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Xbox Live trying to let gamers express their sexual orientation

Submitted by Jeff on Wed, 06/17/2009 - 11:27am
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play.tm reports on possible progress happening behind close doors at Xbox Live.

Head of standards enforcement, Stephen Toulouse, is still looking for ways for people to personally express themselves via features coming to Xbox Live.

Toulouse initially responded to user demands via his Twitter feed, in February:


Get on the stage with Disney Broadway Karaoke

Submitted by Jeff on Tue, 06/16/2009 - 10:15am
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Walt Disney Records has released Broadway Karaoke Series as part of the successful Disney Karaoke Series. The disc features 8 songs with vocals so you can hear how the professionals sing them and the same 8 songs as instrumentals so you can sing along.


STRANGE VIDEO: Dick Cheney offers support for gay marriage

Submitted by Jeff on Sat, 06/06/2009 - 10:20am
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HuffPost's Sam Stein points out some bizarre footage provided by former Vice President Dick Cheney.

Speaking at the National Press Club for the Gerald R. Ford Foundation journalism awards, Cheney was asked about recent rulings and legislative action in Iowa and elsewhere that allowed for gay couples to legally wed.

Cheney said that he supports gay marriage as long as it is deemed legal by state and not federal government.


Enthusiastic review for Disney/Pixar's 'Up'

Submitted by Jeff on Wed, 05/13/2009 - 11:38am
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The Hollywood Reporter reviews 'Up', Pixar's new state-of-the-art 3-D PG film.

Posting from the Cannes Film Festival, Michael Rechtshaffen writes: "Winsome, touching and arguably the funniest Pixar effort ever, the gorgeously rendered, high-flying adventure is a tidy 90-minute distillation of all the signature touches that came before it.


Ellen and Portia most trusted celebrity babysitters

Submitted by Community Editor on Tue, 05/12/2009 - 6:54am
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Ellen DeGeneres and wife Portia de Rossi are the most trusted celebrity babysitters. That's the opinion of most of the American women who participated in a recent online poll.

DeGeneres and de Rossi, who married in California, have topped the poll, which asked Americans which celebrities they would feel most comfortable leaving their kids with.


Gay penguins become dads and turn out to be best parents in the zoo

Submitted by Jeff on Tue, 12/16/2008 - 7:22am
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A gay couple of male penguins has attempted to steal eggs from straight penguin couples, at the Polar Land zoo in north-east China. In an effort to hide their crime, the couple even placed stones at the feet of parenting penguins before leaving with their eggs.

"One of the responsibilities of being a male adult is looking after the eggs," explains a zookeeper. "Despite this being a biological impossibility for this couple, the natural desire is still there."


Melissa Etheridge to The View's Hasselbeck: The rights of minorities should not be voted on

Submitted by Jeff on Mon, 12/15/2008 - 11:44am
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Melissa Etheridge visited The View yesterday - to promote her new CD - and took time to provide a history lesson to Elisabeth Hasselbeck.

Speaking about California's Proposition 8, Melissa explained the protections built into the Constitution by the U.S. founding fathers: "Actually one of the things that was difficult about this was that - Thomas Jefferson wrote a paper [saying] the rights of the minority should never be voted on by the majority. That should never happen."


Weddings in Connecticut

Submitted by Jeff on Sun, 11/16/2008 - 7:14pm
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Estimates are that 34 percent to 50 percent of all same-sex couples plan a ceremony at some point in their lives. Connecticut couples, who can begin requesting marriage licenses today, will most likely plan traditional celebrations.


Don't expect TV to educate your child

Submitted by Jeff on Sun, 11/16/2008 - 2:24pm
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A new study by Children Now reveals substantial deficiencies in children’s educational television programming - and raises serious doubts about broadcasters’ commitments to the nation’s children.


ROSIE LIVE! November 26th on NBC

Submitted by Jeff on Sun, 11/16/2008 - 8:56am
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Rosie O'Donnell, who hosts a live variety special, "Rosie Live," next week for NBC, feels the economic and political climate is perfect for the revival of the variety show.

"The economy has made it so that people are staying at home more, so we're going to give people an hour to forget about their troubles," O'Donnell told reporters in a conference call Wednesday.


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