News for Cool People, all the things you want to know in a 140 characters or less. Leggoo! Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are finally tying the knot! [USWeekly] [pagebreak] An unofficial version of the new Batman movie The Dark Knight Rises leaked. [pagebreak] Laurence Fishburne is being replaced on CSI. [ABCNews] [pagebreak] NFL player […]
Lady Gaga made an appearance at the Portland, Maine ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ event on Monday afternoon and to say she roared up the crowd is an understatement. Making her presence felt and getting her point across Gaga energized the crowd to bring attention to Tuesday’s planned procedural vote in the Senate that will decide the fate over […]
Senate Republicans shot down the efforts to repeal the law banning gays from serving openly in the military. Senators voted 56-43, failing to get the 60 votes needed to end a Republican filibuster and allow an actual vote on ending the ban. The don’t ask, don’t tell law was enacted in 1993 and has been […]
VIA HUFFPOST New York City’s transit agency has approved a bus advertisement that depicts a plane flying toward the World Trade Center’s towers as they burn along with a rendering of a proposed mosque near ground zero. The ad was paid for by the American Freedom Defense Initiative, an organization that opposes radical Islamic influence […]
Hip hip hooray!!! It seems that progress is coming to our gay & lesbian brothers and sisters. The House voted Thursday night to repeal ‘don’t ask, don’t tell,’ the controversial Clinton-era policy barring openly gay men and lesbians from serving in the military. Super dope achievement, the passage of this bill gives hope that change […]
A jury acquitted a man Friday of killing up-and-coming Atlanta rapper Dolla during a shooting last year at a crowded, upscale Los Angeles mall. Jurors rejected prosecutors’ contentions that the killing of Dolla, whose real name was Roderick Anthony Burton II, was a callous act of apparent revenge. Burton and his accused shooter, Aubrey Louis […]
I’ve been beyond surprised at the negative feedback my post has received. As shocking and dubious as the claim sounds, it’s as black and white as I have described the situation to be. People are assuming I’m omitting information and quoting things out of context , I wish it was. I feel people talk out […]
We must stop this self hate and self destruction. We must have love and respect for life in our community. That is why T.I. and I marched in Harlem with the support of Russell Simmons, against this type of thing. I will come to Toledo or wherever is needed in this crusade. We don’t march […]
We must stop this self hate and self destruction. We must have love and respect for life in our community. That is why T.I. and I marched in Harlem with the support of Russell Simmons, against this type of thing. I will come to Toledo or wherever is needed in this crusade. We don’t march […]
