California Schoolkids, Adam Lambert Are Winners This Sunday Funday
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James Frey leaves a bad taste in my brain. From being yelled at by Oprah, to writing that crap book I Am Number Four and polluting my movie theater with it, and now attempting to “shock” us with equating sex with love in a biblical fanfiction. I’m so frustrated by the idea that there are tons of talented people with fantastic stories to tell that don’t get the chance to, yet Snookies and James Freys climb the bestseller lists.
Although he did lie about it being a memoir, “A Million Little Pieces” is still a damn fine book! He should have just been straight with it and not let his publishers talk him into releasing it as non-fiction or whatever.
Oh I hated that book. The funky punctuation and capitalization was horrid. Also, that boy was just way too into his own greatness. I never could figure out why everyone loved it so much. But maybe that’s just me.
whispers – “I loved “I Am Number Four” and can’t wait to see the move”…please don’t hate me!! :)
BTW – I did not know he wrote it until you said this! Weird right?
Oh you guys, don’t tell me this is the first time you’re seeing the video of Anita Bryant getting hit in the face with a pie. It’s a classic.
You should probably watch The Times of Harvey Milk here. Also last month it was restored and re-released on DVD.
That was the first time I had seen it, definitely a classic.
Lady Gaga is really more into herself than any cause. It’s all about her how many times did she say me, me, me, me, me. She did not deserve this award there are many other ppl out there working very hard for equal rights. She gives one speech yelling at that and gets this award? How about all the others that contributed much more of themselves and their time, raised $ for this cause and other worthy causes. Lady Gaga is a phony.
+1 for glambert
OMG the otters! Can I have them please?! SO cute.
OTTERS.
GLAMBERT.
I <3 Sunday Funday. (And Autostraddle)
Also that open letter is really moving and I hope Kobe uses it, to (loosely) quote sassy gay friend, to look at his life and his choices.
Love the kiss-in article, but the comments below it are fairly back-assward.
I know it’s not a YouTube vid, but whenever I read comments like the ones from the kiss-in article, I think of this clip from stand-up comedian, Pete Holmes, about YouTube comments:
http://comedians.jokes.com/pete-holmes/videos/pete-holmes—internet-sleuth
Yeah, I just read that also and then got about half a page into the comments before I experienced a strong desire to smash face into wall…
thank you for kitten video it helped.
That letter to Kobe is so on point, perfect. But I doubt Kobe would agree with any of it, sadly.
Go Adam! A+
John Amaechi’s letter was PHENOMENAL! It was eloquent, moving, and right-on! I LOVED it!! It literally almost brought tears to my eyes! Good for him!!!
I am so sick of celebrities thinking they can behave however they want and it will have no consequences! That is NOT true! Because of Kobe some kid, some where will now think it’s ok to call someone the F-word because “Kobe said it so it must be ok”. It’s NOT!
Kobe, instead of trying to appeal your fine why don’t you step up, accept it and give us a sincere, gentlemanly apology! I would have a lot more respect for him if he did THIS rather than trying to tell the world “it wasn’t that big of a deal” or “we(meaning the world) misunderstood” and trying to appeal it! Why doesn’t he show kids around the world that he made a mistake instead of trying to act like he did nothing wrong!
I, as a mother and a lesbian, am appalled that he is seen as a role model for our youth and then behaves in THIS manner! My children will NOT be having anything to do with him until he steps up and does the right thing and apologizes for his abhorrent behavior!
Pretty sure D.H. Lawrence already wrote that book. It’s a short novel called either “The Man Who Died” or “The Escaped Cock,” with the latter being the author’s preference (plus, funnier!). Jesus survives the crucifixion, wakes up, and goes around dating sexy pagan priestesses and stuff. Good times.
kobe just lent more credence to the way i pre-judge people based on their favourite basketball players, which is to say my only criterion is anyone but kobe.