Salvation Army bans Harry Potter toys: "The Salvation Army says it refuses to distribute Harry Potter and Twilight toys collected for needy children because they're incompatible with the charity's Christian beliefs. The policy has alarmed a Calgarian who volunteered to sift through a southeast warehouse full of unused, donated items and was alarmed when he was told by Salvation Army officials that the two kinds of toys are 'disposed of' and not given to other charities."
Porn actor Brandon Lee served in the Navy while making adult films and revealed his sexuality to his commanding officer, who did nothing, Lee claims: I totally thought I would get discharged. He said, 'Well, it's the new Navy: Need Any Vaseline Yet? That's what the Navy stands for' He was like, 'Carry on.'"
Ian Somerhalder starts a foundation and it has nothing to do with cheekbones.
Why is there a gay "accent"? A Reddit debate. "I'm not asking this in an offensive, way, I'm just curious. Accents are generally a regional thing, but it seems like there is a stereotypical, standard effeminate-sounding gay accent, no matter where in the US you go. Is this an effect of the media sterotyping of gays, or is the stereotype based on reality. Or is it a combination of both? Edit: Never meant to imply that all gay males had an accent. Some of them very clearly do, though."
Madame Tussaud's introduces Lady Gaga wax figures.
"Honeysuckle" is Pantone's color of 2011: "The reddish pink shade lights a fire to your senses and revs you up, says Leatrice Eiseman, executive director of the Pantone Color Institute. It's much livelier than 2010's color of the year: turquoise. That was supposed to have a calming, escapist effect on the public's collective psyche after all of the bruising economic challenges, Eiseman says, but now we're ready for something stronger while still not moving quite at full-steam ahead."
UK man who strangled his victim in a cruising area and returned to meet his friends at a strip club is convicted of manslaughter: "Jurors cleared caterer James Foley of murder but he was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to three and a half years…Foley, from Dartford, Kent, claimed he fought with Bouchareb and strangled him “in fear of my life”, leaving him unconscious on a pathway believing he would be all right."