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Entertainment news: Anderson Cooper, Ricky Martin and the Spice Girls
Windy City Times Special Series in partnership with the AIDS Foundation of Chicago
2011-04-20

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In Florida, Key West Pride 2011 will take place June 8-12, according to a press release. This celebration includes a film festival, dance parties, drag shows, bike tours, pool parties, water excursions, a street fair and a parade down Duval Street. Headlining Key West Pride 2011 are comedians Michele Balan and Jason Stuart, who team-up for one show June 11. See www.keywestpride.org or www.gaykeywestfl.com .

Glee actress Dianna Agron, who plays Quinn Fabray, has had to deny rumors that she's dating co-star Lea Michele, who portrays Rachel Berry, according to Digital Spy. Agron told Marie Claire magazine that people are "convinced" she and Michele are dating because "there are forums with photos of us hugging." Meanwhile, Michele has revealed that she abandoned her car on the way to her Glee audition after having a car accident. "I literally had chunks of glass that I pulled from my hair and put on the table," she said.

Singer/actress/American Idol judge Jennifer Lopez, 41, has been named People Magazine's Most Beautiful Woman for 2011, joining an elite club including Halle Berry, Nicole Kidman and Angelina Jolie. Among the other celebrities also featured in this particular issue are Dana Delany, Zac Efron, Ryan Reynolds and Reese Witherspoon.

The National Basketball Association fined the Los Angeles Lakers' Kobe Bryant $100,000 April 20 for "offensive and inexcusable" comments he made during the previous night's game against the San Antonio Spurs, according to CNN. TNT cameras caught Kobe apparently calling referee Bennie Adams a "f***ing f***ot." Anti-gay organizations had demanded that Bryant apologize. Human Rights Campaign welcomed the fine. However, the organization added, "While Bryant acknowledged the outburst earlier today and said in a statement it did 'not reflect my feelings toward the gay and lesbian communities,' he failed to apologize or to take full responsibility for the homophobic slur."

Author Bret Easton Ellis recently tweeted, "I like the idea of Glee but why is it that every time I watch an episode I feel like I've stepped into a puddle of HIV?" to his 140,000 followers, according to Advocate.com . Ellis, whose sexual orientation is undefined, is the author of the 1985 best-seller Less Than Zero, published when he was 21, and the graphic satirical 1991 novel America Psycho.

Paul Marcarelli—previously known as Verizon's "Can you hear me now?" guy—has opened up about his life in front and behind the camera, according to the Huffington Post. Marcarelli, who had been a struggling actor sharing an apartment with his boyfriend and another actor friend, said that his silence was required as part of his contract with Verizon. However, he told The Atlantic that his fame came with other drawbacks—such as being unable to file a police report after being taunted with anti-gay slurs; he felt unsure about exposing himself as the carrier's "Test Man."

Out gay actor David Hyde Pierce—best known for his role as Niles on the TV show Frasier—goes crazy in his latest role, according to the Huffington Post. Pierce stars in the upcoming crime-comedy The Perfect Host as Warwick Wilson, an uptight suburbanite who is set to be victimized by John Taylor, a criminal who needs a place to stay for the night. However, Pierce's character has to throw a dinner party, and decides to play host—and hostage taker.

On his show, Anderson Cooper 360, the journalist recently took Jersey Shore star Snooki and Rutgers University to task, the Huffington Post reported. The school paid Snooki $32,000 for a recent appearance as well as the fact that she and her castmates will earn $100,000 per episode for the show's newest season resulted in Cooper's rant. "I'm telling you, Snooki is one impossibly lucky, unusually spunky, freakishly tanned, beer-guzzling, juicehead-hugging, muscle-loving, Botero bodied, pint-sized, money-making-machine," Cooper said. "If you listen closely, you can hear schoolteachers around the country weeping right now."

Speaking of Cooper, he and Fox News anchor Shepard Smith—neither of whom has publicly said they're gay—are among those on OUT magazine's newest Power 50 list, according to Advocate.com . Apple's current CEO, tim Cook, tops the list while Cooper and Smith are fourth and sixth, respectively. Other honorees include Ellen DeGeneres, Dan Savage and Adam Lambert.

