I know Chad Coleman as the recently departed Tyreese of The Walking Dead. He also played Cutty on The Wire. Coleman recently had a bit of a meltdown on a NY subway train after he overheard two people talking about him. They realized he looked familiar and one of them said “No, we don’t know that n-word.” That seemed to set Coleman off because he then started pacing and yelling loudly to the entire train “My name is Chad L. Coleman. I’m on The Wire, The Walking Dead… Yes I’m an actor… I want to know where my humanitarians are? Where is your humanitarian?!” which makes no sense. I would assume he meant to say “where’s your humanity,” but got the words mixed up. He did correct himself toward the end and said “at the end of the day, where’s the humanitarian in you?” It’s good he clarified, because otherwise it sounded like he asked the passengers where their personal humanitarian was. I would like my own humanitarian, a kind of therapist who caters to my needs, like bringing me food while I talk it out. I guess that’s what moms are for. Coleman needs that kind of humanitarian, but I digress.

Coleman got really mad and hoarse as he yelled “If you need to write about it, if you need to record it get your phone out… tell me what the f you expose, nothing but the truth.” We of course know all this because someone did record it, the video is above and on TMZ. Then Coleman calmed down and the guy taping (presumably) told Coleman that he loved The Wire and that Cutty was the best character. Coleman kept trying to explain himself. He said “I”m saying, ‘here I am. That’s what I do. The stories that I tell… I’m just trying to help move forward, evolve.‘” At the ends he adds “I’m telling you, they will always judge who you are… decide that first.”

He sounded kind of wasted to me, but he later told TMZ he “was not drunk,” that he’s sorry to the other cast of The Walking Dead and also sorry to his family. “He’s not proud he couldn’t control his emotions.”

Coleman told TMZ he had “built up frustration” following the the turmoil in Baltimore. It’s been a bad week for so many people, and if someone did call him the N word his tirade makes more sense. It’s still not excusable though. This makes me sad because I loved him on Walking Dead and I’m mad they killed off his character. Judging from this video, he’s not taking it too well either.

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Rick Santorum is a frothy mixture. He’s spent decades as a politician, political figure, political commentator and Republican presidential nominee saying awful things about the LGBTQ community. These statements weren’t just a couple of off-hand remarks in an interview 10 years ago either – as a senator, he used his bully pulpit to pontificate about how homosexual sex acts are not private, gay people should be punished and shunned for being gay and equating LGBTQ people to people who commit bestiality.

What’s the point of all of this? Two things. One, it’s very likely that Santorum is going to run for president again (lucky us, huh?). Two, Santorum answered a question about Bruce Jenner’s transition with a surprising amount of… compassion? Is this real?

Possible Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum is weighing in on Bruce Jenner’s transition. After revealing to Diane Sawyer that he is transitioning from a man to a woman, the 65-year-old Olympic gold medalist and parent of six received some “respect” from the conservative politician.

“If he says he’s a woman, then he’s a woman,” Santorum told a group of reporters Saturday at the South Carolina Republican convention. “My responsibility as a human being is to love and accept everybody. Not to criticize people for who they are.”

During his two-hour sit down with ABC News, Bruce also admitted to being a Republican. In fact, he told Sawyer that he would go to House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to help promote the LGBT cause.

“In a heartbeat, why not,” he told Sawyer. “And I think they’d be very receptive to it.”

Santorum, however, has not always been open about LGBT rights. The politician recently made headlines with his strict views on same-sex marriage after saying that he would not attend a same-sex wedding because it “would be a violation of my faith.” But on the topic of Jenner, the 56-year-old urged the public to react in a “compassionate and respectful” manner.

“I can criticize, and I do, for what people do, for their behavior. But as far as for who they are, you have to respect everybody, and these are obviously complex issues for businesses, for society,” he said. “And I think we have to look at it in a way that is compassionate and respectful of everybody.”

[From E! News]

As you might remember, I thought the most shocking thing in Jenner’s 20/20 interview was his admission that he’s a Republican. Which… I mean, his body, his choice and I would assume Jenner’s politics are more about “conservative economics” than anything else. I think it will be interesting to see more potential or actual Republican politicians get questions about transgender Americans. Honestly, I can see a lot of them parsing their words like Santorum. If you really look at what he said, he’s saying that as a Christian, it’s his duty to “love and accept everyone” but as a politician, he would criticize (and punish) transgender and gay people for “their behavior.” So, it’s sort of okay if you’re LGBTQ, just don’t DO anything about it. No transitioning, no gay sex. NEVER!

