Adele Teases New Track During UK X Factor Broadcast: LISTEN

Viewers watching UK’s X Factor were treated to a short tease of what is widely believed to be the first new music from Adele since 2012’s “Skyfall”. Her third studio album is rumored to be released in November.

The 30-second spot featured nothing more than a black screen with a lyric:  “HELLO / It’s me / I was wondering if after all these years you’d like to meet / To go over / everything / they say that time’s supposed to heal ya / but I ain’t done much healing.”

Adele reportedly collaborated on the album with Danger Mouse, Max Martin, and Ryan Tedder (One Republic).

Shortly after the UK promo aired. The One Republic Twitter account pretty much confirmed what had been heard:

Adele

— OneRepublic (@OneRepublic) October 18, 2015

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Andy Towle

Adele Teases New Track During UK X Factor Broadcast: LISTEN

Open Question: Which letter in LGBT best describes you?
I’m letter G.

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List of Houston Business Leaders Supporting HERO Continues to Grow

The Houston Chronicle featured a new full-page ad highlighting 44 business leaders in Houston who support Proposition 1. 
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Thor and Captain America Have 'Earth's Mightiest Kiss'

Marvel Entertainment made waves Friday when it tweeted an image of two of its iconic superheroes kissing.

The comic book titan teased an illustration of Thor and Captain America in a mid-air embrace, previewing an upcoming Avengers comic book. The photo is captioned: “Earth’s mightiest kiss.”

January 2016 – All-New, All-Different #Avengers #4: Earth’s Mightiest Kiss pic.twitter.com/mrek3fS7wV

— Marvel Entertainment (@Marvel) October 16, 2015

The image is part of Marvel’s All-New, All-Different Avengers, a comic book universe that seeks to be more inclusive in its character representations. In this universe, Thor is a woman and Captain America is black.

The characters are widely known from the Avengers film franchise, in which they are portrayed by white male actors, Chris Hemsworth and Chris Evans.

Daniel Reynolds

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Caribbean Chamber of Commerce Stands in Support of HERO

This week Proposition 1 gained the support of Caribbean Chamber of Commerce, which joined the Houston Unites campaign as an official coalition partner.
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Pennsylvania Candidate Promises to Discriminate Against Gays if Elected

Pottstown, Pennsylvania Mayor Sharon Valentine-Thomas, a candidate for Montgomery County Register of Wills, said this week that she’ll refuse to issue any marriage licenses to same-sex couples should she be elected to office, the Times Herald reports.

Said Valentine-Thomas:

“I am opposed to gay marriages on religious grounds, and my conscience will not allow me to sign off on marriage certificates for gay couples. People should not have to violate their conscience to run or to serve. I am not an obstructionist and will not force my values on others.”

Thomas is running against incumbent D. Bruce Hanes, who made headlines in 2013 when he began issuing marriage licenses to gay couples, saying he was compelled to do so by the ruling against DOMA in United States v. Windsor. At the time, Hanes said he wanted to be “on the right side of history.”

Said County Commissioner Josh Shapiro of the wannabe Kim Davis: “We cannot have the same courthouse where Pennsylvania’s first same-sex marriage licenses were issued by D. Bruce Hanes become a place where the register of wills would refuse to honor the love two people share by not signing their marriage licenses.”

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Pennsylvania Candidate Promises to Discriminate Against Gays if Elected

Signs of Gay Mayoral Candidate Are Destroyed, Defaced

The campaign signs of a gay mayoral candidate in Michigan have been the target of vandalism.

Ken Siver, a former city councilman who is running for mayor of Southfield, a Detroit suburb, revealed Thursday that one of his signs was defaced with antigay slurs earlier this week, reports The Detroit News. Two others were destroyed.

“I’m upset and disturbed by the [vandalism],” said Siver. “It’s not a Southfield value. There hasn’t really been any racial strife here. We’ve had a lot of harmony in this community.”

In response, Siver and his campaign erected another sign next to one that was torn. It reads, “Hate is not a Southfield community value.”

The destruction of the signs has not been the only controversy in this election. Fliers reading, “Let’s get the blacks out of Southfield,” which included a photo of Siver, who is white, were placed in the mailboxes of community members.

“I think they are trying to find ways to discredit me,” Siver said.

Police are investigating the incident.

Daniel Reynolds

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