrayals of gay men in cinema.

2. He’s Australian, and I adore Australians.

3. Casanova: the film I first fully saw him in (yes, I missed Ten Things I Hate About You and others prior) and where I kind of fell in love with him.

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She was all this and more.

Audrey Hepburn, who passed away 24 years ago today, will always live on as one of Hollywood’s most beautiful faces and one of its lasting legends. Her latter years saw her shifting away from the limelight in order to focus on working with UNICEF.

She was truly a classy woman whose heart was as beautiful as her face.

She would have been 88 this coming May.

In memoriam, Sabrina Fairchild. Your timeless beauty and heart will continue to inspire generations to come.

There’s a reason why Wonder Woman is queen of superheroes.

This 2015 clip made me laugh. It also made me tear up, especially when Carrie Fisher talked about how she imagined she would be when she’s 70.

So apparently, January 17th is shared by awesome people as their birthdays.

There’s Muhammad Ali, who would have been 75 today had he not passed away last year. He is the gold standard for boxers, no questions asked. Everybody else can just wish they were Ali or that they could have even 10% of his skill and talent. Moreover, he was an activist who fought for civil rights back in the day.

Then there’s Michelle Obama, who turns 53 just a few days before her husband ends his historic term in the White House. Despite some fringe idiotic racist detractors, she is one hell of a classy First Lady who will go down in history as one of the best women to have been a force for good – not simply because of her husband’s office but simply because of her own contributions to society.

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Orlando Bloom turns forty today, and he certainly doesn’t look it. The guy is just as near-immortal as his most famous alter ego, Legolas.

And yes, for the longest time, he was part of my Top Three hotties in the early 00s. In many ways, he still is (well, okay, Top Ten nowadays). How could you not fall for the guy when he looks like that? And he looks great whether blond or brunette (bruno?). He’s also a pretty versatile actor, and if the recent leaked pics of him are anything to go buy, he’s also pretty… gifted.

Orli will always bloom for me.

Happy birthday, Orli!

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“Honest Trailers” by Screen Junkies is always a hoot, and when they do anything Star Wars, it’s even better.