{"id":18561,"date":"2015-05-07T16:02:12","date_gmt":"2015-05-07T20:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/news-mariah-carey-nsa-james-franco-britain-stephen-colbert\/"},"modified":"2015-05-07T16:02:12","modified_gmt":"2015-05-07T20:02:12","slug":"news-mariah-carey-nsa-james-franco-britain-stephen-colbert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/news-mariah-carey-nsa-james-franco-britain-stephen-colbert\/","title":{"rendered":"News: Mariah Carey, NSA, James Franco, Britain, Stephen Colbert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>News: Mariah Carey, NSA, James Franco, Britain, Stephen Colbert<\/b><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/towleroad.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c730253ef01b8d10fa332970c-pi\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ROAD ROAD ROAD\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/towleroad.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c730253ef01b8d10fa332970c-800wi\" title=\"ROAD ROAD ROAD\"><\/a>&nbsp;Luxembourg&#8217;s Prime Minister Xavier Bettel will reportedly&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.digitaljournal.com\/news\/world\/gay-luxembourg-pm-to-marry-partner-sources\/article\/432720\" target=\"_blank\">wed his partner<\/a>&nbsp;Gauthier Destenay next week.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/towleroad.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c730253ef01b7c786a3ac970b-pi\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Carey\" src=\"http:\/\/towleroad.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c730253ef01b7c786a3ac970b-250wi\" title=\"Carey\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/towleroad.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c730253ef01b8d10fa332970c-pi\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ROAD ROAD ROAD\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/towleroad.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c730253ef01b8d10fa332970c-800wi\" title=\"ROAD ROAD ROAD\"><\/a>&nbsp;Mariah Carey kicked off her Las Vegas residency show last night&#8230;to&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pinkisthenewblog.com\/2015-05-07\/mariah-carey-kicked-off-her-las-vegas-residency-last-night-to-mixed-reviews?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+pinkisthenewblog%2Fbfrn+%28Pink+is+the+New+Blog+%7C+Everybody%27s+Business+Is+My+Business%29&amp;utm_content=FeedBurner\" target=\"_blank\">mixed reviews<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/towleroad.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c730253ef01b8d10fa332970c-pi\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ROAD ROAD ROAD\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/towleroad.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c730253ef01b8d10fa332970c-800wi\" title=\"ROAD ROAD ROAD\"><\/a>&nbsp;Federal appeals court&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2015\/05\/07\/politics\/nsa-telephone-metadata-illegal-court\/index.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rss%2Fcnn_allpolitics+%28RSS%3A+CNN+-+Politics%29\" target=\"_blank\">rules&nbsp;<\/a>the NSA&#8217;s bulk telephone data collection is illegal. &#8220;Judge Gerard E. Lynch, writing for a three judge panel of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, said the program &#8216;exceeds the scope of what Congress has authorized.&#8217; Lynch wrote that the text of the Patriot Act &#8220;cannot bear the weight the government asks us to assign to it, and that it does not authorize the telephone metadata program.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/towleroad.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c730253ef01b8d10fa332970c-pi\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ROAD ROAD ROAD\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/towleroad.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c730253ef01b8d10fa332970c-800wi\" title=\"ROAD ROAD ROAD\"><\/a>&nbsp;The Incredible Hulk (Mark Ruffalo)&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.laineygossip.com\/Joss-Whedon-quits-Twitter-as-Mark-Ruffalo-comes-to-his-defense\/38467\" target=\"_blank\">comes to the defense<\/a>&nbsp;of director Joss Whedon following his abrupt departure from Twitter.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/towleroad.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c730253ef01b8d10fa332970c-pi\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ROAD ROAD ROAD\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/towleroad.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c730253ef01b8d10fa332970c-800wi\" title=\"ROAD ROAD ROAD\"><\/a>&nbsp;In other Marvel-related news, it looks like Loki and Scarlet Witch are now&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/dlisted.com\/2015\/05\/06\/tom-hiddleston-and-an-olsen-are-doing-it\/\" target=\"_blank\">hooking up<\/a>. The cast of&nbsp;<em>Captain America: Civil War<\/em> has also been <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2015\/5\/7\/8566939\/captain-america-civil-war-avengers-marvel-ant-man-burnout\" target=\"_blank\">officially announced<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/towleroad.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c730253ef01b8d10fa332970c-pi\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ROAD ROAD ROAD\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/towleroad.