| Maggie Gyllenhaal in lesbian 'orgy' video
Maggie Gyllenhaal stars in a lesbian 'orgy' for a video campaign to support the Writer's Guild Association's strike. The actress stars in 'Speechless', a short film about three girls who arrive at a hotel room to discover they are dating the same man, "AMPiTePa," (which stands for Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers) who has stood them all up. After venting their rage at their cheating boyfriend, Gyllenhaal grabs a bottle of wine, sprawls on the bed and says suggestively, "We don't need him. We've got everything we need right here. Girls - do you want to make an interim agreement?" .
PositiveFriends.com Launches STD Social Networking Site Balancing ...
SALINE, Mich., Oct. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- PositiveFriends.com (www.positivefriends.com), a new online support network for those affected by STDs (Sexually Transmitted Diseases), today announced its official launch into the online social networking and dating scene. The site is the result of two years of R&D and features new technology intended to provide members living with HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis, Herpes, and HPV (Human Papilloma Virus) varying levels of privacy they can personalize to their own comfort levels. Utilizing proprietary ID masking technology, members can manipulate images they upload, giving them the option of cropping or blurring their photos, and to participate without compromising their anonymity. According to the CDC, there are over 65 million Americans currently living with an STD, 19 million new STD infections each year, one in three sexually active men and women living with Herpes, and about 50% of all sexually active Americans affected by HPV.
AROUND THE TOWN: Flatt reaching for the stars
Flatt, an extremely handsome and talented young man, and his other group members are getting buzz as the next 'NSync or Backstreet Boys. Flatt, a graduate of the Oklahoma City College, has a bachelors in fine arts in dance performance. He is a 2000 graduate of Cookeville High School.Nathaniel has appeared in national advertisements for Heinz Ketchup, Sony and Target. You can check out the new group on the Web at www.myspace.com/vfactorymusic, and it includes music posters and a sample of the songs. ***Miss those Easter egg hunting days of your youth? Well, you may want to attend the Avalon Center's Egg Hunt Under the Stars. It is a chance for adults to go egg hunting once again — and this time its for a charity! The event will be will be held March 15 at 5:30 p.m. at Bruce Wyatt's farm at 2457 Mayland Rd.
Has anyone had enough of people constantly back-lashing the BBC?
I don't have the perfect solution for this, but the French model seems a fair compromise. They have the TV tax added to their house tax (Council Tax) and the revenue is sent to their state broadcaster. Those premises that don't have a TV simply complete a form and sign it and a log of these properties is retained. Those on low incomes, or single occupiers, that qualify for council tax reductions, presumeably get relief on their TV tax. This sounds like a cheaper and more efficient and user friendly method of funding public service broadcasting, though clearly not perfect. It is the BBC and the government that are resisting the change and are clinging to a system of finance that that was devised back in the early 1950s when there was only 1 TV station, which then was a rich mans toy. Is asking the BBC to wake-up and appreciate things have changed a lot in the last 60 years considered back-lashing? They should remember that all TV viewers are financially shackled by the TV licence to fund them, while customers wishes on this subject are totally disregarded.
Four open-wheel aces are following Juan Pablo Montoya and jumping ...
It's about the last place you'd expect to find an international racing star, a guy who married a Hollywood starlet in a Scottish castle. And yet last October, that's exactly where Indy 500 champ Dario Franchitti found himself—questioning where in creation his latest career move had led him. "I was nervous," Franchitti says. But then he saw a familiar figure standing by his Dodge. "Juan was there at 9 a.m., with a big smile on his face, ready to help. He knew what I was thinking." Yes, he's talking about Juan Pablo Montoya, NASCAR's accidental ambassador and reigning Rookie of the Year, the 32-year-old Colombian on whom NASCAR has heaped its hopes of building a bridge to the Spanish-speaking world. Turns out that bridge has two lanes and the second is filled with open-wheel superstars looking for a better life and three-wide racing in the New World.
'Enjoy life while you can'
In fact, I'm writing another book now, I'm about a third of the way into it, to try and take the next steps ahead." Interviewers often remark upon the discrepancy between Lovelock's predictions of doom, and his good humour. "Well I'm cheerful!" he says, smiling. "I'm an optimist. It's going to happen." Humanity is in a period exactly like 1938-9, he explains, when "we all knew something terrible was going to happen, but didn't know what to do about it". But once the second world war was under way, "everyone got excited, they loved the things they could do, it was one long holiday ... so when I think of the impending crisis now, I think in those terms. A sense of purpose - that's what people want." At moments I wonder about Lovelock's credentials as a prophet.
Guilty pleas in old rape case in Greenwich
Stamford (AP)_ Two men charged with a rape dating back to 1991 in Greenwich after police made DNA matches have pleaded guilty in exchange for sentences of 10 years in prison. Brian K. Higgins, 36, of New Haven, and Robert A. Barter, 37, of Greenwich, Tuesday pleaded guilty to first-degree sexual assault and kidnapping in connection with a 1991 rape of a then-19-year-old woman inside her apartment. A prosecutor says Superior Court Judge John Kavanewsky Jr. accepted the pleas and agreed to sentence both men to 10 years in prison and 10 years of special probation including sex offender treatment, counseling, and other conditions. The Connecticut State Police Crime Lab in Meriden in May linked Higgins to the crime and the next month police arrested Barter.
Finnish prime minister sues over love-life book
Finnish Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen is suing the publisher of a book his former girlfriend wrote about their relationship, including steamy sauna scenes. He says he and his family have suffered and is seeking damages. The case opened Friday in the Helsinki District Court. Vanhanen is claiming $1,450 in damages from the publisher, but has made no financial claims against the author. Prosecutors are also demanding $73,000 from the Etukeno publisher and $10,200 from Susan Ruusunen, the author, for financial gains made from allegedly illegally revealing and spreading private information. Both have denied the charges. .
Top police officer warns that nuclear attack is inevitable
And the response of the emergency services "would be chaotic" because of a shortage of resources. The police capability for dealing with the chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear threat - known as CBRN - needs to be increased, he argued. "I haven't got as many officers with protective equipment as I would like," he added. "We must prepare for the worst." Dickinson delivered his dire warnings to an international conference in Edinburgh last week. More than 300 experts from 70 countries were taking part in a high-level meeting organised by the UN International Atomic Energy Agency on the risks of nuclear terrorism. The police response to a CBRN incident when it happened would have a "profound effect on our communities which should not be underestimated", he said.
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