“Patient Zero” identified. Set off AIDS superbug alarm earlier this year.
Signature gathering can begin for destructive anti-gay California marriage amendment that would strip rights from domestic partners as well as ban same-sex marriage. Measure would appear on 2006 ballot: “While noting that the amendment would ‘provide that only marriage between one man and one woman is valid or recognized in California,' it goes on to state that the measure ‘voids and restricts registered domestic partner rights and obligations' in areas ranging from inheritance and adoption to insurance benefits and hospital visitation.”
A pot calling the kettle black? Joan Rivers tells Attitude magazine: “David Beckham is a national treasure because he cheated on his wife, who I understand is very, very rude. I've never met her, but I always ask taxi drivers, limo drivers and airport cleaners and always the same names come up – and she is right up on top of the list. I think if he's got that kind of arrogant shrew, I hope he screws everything that's not tied down.”
Wealth, success, and jealousy: Rod Hall, the literary agent behind Billy Elliot and The Full Monty, was murdered by his male lover during a bondage sex session in his home.