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SPOILERS!!!!!

Spoilers for last night’s episode of Game of Thrones.

There seems to be a thirst for more Game of Thrones coverage, so let’s get to it. This is not a full-on recap, because while Episode 5.4, “Sons of the Harpy” was jam-packed full of interesting moments, some moments were more interesting than others. So let’s just do some highlights.

Stannis loves his daughter Shireen. I’ll admit it, I cried. I’ve always been sort of a Stannis apologist though. Do I think he’s a perfect leader? No. Do I think he would make an amazing king? No. But he would have made a better king than his brother Robert, and Stannis has hidden depths. I loved that this “hard man,” this warrior, this cold bastard just flat-out adores his little girl.

Stannis doesn’t believe Jon Snow is a bastard. Stannis’s wife: “A bastard by some tavern slut.” Stannis: “Perhaps. But that wasn’t Ned Stark’s way.” O RLY?!?

Jon Snow Knows Nothing. Melisandre tried to seduce Jon Snow. It was sexy, I thought. I mean, it must have been really uncomfortable for Carice van Houten to be naked with a fully dressed Kit Harington, but I liked the way she put his hand on her breast and that he was sort of into it until he thought of Ygritte. Poor Jon Snow and his affection for redheads. When he shut her down and Melisandre stands in the doorway and says “You know nothing, Jon Snow” I literally said “OH MY GOD” to the TV.

Kit Harington on the seduction: “I think that’s how the director wanted it to play out, in a way. There’s a small age difference between me and Carice and that kind of helped it, but it is that—it is quite maternal. He’s got all those mother issues, you know. He’s very Freudian, old Jon. He really does have a thing for redheads, too. And they come on in quick succession!” He also says he “respects” that Jon Snow is “a man of honor and principle and he swears—and has sworn—off women, and that’s because he believes he has a bigger task at hand, and if he falls in love he won’t be able to do that. He also sees Melisandre for the dangerous person that she is, and that’s a tribute to Jon.” You can read more of Kit and Carice’s interview here.

Sansa in the crypt. I like Sansa and I’m actually not tired of her moping around like a sad sack. I think she’s still figuring out how to manipulate people and be a leader. I like the idea of Littlefinger as a mentor/dodgy molester uncle for her because I genuinely think Littlefinger believes in her and wants to help her. Does he have a sketchy agenda? Of course. But he actually sees her potential as a leader, as a potential “wardeness of the North.” I also loved Littlefinger’s story – known to book readers now for years – about Prince Rhaegar presenting Lyanna Stark with the winter roses. Sansa still has the official Stark story of what went down, that Rhaegar kidnapped Lyanna and raped her. The look on Littlefinger’s face tells us that was not actually what happened.

The Sand Snakes. I had been looking forward to the introduction of Prince Oberyn’s daughters but in an already busy episode, I was really disappointed with that scene. I thought it was… poorly written? Which is something I rarely say about GoT. But the dialogue felt really stilted. You can read a new interview with Keisha Castle-Hughes here.

The Sons of the Harpy. I find this guerrilla movement, this insurgency of “The Sons of the Harpy” to be terrifyingly realistic. And it really bugs me that Dany is still so f—king Pollyanna about all of it, especially after the crowd turned on her so powerfully two episodes ago. Well, she won’t be able to stay Pollyanna after the coordinated assault on the Unsullied which left at least two dozen of Dany’s soldiers dead. The fate of Grey Worm is unknown (I think he’s probably alive?) but we now that Ser Barristan the Bold is dead. The actor, Ian McElhinney, gave his exit interview to EW – go here to read. What I love about so many of these exit interviews is that you can just feel how much fun it is on the GoT set, and how so many of these actors just love their jobs.

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Here is the June cover of Vanity Fair. Thankfully, it’s not a dead celebrity! HUZZAH. No, VF got a major exclusive with JJ Abrams on the set of Star Wars. The cover is pretty great – just seeing Harrison Ford in his Han Solo costume is enough to make me weak at the knees. I still maintain that Chewy has been buffed, polished and tweaked into oblivion, and I’m so disappointed in that. Chewy, you were naturally beautiful! You didn’t NEED the eye work. Also featured on the cover: the two leads, John Boyega and Daisy Ridley. I feel like Daisy might be playing a Skywalker/Solo? You can see all of the newly released photos here.

Annie Leibovitz came to the set to take photos, and we’re also getting our first real look at Adam Driver’s black-clad character, plus a sad confirmation on Lupita Nyong’o’s character. Here’s the spoiler: we won’t be seeing Lupita’s lovely face in Star Wars. She wore “CGI tracking dots” and she’s playing a “purely animated character” in the film. That sucks!! Why wouldn’t Lupita’s face “fit” into the Star Wars world? I’m including the video below.

Also: JJ Abrams reveals to VF that he killed off JarJar Binks, the terrible patois-speaking idiot character from Star Wars Episode I. Abrams tells VF: “I have a thought about putting Jar Jar Binks’s bones in the desert there. I’m serious! Only three people will notice, but they’ll love it.” Abrams also says that people “literally cried” when they walked onto the Millennium Falcon for the first time. Yeah… I might do that. I might cry. You can read more here are VF.

Cover courtesy of Vanity Fair, still courtesy of @StarWars Twitter.

Prince Harry was in Australia when his sister-in-law Duchess Kate gave birth. That’s just the way it goes sometimes, and Harry made his plans knowing full well that he would miss the birth. I don’t think he really cared, but he did release a statement from Australia about his new little niece (name still unknown):

Prince Harry has said about his new niece: “She is absolutely beautiful. I can’t wait to meet her.” pic.twitter.com/HiNR8lzThy

— Kensington Palace (@KensingtonRoyal) May 3, 2015

Us Weekly says that Harry was waiting up in Australia to hear news of the baby, with a source saying: “Harry was worried he would be asleep when the news broke, so he was really happy that he was up to take the call from William.”

As for how Harry is occupying his time in Australia… well, he’s doing his military stuff, but there’s a rumor going around that he might have some free time for romance. The Daily Mail claims that Harry is still talking to Chelsy Davy, and Davy recently broke up with her boyfriend Charles Goode, and Chelsy is thinking about visiting Harry in Australia. A source says, “Yet again there is talk that they seem to be rekindling something.” Oh, just get married and be done with it!

As for the lack of baby name still, more than 48 hours after Kate gave birth… I don’t know what to tell you. The royal reporters were hoping we would get a name today, but Richard Palmer says that Will & Kate still haven’t exactly decided on a name, and they want to inform the Queen before everyone else. So… hopefully later today.

I’m also including some photos of the Queen on Saturday, shortly after she heard she now has a new great-granddaughter. She wore hot pink for the occasion!

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Mark Ruffalo earned his spot as one of “The Offenders” during the cringeworthy Age of Ultron press tour. He didn’t approach levels of Robert Downey Jr. offensiveness, and he didn’t call Black Widow a “wh*re and slut“ like Chris Evans and Jeremy Renner. But Ruffalo did step in it during a visit to Graham Norton two weeks ago. Elizabeth Olsen called Scarlet Witch a gypsy, and Norton warned her that the term is a derogatory term for Romani people. That should have been the end of the discussion, but Ruffalo and Jeremy Renner decided to chant, “gypsy, gypsy.” Norton was pretty peeved in response.

Norton’s people ended up editing out the offending portion from the final episode, but someone asked Mark about it on Twitter this weekend.

@choicesmakeus Sorry. It was goofing. I apologize. I hadn’t heard that until then. I won’t do it again. Seriously

— Mark Ruffalo (@MarkRuffalo) May 2, 2015

Ruffalo seems pretty sincere, and this tiny tweet is a better apology than Evans and Renner’s obligatory ones. I still don’t know why Ruffalo and Renner would chant an ethnic slur immediately after Norton admonished Olsen. Maybe Ruffalo and Norton are complete drunkfaces too. That’s still not an excuse.

Ruffalo also made this bold statement on Twitter last week.

.@Marvel we need more #BlackWidow merchandise for my daughters and nieces. Pretty please.

— Mark Ruffalo (@MarkRuffalo) April 29, 2015

Did Ruffalo just redeem himself? He’s the only male Avengers who has acknowledged Marvel’s astonishing lack of Black Widow merch. My niece wants an action figure for her birthday. Boys want them too, but you can’t find them anywhere. The only ones available are limited edition figures (leftover from Iron Man 2) that cost hundreds of dollars. It’s ridiculous, and thank goodness Ruffalo said something.

FYI: Entertainment Weekly has an in-depth analysis on ScarJo’s portrayal and how three different directorial teams have treated the Black Widow character. Oh … and this weekend’s episode of SNL had a Black Widow romcom sketch starring Scarlett Johansson herself. “Marvel gets women.”

