links for 2008-03-29

Bash’d, which centres on a gay couple and a gay-bashing during the debate on same-sex marriage in Canada, has a political message at its heart.

“I can take it,” Clooney says. “I’m a grown-up. We’re all grown-ups.”

“Sex for pay is such a sober exercise that there are Web sites where escorts are reviewed like restaurants.”

“It’s lights out at 8 p.m. on Saturday night, and candles are de rigueur, but the first activity that comes to their minds is karaoke?”