In a post on her official website, Pam Anderson provides sage advice for President-elect Barack Obama.
Mainly, Pam wants to promote vegetarianismandcastration. At least she’s consistently anti-meat. Enjoy this excerpt:
Government must Castrate every molester-or potential molester- error on the safe side- if any child pornography is found in anyone’s possession-or anyone creating such atrocities-or if any child Is brave enough to come forward (at any young age to bring attention to a potential molester- listen) they need to be taken very seriously and see that justice is served-The abuse is way worse than any trial could be- our children need more protection and justice seen. It needs to be PREVENTED not just punished.
For this morning’s collision between pop culture and politics, the NY Post reports that Desperate Housewives creator, Marc Cherry is “highly enamored” of Sarah Palin and views her as “the ultimate guest star” for the show.
ABC denies the report, which is silly because everyone wants Sarah Palin as a guest star!
For this morning’s collision between pop culture and politics, George Clooney is weighing in on Prop 8:
“At some point in our lifetime, gay marriage won’t be an issue, and everyone who stood against this civil right will look as outdated as George Wallace standing on the school steps keeping James Hood from entering the University of Alabama because he was black.”
Malia and Sasha, the President-elect’s two young daughters, have been invited to appear on the Miley Cyrus star vehicle, Hannah Montana.
The Disney Channel says in a statement: “We’re pleased that Malia and Sasha are fans and, as long as their parents say it’s OK, they are invited to the set of Hannah Montana and all Disney Channel shows, for a guest role or a visit, anytime.”
Approximately 10,000 people marched in the Silverlake neighborhood of Los Angeles yesterday to show further opposition to California’s Prop 8, which eliminated the right for same sex couples to marry. Madonna, Ellen DeGeneres, Brad Pitt, the cast of Ugly Betty, and many more celebs who donated money and support to No On 8 must be so proud!
In civil disobedience collision between pop culture and law, Melissa Etheridge threatens not to pay her taxes!
Melissa is ranting about Prop 8 in a blog entry. With clear anger and frustration, she writes:
“Okay, so I am taking that to mean I do not have to pay my state taxes because I am not a full citizen. I mean that would just be wrong, to make someone pay taxes and not give them the same rights, sounds sort of like that taxation without representation thing from the history books.”
“Oh and too bad California, I know you were looking forward to the revenue from all of those extra marriages. I guess you will have to find some other way to get out of the budget trouble you are in.”
Click here to read the entire post. And, of course, Popsquire will keep you posted when Melissa is thrown in jail for not paying taxes.
The collision between pop culture and politics just keeps poppin’!
Rahm Emanuel accepted Barack Obama’s invitation to be White House Chief of Staff today, according to the NY Times. In addition to being a Democratic congressman from Chicago, he is connected to the HBO hit, Entourage. Seriously.
His real-life brother, Ari Emanuel, is a founder of the Endeavor talent agency in Beverly Hills and was an inspiration for Jeremy Piven’s character, Ari Gold. The collision doesn’t stop there, though! Some people believe that Rahm inspired The West Wing’s Josh Lyman character.
In a transitional collision between pop culture and politics, Jon Stewart says goodbye to his George W. impression and gives us a glimpse of his Barack Obama…
For the continuing collision between pop culture and politics, Ellen DeGeneres is talkin’!
Ellen released this statement on her website last night about the Presidential election and California’s Prop. 8:
“Watching the returns on election night was an amazing experience. Barack Obama is our new president. Change is here. I, like millions of Americans, felt like we had taken a giant step towards equality. We were watching history.
This morning, when it was clear that Proposition 8 had passed in California, I can’t explain the feeling I had. I was saddened beyond belief. Here we just had a giant step towards equality and then on the very next day, we took a giant step away.
I believe one day a ‘ban on gay marriage’ will sound totally ridiculous. In the meantime, I will continue to speak out for equality for all of us.”
Civil rights attorney/publicity monger, Gloria Allred, is fighting Proposition 8!
Although celebs were successful in their efforts to collide pop culture with Presidential politics, they may have failed when it came to defeating California’s Proposition 8. Approximately 3-4 million absentee ballots have not yet been counted, but projections expect the proposition — which seeks to eliminate same sex couples’ rights to marry — to pass by a small margin (50.4% vs. 49.6%!).
A few minutes ago, Gloria Allred announced that she will file a new lawsuit on behalf of her two lesbian clients (Robin Tyler and Diane Olsen) who had previously won the right to marry when the California Supreme Court ruled that banning same-sex marriage was unconstitutional.
For the first time in her career, Oprah Winfrey endorsed a presidential candidate, and he won!
“It feels like hope won,” the TV icon told Britain’s BBC. “It feels like there’s a shift in consciousness. It feels like something really big and bold has happened here, like nothing ever in our lifetimes did we expect this to happen.” Click here to watch O’s comments.
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