Charlie Sheen reportedly fires his publicist… after the guy quits. Stan Rosenfield told Charlie that he couldn’t be his publicist because Charlie doesn’t take any of his advice and is digging himself a deeper grave. Charlie fires back with “You pussysh*t. You’re not allowed to quit, you’re fired.”
People were upset that the Academy forgot to add actor Corey Haim and director Don Peterman in the In Memoriam.
Rumor has it that Glee’s Dianna Agron got her flirt on with Chris Evans at a pre-Oscar party in West Hollywood. Now that is a step up from Alex Pettyfer!
Star Magazine is reporting that Scarlett Johansson is now dating Josh Harnett. Apparently the two were lovey dovey at an Oscar party on Sunday.
I don’t know why this is a big deal, but apparently Tiffany & Co. paid Anne Hathaway $750K to wear their jewelry while hosting the Oscars. I guess this is a bad thing because people are upset but I could care less.
Actress Gretchen Mol announced yesterday that she gave birth to her second child Winter Morgan Williams on February 17th. Gretchen, Winter and father Tod Williams are said to be “happy and healthy and resting at home.”
Director Gary Winick passed away at 49 years old after a long battle with brain cancer. Winick directed movies like Letters To Juliet and 13 Going On 30. He also spent seven years teaching at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts.
Jane Russell, star of dozens of Westerns and musicals, died at the age of 89. While her “scandalous” movies and photo shoots at times created controversies over censorship, in her later years Russell became a self-proclaimed “mean-spirited, right-wing, narrow-minded, conservative Christian bigot.”
Britain now has its first openly gay cricket star. England wicketkeeper Steve Davies has revealed in an interview that he is gay. “I’m comfortable with who I am and happy to say who I am in public. To speak out is a massive relief for me, but if I can just help one person to deal with their sexuality them that’s all I care about.”
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
TV/Movies/Music
So James Franco is teaming up with Lindsay Lohan to create an “explicit photographic book” which includes “full frontal nudity” and “graphic shots.”
TV Land has renewed Hot In Cleveland for a third season. The network has ordered 22 episodes and they begin filming this summer.
Zach Galifianakis has signed on to once again host Saturday Night Live. He will be on the March 12th episode with Jessie J as the musical guest.
But even better… Elton John has reportedly signed on to host and perform as musical guest for the April 2nd episode of Saturday Night Live! This will be his first time on the show since 1982.
Cee-Loo Green and Maroon 5’s Adam Levine have officially signed on to NBC’s The Voice. The Voice is based off of a Dutch show and consists of four coaches who listen to but don’t watch singers. If they like the signer they push a button to send them to the next round. Later in the show, the coaches claim one of the singers and make them their student. The show premieres April 26th.
Apparently Mario Lopez has been having talks with executive producer Michael Gleman to replace Regis Philbin when the actor leaves Live With Regis and Kelly.
Universal Studios is in talks with Shia LaBeouf to replace Matt Damon in the new Bourne prequel. Even though Matt Damon is up for doing another movie, the studio felt they wanted to go with a younger actor and make the movie a prequel. (Matt Damon is so much better than Shia! I think that is a bad choice)
Rumors are going around that Daniel Day Lewis is in talks for the role of General Zod in the new Superman reboot. For those of you who don’t know… Zod is Superman’s Kryptonian nemesis.
Michelle Trachtenberg has revealed that she will indeed reprise her role as Georgina Sparks on Gossip Girl. No word on when her episode will air.
ABC has apparently renewed the latest spin-off in The Bachelor franchise, Bachelor Pad, for a second season. For those of you who don’t know, the show features former contestants playing against one another for cash prize.
Cory Feldman is working with producers on a fourth Lost Boys movie and a TV show. Both projects are in the very early stages, but Corey talks about it all the time on his Twitter account.
A Boston parent is offering to sell his body parts on Craigslist to pay for his child’s student loans! The post called “Do You Need A Live Cadaver?” was posted in the Jobs Wanted section of Boston’s Craigslist.
TV Land has renewed Hot In Cleveland for a third season. The network has ordered 22 episodes and they begin filming this summer.
Zach Galifianakis has signed on to once again host Saturday Night Live. He will be on the March 12th episode with Jessie J as the musical guest.
But even better… Elton John has reportedly signed on to host and perform as musical guest for the April 2nd episode of Saturday Night Live! This will be his first time on the show since 1982.
Cee-Loo Green and Maroon 5’s Adam Levine have officially signed on to NBC’s The Voice. The Voice is based off of a Dutch show and consists of four coaches who listen to but don’t watch singers. If they like the signer they push a button to send them to the next round. Later in the show, the coaches claim one of the singers and make them their student. The show premieres April 26th.
Apparently Mario Lopez has been having talks with executive producer Michael Gleman to replace Regis Philbin when the actor leaves Live With Regis and Kelly.
