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| Deep Inside Hollywood - Romeo San Vicente |
Singer may take Bale and Wahlberg prisoner
So Superman Returns may have underperformed, and Milk stole his Mayor of Castro Street thunder, but Gay director Bryan Singer remains at the top of the Hollywood heap. So it's exciting to hear that he's considering teaming up with Christian Bale and Mark Wahlberg for the action movie Prisoners. Taking a page from the Liam Neeson extravaganza Taken, one of the year's biggest hits so far, this movie would star Wahlberg as a small-town survivalist who clashes with big-city detective Bale when Wahlberg's young daughter is abducted; eventually, the deer-huntin' country guy kidnaps and tortures the guy he thinks is responsible for the crime (torture without a trial - hmm, why does that ring a bell?). The players haven't completely committed to the project, so it may be a year or two before we get to visit Prisoners. Until then, let the speculation run amok.
Willis and Morgan are Dicks for Kevin Smith
After the title of Zack and Miri Make a Porno made the film harder to advertise and, arguably, less marketable than it otherwise might have been, you might expect director Kevin Smith to be more marquee-minded. But you might be wrong; his next project is called A Couple of Dicks, which the studio briefly changed to A Couple of Cops before going back to the original title. Bruce Willis and Tracy Morgan star as a pair of detectives trying to track down a stolen vintage baseball card. There's nothing inherently Queer involved in this, and it will be the director's first effort that he didn't also write, but Romeo would be shocked to see a Kevin Smith comedy free of jovially raunchy Gay humor and innuendo make it to the screen. Guess we'll find out when Dicks (or whatever they wind up calling it) opens in 2010.
Gay meets "mumblecore" in Art of Being Straight
Oh, indie cinema, always redefining itself - if you follow this sort of thing, then you've heard about the "mumblecore" movement, basically a wave of movies about post-collegiate 20-somethings having elliptical conversations about love, careers and such. These movies tend to be micro-budgeted, with very little in the way of camera movement or even editing, and some interesting young filmmakers are beginning to emerge from the scene. And now Queer cinema is getting on the bandwagon: First there was Humpday, about two straight pals making Gay porn together, and now comes The Art of Being Straight, about a sexually fluid and label-defying group of&post-collegiate 20-somethings. A few of the genre's "stars," like Joe Swanberg (Alexander the Last) and Greta Gerwig (Hannah Takes the Stairs), make cameo appearances in Straight, which shuffles into arthouse theaters this summer.
Shopping: The Series
Trendy L.A.-ites know that Fred Segal is one of the hippest boutiques in town, featuring everything from clothes and shoes to handbags to art books to candles. The restaurant at the Hollywood store even got a shout-out on The L Word for its popularity among high-powered show-biz Lesbians. So perhaps it's no surprise that the Bravo cable network, always on the lookout for the glitzy and the Gay (and not always necessarily in that order), has announced a reality show about Fred Segal. The series will follow the goings-on at the store's Santa Monica location, focusing on the gossipy, stylish fashionistas who work there and the celebs they wait on. Sounds like the last word in vicarious entertainment for recessionary times. No word yet on when the show will premiere.
Romeo San Vicente once thought he was on a reality show about shopping, until he figured out those were actually security cameras. He can be reached care of this publication or at DeepInsideHollywood@qsyndicate.com.
Singer may take Bale and Wahlberg prisoner
So Superman Returns may have underperformed, and Milk stole his Mayor of Castro Street thunder, but Gay director Bryan Singer remains at the top of the Hollywood heap. So it's exciting to hear that he's considering teaming up with Christian Bale and Mark Wahlberg for the action movie Prisoners. Taking a page from the Liam Neeson extravaganza Taken, one of the year's biggest hits so far, this movie would star Wahlberg as a small-town survivalist who clashes with big-city detective Bale when Wahlberg's young daughter is abducted; eventually, the deer-huntin' country guy kidnaps and tortures the guy he thinks is responsible for the crime (torture without a trial - hmm, why does that ring a bell?). The players haven't completely committed to the project, so it may be a year or two before we get to visit Prisoners. Until then, let the speculation run amok.
Willis and Morgan are Dicks for Kevin Smith
After the title of Zack and Miri Make a Porno made the film harder to advertise and, arguably, less marketable than it otherwise might have been, you might expect director Kevin Smith to be more marquee-minded. But you might be wrong; his next project is called A Couple of Dicks, which the studio briefly changed to A Couple of Cops before going back to the original title. Bruce Willis and Tracy Morgan star as a pair of detectives trying to track down a stolen vintage baseball card. There's nothing inherently Queer involved in this, and it will be the director's first effort that he didn't also write, but Romeo would be shocked to see a Kevin Smith comedy free of jovially raunchy Gay humor and innuendo make it to the screen. Guess we'll find out when Dicks (or whatever they wind up calling it) opens in 2010.
Gay meets "mumblecore" in Art of Being Straight
Oh, indie cinema, always redefining itself - if you follow this sort of thing, then you've heard about the "mumblecore" movement, basically a wave of movies about post-collegiate 20-somethings having elliptical conversations about love, careers and such. These movies tend to be micro-budgeted, with very little in the way of camera movement or even editing, and some interesting young filmmakers are beginning to emerge from the scene. And now Queer cinema is getting on the bandwagon: First there was Humpday, about two straight pals making Gay porn together, and now comes The Art of Being Straight, about a sexually fluid and label-defying group of&post-collegiate 20-somethings. A few of the genre's "stars," like Joe Swanberg (Alexander the Last) and Greta Gerwig (Hannah Takes the Stairs), make cameo appearances in Straight, which shuffles into arthouse theaters this summer.
Shopping: The Series
Trendy L.A.-ites know that Fred Segal is one of the hippest boutiques in town, featuring everything from clothes and shoes to handbags to art books to candles. The restaurant at the Hollywood store even got a shout-out on The L Word for its popularity among high-powered show-biz Lesbians. So perhaps it's no surprise that the Bravo cable network, always on the lookout for the glitzy and the Gay (and not always necessarily in that order), has announced a reality show about Fred Segal. The series will follow the goings-on at the store's Santa Monica location, focusing on the gossipy, stylish fashionistas who work there and the celebs they wait on. Sounds like the last word in vicarious entertainment for recessionary times. No word yet on when the show will premiere.
Romeo San Vicente once thought he was on a reality show about shopping, until he figured out those were actually security cameras. He can be reached care of this publication or at DeepInsideHollywood@qsyndicate.com.
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2009 Film Fest's Gay highlights
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Grease, high energy is the word at the 5th Avenue
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NFFTY nurtures young filmmakers
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Disconnected Picasso misses timing
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Pulitzer-winning Rabbit Hole in Seattle
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Freak Show: See what's behind the curtain
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Maria/Stuart a gutsy production
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Ben Folds a madman on the piano
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What was the Lawrence v. Texas Supreme Court decision?
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Art that will inspire you
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SIFF's Gay films, an enormous range
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Pop Star on Ice is an interesting vanity piece
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Little Ashes' fictional twists dull its impact
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Q-Scopes by Jack Fertig
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Taking Back Sunday's Matt Rubano rocks out
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Northwest News
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Activist confrontations
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Deep Inside Hollywood - Romeo San Vicente
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Book Marks
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The news we use
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Sensuous, sassy, provocative dancing
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Icelandic artist performs in EMP restroom
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A Dyke About Town: Progress for "significant otters"
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The Sisters have money to give away!!!
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