tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81079691711852736442011-07-08T18:31:55.280+02:00My Life, My Thoughts, My Point - and I Do Have OneMeLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00955733286825453612noreply@blogger.comBlogger1101100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107969171185273644.post-71934063780294850012009-07-31T22:32:00.002+02:002009-07-31T22:36:55.300+02:00

...and got a new name along the way. Starting today, new blog entries will be posted here: Enchanting Women|Bezaubernde Frauen - MeL's Blog

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After finally becoming more flirtatious last week, this week Stella and Carla were in only one very brief scene together, as they were both busy taking care of various family members. In order to ease the withdrawal, I added a little lesbian goodness from VL history to this entry as a bonus. Enjoy!Monday, July 20th, 2009 (3431)No Stella & Carla scenes.Elisabeth decides to leave the castle and

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This video is actually a few weeks old, but I just found it so it's valid as this week's "Must-See".If you (like a lot of people including me) love Ellen, you are going to love this: A compilation of the best moments of her show from the last 6 years. Enjoy!See? I told you that you'd love it. :)

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Starting this week, I will try to recap the Stella & Carla (aka "Starla") scenes on "Verbotene Liebe" (Forbidden Love) on a weekly basis.Monday, July 13th, 2009 (3426)Carla is shocked when the DNA test that was rigged by her brother Ansgar and his wife Tanja seems to prove that Maria Galdi actually is her mother, Francesca von Lahnstein. When Maria tries to reach out for her, Carla tells her that

MeLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00271034807389746322noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107969171185273644.post-76677017499024076282009-07-10T18:52:00.013+02:002009-07-10T20:31:19.681+02:00

Earlier this week, I asked one of the creators of fanofalex.com for news about Alex Hedison, and she reminded me that today is Alex' 40th birthday. Which is a very good reason to dedicate another blog post to her.So here are some more pics and also some videos. Enjoy!Have I mentioned that I'm very into women with short hair? Just saying...One word: Sexy!Alex in an episode of Designing Blind. This

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My friend Anna* is in love. Which is great, because she’s a sweet girl who has gone through a lot lately and deserves to be happy again. And she seems very, very happy right now.As her friend, I’m of course curious and can’t wait to get to know the woman who won her heart. And here’s the catch: Officially, I’m not even supposed to know about her. Anna’s girlfriend doesn’t want anybody to know

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If it wasn't enough that it's Friday, blogger Dorothy Snarker made the day even better by picking the one and only Julie Andrews as her weekend crush."Victor Victoria" ist one of my favorite movies, and just looking at this pic of Julie Andrews as Victoria Grant aka Victor makes me swoon over her all over again:"Oh how I love this crazy world..."

MeLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00271034807389746322noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107969171185273644.post-35464150110014236312009-06-27T21:08:00.004+02:002009-06-27T21:17:50.925+02:00

In this great video, Twilight's "Edward Cullen" stalks "Buffy the Vampire Slayer". A must-see for Buffy fans and everybody who's annoyed by all the fuss about Twilight (or - like me - simply doesn't get it). But careful - if you're one of millions of Twilight and Edward Cullen fans, you probably shouldn't watch.And now - enjoy!

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If you haven’t logged into Twitter for the last couple of days, once you do, you might be tempted to check whether your monitor is working properly. But don’t worry, all the green avatars that you will see have nothing to do with a malfunction of your monitor.Since last weekend, the term “going green” took on a whole new meaning, one that isn’t related to Al Gore and climate change. Changing the

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If you can't make sense of the title of this thread, you probably don't know the great new U.S. comedy "Better Off Ted" yet. It's a so-called workplace comedy about Ted Crisp, played by Jay Harrington ("Private Practice"), a decent guy who works for a not-so-decent but rather morally questionable company called Veridian Dynamics. No achievement is too far-fetched and no invention too unorthodox

MeLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00955733286825453612noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107969171185273644.post-82458785099285387802009-06-07T23:12:00.015+02:002009-06-11T21:34:09.126+02:00

There’s a saying: Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.The same certainly applies for what we consider as hot or sexy. It depends on the culture we grew up in, the way we live today, the images we are being presented with every day, and of course our own personal taste.Still, every spring we’re being presented with tons of lists which tell us who the most beautiful or sexy people in our country

MeLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00955733286825453612noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107969171185273644.post-43188096155238776862009-06-06T02:51:00.006+02:002009-06-06T03:11:05.635+02:00

I've decided to not post weekly news in English anymore. There are so many websites out there where you will be able to find the very same news.Instead, I decided to now write up the news in German and post them on a new blog I created called "VieLseitig". The word "vielseitig" means versatile or ecclectic and refers to the various sides (and sites) of lesbian women. It's a concept that I'm going

MeLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00955733286825453612noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107969171185273644.post-1981152108133255122009-05-24T21:58:00.004+02:002009-06-05T02:53:11.412+02:00

Last night, when I realized that today is column day, I started to panic. How should I come up with a subject to write about for eurOut, a LESBIAN website, if I had felt so un-lesbian this week? Don’t worry. It’s not that I question my sexuality, or that I intend to switch teams. I don’t. I like women, and that’s probably not going to chance any time soon, if at all. It’s just that this week, I

MeLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00955733286825453612noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107969171185273644.post-69159615320637370602009-05-24T20:31:00.005+02:002009-05-24T20:39:23.239+02:00

Since I get a little tired of having to write about talented actresses who died from cancer much too early (R.I.P. Barbara Rudnik), I won't post any news this weekend. It was a slow news week anyway, and I covered a lot of news stories last week already.See you next week, and don't forget to keep your fingers crossed for the court ruling on Prop 8 that's due on Tuesday.

MeLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00955733286825453612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107969171185273644.post-83709801782041109512009-05-21T14:03:00.003+02:002009-05-21T14:09:35.267+02:00

Beautiful version of German band MIA's song "Hungriges Herz" by Scala, a girls choir from Belgium. This is why I love choirs.

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While gathering the news for my weekly news round-up, I completely forgot to add the link to Alex' interview with Diva Magazine. To make up for this unforgivable omission, I decided to dedicate a whole blog post to her.Here's the thing: You all know by now that I'm a diehard Ellen DeGeneres fan. But in October 2000, my dedication was put to a test when Ellen showed up at "Women Rock!", a charity

MeLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00955733286825453612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107969171185273644.post-74102325502345525532009-05-17T14:54:00.015+02:002009-06-05T03:13:54.750+02:00

This week's lesbian entertainment news were dominated by power couple Portia de Rossi and Ellen DeGeneres. Plus, some sad news from Germany.2009 AfterEllen Hot 100 On Monday, AfterEllen.com released their annual "Hot 100" list. This year, AE readers chose Portia de Rossi to be the hottest woman in the world, placing her on top of the list, followed by Jennifer Beals ("Flashdance", "The L Word")

MeLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00955733286825453612noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107969171185273644.post-34070783635866141942009-05-10T22:00:00.005+02:002009-06-05T03:35:05.429+02:00

It’s the middle of spring, summer is approaching, which means it’s this time of the year again: pride season. Throughout the summer and all over the world gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered people will flock to the streets of bigger and even smaller cities to be visible, to show that they’re proud of who they are, and to send the message that “We’re here, we’re queer, deal with it!”To me,

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Ellen & Portia are America's most favorite babysittersTalk show host Ellen DeGeneres and her wife of nine months, actress Portia de Rossi, are American moms' first choice when asked which celebrities they would feel most comfortable leaving their kids with. In a poll conducted by ParentDish.com among more than 10,000 moms, the lesbian couple got 31 % of the votes, thus winning by a clear margin

MeLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00955733286825453612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107969171185273644.post-76446874411917421712009-05-01T16:16:00.009+02:002009-05-01T17:58:11.078+02:00

Portia de Rossi one of People's "100 Most Beautiful"People magazine has named out actress Portia de Rossi one of the "100 Most Beautiful People 2009". The issue with the whole list, which includes among others actress Christina Applegate and First Lady Michelle Obama, hits newsstands in the U.S. today.Portia de Rossi in "Better Off Ted" Kelly McGillis comes outActress Kelly McGillis, who is best

MeLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00955733286825453612noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107969171185273644.post-55458310587070922282009-05-01T15:24:00.004+02:002009-05-01T15:55:38.085+02:00

Over the last few weeks, I have read a lot of articles about Twitter and even written one myself, so I think that it's safe to say that at this very moment, Twitter is the most talked about Web 2.0/social network phenomenon in the world. But there are still a lot of people out there who don't care about Twitter or, even if they do, keep a rather critical position towards it. To that group of

