Hundreds of protestors, angry at the California Supreme Court’s decision to uphold Proposition 8, marched on San Francisco’s City Hall Tuesday evening. Early in the day, police arrested at least one-hundred protestors who had blocked traffic near the city’s Civic Center, including several religious leaders. That protest, however, had been carefully choreographed, the organizers working closely with the police department and other city officials, nonetheless the point demonstrators intended to make, was well made.
Cynthia Nixon and Melissa Etheridge released statements on today’s ruling, Nixon saying that May 26th, 2009 will be remembered as a “dark day for the people of California.” Etheridge was more hopeful, stating that “California will get there. Change takes time.”
According to a report released late Tuesday, AT&T supposedly skewed the final results of American Idol, offering mobile phones, free text-messaging services, and instructions on how to vote in blocks for the ultimate winner of the show, Kris Allen. While it might at first appear innocuous, AT&T, aside from being one of the more prominent corporate sponsors of Idol, is the only mobile carrier that can be used to send text-message votes, and the company’s interest in the outcome of Idol seems obvious. Neither Fox nor AT&T commented.
A new book titled Merv Griffin: A Life in the Closet claims that Griffin, who never publically acknowledged he was gay, was something of a sex “fiend” who could count Marlon Brando, James Dean, Rock Hudson, and Liberace as lovers.
The newest edition of Grand Thief Auto is scheduled for release this fall, titled The Ballad of Gay Tony, and no, it is not a joke.
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