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Cher performs new music on “The Voice”

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:53:00 +0000

1980s pop star Cher performed new music, "It's a Woman's World," on last night's "The Voice" season finale, making it her first performance on live television in over a decade. The singer, 67, admitted to HollywoodLife.com that she was nervous about it: "“It was frightening and fun, when you haven’t actually been live and been in front of an audience. It wouldn’t be bad if it was a concert, but to be in front of a gazillion people made it a little bit uncomfortable and nerve-racking. Plus, I have had some really hard times with my throat. I went to Russia and had something and my voice hasn’t been great, so I was really nervous. I think what I didn’t have with my voice, I covered with having a good time!”

If the singer was nervous, though, she certainly didn't show it. Cher returned to the stage in true Cher fashion, with a wig that turned her into some really weird bird. Watch her performance, below:

Internet confused by “Nowthatchersdead” hashtag on Twitter

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 16:48:00 +0000

Although it started as cruel satire celebrating the death of former U.K. prime minister Margaret Thatcher, some of the Internet is reading the "nowthatchersdead" hashtag on Twitter as "Now That Cher's Dead." (To be clear, Cher is not dead. Cher is very much alive.):

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You will be spared the "If I Could Turn Back Time" and "Believe" puns, but the organizers of the hashtag created an incredibly irreverant playlist, and it does not include Cher.

To be fair, journalist Martin Belam totally predicted this would happen (and that said post would appear):

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LGBT’s new allies: The Gay Kid Converts

Sat, 16 Mar 2013 14:30:00 +0000

Ohio's Rob Portman made headlines on Friday as the first sitting Republican senator to back marriage equality in the Senate. But like so many other conservative lawmakers before him, the senator didn't think much about the rights of gays and lesbians until the issue got personal.

For Portman, it was his 21-year-old son coming out as gay that "allowed" him to see the issue as a "dad who loves his son a lot and wants him to have the same opportunities that his brother and sister would have -- to have a relationship like Jane and I have had for over 26 years.”

Donald Trump has never seen a shrink

Wed, 21 Nov 2012 17:07:00 +0000

Since he called for "revolution" after President Obama's reelection, Donald Trump has seemed a little chastened on Twitter. His feed has become a dull litany of inspirational quotes from old generals and presidents, mixed with plugs for his hotels during the holidays and occasional concerns about the fiscal cliff and Paula Broadwell's marriage.

But if you've stopped following him, well, a little of the crazy is back. In recent days, Trump has picked fights with Cher, Rosie O'Donnell and Chelsea Handler, and even gone after the Red Cross. And sometimes he just randomly defends himself from all the people who are disgusted by him. Here's a taste:

Attacking Rosie:

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Baiting the Huffington Post:

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Picking on Cher: