court, India, Richard Gere
In Culture, Hollywood, Politics, celebrity, film, law on March 16, 2008 at 8:21 pm
Richard Gere is in the clear.
The highest court in India has ordered that an arrest warrant against the actor be suspended.
Indian Supreme Court Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan and Justice R.V. Raveendran have indefinitely stayed the warrant, which had been issued against Gere for allegedly violating public obscenity laws.
It turns out that while at a 2007 AIDS awareness event, the actor publicly embraced Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty and gave her a big kiss.
Hindu activists had filed three cases against Gere and Shetty, alleging that the two had offended the sensibilities of India’s culture.
An unauthorized spokesperson for Gere suggests that the actor should never have been held responsible for his slippery lip behavior since he has an inherent condition that causes him to offend sensibilities the world over.
Paul McCartney, PETA, Vegan, vegetarians
In Culture, Music, Politics, celebrity on March 16, 2008 at 8:16 pm
We now know how Paul McCartney came to be a vegetarian.
Those who thought there was something fishy about the former Beatle’s commitment to People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) have been proven right.
McCartney is now part of the celebrity team (along with Pamela Anderson, Casey Affleck, Alicia Silverstone, Forest Whitaker and others) that PETA is using to advance its causes.
A new PETA poster that is promoting vegetarianism features the famed bass player from Liverpool and reads as follows: “Many years ago, I was fishing, and as I was reeling in the poor fish, I realized, ‘I am killing him – all for the passing pleasure it brings me.’ Something inside me clicked.”
Paul probably wishes something inside him had clicked before he took Heather Mills as his bride.
