Mariah Carey went into labor this morning. So you will probably be hearing about her twins in a few hours.
This Sunday, Snookie will be getting in the ring for Wrestlemania 27. They held a press conference and she got booed and called a slut.
Prince William and Kate Middleton have their own stamps now. The stamps will be released on April 21st which just happens to be the Queen’s birthday.
Bones actress and Zooey Deschanel's sister, Emily Deschanel, announced yesterday that she and her husband, David Hornsby, are expecting their first child.
Austrian former Olympic judo silver medalist Claudie Heill committed suicide by jumping out of a sixth-story window in Vienna. The Austrian judo federation said in a statement that “nobody could foresee this act of desperation.” The country is stunned as Claudie reportedly showed no signs that she would do something like this.
Friday, April 1, 2011
TV/Movies/Music
Last night on American Idol, we said goodbye to Naima and Thia. The show also had a record for this season of 55 million votes.
Because she is awesome, NBC jumped at the chance and bought the rights to Betty White’s new reality show, Betty White’s Off Their Rockers. In a twist on hidden-camera shows, the series will follow a band of merry old folk whose sole mission is to play pranks on young whippersnappers who don't suspect a thing. “Betty White is a comedic genius who escalates hilarity in any situation. Viewers will thoroughly enjoy watching her pull one over on the unsuspecting youth of America."”
Earlier this week, Beyonce parted ways with her manager father, Mathew Knowles, after long time reports of a strained professional relationship. Beyonce is now teaming up with Dave Taylor (aka Switch) to re-invent her sound for her upcoming album. (Don’t change too much! I love your sound)
Britney Spears performed at the Palms in Las Vegas last week and because she did so well, many hotels and casinos in Las Vegas now want her. Many of the hotels and casinos are trying to get a permanent show for the fall of 2011 and they think Britney would be perfect.
Justin Bieber is in talks to star in a movie called What Would Kenny Do? He would play an awkward 17-year-old and his character would get advice from his older self, played by Ashton Kutcher
Men in Black III has been experiencing all types of delays because of screenplay issues…and now another bizarre issue has come up with regards to the script. While other writers were working on the script, Will Smith brought in Fresh Prince of Bel-Air writer Mike Soccio to “punch up his part,” but NONE of the other writers even knew about him. Sony says that they regret the fact they didn’t tell the other writers but that Mike was fixing “such a narrow part of the script” that it didn’t matter if they knew or not.
Actors in NBC's The Playboy Club, like the beautiful Amber Heard, have signed contracts that include a nudity clause. Despite the risque subject matter, a nudity clause for broadcast television is “virtually unheard of” sources report. It sounds like NBC might be really trying to push the envelope with their hour-long drama about Playboy bunnies working in New York Playboy clubs in the 1960s.
It has announced that Brooke Shields will be replacing Bebe Neuwirth in The Addams Family on Broadway. Bebe’s last night is June 26th and Brooke will be picking right up on the 28th.
Kid Rock announced that he would be adding a second leg to his Born Free tour and that Sheryl Crow would be joining him for 30 of the dates.
The Weinsteins are going to start dipping their feet into the theatre scene. Their first project will be to do a stage version of the 2004 Johnny Depp movie Finding Neverland. They are also in development on Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Chocolat.
Billy Joel has canceled his “emotional ride” of a memoir that was supposed to be published this coming June by HarperCollins. Apparently, the singer had even completed the book, but has now changed his mind on releasing it. It took writing it to make him realize that he isn't interested in the past anymore.
The Catholic League is pissed at Macy’s for putting a display up promoting the upcoming Showtime show The Borgias. They state “the show was written by an atheist who hates the Catholic Church. Why would Macy’s want to pick a fight with Catholics during the Lenten season?” The reason they are upset is because the Borgia family has been accused of crimes like adultery, theft, rape, bribery, incest and murder and one of the Borgia’s became a Pope.
Because she is awesome, NBC jumped at the chance and bought the rights to Betty White’s new reality show, Betty White’s Off Their Rockers. In a twist on hidden-camera shows, the series will follow a band of merry old folk whose sole mission is to play pranks on young whippersnappers who don't suspect a thing. “Betty White is a comedic genius who escalates hilarity in any situation. Viewers will thoroughly enjoy watching her pull one over on the unsuspecting youth of America."”