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This new clip on funnyordie.com mocks the infamous clip against same-sex marriage that was produced by a so-called National Organization for Marriage (NOM)."There is a storm being caused by gay marriage and we are all in serious trouble."A Gaythering Storm from Jane LynchIf you want to know more about the story behind this clip, here's Rachel Maddow commenting on the original NOM video:This quote

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In last week’s episode of the hilarious new comedy show “Better Off Ted”, Veridian Dynamics, the company which employs main character Ted and a lot of strange and funny characters, pride themselves with their diversity management program while at the same time using motion sensors that unfortunately can only see white people and ignore people of colour. Lem, a usually quiet black researcher,

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Last Monday, travelers at the Centraal Station Antwerpen were treated to a very special performance: Seemingly out of nowhere, people started to dance to a song from the movie "The Sound of Music". The performance, which included 200 dancers, was reported to have been a promotion for a Dutch TV show organised by a Belgian TV network.If only my Monday mornings could start with a little Julie

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Charly of the new German lesbian entertainment website "Kweens" asked me to put together some pictures and videos of Rachel Maddow for her "Lovely Saturday" column. And how could I resist such a request? As it would be a little too complicated to copy all of the pictures and videos over to this blog, I'm just going to post the link: Lovely Saturday: The Rachel Maddow Edition Of course, it's in

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“Hi, my name is MeL, and I’m slowly becoming a twitterholic.” If you don’t understand what this means, don’t worry about me, it’s nothing serious. But you’re obviously not affected yet by the latest Web 2.0 feature: Twitter. Or – like me – you’re still a beginner and not accustomed to the language of the twitterverse yet. Because Twitter seems to have created a whole new language, and

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I know I'm a little late with posting this, because technically, this is old news. Still, I think it's hilarious and cannot be brought back into the public mind often enough.So here you go, Portia de Rossi apologizing for marrying Ellen - sooo funny.Speaking of Portia: If you get the chance to watch her new show "Better Off Ted", you should definitely check it out, because it's hilarious and

MeLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00955733286825453612noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107969171185273644.post-46852133662889382822009-03-16T21:48:00.008+01:002009-06-23T23:52:42.544+02:00

Today was the day all Ellen fans have been waiting for: Ellen's wife Portia was a guest on her show.There are some very cute videos of them both on Ellen's website and YouTube, so here you go:Ellen and Portia practicing "De Interview":At Home with Ellen and PortiaHilarious:Ellen and Portia Play The Aw Snap! GameDe Interview:After the interview, Portia stayed on to the play The Newlywed Game:Ellen

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While thinking about the title for this edition of my column, I got into a dilemma. The most suitable title I could come up with was “Talking to Strangers”, but as you know, this title is already taken. And because I’m not Katina, and my column is different from hers, and I didn’t want to get the readers confused or – worse – into trouble with my fellow columnist for stealing her title, I

MeLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00955733286825453612noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107969171185273644.post-34034899932452528982009-03-07T00:10:00.005+01:002009-03-07T00:41:13.052+01:00

I came across so many great videos this week that I couldn't decide which ones to post right away and which ones to keep for later, so I decided to post all of them. And since it's the weekend, maybe you will find the time to even watch them. (I can only recommend that, because they're very, very good!)1. ValidationThis made me smile (thanks, V.!), and I hope it will make you smile as well:2.

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Over the weekend, while doing some research for the latest edition of "MeL's Point", I came across this picture of actress Ruth Drexel as "banker" Adele Spitzeder:I remember how surprised I was to see her that young, because like most Germans outside of Bavaria, I didn't get to know Ruth Drexel until 1995, when the TV series "Der Bulle von Tölz" started on German TV. In this show about an

MeLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00955733286825453612noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107969171185273644.post-65978837957289606302009-03-03T19:49:00.002+01:002009-03-03T19:57:18.425+01:00

Here's another thing about lesbians that I've been wondering for a while now - or, to be honest, for about the last two hours: If there is more than one lesbian in a crowd, are they drawn to each other like magnets?There's a lesbian couple at the hotel where I'm staying. I first spotted them at breakfast this morning, later they came to the pool while I was there (and nobody else - a pool full of

MeLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00955733286825453612noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107969171185273644.post-30291916765571531012009-03-01T18:39:00.002+01:002009-03-01T18:45:33.221+01:00

A few weeks ago, I came across the transcript of a speech that was given by the mayor of one of Germany’s major cities (no, not one of the openly gay ones) at a convention organized by the German Savings Bank Association. He started his speech, in which he of course talked about the financial markets crisis, by telling a little story about a woman called Adele Spitzeder, who lived in Bavaria in

MeLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00955733286825453612noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107969171185273644.post-81225789557268171922009-02-28T18:49:00.006+01:002009-02-28T20:01:53.758+01:00

This week, the movie "Dogma" was on German TV. I love this movie for various reasons - weird characters, totally crazy storyline, funny dialogues, and what's not to like about a movie in which Alanis Morissette plays God? And there's another thing that makes it worth watching: Janeane Garofalo.I don't remember when I first saw her or started to like her, but it's a fact that there was a time when

MeLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00955733286825453612noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107969171185273644.post-69211039464537014072009-02-14T22:14:00.003+01:002009-02-14T22:31:25.908+01:00

Last week, the tapes of the conversation between Captain "Sully" Sullenberger and the air traffic controller that took place just before "Sully" landed his plane in the Hudson river were released. Rachel Maddow played them on her show, and this is really worth watching, not (just) because of Rachel, but to hear for yourself how calm "Sully" remained in the face of the crisis:.msnbcLinks {

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Today is Valentine's Day, which means it's time for some romance, if only in a movie.A very romantic movie that's perfect for Valentine's Day is Moonstruck. When I was a teenager, I adored Cher, so of course, I went to see the movie for which she won an Oscar. Admittedly, I was too young to really relate to the story, but I loved the atmosphere, loved the setting in the streets of New York (back

MeLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00955733286825453612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107969171185273644.post-31950970244640530192009-02-08T13:53:00.001+01:002009-02-08T13:56:44.690+01:00

I don’t follow trends easily. It’s probably the way I was raised. My parents taught us not to do something or to like someone just because everybody else does and because it’s en vogue, but to decide for ourselves whether we REALLY want to do something or like someone. The line “But everybody’s doing it” never counted as an argument at our home. Also, I always thought that being just like

MeLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00955733286825453612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107969171185273644.post-38796535813251196902009-01-29T22:58:00.001+01:002009-01-29T23:01:33.930+01:00

When we think of lesbian storylines in movies, on TV or in books, we don’t usually think of lesbian teenagers. Or, if we do, we expect some serious coming-of-age, coming-out drama. Luckily, the lesbian storyline of “Die wilden Hühner und die Liebe” (“The Wild Chicken and Love”) is nothing like that, which makes it so interesting and unique. “Die wilden Hühner” is a series of books written

MeLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00955733286825453612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107969171185273644.post-3089230625290308002009-01-25T17:20:00.001+01:002009-01-25T17:22:49.354+01:00

Everything in this world is subject to change. Sometimes, it’s a change for the better, sometimes it’s a change for the worse, but still, without change, there would be no advancement, no evolution, no improvement. Honestly, how boring would that be? Some changes affect the whole planet. Like the climate change, for example, or the financial markets crisis. This week, we witnessed the

MeLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00955733286825453612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107969171185273644.post-7542583031593263952009-01-18T18:55:00.005+01:002009-01-18T19:09:09.977+01:00

Ellen and her dogs Mabel and WolfCongratulations Ellen on winning another People's Choice Award!(Oh, and on finding yourself such a cute "roommate", too.)

MeLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00955733286825453612noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107969171185273644.post-30747110868974949982009-01-11T14:03:00.000+01:002009-01-11T14:04:58.386+01:00

In case you missed hearing about Samantha & Nathalie from French reality TV show "Secret Story" or about British model Jodie Marsh's newfound love for women (or one woman, to be specific), today's your lucky day!Read more on eurOut.

MeLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00955733286825453612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107969171185273644.post-21937432180967947112009-01-11T13:56:00.003+01:002009-01-11T14:01:41.385+01:00

Last week, I shared the story about how I came out and who helped me a lot during the whole process with eurOut readers.Go to eurOut to listen to my interview: Editors Come Out - MeLAnd in case you're still guessing who I might be talking about, here's a hint:

MeLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00955733286825453612noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107969171185273644.post-42627431236418562812009-01-03T22:57:00.001+01:002009-01-18T22:15:18.242+01:00

Judging from her presence in the media in January and February alone, 2009 could very well become the year of Ulrike Folkerts. While last year, we mostly saw her promoting the book that she and her partner, artist Katharina Schnitzler, wrote together, she’s now back as an actress both on TV and onstage, and some of her roles couldn’t be further from “Lena Odenthal”: On TV, she can be seen in

MeLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00955733286825453612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107969171185273644.post-76025484158029886202009-01-03T22:54:00.000+01:002009-01-03T22:56:25.361+01:00

There’s something interesting about New Year. Even though last Thursday was, in fact, just like any other day, we still see the beginning of a new year as a chance to start something new, to change our life, or to give something that we haven’t accomplished yet another try. I celebrated New Year’s Eve with a group of friends, and we of course talked about what 2009 will bring and what we hope

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The Americans may have Rachel Maddow, but we have Anne Will. Plus, a French movie in German movie theaters, "Affinity" on British TV, and another lesbian storyline that's doomed - or maybe not.Read the whole article on eurOut.

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Take that, Prop. 8!(P.S.: We love her, too.)

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Something that I allow myself during the Christmas season is to become a little childish. It’s not that I start acting like a child (hopefully), but I start enjoying things that are actually made for children. For example, one of my favourite Christmas movies is The Muppet Christmas Carol, and just this week, I watched a movie about a talking moose that belongs to Santa Clause and that crashes

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Today is December 20th, which means it’s time for a new edition of “MeL’ Point”. Usually, when column day approaches, I already have something in mind that I want to write about, and I had for this edition, too. But while writing it, I realized that it’s not working. I wanted to write about all the wishes that we have during Christmas season, both Christmas wishes and wishes for the new

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This week about a former Rainbird who released a new CD, a lesbian couple from Sweden who got a (home) makeover, and the first Irish gay radio programme.Read the full story on eurOut...

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It’s the Christmas season again, which means it’s time for a certain type of movies: Christmas movies. They are everywhere, on TV, in the movie theatres, and I bet most of us have one or two in our DVD collection as well. There are, of course, the classics, like It’s A Wonderful Life with James Stewart, We’re No Angels with Humphrey Bogart, and I guess that even Home Alone and Christmas

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One word - hilarious!In case you were wondering who's in it: Margaret Cho, Andy Richter, Maya Rudolph, John C. Reilly, Allison Janney, Kathy Najimy, Rashida Jones, Sarah Chalke, Jack Black, Neil Patrick Harris and Marc Shaiman

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This week with naked French actresses, happy German lesbians, and the latest from the Australian jungle. Read the full article on eurOut...

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Last week, while surfing the channels of my TV, I came across the German talk show of Johannes B. Kerner. How unfortunate. Johannes B. Kerner It usually depends on his guests whether I watch the show or not, and that night, he had German actress Ruth-Maria Kubitschek on. In April, I was in the studio audience of a taping of a show with Kubitschek as a guest, so for a moment I thought

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This week, you can learn more about Germany's leading "sexpert's" relationship with another woman, a new Dutch book about homosexuality and sports, and a European lesbian icon who can become "Queen of the Jungle".Read the whole article on eurOut

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AE posted this clip of a special comment by MSNBC talk show host Keith Olberman on the passing of Prop 8 and gay marriage in general. Very powerful and very emotional:

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For the last couple of weeks, I’ve been thinking about finding a new name for this column. Judging from this week’s topic, the most fitting one would probably be “MeL’s ranting”, because I’m angry, and I’m going to tell you why. It all started on Monday, when I read on AE that Brooke Smith was fired from Grey’s Anatomy. At first, I thought that it was a joke, but unfortunately it wasn’t. I love

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Today is a day in which joy and sadness are very close.I woke up to the news that Barack Obama was elected as the next President of the United States, and that in California, Proposition 8 was likely to pass.Like most Europeans, I had hoped for Obama to win, even though I think that most Europeans are too hopeful and their expectations are too high. He's going to be first and foremost the

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I love this quote by John Lennon, because it reminds us that even if we think we have mapped things out and are in control of everything, here comes life and surprises us. It forces us to stay open for what's really going on, for the important things in life, and to reflect on our plans from time to time whether they're still what we want and what's good for us. For example, I was planning on

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In this edition of We Are Everywhere, you can learn a few things - for example, what a "Berghutze" looks like and why women eventually turn into lesbians. Read the whole story on eurOut...

