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WATCH: Was <em>SNL</em>'s Anderson Cooper Impression 'Queened Up' for Laughs?

Was that Saturday Night Live impersonation of Anderson Cooper’s debate moderating skills a little “queened up” for laughs? 

Andy Cohen thinks so.

Cooper was a guest on Watch What Happens Live and took calls from viewers about the debate. Then Cohen brought up the debate reenactment from SNL.  

“‘SNL’ spoofed the debate and they spoofed you, and I was offended by the spoof because I thought the guy kind of queened it up in playing you,” said Cohen, being critical of Jon Rudnitsky‘s impression without naming him. A clip of the conversation was shared by Mediaite. 

Cooper seemed to agree with Cohen, saying, “It was like the only thing he knew about me was that I’m gay” and said the impression came with “a little Truman Capote vibe” and “a little snideness, which I thought was odd.”

“I didn’t read it that way,” said fellow guest Molly Ringwald. “I thought he was playing it sort of stoic.”

The Bernie Sanders impersonation from comedian Larry David got all of the attention from last week’s SNL cold open. Is it worth taking a second look at how Cooper was portrayed?

Watch below:

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Gay Iconography: Adoring Adele

If you were on the Internet at all yesterday, it’d be pretty difficult to deny Adele’s status as a gay icon. The release of her new video, “Hello,” unleashed a collective gay-gasp that swept the web.

Given Adele’s relatively brief career (she released her debut full-length album in 2008), it’s easy to dismiss her lasting impact. But merely focusing on the duration of her career ignores the incredible feats she’s already accomplished. She’s won nine Grammy Awards, including becoming the first woman to win Best New Artist, Record of the Year, Album of the Year and Song of the Year. She’s tied with Beyonce as the woman to win the most Grammy Awards in a single night (six). She’s the first woman in the history of the Billboard Hot 100 to have three simultaneous singles in the top ten. That’s just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to her accomplishments on the charts. She’s also the first female artist to have two albums in the top five of the Billboard 200, and she holds the distinction of having the longest-running number one album by a female artist in history.

Her beloved catalog is only one reason to adore Adele. She’s also effortlessly authentic in an age where pop stars are expected to push the limits of their image as much as their music. Her look captures a retro glamour that never detracts from her art, while her strong sense of humor and self have emboldened the singer to stand up to criticisms about her weight.

That blend of self-assurance and vulnerability has made her a worldwide sensation, but it’s also particularly endeared the singer to a loyal gay audience. In an interview with Out Magazine, she shared a story about a young gay man she inspired.
“He fancied someone at school, but he wasn’t out. And he listened to ‘Someone Like You’ and came out to his best friend and then to the boy he fancied, and it turned out that he was gay as well, and now they’re together — he’s like 15. I had to leave so I didn’t burst into tears.”

In 2012, her gay icon status was validated when she was voted Pop Artist of the Year by Gaydar Radio. Plus, she’s got endorsements from fellow gay icons, like Patti LaBelle, Bette Midler, Celine Dion and Madonna.

Take a look back at some of our favorite Adele career highlights below.

If asked to isolate the moment in which Adele broke through to American audiences, many would select her 2008 performance on Saturday Night Live. Her performances of “Chasing Pavements” and “Cold Shoulder” propelled her album and singles sales. Although the clip is all but scrubbed from the Internet, you can watch her two performances, above.

While the SNL performance may have introduced Adele to the American mainstream, it was her next album that solidified her star status. Her second album, 21, was released in 2011, and contained hit singles like the inescapable “Rolling In the Deep” and break-up anthem “Someone Like You.” You can see her give an emotional performance of the latter at the 2011 Brit Awards, above.

Apparently, Adele’s track “Set Fire To the Rain” is a gay anthem she was inspired to write after a friend told her “Chasing Pavements” wasn’t enough of an anthem for the community. Watch her perform the song live at Heaven as part of Pride London.

Adele’s accolades aren’t limited to music awards. She’s also recently won a Golden Globe Award and Academy Award for “Skyfall,” her theme for James Bond film of the same name.

Making it this far in this post means you’ve torn yourself away from watching Adele’s latest video, “Hello,” on repeat, which is a feat. The gorgeous, sepia-toned music video is the first to be shot with IMAX cameras. The song is emotional. Her voice is impeccable. Her liquid liner is flawless. It’s no wonder it’s already racked up almost 35 million views on YouTube as of this writing.

What’s your favorite Adele song?

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Pope Francis Ends Synod By Excoriating Bishops With 'Closed Hearts' And 'Heads In The Sand'
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Pope Francis, ending a contentious bishops’ meeting on family issues, on Saturday excoriated immovable Church leaders who “bury their heads in the sand” and hide behind rigid doctrine while families suffer.

