Why Can’t Gays Openly Serve in the Military?
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What’s more socially acceptable: Gay marriage or gays in the military?
That was the question posed this morning after nearly 20 college students, mostly from Harvard Divinity School and all part of the Right To Serve Tour, marched to the Times Square military recruitment office to protest “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell,” a policy signed into law by President Clinton in 1993.
Ex-Soulforce leader and Equality Ride co-founder Jake Reitan led the demonstration. He attempted to enlist, but once he announced to the recruiters that he was gay, recruiters ordered him to leave the office or (incredibly) be arrested for trespassing. Reitan refused and was quickly led away in handcuffs in front of picketing Right To Serve students and hordes of Times Square gawkers. An hour later, he was released from police custody with a summons to appear in court by the end of July. (more…)
Pharrell Williams Has Enough Free Time to Design This Chair
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So you’re telling us that Pharrell can produce Madonna, sing the hook on another hit record, get ready to drop the new N.E.R.D. album…and get home in time to design furniture??
What have we been doing with our free time?
Oh, and it’s called the “perspective” chair. For some reason.
Thanks to Kanye’s always excellent blog for pointing this out. ‘Ye also recently posted some ridiculous Chinese fashion pics that are totally in line with the spooky aesthetic trip he’s been on lately…
Revived By Lil Wayne, How Many Tracks Have Featured That ‘Ashley’s Roachclip’ Breakbeat?
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So that breakbeat from the song “Ashley’s Roachclip” is one of the most sampled beats in hip-hop, and possibly pop. It hadn’t been sampled for awhile, but then Lloyd and Lil Wayne brought it back for their song “Girls All Around the World.” So blogger FourFour decided to make a mix of songs that use the beat.
But wait -– MTV News producer Joseph Patel writes in, “Aw man, they’re missing Ice Cube’s ‘Jackin’ For Beats,’ Nice & Smooth’s ‘Down The Line,’ and the most famous one: ‘RUN’S HOUSE.’ Suckas.”
So have we missed any others?
We Are Still Totally Bitter As Our Co-Workers Hang With Tyson Ritter, Tila Tequila in Lead-Up to So-Called ‘Movie Awards’
The MTV News slackers on the Left Coast tell us the insanity around the MTV Movie Awards is approaching fever pitch as the big day (live! Sunday! 8pm!) creeps ever closer. Apparently, News has taken over nearly a dozen fluorescent-lit offices in the bowels of Universal Studios lot, right next door to the “Desperate Housewives” set, and…(insert inappropriate comment about Teri Hatcher here).
Here’s just some of the “work” you can get done after an all-nighter at Hyde with Lindsay Lohan:
· Tila Tequila handicapped the Best Kiss Award.
· All-American Reject Tyson Ritter took us to celebrity hiking hot spot (only in LA) Runyon Canyon to give us the (pooper) scoop(er) on “House Bunny.”
· We unearthed this fairly embarrassing 1987 audition tape from 2008 Generation Award recipient Adam Sandler.
· We crashed the Movie Awards writers’ meeting.
· And Verne Troyer taught our own Top Model, Kim Stolz, the art of living large in Hollywood.
What’s going down today? God only knows. And on Sunday?? God help us.
And before the Awards go live, be sure to check out MTV News’ “Coming Attractions” pre-show at 7:30pm. Why? Because it will be amazing.
For The Record: Shirley Manson, Scars on Broadway, Muse & More
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· Garbage’s Shirley Manson will play a recurring role on the second season of FOX’s “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.”
· Scars on Broadway’s self-titled debut is due July 29th.
· Muse, the British band that produced one of the greatest videos to feature a magical horse but not Mariah Carey, are working on their next album.
· Sean Levert’s death in jail was ruled a death by natural causes.
· Ted Nugent has recorded his rousing right-to-bear-arms anthem “I Am the NRA,” and you can download it now -– if you wear a bandana on your head and have a gun rack on your pickup.
Judge says reporter must testify at R. Kelly trial
CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago Sun-Times reporter must testify at R. Kelly’s child pornography trial….
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