X-Men: Days of Future Past

dvd of the week In Bryan Singer’s latest X-Men movie, his third and the franchise’s seventh since 2000, Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) is sent back in time to 1973, when shape-shifting Mystique (Jennifer Lawrence) is going to kill Bolivar Trask (Peter Dinklage), the inventor of mutant-hunting robots called the Sentinels. The film includes every single X-Men…

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How to Get Away with Murder

dvr this ABC, Thursdays, 10 p.m. Shonda Rhimes’ new show is more Scandal than Gray’s Anatomy, and that’s perfect fine with me. Led by two-time Oscar nominee Viola Davis as a brilliant, cynical and sexy law professor, the show revolves around her cases and her students who help her win them. Everyone is morally and…

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Marriage Equality USA launches ‘Heart of What Matters’

Raleigh, NC/ Atlanta, GA / New York, NY – Marriage Equality USA today announced the launch of the “Heart of What Matters,” a story-based, interactive presentation program to build empathy and understanding among audiences with mixed levels of support for marriage — all while exploring why public support for it is growing so quickly. HOWM seeks…

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Las Vegas to welcome same-sex couples with dazzling wedding celebrations

LAS VEGAS — It’s official, Las Vegas just got more fabulous. Yesterday, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned the same-sex marriage ban in Nevada. Clark County will begin accepting marriage applications from same-sex couples today, Wednesday, Oct. 8 at 2 p.m., one day after a federal appeals court declared gay marriage legal in Nevada….

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San Diego Pride selected as Citizen Diplomat Organization of the Year

SAN DIEGO – San Diego Pride, a non-profit organization whose mission is to foster pride in and respect for all lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) communities, has been selected by the San Diego Diplomacy Council as one of San Diego’s Citizen Diplomats of the Year for its contributions to promoting global understanding. Since 2012,…

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Unanimous Ninth Circuit ruling strikes down Idaho, Nevada marriage equality bans

Today a three-judge panel for the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that state bans on marriage rights for same-sex couples are unconstitutional. In a decision authored by Judge Reinhardt, who was joined by Judge Gould and Judge Berzon, the court found that Idaho and Nevada’s marriage bans violate the 14th Amendment to the U.S….

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‘Hotline’ documentary: A look into the deeply personal and often humorous world of telephone hotlines (VIDEO)

HOTLINE Trailer from Hotline Documentary on Vimeo. NEW YORK – At hotlines across the country, the phones never stop ringing. People call to confide in strangers – looking for advice, entertainment, or simply to connect with someone they don’t know. Hotline is a documentary about telephone hotlines, the people who call—and the people who answer–…

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