In case you missed it, Kelly (and Sharon) Osbourne are feuding with Lady Gaga, and think her fans are mean to them.
It's been going on a while, but reached a head when Gaga posted a letter saying that Kelly's work on Fashion Police was rooted in criticism and negativity, inspiring Sharon to fight back. They've been putting out statements. Gaga has now responded. “The ‘real world’ can be cruel, why not try to change it into a better place? I am an activist. Nobody takes adolescents seriously, I do. My letter to Kelly Osbourne was open, because her statements on cyber-bullying were public & as a youth activist I’m compelled to be involved.”
As the world continues to come to grips that Aaron Swartz took his own life, it's been noted that Swartz was bisexual, but likely wouldn't want to be labeled that way based on a blog post from 2009. "Having sex with other people of your gender isn't an identity, it's an act. And, like sex in general among consenting adults, people should be able to do it if they want to. Having sex with someone shouldn't require an identity crisis. (Nobody sees having-sex-with-white-people as part of their identity, even if that’s primarily who they’re attracted to.) People shouldn't be forced to categorize themselves as "gay,""straight," or "bi." People are just people. Maybe you're mostly attracted to men. Maybe you're mostly attracted to women. Maybe you're attracted to everyone. These are historical claims — not future predictions."
Marc Jacobs is arguing with his trainer over which one of them is going to get the tattoo ofSouth Park'sManBearPig. What, you thought he was spending his days trying to solve global warming?
About 120,000 people rallied in France against the government's proposal to introduce marriage equality and adoption rights for same-sex couples. Unsurprisingly, the National Organization for Marriage's Brian Brown was in France for the rally.
London Mayor Boris Johnsonis set to offer the venues for the 2012 London Olympics for the 2018 Gay Games.
Colin PowelldefendedChuck Hagel's nomination to be Secretary of Defense during an appearance on Meet the Press. “I think that what Sen. Hagel will do — as he has said, and as he will certainly testify at the confirmation hearing — is that he will fully implement ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ [repeal,]” Powell said. “There are still issues that have to be resolved, but, I think, he will go after these issues in a way that will be very consistent with the administration’s position, with the law and with the aspirations of our gay and lesbian men and women in the military. He is now responsible for them, he is now responsible for them having a proper environment in which to do their jobs."
The idea of minting a trillion dollar coin to sidestep the debt ceiling is dead, largely because the Federal Reserve said it wouldn't accept such a deposit.
Orlando Cruzhas found happiness since coming out as gay just before his fight in Orlando. “This is a beautiful moment in my life. Before fights, after fights, I used to sit with my mother and cry, cry, cry. Now it is my time, my moment. Now I am (finally) relaxed, because I can be me.”
Last year, IBM fed a large part of the Internet into their supercomputer Watson. That included the Urban Dictionary, thinking it would help the silicon brain learn new ways of interpreting speech. Instead, the machine learned how to swear. And swear it did, prompting the researchers to isolate the Urban Dictionary and remove it from memory. Now if only you could do that to a four year old.
Why do bears greet each other with "Woof!"?
Lance Bass goes retro for Miles Fisher's new music video
Since the Vikings are out, I think I'm going to root for Seattle (Whoops! Too Late!)
Nick Adams wears mom pants for a photo with John Waters
You always sort of knew how locks work, but it's fun to actually see it
Colton Haynes gets to know his new Arrow costars Colin Donnell, Zelda Williams and Ally Maki
Boghuma Kabisen Titanji takes us inside the way clinical trials for HIV medication work in Africa, where participants are often abandoned after the trials finish, with no access to experimental or traditional drug regimens. She proposes some basic ethical standards futures trials should take for a population that is being exploited for research into drugs they can't afford.
42 is the new movie about Jackie Robinson's rise in what was at that point the whites-only baseball leagues, and the struggles he underwent due to racism, from fans, players, and the structure of baseball itself.
Celebrities: Your Social Superiors looks at the game of fame, and pokes great fun at the obsession of both the fans and the celebrities themselves, for whom attention can be like a drug.
Live Action Toy Story has been underway since 2010, attempting to recreate a shot for shot live action/toy version of the beloved Pixar film. You can learn more about the project on their Facebook page.
Neal Stephenson is one of the greatest speculative fiction authors of our time. He evidently also really likes swords, which gives us a live action version of Fruit Ninja to watch at an astonishing 2300 FPS.
