Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Rosie & Elisabeth Hasselbeck Make-up

Rosie O'Donnell confirmed to People Magazine that she has made up with Hasselbeck and has even bought her a baby gift.

O'Donnell said of Hasselbeck's 2-month-old son Taylor Thomas: "He's very, very cute. I saw him on TV, and I sent him a lovely gift, and [she and Hasselbeck] have been e-mailing each other. And peace prevails."

"I sent something for him and something for his big sister [Grace, 2]," said O'Donnell. "Because, as the mother of four, I know that when the newborn arrives, the most important thing is a sibling gift. For [Taylor], it was a lot of clothes, because babies spit up a lot. I go to Baby Gap. There is a standard newborn gift pack – as much as you can buy at the Gap without being arrested. And a learning gift, a soft shape sorter. And then for [Grace] who is older, I got a tea set that she loves."
um...well I wanted them to feud for years and then battle it out on a special Celebrity episode of American Gladiators. Whatever, I never get what I want.

The GLAAD Media Awards Nominees Annouced

Here is a list of some nominated films

Film -- "Across the Universe" (Revolution Studios); "The Jane Austen Book Club" (Sony Pictures Classics); "Stardust" (Paramount Pictures)
"The Bubble" (Strand Releasing); "Dirty Laundry" (Codeblack Entertainment); "Itty Bitty Titty Committee" (Pocket Releasing); "Nina's Heavenly Delights" (Regent Releasing); "Whole New Thing" (Picture This! Entertainment)

The GLAAD Media Awards ceremonies will be held March 17 in New York; April 12 in south Florida; April 26 in Los Angeles and May 10 in San Francisco.

Full list of Nominees here

Remember MLK's Gay Mentor & Advisor

Bayard Rustin is best remembered as the organizer of the 1963 March on Washington, one of the largest nonviolent protests ever held in the United States. He brought Gandhi's protest techniques to the American civil rights movement, and helped mold Martin Luther King, Jr. into an international symbol of peace and nonviolence. Despite these achievements, Rustin was silenced, threatened, arrested, beaten, imprisoned and fired from important leadership positions, largely because he was an openly gay man in a fiercely homophobic era. BROTHER OUTSIDER presents a feature-length documentary portrait, focusing on Rustin's activism for peace, racial equality, economic justice and human rights.



Here are some other ways to remember Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. from

Martin Luther King's dreams echo the dreams of those in the LGBT community
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Read Coretta Scott King's forceful statement on the importance of gay rights to the overall civil rights struggle and how MLK's memory demanded a strong stand for gay and lesbian rights. Here

Did you know one of Martin Luther King's close advisors was gay?
Bayard Rustin organizer of the 1963 March on Washington was an openly gay man.

Want to do something to make Martin Luther King proud today?
Here are some tips for fighting racism in the LGBT community.