Trans model Carmen Carrera and Orange is the New Black actress Laverne Cox appeared on Katie today and offered Katie Couric some guidance on gender identity, advising Couric to steer away from a fixation on “private parts” to that of identity and hum…
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Archives for January 7, 2014
Posts from January 7, 2014
Polar Vortex Brings with it a Massive Snow Shark: VIDEO
Three Minnesota teens set out to create something spectacular in the town of New Brighton, and the result is monstrous. Braving the frigid, negative-degree temperatures and mounds of snow, Austin, Connor, and Trevor Bartz spent 95 hours making a 10-f…
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Validity Of Utah Same-Sex Marriages Questioned, Will Likely Require Litigation
The window for same-sex marriages in Utah was short, and the aftermath may not be so sweet. Now that the Supreme Court has granted a stay on marriage licenses for same-sex couples until the case can be appealed, Utahns who got married between Decembe…
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Kevin Hart Explains Why He Doesn’t Do Gay Jokes Anymore
On a Reddit AMA this week, comedian Kevin Hart was asked, "You find a lot of comedy in male insecurities, including a famous bit where you express fear that your son will be gay. You praised Frank Ocean at the MTV VMAs in 2012 for having the cou…
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Satanic Statue Proposal For Oklahoma State Capitol Revealed, Controversy Just Beginning
We previously reported on their funding efforts (and their disdain for the Westboro Baptist Church), and now they've delivered. The Satanic Temple, a Satanist group based out of New York, has revealed a design of a 7-foot statue, including a pent…
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Towleroad Guide to the Tube #1490
HOW TO FOSSILIZE YOURSELF: Tips on making yourself a mummy. PORTUGAL: Freak waves washing away people, cars. CRAB: Fiji crustacean almost gets a GoPro. AWKWARD DANCE MOVES: Every guy does. For recent Guides to the Tube, click HERE.…
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News: Supernova, The Eurythmics, SNL, Tom Daley
Gay rights advocates prepare for the Sochi Olympics. Saturday Night Live adds first black female cast member in 7 years. Gives 'climb ev'ry Mountain' a whole new meaning. Michael Bay had a meltdown at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las…
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News: Supernova, The Eurythmics, SNL, Tom Daley
Gay rights advocates prepare for the Sochi Olympics. Saturday Night Live adds first black female cast member in 7 years. Gives 'climb ev'ry Mountain' a whole new meaning. Michael Bay had a meltdown at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las…
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Watch the First Episode of Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s Crowd-Sourced Show, ‘Hitrecord on TV’ — VIDEO
Joseph Gordon-Levitt is a pioneer in the brave new wave of crowd-sourced entertainment. Gordon-Levitt writes: Everything you're gonna see on this show was made collaboratively on our site — hitRECord.org — and the work of 426 Contributing Artis…
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Apple Asked to Cut Ties with Russian Phone Retailer Over Anti-Gay Creative Director
You may recall that last month we reported on popular Russian actor Ivan Okhlobystin, and his remarks to a cheering crowd in which he suggested that gays deserved to be burned alive in furnaces. Well, Okhlobystin is the creative director of Euroset,…
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