11/20/2009
News: Oprah, Popcorn, RuPaul, Jeanne-Claude, Coelacanth
Prop 8 defenders still haven't handed over documents even after third order from judge?
Oprah show finished in 2011.
The abs and poetry of hot NJ Guidos.
NJ Democrats search for spine on marriage equality as state senator says economy takes precedence.
Judge orders OPM to offer health benefits to lesbian employee and family: "It was the second order from a Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals judge in two days rebuking the Office of Personnel Management for denying insurance coverage to the same-sex spouses of court-supervised employees. The agency, whose director was appointed by President Obama, intervened in both cases in February and invoked the Defense of Marriage Act, a 1996 law that bars federal marriage benefits to same-sex couples."
Rallies: Activists rallied in front of NYC's Puerto Rico Federal Affairs Office yesterday in response to the horrific murder of Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado. They also rallied in San Juan, Puerto Rico. There are more vigils and rallies happening this weekend.
Uganda: Rallies in response to Uganda's proposal to make "aggravated homosexuality" punishable by death took place in New York and D.C. yesterday.
Coelacanth: Baby specimens of living fossil photographed for first time.
Boy George to join Celebrity Big Brother in UK.
Senator Arlen Specter likes Barney Frank's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" suggestion: “I think the better strategy would be the one that Frank suggested. If you have it as a stand-alone bill, it’s going to be filibustered for sure. But if you attach it as an amendment — that’s what was successful with the hate-crimes amendment — I think that’d be best.”
NOM spent $112,736.75 on losing NY candidate Doug Hoffman.
New Yorkers looking for something to do this weekend might want to try Anti-Twink.
90210's Trevor Donovan shows off.
Meet the Season 2 cast of RuPaul's Drag Race.
Wrap-artist Jeanne-Claude dies of complications from brain aneurysm at 74: "Recognizable by her orange-dyed hair, Jeanne-Claude was a fixture of the international art scene and was a highly visible New York personality. Along with Christo, she created 'The Gates,' a 2005 public art project consisting of 7,503 orange rectangular structures draped with fabric and erected throughout Central Park."
Window Media publications South Florida Blade and 411 Magazine will continue to publish, under new owners.
"Ex-gays" setting up shop in Palm Beach this weekend.
Yikes: "A medium-sized popcorn and medium soda at the nation's largest movie chain pack the nutritional equivalent of three Quarter Pounders topped with 12 pats of butter, according to a report released today by the advocacy group Center for Science in the Public Interest."
Playgirl writer: Levi Johnston saved us. "Playgirl pulled out all the stops to make this shoot a media circus -- overexerting itself financially to compensate Levi and bring on board new and old staff members to see the project through (including wunderkind party promoter Nardicio and myself, Playgirl's editor-in-chief from 2006 to 2008); and marketing the hell out of all things Levi (an ironic Levi Johnston line of Playgirl condoms due out in the spring, a Levi Johnston poster complete with signature). The 36-year-old magazine miraculously rose from the ashes of the Phoenix to become in recent months a relevant brand name once again."
Posted 1:58 PM EST by Andy Towle in "Ex-Gays", Art and Design, California, Crime, Deaths, New Jersey, News, Oprah, Proposition 8, Puerto Rico | Permalink
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The Prop 8 defenders are going to hold out forever. If they hand over the complete documents, they look bad and hurt their case. If they don't and are arrested for contempt, they look like religious martyrs. Guess which one they'll choose?
Not to mention, they've probably destroyed a lot of incriminating evidence by now. At this point they're probably drawing straws for who gets to go to prison.
Posted by: Paul R | Nov 20, 2009 2:37:55 PM
poperah,er dopeprah can go bye as long as i am concerned. she has championed mediocrity from day one. she was a sleaze monger from the beginning, then she supported dr. phil, dr. oz, and lazy-assed literature. when she should have been politically engaged, oh, i dunno maybe when gore and kerry were running against repug nut-jobs? she was awol. when did she decide to get active? surprise! it was when a black man was running. oh, doperah, i can read you like a comic book. all you have accomplished is getting rich while dumbing down our country. fuck you and gale and your little dog, steadman, too. good riddance. i had my aha! moment years ago.
