Madonna has had the case of breaking the law in Russia promoting homosexuality dismissed, 
and as a bonus, Moscow has also vetoed their own version of the St. Petersburg law.
A couple of days ago, I played you the first episode of Log Jam, the gay Republican web series. I found it mildly amusing at best, but some people didn't find it funny at all. The San Francisco Log Cabin Republican President Frank Schein thinks it plays to a terrible stereotype, and he's never, ever in the Log Cabin group heard anyone say anything racist.
We appear to have lost another one. In Italy, a 15 year old boy has reportedly committed suicide after enduring anti-gay bullying. He work pink to school and even painted his nails, leading to bullying not only from his peers but also the school administration.
Is Thanksgiving the perfect holiday to come out to your family? Personally, I used Halloween. It seemed most appropriate.
Peter Jacksoncame out swinging in response toPETA's claim that dozens of animals died in the making of The Hobbit, providing documentation from farm owners, veterinarians, handlers, and more. And I found it odd that PETA was upset not when the alleged abuse happened, but right before the movie's release more than a year later. In response, PETA is now demanding that Jackson only use CGI animals in all of his future films. I can't wait to see an elf ride a CGI horse.
Former Price Is Right model Brandi Cochran had already won damages to the tune of $700k in relation to her dismissal from the show when she attempted to come back from maternity leave, but now the jury has awarded punitive damages for an additional $7 million.
Scientists has invented the perfect odor, which smells like…nothing. Absolutely nothing. How do you actually test that?
The Thanksgiving box office got off to a sluggish start. Breaking Dawn 2 is expected to win the five day
weekend with another $67 million, while Skyfall takes second with $49 million, and standout (and awesomely reviewed everywhere I read) Rise of the Guardians is headed towards and anemic $31 million based on early projections.
Carl Sciliano of The Ali Forney Center has been blown away by the donations coming in to help replace their Hurricane Sandy-destroyed drop in center, but he wants everyone to know that they still need more funds, and currently have a matching program up to $50,000 of what you give.
If you thought the number of sexting photos proliferating on the web was bad enough now, researchers are working on a way to turn any camera into a way to measure yourself for clothing you want to buy online. Strip to your undies, take a shot, and the software finds the perfect size. How many marriages will be ruined when your husband finds pictures of you in your undies on your phone?
Uganda's "kill the gays"bill is currently being debated and could be voted on at any moment.
The Recording Academy has named their annual list of albums to be inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame, and they include the debut albums of Whitney Houston and Elton John.
Chelsea Clinton, a longtime advocate for equality, recorded commercials for the marriage efforts in Washington and for The Four, but NBC News, for which she is a correspondent, vetoed the use of the videos as conflicting with their need to remain neutral.
With Thanksgiving behind us and the holiday shopping season upon us, what do you get the man who has everything? How about a chrome ball scratcher? He probably doesn't have that, and from what I can tell, straight guys can't stop scratching themselves. I don't see it nearly as much with gay dudes. What's up with that?
If they made it, there must be a market for it
Jonathan D. Lovitz compares his arms favorably to Gaston's
Gavin Creel and crew headed out to do good with Broadways Serves
Colton Haynes tries to make Thanksgiving a vegetarian holiday, and we know how Nana feels about that
Congratulations to Alec Mapa on whatever he's going to bring his special brand of funny to. Such a nice guy
As many of you know, I have a bit of an obsession with the Minions in Despicable Me, but even I cringe when they pick up sharp objects or explosives. Evidently the turkeys don't think they should be wielding them either.
Matthew Mitcham took his book tour to Booktopia, where he clowned around in the warehouse, admitted that age 24 was a bit young to be writing a book, signed a bunch of stuff, and was generally just adorable.
I have a weird relationship with Stefon on Saturday Night Live. I originally hated the character, but I've warmed to the utter ridiculousness of what he brings to the table. Bill Hader talks about how they create each skit, and how he frequently has no idea what's going to pop up on his cue cards.
Anderson Cooper has of course been in Gaza all week, but before he left, he taped a show with Kathy Lee and Hoda, where they proceeded to get him drunk on wine, after which he admitted that he was more of a stuffing man than a breast man, which I suppose was obvious, but it's still adorable.
Dwayne Johnson has a new movie called Snitch, which is basically a slim premise of him infiltraing a drug ring to get his son's sentence for dealing reduced. Mostly it seems like an excuse to string together a lot of driving and explosions, which makes it pretty typical for a Dwayne Johnson movie.
I regularly rant and rave about how cheap reality television is killing intelligent scripted shows. Nowhere is that more evident that with Steve-O's new show for Tru TV, Killer Karaoke, which challenges contestants to sing pop songs while being subjected to Fear Factor-style challenges. My ears were bleeding after watching just this preview.
Sit back, kick this video to full screen in HD and watch this time lapse of one of my favorite parks in the nation, Joshua Tree. There's something about this open wasteland that's just mesmerizing to me, and it's really been captured in changing light and clouds from a storm.
Josh Hutcherson tells MTV News that he has a lot of things to be thankful for over the last year, with Red Dawn, Journey, and The Hunger Games. We of course have been grateful for Josh's advocacy for GLBT causes. But this does leave me curious about Josh getting his gigolo on. Where do I sign up for that?
As we all line up to buy things that we don't need this Black Friday, who here wishes they could be so easily amused by a piece of crumpled paper as this kitty is? Doesn't it bring back memories of playing with the box your present came in more than the present itself?
