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Taking a look at the world of film through gay eyes - news, reviews, trailers, gay film, queer cinema & more

Jared Leto May Find Brilliance, Replacing Will Smith

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Jared-LetoBefore Dallas Buyers Club, Jared Leto hadn’t made a film since Mr. Nobody in 2009 (largely by choice as he was concentrating on music), but since his Best Supporting Actor win there’s understandably been a lot of interest in him.

Now he may have found a new role, as Deadline reports that he is in early talk to take the lead role in Brilliance. The news comes just a few weeks after the previously attached Will Smith bailed on the movie.

David Koepp (Jurassic Park) came up with the script, based on the Marcus Sakey novel. The book is set in a world where special individuals known as ‘brilliants’ have heightened abilities. The plot follows a government agent whose ‘brilliant’ gift is tracking down terrorists. However he may have met his match when tasked to find a dangerous man in Wyoming with his own set of special skills.

Noomi Rapace is also attached, with Julius Onah (Undefeated) directing.

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Will Tom Hardy Or Benedict Cumberbatch Be Marvel’s Doctor Strange?

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tom-hardyWith the news a couple of days ago that Scott Derrickson will direct Marvel’s comic book movie Doctor Strange, it was inevitable that rumours and speculation would emerge about who would play the character.

Now we’ve got two names to mull over, as Deadline reports that Marvel is apparently considering Tom Hardy and Benedict Cumberbatch for the title role. Earlier this week it was suggested that Oscar winner Jared Leto may also be up for the part.

Doctor Strange was mentioned in Captain America: The Winter Soldier and it’s known Marvel has been developing a stand-alone film for the character for some time. However while a director has been announced, at the moment we don’t know exactly when it will be released.

2016 is the presumption at this point, which would mean Marvel will probably be hoping to fill the title role fairly soon. However at this stage its not known if there have been any talks at all with Cumberbatch, Hardy or Leto’s people, or whether at the moment the actors are merely on a wishlist.

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Jared Leto Wins Oscar For Playing Trans Character, While Gravity Takes The Most Prizes

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After months of speculation and a seemingly endless run-up, the Oscars have finally happened, with Gravity taking the most gongs with seven. It dominated the technical categories including Editing, Cinematography, Sound Editing, Sound Mixing, Score and, not surprisingly, Visual Effects. However it also took Best Director for Alfonso Cuaron, marking just what an achievement the Academy thought the film was.

However the movie didn’t take the Best Picture Oscar, as that went to 12 Years A Slave, which also took Best Supporting Actress for Lupita Nyong’o and Best Adapted Screenplay. As expected Dallas Buyers Club took both of the actor awards, with Matthew McConaughey winning Best Actor and Jared Leto taking Best Supporting Actor for playing trans character Rayon. Both McConaughey and Leto paid tribute to those who have battled or died from AIDS, as well as those who’ve struggled to be accepted as themselves.

More uncertain was Best Actress. While Cate Blanchett had been the frontrunner, the controversy over Woody Allen threw a spanner in the works. She nevertheless won the award for Blue Jasmine.

Although host Ellen Denegeres (who certainly did a good job) probably scored the best win of the night, with the star-packed photo above.

Take a look below for the complete list of winners.

BEST PICTURE
Winner: 12 Years a Slave

American Hustle
Captain Phillips
Dallas Buyers Club
Gravity
Her
Nebraska
Philomena
The Wolf of Wall Street

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Winner: Matthew McConaughey – Dallas Buyers Club

Christian Bale – American Hustle
Bruce Dern – Nebraska
Leonardo DiCaprio – The Wolf of Wall Street
Chiwetel Ejiofor – 12 Years a Slave

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Cate Blanchett – Blue Jasmine

Amy Adams – American Hustle
Sandra Bullock – Gravity
Judi Dench – Philomena
Meryl Streep – August: Osage County

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Winner: Jared Leto – Dallas Buyers Club

