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The Hallmark Channel certainly wasn’t expecting to find itself at the center of a viral culture war controversy this weekend. But in 2019, corporations never know which move might grab the internet’s attention. The controversy started when Hallmark decided to cancel an advertisement they had accepted from the wedding planning service Zola. The ad depicted, in a humorous fashion, a lesbian wedding, and at one point, the couple kisses. The conservative group One Million Moms complained to Hallmark and launched a petition, angered that an advertisement on the family-friendly network showed a type of family arrangement not in accordance with...

It seems like only yesterday that we were talking about how the Hallmark Channel was throwing themselves into a social media firestorm by first accepting and then rejecting an advertisement from wedding planning company Zola featuring the nuptials of two brides. Oh, that’s right… it was yesterday. Well, that decision lasted less than a day. Faced with a growing backlash from Hollywood and on social media, the network turned around and said they would be accepting the advertisement(s) after all. (CBS News) The Hallmark Channel on Sunday moved to reinstate ads featuring a same-sex couple that had been removed...

Want to feel old? Harambe the gorilla has been dead for over a year. We’re due for some viral primate news. Today’s comes courtesy of the Dallas Zoo’s YouTube channel, which posted a video earlier this week of Zola, one of its gorillas, dancing around in a kiddie pool. It is a rare piece of perfect content. Excuse me while I begin raising funds for an all-gorilla reboot of Flashdance.

MEDIA MATTERS TBN cancels 2nd show for criticism of Islam Producers of 'Zola Levitt Presents' claim Christian network caters to Arab nations -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posted: August 28, 2006 1:00 a.m. Eastern © 2006 WorldNetDaily.com Zola Levitt "Zola Levitt Presents," a long-running, issue-oriented weekly TV program often critical of the jihadist ideology within Islam, has been canceled by the Trinity Broadcasting Network, producers says, because of efforts by TBN to cater to its growing audience in the Arab world. Though spokesmen for TBN were unavailable over the weekend for comment, the cancellation, effective today, would make it the second long-time program scrubbed...

An upper East Side cardiologist with a history of sexual harassment has been banned from practicing medicine for 10 months - and then can only see patients in the presence of a chaperone for five years. Dr. Benjamin Zola agreed to the punishment to settle 21 counts of shocking professional misconduct involving patients, nurses and even a fellow doctor. The allegations against Zola included an incident in which he asked a patient who had blood in her urine whether she had a gerbil in her bed, explaining that a Hollywood star once had to have "a gerbil removed from" a...

While meeting with Shimon Peres last week, French President Jacques Chirac told the Israeli Foreign Minister that he has discovered why American Jews are so concerned about the increase in anti-Semitism in France. Apparently, they are taking orders from Jerusalem. American Jewish leaders were outraged at that statement. They felt it drew on the age-old anti-Semitic belief that an underlying conspiracy exists among Jews around the world. In a meeting that had originally been intended to reassure the Israelis that France was dealing with attacks on Jews within its borders, Chirac reasserted a theme more at home in the ravings...