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As promised, we put together a list of lesbian and bisexual women on European TV. The list contains fictional characters as well as actresses, talk show hosts, newscasters and so on, but only from European productions, which means no characters and/or real women from TV programs that were produced outside of Europe. Also, we've only added shows that are currently in production. We plan to

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This week, the "Must-..." couldn't be more different, but they're still both worth a try.Must-Read of the Week: bad machine's Grey's Anatomy recaps on AfterEllen.com, like the one of episode 5.4"Brave New World" - hilarious, and worth reading even if you're not watching the show.Must-See of the Week:German movie Der Baader Meinhof Komplex - the disturbing but true story of the German terror

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Yesterday, on my way to work, I stopped at my favourite coffee shop and was delighted to see my favourite barista. She greeted me with a big smile and when she handed me my coffee, we smiled at each other again. It was a knowing smile, like we were both saying: “I know that you are, too, I got you on my gaydar”. A few months ago, someone asked me what I thought about German newscaster Dunja

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Poor German men, another attractive woman from TV lost for you.Dunja Hayli © ZDF That's how German newspaper Berliner Kurier comments on the news that German newscaster Dunja Hayali ("heute-journal", "Morgenmagazin") came out this weekend. Hayali told German newspaper „Express“ from Cologne that she fell in love with Mareike, a musician, at a party. They had known each other for 5 years but

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Lesbian characters on German TV: Tanja and SusanneWhen I came out, I did what most of us did: I looked for other lesbians. And I looked for them where a lot of us do before they dare to go out into the real world: on TV, in movies, in music. Of course, I found the usual suspects. In music, there were Melissa Etheridge, k.d. lang and the Indigo Girls; in movies, there were “The Incredibly

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Austria will get to know a lesbian angel, France takes action against the high suicide rate among gay teenagers, and the Dutch read about two lesbian women - here's what's going on in Europe. Austria AfterEllen.com reports that Austrian show Starmania - a reality TV show much like American Idol - debuts its fourth season Friday with openly lesbian/bi Bulgarian pop singer Lucy Diakovska among

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Here are two posts from AfterEllen.com that I enjoyed reading and watching very much and think that you might, too:Lesbians on "Leno" (by Sarah Warn)Notes and Queeries: A Wal-Mart Wedding (by Malinda Lo)

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Katharina Schnitzler (left) and Ulrike Folkerts on Beckmann(Picture by daserste.de)The last couple of days, after returning from my vacation, I was busy catching up with a lot of things – sleep, my e-mails at work, my e-mails here at eurOut, and of course what’s been going on with lesbian and bisexual women all over Europe during my absence. I read the stories that had been posted here on eurOut,

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There’s a saying about Las Vegas: “What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas”. Well, I wasn’t in Las Vegas, at least not this time, but last week, I met with a group of members of an international Ellen DeGeneres fan website to watch a taping of her talk show in Los Angeles, and we had an amazing time and a lot of fun together. This was the second time this group met, and we again had so

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I’m sitting by the pool of my hotel, having a Starbucks’ coffee and enjoying the sun while writing this article on Ellen DeGeneres – how much better can it get? Oh right, I’m going to see Ellen’s show tomorrow! I already had my first “Ellen dose” yesterday, when she was a guest on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Luckily, we got tickets for that as well, so by noon, we lined up to be there in

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The other week, I had an interesting conversation with one of our contributing writers about possible content for the entertainment section of eurOut. Since we are a European website, we’ve decided to focus on European content. European, as in “not American”. When I explained this concept to our writer, she seemed a bit shocked at first. She didn’t say it, but between the lines there was this

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In this column, my fellow editor of entertainment news Charly and me are going to sum up what else is going on with lesbian and bisexual women in entertainment and the media in Europe. Sweden: Out lesbian writer and journalist Mian Lodalen was interviewed on a Swedish morning show about her new book Dårens Dotter ("The fool’s daughter”) that was reviewed by BlackBox earlier this month. You

