News: Annise Parker, The Bushes, Alex Minsky, Pyramids, Pizza and Anal

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News: Annise Parker, The Bushes, Alex Minsky, Pyramids, Pizza and Anal

annise-parker > Annise Parker wins Twitter with response to transphobic Tea Party-er.

> Justin Bieber says he doesn’t know who Bette Midler is: “‘This Britt Meddler,’ says Justin, unintentionally mangling the stage-and-screen legend’s name. ‘I don’t even know who that is, honestly.’”

> Star Wars star John Boyega cleans up nicely for The Hollywood Reporter.

> President Obama says bomb is a “possibility” in downing of Russian jet over the Sinai peninsula in Egypt: “Whenever you’ve got a plane crash, first of all you’ve got the tragedy, you’ve got — making sure there’s an investigation on site. I think there is a possibility that there was a bomb on board. And we are taking that very seriously.”

> Ancient Greek fort discovered underneath Israeli parking lot: “This sensational discovery allows us for the first time to reconstruct the layout of the settlement in the city, on the eve of the Maccabean uprising.”

> New trailer for Quentin Tarantino’s new film The Hateful Eight drops.

> If you steal Serena Williams’ phone, she will hunt you down and find you.

> The Advocate names The Supreme Court as its people of the year.

alex > War vet Alex Minsky gets the pin-up calendar treatment.

> Bush clan publicly quarrels: George H.W. Bush calls out Donald Rumsfeld, Dick Cheney and son George W. over the Iraq war. Rumsfeld hits back: ““Bush 41 is getting up in years and misjudges Bush 43, who I found made his own decisions.” Jeb tries to clean up the mess.

> Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright is definitely backing Hillary Clinton’s bid for the White House.

> Noomi Rapace rumored to play Amy Winehouse in biopic of the ill-fated singer’s life.

> Justin Trudeau is your paper doll.

> The Department of Education proposes changing curtains in school locker rooms for transgender students.

> Archaeologists to Ben Carson: the pyramids were not built to store grain: “We know what the pyramids were built for because the ancient Egyptians tell us what they were built for.”

> Flawless diamond so rare it’s described as the “once in a blue moon” diamond could fetch $55 million at auction.

slice-of-pizza > Center for American Progress pushes for LGBT national monuments: “Not a single unit of the National Park System has a primary focus on the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender, or LGBT, community…Both Congress and the executive branch have an opportunity to recognize the contributions and impact of the LGBT community through the selection of new sites that celebrate its population and history. These designations also would provide an economic benefit to areas where they are located.”