Terry Pratchett has brought a lot of joy in my life, so it's very sad to note that his disease
has progressed to the point that he can't use a keyboard anymore, and has written his last four novels with dictation. But he wants Discworld to live on, and says that it will be in very good hands when he can no longer write, the hands of his daughter, Rhianna.
Chris Geidnerhas a fairly stunning summary of three years of study done on marriage equality ads, and how those focus groups shifted the power in the recent election in the favor of marriage for all. The basic ideas seem obvious in retrospect: Focus on commitment, not rights; show people who have struggled with the idea of equality and evolved; and make sure people know that their kids will be taught their morals at home, by their parents, and not in schools.
Speaking of what kids are taught in schools, the children of Louisiana are being taught some useless information on "science" in state-supported schools.
Bill Donahueis upset that religious displays are banned in public parks, but San Francisco, even if it bans public nudity, will still allow it for Folsom and Pride.
MTV and Dr. Drewwill airI'm Positive, which will tell the stories of three HIV+ young people on World AIDS Day, December 1, at 7:00PM.
Speaking of HIV, the U.S. Preventative Task Force is recommending that everyone get test for HIV at least once between the ages of 15 and 65. This will expand the recommendation beyond high risk groups, and allow testing without a copay under the Affordable Care Act for everyone. And since everyone will be tested, just like cholesterol, they hope it will remove the stigma of testing.
The Navy has quietly changed their policy on HIV+ service members. Previously, HIV+ members (and they had to have become positive while on active duty and judged still fit to serve) were restricted to U.S. military bases, with the idea that the needed access to prescription medication and specialists. Now they're allowed to serve on certain large ship formations and U.S. Military bases overseas.
Lindsay Lohan's probation may be revoked over lying to the police about her car accident this summer, which may or may not result in jail time. Because starlets don't do jail time like regular people.
Cameron Diaz says that she thinks women want to be objectified at least sometimes. 
She has no problem with sexy photospreads. “I’m not some young girl with the photographer going, ‘Will you take your clothes off?’ I’m like [mimes stripping], ‘How does this look?’”
The Parents Television Councilhas released their list of advertisers that support "family friendly" programming, and the ones who support naughty programming. Basically, for most of us, it means buying Toyota and not Nissan, shopping at Target and not WalMart, and drinking Pepsi and not Coke, since we're not the family-friendly crowd.
NBC is developing a comedy starring Keenan Thompson, which means we finally have a chance to get him to stop playing the same character in every skit in Saturday Night Live. I support this new show, even if I'll never watch it.
Maggie Gallagher
seems to think it would be awful if straight people didn't have the protection of marriage, since it would hurt children. She apparently has no concern for the children of gay parents.
Senator Marco Rubio, rising star of the Republican Party, when talking about how old the earth is says "I’m not a scientist. I don’t think I’m qualified to answer a question like that. At the end of the day, I think there are multiple theories out there on how the universe was created and I think this is a country where people should have the opportunity to teach them all. I think parents should be able to teach their kids what their faith says, what science says. Whether the Earth was created in seven days, or seven actual eras, I’m not sure we’ll ever be able to answer that. It’s one of the great mysteries.” I want to teach my kids that the earth is a flat disc, balanced on the backs of four elephants who stand on the back of a giant space turtle. Think they can get into a good college?
Barbara Waltershas named some members of her10 Most Fascinating People, and they include One Direction, Chris Christie, Seth MacFarlane, and Hillary Clinton.
Chris Colfer looks both amused and resigned in the new Struck By Lightning poster
P!nk gets her body paint on at the AMAs. Look at her abs!
How adorable are Lea and Chris?
I am nearly as confused as this cat
This is how Gavin Creel prepares for a show. Strip poker?
Adam Lambert's fans come in all sizes
E! News dropped by VH1 to check in on Adam Lambert as he filmed his promos for Divas! and talked to him about what to expect, plus what the word diva means to him. It's no surprise that he has a more liberal definition than some.
These are baby red pandas, and they are so adorable you may explode, much like one of the baby red pandas does. Wait for it.
Pat Robertson thinks that atheists are out to destroy Christmas because they hate happiness. He's obviously never worked retail on Black Friday. But seriously, pretty much every tradition he described as being wonderful about Christmas has pagan origins.
The unaired sketch from Saturday Night Live this week was Guy Fieri reacting to his incredibly negative (and it couldn't happen to a nicer homophobe) review in the New York Times. It may not be the real Fieri, but anything that steps on his happiness is fine with me.
Evidently a surprising number of cast members in The Dark Knight series of movies have roots in teen comedies, so the folks at Movieclips put together Gotham High from their old films, weaving together a story of what the villains were like when they were young. I'm assuming Cartoon Network now has this in development.
Sometimes you use children to sell condoms, and you don't necessarily have to use the fear of having children to do it. But considering the serial assaults these little demons are committing, wearing one four years prior might not have been such a bad idea.
Yes, I know some of you hate a Perez embed, but he got the exclusive on Blaine's visit back to Dalton Academy, and him taking on "The Dark Side" with the Warblers, and hey, I have a thing for guys in uniform, and preppy guys, which means a Warbler number is pretty much like crack for me.
The cast of The Vampire Diaries got together for TV Guide and played a round of Shag, Marry, Stake with the characters on the show. One takeaway? Male or female, they all want to shag Matt, except the ones who want to marry Matt so they can shag him forever.
I'm not entirely sure who Ivan Stuffer is beyond the fact that he's a handball player. He's a handball player who has a strong reaction when an opponent walks over and kisses him on the cheek in an effort to distract him from his game.
Le1f is back with a new video for "Soda" and while I have no idea what the song is about, there are some very suggestive visuals in the video worth checking out.
