How modern is this: Lindsay Lohan condemns Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin as homophobic on the MySpace page of Lohan’s girlfriend Sam Ronson.
Can you count how many parts of that last sentence would never have been written just 10 years ago?
Try imagining it this way:
“Julia Roberts and girlfriend Ginger Spice condemn Presidential candidate Elizabeth Dole [...]
Filed under: Entertainment, Gay/Lesbian, Politics by Marc Breindel
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Good news for Democrats: Barbra Streisand will sing to raise money for Barack Obama’s presidential campaign.
Streisand was, of course, the ultimate FOB — Friend Of Bill (Clinton). So it shows what a big person she is to continue fighting for the Democrats now that Hillary Clinton is out.
After backing Hillary Clinton (naturally) during the primaries, [...]
Filed under: Gender, Music, Politics by Marc Breindel
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Where is Egypt? In Africa. So why are Egyptian movie pharoahs always played by white guys like Yul Brynner (”The Ten Commandments”) and Arnold Vosloo (”The Mummy”)?
Look out Giza, there’s a new pharoah in town: Will Smith!
Smith is set to play Pharoah Taharqa (690-664 BCE) in the upcoming “The Last Pharoah.” The movie will reportedly [...]
Filed under: African American, Middle East, Movies by Marc Breindel
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U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama won heartfelt endorsements from talented representatives of the cultural world this week: Directors at the Venice Film Festival.
Academy Award-winner Jonathan Demme (”The Silence of the Lambs” and the new “Rachel Getting Married”) said he saw “the America I love” at Obama’s nominating convention last week. Kathryn Bigelow, director of the [...]
Filed under: Europe, Movies, Politics by Marc Breindel
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