There's a guy I can't forward this to, and hope that he never takes note of
it, or I'll be on cyclic suicide watch for some time to come. He's mental
for her, about her age, had a huge crush on her when she was in "The Piano".

On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 1:27 PM, Keith Johnson <keithbjohn...@comcast.net>wrote:

>
>
> Didn't know or even suspect this about Pacquin. I'm sure there will be a
> lot of disappointed men out there now!
>
> As for Ricky Martin: file it in the "Worst Kept Secret" folder. I think
> Clay Aiken's dossier was already in there...
>
>
>
> ***************************************************
>
>
> 'True Blood' Star Anna Paquin Uses Surprising Medium to Reveal Sexual
> Orientation By Mike Ryan | Thursday, April 1, 2010, 5:04 PM
>
>
> Anna Paquin
> Jordan Strauss/WireImage
>
> Hot on the heels of Ricky Martin's 
> announcement<http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/stopthepresses/132331/ricky-martin-i-am-a-fortunate-homosexual-man/>on
>  his personal blog that he's gay, "True
> Blood <http://tv.yahoo.com/true-blood/show/39147>" star Anna 
> Paquin<http://tv.yahoo.com/anna-paquin/contributor/29335> used
> an unusual medium<http://omg.yahoo.com/news/anna-paquin-i-m-bisexual/38428>of 
> her own to announce that she is bisexual.
>
>
>
> Alongside celebrities such as Elton 
> John<http://tv.yahoo.com/elton-john/contributor/59894>,
> Clay Aiken <http://tv.yahoo.com/clay-aiken/contributor/1207678>, and Wanda
> Sykes <http://tv.yahoo.com/wanda-sykes/contributor/52103>, Paquin declared
> her sexual 
> orientation<http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2010/03/exclusive-true-blood-star-reveals-true-self-anna-paquin-says-shes-bisexual>in
>  a public service announcement for Cyndi
> Lauper <http://tv.yahoo.com/cyndi-lauper/contributor/37182>'s Give a Damn
> Campaign <http://www.wegiveadamn.org/upgrade/>, which promotes equality
> for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community. Two videos were
> shot in Los Angeles on January 30 and were released April 1 at 9 a.m. EST.
>
>
> What makes 27-year-old Paquin's spot particularly surprising is that,
> unlike some of the other openly gay celebrities involved in the campaign,
> the actor had never before discussed being bisexual. According to
> RadarOnline.com, even people at the shoot were surprised when Paquin made
> the revelation.
>
>
>
> A second PSA features "Sex and the 
> City<http://tv.yahoo.com/sex-and-the-city/show/205>"
> actor Cynthia Nixon 
> <http://tv.yahoo.com/cynthia-nixon/contributor/771088>(who came
> out in 2006 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynthia_Nixon>), Jason Mraz, Kim
> Kardashian <http://tv.yahoo.com/kim-kardashian/contributor/2220832>, and
> Sharon <http://tv.yahoo.com/sharon-osbourne/contributor/790868> and Kelly
> Osbourne <http://tv.yahoo.com/kelly-osbourne/contributor/790850>.
>
> Paquin follows an interesting trend of celebrities forgoing the traditional
> "coming out" People magazine interview -- à la Clay Aiken and Lance 
> Bass<http://tv.yahoo.com/lance-bass/contributor/49638>-- and instead 
> controlling the message themselves. Ricky Martin buried his
> announcement at the bottom of an otherwise banal blog post, and now Paquin
> is using her announcement to drive attention to a cause she supports. So
> much attention, in fact, that servers at wegiveadamn.org crashed shortly
> after<http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2010/04/video-gay-rights-website-crashes-after-anna-paquin-bisexual-bombshell>the
>  news broke of Paquin's statement.
>
>
>
> Paquin -- who at age 11 became the second-youngest Oscar winner in history
> when she won for best supporting actress for "The Piano" -- has been
> notoriously shy about discussing her private life and has never before
> discussed her sexuality. In 2007, she was romantically 
> linked<http://omg.yahoo.com/news/anna-paquin-i-m-bisexual/38428>with actor 
> Kieran
> Culkin <http://tv.yahoo.com/kieran-culkin/contributor/32918>. In August
> 2009, she and "True Blood" costar Stephen 
> Moyer<http://tv.yahoo.com/stephen-moyer/contributor/44265>announced their 
> engagement.
>
>
>
> The Give a Damn campaign is part of Cyndi Lauper's True Colors Fund (named
> after her popular 1986 song and album). Lauper is currently promoting the
> cause<http://www.nbc.com/the-apprentice/contestants/cyndi-lauper/charity.shtml>during
>  her turn on the Donald
> Trump <http://tv.yahoo.com/donald-trump/contributor/1028501>-judged show 
> "Celebrity
> Apprentice <http://tv.yahoo.com/the-apprentice/show/35539>."
>
>  
>

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