Celebrities like Ashanti, Andre 3000, T.R Knight, and Janet Jackson have teamed up for a public service announcement speak out against hate crimes and discrimination. The PSA comes of the murder of fifteen year old Larry King, an openly gay teen from Oxnard, California last month. Larry was shot in the head by fellow male student who he had earlier asked to be his Valentine.
Communist leader Fidel Castro has resigned as Cuba’s president early Tuesday after nearly a half-century in power. Castro made the announcement in a letter published in online official media that he would not accept a new term when the newly elected parliament meets on Sunday. The eighty-one year old’s younger brother Raul will officially succeed him as president.
“I will not aspire nor accept – I repeat I will not aspire or accept – the post of President of the Council of State and Commander in Chief,” read the letter signed by Castro. Read the rest of this entry »
Will.i.am is publicly backing U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama in a music video based on of the Senator’s speeches. Scarlett Johansson and Herbie Hancock, Kate Walsh, and John Legend also appear in the footage titled “Yes We Can.” The video was shot by Jesse Dylan, son of singer Bob Dylan, and takes its inspiration from a speech Senator Obama made following his New Hampshire primary win.
Oh dear. The Catholic Church is up in arms over the latest ad campaign from fitness giant Equinox. Apparently The Pope no likey an Equinox advertisement depicting Catholic nuns sketching the netherparts of a nude male model. (Who has a very nice butt, might I add). The controversial ad is just one in a series of racy flicks released by Equinox last month. Read the rest of this entry »
Liza Minnelli collapsed on stage during a performance in Sweden and was rushed back to the United States for medical treatment, a concert spokesman said Thursday. Read the rest of this entry »