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Tangled WebFriday Nov 21, 2008
Harvey Milk Still Lives: Gay Marriage Law May Be Up To Supreme Court
The gay San Francisco supervisor, who was assassinated some 30 years ago by a disgruntled fellow pol, bitterly fought for gay rights and would probably never have rested in the topsy-turvy fight against Proposition 8. Now the subject of a Gus Van Sant film, "Milk," due out Nov. 26. the timing couldn't be much better for Focus Features, which is distributing. That Gay Marriage law, which was enforced then turned down by the fickle California voters, will now have an Act III when the California Supreme Court, not the federal one, will take up the issue, the L.A. Times opines. The court, in its pro-gay-rights mode, astonishingly said it would review legal challenges to Proposition 8, the voter initiative that restored same-sex marriage. In its anti-gay-rights take, the court refused to permit gay weddings to resume pending a final decision. More on the court's decision below: Thursday Nov 20, 2008
A The Daily Beast Round Up
Jim confessed that the election inspired him to drop the word "nigga" from his vocabulary-where it was a nearly ubiquitous presence-and replace it with "Obama." He gave me a few examples: "What up, my Obama?" "Yo, did you see them Obamas last night?" "Now that's a real Obama." Wednesday Nov 19, 2008
The Obama and McCain Meeting ReenactmentThis is Marc Maron and Sam Seder using their keen sense of the true nature of Senator John McCain and President Elect Barack Obama. Wednesday Nov 05, 2008
Google Pulls Plug on Yahoo Deal
As Barack Obama Wins, Los Angeles ListensAs Barack Obama gracefully transitioned from Presidential Candidate to President Elect, the city of Los Angeles watched in awe, admiration and befuddlement More than 17,000 supporters were expected at the major Obama Support Party at the Century Plaza Hotel in Century City. FBLA watched the election returns at a less august venue, a California Pizza Kitchen on Sunset Boulevard that was scheduled to go out of business as of Saturday due to dire economic conditions. The staff and patrons of the CPK were teary eyed, but no one was quite sure whether that was due to Obama's stunning victory or the CPK going down the drain. One bar patron was ecstatic. "Isn't this fucking beautiful?" he cried. "What?" came the reply. "You mean the first African American President?" "No," the tipsy barstool replied. "The fact that we'll never have to listen to or have anything to do with someone like George Bush." As FBLA retired from the CPK to a bus headed down Sunset Blvd., the Obama craze that was dominating CNN had transferred to the streets and onto public transit. Even the bus driver was smiling as she purred, "Isn't it a great night?" The two 20-something girls sitting in the middle of the bus were engaged in deep conversation with a well-built black man about "how great" it was that Obama had won. The black man nodded. The girls went on: "It's such a great day for America that a black man, like yourself, can take over the highest office in the land. Don't you think it's great?" The girls jumped to their feet and blurted: "Was that La Brea?" When they were told La Brea had been six blocks back, they immediately ran to the exit giggling, then jumped off and screamed out: "OBAMA." The immediacy of the Obama's victory was not lost on Los Angelenos who are not strangers to racial tension. Rather, it was imbibed by them and they drank it down like a long-awaited elixir. As Obama proclaimed "Change has come to America," a few evening denizens listened and hoped for the future. Tuesday Nov 04, 2008
Obama Won't Be In L.A., But 10,000 Happy Voters WillPresidential Candidate Barack Obama will likely be in his home city of Chicago tonight as election returns come in. But in Los Angeles more than 10,000 voters are expected at the Century Plaza Hotel for a massive celebration -- assuming he wins Even if he loses, it could still be a good party. But we're thinking that's not likely. Watch Barack Obama VoteThanks to our sister site, FBNY for finding and posting this video of Barack Obama at the polls. Thursday Oct 30, 2008
Milton Katselas, Acting Teacher/Scientologist Dies at 75Milton Katselas, an acting teacher par excellence and founder of the Beverly Hills Playhouse acting school Katselas, whose students included Gene Hackman, Doris Roberts, George Clooney and Michelle Pfeiffer among scores of others, was 75. The founder of the Beverly Hills Playhouse acting school was very much a disciple of the Scientology doctrine. Former students have said that Katselas often used Scientology methodolgy in his study of acting. Wednesday Oct 29, 2008
