On Friday, Towleroad reported that today the first lab-grown beef hamburger was scheduled to be assembled, cooked, and devoured in the hopes that it would be a viable replacement for that raised in factory farms. Today, Mark Post, the scientist who l…
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Archives for August 5, 2013
Posts from August 5, 2013
Spike Lee: I’m Not Homophobic But My Characters Might Be
Spike Lee talks to BET: First of all, I'm not homophobic. Because I have a character say the word "f—-t" or "homo" that does not mean that I'm homophobic. Martin Scorsese is not racist. The characters are peop…
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‘Russia Today’: America’s View of Anti-Gay Laws is ‘Warped’ — VIDEO
RT (formerly Russia Today), the partially state-funded network founded with the intention of improving Russia's image abroad, takes a look at American anger at Russia's ban on "gay propaganda" and tries to make the argument that the…
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Gay Man Beaten in Seattle’s Capitol Hill Neighborhood
A gay man was beaten early Monday morning in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood, KOMO News reports: Jason Jacobs told officers he was walking in the 200 block of Summit Avenue East shortly after midnight when he was approached by three men and t…
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Lady Gaga to Russia: ‘Why Didn’t You Arrest Me When You Had the Chance?’
Earlier today Towleroad reported that Lady Gaga and Madonna had been put under investigation by Russian authorities for not obtaining appropriate visas for their recent visits in what is being seen as a veiled warning to artists that pro-gay activism…
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‘Washington Post’ Sold to Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos
The Washington Post and its assets have been sold to Amazon founder Jeff Bezos (pictured, with his wife Mackenzie), ending four generations of ownership under the Graham family, the paper reports: Bezos, whose entrepreneurship has made him one of the…
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Towleroad Guide to the Tube #1408
A SLICE OF LYNCH: David Lynch sits down at a diner with Mädchen Amick, Kyle MacLachlan and John Wentworth to reminisce about Twin Peaks. KATY PERRY: Burns her blue Teenage Dream wig in announcement of new single. COCKS IN SPACE: The movie. KOORTWAH:…
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News: Costa Rica, Scott Walker, Ryan Seacrest, The GOP
David Mixner: Should we boycott the Sochi Olympics? WSJ: How the SCOTUS DOMA ruling is reshaping marriage laws nationwide. Obama photo used as target in dart game at Otsego County Fair in Morris, New York. Clay Aiken has an amazing technicolor dreamc…
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Daniel Radcliffe is Allen Ginsberg in First Trailer for ‘Kill Your Darlings’: VIDEO
Over the weekend the first teaser dropped for Kill Your Darlings, in which Daniel Radcliffe plays beat poet Allen Ginsberg exploring his sexuality. While the teaser is not heavy on that aspect of the film, aside from what might be interpreted as a fe…
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Tammy Baldwin, 84 Dem Lawmakers Urge End to Gay Blood Donation Ban in Letter to HHS Sec’y Kathleen Sebelius
Senator Tammy Baldwin is leading an effort by Democratic lawmakers to end the U.S. ban on gay men donating blood, Gannett reports: She sent a letter signed by 84 other Democratic lawmakers Friday to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebeli…
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