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While it may be some time before Justin Timberlake releases a new album, could performing at a gay wedding be in his more immediate future?
Sure, it would probably take a boatload of money to book him for the same-sex gig, but…
Within days of the death of Amy Winehouse there were already rumors of plans for a film of her life. now it seems the rumors may be gaining ground; Reports suggest Lady Gaga is in talks to assume the role of the London-born singer in a major Hollywood film.“Lady Gaga worshiped Amy and would love nothing more than to transform herself into her idol on the big screen,” a Hollywood insider tells reporters. “She’d be spot on performing Amy’s songs and has the right look and bolshy attitude.”The name of the studio is not currently known but they are said to be eager to cash in on the global outpouring of grief and affection that emerged when the news broke on July 23.And Lady Gaga is also enthused by the prospect;
“Gaga’s been itching to make the transition from music into movies and sees this as the ideal role to launch her film career,” added the source.The 25-year old chanteuse has been inundated with film offers since completing her ‘Monster Ball’ tour, but she is now thought to be solely focused on the chance to bring Amy’s life to the screen;“Gaga’s management had been discussing film ventures before Amy’s death, but there’s only ever been one role she wanted and that’s to play Amy.”And this is confirmed by her own views a few days after Amy was lost;“I am just so devastated and so sad. I really could not speak for 48 hours straight, I was in such shock,” she told reporters. “She was the most lovely and nice and kind woman.”Should the rumors prove true we will advise you as more news arrives…
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‘Steel Magnolias’Through Aug. 21Keegan Theatre at Church Street1742 Church Street, N.W.$30-$35703-892-0202
Before it was a hit film, “Steel Magnolias” won kudos and enjoyed a long and successful run as an off-Broadway play. Written by Robert Harling in response to his younger sister’s death, this drama wrapped in comedy explores solidarity in adversity and the resilience of women, particularly southern women. Keegan Theatre is now offering its own take on the popular work.
In the July edition of LangfordOn Soaps….
“he lives in a pineapple under the sea, effeminate and yellow and homosexual is he?”
It is a question that has perplexed some of the greatest minds of a generation. It has left social commentators and TV critics baffled, and marine biologists suspiciously silent. SpongeBob SquarePants and Patrick Star – stifled romance? Innocent bromance? Or behind-the-seaweed, behind-the-scenes and in-between-scenes, just unequivocally and gleefully gay?
Pop singer Taylor Momsen decided to give a special young female fan in her bra a treat. she gave a lap-dance to her during her show in Barcelona last night.
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Les Hinton, chairman of Dow Jones and publisher of The Wall Street Journal, and Rebekah Brooks, chief executive of Rupert Murdoch’s British newspaper operations, both resigned Friday over connections to the now-defunct News of the World’s recent phone hacking scandal amid what’s shaping up to be a major fallout for the embattled Australian’s international media empire.
While insanely different, the words “raunch” and “camp” often get confused or misused when describing films. They both are expressions for a type of subculture within explicit films; Camp stemming from a “love of the unnatural” (Susan Sontag, “Notes on ‘Camp’”) and often used to reference gay-themed or identified films, while “raunch” originally meant anything that was highly vulgar or obscene. Both words have evolved over the decades from their harsher, more exact meanings to softer, even fluffy uses today. how many times have you used raunch to describe a slightly suggestive moment in a film, where in fact you probably meant risqué or gauche? Hell, I did it last night when discussing the new film Horrible Bosses, which is what spurred this whole exploration of the two phrases.
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After last Friday’s historic gay marriage vote, one of the most forceful media narratives was the contrast between the leadership styles of Andrew Cuomo and Barack Obama. So it was only a matter of time before people started speculating on Cuomo’s national aspirations.
