Starring the imminently watchable Johnny Depp and Armie Hammer.
Opens July 3, 2013.
For more info, check out the official website.
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| Armie Hammer as “The Lone Ranger” |
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| Johnny Depp as “Tonto” |
Trailer: The Lone Ranger
Family Research Council busted using faked image for anti-gay propaganda
Just another day in the lying land of the Family Research Council.
The image above was used in FRC’s recent propaganda to show several concerned people at a “Boy Scouts Policy Meeting.” See the placard on the left side of the picture saying “2013 Policy Meeting?” See the Boy Scouts emblem near the center of the image? Jeremy Hooper from Good As You found just one, little problem:
It’s a complete fabrication. FRC simply Photoshopped a Boy Scout logo and a “2013 Policy Meeting” placard onto an existing picture that they lifted from another site. The picture in question is actually from the website LegalGeekery.com and is described as being from the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts.
The LegalGeekery post is from 2009. See the original image below BEFORE Family Research Council performed their bigotry magic on it:
So, here’s the thing, kids: if you have swallowed any of the FRC’s sad diatribe against the LGBT community up to now, think about who you follow. Because for all you know, they are as fake as the image at the top of this post.
(via JoeMyGod)
Australia: New South Wales Premier supports marriage equality
“As a Liberal who believes that commitment and family units are one of the best ways in which society is organized, I support the concept of same-sex marriage.
“It was New Zealand that in 1893 first gave votes to women; it took us another nine years to do it. It shouldn’t have to take us another nine years to get the lead of our cousin across the ditch.” – Barry O’Farrell, premier of the Australian state of New South Wales, whose capital city is Sydney.
(via JMG)
Ridiculously handsome man has a message for France
Mike Fédée has a message to French people afraid of same-sex marriage in the form of his poem, “Fear Not”
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Donna Summer inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – finally
This past Thursday, April 18, at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, Donna Summer was officially inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Finally. And deservedly.
Summer’s family — husband singer-songwriter and producer Bruce Sudano; their two daughters, Brooklyn and Amanda; and daughter Mimi from her first marriage — posted a message on her website, donnasummer.com:
“We are overjoyed the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has recognized Donna’s tremendous musical achievements. It’s an honor we know she quietly hoped for and would very much cherish. We are deeply grateful.”
Brian Edwards, Summer’s assistant from 1989 to 1995, and her client relations representative for the last seven years of her life, shared his thoughts on the long-overdue induction:
“Donna was more than just ‘the Queen of Disco,’ ” Edwards wrote in an email. “Yes, her introduction to stardom was a result of her major successes in the field of disco at the time. However, her career encompassed so many different musical genres, including R&B, gospel, pop, jazz and pure rock and roll.”
And Edwards wasn’t done defending the artist who won the very first Grammy for rock vocal performance by a female for 1979’s “Hot Stuff.”
“No disrespect to Madonna, but given the majority of her hit records are pop/dance-oriented, no one said anything when she was inducted [into the Rock Hall],” Edwards wrote. “And she has NEVER even been nominated for a Grammy in the rock [vocal] category, yet she shares the same distinction as Summer as a recipient of a Grammy in the best dance recording category.”
The Dance Recording category was introduced in 1997, and the first winner was – Donna Summer.
“The facts speak for themselves,” the ever-loyal Edwards wrote. “In my opinion, Donna Summer is more of a true rock artist than Madonna will ever be.”
2013 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
What: The Class of 2013 will be inducted in the Cleveland-based Hall of Fame.
Performers:
Rush
Heart
Randy Newman
Public Enemy
Donna Summer
Albert King
Ahmet Ertegun Award for Lifetime Achievement:
Lou Adler
Quincy Jones
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| Daughter Brooklyn Sudano, Client Relations rep Brian Edwards and husband Bruce Sudano |
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| Super model Cindy Crawford, Client Relations rep Brian Edwards and Summer’s longtime manager Susan Munao on the red carpet of the 2013 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony |
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| All smiles on the red carpet at seeing longtime friend and client Donna Summer inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame |
An edited version of the show will be broadcast 9 p.m. Saturday, May 18 on HBO.
(source)
Boston: Bombing suspect apprehended and in custody
Police have nabbed the 19-year-old suspected Boston Marathon bomber, after a day-long manhunt that completely shut down the city of Boston and several suburbs.
An ambulance arrived at the scene to take the suspect, Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev, to a hospital. A volley of gunfire had been heard in the Watertown area around 7:00 p.m., and police told residents to stay inside and shelter in place as SWAT teams rushed in.
Tsarnaev was found in a boat in the yard of a home on Franklin Street, close to where he and his older brother engaged in a shootout with police nearly 24 hours earlier. Police could be heard calling to him to come out with his hands up.
A neighbor told ABC News that the homeowner had discovered Tsarnaev when he saw blood on the outside of his boat and then lifted the cover to find a person inside.
(via Yahoo News)
Boston: Alleged bomber’s uncle says “turn yourself in”
The uncle also adds “He put a shame on Chechen ethnicity.”
Deconstructing the new “Magic To Do” in new Bway revival of “Pippin”
Carol Channing would love for Johnny Depp to play her
When Carol Channing heard that Johnny Depp wants to play her in a film, the 92-year-0ld responded with humor.
Her rep tells RumorFix, “Carol says she would be honored to have Johnny portray her in a bio-pic. The fact that he is a man, doesn’t phase her at all, she can’t recall having ever seen anyone imitate her who didn’t have five o’clock shadow.”
Johnny made the proclamation during a Q&A session at CinemaCon while promoting Lone Ranger.
(source)
Tony Perkins: Boston bombing was practically (almost) gay marriage’s fault
“If Congress wants to stop these tragedies, then it has to address the government’s own hostility to the institution of the family and organizations that can address the real problem: the human heart. As I’ve said before, America doesn’t need gun control, it needs self-control. And a Congress that actively discourages it through abortion, family breakdown, sexual liberalism, or religious hostility is only compounding the problem.” – Hate group leader Tony Perkins
I don’t know how much closer Perkins could get to blaming the Boston bombing on marriage equality, but I do know I’m getting less and less patient with his icky, ugly campaign against the LGBT community. The nerve of him to invoke the phrase “the human heart” when he himself spends every waking minute making life miserable for so many is appalling.
He loves to double-back and say “I don’t hate gays” but seriously folks, how long can you live every day dogging a whole community of people?
The act’s worn thin….
(via RightWingWatch)