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HEY, QUEEN LATIFAH: WE ARE FAMILY

Rumors are abound of Queen Latifah's supposed nuptials to her trainer, Jeanette Jenkins. In case you hadn't heard, Queen Latifah is not an out lesbian, and has recently done all she can to prove that she's straight (short of dating an actual, um, man). (READ)

Dr Susan Love and the L Word

I don't remember seeing Dr. Susan Love on the L Word in the cameo listed below but I do know she is one of the most respected minds in breast cancer research.

via AfterEllen.com

NOW THAT'S A POWER LESBIAN!

An anonymous L Word fan has just made a $1 million donation to the Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation — the largest private donation in the Foundation's history — in honor of actors Erin Daniels and Leisha Hailey. As many of you well remember, Erin Daniels' character, Dana Fairbanks, died of breast cancer in Season 3 of The L Word.

The donor, according to the press release, "wanted to honor these two actresses and the intense love and friendship that existed between the characters they played." The $1 million will establish the Erin Daniels and Leisha Hailey Fund for Breast Cancer, and the mysterious benefactor has also pledged to match every dollar donated to the fund in 2008 and 2009.

"It is an honor that our breast cancer story line touched someone in such a tremendous way that she so generously gave to such a tragic illness," said Leisha Hailey in the press release. "I am awed by her gesture and it inspires me to act with my conscience and give of myself."

According to Dr. Susan Love, who made a guest appearance on The L Word after Dana's diagnosis: "After I was on the show, the donor visited our website and began to educate herself about the intraductal research we are doing. In our work, she saw the potential for cure, and she recognized the difference a significant donation could make."

And by "significant," she wasn't kidding! What a way to turn a devastating story line into something much more positive. If you'd like to make a donation to the Erin Daniels and Leisha Hailey Fund, visit the Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation.

Even CNN noticed Jodie Foster's OUT comment

OUT OF THE CLOSET, INTO THE FIRE

It's been over a week since AfterEllen.com wrote one of the first stories about Jodie Foster sort of outing herself at the Women in Entertainment Power 100 breakfast on Dec. 4 by thanking her partner, Cydney Bernard, when accepting the Sherry Lansing Leadership Award, but the mainstream media is only just starting to take serious note of this story. (READ)

Amazon buys J. K. Rowling Book

We're incredibly excited to announce that Amazon has purchased J.K. Rowling’s The Tales of Beedle the Bard at an auction held by Sotheby’s in London. The book of five wizarding fairy tales, referenced in the last book of the Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, is one of only seven handmade copies in existence. The purchase price was £1,950,000, and Ms. Rowling is donating the proceeds to The Children's Voice campaign, a charity she co-founded to help improve the lives of institutionalized children across Europe.

The Tales of Beedle the Bard is extensively illustrated and handwritten by the bard herself--all 157 pages of it. It's bound in brown Moroccan leather and embellished with five hand-chased hallmarked sterling silver ornaments and mounted moonstones. (READ)

The Fight Is On and You Are In It

Nadine Smith, Bilerico.com

The far right now has the signatures... Another spiteful amendment is heading to the ballot.

This time Florida will face a deceptively named and dangerous "Marriage Protection Amendment." They picked a fight in Florida in 2008 for one reason - Florida is a must win Presidential battleground. This is yet another cynical attempt to elect the most right wing candidates by ensuring prejudice drive their voters to the polls. That is why this isn't just a battle for Floridians. Everyone reading this has a stake in what happens at the polls in Florida come November.

But here's the good news. We can win and you can be a part of this historic victory. (READ)

Bush: Pathological liar or idiot-in-chief?

Dec. 6: Special comment: In light of the NIE, “Countdown’s” Keith Olbermann gives a Special Comment about what President Bush knew about Iran’s nuclear ambitions and when he found out about it. Watch the video below.

Jon Stewart's Greatest Lesbian Moments

Since taking over as host of Comedy Central's Daily Show in 1999, Jon Stewart has made "fake news" a part of the cultural vernacular. He has demonstrated that there's a market for smart, political commentary — as long as it also makes people laugh. And he has shown that being really angry can also be really funny. (READ)

I can't WAIT!! Sex & The City movie trailer is out

HuffPost's "The Bush Years" Posters: A Powerful Political Stocking Stuffer

huffingtonpost.com

Three weeks ago, we launched HuffPost's Posterizing the Modern GOP project to graphically capturing the lunacy of the Bush years. And we asked for your help adding to the names, events, and slogans depicted. (view posters)

Women, who do YOU want in the White House?

via AfterEllen.com

An excellent new PSA encouraging women to vote that features OUT actress Sarah Paulson (Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip).