Universal Studios is in talks with Shia LaBeouf to replace Matt Damon in the new Bourne prequel. Even though Matt Damon is up for doing another movie, the studio felt they wanted to go with a younger actor and make the movie a prequel. (Matt Damon is so much better than Shia! I think that is a bad choice)
Rumors are going around that Daniel Day Lewis is in talks for the role of General Zod in the new Superman reboot. For those of you who don’t know… Zod is Superman’s Kryptonian nemesis.
Michelle Trachtenberg has revealed that she will indeed reprise her role as Georgina Sparks on Gossip Girl. No word on when her episode will air.
ABC has apparently renewed the latest spin-off in The Bachelor franchise, Bachelor Pad, for a second season. For those of you who don’t know, the show features former contestants playing against one another for cash prize.
Cory Feldman is working with producers on a fourth Lost Boys movie and a TV show. Both projects are in the very early stages, but Corey talks about it all the time on his Twitter account.
A Boston parent is offering to sell his body parts on Craigslist to pay for his child’s student loans! The post called “Do You Need A Live Cadaver?” was posted in the Jobs Wanted section of Boston’s Craigslist.
Legal Issues and Politics
Charlie Sheen is planning on suing CBS, WB and Two and a Half Men’s Chuck Lorre for $320 million for mental anguish. He also wants $16 million for the season’s eight cancelled episodes.
The Right Wing has been running around telling everyone that Obama is not enforcing the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). That is not true people because DOMA is still being enforced. Obama’s administration said they will not defend it in court because the law is unconstitutional. So, you can’t go around saying that he is not “defending the Constitution” when he is saying that a law on the books is against the Constitution. Besides I thought you’d like this arrangement because now you can have people who actually believe in DOMA defending it.
New Orleans’ infamous Pastor Grant Storms, who every year can be found shouting hellfire and brimstone at Southern Decadence attendees, has been arrested for masturbating in his van while watching children in a playground. (I guess his “purity” parades didn’t help him out too much.)
A school district in Corpus Christi, Texas has banned all extracurricular clubs rather than allow the formation of a Gay-Straight Alliance Club. The school district did not want to adhere to the federal Equal Access Law, which stipulates that schools must provide “fair opportunities for students to form student-led extracurricular groups, regardless of their religious, political and philosophical leanings.” The superintendent has told the other programs that they disbanded until he can find a way to “save the school from the perverts.”
A bill that would have banned Wyoming from recognizing same-sex marriages from other states has died in the state House. A local right-wing group has vowed to revive the bill in the next legislative session. There is still one bill pending that would say marriage is between a man and a woman but that those who have entered civil unions will have access to the state court system to resolve and issues that arise in their relationship.
Washington Times columnist and wingnut radio commentator Jeffrey Kuhner wants everyone to that that 95% of Americans will stop having babies if same-sex marriage becomes legal. (Does anyone want to tell him that we’ve had same-sex marriage since 2004 and the birthrate has not dropped? Thanks)
In a joint move with the National Hispanic Coalition, GLAAD announced today that it is filing an FCC complaint against the Spanish-language show, Jose Luis sin Censura, which routinely features anti-LGBT hate speech and has encouraged audience members to attack gay guests on the program. “In over twenty episodes that aired between June 18 and December 7, 2010, the program contained images and language of the nature that is never displayed or is bleeped out of pre-taped English-language programs of the same nature, including the words "pinche" ("f*cking" in English) and "culero" ("assf*cker"), anti-gay language, including epithets such as ""maricón," "joto" and "puñal" (or "f*ggot"), and anti-Latino slurs, such as "mojado" ("wetback"). The program frequently featured blatant nudity and female guests have been shown in violent fights. Hypersexualized images of women's breasts and genitals while stripping for male guests and audience members also make up routine offerings. Guests and audience members were often incited to engage in verbal and even physical attacks, especially against people perceived to be LGBT. Many episodes showed the audience standing and shouting anti-gay epithets and profanity at guests.”
A new Texas-based non-profit called Former Majority Association for Equality will offer scholarships to Caucasian straight males. The group claims that scholarships are only for women and minority groups and that America doesn’t have enough white men going to college and getting a proper education.
The Right Wing has been running around telling everyone that Obama is not enforcing the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). That is not true people because DOMA is still being enforced. Obama’s administration said they will not defend it in court because the law is unconstitutional. So, you can’t go around saying that he is not “defending the Constitution” when he is saying that a law on the books is against the Constitution. Besides I thought you’d like this arrangement because now you can have people who actually believe in DOMA defending it.
New Orleans’ infamous Pastor Grant Storms, who every year can be found shouting hellfire and brimstone at Southern Decadence attendees, has been arrested for masturbating in his van while watching children in a playground. (I guess his “purity” parades didn’t help him out too much.)
A school district in Corpus Christi, Texas has banned all extracurricular clubs rather than allow the formation of a Gay-Straight Alliance Club. The school district did not want to adhere to the federal Equal Access Law, which stipulates that schools must provide “fair opportunities for students to form student-led extracurricular groups, regardless of their religious, political and philosophical leanings.” The superintendent has told the other programs that they disbanded until he can find a way to “save the school from the perverts.”