Barkhad Abdi – Captain Phillips
Bradley Cooper – American Hustle
Michael Fassbender – 12 Years a Slave
Jonah Hill – The Wolf of Wall Street

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Winner: Lupita Nyong’o – 12 Years a Slave

Sally Hawkins – Blue Jasmine
Jennifer Lawrence – American Hustle
Julia Roberts – August: Osage County
June Squibb – Nebraska

BEST DIRECTOR
Winner: Alfonso Cuarón – Gravity

Steve McQueen – 12 Years a Slave
Alexander Payne – Nebraska
David O. Russell – American Hustle
Martin Scorsese – The Wolf of Wall Street

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Winner: Her – Spike Jonze

American Hustle – David O. Russell and Eric Singer
Blue Jasmine – Woody Allen
Dallas Buyers Club – Craig Borten and Melissa Wallack
Nebraska – Bob Nelson

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Winner: 12 Years a Slave – John Ridley

Before Midnight – Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke and Richard Linklater
Captain Phillips – Billy Ray
Philomena – Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope
The Wolf of Wall Street – Terence Winter

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
“Let It Go” from Frozen – Music and Lyric by Robert Lopez, Kristen Anderson-Lopez

“Happy” from Despicable Me 2 – Music and Lyrics by Pharrell Williams
“The Moon Song” from Her – Music by Karen O, Lyrics by Karen O and Spike Jonze
“Ordinary Love” from Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom – Music by Paul Hewson, Dave Evans, Larry Clayton and Larry Mullen, Lyrics by Paul Hewson

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Winner: Gravity – Steven Price

The Book Thief – John Williams
Her – William Butler and Owen Pallett
Philomena – Alexandre Desplat
Saving Mr. Banks – Thomas Newman

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Winner: The Great Gatsby – Catherine Martin & Beverly Dunn

American Hustle – Judy Becker & Heather Loeffle
Gravity – Andy Nicholson & Rosie Goodwin
Her – K.K. Barrett & Gene Serdena
12 Years a Slave – Adam Stochausen & Alice Baker

BEST EDITING
Gravity – Alfonso Cuarón and Mark Sanger

American Hustle – Jay Cassidy, Crispin Struthers and Alan Baumgarten
Captain Phillips – Christopher Rouse
Dallas Buyers Club – John McMurphy and Martin Pensa12 Years a Slave – Joe Walker

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Winner: Gravity – Emmanuel Lubezki

The Grandmaster – Philippe LeSourd
Inside Llewyn Davis – Bruno Delbonnel
Nebraska – Phedon Papamichael
Prisoners – Roger Deakins

BEST SOUND EDITING
Winner: Gravity – Glenn Freemantle

All Is Lost – Steve Boeddeker and Richard Hymns
Captain Phillips – Oliver Tarney
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug – Brent Burge
Lone Survivor – Wylie Stateman

BEST SOUND MIXING
Winner: Gravity – Skip Lievsay, Niv Adiri, Christopher Benstead and Chris Munro

Captain Phillips – Chris Burdon, Mark Taylor, Mike Prestwood Smith and Chris Munro
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug – Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick and Tony Johnson
Inside Llewyn Davis – Skip Lievsay
Lone Survivor – Andy Koyama, Beau Borders and David Brownlow

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Winner: Italy, The Great Beauty, Paolo Sorrentino, director

Belgium, The Broken Circle Breakdown, Felix Van Groeningen, director
Cambodia, The Missing Picture, Rithy Panh, director
Denmark, The Hunt, Thomas Vinterberg, director
Palestine, Omar, Hany Abu-Assad, director

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Winner: 20 Feet from Stardom – Morgan Neville

The Act of Killing – Joshua Oppenheimer
Cutie and the Boxer – Zachary Heinzerling
Dirty Wars – Rick Rowley
The Square – Jehane Noujaim

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM
Winner: The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life, Malcolm Clarke

CaveDigger, Jeffrey Karoff
Facing Fear, Jason Cohen
Karama Has No Walls, Sara Ishaq
Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall, Edgar Barens

