I am in the Huffington Post today!

I am in the Huffington Post today! Please click here to read my article!

(Photo still from Movie My Week with Marilyn)
I saw the movie My Week with Marilyn a couple of nights ago and Michelle Williams does capture something. Overall the movie is quite grown-up and creates a lot of very individual people. Only Kenneth Branagh shouldn't have been in it - he looks like a side of beef. Laurence Olivier was very handsome.

(Photo still from Movie My Week with Marilyn)
However, what I really want to say is that Handsomest Man in the World today is definitely Dominic Cooper. He plays Milton Greene, the photographer in the movie. A small role which he handles very well, but Ye Gods, that guy smolders. He is so hot. He needs some big movie role of the kind that Cary Grant played. I never think that movie people are really sexy but Dominic Cooper has got it. Yikes!
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Dear David,
This is a stupid question but when you get into bed knowing you are going to have sex are you always naked?
~Nude or Not

Dear Nude or Not,
This is actually a very good question. Never am I completely nude. No, I say, no. They need to tear something off, or struggle to get it here or there - you know? I once had a pair of pajamas (years ago) that when I got up in the morning was all over the bedroom in little pieces. I called the office and told them I would not be in that day...

Is it Hot in Here or is it Just Me?

Hey! I am going to be on the Huffington Post blog tomorrow. They asked me to write an article about how I came to write "How to Be Gay in the 21st Century." Of course, I feel that I am not worthy, but you know how I love publicity! Click here for the link and please bookmark the page and visit tomorrow. My PR guy and blog mistress tell me that this is really important, so please check it out and comment, respond, repost on twitter and facebook, do whatever comes to mind, please!

I am starting work on a new book Hitting 70 Doing 100 and my new novel for Spring has gone to the printer Meaningless Hugs, Meaningless Kisses about being gay over 70. Some people want me to write my memoirs. I don't know. But I have a great title, Is it Hot in Here or is it Just Me? I think my writing is just like my acting. I am not very talented but I get it done and people like it. So I plunge forward. Sorry to write so much about myself but I guess it is my blog.

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Dear David,
Is it inevitable in every relationship that the sex becomes more routine and dwindles away?
~Dwindling

Dear Dwindling,
There is a song title there somewhere...Dwindling While You Cuddle Near Me. No my darling, no, no, no. You have heard this from me many times, but I was with someone for thirty years and I never didn't feel like sleeping with him. Did I push his buttons the same way? I think not but I always held his interest.

The thing with men is that you have to make them want to own you. They should not want anyone else to have you. As I say in my book and in my new show based on the book - You have to look good and always be fun to be with. What is crucial is that you have a life separate from him. Your job, your music, your writing, your something that doesn't include him and you like it a lot. I saw the movie My Week with Marilyn last night and was reminded of her song, After You Get What You Want You Don't Want It. I don't care if you've been married thirty years, they should always feel somewhere you are having a good time without them. My quote, "Always leave as though you are going somewhere more interesting." Then they want to hold onto you sexually.

Standing On Ceremony: The Gay Marriage Plays

Listen, if you are around New York you should go see "Standing on Ceremony: The Gay Marriage Plays" Nine short plays by some famous (Paul Rudnick, Neil LaBute) and less famous writers and really funny. Go on. You owe yourself some fun!
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Dear David,
My partner's penis veers off to the left when it is erect and that sort of bothers me. Can anything be done about this?
~Penis Perplexed

Dear Penis Perplexed,
Can anything be done about you? It's not how it looks. It's how it feels. Turn out the lights. Or shut your eyes. You are something!

Come On Out! with David Leddick Episode 14

Welcome to today's episode of Come On Out! with David Leddick, where I bring back my pal Heriberto about his personal coming out story. Enjoy!