Perez Hilton Promotes La CoachaPerez Hilton "discovered" a female version of himself, La Coacha, the gossip blogger with the thick accent and deep cleavage. She, apparently, already has a cult following, but Hilton is determined to make her mainstream star. Or something. To that end, here are both celebrity bloggers shaking their stuff with "Internet personality The Amazing Racist, Latino comedian Joey Medina and two members of Chico's Angels. Why should you watch this? Dude, you just got laid off. What else are you going to do with your time? Enjoy. Tuesday Oct 28, 2008
Trish Sie: 'People Didn't Dislike My Video For The Reasons I Thought They Would'Last week, we told you about Grammy-winning director Trish Sie video for Red, White and Milf, a spoof of Sarah Palin's candidacy (which, is itself a spoof of, you know, an actual candidacy). Our interview got lots and lots of press attention, but not the kind Sie expected. Turns out the Age of Irony is over. Trish explains: "I'm Not Turning Sarah Palin Into An Empty Sex Symbol. She And The GOP Took Care Of That Already." PreviouslyA Web Site Devotes Itself To 'Stopping Ben Lyons' Election Night May Be A Watershed For Networks Best Political YouTube Video Ever FBLA EXCLUSIVE: Red, White and MILF Director Calls Spoof Video: '60% Moral Imperative' Slate V Wraps Up The Season Thus Far The Superficial Joins Buzznet Inc. L.A. Dodgers Grab William Morris While They Still Can Michael Schneider Goes From Writing About TV To Being On It Sharon Waxman Skewers Nick Denton, Internet Nick Denton: 'I Felt I'd Done My Job' ERSNews.com Is Spoiling Lara Logan's Spoils FBLA Got an Interview With Sarah Palin and So Can You Craig From Craigslist Says He Checks Out 'The Fishbowl Sites' Sarah Palin Inspires...Parody Mainly...Lipstick and Moose Jokes Too Sarah Silverman in The Great Schlep MySpace and PayPal: Give Money To The Cheerleader, Save The World (Or At Least The Whales) NYT Confirms Pretty Much What FBLA Reported HuffPo: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Questions Sarah Palin's, Um, Reading Tastes 2008 Online Journalism Award Winners GOPs Goof and LA's Political Coverage Disney-ABC Adds Three Execs to Digital Media A Cut On The Bias With New Web App Foreigner Makes McCain Speech Awesome Tina Dupuy: Queen of All Media The Anonymous Tip Jar Has Spoken! Ladies Who Brunch Launches Web Site Worse 'Feeding Frenzies' Than Sarah Palin The Veep Stakes Sweep: A Round Up Sara Benincasa Does Sarah Palin If You Can't Read This - You're Not Alone The Huffington Post Hype, Overblown? Deep Glamour Launches... So That's Where Kate Coe Went! Matt Damon Doesn't Speak For Us 'Cop Shenanigans' and 'Moshpit Culmination' on Craigslist Update: Kevin Roderick Vs. Eric Longabardi, Part III Ellen Takes California Law To Heart Aggregation Vs. Plagiarism: Old and New Media Not As Divided As You'd Think LATimes.com: 127 Million Hits in July Angeleno Magazine's Hot List Becomes Julib.com Today Ad Assumes UCLA Writers are Bad at Math Rachel Sklar is Sensational...istic Analogy of the New Yorker Cover Controversy Deadline Hollywood Daily Experiences Some Technical Difficulties Even More Hot Girl Bloggers Who Aren't Us Twenty Bloggers URLesque Wants to See in Bikinis This Week's Cassette From My Ex Why Is Nobody Calling Deadline Hollywood Daily on Its Mistake? Hey Gawker, Nice Story ... One Week Late Sharon Waxman Finds Nice Boring Huffington Post Hopes to go Local HuffPo Is Off Da Hook with OffTheBus Please Forward This to Everyone You Know, The Future of Our Country is at Stake... Hollyood Shocker: Over-Confident Hacks Place Ad to Get Writers to Work for Free YouTube Driving Video Not Scripted Brad Garrett is Looking for (Publicity) Love MetroMix Now Has Sex With Peter Gilstrap Slate Tackles the Bilderberg Curiosity HuffPo Profiles Kathleen Sebelius O'Reilly Producer Gets Taste of Own Medicine Mike Albo Makes Our Chakras Guffaw Best Kicker Quote Of The Day Award Goes To Steven Zeitchik Media Bistro (Hearts) Andrew Malcolm Is L.A. Observed Dissing Ron Kaye? David Gerken Wants To Know What You're Thinking Emily Gould Isn't The Only New Yorker Obsessed With Herself Putting the Screws to Showbiz Reporters Emily Gould Was 'Exposed' and is Now Writing for Mediabistro YouTomb is Nothing Like MyDeathSpace...Not Even a Little Bit Katy Newton: LAT New Peeping Tom Dishes About Her New Gig Harry Shearer Reminds Us Why He Was A 2008 Webby Awards Honoree. And We Weren't. Bill O'Reilly Throws Tantrum on Camera - The Internet Smiles Psst - Hey Man Got Some Summary? Everyone's Dry All Over Town, I'm Hard Up Man New York Post Takes Note of Yahoo's Troubles For the Love of Puns Web of Deception: Fox News Head Helps Fund Clinton's Campaign FBLA Exclusive: Former Child Star Central Is Our New Favorite Blog |
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