Multiple Men Jezebel has words for Vanity Fair on their self spoofing Erik Lundegaard on the NYT box office coverage and love of Paul Blart. "Dudes: Cover the industry. Don’t cover for the industry." Well played Erik, well played. Mighty God King "If Batman Did Rap Battles" (What's the equivalent ...

I do not generally write about pop-culture, the media, current events, etc., yet as of late a menagerie of issues have orbited about my cranium and I hoped to make a few points. As I thought about the self-congratulatory fest known as The Oscars I wondered if all of those very well known and very in...

Dustin Lance Black and Sean Penn's heartfelt Oscar speeches in support of gay rights were cut out of the broadcast by a satellite TV station which beams its signal to 300 million viewers in numerous Asian countries. The STAR satellite channel, which broadcasts to more than 300 million viewers in 53 ...

You saw him at the Oscars, now on today’s show we have longtime gay rights activist Cleve Jones talking about what it was like to walk the red carpet at the Academy Awards, dance with Madonna at the after-party and hold Dustin Lance Black’s hand during the momentous evening. The Oscar wi...

  Some gay rights bloggers were concerned about the presence of Jerry Lewis on the Oscar stage.  Yesterday marked the 40th anniversary of the Tinker v. Des Moines Independent School District Supreme Court decision, which upheld free speech rights for students. The Gay News blog looks at ho...

When Dustin Lance accepted his Academy Award for best screenplay for Milk, he addressed the bulk of his remarks to the gay and lesbian youth of America, promising them that the dream of Harvey Milk would one day would soon be fulfilled with full federal rights for all, including the right to marry: ...

"I hate Sean Penn, keep your politics to yourself Mr. Penn, actors are entertainers not politicians. Sean Penn is a jerk, he cheated on his beautiful wife last year with a model, why… WHY did the academy give him an Oscar…Down with Gay rights! Down with Sean Penn. Mickey Rourke shou...

The 81st Annual Academy Awards were given out at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood, CA last night and pretty much everyone on Earth tuned in to watch the show … or, at least, they should have because last night’s Oscars were the most entertaining of any show in recent memory. A bunch of twe...

An on-stage musical extravaganza. Two epic gay rights speeches. Sean Penn's upset win for Milk. The 2009 Oscars were easily the gayest yet. Slumdog Millionaire dominated as expected, an international sweep in a night studded with British, Indian and Australian wins. Not that there was much danger of...

It's Oscar weekend... and I've just finished watching the show with my mom, my brother, and my friend Erin. It is always fun to watch people recognized for that hard work that goes into film. Yes, it's a glitzy industry that encourages unrealistic plot lines in our lives, but it also encourages us t...