Entertainment :: Culture

Athletes Still Wrestle With Possibility of Out Teammate

By Jason St. Amand | Sunday Mar 31, 2013
An openly gay player in the NFL may be just around the corner and some athletes are celebrating the idea, while others are voicing their concerns.
Alternative folk singer Michelle Shocked sits outside Moe’s Alley nightclub.

Singer Michelle Shocked Sits in at Canceled Show

Friday Mar 29, 2013
Folk singer Michelle Shocked, who made headlines this month for going off on an anti-gay tirade during her concert, sat in outside a Santa Cruz nightclub that canceled her show over her remarks.
Alternative folk singer Michelle Shocked sits outside Moe’s Alley nightclub.

Will an NFL Player Come Out This Year?

By Jason St. Amand | Friday Mar 29, 2013
A number of publications are reporting that an active NFL player is thinking about coming out in the next few months. If it does happen, the athlete would be the first active player in football, baseball, basketball or hockey to announce he’s gay.
co-hosts, from left, Al Roker, Savannah Guthrie, and Matt Lauer, talking with weekend correspondent Jenna Wolfe as she announces that she is pregnant during the "Today" show.

NBC’s Wolfe, Gosk, Expecting Baby in August

Wednesday Mar 27, 2013
"Today" weekend anchor Jenna Wolfe says she and NBC news correspondent Stephanie Gosk are expecting a baby girl in August.

Pussy Riot Punk Band Remains Defiant of Putin’s Russia

Tuesday Mar 26, 2013
The punk rock band "Pussy Riot" remains a voice of dissent in Russia, even though some of its members are in prison or in hiding.

The Popularity of ’Mommy Porn’

Monday Mar 25, 2013
Bill Geist reports how, thanks to the bestselling "50 Shades" trilogy, authors of erotic romance - like 76-year-old Desiree Holt - have found success where other writers haven’t. Geist also visits a romance novel cover shoot, where he fits right in.

Kiss and Tell? Not in Conner Habib’s Case

By EDGE | Sunday Mar 24, 2013
Last week an upstate New York community college cancelled an appearance by adult male actor Conner Habib, claiming that his appearance would create a situation in which porn rights would be confused with LGBT rights on campus.

Did Elmo Puppeteer Host a Crystal Meth Sex Party?

By Jason St. Amand | Thursday Mar 21, 2013
The man suing Kevin Clash, the puppeteer of "Sesame Street’s" Elmo, for having a sexual relationship with him when he was a minor, also accuses Clash of throwing a crystal meth sex party nine years ago.

Madonna Smooches Anderson Cooper

Monday Mar 18, 2013
Ten years after she kissed Britney Spears, singer Madonna, dressed as a boy scout, locked lips with CNN newsman Anderson Cooper at the GLAAD Awards. Gayle King reports.

Madonna Honors Anderson Cooper at GLAAD Awards Gala

By JC Alvarez | Monday Mar 18, 2013
Madonna just kissed a boy, Anderson Cooper, at Saturday night’s GLAAD Media Awards in New York, which honored the newsman. Film director Brett Ratner received the Ally Award in recognition of his positive response to one his tweets.