BEST LIVE-ACTION SHORT FILM
Winner: Helium, Anders Walter, director, and Kim Magnusson, producer (M & M Productions)

Aquel No Era Yo (That Wasn’t Me), Esteban Crespo, director (Producciones Africanauan)
“Avant Que De Tout Perdre (Just Before Losing Everything),” Xavier Legrand, director, and Alexandre Gavras, producer (KG Productions)
“Pitääö Mun Kaikki Hoitaa? (Do I Have to Take Care of Everything?),” Selma Vilhunen, director, and Kirsikka Saari, screenwriter (Tuffi Films)
The Voorman Problem, Mark Gill, director, and Baldwin Li, producer (Honlodge Productions)

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Winner: Gravity – Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk and Neil Corbould

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug – Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton and Eric Reynolds
Iron Man 3 – Christopher Townsend, Guy Williams, Erik Nash and Dan Sudick
The Lone Ranger – Tim Alexander, Gary Brozenich, Edson Williams and John Frazier
Star Trek Into Darkness – Roger Guyett, Patrick Tubach, Ben Grossmann and Burt Dalton

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Winner: Frozen

The Croods
Despicable Me 2
Ernest & Celestine
The Wind Rises

BEST ANNIMATED SHORT FILM
Winner: Mr. Hublot, Laurent Witz, director, and Alexandre Espigares, co-director (Zeilt Productions)

Feral, Daniel Sousa, director, and Dan Golden, music and sound design (Daniel Sousa)
Get a Horse, Lauren MacMullan, director, and Dorothy McKim, producer (Walt Disney Feature Animation)
Possessions, Shuhei Morita, director (Sunrise Inc.)
Room on the Broom, Max Lang and Jan Lachauer, directors (Magic Light Pictures)

BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
Winner: Dallas Buyers Club – Adruitha Lee and Robin Mathews

Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa – Stephen Prouty
The Lone Ranger – Joel Harlow and Gloria Pasqua-Casny

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Winner: The Great Gatsby – Catherine Martin

American Hustle – Michael Wilkinson
The Grandmaster – William Chang Suk Ping
The Invisible Woman – Michael O’Connor
12 Years a Slave – Patricia Norris

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Dallas Buyers Club (Cinema)

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The last of the Oscar contenders to be released in the UK turns out to be one of the strongest. Sometimes the circumstances behind the making of a film shine through on the screen, and this story, with its lengthy birth, tiny budget and rushed schedule is a perfect example. It gives the film an urgency, a roughness and a pace that might not have been the case with a bigger budget, and it also ensure extremely committed performances from all concerned – they are doing it for love, not money. [Read more…]

Award Show Heckler Accuses Jared Leto Of ‘Trans Misogyny’ Over Dallas Buyers’ Club Role

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It seems to be the season for film award heckled. A few weeks ago 12 Years A Slave director Steve McQueen was shouted at by famously contrarian film critic Armand White as “an embarrassing doorman and garbage man” at the New York Critics Circle Awards (White lost his job and membership of the Critics Circle over the incident).

Now, while Jared Leto was accepting one of the Santa Barbara Film Festival’s Virtuosos Awards on Tuesday for his performance as transgender AIDS patient Rayon in Dallas Buyers Club, a woman in the crowd yelled, “You don’t deserve an award. Trans misogyny does not deserve an award!”

THR says Leto asked the woman to explain what she meant, to which she replied, “You’re a man. You shouldn’t play a transgendered role!”

Leto continued to engage with the young woman (who some reports have suggested was transgender herself), saying, “Because I’m a man, I don’t deserve to play that part? So you would hold a role against someone who happened to be gay or lesbian — they can’t play a straight part?”Then you’ve made sure people that are gay, people that aren’t straight, people like the Rayons of the world would never have the opportunity to turn the tables and explore parts of that art.”

This response reportedly gained a large round of applause from the audience. The actor then invited the young woman backstage and spent 15 minutes talking to her and her friend.

