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Jack Black plays Jesus in Prop 8 - The Musical

Everyone from Brad Pitt to Ellen Degeneres to Steven Spielberg donated six figures to help fight the passage of California's Proposition 8. While the gay-marriage ban narrowly passed, celebrities are still doing what they can to voice their disapproval. For Jack Black, that means playing Jesus Christ in a three-minute Funny or Die musical skit....  read more

California's Prop 8 protests may affect Sundance Film Fest

Even as the left-leaning majority in Hollywood celebrated the outcome of the presidential election, many in the industry protested the passage of Proposition 8, a ballot measure that banned same-sex marriage in California after a court ruling had legalized it last May. As gay-marriage supporters react, many have turned their attention to one of the proposal's biggest proponents, the Mormon church, and an annual fête held on its Utah doorstep: the Sundance Film Festival....  read more