Posted by: nic | Nov 20, 2009 5:59:41 PM
So sad about Oprah! At least we have a couple more seasons to enjoy...
Posted by: Brad | Nov 20, 2009 9:49:43 PM
@Nic
* In the year 1987, Oprah won her first Emmy award for best talk/service show host and best show.
* Oprah received the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People’s Entertainer of the Year Award, Image Award (4 times) and their Spingham Medal.
* Oprah testified before the US congress and initiated the National Child Protection Act in 1991.
* In 1995 Oprah not only won an Emmy for Best Talk Show and Best Host for the second year in a row but also kick started Oprah Online on AOL (American Online) in partnership with ABC. Oprah became the first woman and the only black on Forbes list of 400 richest Americans in the same year.
* In the year 1996, Oprah received the prestigious George Foster Peabody’s Individual Achievement Award.
* In 1997 Oprah’s Angel Network was formed which encouraged people to make charitable contributions and volunteer work.
* In the year 1998 Oprah received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Daytime Emmy Awards and an award for top talk show host.
* In 2002, Oprah received the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award at the 2002 Emmy Awards for her services to television and film.
* In the year 2005 Oprah was named by Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential people of the year. She also ranked in 9th place in public poll of the greatest Americans.
* Oprah Winfrey was also the first black person listed by Business Week as one of America’s top 50 most generous philanthropists. She gave $52 million to charity in 2005 ALONE.
* Oprah has invested $40 million and much of her time creating the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls near Johannesburg in South Africa, which started in January 2007.
* Her efforts were applauded by Nelson Mandela who congratulated her for overcoming her own disadvantaged youth to become a benefactor for others and for investing in the future of South Africa.
Google will surely bring up many more accomplishments, including that she is loved by millions of people worldwide whom she has helped simply by being on the air and giving light to their issues.
Mediocre? I think not.
So...what have YOU done, Nic?
Posted by: Q | Nov 20, 2009 11:35:00 PM
@Q,
so what does any of that have to do with her dumbing down of society? she has always been the queen of the grand gesture. while african-americans kids go wanting in our country, what does she do? she builds a school in africa. when she wanted to ingratiate herself here, what did she do? she bought everyone in her studio A CAR!!! "EVERYONE GETS A CARRRRRRR!!!!!!!", she bellowed.
in my mind, she is little more than a ronald reagan of the left-wing, all form and no substance. she celebrates poor fiction and prose. she elevates frauds and charlatans (dr. phil, dr. oz, and by extension, that show called "the doctors")further, what was the name of that guy who defrauded millions of people with that sham of a book called "a million shattered pieces" or some such?
again, i have to say, when push came to shove in the political arena, she was deaf and dumb. she only got involved when there was a black person in the ring. i cannot forgive intellectual dishonesty or opportunism. granted, she has butt-loads of cash, that's true. but, why does that recommend her? the gates foundation has given millions more.
she likes to claim that she was not only poor, but she was po'. she was never poor in the right way of thinking. did she also fabricate her sexual abuse? or, was she confusing her life experience with that of niecy in "the color purple"?
Posted by: nic | Nov 21, 2009 2:26:11 AM
sorry 'celie' not niecy.
Posted by: nic | Nov 21, 2009 8:28:12 PM
I have an aunt that can't stand Oprah and sounds a lot like Nic. Always talks about her giving stuff away and crap. Sounds like nothing but jealousy to me. I piss my aunt off all the time when the subject comes up... saying just aspire to be more like her instead of putting down someone your don't even know. Maybe if you do that you will at least get out of your trailer soon.
Posted by: Steven | Nov 21, 2009 10:26:09 PM