Huffington Magazine Issue 87 | Page 8

Enter 5 POINTERS IDOL FOR CONGRESS Former American Idol runner-up Clay Aiken announced Wednesday that he officially plans to run for U.S. Congress, setting aside a singing career he launched on the second season of the famous television show. Aiken, 35, will run as a Democrat in North Carolina. He is expected to face at least two others in the primary. Rep. Renee Ellmers, the Republican Aiken aims to replace, responded to his candidacy by saying, “As we know, he doesn’t always fare that well. He was runner-up.” DYLAN FARROW SPEAKS 6 FROM TOP: COREY LOWENSTEIN/RALEIGH NEWS & OBSERVER/MCT; ANDREW H. WALKER/GETTY IMAGES HUFFINGTON 02.09.14 Reactions rippled across the Internet this week in the wake of an open letter from Woody Allen’s adopted daughter, Dylan Farrow, 28, who accused the director and screenwriter of sexually abusing her as a 7-year-old child. Farrow published the letter in The New York Times after Allen was honored with a lifetime achievement award at the Golden Globes last month. Accusations were first made against the director more than 20 years ago, but Allen was never charged. “Woody Allen is a living testament to the way our society fails the survivors of sexual assault and abuse,” Farrow wrote. THAT’S VIRAL 19 MIXED-BREED DOGS YOU NEED TO CONSIDER RIGHT NOW A selection of the week’s most talked-about stories. HEADLINES TO VIEW FULL STORIES JUST STOP BEING SO HORRIBLE TAKE THAT HOMOPHOBES! THERE’S NOW A 50/50 SHOT JUSTIN BIEBER IS A REPTILE BREASTFEEDING IS NOW A LAW IN THIS MIDDLE EASTERN COUNTRY