Star Trek star Zachary Quinto has revealed for the first time publicly that he is gay.

The 33 year-old actor acknowledged his sexuality in a New York Magazine article where he spoke about how fortunate he felt after doing the play Angels in America.

“Doing that play made me realize how fortunate I am to have been born when I was born,” Quinto said. “And to not have to witness the decimation of an entire generation of amazingly talented and otherwise vital men. And at the same time, as a gay man, it made me feel like I — there’s still so much work to be done.”

“There’s still so many things that need to be looked at and addressed,” he continued. “The undercurrent of that fear and that, you know, insidiousness still is swarming. It’s still all around us. To revisit that world at all, it took a toll on me. It definitely was an incredible experience but it was really daunting at times.”

Quinto’s sexual orientation has been speculated widely since his breakout role in Heroes but after the article and the attention it received, the actor posted to his blog that he was inspired to come out to the world after Jamie Rodemeyer committed suicide in September.

The 14 year-old Buffalo, NY teenager was bullied for years and finally took his life after making an It Gets Better video.

Quinto said it was his “intention to live an authentic life of compassion and integrity and action.”

“In light of Jamey’s death — it became clear to me in an instant that living a gay life without publicly acknowledging it — is simply not enough to make any significant contribution to the immense work that lies ahead on the road to complete equality,” the actor wrote on his official website.

Read Zachary’s entire post here.

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Andy Rooney said his final on-air good-bye to the viewers of 60 Minutes last night.

The CBS show announced the veteran commentator’s retirement from the long-running show and last night Rooney told the audience he wished he could continue.

“I wish I could do this forever,” Rooney remarked in his final on air essay. “I can’t, though.”

The 92 year-old writer has been delivering his signature cranky essays at the end of the broadcast for 33 years and said he was never comfortable in the public eye.

“I spent my first 50 years trying to become well known as a writer and the next 30 trying to avoid being famous,” Rooney said. “I walk down the street or go to a football game and people shout, ‘Hey, Andy!’ I hate that.”

Rooney had a great run on the show and finally found one thing not to complain about.

“I’ve done a lot of complaining here, but of all the things I’ve complained about, I can’t complain about my life.”

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First it spread across the internet, then President Obama confirmed it Sunday evening that Osama bin Laden was killed in a raid in Abbottabad, Pakistan by the US Military.

As people heard the news, spontaneous celebrations broke out across the United States and many people sent tweets regarding it as happy news.

Pittsburg Steelers running back Rashad Mendenhall thinks that no one should rejoice when someone is killed, no matter who or what they’ve done.

The football star sent out a couple of tweets causing a stir.

“What kind of person celebrates death? It’s amazing how people can HATE a man they have never even heard speak. We’ve only heard one side…” Mendenhall said.

The second one (which is now deleted) is certainly ripe fodder for conspiracy theorists.

“We’ll never know what really happened.  I just have a hard time believing a plane could take a skyscraper down demolition style.”

And with the ability to send out a message to the world in 140 characters or less, Mendenhall moved himself to the front of the pack of people who incur the wrath of the public.

The Steelers aren’t having it either. On the team’s website, Steelers president Art Rooney II released a statement, (which also seems to have been deleted.)

“I have not spoken with Rashard so it is hard to explain or even comprehend what he meant with his recent Twitter comments,” Rooney said. “The entire Steelers’ organization is very proud of the job our military personnel have done and we can only hope this leads to our troops coming home soon.”

I don’t understand why people/organizations bother deleting these things. It’s not like screenshots aren’t taken or replies sent via twitter. It’s meaningless.

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Billy Ray Cyrus is doing some fancy footwork backpedaling from his GQ interview comments that exploded in February.

In the article, Cyrus relayed his frustrations with the fame machine surrounding his daughter and Disney star Miley Cyrus. The elder Cyrus claimed he was continually used by the team of handlers to fall on the sword anytime something negative appeared about Miley.

But today, he’s singing a different tune. He says he let fathering duties slide in hopes of being a pal to his children.

“I did kind of approach being a dad as a friend … I was a great playmate. I mean, for teaching them how to camp and build fires and ride motorcycles and four-wheelers, and horses, and all those fun kind of things, I was really good at that,” he said. “As far as sitting down and doing algebra and science, the homework, I wasn’t very good at that. So I look back on it and think, ‘you know what? Maybe, no doubt, I could have been a better dad.”

Billy Ray and Tish Cyrus have reconciled and called off the divorce (they were separated at the time of the GQ story) and the “Achy Breaky Heart” singer wants people to know he didn’t mean Hannah Montana destroyed his family, fame did.

Robin Roberts asked him how he felt about the magazine’s headline: “Hannah Montana Destroyed My Family.”

He replied: “I hated it. I absolutely — I hated it, ’cause that’s not what I meant. And…I don’t think that’s what I said. But, regardless, that’s what was written. And I hated it because I love ‘Hannah Montana.’ I love Disney, I love the show. I love… the entertainment we’ve been able to make.”

Watch the whole interview below. (Read the article)

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Justin Bieber is the cover of Rolling Stone for the March 2011 issue, but he’s already drawing controversy.

Bieber was asked a number of questions that seemed a little odd to ask a 16 year-old pop star but the one that’s getting all the attention is his views on abortion.

The online version of the article quoted Bieber as saying:

“I really don’t believe in abortion,” Bieber says. “It’s like killing a baby?” How about in cases of rape? “Um. Well, I think that’s really sad, but everything happens for a reason. I guess I haven’t been in that position, so I wouldn’t be able to judge that.”

