Eddie Murphy announced Wednesday he would not host next year's Academy Awards, one day after colleague and show producer Brett Ratner quit over an anti-gay remark he made over the weekend.
Brett Ratner has resigned as a producer of this year's Academy Awards show for an anti-gay remark he made over the weekend, the movie director said Tuesday in an open letter to his colleagues.
This will sound a bit strange, I know, but whenever I walk into a grocery store, I have to decide whether or not I feel like telling the cashier I'm gay.
A London, Ontario, man has been charged in connection with the throwing of a banana during a hockey exhibition game last week when one of the NHL's few black players was attempting a shot, police said Wednesday.
Comic Tracy Morgan returned to Nashville on Tuesday, and vowed to change his stand up comedy act to "heal people, not hurt."
CNN's Stream Team discusses Tracy Morgan's rant and wonders if comedy can go too far.
Comic Tracy Morgan is taking intense public criticism for a recent standup routine in Nashville, Tennessee, where he viciously targeted gay and lesbian people in a remarkably unfunny way.
An apologetic Tracy Morgan visited homeless gay, lesbian and transgender teens in New York on Friday to speak out against violence based on sexual orientation, according to the gay rights advocacy group that facilitated the meeting.
Continuing to make amends for anti-gay comments he made, comedian Tracy Morgan met with LGBT teens in New York.
Actor Tracy Morgan agreed to return to Nashville next week to apologize to people who heard his anti-gay rant during a recent stand-up comedy show, a pro-gay rights group said Monday.
Stars walking the Tony Awards red carpet were not forgiving when it came to comedian Tracy Morgan's anti-gay comments.
"When it comes to gay/lesbian rights or just feelings... I love everybody," he writes
Country star Blake Shelton apologized Thursday for a Twitter posting that a gay rights group said were homophobic and joked about violence against gays.
Martin vows to spread GLAAD's message and looks forward to touring with his family
Facebook users now have two more ways to describe their romantic arrangements.
A school district member in Arkansas who came under fire for an anti-gay post on a social networking site formally submitted his resignation to the school board Monday, according to the Midland School District superintendent.
Arkansas school board member Clint McCance tells Anderson Cooper he'll resign after posting anti-gay comments online.
CNN's Anderson Cooper talks to a man who alerted an Arkansas school board about an official's anti-gay Facebook rant.
The Arkansas Department of Education has condemned anti-gay comments made by a local school board member and posted on a social networking site.
The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) has teamed up with Facebook to reduce the amount of hate speech and anti-gay bullying that goes on around the internet.
American figure skater Johnny Weir says he doesn't understand why the only ice skating tour in the United States doesn't want him.
HLN's Joy Behar talks with Olympic figure skater Johnny Weir about criticism that he was "too gay" for figure skating.
Designer Tom Ford's dramatic feature film, "A Single Man," HBO's vampire series, "True Blood" and singer/songwriter Lady Gaga were among those nominated for the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation's annual media awards on Wednesday.
The actress will be honored when the group honors awards shows promoting equal rights
Cher supports what rep calls "Chaz's courageous decision"
Feeling "phenomenal," the actress is feasting on French toast and designing her little one's nursery
The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation just added two presenters to its 20th-annual Media Awards celebration: Clay Aiken and T.R. Knight.
Lavish weddings on soap operas are commonplace -- beautiful, wealthy characters united amid copious tears, heaps of flowers and exquisite attire.
CNN's Lola Ogunnaike reports on the first lesbian wedding on a soap opera.
It used to be called "the love that dare not speak its name" -- particularly in Hollywood, where the revelation of homosexuality was believed to be a career-killer.
In to be out
updated: Tue Sep 30 2008 16:01:00
CNN's Lola Ogunnaike looks at Hollywood's embrace of gay culture, especially on prime time network TV.
Ellen DeGeneres and Kathy Griffin and her mom add to evening's laughs
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