Quickies: Friday, August 12 2011

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> Former teen heartthrob Corey Feldman, who once told GQ he was molested by his assistant when he was a child, claims "The number one problem in Hollywood was and is and always will be pedophilia."

> Ellen DeGeneres launches a vegan website.

> Surprise, surprise: Indiana Rep. Phillip Hinkle, who voted to pass a constitutional amendment defining marriage as being between one man and one woman, allegedly tried to bribed an 18-year-old male after a sexual encounter between the two went wrong.

> Hunky Weeds star Hunter Parrish will star as Jesus in Godspell when it returns to Broadway this fall.

> Sesame Street responds to petition to bring Bert and Ernie out of the closet: "Bert and Ernie are best friends. They were created to teach preschoolers that people can be good friends with those who are very different from themselves. Even though they are identified as male characters and possess many human traits and characteristics (as most Sesame Street Muppets(tm) do), they remain puppets, and do not have a sexual orientation."