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Johnny Depp on Lily-Rose Depp: She’s Gonna Be HUGE!

Posted on November 20, 2015 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

The last time Johnny Depp spoke about Lily-Rose Depp in an interview, he sounded more than a little nervous about the 16-year-old’s sudden fame. He even went so far as to describe Lily-Rose’s success as “disturbing.” It’s not that Johnny wants to stand in the way of his daughter’s dreams, of course. But having been in the industry for as long as he has (and having seen what Hollywood can do to young women), it’s only natural that he’s a bit concerned. Of course, Lily has Captain Jack himself to help her navigate the rough waters of fame, and that gives her a major advantage over other up-and-coming starlets. Perhaps that’s why Johnny seems so much more chill about Lily-Rose’s future in his new The Daily Mail: ” What’s happening to Lily-Rose is something that I didn’t expect to happen this early, that’s for sure! It’s such a funny thing when you see your daughter transitioning from your baby, your little girl, to suddenly being a young woman. If you’re not really looking for it, you can miss it, and Lily-Rose is on that road already and there’s nothing I can do to stop it.  “She’s been snatched up by Karl Lagerfeld – which is a coincidence, as he spotted her mother when she was the same age, too – and when I see her with make-up and all that stuff, it’s really disturbing, because she’s a very beautiful girl, and it’s all happening so fast.  “Her becoming an actress was never my dream or my desire for her, but that’s what she enjoys doing, and it’s her passion and it’s where she ended up. And she’s got the goods – she can certainly deliver.  Okay, so he still sounds pretty taken aback, but ultimately, the 52-year-old actor seems more proud than anything. In the same interview, Johnny was asked about Lily-Rose coming out as bisexual , and his response was every bit as chill as you would expect: “She’s got thousands of followers on social media, and they were all taken completely by surprise,” Johnny said. “But not me. I already knew because she tells me everything – she’s not afraid to say anything to me. We’re super-tight and I’m very proud of our relationship.” She might be very young to be receiving so much attention, but something tells us Lily-Rose will be just fine.

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Scandal Abortion Shocker Slammed as "Moral Depravity" Run Amok

Posted on November 20, 2015 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Forgive the obvious introduction, but Scandal finds itself embroiled in a pretty big scandal at the moment. On Scandal Season 5 Episode 9 last night, the Shonda Rhimes-produced drama made it as clear as possible without showing the intimate details: Olivia Pope got an abortion. At one point during the hour, Kerry Washington’s main character lay down on a medical table with her legs spread open. A doctor then turned on a machine and began the procedure. Lending credence to the belief that Pope was undergoing an abortion, the scene took place after a related storyline in which Senator Mellie Grant successfully filibustered to prevent a spending bill that could have led to the defunding of Planned Parenthood. Prett risky move for the series, huh? Pretty ridiculous and unethical move for the series, according to the Media Research Center. “Hollywood’s liberal values permeate movies and television. Last night’s episode of ABC’s Scandal was pretty much an hour-long advertisement for Planned Parenthood,” wrote the conservative group, adding: “In the most disturbing scene, the main character has an abortion to ‘Silent Night’ (a hymn celebrating the birth of Jesus) playing in the background. “This is Hollywood’s moral depravity on full display.” View Slideshow: Scandal Cast Through the Years Conversely, Planned Parenthood released a statement of its own in regard to the unexpected development: Tonight, the millions of people who tune into ‘Scandal’ every Thursday night learned that our rights to reproductive health care are under attack. Never one to shy away from critical issues, Shonda Rhimes used her platform to tell the world that if Planned Parenthood lost funding for contraception counseling, STI testing, cancer screenings, and safe, legal abortion – millions of people would suffer. And this episode wasn’t the first time one of Rhimes’ characters had an abortion, yet tonight we saw one of our favorite characters make the deeply personal decision that one in three women have made in their lifetime. We applaud Shonda Rhimes tonight – and every Thursday night – for proving that when women are telling our stories, the world will pause and watch. We just hope those in Congress – and throughout the nation – who are steadfast on rolling the clock back on reproductive health care access are taking note. You can watch Scandal online to see the abortion scene take place and then you can Comment below with your take: Where do you stand on this dificult subject?

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Prop 8 Shredding Spurs Newsweek Editor to Repeat: ‘The Religious Case for Gay Marriage is Strong’

Posted on August 12, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Newsweek has aggressively demonstrated its utter impatience with any antiquated resistance to the promotion of homosexuality in America. The latest judicial decision overruling (for a second time) a popular vote in California against gay marriage is “a victory for liberty,” according to an editorial by Newsweek editor Jon Meacham. The decision spurred Meacham to declare once again that “the religious case for gay marriage is strong.” Anyone who would deny any sinner access to “secular rights and religious sacraments” is just plain stupid: Broadly put, the Western monotheistic traditions hold that human beings are made in the likeness and image of God, and are thus all equal in the sight of the Lord. (In his The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates, written in 1649, John Milton put the matter bluntly: “No man…can be so stupid to deny that all men naturally were born free, being the image and resemblance of God himself.”) If a person is homosexual by nature—that is, if one’s sexuality is as intrinsic a part of one’s identity as gender or skin color—then society can no more deny a gay person access to the secular rights and religious sacraments because of his homosexuality than it can reinstate Jim Crow. I have made this argument before (and Ted Olson, who, with David Boies, successfully argued the Proposition 8 case, wrote a cover story for us on the issue earlier this year). The reaction from the right has always been comfortably predictable, and no doubt will be again. The problem for those who assert biblical authority in support of traditional definitions of marriage is that one could, with equal validity, assert that the lending of money or certain kinds of haircuts are forbidden by God, or that slavery and the subjugation of women are authorized by the Lord. Scripture is not inerrant; believers are called to interpret biblical texts in light of tradition and reason. For now the debate is about civil marriage, but much of the opposition to opening the institution to gays and lesbians comes from those who profess a faith of charity. In the fullness of time, I suspect that bigotry against homosexuals will seem as repugnant as racial prejudice does today. Or so one hopes. In other words, the Word of God, like the U.S. Constitution, is to liberals just another “living, breathing document” that cries out to be modernized to fit the most current evolution of identity politics. If God exists, then He must be edited as propagandistically and relentlessly as a so-called “news” magazine.

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