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People are different. We have different looks, different voices, different interests, we want different things in life. I, for example, always wanted to have my own regular column. I like reading columns, just like I like reading letters to the editor or commentaries. I’m interested in people’s opinions, to see whether they’re the same as mine or maybe – you guessed it – different. Some columns

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There are some films that are so inspiring you feel compelled to watch them again straight away. And again. And again. Until you reach a point at which you realise you can reel off the dialogues in your sleep. One film that had and still has that effect on me is ‘Schöne Frauen’, which translates as ‘Beautiful women’. The film, as the title already hints at, deals with beautiful women. Or, to be

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I used a different blog script for a while, and couldn't import the posts that I wrote during that time into Blogger. But as I didn't want to lose them, I just copied some of them into this post.***************************************Yep, I'm still here (posted August 10th, 2008)I just realized that it's been a month since I last wrote something in this blog. A lot has happened since then, and I

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... which means as much as "I'm gone for now". It's the title of a very popular German book written by a very popular German comedian about his experiences while wandering the Way of St. James on a pilgrimage.I haven't read the book yet, I just had to think of the title when I started to write this post to let you know that I'm going to be on vacation this week. I'm going to Copenhagen, the

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"Being single is a choice; being gay isn't."This morning, before going to work, I read a column on AfterEllen.com that I kept thinking about all day. It was about this quote from the show "Exes & Ohs" (great show, by the way!), that being single is a choice. At first, I disagreed, but then I read on, and after having finished the column, I completely agreed, and - even more - I felt great.

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On Thursday, in a blog entry for the Ellen-Forum, I predicted that now that the California Supreme Court has overruled the ban on gay marriage, Ellen and Portia would probably get married. Yesterday, Ellen announced on her talk show that they indeed intend to get married. Can I make predictions or what?Okay, I agree that it wasn't that hard to come up with this predicition, since Ellen has told

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Today wasn't exactly a slow day when it comes to news about our favourite lesbian couples. It looks like Ellen and Portia can finally get married, that Jodie and Cydney might have broken up, and that Melissa and Tammy - well, there weren't any news about them, they're still committed and in love and drive their kids to school, except that from now on, they officially can call each other "wife".If

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I noticed today that there seems to be an interesting correlation of creativity and chaos, at least in my life. The more creative I am, the more difficult it is for me to stay organized. For example, I missed a doctor's appointment today. Completely forgot about it until they called me. And last night, I realized that there were some bills to pay that had been lying on my desk for a while. Ever

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I haven't written a new post in ages - okay, it hasn't even been a month, but when I started this blog, my intention was to write much more often. Oh well. I consider making this blog more public, for example by posting the link on my XING profile. XING is a business network that's based on the idea that everybody knows somebody who knows somebody else who offers something that you need. Posting

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Happy Easter everyone! :-)

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Last weekend, I spent a lot of time in front of my VCR and my TV, sorting through a huge pile of video tapes that I had collected through the years, but that I don't need anymore since buying my dvd recorder. I decided to finally throw out the ones that are broken and put the others in a box to store them in the basement. I came across some great movies and TV shows that I hadn't seen in ages,

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A friend of mine recently sent me an email, saying that he had got into numerology and that he had tried his new-found knowledge on me. The result was astounding. All he needed was my name and date of birth, and from that he literally figured out some of my most significant characteristics. I recognized me in everything he had written. Like, for example, that among the things that are most

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Last week, I signed up for a new email account with googlemail. I do have various email accounts, and they all share the same problem - not enough space. So I decided to try googlemail, and at least for now, I'm quite satisfied. Just a few minutes ago, I checked my emails, and then decided to write a new post in this blog. I was about about to log in to my blogger account when I realized that I

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I'm back from my trip to Austria. I had a great time and a lot of fun skiing again for the first time after 17 years. Unfortunately, I hurt my knee, so I have to go see a doctor tomorrow. Hopefully, it's just a pulled muscle. (So keep your fingers crossed, guys!)I haven't taken a lot of pictures because most of the others of my group have taken a lot of pictures. But I wanted to show you this one

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I got some emails today, listing four things about the author of the email regarding a certain issue, like "four places I have lived" (Tostedt, Göttingen, Hamburg (all Germany), San Francisco). I think this a fun idea. Another variation of this is to just write down five random things that come to your mind. I think I'm going to go with that:1. I love singing, and I can't help singing along when