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Every time Tori Spelling or Dean McDermott has something to promote, the tabloids have new stories about them. In this case, Dean wants to pimp his new cookbook, The Gourmet Dad: Easy And Delicious Meals The Whole Family Will Love. (What an unoriginal title. They should have called it Recipes of Adultery & Desperation.) Last week, I saw a predictable story in OK! about how Tori thinks she’s pregnant with a fifth child. She teased a pregnancy last year too, as a cliffhanger to True Tori‘s season 2 finale. Given all of the life-threatening complications from her fourth pregnancy, I would hope Tori’s not dumb enough to try again.

The last time we talked about Tori, she fell into a Benihana hibachi grill. Dean recently said Tori is recovering from her skin-grafting procedures. These two don’t have much else to shill, so they’ve returned to a familiar theme — money problems. In Touch Weekly says Dean is “more than $13,000 behind on child support payments” to his first wife, Mary Jo Eustace. This week’s issue of Star doubles down by saying Tori and Dean are blowing through over half a million a year. They have no income and don’t seem to care. Here’s Star’s breakdown of their expenditures:

They’re cash poor, out of work — and they burned through all their savings years ago. Yet Tori Spelling and Dean McDermott continue to spend money as though they’re sitting on a pile of it. “They’re living off credit cards,” says an insider. “Tori pays the minimum on the cards, so the bills keep doubling and tripling.”

And they’re headed even further into the red. Dean lost his job hosting Chopped Canada, and Tori recently found out that her reality show, True Tori, hasn’t been renewed for a third season — a huge disappointment that, on the heels of her failed series Mystery Girls, casts doubt on her future TV prospects. With residuals from Beverly Hills, 90210 decreasing steadily, insiders say that Tori is now cozying up to her mom, Candy, who — along with a lifestyle change — may be her only hope.

* Groceries: $48,000
* Medical expenses: $45,000
* Private school for 3 kids: $37,000
* Rent (not mortgage): $126,000
* Dog walker: $26,000
* Nannies for 3 kids: $126,000
* Clothing: $36,000
Total: $594,000 per year

[From Star, print edition, May 11, 2015]

Star didn’t include Tori’s expense for her 127 storage vaults of crap, which she previously said is as much as a mortgage. I’m honestly surprised that her her frequent hospital visits don’t cost more than the stated amount. And $48,000 per year for groceries is insane, even with four kids. Basically, nothing has changed for Tori and Dean. They’re no longer earning money (except for Dean’s book advance), and their spending hasn’t changed at all. Tori has flat out refused to change her ways because her dad wouldn’t have wanted it. They must be receiving money from Candy Spelling, right? There’s no way they can put half a million per year on credit cards.

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The couple no one expected to last longer than a year somehow made it over two (Lindsey seems to be fudging the numbers in her statement by claiming it was three.) It seems just like yesterday when Tiger Woods and Lindsey Vonn were making their much-derided couple debut in a series of staged photos. That was in March, 2013 and despite the widespread belief that their relationship was a publicity stunt, the two hung in there. The last time they were spotted together was about a month ago when they walked the Masters course with Tiger’s two children. (This is a tradition among Masters participants.) Now they’re announcing that they have decided to “mutually end” their relationship. Just like their rollout, their ending seems perfectly coordinated. Here are their separate statements on the end of their relationship:

Lindsey: After nearly three years together, Tiger and I have mutually decided to end our relationship. I will always cherish the memories that we’ve created together. Unfortunately, we both lead incredibly hectic lives that force us to spend a majority of our time apart. I will always admire and respect Tiger. He and his beautiful family will always hold a special place in my heart.

Tiger: Lindsey and I have mutually decided to stop dating. I have great admiration, respect and love for Lindsey and I’ll always cherish our time together. She has been amazing with Sam and Charlie and my entire family. Unfortunately, we lead very hectic lives and are both competing in demanding sports. It’s difficult to spend time together.

[From Facebook and TigerWoods.com]

From what little I know of golf, Tiger is no longer at the top of his game of course, but he’s focusing on training and and is showing improvement in his performance. He has the Players Championship in a few days and next month he has two tournaments including The U.S. Open. Tiger is ranked 125th in golf while Lindsey is currently number 3 in her sport, alpine skiing. It could be true that these two barely have time for each other. However we know what happens when Tiger gets wrapped up in competition – he gets action on the side in just about every city. Did Lindsey finally open her eyes to the evidence that the world has known for years? Is it possible that Tiger is really a changed man and that these two just grew apart due to their schedules? Lindsey is at the top of her game while Tiger is struggling to earn back some of his former glory. It’s not that much of a stretch to imagine that two highly competitive athletes might also be competitive with each other.

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