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When I’m Dead?

admin — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 13:01:21 +0000

During a recent interview with Anderson Cooper, Lady Gaga said everyone wants her fail and can’t wait to see what she looks like when she’s dead.

According to a post on GBM News:

Gaga, whose highly anticipated song “Born This Way” was released Friday, told Cooper: “That’s what everyone wants to know, right? What is she going to look like when she dies … when she’s overdosed on whatever they think I’m overdosing on? Everybody wants to see the decay of the superstar.”

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John Backs Cooper

admin — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 13:08:34 +0000

With the ‘much ado’ over the trailer for Vince Vaughn’s upcoming movie “Dilemma” and the use of “gay” in a supposed joke, the stars are starting to come out against the potentially damaging remark.

According to US Magazine:

“Enough already!” he told UsMagazine.com Monday at his AIDS Foundation’s ‘An Enduring Vision’ benefit in NYC.

John, 63, praised Cooper, 45, for first pointing out how the joke in the film — “Ladies and gentlemen, electric cars … are gay,” Vaughn, 40, quips — could be hurtful.

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A “Dilemma” for GLAAD?

admin — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 13:54:20 +0000

By now it’s almost certain that you’ve heard about the controversy over the trailer for Universal’s new movie “Dilemma” starring Vince Vaughn over Vaughn calling electric cars “gay”.

But even though Universal has yanked the trailer, the studio isn’t the only one catching flack over this “dilemma” as some gay activist are accusing “GLAAD” of not stepping up to the plate fast enough on the issue.

According to a post on ABC.com:

“It just seems they are always giving the benefit of the doubt to the studios and the networks,” gay author and radio host Michelangelo Signorile said. “Because they think they can get more done working on the inside and because they also give awards to the same entities and have benefits at which they all have to buy tables. There’s an appearance of conflict of interest, which is troubling.”

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Universal Cuts ‘Gay’ Remark

Jason Shaw — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 14:22:25 +0000

CNN’s Anderson Cooper first opened up this story with his opinion on the lovely Ellen Degeneres’ chat show, this week, about a line in a movie trailer that used the term ‘so gay’ in a derogatory context. The CNN silver fox, Cooper was on the Ellen show discussing bullying when he voiced his concern, telling Degeneres he was ‘shocked’ by the gay line in the trailer, “I just find those words, those terms – we’ve got to do something to make those words unacceptable ’cause those words are hurting kids,” He said and I cheered. The line he’s talking about is, I believe “Electric cars are gay. I mean not homosexual gay, but, you know, my-parents-are-chaperoning-the-dance gay.”

Come on, we’ve all heard things like that, things such as “Oh that’s so gay” meaning something’s bad and not in a good way, or something’s broken “It wont work, it’s being gay” or some variation like that with the same derogatory sentiment, and we’ve heard it for so long now, it’s about time someone took a stand.

In the UK there was a mini up-roar when breakfast radio presenter Chris Moyles used the term on air to describe a bad mobile phone ring tone. There were complaints to the BBC and in the media, but nothing was done, the BBC backed their star saying he was just getting down with the audience, using terms readily used in school playgrounds up and down the country. This was back in 2006 and whilst it was unpalatable then, it is so in this day an age. Just because something is widely used, does not make it good or acceptable.

However, here, where Anderson Cooper and Ellen led, GLAAD followed! They issued a press statement telling how they had addressed the issue with Universal Pictures, the makers of the film. “Regardless of the intention, hearing words like ‘gay’, ‘fag’, and ‘dyke’ consistently used as insults is a hard thing for LGBT people to take, particularly for LGBT youth who must endure such language daily at school. As recent events have shown, the consequences can be devastating.”

Now, Universal Pictures has conceded that the reference to Smart cars being ‘gay’ in it’s trailer for The Dilemma may not quite have been a smart idea after all, they’ve pulled it from the trailer, and all mention of it removed from it’s publicity.

A victory for commonsense, for equality, for what’s right.

Jason Shaw

Jason’s personal take on life can be found his daily seafront diaries.

Anderson Cooper 50K

James — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:00:55 +0000

I think it’s safe to say that many of us queers have some love for Anderson Cooper. Sure, he has continuously let us gays down for his choice of not coming out about his sexuality, but it’s that mystique that makes him even more sexy.

You can watch him each night on 360 and lately each Friday with Kelly Ripa on Live with Regis & Kelly. While covering the news, he keeps it real and honest. While dishing in host chat, he’s funny and charming.

He gets a lot of flack for not coming out, but I think I’ve found a way for him to make up for it.

More at: Let’s Be Vain!

Perez Fired for Being Gay?

James — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 11:00:09 +0000

Maybe the reason Anderson Cooper isn’t so forthcoming with his sexuality is he fears a fate similar to Charles Perez, the Miami anchor for ABC affiliate WPLG claiming he was fired for being gay.

Perez was last seen pulling anchor duty on July 22, but his descent began months ago, according to a discrimination claim filed with Miami-Dade’s Equal Opportunity Board, alleging WPLG bosses ousted him “because of their discomfort over the increasingly high profile of my sexual orientation.”

Read more at: Queerty

CNN’s Lesbian Hippie

James — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 11:00:59 +0000

CNN doesn’t talk about Anderson Cooper’s sexuality. The network and anchor have their reasons. Jane Velez-Mitchell at CNN’s Headline News is taking a slightly more open approach.

Just to give you a sense, here’s the first sentence of Brian Stelter’s profile of the Issues host in the New York Times:

Jane Velez-Mitchell is a true-crime author, a television talking head, a lesbian, an animal activist, a recovering alcoholic and a vegan.

CNN: No Gay Questions!

James — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 11:00:32 +0000

Choire Sicha, who recently interviewed Anderson Cooper for the Los Angeles Times, posted on his blog an interesting tidbit: he was barred by CNN from asking any “personal questions” in the interview:
Read the rest at the Huffington Post!

Vintage Mah Boo

James — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 11:37:38 +0000

Christmas has come a little early thanks to a beautiful angel who sent me these pictures of The Silver Fox during his high school days at Dalton. Well, he was more like a brown fox then. The silver came when he first got his shiny star tickled by the tongue. He giggled, a huge cloud of glitter came out of his ass and boom! The Silver Fox was born!

He was still a hot piece back in the day, but in the second picture below he’s kind of looking a little Vermont lesbian-ish. I’d still hit it.

Read more at Dlisted!

Anderson Cooper Outed

James — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:32:26 +0000

Anderson Cooper was talking last night about fundamentalist Christian attacks on Barack Obama with minister Al Sharpton, author Roland Martin and Family Research Council President Tony Perkins. The talk turned toward religious tolerance, and suddenly Sharpton was outing CNN’s prettiest anchor as, gosh, some kind of sinner? Read all about it at gawker.com.