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Panic in Porn, Rage on The View, and the Return of the Comics!

Courtney Ridgway |
October 15, 2010 | 11:09 a.m. PDT

Staff Reporter

Rodger Berman and stylist Rachel Zoe (pictured here at the Unicef Benefit hosted by The Weinstein Company in March 2010) announced that they are expecting their first child (John Shearer/WireImage)
Rodger Berman and stylist Rachel Zoe (pictured here at the Unicef Benefit hosted by The Weinstein Company in March 2010) announced that they are expecting their first child (John Shearer/WireImage)
Daily Hollywood – Friday, October 15, 2010

Ralph Lauren has the key to the Big Apple!  New York City’s Mayor Bloomberg is bestowing American fashion icon Ralph Lauren with the “Key to the City.”  Lauren is the first fashion designer to receive this honor.  He was chosen for his “philanthropic and economic contributions” to New York, which includes Lauren’s employing of 3,000 New Yorkers and his support for the Lincoln Center and Central Park.  Lauren received the gold-plated key in his own fashion empire in New York City.  (Source: New York Post)

The View had some drama when hosts Whoopi Goldberg and Joy Behar walked off of the set due to comments by guest Bill O’Reilly.  O’Reilly’s comment “Muslims killed us on 9/11” sent a gasp throughout the audience, which soon turned to applause as the two hosts stepped off stage, but not before Whoopi screamed, “EXTREMIST!” and Behar said, “I don’t want to sit here!”  Barbara Walters quickly set a new tone when she quieted the audience to say, “We should be able to have discussions without washing our hands, screaming and walking off stage…I love my colleagues, but that should not have happened.”  Behar later commented, “He’s an idiot,” but both Behar and Goldberg eventually returned to set.
(Source: The View)

It seems that it’s time for Rachel Zoe to give up her ultra-skinny days.  According to Us Weekly, the celebrity stylist is pregnant!  This will be Zoe and her husband of 12 years Rodger Berman’s first child.  Zoe’s former costar and close friend Brad Goreski says “I hope to be in the delivery room!” 
(Source: US Magazine)

The porn industry is in panic mode after the announcement that an anonymous porn actor has just tested positive for HIV.  The actor, whose name and gender have not be released, was treated at the Adult Industry Medical Healthcare Foundation, which is a clinic that caters to the porn industry.  5 adult entertainment companies have hit the brakes as they scramble to trace where the virus may have originated or to whom it may have spread.  Vivid Entertainment Group and Wicked Pictures called for production halts as a precaution.  Los Angeles County public health officials have expressed concerns over the lack of condom use on pornography sets before.
(Source: Yahoo! News)

Comics are coming to TV!  Since Disney bought Marvel last year they have been looking to launch Marvel Television.  The first superhero show will be a live-action TV version of The Incredible Hulk.  At this point a writer has yet to be chosen, but “rumors going around are that the show may hit the small screen mid-summer.”  In similar news, Warner Bros. TV along with DC Comics are creating a new Wonder Woman series.  Looks like comics are making a comeback!
(Perez Hilton)

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