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I know I'm a little late, but since I haven't posted yet since last year - HAPPY NEW YEAR everyone. I hope you had a great party at New Year's Eve. I met with some friends, we had dinner and played Karaoke, which was so much fun! You don't really know how difficult to sing some songs are until you try. But I just HAD to sing "China In Your Hand" by T'Pau, I loved it when I was younger and it's

MeLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00955733286825453612noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107969171185273644.post-69594473794312952072007-12-29T23:58:00.003+01:002009-01-18T20:48:51.545+01:00

Yesterday was a very slow day at work, and I had time for a nice conversation with one of my fellow lawyers: Was 2007 a good year?This is something that I have been thinking about for the last couple of weeks now. And the answer is yes. Sure, there were a lot of things that I don't EVER want to experience again, but looking back now makes me realize how much I was able to learn from whatever I

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I'd like to wish you all Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2008. I'm glad to have met you, either in person or online, and look forward to meeting you (hopefully all of you!) again next year.

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I just read a great book called "Das Glück der Unerreichbarkeit", which - roughly translated - means the happiness of being unavailable. It's about the pressure of always being available for communication because of the new communication technologies like e-mail, cell phones, smartphones and the like, and how hard it is for us to deal with the overflow of information we are provided with by

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Today is the first Advent Sunday, which means the holiday season officially started today. It also means that I watched the movie "The Associate" (with Whoopie Goldberg and Dianne Wiest) yesterday while decorating my apartment. Don't ask me why, but it's a tradition of mine to watch that movie while decorating on the Saturday before the first Advent. I started that tradition a few years ago, even

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I almost forgot that tomorrow's Thanksgiving in the U.S.We don't celebrate Thanksgiving in Germany, but still it's a great opportunity to think about the things that I'm thankful for:* A loving family that supports me whenever I need support* Great friends that have always accepted me the way I am* Being able to fulfill not one, but two dreams of mine this year: seeing Barbra Streisand in concert

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I have to dedicate this post to two smart and sexy women, Anne Will and Miriam Meckel, who came out as a couple this weekend: Germany's Top TV Journalist Anne Will Comes OutI ran into Miriam Meckel (on the right) at a party in Cologne in 2001, and she was absolutely stunning. I was tempted to hit on her, but then I didn't. After all, back then she was government spokesperson for the German state

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I know, I know, I'm a little late, but hey, this is my blog, I can write about everything I want to. Maybe my next post will be about Spring Break, who knows? Fun in the sun, sexy women, barely dressed in short bikinis... I digress. It's just that I miss the sun and the heat. It was nice and sunny today, but of course not nearly warm enough to wear a bikini. Maybe if you're a fakir or someone

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I didn't go to the movies over the weekend, I stayed at home, on my nice and comfy couch, and watched DVDs. I was lazy, and I enjoyed every minute of it! *biggrin*So now it's a new week, and fortunately, all seems to be well in the E&P universe, so we can all start breathing again - well, that is until the next tabloid story comes along, of course. But this news story really says it all:Tabloids

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I can't believe it's already Friday. Not that I'm sorry about that - TGITWE! :-) (For anyone who doesn't know the first season of Ellen - and honestly, how could that be possible! - but anyway, TGITWE means Thank God It's The Weekend.)On my way home from work I thought about what I could write about in this blog. I could address this week's rumours about Ellen and Portia, and try to figure out

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...but it was a good one, very relaxed, and I even managed to leave early to finally catch up with all the emails that were waiting to be replied to. ;-)Jayne, you asked about Barbra. I fell for her when I was about 10 or 11 and listened to the Yentl soundtrack for the first time. I always wanted to see her in concert, but when she went on her Farewell Tour(s) in the mid-90s, I thought I would

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Another birthday. It feels like I just celebrated the last one. Time flies. But it was a good year of my life (especially the last few months - I saw Barbra Streisand, and of course ELLEN!), and the next one will be even better, if not to say FANTASTIC.My little message to the universe. :-)Someone posted this card for me on a message board, I love it:

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It was hard to see Ellen cry on yesterday's show, I felt so sorry for her and had to think that only two weeks ago, we saw her smiling and dancing.But - and yes, there's a but - this is EXACTLY why lawyers keep telling you to read carefully before signing anything. It's a hard lesson to learn for Ellen and Portia, and I wish this issue could have been resolved peacefully, for the sake of everyone

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