However the magazine now says part of his full answer was dropped from the web version, but will apparently appear in the March 3rd print edition. And it seems punctuation was changed as “killing a baby?” originally had the question mark. This is the full quote on the site now:

“I really don’t believe in abortion,” Bieber says. “It’s like killing a baby.” How about in cases of rape? “Um. Well, I think that’s really sad, but everything happens for a reason. I don’t know how that would be a reason. I guess I haven’t been in that position, so I wouldn’t be able to judge that.”

The writer, Vanessa Grigoiadis, spent time with the teenager without his handlers for the interview and thinks that his view is misunderstood. She tells Popeater:

“I think he meant that God has a plan. Even for the most die-hard Christian, it’s hard to justify rape as part of God’s plan, and harder to justify rape that leads to pregnancy and abortion. I think he was wrestling with that in his answer, which I found to be solid and logical. I think it is being widely misunderstood. He did not say that rape was part of God’s plan.”

Regardless of his point of view – do think the question was legitimate for the teen singer or do you think the writer was out of line?

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Gisele Bundchen has decided to enlighten the world to sunscreen “poison.”

The supermodel who seems to spend more time talking nonsense lately, is now crying out about the dangers of chemicals in sunscreen and refuses to use them. Bundchen said:

‘I cannot put this poison on my skin,’ the 30-year-old said. ‘I do not use anything synthetic.’

Bundchen claims to only be outdoors before 8am when the sun’s rays aren’t as damaging and somehow maintains her perfect glow (spray tan, perhaps Gis? Is it organic?)

Dermatologists and scientists disagree with the model.

Dolival Loao, head of dermatology at Brazil’s National Cancer Institute, said: ‘Sunscreen prevents damage to the skin and is of fundamental importance for the prevention of cancer.’

He added: ‘This is not any poison, when a public person makes a statement like this, it creates confusion.’

The former Victoria’s Secret model made the comments while promoting her own line of organic skincare Seeja. Ironically the line does not sell sunscreen – organic or otherwise – according to the product listing on the website and offers no alternative protection for the rest of us peasants who have to be outdoors after 8am.

Bundchen really needs to educate herself before making these outrageous pronouncements. The “worldwide law” for breastfeeding was utter nonsense and now this.

I don’t have a problem with the fact that she is clearly someone who wants to promote a “green” lifestyle but to assume that everyone else can, should or will is ridiculous.

Not outdoors past 8am? I hope every photographer clocks the time she’s outside. I guess she won’t ever take her son Benjamin to the beach in the afternoon? Hope her husband Tom Brady doesn’t have a game outside after 8am. The National Football League should be alerted – game times must be changed!

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Jack Black covered Parade this past week to hawk his new movie, Gulliver’s Travels.  I am pretty sure his interview is one of the most inane things I have ever read.    Jack shared his love of spicy food, marriage advice, and a fascination with botanical gardens.  Seriously?  Yawn.   He also talked about what he thinks is the key to being a good dad to his two and four year old sons:  sleep.

“The more sleep I get, the better dad I am. Parenting is 90% energy; if you don’t have it, then there tend to be some lazy TV-watching days with the kids, and that ain’t gettin’ it done.”

One, he’s right:  sleep does help you parent better, because if you’re walking around like a zombie then you’re not going to be terribly effective at anything.  Two, therein lies the rub:  parents just don’t get a whole lot of sleep for the first few years.   So unless you have enough money to hire a nanny to help you out, you’re probably just doing the best you can.  Which sometimes means you spend the occasional lazy day in front of the tube, and that’s just fine, on occasion.  Do not let Jack Black tell you otherwise!

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Britney Spears is fighting mad.

The pop star has been besieged with rumors about her fiance Jason Trawick, and his alleged physical abuse. Star magazine and Radar Online have published reports and secret audio tapes that Spears ex-husband (of 55 hours) Jason Alexander claims to have made while Britney confided in him. (See that story here.)

On Thursday afternoon, the singer grabbed her twitter account and posted her simple, eloquent response:

“Star Magazine, Radar Online, Jason Alexander and the rest of you liars, Ya’ll can kiss my lily white southern Louisiana ass!”

The girl still has fight in her!

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When you think of Gemma Arterton, what do you think?  Pretty hot stuff comes to mind.  But Gemma wants to change all that.  She’s tired of being seen as just eye candy.  She said:

‘For me, it can really be frustrating when you’re just seen as the totty, and I know that I’ve always taken acting so seriously.  The Bond film took me into that “hottie” category. It’s easy for people to put you in that “hot girl” slot.  I don’t want to play those characters any more. Now I’m starting to be in the kinds of films I would go and see – quirky and interesting and not particularly blockbustery. So I have to prove my salt. And now is the time.’

Well, all right then, Gemma.  You go with your indie-art-house self.  Next up for the anti-hottie is Tamara Drewe, releasing in October.

MARRIED:  GEMMA ARTERTON & STEFANO CATELLI (PICS)

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Bruce Willis has played a lot of tough guys in his career, and it may have finally gone to his head.   He has offered the following über-manly advice to readers of Men’s Journal unfortunate enough to be attacked by a wolf:

“give the wolf your arm…You’ve got to lean into it, stick your arm all the way down his throat. He can’t swallow it because he’s gagging on your arm. You reach in, you grab a handful of something – guts, the back of its throat, whatever you can hold – and pull it out.   And try to avoid those claws while you’re doing it.”

Because this happens all the time.

PETA should be going after him any minute now.  I wonder if this technique works on wild animal rights activists too?

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