Yesterday (April 29, 2013), Washington Wizards center Jason Collins announced he was gay, making the 34-year-old NBA star the first male professional athlete for a major American sport to openly…
(Initially, I had another post planned for today’s “Weekend Reading,” but in light of today’s passing of country legend George Jones, I thought it appropriate to switch gears. ) It’s…
I love Tumblr. I don’t have an account, but I routinely visit certain (and sometimes random) Tumblr blogs just to look at cool pictures, read inspiring quotes, or find some…
Back in February, Silver Linings Playbook star Bradley Cooper teamed up with former Rhode Island Rep. Patrick Kennedy to do a press conference on the movie industry’s progress toward “removing…
So, I got to meet Boyd Tinsley last Saturday night. BOYD FREAKING TINSLEY! Some of you might know him from an awesome little group called Dave Matthews Band and, if…
Despite the 17-year album-making hiatus he took after his 1995 album Wonderful, Adam Ant has been around for longer than some of you, I’m willing to bet. Yet, most of…
We’ve seen a lot of celebrities step up to stamp out bullying: The cast from True Blood joined in with the It Gets Better project; several famous names including Amy…
Speaking of recovering addicts and sobriety… Before he hit it big, rapper Macklemore struggled with substance abuse. The “Thrift Shop” mastermind went to rehab for drug and alcohol abuse and…
Jane Velez-Mitchell is one of the few nighttime HLN hosts I can stand (note that I said “few” – they don’t all make me want to pluck out my eardrums)….