It’s a situation where you can see both sides. Leto is right that it would be wrong to tell a gay person they can’t play a straight role. However if you shift that to saying white actors should be able to play African-Americans, few people would agree that was right. It would undoubtedly have been better if they had found a transgender person to play the role, but does having Jared Leto in the part intrinsically amount to ‘trans misogyny’?

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Crush Of The Day: Jared Leto Gets Wet & Naked For Terry Richardson

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Fresh from Jared Leto’s Best Supporting Actor Award at the Golden Globes, acclaimed photographer Terry Richardson has release a slew of hot pictures of the actor/musician on his Tumblr, which you can see above and below.

Leto is a bit of a fan of Terry and has gone before his lens numerous times, and this time he’s done so show an aversion to shirts and no shyness above getting his kit off and taking a shower.

Leto won his Golden Globe for playing a transgender character in Dallas Buyer’s Club, which now puts him in prime position to try and do the same when it comes to the Oscars. [Read more…]

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Behind The Candelabra & Jared Leto Crown A Good Year For LGBTs At The Golden Globes

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The Golden Globe winners have been announced, with the two top prizes going to 12 Years A Slave for Best Motion Picture (Drama) and American Hustle for Best Motion Picture (Musical Or Comedy).

It’s tough to tell which is the best indicator towards the Best Picture, as while normally it’s the Drama Globe that’s more likely to go onto Academy Awards success, that was actually the only award 12 Years won, while American Hustle also picked up two film actress gongs for Amy Adams and Jennifer Lawrence.

The other good indicator, the Best Director award, went to Gravity, suggesting it’s still a pretty open field for the Oscars.

It was a good year on the LGBT front, as Dallas Buyers Club picked up Best Actor (Drama) for Matthew McConaughey (whose character is straight but fighting for better access to HIV meds for all those affected) and Best Supporting Actor for Jared Leto’s performance as a transgender character. Leo DiCaprio picked up the other Best Actor Award (Musical Or Comedy) for Wolf Of Wall Street.

On the TV front the gay-themed Behind The Candelabra also did well, picking up a couple of gongs, including Best Mini-Series Or Motion Picture Made For Television, and Best Actor for Michael Douglas.

There were a couple of disappointments, such as Taylor Schilling losing out for the Netflix series Orange Is the New Black and Jim Parsons missing out for Big Bang Theory, but overall it was a pretty good year for films & TV that include LGBT content at the Golden Globes.

Take a look at the full list of winner below.

BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
WINNER: 12 Years a Slave – Plan B Entertainment, New Regency Productions and River Road Entertainment; Fox Searchlight Pictures

Captain Phillips – Columbia Pictures; Sony Pictures Releasing
Gravity – Warner Bros. Pictures / Esperanto Filmoj / Heyday Films; Warner Bros. Pictures
Philomena – Pathe, BBC Films, BFI, Canal+, Cine+, Baby Cow/Magnolia Mae; The Weinstein Company
Rush – Universal Pictures, Cross Creek Pictures, Exclusive Media, Imagine Entertainment, Working Title, Revolution Films; Universal Pictures

BEST MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
WINNER: American Hustle – Columbia Pictures and Annapurna Pictures; Sony Pictures Releasing

Her – Warner Bros. Pictures / Annapurna Pictures; Warner Bros. Pictures
Inside Llewyn Davis – Mike Zoss Productions, Scott Rudin Productions, Studio Canal; CBS Films
Nebraska – Paramount Vantage; Paramount Pictures
The Wolf of Wall Street – Paramount Pictures and Red Granite Pictures; Paramount Pictures

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
WINNER: Matthew McConaughey – Dallas Buyers Club

Chiwetel Ejiofor – 12 Years a Slave
Idris Elba – Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Tom Hanks – Captain Phillips
Robert Redford – All Is Lost

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
WINNER: Cate Blanchett – Blue Jasmine

Sandra Bullock – Gravity
Judi Dench – Philomena
Emma Thompson – Saving Mr. Banks
Kate Winslet – Labor Day

