05/11/2012
Obama Should 'Push' Same-Sex Marriage, Howard Stern Says
'America's Got Talent' judge says Obama's support is 'a good first step.'
By John Mitchell
Howard Stern
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During a press conference about his new "America's Got Talent" judging gig, Howard Stern turned his attention to a topic that has long been close to his heart: same-sex marriage.
While he sometimes makes jokes about gays and lesbians on his radio show, Stern is a well-known and vocal LGBT advocate and believes in gay marriage, so it was only natural that he address President Barack Obama's recent support on the matter.
"My feelings are very clear on this," he told reporters Thursday (May 10). "I wish the president actually had gone further. I wish he had said he was going to back some legislation on the national level."
On Wednesday, President Obama said he believed same-sex couples should be allowed to marry during an interview with ABC's Robin Roberts. While Stern said it seemed like a "political maneuver" for Obama to wait until three and a half years into his presidency — and six months ahead of the election — to publicly voice his support for gay marriage, he called Obama's declaration "a good first step, it's a baby step."
"I would like the president to get behind this and really push it," Stern continued. "There's just too many people being bullied, too many people's lives being wrecked. This is something that is long overdue."
Stern reserved his harshest words for former Republican presidential contenders Rick Santorum and Michele Bachmann, admonishing both for the negative impact their rhetoric has on LGBT youth and saying their vocal opposition to gay rights is not in alignment with their supposed Christian values.
"These nutbags like Santorum and Bachmann, who make these people, and especially young gay kids, feel miserable, shame on them. They're quacks. I would never vote for them, I wouldn't even listen to them," Stern said. "They call themselves Christians. If you're a Christian, you don't sit there and worry about what somebody else is doing if they are happy and they're committed in a relationship. So this is wonderful news that the president has said it, long overdue, and I think he's got to do a lot more."
Source: http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1684914/howard-stern-obama-same-sex-marriage.jhtml
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05/10/2012
Photos | 'Michael Jackson's This Is It' Premieres Around The World
The Choice Casts Joe Jonas, Pauly D, The Situation, Rob Kardashian & More!
The Choice, Fox's new dating show with thematic elements similar to The Voice, has cast a variety of singers, actors, models and reality stars galore.
Joe Jonas, Dean Cain, Tyson Beckford, Taylor Hicks, Jersey Shore's Pauly D and The Situation, Rob Kardashian and other dudes will compete for love.
The Choice's female celebrities include Miss USA wild child Rima Fakih, actress Carmen Electra and models Hope Dworaczyk and Sophie Monk.
As hinted in The Choice promo, four stars sit in spinning chairs with their backs to a group of non-famous prospective dates, who pitch themselves.
Over the course of three rounds, the contestant pool is pared down until each celeb has chosen their date for the evening. Sounds easy enough.
Although none of the celebrities on the show bombed with the contestants, Jonas, Cain and Beckford were particularly sought after, apparently.
Five of the episodes on the show, which premieres June 7, will feature the male celebrities, while one episode puts women in the power seats.
Read the full list of celebrity participants on Fox’s The Choice here:
Pauly D
Tyson Beckford
Joe Jonas
Dean Cain
Rob Kardashian
Rocco DiSpirito
Warren Sapp
Finesse Mitchell
Romeo
Jeremy Bloom
Jason Cook
Michael Catherwood
Seth Wescott
Parker Young
Ndamukong Suh
Dr. Robert Nettles
Taylor Hicks
Mike Sorrentino
Rob Gronkowski
Steven Lopez
WOMEN
Carmen Electra
Hope Dworaczyk
Rima Fakih
Sophie Monk
Elisabeth Röhm Elisha Cuthbert Eliza Dushku Emilie de Ravin Emma Heming Emma Stone
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