(h/t JMG)
Pee Wee Herman vs. pro-gun Alex Jones
(h/t JMG)
Petition to replace anti-gay pastor for benediction at President Obama’s 2nd Inaugural
President Obama and his inauguration committee are going to have some added stress over the next few days: a growing movement, including a We the People petition on the White House’s official page, to replace Louie Giglio as the inauguration preacher.
Giglio, much like the 2008 inauguration preacher, Rick Warren, has a history of preaching hate against homophobia. “We must reach out and we must aggressively move toward the homosexual community,” he said in a 1990s era speech called “In Search of a Standard – Christian Response to Homosexuality.”
An except from Giglio’s mid-1990s “Christian training speech” titled In Search of a Standard – Christian Response to Homosexuality:
(9:20) [God] says very clearly in [Leviticus], verse 22, after he talks about a lot of different kinds of relationships, he says in verse 22: “You shall not lie with a male as one lies with a female. It is an abomination.” Now if you would look forward into the New Testament context, to the passage that most of us know most commonly with this issue, into chapter one of the book of Romans, let’s read a few verses together beginning in verse 18. If you’re taking notes tonight, you might make this the note of Leviticus 20:13 and the book of Jude, we won’t look at those passages but there is some support and encouragement there to this topic.
(17:37) Men, women, I can’t say anything other to you tonight than this, that if you look at the counsel of the word of God, Old Testament, New Testament, you come quickly to the conclusion that homosexuality is not an alternate lifestyle… homosexuality is not just a sexual preference homosexuality is not gay, but homosexuality is sin. It is sin in the eyes of God, and it is sin according to the word of God. You come to only one conclusion: homosexuality is less than God’s best for his creation. It is less than God’s best for us and everything in our lives that is less than God’s best for us and his plan for us and his design for us, is sin. That’s God’s voice. If you want to hear God’s voice, that is his voice to this issue of homosexuality. It is not ambiguous and unclear. It is very clear.
Audio of the full speech is here.
Giglio has also advocated for the “ex-gay” movement, telling his audiences that “the only way out of a homosexual lifestyle, the only way out of a relationship that has been engrained over years of time, is through the healing power of Jesus.”
The We The People petition asks the president to replace Giglio with an LGBT friendly clergy person.
Meanwhile, Chris Johnson at the Washington Blade asked press secretary Jay Carney about Giglio yesterday, but Carney wouldn’t comment.
“I haven’t seen that report,” Carney said of the ThinkProgress post that revealed Giglio’s past comments. “I would refer you to the inaugural committee. I haven’t seen the report.”
2013 Academy Award Nominations
Lincoln (from gay screenwriter Tony Kushner) leads the pack with twelve nominations, including Daniel Day-Lewis in Best Actor and Sally Field in Best Supporting Actress, and Les Miserables received four, including Hugh Jackman for Best Actor and Anne Hathway for Best Supporting Actress. Both films were also nominated for Best Picture, as were Quentin Tarantino’s controversial Django Unchained, the Denzel Washington flick Flight, which also garnered him a Best Actor nomination, and Zero Dark Thirty, the tale about the SEAL team’s successful quest to kill Osama bin Laden.
I’m excited to see How To Survive A Plague, about the early years of the AIDS epidemic, is nominated for Best Documentary.
My only two predictions: look for Anne Hathaway FTW for Les Miz, and Adele to snag an Oscar for her Bond film theme “Skyfall.” Click pics below for complete list of nominations.
Fox News: “The biggest myth of all time is that sweatshops are bad”
Greg Gutfield from the January 8 edition of Fox News’ The Five
Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association announces Dorian Award nominees
The Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association have announced their Dorian Award nominees for 2012’s best in film and television across 20 categories, including Visually Striking Film of the Year, Campy Flick of the Year, TV Musical Performance of the Year and LGBT TV Show of the Year.
In addition, Sir Ian McKellen is this year’s recipient of GALECA’s Timeless Award.
Winners will be announced Wednesday, January 16.
