FILTHY<\/strong>. Health inspectors ding Mar-a-Lago kitchen<\/a>: \u201cInspectors found 13 violations at the fancy club\u2019s kitchen, according to recently published reports \u2014 a record for an institution that charges $200,000 in initiation fees.<\/p>\n WEEKEND RECIPE<\/strong>. Homemade marshmallow peeps<\/a>.<\/p>\n HAIR DON\u2019T<\/strong>. Joaquin Phoenix is a ginger now<\/a>.<\/p>\n NORTH CAROLINA<\/strong>. Federal government withdraws lawsuit against NC over HB2<\/a>: \u201cUnder the Obama administration, the DOJ\u2019s Civil Rights Division alleged that the state had violated a 1964 civil rights law that bans discrimination on the basis of sex<\/a>. The Obama administration has argued that the law covered transgender discrimination as well.\u201d<\/p>\n 20 YEARS AGO<\/strong>. TIME reprints Ellen\u2019s \u201cYep I\u2019m Gay\u201d cover story<\/a>: \u201cWhat was shocking, then, was that DeGeneres (and her show\u2019s overlords at ABC) was willing to risk the public\u2019s reaction. She would be playing the first gay<\/a> lead character on American network television. Some sponsors announced<\/a> they would pull ads from the show \u2014 including J.C. Penney<\/a>, ironically, as that company would later hire DeGeneres for an ad campaign that would in turn draw<\/a> its own controversy \u2014 and the nation debated whether the show would \u201clegitimize\u201d a facet of life that was still marginalized, or if it merely proved that homosexuality was already accepted by enough of the population that such a plot twist was possible.\u201d<\/p>\n STEVE BANNON<\/strong>. From shadow president to Trump\u2019s marked man<\/a>.<\/p>\n BIG \u00a0BUCKS<\/strong>. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson made $27.4 million at Exxon last year<\/a>: \u201cHe and other senior executives got raises even though Exxon\u2019s net income fell more than 50 percent in 2016 as the company, like many of its peers, tried to cut costs and weather a period of low oil prices.\u201d<\/p>\n LAWSUITS<\/strong>. RuPaul\u2019s Drag Race finalist Detox sues managers for unpaid royalties, fraud<\/a>: \u201cSeason five finalist Detox Icunt aka Matthew Sanderson<\/strong> \u2013 who finished 4th in his first season \u2013 filed suit against Producer Entertainment Group and Six Degrees Worldwide Entertainment. The reality star is accusing his ex-managers of breach of contract, fraud and intentional interference with prospective business advantage. Sanderson explains he signed on to work with the managers back in 2012.\u201d<\/p>\n EASTER CANDY<\/strong>. Dustin Lance Black and Tom Daley make some poopy bird nests.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n FRIDAY FLASH<\/strong>. Yuri Rangel.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n The post Anthony Kennedy, Mar-a-Lago, Ellen DeGeneres, Rex Tillerson, Detox, Tom Daley, Carter Page: HOT LINKS<\/a> appeared first on Towleroad<\/a>.<\/p>\n![\"Katy](\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/perry.jpeg?resize=195%2C195\")
KATY PERRY<\/strong>. Not staying silent anymore<\/a>:\u00a0\u201cI don\u2019t think you have to shout it from the rooftops. But I think you have to stand for something, and if you\u2019re not standing for anything,\u201d she adds pointedly, perhaps aiming at some of her deliberately apolitical confreres, \u201cyou\u2019re really just serving yourself, period, end of story. California Gurls<\/em> and fluffy stuff would be completely inauthentic to who I am now and what I\u2019ve learned. I do believe we need a little escapism, but I think that it can\u2019t all be that. If you have a voice you have a responsibility to use it now, more than ever.\u201d<\/p>\n![\"Anthony](\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/kennedy.jpg?resize=195%2C195\")
SCOTUS<\/strong>. Whispers of Anthony Kennedy retirement<\/a>: \u201cKennedy has given no public indication of his plans, but he has drawn attention with a handful of semiprivate scheduling decisions. Perhaps most significantly, his next law clerk reunion will take place during the last weekend of June, offering the possibility that he will spring a piece of news on the gathering.\u201d<\/p>\n![\"Ellen](\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/ellen.jpg?resize=323%2C425\")
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MOTHER OF ALL BOMBS<\/strong>. 36 ISIS militants killed, says Afghan ministry<\/a>: \u201cDawlat Waziri, an Afghan ministry spokesman said of Thursday\u2019s strike: \u2018No civilian has been hurt and only the base, which Daesh used to launch attacks in other parts of the province, was destroyed.’\u201d<\/p>\n![\"justin](\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/trudeau.png?resize=195%2C195\")
CANADA<\/strong>. Justin Trudeau introduces legislation to legalize marijuana nationwide<\/a>. \u201cMany nations have either decriminalized marijuana, allowed it to be prescribed medically or effectively stopped enforcing laws against it. But when Mr. Trudeau\u2019s bill passes as expected, Canada will become only the second nation, after Uruguay, to completely legalize marijuana as a consumer product.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
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