I recently went to see the new animated film Cars 2. Some parents say I may be looking too deeply into the children’s movie message, but what I saw was an animated kids movie that was red not green. Despite the very real fact the film was fun, funny, had an all star cast of character voices (like actor Owen Wilson, comedian Larry the Cable Guy, and Hollywood celeb Michael Caine), I left the theater deeply disturbed. To give you a brief overview, it’s about friendships and who is the better racer between the car star Lightening McQueen and a new race car from another country. Now, my impression is that one of the main characters was supposed to represent Sir Richard Branson, a famously wealthy environmentalist. Part of the story line is a competition between bio-fuel vehicles and regular old gasoline automobiles. The movie was visually stunning as an animated project. The lesson most kids seem to be taking away from seeing the film was that bio-fuel products are inherently dangerous and their use should never be trusted.
Social Issues
Social issues debates and discussions typically occur in casual conversations between intellectuals and business professionals. Whether the trending topic of the day featured on talk radio or late night television talk shows is about LGBT pride, gay marriage, the fight to legalize medical marijuana, ethics, politics, the elections or any other topics that involve a mix of history, pop culture trivia, philosophy, psychology and sociology to muddle through, the following Op-Ed (opinion based editorial news articles written by featured columnists and special guest contributors) are sure to both ask and answer questions that make you go, “hmmmmm.”
Celebrity Homes: Why should Obama put solar panels on the White House?
There is a growing push again to get President Obama to put solar panels on the White House and eco-friendly activists who believe going green is tied with patriotism have been chatting heavily in forums about the debate as we near the Fourth of July holiday 2011. Want to learn more about solar power systems and why the United States president needs to keep his word about putting solar systems on the White House in Washington, DC? Keep reading…
Can tweeting about binge drinking ever be a good thing for a celebrity?
Social Issues!
Can tweeting about binge drinking ever be a good thing for a celebrity?
[Jun. 25]
Samantha Ronson, a celebrity who is admittedly a hard-core lesbian, has been a very vocal LGBT activist for years — which in and of itself is a great thing. The trouble is, as a night club DJ she is also very much into partying and seems to show only a big smile on her face when it comes to talking about parties, partying, and living the high life in Hollywood social circles with ex-girlfriend Lindsay Lohan and gal pals like Juliette Lewis. On July 25th, 2011 Samantha Ronson tweeted the following via her verified celebrity account on Twitter @samantharonson, saying “Yup….. My head is gonna hurt tomorrow, but we all know it’s worth it! @chateauLV and #hennyblack http://say.ly/zUhrIq”. That’s bad, right? Not exactly. While Samantha Ronson might be a bad influence on Lindsay Lohan, her celebrity endorsement tweet promoting binge drinking the liquor Hennesy Black might just be a good thing. Here’s why. Rumor is that pet-friendly Sam donates all her celebrity tweet money to a variety of charities. To that end, she’s on our list of green celebrities to watch and give props to when she does good things for her community.
Celebrity Stoners: Dave Chappelle denying reports he will return to TV?
Celebrity Stoners!
Comedian Dave Chappelle denying reports he will return to TV?
[Jun. 16]
Celebrity Stoner Dave Chappelle who famously walked away from his hit television show on Comedy Central is denying a June 15th media news report that claimed the star celeb is planning to make a comeback career move with a return to television. The online gossip tabloid called, “The Daily wrote the former Comedy Central star was plotting to reboot his TV career by making a deal with a subscription service like Hulu or Netflix that would allow him a strong amount of creative control…” shared EW — a leading entertainment news journal. Their reporters contacted Dave Chappelle’s PR people to verify the breaking news report and got a disappointing laugh. “Absolutely untrue,” was the official word from Chappelle’s rep Carla Sims. Her denial of the rumors famous Dave — the conspicuously pro-marijuana activist — came circa June 16. More happy news about the actor and comic was that despite the fact that there will likely not be another new Chapelle show series or episode airing on Comedy Central any time soon was that Chappelle will continue to do live stand up comedy.
Celebrity Stoners: Cameron Diaz bad teacher for Justin Timberlake?
Celebrity Stoners!
Marijuana news reports and rumors surface that Justin Timberlake, like Cameron Diaz and Snoop Dogg, is perpetually baked?
[Jun. 14]
Justin Timberlake might have been a Mousketeer and a pop star in the boy band N’Sync but he certainly has never been a goodie two shoes. Timberlake shared news with Playboy magazine in a June 2011 interview that the talented singer might be obsessed with music but he is not even considering writing news songs for an album this year. He further told Vanity Fair magazine that his seemingly favorite pastime is smoking marijuana, claiming it helps him relax and shut his brain off from thoughts and worry about the music industry and his new career acting as a movie star in hit films like The Social Network and Bad Teacher. Marijuana news and Justin Timberlake don’t seem like phrases that should go together — considering his remarkable success keeping his own reputation squeaky clean. Even though Justin Timberlake started out early in life acting like a Playboy and dating his pick of celebrity honeys like singer Britney Spears, actress Cameron Diaz, and most recently movie star Jessica Biel, he was always the one who seemed to be the most straight-laced.
Since the Facebook film The Social Network came out, the question of whether or not Justin Timberlake smokes pot started to swirl. Why now? Most likely because his ex-girlfriend Cameron Diaz has become a more outspoken advocate for smoking marijuana and to legalize pot. The timing of issues — along with the failure of Prop 9 to legalize the sale of marijuana in the great state of California back in November of 2010 — brought the question to a head and now Timberlake has conclusively answered.
Thank you, Hugh Hefner.
Twilight Celeb Gossip: Gay kiss fallout from 2011 MTV Movie Awards mixed
Twilight Celebrity Scandal!
Gay kiss fallout on celeb gossip websites from 2011 MTV Movie Awards mixed?
[Jun. 9]
LGBT activists are elated, Twi-moms and Twi-dads are struggling for the right words to explain what happened at the 2011 MTV Movie Awards to teens and young kids, and millions of young girls are heartbroken over the thought that Robert Pattinson or Taylor Lautner might be off the market. Bottom line, Sunday night, June 5, 2011, surprised a lot of Twilight fans and the fallout from the big gay kiss staged between the two Twilight actors has been mixed. Robert Pattinson, who was publicly expected by teen fans and Twi-hard parents to plant a steamy kiss on girlfriend and Twilight movie series costar Kristen Stewart, was expected to repeat the Best Kiss scene with his real life girlfriend from the film. Instead, he taunted his girlfriend that he did not feel like kissing her in front of the Twilight fans watching live from home on TV. Then, the clearly excited RPatz opted to plant a big wet gay kiss on costar Taylor Lautner instead of playing up the smooch factor with KStew. Was Robert Pattinson kissing Taylor Lautner bit really because either actor is a closet gay teen or simply media play?