Keith Phoenix Convicted Of Hate Crime Murder Of Jose O. Sucuzhanay, Police Identify San Francisco Pink Saturday Shooter, Legendary Storme DeLarverie, Jake Gyllenhaal, Zac Efron Cheers The Yankees At Chavez Ravine, Ryan Kwanten: Nearly Nude/Not Nude

It took jurors seven hours to convict Keith Phoenix of murder as a hate crime in the December, 2008 death of Jose Sucuzhanay, an Ecuadorean immigrant, who, along with his brother, Phoenix and Hakim Scott mistook for gay men. Phoenix was retried on charges after the first jury ended in a mistrial. Scott was convicted in May of manslaughter, but was acquitted of a murder charge. He was not charged with committing a hate crime. The two men attacked the brothers because prosecutors contend they wanted to kill a gay man. During the attack both yelled a number of anti-gay slurs. Jose’s brother Romel was injured in the attack, but recovered. Keith Phoenix took a bat from the truck of his vehicle and repeated hit Jose over the head. He is to be sentenced August 5th at which time he faces 25 years to life in prison.

Police in San Francisco have now identified the suspected shooter who killed one and wounded two Saturday at the city’s Pink Saturday Pride celebration at Castro and Market Streets. 20 year old Ed Perkins in custody on suspicion of murder, but police would not confirm that they believe him to be the shooter. Police do not believe the shootings, which left two others in hospital, were a hate crime.

A moving portrait of the rather remarkable Storme DeLarverie, who fought the police at the Stonewall Inn in June of 1969, an action that assisted in authoring what is 41 years later the modern movement of gay rights. Storme, now approaching 90, was the cross-dressing master of ceremonies for a group of drag-queen performers, whose life – a gun carrying guardian of the gay and lesbian bars in Greenwich Village, a subject of Diane Arbus, and a longtime resident of the Chelsea Hotel – is legendary, and whose contribution to gay equality must be remembered.

Jake Gyllenhaal is seen arriving at the Red O restaurant in Los Angeles Monday night.



Zac Efron attended the Los Angeles Dodgers game Sunday night, the Dodgers entertaining the New Yankees, Efron entertaining the crowd including the nearby Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore. The Dodgers lost, 8-6, in extra innings, the bullpen blowing a lead.

Ryan Kwanten is seen naked save for cowboy boots and a shirt from Sunday’s True Blood episode.

Ryan spotted Saturday, clothed, unfortunately, in Southampton, New York.