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DIED. DENNIS WEAVER, 81, gangly cowpoke actor best known as the limping sidekick in Gunsmoke and as the titular Manhattan cowboy cop in the 1970s series McCloud; in Ridgway, Colo. The prolific Weaver had leading roles in 40 films, including Orson Welles' Touch of Evil and the 1971 highway thriller Duel, directed by an up-and-comer named Steven Spielberg. A committed environmentalist, Weaver spent the past 16 years living in an Earthship--a 10,000-sq.-ft. house made of tin cans and tires...
Brokeback Mountain may be an Oscar frontrunner, but who would have thought country-western singer Willie Nelson would also be celebrating gay rope slingers? His song Cowboys are Frequently Secretly (Fond of Each Other) (sample lyric: "Inside every cowboy there's a lady that'd love to slip out") has been climbing the iTunes charts. TIME's Clayton Neuman asked him about...
...TIME: You've been getting a lot of attention for the gay cowboy song. How did it come about...
DIED. CURT GOWDY, 86, folksy father of TV sportscasting whose authoritative game calling earned him 13 Emmys and fans in sports ranging from fishing to basketball; in Palm Beach, Fla. The Wyoming-born "Cowboy," as he was known, gained renown over 15 years of calling games for the Boston Red Sox, initially incensing fans by mangling the names of players' New England hometowns. Over five decades he created a popular TV show (The American Sportsman) and called numerous Super Bowls...
...myself while crying over a toilet. “They’re merely misguided.” It was up to me to conquer my fear and buy a goddamn pair of leggings. Thus, I found myself in the dining hall, sporting leggings, a tunic, a pair of cowboy boots, obscene amounts of eyeliner and a massive chip on my shoulder. As I stuffed pasta into my mouth, I became more and more uncomfortable. The black thong was a mistake. The leggings, which were of an extremely poor quality, made me feel as if I was a societal indigent...