Saturday, October 10, 2009

News and Pop Culture Round-Up



  • Taylor Lautner gets all wet on the beach
  • Mickey Rourke uses football to defend gay slur (!)
  • Cheers and Jeers: U.S. President Barack Obama awarded Nobel Peace Prize
  • GLAAD: Mickey Rourke is 'painfully ignorant'
  • Hot Shot: Fernando Sipel
  • Disgraced, former governor of Illinois, Rod Blagojevich to appear on "Celebrity Apprentice"
  • Why the marriage equality fight in the state of Maine is so important
  • Black bear with blonde fur intrigues northern town
  • 53% of Americans oppose same-sex marriage, 57% support civil unions: Pew Research Center
  • Is blackface the new black? Minstrelsy reveals its shockingly durable appeal
  • Social conservatives mount last-ditch effort to stop the hate crimes bill from becoming law
  • High school football coach accused of 'gay' hazing
  • Moon crash: Public yawns, scientists celebrate
  • Gay ally, AIDS activist and film icon, Elizabeth Taylor says heart surgery was a success