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Why Doesn’t Dancing With the Stars Allow Same-Sex Couples?

When Martina Navratilova and Tony Dovolani get ready to rumba on the March 19 season premiere of Dancing With the Stars, lesbians all over America […]

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Bruce Springsteen Has Passion in His Pants and He Ain’t Afraid to Show It

We’re admittedly a little late to the party, but it’s a slow news day and we can’t get enough of Jimmy Fallon as Neil Young […]

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The Olympics Made Brian Roberts Cry and Other Tales of Comcast’s Quest for Sports Media Domination

ESPN who? The cable giant in our own back yard dropped $4.4 billion to essentially call “shotgun” on Olympic coverage through 2012. And that’s just […]

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Confessions of a Gay Husband

Fran Drescher – famous for her campy role on the hit series “The Nanny” – was married to Peter Marc Jacobson for 18 years before […]

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Dick Clark’s American Bandstand Didn’t Originally Allow Black Dancers

Dick Clark’s a fraud. On the face of it, a harsh charge, particularly given that Clark, now 82, once omnipresent on our TV screens, is […]

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Davy Jones Dies of Heart Attack at 66

Davy Jones, an actor and a member of The Monkees, has died of a heart attack at age 66. Jones sang lead vocals for the […]

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Glee’s Shocking Suicide Finale

If you missed the finale of the hit Fox TV show “Glee” last week, you would have also missed a poignant episode about a teen […]

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Live Blogging: The Oscars

Tonight, we’re ready for the 84th Annual Academy Awards with a live blog, Twitter feed (@G_Philly) and a few Facebook posts (have you liked us […]

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Jersey Wine Shop Tells Snooki to Take a Hike

A Jersey wine shop has posted a sign to remind Snooki that she’s been banned from the property. The shop’s GM says that Snooki and […]

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The 10 Most Annoying Brand Mascots and Spokesthings

After hearing the (exciting) news that the Pennsylvania lottery sent spokesthing Gus the Groundhog to the taxidermist, we asked ourselves what other fictional brand representatives […]

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Google Wants Comcast’s Cable TV Business

Just yesterday, we learned that Comcast was set to challenge Netflix with Xfinity Streampix, a $4.99/month streaming video service, an announcement that caused Netflix stock […]

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Comcast Announces New Channels From Diddy and Magic Johnson

When Comcast cut a deal with the FCC to take over NBC Universal, part of the agreement was that the cable giant would take on […]

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Tonight: It Gets Better

Tonight, we’ll meet Aydian, Greg and Vanessa, a trans man who wants to marry, a closeted student president and a lesbian hoping for family acceptance. […]

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Was Shane Victorino’s Cameo on Hawaii Five-o Better Than the Phanatic’s Cameo on 30 Rock?

Hawaii Five-0 is a violent show. Not just violent for the standards of network TV, but violent for the standards of Hawaii. The state average […]

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Chris Christie Vetoes Gay Marriage

It was all too perfect. The same-sex marriage legislation passed with flying colors – until it landed on N.J. Governor Chris Christie’s desk late last […]