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  • July 2008

    • 'Wrestlers' Strip and Smooch in Borat's Latest Film Prank

      newser  |  New York Daily News  |  Jul 9, 08 1:19 PM CDT

      'Wrestlers' Strip and Smooch in Borat's Latest Film Prank

      The poster promised “hot chicks, cold beer, and hardcore fights"—but 1,600 Arkansas good 'ol boy wrestling fans instead fell victim to a sexy prank by Borat star Sacha Baron Cohen. Playing “Straight Dave,” Cohen pulled an in-the-know audience member into the fighting ring and the two men stripped to their tighty whiteys. The crowd "went nuts" when they then "started making out,” said a witness. More »

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      film  • Arkansas  • prank  • homophobia  • wrestling  • professional wrestling  • Sacha Baron Cohen

  • June 2008

    • Brits Fine Foul-Mouthed MTV Europe

      newser  |  Variety  |  Jun 6, 08 8:13 AM CDT

      Brits Fine Foul-Mouthed MTV Europe

      A UK media watchdog has fined MTV Europe $484,500 for having a potty mouth, Variety reports. The network repeatedly uses “highly offensive language and material” in its videos and shows, often before 9pm, the family-viewing cutoff point. An MTV rep said the firm “takes this sanction and fine very seriously” and was working to clean up its language. More »

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      television  • music  • racism  • censorship  • MTV  • homophobia  • profanity

  • May 2008

    • Rap Anti-Gay? Try Oh-So-Gay, Claims Exposé

      newser  |  Guardian (UK)  |  May 11, 08 7:36 PM CDT

      Rap Anti-Gay? Try Oh-So-Gay, Claims Exposé

      Many rappers tout anti-gay attitude, but some are secretly gay too—or so claims a former MTV exec in his upcoming memoir. “The book is not about outing people,” said Terrence Dean, author of Hiding in Hip Hop . “I wrote it so that people realize the industry has a gay subculture and we are part of this music.” His exposé uses code names to keep artists’ double-lives hidden—unless readers can read between the lines. More »

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      hip-hop  • discrimination  • MTV  • rap music  • memoir  • homophobia  • bigotry

    • Hollywood Is Homophobic, Star Says

      newser  |  BBC  |  May 2, 08 3:15 PM CDT

      Hollywood Is Homophobic, Star Says

      Hollywood is filled with closeted gay actors—and off-balance media coverage and Hollywood homophobia are keeping them there, says actor Alan Cumming. “I don't think the people that go see films care that much,” the X-Men 2 star told the BBC. “The media make it more of a deal and it’s made into controversy.” Cumming, who is openly gay, thinks Hollywood is an especially anti-gay place. "Definitely." More »

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      media  • gay  • homophobia

  • March 2008
  • January 2008
  • November 2007

    • Gay Groups Want Craig Probe Halted

      newser  |  The Hill  |  Nov 13, 07 1:30 PM CST

      Gay Groups Want Craig Probe Halted

      Prominent gay rights groups are calling on the Senate Ethics Committee to drop its sexual misconduct probe of Larry Craig, calling the panel’s focus on the senator’s case—combined with the lack of focus on David Vitter’s—“hypocrisy tinged by homophobia.” The two groups say Craig has been singled out because his behavior was homosexual, whereas Vitter’s alleged visits to prostitutes were heterosexual, the Hill reports. More »

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      California  • gay rights  • Larry Craig  • homophobia  • Barbara Boxer  • David Vitter  • Senate Ethics Committee

  • April 2007
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