• MTV News: Kanye West and his road manager and bodyguard, who has been identified as Don Crowley, were arrested Thursday morning (September 11) by Los Angeles International Airport police near the American Airlines terminal, a spokesperson for the airport's public relations office confirmed to MTV News. Kanye West Arrested At Los Angeles Airport

• South Florida Blade: Exclusive interview with Barack Obama. Blade: What personal experiences or friendships in your life have shaped how you view gay issues?

  Barack Obama: Michelle and I have been blessed with many openly gay and lesbian friends and colleagues whom we have been close to for many years. While that fact has made the issues facing the LGBT community more personal, the fundamental reasons I have for supporting equality are greater than any individual. I am running for President because I believe that we as a nation need change. We need to end the divisive politics of George W. Bush and pursue policies that treat all of us, regardless of identity or background, with dignity, equality and respect.

  Blade: Do you have any role models who are openly gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender?

  Obama: A college professor of mine helped me to see the lives of LGBT people from a different perspective. He was the first openly gay professor that I had ever come in contact with, or openly gay person of authority that I had come in contact with. And he was just a terrific guy.  His comfort in his own skin and the friendship we developed helped to educate me on a number of these issues.

  The interview continues here: Obama Pledges ‘Equality for All’

• Travel and Leisure Magazine: Miami is voted as having the best looking people in Travel and Leisure magazine's annual pole of the favorite cities in America. Runners up were San Diego CA and Austin TX. Miami placed third in the nightlife category. We won't even bother telling you who placed first and second... boring! America's favorite cities 2008.

• The official Ellen and Portia wedding video montage from the Ellen Show. Grab a hanky, this is beautiful!

• PageONeQ: A state judge has ruled against Florida's gay adoption ban, calling it "unconstitutional" and allowing an openly gay foster parent to adopt a boy he's been raising. Court: Florida Anti-Gay Adoption Ban is Unconstitutional

• Gawker: The plan was for Track to be the good kid in the Palin family. The athletically-named son of VP nominee Sarah Palin—who's set to ship out soon for Iraq—was portrayed as a symbol of patriotism on stage at the Republican Convention. But did he only join the Army to escape a life of drugs and crime back in Alaska? The newly famous enlistee gets the full investigative treatment from the Enquirer —which always saves the best stuff for the print version. Which we now have in hand! The young man has partied with some very talkative people. So: while Track was watching his mom enthrall the nation, was he really daydreaming of mainlining sweet, sweet Oxycontin and playing "master" criminal back home? Teen Daughter Pregnant. Son On Drugs. What's Next?

• Beautiful Mag: Daniel G. photographed by Tim Ricks. More photos Here, Daniel G. in Beautiful Mag

• New York Times: Children's books author and illustrator Maurice Sendak comes out. "...Was there anything he had never been asked? He paused for a few moments and answered, “Well, that I’m gay.” “I just didn’t think it was anybody’s business,” Mr. Sendak added. He lived with Eugene Glynn, a psychoanalyst, for 50 years before Dr. Glynn’s death in May 2007. He never told his parents: “All I wanted was to be straight so my parents could be happy. They never, never, never knew.” Concerns Beyond Just Where the Wild Things Are

• Us Magazine: A Sacramento State grad is putting her virginity on the auction block to help pay for her studies. "I don't think auctioning my virginity will solve all my problems, but it will create some financial stability," the 22-year-old (who uses the pseudonym "Natalie Dylan") says on tonight's The Insider. "I'm ready for the controversy ... I'm ready to do this." 22-Year-Old Auctioning Off Her Virginity

• People Magazine: Jordin Sparks doesn't regret defending the Jonas Brothers for wearing purity rings at MTV's Video Music Awards on Sunday – but now wishes she'd chosen her words more carefully. Sparks's original comment on live television was, "It's not bad to wear a promise ring because not everybody – guy or girl – wants to be a slut." Jordin Sparks Explains Her VMAs 'Slut' Comment

• Popwatch Blog: Looks like all the fussin' and feudin' between NBC Universal and Apple has come to an end (for now) as the two companies announced yesterday that shows from networks within the Peacock family (NBC, Bravo, USA, Sci Fi, et al) will once again be available through the iTunes service. NBC and iTunes Mend Fences

• Roseanne Barr Blog: "Like many Americans I was surprised and something like pleased when I first heard that John McCain had chosen a woman for a running mate. But that didn't last for long. There is so much that Sarah Palin represents that goes against my grain as a woman and as an American. Now that I'm seeing her being hailed as someone very much like the character I created, Roseanne Connor, I really have to speak up. I'm very aware that lots of Americans are almost in love with this woman they'd never heard of just a couple of weeks ago. So, speaking of going against the grain, what I'm compelled by my conscience to say may not be what a lot of Americans want to hear. But as our brave and esteemed Vice President said awhile back when told that our disastrous policy in Iraq was strongly opposed by three out of four Americans: "So?" Sometimes you have to stand against the crowd and say what you know in your heart is right and true.
  As to the Roseanne Connor Sarah Palin comparison: for starters, In nine years of The Roseanne Show, you didn't hear much of anything about Religion per se, or Roseanne's family's faith..." And Now, A Few Words From Another Maverick

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