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Quinto, US Ambassador promote LGBT rights, commemorate Stonewall
NEW YORK — U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Samantha Power and “Star Trek” star Zachary Quinto joined forces Thursday to promote gay rights while commemorating the 45th anniversary of the 1969 Stonewall Inn riots in New York City. “Without the relentless pressure exerted by this movement over 45 years since then, we would surely be in a different place…
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Gary Oldman defends Gibson and Baldwin’s remarks on Jews and gays
NEW YORK — Gary Oldman is defending fellow actors Mel Gibson and Alec Baldwin from critics of their comments on Jews and homosexuals, saying people need to take a joke. In an expletive-laced interview with Playboy, Oldman decried the “political correctness” that ensnared the two actors. Gibson was filmed in an anti-Semitic …
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Judge dismisses last sex abuse lawsuit against Elmo puppeteer Kevin Clash
PHILADELPHIA — A judge in Pennsylvania dismissed the last of five sex-abuse lawsuits filed against the Emmy-winning puppeteer who voiced the “Sesame Street” character Elmo. The ruling did not weigh the merits of the claims but said 25-year-old accuser Sheldon Stephens filed suit too late against actor Kevin Clash.
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‘Modern Family’ star Ty Burrell headlines same-sex marriage fundraiser in Utah
SALT LAKE CITY — “Modern Family” actor Ty Burrell says he sees same-sex marriage in the United States is a “tide that can’t be turned.” Burrell headlined a fundraiser Thursday evening in Salt Lake City to help cover legal costs for couples fighting Utah’s ban on same-sex marriage, lending his celebrity to help a group backed by sitcom co-star Jesse Tyler Ferguson.
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George Takei sees movement toward gay pride beginning in Japan
TOKYO — George Takei said he needed courage and anger to come out as gay and to join the equal rights movement for sexual minorities in the U.S., and he hopes his Japanese counterparts will do the same to make their society more equal. Takei said he has noticed a movement beginning in Japan, though the country of his ancestry has a long way to go.
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Jonah Hill apologizes for telling paparazzo to ‘Suck my dick, you faggot’
Oscar-nominated actor Jonah Hill is apologizing for yelling for yelling an anti-gay slur at a photographer in Los Angeles over the weekend. Hill, 30, was walking with friends as he was followed by paparazzi shouting out comments in hopes the actor would respond, when one photographer began teasing him about his pink shorts…
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Grammy winning singer-songwriter Melissa Etheridge gets married
NEW YORK — Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter and gay rights activist Melissa Etheridge has gotten married.
People magazine says the 53-year-old Etheridge married partner Linda Wallem at the San Ysidro Ranch in Montecito, California, on Saturday.
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Ellen skewers ‘Big Bang Theory’ star Jim Parsons on when he’s getting married
This week on the “Ellen” show, host Ellen DeGeneres skewers “Big Bang Theory” star Jim Parsons on when he plans to marry his partner of 11 years, Todd Spiewak.
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Judge sets hearing in sex abuse lawsuit against ‘X-Men’ director Bryan Singer
HONOLULU — A federal judge in Hawaii will consider whether to throw out a sex abuse lawsuit against “X-Men” franchise director Bryan Singer after his attorneys presented information that neither the filmmaker nor his accuser were in the state at the time.
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Andy Cohen has more to spill about the glamorous life in new book
NEW YORK — Television executive and personality Andy Cohen has more to spill about the glamorous life. Publisher Henry Holt and Company announced Wednesday that Cohen has a deal for “The Andy Cohen Diaries.”