Knight Bono

Bono, the lead singer of U2, became a British knight last week for his humanitarian work fighting poverty and disease in Africa, the Associated Press reported.

Bono was crowned a "Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire" by the British Amabassador to Ireland David Reddaway. Because he is Irish, however, he is not "Sir Bono," as that is a title reserved for citizens of the United Kingdom. "You have permission to call me anything you want--except sir, all right? Lord of lords, your demigodness, that'll do," Bono joked with reporters after the ceremony.

Some Irish nationalist criticized Bono for accepting the honor, but Bono dismissed that criticism since relations between the two countries are better than ever. "I think Great Britain is great," he said. Plus, the official honors he has received (the Legion d'Honneur from France and the Order of Liberty from Portugal) have opened doors for him, he added.

Sweet revenge

Catholics who think Cosimo Cavallaro's "My Sweet Lord" is hate speech have succeeded in keeping the life-size sculpture of a naked crucified Christ in chocolate from being displayed at the Roger Smith Hotel Lab Gallery in New York City. (See "Sweet Jesus" below.)

According to CNN, the hotel canceled the show after receiving many complaints from Catholics, including Cardinal Edward Egan. Bill Donahue and the Catholic League called for a boycott last week.

"People who haven't seen the show, seen what we're doing...jumped to conclusions completely contrary to our intentions," said Matt Semler, the gallery's creative director, who resigned after the show was canceled.

In a video on CNN.com Cavallaro, who is Catholic, said he was giving the iconic image a taste and that combining two right things--chocolate and Christ--couldn't make a wrong.

"This is what i had to do to get closer to my religion," he said, responding to the protest that he wouldn't create a naked chocolate Muhammad during Ramadan (besides the facts that Muhammad wasn't stripped of his clothes during Ramadan and Muslims don't eat chocolate bunnies).

Thanks to my friend Dawn who sought out the chocolate Jesus and reported back that the show was canceled.