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
WINNER: Leonardo DiCaprio – The Wolf of Wall Street

Christian Bale – American Hustle
Bruce Dern – Nebraska
Oscar Isaac – Inside Llewyn Davis
Joaquin Phoenix – Her

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
WINNER: Amy Adams – American Hustle

Julie Delpy – Before Midnight
Greta Gerwig – Frances Ha
Julia Louis-Dreyfus – Enough Said
Meryl Streep – August: Osage County

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
WINNER: Jared Leto – Dallas Buyers Club

Barkhad Abdi – Captain Phillips
Daniel Brühl – Rush
Bradley Cooper – American Hustle
Michael Fassbender – 12 Years a Slave

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
WINNER: Jennifer Lawrence – American Hustle

Sally Hawkins – Blue Jasmine
Lupita Nyong’o – 12 Years a Slave
Julia Roberts – August: Osage County
June Squibb – Nebraska

BEST DIRECTOR – MOTION PICTURE
WINNER: Alfonso Cuaró – Gravity

Paul Greengrass – Captain Phillips
Steve McQueen – 12 Years a Slave
Alexander Payne – Nebraska
David O. Russell – American Hustle

BEST TELEVISION SERIES – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
WINNER: Brooklyn Nine-Nine – FOX – Universal Television

The Big Bang Theory – CBS – Chuck Lorre Productions, Inc. in association with Warner Bros. Television
Girls – HBO – HBO Entertainment in association with Apatow Productions and I am Jenni Konner Productions
Modern Family – ABC – Twentieth Century Fox Television
Parks and Recreation – NBC – Universal Television

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
WINNER: Amy Poehler – Parks and Recreation

Zooey Deschanel – New Girl
Lena Dunham – Girls
Edie Falco – Nurse Jackie
Julia Louis-Dreyfus – Veep

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
WINNER: Frozen – Walt Disney Animation Studios; Walt Disney Pictures

The Croods – DreamWorks Animation LLC; Twentieth Century Fox
Despicable Me 2 – Universal Pictures, A Chris Meledandri Production; Universal Pictures

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
WINNER: Michael Douglas – Behind the Candelabra

Matt Damon – Behind the Candelabra
Chiwetel Ejiofor – Dancing on the Edge
Idris Elba – Luther
Al Pacino – Phil Spector

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
WINNER: The Great Beauty (ITALY) (La Grande Bellezza) – Indigo Film, Medusa Film, BABE Films; Janus Films

Blue Is the Warmest Color (FRANCE) – (La vie d’Adele, chapitres 1 et 2) – Quat’sous Films; IFC Films
The Hunt (DENMARK) (Jagten) – Zentropa Entertainment; Magnolia Pictures
The Past (IRAN) (Le passé) – Memento Films Production, France 3 Cinema, BIM Distribuzione; Sony Pictures Classics
The Wind Rises (JAPAN) (Kaze tachinu) – Studio Ghibli; Touchstone Pictures

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
WINNER: Andy Samberg – Brooklyn Nine-Nine

Jason Bateman – Arrested Development
Don Cheadle – House of Lies
Michael J. Fox – The Michael J. Fox Show
Jim Parsons – The Big Bang Theory

BEST SCREENPLAY – MOTION PICTURE
WINNER: Spike Jonze – Her

Bob Nelson – Nebraska
Jeff Pope, Steve Coogan – Philomena
John Ridley – 12 Years a Slave
Eric Singer, David O. Russell – American Hustle

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA
WINNER: Robin Wright – House of Cards

Julianna Margulies – The Good Wife
Tatiana Maslany – Orphan Black
Taylor Schilling – Orange Is the New Black
Kerry Washington – Scandal

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
WINNER: Jon Voight – Ray Donovan

Josh Charles – The Good Wife
Rob Lowe – Behind the Candelabra
Aaron Paul – Breaking Bad
Corey Stoll – House of Cards