FILM OF THE YEAR
Argo (Warner Bros.)
Beasts of the Southern Wild (Fox Searchlight)
Keep the Lights On (Music Box)
Les Miserables (Universal)
Lincoln (DreamWorks/Touchstone)
Moonrise Kingdom (Focus)
FILM PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR – ACTOR
Alan Cumming / Any Day Now (Music Box)
Bradley Cooper / Silver Linings Playbook (Weinstein)
Daniel Day-Lewis / Lincoln (DreamWorks/Touchstone)
Hugh Jackman / Les Miserables (Universal)
Joaquin Phoenix / The Master (Weinstein)
John Hawkes / The Sessions (Fox Searchlight)
FILM PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR – ACTRESS
Anne Hathaway / Les Miserables (Universal)
Emmanuelle Riva / Amour (Sony Pictures Classics)
Jennifer Lawrence / Silver Linings Playbook (Weinstein)
Jessica Chastain / Zero Dark Thirty (Sony/Columbia)
Marion Cotillard / Rust and Bone (Sony Pictures Classics)
LGBT FILM OF THE YEAR
Any Day Now (Music Box)
Cloud Atlas (Warner Bros.)
Gayby (Wolfe Releasing/The Film Collaborative)
Keep the Lights On (Music Box)
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Summit/Lionsgate)
DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR
Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry (IFC)
Bully (Weinstein)
Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has To Travel (Samuel Goldwyn)
How to Survive a Plague (Sundance Selects)
The Invisible War (Cinedigm)
The Queen of Versailles (Magnolia)
VISUALLY STRIKING FILM OF THE YEAR
(honoring a production of stunning beauty, from art direction to cinematography)
Anna Karenina (Focus)
Cloud Atlas (Warner Bros.)
Les Miserables (Universal)
Life of Pi (Fox)
Moonrise Kingdom (Focus)
CAMPY FLICK OF THE YEAR
2016: Obama’s America (Rocky Mountain)
Cloud Atlas (Warner Bros.)
Magic Mike (Warner Bros.)
The Paperboy (Millennium)
Pitch Perfect (Universal)
Rock of Ages (Warner Bros./New Line)
UNSUNG FILM OF THE YEAR
Bernie (Millennium)
The Cabin in the Woods (Lionsgate)
Chronicle (Fox)
Holy Motors (Indomina)
Looper (Sony)
Your Sister’s Sister (IFC)
TV DRAMA OF THE YEAR
American Horror Story: Asylum (FX)
Breaking Bad (AMC)
Game of Thrones (HBO)
Homeland (Showtime)
Mad Men (AMC)
TV COMEDY OF THE YEAR
The Big Bang Theory (CBS)
Girls (HBO)
Happy Endings (ABC)
Louie (FX)
Modern Family (ABC)
TV PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR – ACTOR
Aaron Paul / Breaking Bad (AMC)
Damian Lewis / Homeland (Showtime)
Jesse Tyler Ferguson / Modern Family (ABC)
Jim Parsons / The Big Bang Theory (CBS)
Jon Hamm / Mad Men (AMC)
TV PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR – ACTRESS
Claire Danes / Homeland (Showtime)
Jessica Lange / American Horror Story: Asylum (FX)
Julianne Moore / Game Change (HBO)
Edie Falco / Nurse Jackie (Showtime)
Lena Dunham / Girls (HBO)
Sofia Vergara / Modern Family (ABC)
TV MUSICAL PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR
Darren Criss, “Teenage Dream,” Glee (Fox)
De’Borah Garner, The Fray’s “You Found Me,” The Voice (NBC)
Jennifer Hudson, Tribute to Whitney Houston, The Grammys (CBS)
Megan Hilty and Katherine McPhee, “Let Me Be Your Star,” Smash (NBC)
Raza Jaffrey, Katharine McPhee and cast: “A Thousand and One Nights,” Smash (NBC)
LGBT TV SHOW OF THE YEAR
American Horror Story: Asylum (FX)
Happy Endings (ABC)
Modern Family (ABC)
The New Normal (NBC)
Smash (NBC)
CAMPY TV SHOW OF THE YEAR
666 Park Avenue (ABC)
American Horror Story: Asylum (FX)
GCB (ABC)
Here Comes Honey Boo Boo (TLC)
Liz & Dick (Lifetime)
