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Francesco Gregorini and Tatiana von Furstenberg talk about Tanner Hall, the boarding school film that stars Rooney Mara and features a lesbian storyline.

An estimated 400,000 people came out and celebrated the 41st Annual LA Pride event this past weekend in West Hollywood. Other highlights of the parade were attorney Gloria Allred in a convertible surrounded by the “All Reds,” a dozen women and men in drag sporting blond wigs and Allred’s signature red suit, a fire truck full of Micky’s bar employees (go-go dancers included, of course), many Gay-Straight Alliances and college LGBT organizations, riders and roadies who participated in this year’s AIDS/LifeCycle, a contingent of vintage car enthusiasts, and the U-haul trucks driven by cast members of Showtime’s lesbian reality series The Real L Word.

Tea Party candidate Christine O'Donnell on Tuesday defeated Rep. Mike Castle in the Republican primary for vice president Joseph Biden's former Senate seat in Delaware. O'Donnell's win complicates the GOP's chances of recapturing a majority in the Senate — O'Donnell is seen as a long shot at prevailing in November against Democratic nominee Chris Coons, a state executive. O'Donnell is a far right candidate who has made stances against masturbation and pornography.

Just as Glee is about to go on vacation until April comes this gem of a casting: Broadway diva Idina Menzel has been cast as the vocal coach. Menzel, who famously played lesbian Maureen on the Broadway and big-screen incarnations of Rent and Elphaba in Broadway's Wicked, has said that she's a big fan of the Fox freshman show.