In it, Paulson, along with Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Christine Lahti and others deliver some sobering statistics about single women voters (47 million single women are eligible to vote, but only 20 million do), as women of all makes and models stand before — and, most importantly, behind — the presidential desk in what looks like the Oval Office. The PSA was created by Women's Voices. Women Vote, an organization whose goal is to "turn unmarried, uninvolved women into active voters who are influencing debate."

Watch the clip below:

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George Clooney's Craig-Mocking Skit For Julia Roberts

George Clooney and surprise guest Brad Pitt congratulated Julia Roberts during AMC's American Cinematheque Tribute. It aired on AMC Wednesday night.

Tina Fey talks to "Playboy"

Tina Fey and why she is the coolest straight woman on the planet. Bold statements. In an interview for the January issue of Playboy, the 30 Rock star is her usual delightfully candid self.

Paula Abdul “was awful” on Saturday Night Live. Paris Hilton is “a terrible role model and a terrible young woman.” Jessica Alba “has an amazing, gorgeous body.” It’s like she is quoting from the Declaration of Independence: We hold these truths to be self-evident. (READ)

Meeting the Iranian Challenge

Joe Biden, Huffington Post

If the President takes us to war with Iran without Congressional approval, I will call for his impeachment. I do not say this lightly or to be provocative. The Constitution is clear. And so am I. (READ)

Jodie Foster Thanks Cydney in Accepting Sherry Lansing Leadership Award

In a moving speech, Foster thanked "my beautiful Cydney" when accepting the award Tuesday.

In a surprising and moving speech on Tuesday, Jodie Foster, 45, thanked "my beautiful Cydney who sticks with me through all the rotten and the bliss" when she accepted the Sherry Lansing Leadership Award at the 16th annual Women in Entertainment Power 100 breakfast.

The award is named after the former chief of Paramount Pictures, Sherry Lansing, who told the Associated Press that she was "overwhelmed to be presenting it to Jodie."

The L.A. Daily News reporter covering the event, Greg Hernandez, noted surprise "at the public acknowledgment of who I presume is Cydney Bernard, the woman who is widely reported to be her life partner," because Foster has always been "so intensely private." (READ MORE)

Big Kitty

A WOMAN IN COLUMBIA FOUND A LION CUB, WHO WAS WOUNDED AND HUNGRY. SHE TOOK HIM HOME AND RAISED HIM TILL HE WAS TOO BIG TO KEEP AT HOME.

SHE THEN BROUGHT HIM TO THE LOCAL ZOO, BUT SHE VISITS HIM EVERY DAY.

LOOK AT HOW HE GREETS HER.!!

A darker view of 'The Wizard of Oz'

No dancing down the yellow brick road for Zooey Deschanel, star of Sci Fi Channel's new Emerald City adaptation, "Tin Man." And no warbling "Over the Rainbow" a la Judy Garland, either.

"Tin Man" offers a different vision of the "Wizard of Oz" crew.

"It's postmodern, more like Indiana Jones than a fairy tale," said Deschanel, whose Dorothy -- the role immortalized by Garland in "The Wizard of Oz" -- is a disaffected, motorcycle-riding waitress called DG.

Based on L. Frank Baum's novel "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz," which inspired the 1939 film classic, Sci Fi's six-hour "Tin Man" is not a musical but a brooding, special effects-driven fantasy.

"The book was written in 1900 and its story still lives," said Robert Halmi Sr., one the executive producers.

"It's a coming-of-age story," Deschanel said of the miniseries airing December 2 through December 4. (MORE)

Speechless... spots supporting the writers strike.

(lots more)

This one makes fun of AA with Laura Linney.. funny.

The Christmas Season is here.. enjoy.

Gore in the White House.. oh... he looks so good there... and he's taller.

Al Gore slipped out the side door of the West Wing.

In his private Oval Office meeting with President Bush, the former vice president insisted that they had spoken about global warming "the whole time.'' It wasn't clear if the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, who shared the honor for his work on climtate change, was serious.

"Of course,'' they had spoken about global warming, Gore said, strolling down a rain-slick Pennsylvania Avenue with wife Tipper Gore after a private session with the president. For Gore, who had gone into the White House for a reception for the American winners of the 2007 Nobel Prizes, this was his first return to the Oval Office since leaving office. (MORE)