Happy Thanksgiving & Fall Fashion Advice

Happy Thanksgiving you turkeys! You know, I never had a turkey when I was young. My mother disliked it. We always had chicken. People ate a lot of different stuff. The turkey industry had not kicked in yet. We didn't have a lot of marshmellows in things either. I do remember my relatives doing a lot of stuff with jello with shredded carrots in it. That was the salad. And the cranberry sauce. Did anyone ever like that? A holiday devoted to eating is not for me. As I get older I like the national holidays less and less. Lots of people trying to express feelings they don't have. The only holiday I like is Valentine's day. I can always feel love.
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Here's fashion input for Fall, kids:

I want to speak up for the J.Crew catalog. Those people are on top of it fashion wise and the prices are right. Here's a great man's jacket - the right shape, well-tailored, English wool, fully lined and $298. I want to buy it and I live in Miami Beach and would never wear it.

Also, if you need an overcoat. The Mayfair topcoat looks great. More expensive at $428 but it's exactly right: You won't need another one for a long time. I think the navy blue is best. No, I am not being paid by J. Crew to say all of this. Their women's and children's stuff is very on, also, in my opinion. Kind of makes you want to be a girl. Well, that and other things.

This very expensive Armani overcoat has the same look but longer. I have loved this look in the past.

The expensive T-shirt under a jacket I think looks great and is very modern. Good-bye dress shirt. (Hugo Boss)

Darlings, this is really the look if you can handle it. Little jacket. Big pants. Excellent hair.

Thoughts On: Occupy Protesting, Handsomest Man in the World & Brazil

I just wanted to say a few words about all the "Occupy" activities that are going on across the country. You don't have to be Einstein to know that sending the police in to throw everyone out is the dumbest thing you could do. As they just did in New York down on Wall Street. Obviously more and more young people will be galvanized to rush right back in. Which they did.

And some not so young people. I'm going over to the "Occupy" people here in Miami to check them out. This is how revolutions start. People are unhappy. A few start demonstrating and others join in. It happened in the 1930's. It happened in the 1960's. We're due. And the people who are powerful see to have learned nothing. That is what amazes me. They can't be that stupid. As Bette Davis said so tellingly in "All About Eve" - "fasten your seat belts, we're in for a bumpy ride."

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Yes, It's Handsomest Man in the World Day. I have seen this ad a number of times and keep coming back to look at the guy in the turquoise sweater. That's a great face.

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Dear David,
I know you were just in Brazil in Sao Paulo. What do you think?
~I Am Curious

Dear I am Curious,
Scary and interesting. A city of 20 million. When you fly over it you can't really believe what you're seeing. In a huge valley full of low hills. Skyscrapers in the valleys. Trees and lower buildings on the hills. No real downtown. All sort of different neighborhoods. And few people have a second language. Portuguese, that's it. We better get it into our heads that this is a country larger than the US. Like this country, some see no reason to learn another language. In conversation, people say they have no wish to leave Brazil. Some similarities to the US and very rich in money, oil, jewels, gold, you name it. Brace yourself.


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Thoughts on the Sandusky Penn State Scandal

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The Coach Sandusky scandal at Penn State. Oceans of newspaper reporting and TV stuff. And quite obviously football and masculinity were far more important than those kids. I played all the sports in high school long ago and it was no surprise to me. All that horsing around in the shower is for one reason only.

Reading all this coverage I immediately thought, "Do they think this was only happening at Penn State? Why aren't they checking what's happening/happened at other colleges? And suddenly Syracuse University has a coach, Mr. Fine, a longtime friend of their head coach, being turned in. My guess is that there's going to be a lot more young guys stepping up to tell about having to "put out" to be given attention in the sports world. We all know that's what goes on in Hollywood and Broadway. Why should the sports world be any different? It's the homosexuality thing that gets the public. Our big sports heroes fooling around with another guy? Ooh, Ooh, Ooh!
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Dear Diva-David,
What gives with the porn industry, gay and straight, becoming such a major think in our country? I like porn from time to time but people seem to be watching it all the time on line. Doing it isn't the same thing as looking at it.
~Porn-fed Up

Dear Porn-fed Up,
What do you mean Diva-David? What did I ever do to you? I'm just as plain as an old boot when you get to know me. As for those porniacs. It's all this electronic stuff. Research shows that more people prefer messaging to speaking. Nobody wants to run the risk of actually being judged. They just want to send a lot of baloney about themselves out to people they call "friends" whom they've never met and then watch people doing what they are too timid to do. A big part of this country is heading into the closet. Please don't go in there.