News and Pop Culture Round-Up

Taylor Lautner gets all wet on the beach

Mickey Rourke uses football to defend gay slur (!)

Cheers and Jeers: U.S. President Barack Obama awarded Nobel Peace Prize

GLAAD: Mickey Rourke is 'painfully ignorant'

Hot Shot: Fernando Sipel

Disgraced, former governor of Illinois, Rod Blagojevich to appear on "Celebrity Apprentice"

Why the marriage equality fight in the state of Maine is so important

Black bear with blonde fur intrigues northern town

53% of Americans oppose same-sex marriage, 57% support civil unions: Pew Research Center

Is blackface the new black? Minstrelsy reveals its shockingly durable appeal

Social conservatives mount last-ditch effort to stop the hate crimes bill from becoming law

High school football coach accused of 'gay' hazing

Moon crash: Public yawns, scientists celebrate

Gay ally, AIDS activist and film icon, Elizabeth Taylor says heart surgery was a success