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c730253ef01b8d10fa332970c-800wi\" title=\"ROAD ROAD ROAD\"><\/a>&nbsp;Boston Gay Men&#8217;s Chorus to&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.prweb.com\/releases\/2015\/05\/prweb12705487.htm\" target=\"_blank\">embark&nbsp;<\/a>on historic Middle East tour next month.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/towleroad.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c730253ef01b8d10fa332970c-pi\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ROAD ROAD ROAD\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/towleroad.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c730253ef01b8d10fa332970c-800wi\" title=\"ROAD ROAD ROAD\"><\/a>&nbsp;Britain goes to the polls today in a&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/britain-goes-to-the-polls-in-neck-and-neck-contest-that-promises-frantic-political-scrambling\/2015\/05\/07\/ebbf7e4c-f373-11e4-b2f3-af5479e6bbdd_story.html?wprss=rss_homepage\" target=\"_blank\">dead heat political showdown<\/a>. &#8220;Late polls showed Prime Minister David Cameron&rsquo;s Conservatives virtually tied with Ed Miliband&rsquo;s Labor Party, with neither major party able to command a majority of Parliament&rsquo;s 650 seats, resulting in what is known as a &ldquo;hung Parliament.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/towleroad.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c730253ef01b7c786a40e970b-pi\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Franco\" src=\"http:\/\/towleroad.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c730253ef01b7c786a40e970b-200wi\" title=\"Franco\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/towleroad.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c730253ef01b8d10fa332970c-pi\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ROAD ROAD ROAD\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/towleroad.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c730253ef01b8d10fa332970c-800wi\" title=\"ROAD ROAD ROAD\"><\/a>&nbsp;James Franco pens<a href=\"http:\/\/greatideas.people.com\/2015\/05\/07\/james-franco-mcdonalds-washington-post\/?xid=rss-topheadlines&amp;utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+people%2Fheadlines+%28PEOPLE.com%3A+Top+Headlines%29\" target=\"_blank\">&nbsp;love letter to McDonald&#8217;s<\/a>.&nbsp;&ldquo;All I know is that when I needed McDonald&rsquo;s, McDonald&rsquo;s was there for me.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/towleroad.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c730253ef01b8d10fa332970c-pi\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ROAD ROAD ROAD\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/towleroad.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c730253ef01b8d10fa332970c-800wi\" title=\"ROAD ROAD ROAD\"><\/a>&nbsp;Salon<\/em>&#8216;s Simon Maloy on the&nbsp;GOP&#8217;s <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> marriage dilemma:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.salon.com\/2015\/05\/07\/gops_gay_marriage_dilemma_concede_to_reality_or_go_all_in_on_bigotry\/\" target=\"_blank\">fight, flee, or go crazy<\/a>. &#8220;Gay marriage has become a battle that more and more Republicans are unwilling to fight with much enthusiasm. The candidates who seem willing to die on this hill are the ones who know that their appeal is largely restricted to the GOP&rsquo;s Christian, conservative base. So they&rsquo;re left to bang the lonely drum against <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> marriage as the rest of the political world, and society, leaves them behind.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/towleroad.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c730253ef01b8d10fa332970c-pi\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ROAD ROAD ROAD\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/towleroad.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c730253ef01b8d10fa332970c-800wi\" title=\"ROAD ROAD ROAD\"><\/a>&nbsp;Louis Tomlinson&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2015\/05\/07\/louis-tomlinson-thanks-fans-amid-zayn-malik-twitter-feud\/\" target=\"_blank\">thanks his fans<\/a>&nbsp;amid Twitter feud with former One Direction bandmate Zayn Malik.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/towleroad.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c730253ef01b8d10fa332970c-pi\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ROAD ROAD ROAD\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/towleroad.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c730253ef01b8d10fa332970c-800wi\" title=\"ROAD ROAD ROAD\"><\/a>&nbsp;Amazon&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/boingboing.net\/2015\/05\/06\/amazon-drops-boy-and-gir.html\" target=\"_blank\">drops&nbsp;<\/a>&#8220;Boy&#8221; and &#8220;Girl&#8221; categories from toy listings.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/towleroad.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c730253ef01b8d10fa332970c-pi\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ROAD ROAD ROAD\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/towleroad.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c730253ef01b8d10fa332970c-800wi\" title=\"ROAD ROAD ROAD\"><\/a>&nbsp;Stephen Colbert has just&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenvilleonline.com\/story\/news\/local\/2015\/05\/07\/stephen-colbert-funding-grant-requests-south-carolina-public-school-teachers-donorschoose-crowdfunding-site\/70938100\/\" target=\"_blank\">funded&nbsp;<\/a>every single South Carolina public school teacher&#8217;s grant request.