Smash (NBC)
UNSUNG TV SHOW OF THE YEAR
Bunheads (ABC Family)
Catfish (MTV)
Fringe (FX)
GCB (ABC)
Happy Endings (ABC)
Parenthood (NBC)
TV OR MOVIE TITLE OF THE YEAR
Don’t Trust the B—- in Apt. 23 (ABC)
GCB (ABC)
I Was Impaled (Discovery Fit & Health)
I’m Having Their Baby (Oxygen)
It’s Christmas, Carol! (Hallmark Channel)
WE’RE WILDE ABOUT YOU (NEWCOMER AWARD)
Andrew Rannells
Anna Camp
Ben Whishaw
Eddie Redmayne
Ezra Miller
WILDE WIT OF THE YEAR
(honoring a performer, writer or commentator whose observations both challenge and amuse)
Bill Maher
Chelsea Handler
Jon Stewart
Lena Dunham
Sarah Silverman
Stephen Colbert
WILDE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
(honoring a truly groundbreaking force in the fields of film, theatre and/or television)
Lena Dunham
Louis C.K.
Ryan Murphy
Tony Kushner
Tig Notaro
TIMELESS AWARD
(honoring an actor or performer whose exemplary career has been marked by character, wisdom and wit)
Sir Ian McKellen
ABOUT GALECA
The Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association, founded in 2008 by Us Weekly television critic John Griffiths, is comprised of over 80 established film and TV critics and entertainment journalists who cover those fields for recognized media outlets across America and the United Kingdom.
GLECA members write or report for the likes of TV Guide, Us Weekly, Entertainment Weekly, Movies.com, ETOnline, The Advocate, Out, The Huffington Post, The Hollywood Reporter, Variety, major TV network affiliates, and regional titles such as The Boston Globe, San Jose Mercury News, Frontiers L.A. and InsideOut Nashville. GALECA is home to the annual Dorian Awards, which honor movies and TV programs of all types.
Overall, GALECA’s aim is to generate camaraderie in an unsettling media environment, to preserve and champion the crafts of criticism and entertainment journalism, and to help elevate the screen arts and culture at large.
For more information, please visit: galeca.com and facebook.com/galecadorianawards
Model Rafael Lazzini on a motorcycle
Brazilian model Rafael Lazzini photographed by Stewart Shining and styled by Gregory Wein for the fourth issue of Made in Brazil magazine.
Many people have mis-identified this as a photo of a naked Adam Levine.
If only… 🙂
More of Mr. Lazzini here.
James Franco does video cover of Justin Bieber’s “Boyfriend”
Because James Franco just likes to do anything that crosses his mind.
Bad wigs, bad lighting and James Franco lip-synching. Any questions?
(well, yeah, but whatever…)
Did you know this about otters?
Did you know otters hold hands when they sleep to avoid floating away from each other?
Check out the video at the 1:20 mark. Uber-cute.
Cartoon of the day
“Son, if you can’t say something nice, say something clever but devastating.”
Minnesota Vikings Chris Kluwe on Colbert Report
Stephen Colbert hosted Randy Report favorite and marriage equality advocate, Minnesota Vikings punter Chris Kluwe last night. Colbert made a point of addressing Kluwe’s use of the term “lustful cockmonster” to describe a Maryland lawmaker in an Op-Ed piece last fall.
“Why would you support gay marriage? You are in the most hyper-masculine sport in the world. Okay? Football players are about a thousand miles from gay. Men in tight pants patting each other on the butt. Nothing gay about that. Get that butt out of my face. Get it out of there!”
They also address video game World of Warcraft and troll-on-elf marriage.