The force of justice is designed to protect the innocent and punish the guilty, providing a fair framework around which to live our lives. Yet, what happens when justice itself goes wrong and turns to injustice? Over the years countless individuals have been put to death for crimes against society, but we’d be naïve to assume they were all as guilty as their punishment suggests. Some have later been found innocent and pardoned, others await fair reconsideration from authorities unwilling to admit to their mistakes. As the old saying goes: ‘Who shall police the police?’ Read the rest of this entry »
Winner of the Miss New York 2010 pageant, Claire’s making history as the first Miss America contestant to compete on a gay rights platform. Claire says her campaign of “Equality For All” was partially-inspired by the plight her older sister faces as a lesbian in America. A trained dancer from Indianapolis, the 24-year knows her mission may seem a bit unusual for a beauty queen, and that’s exactly why she believes she can win over America when the Miss America pageant hits Las Vegas in January.
Claire told The Advocate this week: “In the 90-year history of Miss America, we have not yet found any Miss America contestant who has had this platform. It is quite unique….I don’t think I fit the mold at all, but I think that’s been the greatest part and the reason I have such an effect on people throughout the pageant. My coworkers have said, ‘No offense, but I didn’t think you were a pageant girl.’ It’s empowering women.”
The Outer Limits — the ’60s sci-fi series which was revived for Showtime in the mid-’90s — is coming to the big screen.
MGM has tapped screenwriters Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan to pen a treatment for The Outer Limits: The Movie, which could go into production as early as next year, Variety said this week.
“It’s unsure what format the project will take. Much like The Twilight Zone, the series was an anthology of discrete story episodes usually a plot twist at the end,”DarkHorizons.com writes.
It’s that time of year again, Coeds: The infamous Princeton Review is here. And this time round, it’s bringing us its annual list of the Top Party Schools in the United States. It’s time to find out which student bodies are as noted for knowing their way around a beer bong as they are for their educational merit.
Students now have a veritable party guide that promises to be indicative of the most happening institutions, where social interaction is nothing short of one big frat party.
Frank Sinatra, the grandson of legendary actor and “New York, New York” singer Frank Sinatra, has been hospitalized in Los Angeles after allegedly attempting suicide over the weekend.
On Sunday, Sinatra, 32, was found unconscious in his Southern California home after overdosing on pills.
