`Up in the Air’ leads Golden Globes with 6 noms

(Beverly Hills, Calif.) The recession-era tale “Up in the Air” leads Golden Globe film contenders with six nominations, among them best drama and acting honors for George Clooney, Vera Farmiga and Anna Kendrick.

Other drama picks are the space fantasy “Avatar,” the Iraq War tale “The Hurt Locker,” the World War …

Three Cities Compete For Gay Games

With just two months left before final voting takes place in Cologne, Germany, decision day is drawing near for three U.S. cities vying to be host city of the 2014 Gay Games.

Boston, Cleveland, and Washington, D.C., are all contenders for the event, which draws an estimated 12,000 athletes from 70 countries.

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Out O’Donnell throws hat in ring for U.S. Senate appointment in N.Y.

Out New York Assemblyman Daniel O’Donnell is among a lengthy list of contenders seeking to be appointed to fill the U.S. Senate seat occupied by Hillary Clinton, who has been nominated to lead the State Department. O’Donnell on Monday had a 45-minute interview for the job with New York Gov. David Paterson. “It certainly would be a bold choice to pick someone who would be the first openly gay U.S. senator, and he’s known as a bold guy,” O’Donnell said. The New York Times/City Room (12/30) , The New York Observer (12/30) MORE

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Obama’s Cabinet apparently won’t have LGBT representation

Out LGBT candidates have been shut out of President-elect Barack Obama’s Cabinet, with the final spot of labor secretary reportedly being offered to U.S. Rep. Hilda Solis, D-Calif. Mary Beth Maxwell, the out founding executive director for American Rights at Work, was said to be among the contenders for the labor post. “As we talk about either keeping or renewing America’s promise, which the president-elect has been talking about, apparently it does not yet extend to gay and lesbian people in the Cabinet of the president,” said Chuck Wolfe, president and CEO of The Victory Fund. Washington Blade