The pope spoke at the end of a three-week gathering, known as a synod, where the bishops agreed to a qualified opening toward divorcees who have remarried outside the Church but rejected calls for more welcoming language toward homosexuals.

It was the latest in a series of admonitions to bishops by the pontiff, who has stressed since his election in 2013 that the 1.2 billion-member Church should be open to change, side with the poor and rid itself of the pomp and stuffiness that has alienated so many Catholics.

In his final address, the pope appeared to criticize ultra-conservatives, saying Church leaders should confront difficult issues “fearlessly, without burying our heads in the sand.”

He said the synod had “laid bare the closed hearts which frequently hide even behind the Church’s teachings or good intentions, in order to sit in the chair of Moses and judge, sometimes with superiority and superficiality, difficult cases and wounded families”.

He also decried “conspiracy theories” and the “blinkered viewpoints” of some at the gathering, and said the Church could not transmit its message to new generations “at times encrusted in a language which is archaic or simply incomprehensible”.

The outcome of the gathering, over which the pope presided, marked a victory for conservatives on homosexual issues and for progressives on the thorny issue of remarriage.

The final synod document restated Church teachings that gays should not suffer discrimination in society, but also repeated the stand that there was “no foundation whatsoever” for same-sex marriage, which “could not even remotely” be compared to heterosexual unions.

The 94-article document indicated that the assembly had decided to avoid overtly controversial language and seek consensus in order to avoid deadlock on the most sensitive topics, leaving it up to the pope to deal with the details.

The synod is an advisory body that does not have the power to alter church doctrine. The pope, who is the final arbiter on any change and who has called for a more merciful and inclusive Church, can use the material to write his own document, known as an “apostolic exhortation”.

HOPE FOR DIVORCEES

The synod document did offer some hope for the full re-integration into the Church of some Catholics who divorce and remarry in civil ceremonies.

Under current Church doctrine they cannot receive communion unless they abstain from sex with their new partner, because their first marriage is still valid in the eyes of the Church and they are seen to be living in an adulterous state of sin.

They only way such Catholics can remarry is if they receive an annulment, a ruling that their first marriage never existed in the first place because of the lack of certain pre-requisites such as psychological maturity or free will.

The document spoke of a so-called “internal forum” in which a priest or a bishop may work with a Catholic who has divorced and remarried to decide jointly, privately and on a case-by-case basis if he or she can be fully re-integrated.

“In order for this happen, the necessary conditions of humility, discretion, love for the Church and her teachings must be guaranteed in a sincere search for God’s will,” the document said.

Tally sheets showed that the three articles on the divorced and re-married were the most fought-over, reaching the two-thirds majority needed to remain in the document by only a few votes each. One passed by only one vote.

Progressives have for years been advocating the “internal forum” and some observers said the mere fact that phrase was included in the document was a victory for those promoting merciful change.

During the synod, some bishops said the Church should introduce welcoming and inclusive language regarding homosexuals, such as calling them “brothers, sisters and colleagues” in the document.

But Cardinal Christoph Schoenborn of Vienna told reporters many of the 270 bishops felt homosexuality was still “too delicate a theme” in their countries. During the meeting, African bishops were particularly adamant in their opposition to welcoming language toward homosexuals, saying it would only confuse the faithful.

At a preliminary meeting a year ago, conservative clerics made sure an interim report deleted a passage they thought was too welcoming to gays.

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Baker Who Refused to Serve Gay Couple Taking Case to Colorado Supreme Court: VIDEO

Jack Phillips, the Colorado baker and owner of Masterpiece Cake Shop who refused to bake a cake for a gay couple’s wedding in 2012, is taking his case to the Colorado Supreme Court after earlier rulings that he “unlawfully discriminated against a gay couple” were upheld in August.

The Denver Post reports:

The petition, filed by Phillips’ attorneys on Friday, asks the state’s high court to decide whether Phillips’ religious beliefs about marriage are being violated. They’re also asking the justices to consider whether forcing Phillips to create an “artistic expression” that is against his religious beliefs violates his free speech rights.

“From Masterpiece’s inception, he has integrated his faith and work,” Phillips’ attorneys wrote in the filing. “Phillips also honors God through his creative work by declining to use his artistic talents to design and create cakes that violate his religious beliefs.”

Phillips lost in August before the Colorado Court of Appeals which upheld a ruling from the state’s seven-member Civil Rights Commission and administrative law Judge Robert N. Spencer.

The ruling from The Colorado Civil Rights Commission noted evidence in the record that Phillips had expressed willingness to take a cake order for the “marriage” of two dogs, but not for the commitment ceremony of two women, and that he would not make a cake for a same-sex couple’s wedding celebration “just as he would not be willing to make a pedophile cake.”

Watch the Denver Post‘s report:

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Baker Who Refused to Serve Gay Couple Taking Case to Colorado Supreme Court: VIDEO