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TV, internet personality B. Scott suing BET for discrimination
Television and internet personality and fashion blogger B. Scott said Wednesday he is suing BET, claiming the network humiliated him during the recent BET Awards by yanking him off the show because he was wearing women’s clothes.
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Is Ellen DeGeneres part of motion picture academy’s push for diversity?
LOS ANGELES — The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences isn’t as much of an old-boys’ club as it used to be. The group named two women to prominent positions this week, including Friday’s announcement that Ellen DeGeneres will host the 2014 Oscar show.
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An Interview with ‘Orange Is The New Black’ star Laverne Cox
Laverne Cox carries a powerful presence. Tall, long flowing hair, pouting lips, and a gaze that looks both daunting and welcoming at the same time. But don’t her looks fool you, Alabama born, this girl is a sweet-southerner at heart — and, Laverne is transgender.
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‘Cosby’ kid, ‘That’s so Raven’ star Raven-Symone comes out on Twitter
Raven-Symone, who played 3-year-old Olivia on the 1980s sitcom “The Cosby Show,” and later starred in the Disney Channel sitcom “That’s so Raven,” indicated publicly for the first time on Friday that she is a lesbian.
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CBS defends handling of ‘Big Brother’ house guests’ racist, anti-gay remarks
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — The “social experiment” that is CBS’ “Big Brother” included appalling behavior this season but the network has responded appropriately, CBS Corp. CEO Les Moonves said Monday.
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‘The View’ takes shots at Ken Cuccinelli over support for sodomy law
The ladies of ABC’s “The View” took their shots at Virgina Attorney General and GOP candidate for governor Ken Cuccinelli on Monday for his campaign pledge to reinstate Virginia’s “crimes against nature” sodomy law that bans oral and anal sex among all consenting adults.
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Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Justin Mikita marry in New York
NEW YORK — “Modern Family” star Jesse Tyler Ferguson married his partner, attorney Justin Mikita in New York City on Saturday.
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Producer: ‘Glee’ plans tribute to Cory Monteith, followed by hiatus
NEW YORK — “Glee” executive producer Ryan Murphy is planning a tribute episode to honor the series’ deceased star, Cory Monteith.
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Faith2Action: Disney Channel unsafe for kids because of lesbian moms
First the gays ruined the Food Network, now they have come for the Disney Channel. That’s according to a warning by Janet Porter of Faith2Action in a radio commentary Friday.
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‘Glee’ cast member Cory Monteith found dead in Vancouver hotel room
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Cory Monteith, the heartthrob actor who became an overnight star as a high school quarterback-turned-singer in the hit TV series “Glee” but had battled addiction since his teenage years, was found dead of undisclosed causes in a hotel room, Vancouver police said. He was 31.