Seth Rogen’s newest film Observe and Report, also starring one of my new favorite actresses Anna Faris, is coming under a lot of heat for what some are calling a date rape scene in the film.  Feminist and film reviewers are weighing in on whether it’s funny or just plain offensive.

Esquire continues to be the beacon of classy fashion magazine publishing as they release their most recent “How To Be A Man” issue, rife with misogyny and homophobia.  They tell their readers one way to cuss like a man is to use the term “shit-sniffing faggot” to insult people.

There’s a new show on NBC called Southland that follows a group of Los Angeles police officers and it’s centered around Ben McKenzie whom you might remember from Junebug and The O.C.  At the end of the first episode, it was revealed that one of the cops is gay.

There was a New York City protest rallying against the recent uptick of murders of gay men in Iraq.  The protest almost turned ugly as the NYPD wouldn’t allow the protesters to stand on the public sidewalk in front of the Iraq mission.

Universal Music and YouTube are partnering to open a completely new website called Vevo that will exlusively feature music videos.  Currently Universal is the only label part of the deal but YouTube is in negotiations to try to get other record labels to lend their artists’ video to the site.

Apparently there were rumors bubbling that Lindsay Lohan was in talks to play Stevie Nicks in a biopic.  Ms. Nicks was asked about how she feels about LiLo playing her on the big screen and her response was “Over my dead body.”

Yesterday I discussed D.C. mayor Adrian M. Fenty leaning toward signing the bill that the council came up with to recognize out of state same-sex marriages, and here is an interview with him on a local newscast discussing whether the U.S. Congress will let the bill pass.

It looks like the momentum from Iowa and Vermont is heating up as now D.C. is jumping on the same-sex marriage train.

The D.C. Council overwhelmingly voted Tuesday in favor of legislation recognizing gay marriages from other states — a move city lawmakers lauded as a step toward legalizing such marriages in the city.

If signed into law, the bill will allow gay D.C. couples to marry in one of four states that allow such marriages, then return to the District and have the marriage recognized under city law.

The 13-member council gave preliminary approval to the bill on the same day Vermont became the fourth state to legalize same-sex unions. The Vermont legislature voted to override the governor’s veto and allow gay marriages.

The D.C. legislation faces final approval by the council next month, then it must be reviewed by Congress, which has final say over most city laws.

Members also approved legislation that recognizes relationships that are similar to domestic partnerships in the District and have all “the rights and responsibilities of marriage” in another jurisdiction.

The District passed a law in 1992 that allowed same-sex couples to register as domestic partners. But Congress prohibited the city from spending any of its own funds to implement the law, until the ban was finally lifted in fiscal 2002.

D.C.’s hot mayor Adrian M. Fenty still needs to sign the legislation after the D.C. council gives its final approval next month.  Council member David A. Catania who is openly gay expects Fenty to support the bill.

Problem is, all D.C. laws also need to be approved by the U.S. Congress, and though we have a Democratic majority, we all know how spineless our dear Democrats really are.

(via Washington Times)