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Remember last week in our superhero chronicles when Batman producers wanted residents and businesses to keep their lights on from 5pm to midnight? Yea, well apparently 80% of those contacted ignored the pleas and switched their lights off at the end of the work day as usual. Who are the real heroes here? [antara news]

Is Paris Hilton backing away from stories quoting her expressing support for drunk elephants in India? The Associated Press apparently thinks so. They killed a recent story on the Hilton/elephant drama after reps for the heiress said she never made any such statements. We had our suspicions after Paris was quoted somehow pronouncing the Indian village of “Meghalaya”. But seriously, the real losers here are the elephants. Expect more drunken stampedes as a result of Hilton’s drop in support. [the huffington post]

Richard Gere was given the Marian Anderson Award in Philadelphia on Monday for his donation of time and money to the causes for Tibetan independence and HIV/AIDS care. Gere accepted the honor and its $100,000 honorarium at a gala at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts. “I’m not worthy of this award in any way whatsoever,” Gere said. “I can’t tell you how this makes me feel. My heart is so wide open.” [netglimse]