In a shocker for soap fans, ABC has announced that it's cancelling One Life to Live and All My Children. "Children" will end this September while "One Life" will air its last episode next January. Brian Fons of the Disney ABC/Television Group said in a statement, "It has been a privilege to work with the extraordinary teams who brought the residents of [ All My Children's ] Pine Valley and [ One Life to Live's ] Llanview to life each day."

A study conducted by the gay-rights group Stonewall revealed that Christina Aguilera's song "Beautiful" is considered the gay anthem of the decade, LGBTWeekly.com reported. Aguilera was "delighted" with the results of the poll, and stated that "my gay fan base is so important to me and this continues my special relationship with them." "Beautiful" received 33 percent of the vote, besting such songs as Boyzone's "Better" and Lady Gaga's "Born This Way."

Rapper Nicki Minaj has said that she's based her tall beehive on cartoon character Marge Simpson, according to Digital Spy. Minaj sports a variety of three-foot-tall beehives that come in a variety of colors. Minaj, who will tour with Britney Spears this summer, said that Simpson "was cutting edge and before her time. So shout out to Marge."

Puerto Rican priests are criticizing singer Ricky Martin for his sexuality, according to the Huffington Post. Cardinal Luis Aponte Martinez of San Juan urged Martin in an interview with Primera Hora to stop promoting his homosexuality, saying, "Try to set an example to our youth of the great values we all share, besides sex." Pastor Wanda Rolon, the head of a large northern Puerto Rican church, posted on Facebook that " [ Ricky Martin ] wants to take people to hell!" Martin officially came out in March 2010.

Out singer Adam Lambert has defended a J. Crew layout that shows a young boy with pink painted toenails, according to On Top Magazine. The layout "Saturday with Jenna" featured J. Crew Creative Director Jenna Lyons with her son, Beckett; at one point, she says, "Lucky for me, I ended up with a boy whose favorite color is pink. Toenail painting is way more fun in neon." Conservative groups criticized the layout, saying that the company is "targeting ... gender-confused young boys." However, Lambert recently tweeted, "Gender confusion? I don't think it's that deep—children should have full freedom of expression. It's everyone else who's confused."

The Spice Girls have reunited—for charity. According to Digital Spy, the "Wannabe" singers teamed with Hard Rock Cafe to create a T-shirt to raise money for Chickenshed, a charitable theatre company that offers performance education courses for young people. The T-shirts are on sale now exclusively at the Hard Rock Cafe.

George Michael has recorded a version of Stevie Wonder's "You and I" in honor of the upcoming royal wedding, according to UPI.com . Michael he will release the track as a free download but will ask fans to donate to a charity established by Prince William and Kate Middleton. On Twitter, the "Faith" singer posted, that he was not "angling" for an invitation to the April 29 wedding, adding that the royal couple should be "surrounded by people they love, not dodgy ex-con pop stars."

Actress Evan Rachel Wood has come out as bisexual in the May issue of Esquire, according to EW.com . Wood—who has come out much like her True Blood co-star, Anna Paquin—said, "I was always into very androgynous things. Guys, girls … I'm into androgyny in general." Wood added that she would marry actress Kate Winslet; the two co-starred in the recent HBO movie Mildred Pierce.

Controversial rapper Lil B ( real name: Brandon McCartney ) is garnering attention for the name of his upcoming album: I'm Gay, according to HipHopDX.com . Lil B has played with gender roles in his lyrics and has said that women love him because he resembles Barbara Walters. A GLAAD spokesperson has said, "We hope that Lil B's album title is not just a gimmick, and is really a sincere attempt to be an ally."

Ashley Fink ( who plays Lauren Zizes ) and members of the group The Dalton Academy Warblers will join the Glee cast when it tours the United States, according to Digital Spy. Lea Michele, Chris Colfer, Amber Riley, Dianna Agron, Mark Salling and Darren Criss are among those who have signed to take part in the tour. Among the songs expected to be performed are "Toxic" and "Empire State of Mind."


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