Robert Pattinson won't star as Kurt Cobain at a multiplex near you, Lady GaGa tweets a gay teen in need, even the KKK hates the Westboro Baptists, what would Atheist Barbie do? and more.
ZeroDius inspires rage and confusion with gossip that Robert "Sparkle Motion" Pattinson is reportedly Courtney Love's pick to play Kurt Cobain in a proposed biopic. Courtney is said to be insistent that Scarlett Johansson portray her, wants Fight Club's David Fincher to direct, and the project's tentative title is All Apologies. This comes via The Sun, so must be taken with a box of salt, but the only good we can possibly see emerge from such a twisted, smoking casting wreck would be if several million baby Twihards started listening to Nirvana instead of whatever the hell a Muse is. UPDATE: Love's manager denies the report, but now that it's out there, watch it happen.
GlasgowRose alerts that Constance McMillen could be the belle of "the lesbian prom" in San Francisco.
GlasgowRose keeps on keepin' on the U.S.'s gay teen epidemic, linking to the story that Lady Gaga tweeted messages of support to 15-year-old Tennessean Cole Goforth, who was sent home from school for wearing an "I Heart Lady Gay Gay" t-shirt (which is official Gaga merchandise sold by Universal Music). Cole's mama pops up in the comments on the MTV News story to summarize our sentiments:
I'm the mother of Cole and we have put up w/ a lot from this school and teachers to the students, I never want anyone to accept anything they do not feel comfortable with, I see things daily I do not agree with, as so did my son people wearing southern pride shirts to rebel flags, hooters shirts, ect you name it...the never accepted my son and thats their right but to basically silence him right in front of me was enough!!!!!!....I want to thank everyone for support, and to Lady Gaga you are a huge inspiration to my son to be himself!!!!
tonilost is all over awesome actress Ann Magnuson's Facebook profile censorship problems.
Dr. Nick points out the Pope "is willing" to meet with more victims of the Church as the clerical sex abuse damage control spins ever on. No word on if he'll finally confront Homosexual Reporter Satan, the real fiend in all this.
BullfightsOnAcid makes us weak in the knees with a tumblr site that puts Teabaggers' words in painted Jesus's mouth, effortlessly illustrating how far the flock has wandered.
lobstr and GlasgowRose are on the case of The Today Show's revelatory segment that people are sometimes not always kind while online.
EastandWest offers us a bite of Deutschdonald's "East Village" themed cupcake. There's something about art and Andy Warhol (thanks, Sprachschule!) in the ad copy and a sort of hipster slouches forth and the cupcake is cappuccino-flavored.
Simply Divine digs up what may be the best disclaimer ever disclaimed: the Ku Klux Klan wants web visitors to know they have zero affiliation with the Westboro Baptist Church and that the White Knights "absolutely repudiate [Westboro's] activities."
BullfightsOnAcid consummates our ongoing relationship by introducing the world to a mock-up Atheist Barbie, who comes complete with Richard Dawkins lit, laptop for checking Snopes, sexy nerd glasses, and a boxed baby for lunch.
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