BEST ORIGINAL SONG – MOTION PICTURE
WINNER: “Ordinary Love” – Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom – Music by: Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton, Larry Mullen Jr., Brian Burton; Lyrics by: Bono

“Atlas” – The Hunger Games: Catching Fire – Music by: Chris Martin, Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion; Lyrics by: Chris Martin, Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion
“Let It Go” – Frozen – Music by: Kristen Anderson Lopez, Robert Lopez; Lyrics by: Kristen Anderson Lopez, Robert Lopez
“Please Mr. Kennedy” – Inside Llewyn Davis – Music by: Ed Rush, George Cromarty, T-Bone Burnett, Justin Timberlake, Joel Coen, Ethan Coen; Lyrics by: Ed Rush, George Cromarty, T-Bone Burnett, Justin Timberlake, Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
“Sweeter than Fiction” – One Chance – Music by: Taylor Swift, Jack Antonoff; Lyrics by: Taylor Swift, Jack Antonoff

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE – MOTION PICTURE
WINNER: Alex Ebert – All Is Lost

Alex Heffes – Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Steven Price – Gravity
John Williams – The Book Thief
Hans Zimmer – 12 Years a Slave

BEST TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA
WINNER: Breaking Bad – AMC – Sony Pictures Television

Downton Abbey – PBS – Carnival Films
The Good Wife – CBS – CBS Television Studios in Association with Scott Free Productions and King Size Productions
House of Cards – Netflix – Donen/Fincher/Roth and Trigger Street Productions, Inc. in association with Media Rights Capital for Netflix
Masters of Sex – SHOWTIME – Showtime, Sony Pictures Television, Round Two Productions, Timberman/Beverly Productions

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA
WINNER: Bryan Cranston – Breaking Bad

Liev Schreiber – Ray Donovan
Michael Sheen – Masters of Sex
Kevin Spacey – House of Cards
James Spader – The Blacklist

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
WINNER: Elisabeth Moss – Top of the Lake

Helena Bonham Carter – Burton and Taylor
Rebecca Ferguson – The White Queen
Jessica Lange – American Horror Story: Coven
Helen Mirren – Phil Spector

BEST MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
WINNER: Behind the Candelabra – HBO – HBO Films in association with Jerry Weintraub Productions

American Horror Story: Coven – FX networks – Ryan Murphy Television and Brad Falchuk Teley-Vision in association with Twentieth Century Fox Television
Dancing on the Edge – Starz – Starz Entertainment
Top of the Lake – Sundance Channel – See-Saw Films
The White Queen – Starz – Starz Entertainment

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
WINNER: Jacqueline Bisset – Dancing on the Edge

Janet McTeer – The White Queen
Hayden Panettiere – Nashville
Monica Potter – Parenthood
Sofía Vergara – Modern Family

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Liza Minnelli Says She’ll Give Matthew McConaughey Her Oscar If He Doesn’t Win His Own This Year

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liza-minnelliLiza Minnelli likes The Dallas Buyers Club so much that she has started her own mini campaign to get the HIV-themed movie some Oscars. Nomination ballots are due on Wednesday, but yesterday as a New York Luncheon with Oscar voters, Minnelli turned up to toast the movie and wasn’t lacking in her praise for Matthew McConaughey.

THR reports that she told attendees, “I have nothing to do with this film except that I am a fan of how it was done, of the insight and the way they played these characters. And the fact that you were watching something that wasn’t necessarily comfortable but you could not stop watching. It drew you in, whether you wanted it to or not, and that’s magic. That’s magic. I mean, the last one [that did that for me] was ‘On the Waterfront.’ [laughs] You, crazy Matthew, losing all of that weight [pats her stomach] — it’s one thing to lose all of that weight and to look like that — that’s harrowing enough — but then to run like you did, with a body like that? And Jared, I mean, everything that you did — all of the placements, every single second — I felt wonderful for you, proud of you and sorry for you all at the same time, which I think one only feels for your friends. And Jennifer [Garner] was great — she was just f—ing great! [laughs] I don’t know what else to say. I haven’t seen a movie like that in so long, and I’m so proud to be able to tell everybody. And honey [addressing McConaughey], if you don’t win the Academy Award, I’m giving you mine!”