A bill that would have banned Wyoming from recognizing same-sex marriages from other states has died in the state House. A local right-wing group has vowed to revive the bill in the next legislative session. There is still one bill pending that would say marriage is between a man and a woman but that those who have entered civil unions will have access to the state court system to resolve and issues that arise in their relationship.
Washington Times columnist and wingnut radio commentator Jeffrey Kuhner wants everyone to that that 95% of Americans will stop having babies if same-sex marriage becomes legal. (Does anyone want to tell him that we’ve had same-sex marriage since 2004 and the birthrate has not dropped? Thanks)
In a joint move with the National Hispanic Coalition, GLAAD announced today that it is filing an FCC complaint against the Spanish-language show, Jose Luis sin Censura, which routinely features anti-LGBT hate speech and has encouraged audience members to attack gay guests on the program. “In over twenty episodes that aired between June 18 and December 7, 2010, the program contained images and language of the nature that is never displayed or is bleeped out of pre-taped English-language programs of the same nature, including the words "pinche" ("f*cking" in English) and "culero" ("assf*cker"), anti-gay language, including epithets such as ""maricón," "joto" and "puñal" (or "f*ggot"), and anti-Latino slurs, such as "mojado" ("wetback"). The program frequently featured blatant nudity and female guests have been shown in violent fights. Hypersexualized images of women's breasts and genitals while stripping for male guests and audience members also make up routine offerings. Guests and audience members were often incited to engage in verbal and even physical attacks, especially against people perceived to be LGBT. Many episodes showed the audience standing and shouting anti-gay epithets and profanity at guests.”
A new Texas-based non-profit called Former Majority Association for Equality will offer scholarships to Caucasian straight males. The group claims that scholarships are only for women and minority groups and that America doesn’t have enough white men going to college and getting a proper education.
Army Issues DADT Guidelines
The U.S. Army has posted a number of DADT-related guidelines on its official site where it notes that due to DOMA "there will be no changes to eligibility standards for military benefits and services." Meaning no on-base housing for gay couples and no medical care for spouses.Here's the Army list "Top Ten Things Soldiers Need To Know" about the repeal of DADT.
1. Accessions & Separations Policies: Upon repeal, the Army will no longer separate Soldiers solely on the basis of homosexual acts, a statement that a Soldier is gay, lesbian or bisexual, or marriage to a person of the same sex. Statements about sexual orientation or lawful acts of gay and lesbian conduct will not be a bar to military service or admission to any accession program. Sexual orientation will continue to be a personal and private matter.
2. Standards of Conduct Apply Equally to Everyone: All Soldiers will be held to the same standard of conduct. All members are responsible for upholding and maintaining high standards of the U.S. Military at all times and in all places.
3. Personal Privacy: Commanders may not establish practices that physically segregate Soldiers according to sexual orientation. Commanders do have the discretion to alter billeting assignments to accommodate privacy concerns of individuals on a case-by-case basis where it is in the interest of maintaining morale, good order and discipline, and is consistent with performance of the mission.
4. Moral and Religious Concerns: There will be no changes regarding any Soldier's free exercise of religious beliefs, nor are there any changes to policies concerning the Chaplain Corps and its duties. The Chaplain Corps' First Amendment freedoms and its duty to care for all will not change. Soldiers will continue to respect and serve with others who may hold different views and beliefs.
5. Benefits: There will be no changes to eligibility standards for military benefits and services. The Defense of Marriage Act prohibits the Federal Government from recognizing any same-sex marriage, so same sex partners do not qualify as dependents for many military benefits and services. A same-sex partner should be treated the same as an unrelated third party (e.g. girlfriend, boyfriend). All Soldiers will continue to have various benefits for which they may designate any beneficiary regardless of relationship.
6. Equal Opportunity: Sexual orientation will not be placed alongside race, color, religion, sex and national origin as a class under the Military Equal Opportunity Program and therefore will not be dealt with through the MEO complaint process. All Soldiers, regardless of sexual orientation are entitled to an environment free from personal, social, or institutional barriers that prevent Soldiers from rising to the highest level of responsibility possible. Harassment or abuse of any kind, including that based on sexual orientation, is unacceptable and will be dealt with through command or inspector general channels.
7. Duty Assignments: There are no changes to assignment policy. All Soldiers will continue to be eligible for world-wide assignment without consideration of sexual orientation. Soldiers assigned to duty, or otherwise serving, in countries in which gay and lesbian conduct is prohibited will abide by the guidance provided to them by their local commanders.
8. Medical Policy: There are no changes to existing medical policies.
9. Release and Service Commitments: There will be no new policy to allow for release from service commitments for Soldiers opposed to repeal of DADT or to serving with gay or lesbian Soldiers.
10. Collection and Retention of Sexual Orientation Data: Sexual orientation is a personal and private matter. Commanders will not request, collect, or maintain information about the sexual orientation of Soldiers.
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