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/towleroad.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c730253ef01b8d10fa332970c-pi\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ROAD ROAD ROAD\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/towleroad.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c730253ef01b8d10fa332970c-800wi\" title=\"ROAD ROAD ROAD\"><\/a>&nbsp;Utah State University professor&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/news.hjnews.com\/allaccess\/usu-professor-defends-signing-anti-gay-marriage-amicus-brief\/article_cc2b65a6-f386-11e4-9e91-ff58c184fe1a.html\" target=\"_blank\">defends&nbsp;<\/a>his decision to sign amicus brief against marriage equality.&nbsp;&ldquo;You&rsquo;ve got thousands of laws in states a well as the federal law,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;Everything would have to change, and what would have to happen logically is all the other things (including polygamy and polyandry) would have to be acceptable.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/towleroad.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c730253ef01b8d10fa332970c-pi\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ROAD ROAD ROAD\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/towleroad.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c730253ef01b8d10fa332970c-800wi\" title=\"ROAD ROAD ROAD\"><\/a>&nbsp;NPH&#8217;s&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vulture.com\/2015\/05\/neil-patrick-harris-variety-show-now-has-a-name.html\" target=\"_blank\">upcoming variety show&nbsp;<\/a>on NBC will be called&nbsp;<em>Best Time Ever with Neil Patrick Harris<\/em>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/towleroad.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c730253ef01b8d10fa332970c-pi\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ROAD ROAD ROAD\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/towleroad.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c730253ef01b8d10fa332970c-800wi\" title=\"ROAD ROAD ROAD\"><\/a>&nbsp;Maryland cop charged with&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/maryland-cop-charged-biting-mans-testicle-during-brawl-n355026\" target=\"_blank\">biting man&#8217;s testicle&nbsp;<\/a>during Cinco de Mayo brawl.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/towleroad.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c730253ef01b7c786a4a6970b-pi\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Mario\" src=\"http:\/\/towleroad.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c730253ef01b7c786a4a6970b-250wi\" title=\"Mario\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/towleroad.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c730253ef01b8d10fa332970c-pi\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ROAD ROAD ROAD\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/towleroad.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c730253ef01b8d10fa332970c-800wi\" title=\"ROAD ROAD ROAD\"><\/a>&nbsp;Everyone&#8217;s favorite <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=grq0&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">video<\/a> game plumber Mario is&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnet.com\/news\/nintendo-inks-deal-with-universal-theme-parks-for-themed-rides\/\" target=\"_blank\">headed to Universal&#8217;s theme park<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/towleroad.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c730253ef01b8d10fa332970c-pi\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ROAD ROAD ROAD\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/towleroad.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c730253ef01b8d10fa332970c-800wi\" title=\"ROAD ROAD ROAD\"><\/a>&nbsp;The Economist<\/em> explains <a href=\"http:\/\/www.economist.com\/blogs\/economist-explains\/2015\/05\/economist-explains-3\" target=\"_blank\">how to count how many people are gay<\/a>. &#8220;Progress has occurred with astounding speed; in the 1950s <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a> was illegal just about everywhere in the world. But despite these huge legal changes, it is hard to give a precise figure as to how many people will be affected. Why is it difficult to work out how many people are <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a>?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/towleroad.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c730253ef01b8d10fa332970c-pi\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ROAD ROAD ROAD\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/towleroad.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c730253ef01b8d10fa332970c-800wi\" title=\"ROAD ROAD ROAD\"><\/a>&nbsp;UKIP leader Nigel Farage <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pinknews.co.uk\/2015\/05\/07\/nigel-farage-accused-of-homophobia-after-fags-joke-at-brothers-wedding\/\" target=\"_blank\">accused of homophobia<\/a> after 2001 &#8216;fags&#8217; joke at brother&#8217;s wedding surfaces.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/towleroad.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c730253ef01b8d10fa332970c-pi\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ROAD ROAD ROAD\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/towleroad.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c730253ef01b8d10fa332970c-800wi\" title=\"ROAD ROAD ROAD\"><\/a>&nbsp;Sen. 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