Earlier this week, Beyonce parted ways with her manager father, Mathew Knowles, after long time reports of a strained professional relationship. Beyonce is now teaming up with Dave Taylor (aka Switch) to re-invent her sound for her upcoming album. (Don’t change too much! I love your sound)
Britney Spears performed at the Palms in Las Vegas last week and because she did so well, many hotels and casinos in Las Vegas now want her. Many of the hotels and casinos are trying to get a permanent show for the fall of 2011 and they think Britney would be perfect.
Justin Bieber is in talks to star in a movie called What Would Kenny Do? He would play an awkward 17-year-old and his character would get advice from his older self, played by Ashton Kutcher
Men in Black III has been experiencing all types of delays because of screenplay issues…and now another bizarre issue has come up with regards to the script. While other writers were working on the script, Will Smith brought in Fresh Prince of Bel-Air writer Mike Soccio to “punch up his part,” but NONE of the other writers even knew about him. Sony says that they regret the fact they didn’t tell the other writers but that Mike was fixing “such a narrow part of the script” that it didn’t matter if they knew or not.
Actors in NBC's The Playboy Club, like the beautiful Amber Heard, have signed contracts that include a nudity clause. Despite the risque subject matter, a nudity clause for broadcast television is “virtually unheard of” sources report. It sounds like NBC might be really trying to push the envelope with their hour-long drama about Playboy bunnies working in New York Playboy clubs in the 1960s.
It has announced that Brooke Shields will be replacing Bebe Neuwirth in The Addams Family on Broadway. Bebe’s last night is June 26th and Brooke will be picking right up on the 28th.
Kid Rock announced that he would be adding a second leg to his Born Free tour and that Sheryl Crow would be joining him for 30 of the dates.
The Weinsteins are going to start dipping their feet into the theatre scene. Their first project will be to do a stage version of the 2004 Johnny Depp movie Finding Neverland. They are also in development on Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Chocolat.
Billy Joel has canceled his “emotional ride” of a memoir that was supposed to be published this coming June by HarperCollins. Apparently, the singer had even completed the book, but has now changed his mind on releasing it. It took writing it to make him realize that he isn't interested in the past anymore.
The Catholic League is pissed at Macy’s for putting a display up promoting the upcoming Showtime show The Borgias. They state “the show was written by an atheist who hates the Catholic Church. Why would Macy’s want to pick a fight with Catholics during the Lenten season?” The reason they are upset is because the Borgia family has been accused of crimes like adultery, theft, rape, bribery, incest and murder and one of the Borgia’s became a Pope.
Legal Issues and Politics
Surveillance video has been released of this weekend’s gay bashing of Damian Furtch on a West Village street. “While I am grateful for the opportunity to share my story, I hope to shed light on the larger issue of violence against my community. This has to stop. Under no circumstance should a person be attacked for their sexual orientation.” Openly gay NYC Council Speaker Christine Quinn, in whose district the attack occurred, spent yesterday handing out flyers near the crime scene hoping people can identify the suspects. No suspects have yet been apprehended.
Colorado’s civil unions bill was stalled yesterday by the GOP-led House Judiciary Committee, who refused to approve the bill for consideration by the full chamber. Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper had urged the committee to advance the bill, which was approved by the Senate last week. The biggest thing is that the latest polls show the 72% of Coloradans are in support of civil unions, this includes 61% of Republicans, 84% of independents, 70% of Catholics, 67% 0f Protestants and 55% of “born again” Christians.
However… Delaware’s civil unions bill advanced out of the state’s Senate after hours of very bigoted people spoke a lot of crap. My favorites: “Pastors in Southeast Asia have told me that grandfathers take their granddaughters to hotel rooms. I encourage you not to pass this civil unions bill.” (WTF?!?!) There were also the speeches about marrying your dog, how all Delaware is going to hell, and how gay people are dangerous because when they get AIDS (which all gay men get) they go on “sexual rampages out of anger and infect innocent women and girls.”
Even though Congress and the President signed the repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, the Navy is still processing discharges. Petty Officer Derek Morado contact GetEQUAL, Lambda Legal and the HRC to ask for help because his discharge hearing was yesterday. The Navy started the process when someone anonymously turned a photo of him from MySpace kissing another man. The groups rallied behind him and luckily the panel voted 3-0 in Morado’s favor. (As a taxpayer though, you should be thinking “How much did all this cost me when there is a law that says the government is against this law?”
While the Indiana House yesterday considered what would be one of the nation’s most restrictive anti-abortion laws, the bill’s GOP sponsor objected to a proposed “loophole” for women who were pregnant out of rape. Why? Because “it is obvious women will just claim they are raped all the time in order to get a free abortion.” Yes, because women love to pretend they’ve been raped.
