'TOWELHEAD' TITLE WILL REMAIN "An Islamic civil rights and advocacy group has asked Warner Bros. to change the title of its upcoming film 'Towelhead,' saying 'the word is commonly used in a derogatory manner against people of the Muslim faith or Arab origin.' The studio said it plans to keep things as it is and stand by the filmmakers, who chose the title to point out racial stereotypes, though it added, 'We apologize for any offense that is caused by the title.' 'Towelhead,' directed by Alan Ball and adapted for the screen by Alicia Erian from her novel of the same name, looks at the life of a 13-year-old Lebanese-American girl in the early '90s."

IMBECILES PROTEST CHARACTERS USING MEAN WORD "Several dozen disability advocates converged in front of Monday night's Westwood premiere of 'Tropic Thunder' to protest the comedic use of the word retard. Chanting 'Ban the movie, ban the word,' marchers carried signs with such slogans as 'R-word = hate speech' and passed out flyers urging a boycott of the comedy. The DreamWorks film, which features Ben Stiller playing an actor best known for his role as a mentally challenged man in the ficticious drama 'Simple Jack,' has garnered a wave of criticism in recent weeks culminating with Monday's protest." Ban the word? Smells like fascism! Quick, everyone fire your commie friends' copies of Huckleberry Finn and To Kill a Mockingbird.

Tedious mantis woman Ann Coulter has done it again! She's called John Edwards "faggy" in a new interview and once again reminded us that we live in an America so shitty that its rich can consistently use hateful slurs in public and not be stripped of their privilege to blab nonsense on TV.

A spokesman for the Shreveport Police Department, whose officers were recently involved in the high-profile arrests of actors Josh Brolin and Jeffrey Wright, says that Shreveport police exhibited nothing but "professionalism" while arresting the W stars, and that there's no proof of any officer calling Wright a "nigger," as has been alleged. "And if y'all Hollywood faggots don't believe me," the spokesman added, "y'all can kiss my lily-white ass, y'heah?" (J/K!)

Even more new information about that Josh Brolin-Jeffrey Wright bar brawl in Shreveport, Louisiana: TMZ is reporting that the "slur" mentioned in our earlier post came not from a fellow bar patron, but Brolin and Wright's arresting officers, who tased and pepper-sprayed the two actors before calling Wright a "nigger."

Update: Actually, both rowdy bar patrons and police officers called Wright a nigger. Nice to hear Louisianans of all stripes finding unity after Katrina.

Why is it that guys who use the word faggot are also the first ones to slap fight and whisper into each other's ears while bear hugging?