Congratulations to Sam Champion and Rubem Robierd, who married in New York City with family and friends
in Sam's apartment Friday night. They're planning a larger party and celebration over New Years in Miami.
Well, this is unique casting. For the big budget remakes of the cuckoo Left Behind series, Chad Michael Murrayis in talks to star. The previous versions starred Kirk Cameron.
How I Met Your Motherwill be back for another season, after Jason Segal agreed to sign on for one more year. This of course means that we get to see Barney reform and experience life as a married man, but it also means that we have to go another #%@$@ year waiting to find out who the mother is.
A federal appeals court has blocked the California law that would ban reparative therapy for teens, but fast tracked the hearings on whether the bill is constitutional. The law was scheduled to go into effect January 1.
Back when Nate Silver came out, he said "To my friends, I'm kind of sexually gay but ethnically straight." He didn't want to be known as the "gay statistician." Now comedian Guy Branumexplains why Silver must be known as the "gay statistician" and why he needs to own that title.
Can you guess the celebrity body parts? I scored a disappointing 8/15.
Buzzfeed has a video doing the cast introductions for MTV's Buckwild series, which is being billed as Jersey Shore set in West Virginia. I'd like to note that at one point, they cast is seen dancing in a nightclub, which is Atmosphere in Charleston, WV, which is a gay bar.
Chuck Hagel put out an apology about remarks he made about Ambassador James Hormel 15 years ago, and now Hormel has responded. “I have not received an apology. I thought this so-called apology, which I haven’t received, but which was made public, had the air of being a defensive move on his part.” Hormel added that the apology appeared to have been given “only in service of his attempt to get the nomination.”
The first photos from Fox's Stars In Danger diving show are out, and yes, there are Speedos and abs galore.
As part of their yanking 666 Park from the air, ABC has announced that Happy Endings and Don't Trust the B In Apt. 23will air in its place, and on their regular night, which probably is a bad sign for the comedies.
They're making a live action movie about ACME, the company that supplies all of Wile E. Coyote's gadgets, but there will be no animation in the film, and no coyotes or road runners, which leads me to ask "Why?"
In Italy, it is now a crime to say a man has no balls. Speaker Boehner announced plans to retire there.
A court in Wisconsin has ruled that the state's domestic partnership registry is too limited to be in violation of the state's constitutional amendment against gay marriage.
Rep. Richard Hanna of New York has become the second Republican to sign on to support the Respect For Marriage Act, which is an effort to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act. “New York State allows all its citizens the freedom to marry the person they love. Under the Tenth Amendment, the federal government has a Constitutional responsibility to respect New York’s right to set its own laws. It’s my job to see that it does.
New Orleans Parish School Board has explicitly banned teaching of creationism in science classes. Further, they've specified that they won't allow text books that contain revisions from the state of Texas on the subject of science or history. "No history textbook shall be approved which has been adjusted in accordance with the state of Texas revisionist guidelines nor shall any science textbook be approved which presents creationism or intelligent design as science or scientific theories."
In a bit of crazy that will go down in history, the National Rifle Association President Wayne LaPierrecalled for armed guards in all the nation's schools as a response to the recent shootings in Connecticut. Basically everyone, from the right to the left has called him nuts.
When you've lost the Rupert Murdoch NY Post, you've lost everything, NRA
Why so serious, Chris Colfer?
Glee has gone on break from their last shoot of 2012
More than any other character, Naya looks less like Santana
Although Grant Gustin really doesn't look like Sebastian when he's under a pile of dogs. Pile of boys, maybe
Retired rugby player Nick Youngquest gets his model on for Dorian
Cutie Joe McElderry flashes that megawatt smile at the ski slopes
While Blake Skjellerup proves that New Zealand allowing Christmas on the beach makes it a superior place to live
I was watching Disney Channel the other night (I'm addicted to Phineas & Ferb) when this little video came on, from their social outreach program called "Make Your Mark." It encourages kids to make a difference in the world in some small way. Ben is a filmmaker, and he made a film about bullying after being a victim himself, and after some of his friends were victims. I think I might know why Ben was bullied. At the 0:12 mark, when he's showing us a bit about his life, he shows us his moms. Plural, with their arms around each other. It's the briefest of moments in a remarkable enough story, but it stopped me cold. We tried to get Nickelodeon and Disney to open up about why they have no openly gay teens on their programs back in 2010, and basically met a stone wall. They didn't even understand the question. And while this isn't a gay kid, it's one of the few instances outside of DeGrassi that Disney Channel or Nickelodeon has shown that gay people exist in the world. It's such a small moment, but it was powerful to me, and I have a feeling it speaks volumes to kids with two moms or kids with two dads. What's even more remarkable is that the video is airing during the dinner hour, and has been since early November, and One Million Moms hasn't made a squeak.
I can only imagine what Christmas is like on the Southfork Ranch. I'm sure everything starts out sweet and kind, but I seriously doubt that they can hold that tone for very long, much like this Christmas greeting from the cast of the new Dallas.
The War On Christmas is deceptively powerful. In a small bit of satire from Slate, it uses the format of old war letters written home to point out just how ludicrous it is to call inclusion a war on a holiday, and how insulting it is to troops that have, and still are, away from home, risking their lives in a real war. Abuse a word like "war" and you take away more of its power, and make everyone who isn't in a war less afraid of it. And that's incredibly disrespectful to the troops.
Mr. Selfridge is a new ITV series starring Jeremy Piven as the showman and marketer that created a new shopping experience in the UK when he opened his self-titled store. I'm having a bit of trouble seeing Piven in the role, but it seems like an interesting angle on a fascinating tale.
Arsenio Hall is coming back. And we can't stop it. Also, what's happened to his face?
Chelsea Clinton sits down with Pastor Rick Warren and tries to get him to explain his opposition to marriage equality. Warren doesn't do a very good job of countering Clinton, spewing forth a lot of double talk that really never makes a point.
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Washington Heights is a new MTV series about a bunch of young people chasing their dreams in the racially diverse neighborhood. I seem to recall a gay angle on this from some of the early press, but I don't really see it represented in this trailer.
Professional boxing has been grossly misrepresented to me.
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone puts Steve Carrell and Jim Carrey into one movie about stage magicians and does a truly magical trick - I don't hate them instantly. I'm not saying I'd ever watch the movie, but Carey seems genuinely funny, and Carrell doesn't seem to be a sad manchild who needs spanked, and that is magic in and of itself.
Turbo is a new animated film about a snail with a need for speed. I have no idea how they intend to maintain this premise over the course of 90 minutes, or if they just intend to waste 17 minutes at a time on time trials.
Admission has Tina Fey as a hardnose college admissions officer, and Paul Rudd as a hippy educator who can connect her to her past. I'm sure Rudd is his usual charming self in the movie, but in the trailer, Fey outshines everyone.
I'm not sure how you put Ryan Gosling (and shirtless in the trailer in 20 seconds) in a movie with Bradley Cooper and make me instantly disinterested, but haven't we seen Gosling play the bad boy trying to do good by doing bad before? Do they just recycle his scripts and change the car from Drive to a motorcycle for The Place Beyond the Pines?
In the latest NewNowNext Sexpert, Conner Habib talks about whether it's OK to have sex in your parents house when you take the SigO home for the holidays. In typical Conner fashion, he deals with the practical before delving into what underlying issues may be causing you to feel this way. This episode is slightly NSFW, which is mitigated by Conner being dressed up as Rudolph. And Conner? Relax. I made a backhanded claim thatBurt & Ernie were gay and nobody sued me. The furor died down after abouth three weeks. You're safe.
