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MTVu Does HIV Awareness
Written by Alex Cho   
Tuesday, 06 May 2008

A colleague at MTVu (MTV's college offshoot) tipped me off to this interesting new web project they've started: PosOrNot.com, a takeoff of hotornot.com, designed to increase HIV awareness among young people. (Unless you've been living under a rock, you know that HIV is on the rise among young people, including alarming amounts of young gay men.)

It's set up like an internet game, where you are supposed to guess whether or not the people pictured are HIV-positive. 

PosorNot

A little more about PosOrNot.com:

It represents a fresh way of reaching college students and young people with a simple but powerful message: there's no way to deduce someone's HIV status from what they look like, listen to, dress like, do in their free time, etc. The game is designed to speak to students in their language, while taking aim at the stigma that prevents so many young people from talking about the disease, getting tested and using protection.

Seeing people putting their faces and stories regarding HIV out there is powerful, indeed.

 
Lindsay Lohan on Ugly Betty!
Written by Alex Cho   
Monday, 05 May 2008

ImageI kinda, sorta forgot that Lindsay Lohan is an actress. As in, she derives her livelihood from portraying characters in film roles. Who woulda thought! Seems like all she does is appear on US Weekly covers. And strange advertisements that insinuate drunk driving.

Well, Defamer reports that LiLo is "in advanced talks" to join the season finale of Ugly Betty, playing a fast food worker who becomes friends with Betty. And the Telegraph says she's going to appear in at least five more episodes next season. But Defamer also digs up another guest star on the same episode:

Yes, according to Showbiz Spy, none other than cell phone thrower and luggage assaultress Naomi Campbell is confirmed to guest star in the season finale as well. While we doubt Campbell would lower herself to playing any kind of burger flipper, the two lawbreakers will presumably come into contact at some point during filming.

Whatever happens, sounds fun. My theory that Ugly Betty is the gayest show on TV (besides Project Runway) proves solid, with the appearance of la diva Campbell and la drink-a Lohan, thank you. Oh, and la diva Christian.

 
Planet Unicorn - Heyyy!
Written by Alex Cho   
Saturday, 03 May 2008

How did I not know about this internet series about a planet full of unicorns wished into existence by an eight-year-old gay boy in the year 2117?

 
Feathers, Cadillac, and Tom Cruise! I can't decide if this is offensively stereotypical or hilarious... or both? And what's the deal with the internet unicorn trend?
 
Random Ridiculous Photo of Clay Aiken
Written by Alex Cho   
Thursday, 01 May 2008

Someone I've just never understood, pictured here with actress Hanna Waddingham:

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WOWReport asks: Which is which? I concur. Perhaps it's an elaborate siwtcheroo. I find him alternately scary and fascinating... He's like a hiccup of nature. A hiccup who seems like he's put on some weight.

[Photo credit: WENN via WOWReport]

 
Pop Trash Addicts
Written by Robbie Daw   
Wednesday, 30 April 2008

Pop Trash Addicts is truly one of my favorite sites, hands-down, ever on the Internet. (Ahem...Next to my own blog, Chart Rigger, of course.)

For a good laugh, check out their hee-larious review of Madge's Hard Candy.

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