Liza of course won the Best Actress Oscar for Cabaret in 1973.

Here’s the Dallas Buyers Club synopsis: ‘Based on the incredible true story of Texan rodeo cowboy Ron Woodroof and his battle with the medical establishment and pharmaceutical companies after being diagnosed as HIV-positive in 1986. Starring Matthew McConaughey (Mud, Killer Joe, Magic Mike), Jared Leto (Requiem for a Dream, Fight Club) and Jennifer Garner (Juno).’

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Dallas Buyer’s Club UK Trailer – Matthew McConaughey finds himself fighting back against AIDS

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Over the last couple of weekend Dallas Buyer’s Club has been doing pretty well in very limited released in the US. However it doesn’t arrive in the UK until next February, so it’s only now that a British trailer for the movie has been released, which you can watch above.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘Based on the incredible true story of Texan rodeo cowboy Ron Woodroof and his battle with the medical establishment and pharmaceutical companies after being diagnosed as HIV-positive in 1986. Starring Matthew McConaughey (Mud, Killer Joe, Magic Mike), Jared Leto (Requiem for a Dream, Fight Club) and Jennifer Garner (Juno).’

The film will be released in the UK on February 7th 2014, and is out now in select US cinemas. [Read more…]

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Jared Leto Didn’t Want To Be A Cliché As An HIV+ Hooker In Dallas Buyers Club, But Did Want To Honour An Old Friend

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Jared Leto has mainly spent his time concentrating on music for the past few years. He made Mr. Nobody in 2009, but was drawn back to acting by Dallas Buyer’s Club, which has just premiered at TIFF to strong reviews.

Jared plays a cross-dressing, HIV+ hooker in the movie. He’s been talking about the role and how he was keen that the character didn’t become a camp cliché. He told USA Today, “There’s been great drag queens in film. But I didn’t want to put up onscreen this cross-dressing cliché that was the butt of every joke. I hadn’t worked in a long time and I saw an opportunity there to bring to life a real person, not a cliché. I knew I was very connected [to her]. I was in character [on set], which I know is a terrible term because it brings up ideas of pretentiousness. But how could you throw it all away, go have lunch, and then ‘action’? I’d probably be terrible. I’d probably be a cliché. So I quickly transformed myself into this person.”

Leto also talked about what drew him back to acting after a four-year hiatus, telling EW that one of the reasons he was drawn to the role was because he had a gay neighbor who was dying from AIDS when he moved to LA when he was in his early 20s. “I watched week after week as he withered away, got sicker and sicker, sores on his body, his neck, and face,” says Leto. “We would sometimes walk and get lunch, or walk to the store. He had a lot of dignity and humor and levity in his situation, so I think there are parts of him in this character as well. I think for people that haven’t been around or had an experience with someone who had been affected by this disease, it’s an easy thing to forget about right now, but I felt an obligation to bring as much grace and humanity to the role as possible.”

Interestingly, despite not making any movies for years, he took little convincing to take the part. stepping in after Gael Garcia Bernal was forced to back out shortly before filming was due to begin.

Dallas Buyers Club is about Ron Woodroof (Matthew McConaughey), who was an ordinary man who found himself in a life-or-death battle with the medical establishment and pharmaceutical companies. In 1986, Ron was blindsided by being diagnosed as HIV-positive and given 30 days to live.

With the US still internally divided over how to combat the virus and restricting medications, Ron grabbed hold of non-toxic alternative treatments from all over the world by means both legal and illegal. Seeking to avoid government sanctions against selling non-approved medicines and supplements, he established a ‘buyers club’, which fellow HIV+ people could join for access to his supplies.

Some are already saying McConaughey, who lost massive amounts of weight for the role, is likely to be nominated for an Oscar, with Leto also getting good notices. It’s out in the US in early November and will hit the US next February.

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