1. PROTEST OF BRUNEI-OWNED HOTELS DRAWS MORE CELEBRITIES: More celebrities, including Ellen DeGeneres and Elton John, have joined a protest against Brunei-owned hotels over the country's new anti-L.G.B.T. laws, which include death by stoning. The boycott of the properties started last week, when George Clooney admitted in an opinion piece that he stayed in some of the hotels. The hotels include the Beverly Hills Hotel and Hotel Bel-Air in Los Angeles and the Dorchester in London. CBS News: "The boycott was sparked last week in an opinion piece by actor George Clooney, who said a boycott of the high-end hotels—where rooms can start at $600 a night or more—is necessary to keep money from flowing 'directly into the pockets of men who choose to stone and whip to death their own citizens for being gay or accused of adultery.' In his opinion piece last week, Clooney noted that he's stayed at many of the hotels owned by Brunei, a small nation located on the island of Borneo, but said he was unaware of their ownership 'because I hadn't done my homework.' He acknowledged that a boycott is unlikely to change Brunei's laws, but said consumers must decide whether they want their money to support laws that violate human rights." 2. THE LOUVRE WILL TURN INTO AN AIRBNB FOR ONE NIGHT: Airbnb has turned numerous landmark venues—such as Abbey Road Studios in London and the Guinness Storehouse in Dublin—into bookable properties. Now, the home-sharing company is turning the entire Louvre into an apartment for two guests for one night only. Condé Nast Traveler: "The living room (with its own bar cart) is plopped right in front of theMona Lisa,where you'll be among of the very few to see the iconic—but rather small—painting without jostling a sea of selfie sticks. The dining room? Set directly in front of theVenus di Miloin the Sully Wing. And instead of a den, you'll get to enjoy vinyl records in the wildly opulent, rococo salon of Napoleon III (notthatNapoleon, but a descendent). But the real pièce de résistance is the bedroom, a frosted pyramidinsidethe museum's central I.M. Pei-designed glass pyramids." 3. TORONTO PRIDE CONSIDERS BANNING MILITARY AND CORPORATE FLOATS: Organizers of Toronto Pride might ban military and corporate floats from the annual parade. Last year, the event banned police from marching in uniform. Out: "One Pride Toronto member, Lisa Amin, drafted four separate motions calling for exclusions from the parade. The first calls for a ban on military participation in the parade. ... Amin’s second motion called for a stop in allowing the prison industrial complex to participate in the festivities. Amin’s third motion called for a ban on corporate floats in the parade.'There are better ways for corporations to show us their support,' the motion reads. 'The Sunday parade is too long and as a result is a barrier to participation.' Amin called corporate floats a 'major reason' for the parade’s long runtime. The final motion asked for Pride Toronto to post all adopted resolutions on its website in the name of transparency." | 