The big story this morning is about a young couple - him a Penn grad, her a Drexel student - who allegedly burglarized neighbors' apartments, stole identities, made fake driver's licenses, and opened phony credit card accounts, all in the name of living the high life. The two were arrested Friday, but are free on bail. The Daily News has a more detailed look at some of their scams in an article with a typically......

Stereotype dictates that "the gays" are good at all things artistic or cultural. Tomorrow night's Beyond Beyond! at the Trocadero won't do anything to distill that notion. Instead, you'll get to see Justin Bond hosting a lineup of performers who proudly fit into the queer, and queer-friendly, stereotype, including dancer Mykal D. Laury II, Penn alum and funny anti-folk musician Dan Fishback, poet Samantha Barrow, and reigning Miss Lez Glenn Marla, among others. Plus, legendary......

We know that over here at Phillyist, we're huge fans. That's why we're super-stoked for Philly Dares: Simply Irresistible, "an acting, burlesque, 80's inspired extravaganza to benefit The Sapphire Fund and Broadway Cares: Equity Fights AIDS" that promises to take its inspiration from the likes of Ferris Bueller and The Breakfast Club, only with more sexy, shirtless, dancing gays (okay, and a few straights too—maybe). The show is one-night only, and like we told you,......

...You Go, Girl! Well that sure took long enough. (Via What Would Tyler Durden Do?) ...Ew: Of course, she might have tried to do it before this video came out. (Warning: very, very NSFW. Via FleshBot.) ...Bad Ideas: So we know who's not the smart Baldwin. (Via Canada.com.) ...Salt-and-pepper: We think it makes him look distinguished. (Via DListed.) ...Reasons for Eating Disorders: Kirstie Alley really doesn't look that bad, but bloggers are going to......

Somehow, GMail said that Elite -ist had almost 2000 unread messages. It's not unlikely, really. Today, we selected them ALL and marked them as read. And goddamn does it feel good. Austinist: We want to celebrate Halloween in Austin! Parisist: Will they have to change the name of that Baryshnikov movie now? Bostonist: Where's Charlie Brown when you need him? SFist: Man...now we want to go skiing. Chicagoist: We are never moving to Chicago. Seattlest:......

Elite -ist has been swamped at our day job lately. And you know how it goes: you get busy, you get stressed, you don't get to spend time with your friends and family. So we haven't had a chance to check out things out across the -ist-a-verse in a couple of days. But we're back now—no promises about tomorrow. Work is hard. Gothamist: We love this headline. Austinist: Wow. Chong is... old. SFist: Anybody else......

In the hopes of helping to stop the rising tide of violence in the city, Governor Rendell has given a bunch of money to the police. Councilman Michael Nutter, who finally officially declared his candidacy for Mayor on Saturday, has additional plans, which include those surveillance cameras we keep talking about. It's a sad day for Philadelphians. Harry Olivieri, who co-founded Pat's King of Steaks and is generally credited with having co-invented the cheese steak......

San Francisco is proud host of a new reality show called "How to Get the Guy" that's unfortunately not a descendant of Will and Grace, Queer Eye, The L Word, American Idol etc. Also a biodefence lab is coming to the East Bay and SFist teaches wine pairing. Getting on the wrong train sucks. Getting on the wrong train and becoming the victim of what will later be described as a "stabbing spree" really sucks.......

Usually when we hear about a noted evangelical Christian author speaking about gays and the Church, we expect it to be something pretty exclusionary and hateful. But Professor Jack Rogers, former Moderator of the Presbyterian Church USA, is giving a lecture tonight (with a question and answer period afterwards) on the subject of gay rights, and it sounds like it might actually be pretty reasonable, open-minded, and, well...Christian. His latest book is called Jesus, the......

Our -ist brothers and sisters know that nothing is better on a Friday than a little bit of video. We agree wholeheartedly. Even if we won't just embed it for you ourselves. Gothamist: Here, kitty, kitty! LAist: Just in case you forgot what Easter is all about (clearly isn't the Resurrection)... Parisist has a video we might understand if we actually spoke French. Torontoist: This would be so, so much more interesting than what we......

The best of the internet, chopped into tiny bits and grilled for your enjoyment. Did you know whiny, insecure kids tend to grow up to be rigid, traditional conservatives, and confident kids tend to grow up to be bright non-conformist liberals? Before you accuse us of having that liberal media bias we've heard so much about, we'd like to assure you it's not us saying this, it's science! A professor at UC Berkeley got these......

...Causes: Sharon Stone was in Israel on a trip funded by the Peres Center for Peace, which strives to improve Arab-Israeli relations. While there, she talked about the fact that she'd be naked in the upcoming Basic Instinct 2, offered to kiss anyone she had to in order to get peace in the Middle East, and delivered (in earnest) a "some of my best friends are..." line. Oh yeah, she also prayed at the Wailing......

Ringing in the New Year with a bang, the Religious Right will be holding Justice Sunday III in Philadelphia on January 8, 2006. Scheduled to appear at Greater Exodus Baptist Church for the shindig are James 'Spongebob Squarepants is The Gay' Dobson from Focus on the Family, Tony 'Gays are Destroying America' Perkins from Family Research Council, Jerry 'Tinky Winky is Looking at Me Funny' Falwell, Herbert 'Kanye West Doesn't Know What He's Talking About'......

Local raving lunatic Michael Marcavage of Repent America (headquartered in Lansdowne, Delaware County) is once again bringing honor and prestige to our area by blaming the Southern gay community and those in New Orleans who put up with that kind of "wickedness" for the destruction of Hurricane Katrina. Apparently, being one of the few extremist religious nutjobs in the Philadelphia region means out-crazying the big boys. According to Marcavage:"Southern Decadence" has a history of filling......

While the Phillies were busy losing game two of a day-night doubleheader to the Washington Nationals, Michael Marcavage, the face of Repent America, was busy pissing off fans in the 300 level of Citizens Bank Park. Marcavage was on-hand to protest Gay Day, the third annual night for gays to celebrate in groups at a Phillies game. The game has always been a center of controversy, including when the homophobic Todd Jones made his debut......