The Illinois Family Institute announced that they are starting a group called Americans For Truth that is going to pass around petitions for people to sign to put on the ballot a ban of marriage equality in the state’s constitution. (And you know they are going to add language in there to stop civil unions too!)
Because we don’t need to worry about jobs or the economy… the GOP is fighting amongst itself about their primaries. Apparently in the RNC rule book, only Iowa and South Carolina can hold a presidential caucus or primary before March 1. Well, in Florida, the GOP-led legislature passed a law saying Florida must hold their primary on the last Tuesday in January. Iowa and South Carolina are so mad at this that they are demanding the RNC relocated the convention to another state (it is currently being held in Tampa) to punish Florida.
"The gay movement’s tactics smell more and more like Joe McCarthy than Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Hounding people and going after their livelihoods, because they express a view held by numerous mainstream Christians is mean, intolerant, and unacceptable to most Americans. We call on Joe Solomonese, Evan Wolfson and other mainstream gay marriage groups to call off their dogs, renounce these tactics of intimidation and religious bigotry, and restore the face of their movement into something more resembling tolerance and fair play for all Americans." - NOM president Brian Brown. (So wait, even though 32 states say it is legal for an employer to fire someone because they are gay, it is really the Christians who are losing their jobs and being treated as second class citizens? Just checking)
Colorado’s civil unions bill was stalled yesterday by the GOP-led House Judiciary Committee, who refused to approve the bill for consideration by the full chamber. Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper had urged the committee to advance the bill, which was approved by the Senate last week. The biggest thing is that the latest polls show the 72% of Coloradans are in support of civil unions, this includes 61% of Republicans, 84% of independents, 70% of Catholics, 67% 0f Protestants and 55% of “born again” Christians.
However… Delaware’s civil unions bill advanced out of the state’s Senate after hours of very bigoted people spoke a lot of crap. My favorites: “Pastors in Southeast Asia have told me that grandfathers take their granddaughters to hotel rooms. I encourage you not to pass this civil unions bill.” (WTF?!?!) There were also the speeches about marrying your dog, how all Delaware is going to hell, and how gay people are dangerous because when they get AIDS (which all gay men get) they go on “sexual rampages out of anger and infect innocent women and girls.”
Even though Congress and the President signed the repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, the Navy is still processing discharges. Petty Officer Derek Morado contact GetEQUAL, Lambda Legal and the HRC to ask for help because his discharge hearing was yesterday. The Navy started the process when someone anonymously turned a photo of him from MySpace kissing another man. The groups rallied behind him and luckily the panel voted 3-0 in Morado’s favor. (As a taxpayer though, you should be thinking “How much did all this cost me when there is a law that says the government is against this law?”
While the Indiana House yesterday considered what would be one of the nation’s most restrictive anti-abortion laws, the bill’s GOP sponsor objected to a proposed “loophole” for women who were pregnant out of rape. Why? Because “it is obvious women will just claim they are raped all the time in order to get a free abortion.” Yes, because women love to pretend they’ve been raped.
The Illinois Family Institute announced that they are starting a group called Americans For Truth that is going to pass around petitions for people to sign to put on the ballot a ban of marriage equality in the state’s constitution. (And you know they are going to add language in there to stop civil unions too!)
Because we don’t need to worry about jobs or the economy… the GOP is fighting amongst itself about their primaries. Apparently in the RNC rule book, only Iowa and South Carolina can hold a presidential caucus or primary before March 1. Well, in Florida, the GOP-led legislature passed a law saying Florida must hold their primary on the last Tuesday in January. Iowa and South Carolina are so mad at this that they are demanding the RNC relocated the convention to another state (it is currently being held in Tampa) to punish Florida.
"The gay movement’s tactics smell more and more like Joe McCarthy than Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Hounding people and going after their livelihoods, because they express a view held by numerous mainstream Christians is mean, intolerant, and unacceptable to most Americans. We call on Joe Solomonese, Evan Wolfson and other mainstream gay marriage groups to call off their dogs, renounce these tactics of intimidation and religious bigotry, and restore the face of their movement into something more resembling tolerance and fair play for all Americans." - NOM president Brian Brown. (So wait, even though 32 states say it is legal for an employer to fire someone because they are gay, it is really the Christians who are losing their jobs and being treated as second class citizens? Just checking)
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