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Gay & Lesbian Entertainment Critics Hand Top Awards To 12 Years a Slave & Blue is the Warmest Color

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After the recent announcement of the nominations, GALECA (Gay & Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association) has announced the winners of its annual Dorian Awards. They have handed Steve McQueen’s tragic slavery-era drama 12 Years a Slave the gong for Film of the Year, while Film Performance of the Year – Actor went to Matthew McConaughey for his work in Dallas Buyers Club as AIDS affected Ron Woodroof, and Cate Blanchett took Film Performance of the Year – Actress for her turn as a troubled socialite in Blue Jasmine.

GALECA also had plenty of love for Palm d’Or winner Blue is the Warmest Color. The French lesbian romance took both Foreign Language Film of the Year and LGBT Film of the Year. There was praise too for the extremely moving Bridegroom, which took Documentary of the Year. The film is a heartfelt and eye-opening expose of how inequalities in the legal system only add to the grief of LGBTs who have lost their life partner.

In the more unusual film categories, Kill Your Darlings, the fact-based biopic involving a young and wild Allen Ginsberg (played by Daniel Radcliffe) and Short Term 12, the provocative drama set at an at-risk center for teens, tied for Unsung Film of the Year. Gravity was chosen as Visually Striking Film. And Pedro Almodovar’s retro romp I’m So Excited! took Campy Flick honours.

On the TV front, GALECA picked Netflix’s women-in-prison dramedy Orange is the New Black in a tie along with HBO’s Liberace biopic Behind the Candelabra as TV Drama of the Year. Orange also nabbed LGBT Drama of the Year, and one of its stars, Laverne Cox, was bestowed the group’s We’re Wilde About You Rising Star Award.

As previously announced, the group chose Lily Tomlin as the recipient of its special Timeless star tribute, given to ‘an actor or performer whose exemplary career is marked by character, wisdom and wit.’

Take a look at the complete list of Dorian Award winners (in bold) below:

Film of the Year
American Hustle (Sony)
Blue is the Warmest Color (Sundance Selects)
Dallas Buyers Club (Focus)
Gravity (WB)
Her (WB)
Laurence Anyways (Breaking Glass)
12 Years a Slave (Fox Searchlight)

Film Performance of the Year – Actor
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Wolf of Wall Street (Paramount)
Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years a Slave (Fox Searchlight)
James Franco, Spring Breakers (A24)
Jared Leto, Dallas Buyesr Club (Focus)
Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club (Focus)

Film Performance of the Year – Actress
Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine (Sony Classics)
Sandra Bullock, Gravity (WB)
Judi Dench, Philomena (Weinstein)
Adele Exarchopoulos, Blue is the Warmest Color (Sundance Selects)
Lupita Nyong’o, 12 Years a Slave (Fox Searchlight)

LGBT Film of the Year
Blue is the Warmest Color (Sundance Selects)
Dallas Buyers Club (Focus)
Kill Your Darlings (Sony Classics)
Laurence Anyways (Breaking Glass)
Philomena (Weinstein)

Foreign Language Film of the Year
Blue is the Warmest Color (Sundance Selects)
The Great Beauty (Janus)
The Hunt (Magnolia)
I’m So Excited! (Sony Classics)
Laurence Anyways (Breaking Glass)
Out in the Dark (Breaking Glass)

Documentary of the Year
(theatrical release, TV airing or DVD release)
The Act of Killing (Drafthouse)
Blackfish (Magnolia, CNN)
Bridegroom (Own, Virgil Films)
I Am Divine (Automat, Wolfe)
20 Feet from Stardom (Radius-TWC)

Campy Flick of the Year
August: Osage County (Weinstein)
The Canyons (Sundance Selects)
Carrie (Screen Gems)
The Great Gatsby (WB)
I’m So Excited! (Sony Classics)

Unsung Film of the Year
Frances Ha (Sundance Selects)
In A World . . . (Roadside Attractions)
Kill Your Darlings (Sony Classics) (tie)
Short Term 12 (Cinedigm) (tie)
The Spectacular Now (A24)

Visually Striking Film of the Year
(honoring a production of stunning beauty, from art direction to cinematography)
Frozen (Disney)
Gravity (WB)
Inside Llewyn Davis (CBS Films)
Laurence Anyways (Breaking Glass)
The Great Gatsby (WB)

TV Drama of the Year
American Horror Story: Coven (FX)
Behind the Candelabra (HBO) (tie)
Breaking Bad (AMC)
Mad Men (AMC)
Orange is the New Black (Netflix) (tie)

TV Comedy of the Year
The Big Bang Theory (CBS)
Getting On (HBO)
Girls (HBO)
Ja’mie: Private School Girl (HBO)
Modern Family (ABC)
Veep (HBO)

TV Performance of the Year – Actor
Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad (AMC)
Michael Douglas, Behind the Candelabra (HBO)
Jon Hamm, Mad Men (AMC)
Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory (CBS)
Kevin Spacey, House of Cards (Netflix)

TV Performance of the Year – Actress
Vera Farmiga, Bates Motel (A&E)
Jessica Lange, American Horror Story: Coven (FX)
Tatiana Maslany, Orphan Black (BBC America)
Taylor Schilling, Orange is the New Black (Netflix)
Kerry Washington, Scandal (ABC)
Robin Wright, House of Cards (Netflix)

TV Musical Performance of the Year
Shirley Bassey, “Goldfinger,” 82nd Academy Awards (CBS)
Neil Patrick Harris, “Bigger,” 67th Annual Tony Awards (CBS)
Jane Krakowski, “Theme from Rural Juror,” 30 Rock (NBC)
Jessica Lange and cast, “The Name Game,” American Horror Story: Asylum (FX)
Lea Michele, “To Make You Feel My Love,” Glee (Fox)

LGBT TV Show of the Year
Behind the Candelabra (HBO)
Bridegroom (Own)
Modern Family (ABC)
Orange is the New Black (Netflix)
RuPaul’s Drag Race (Logo)

Campy TV Show of the Year
American Horror Story: Coven (FX)
Behind the Candelabra (HBO)
House of Versace (Lifetime)
Sharknado (Syfy)
Smash (NBC)

Unsung TV Show of the Year
Broadchurch (BBC America)
The Carrie Diaries (CW)
Cougar Town (TBS)
Getting On (HBO)
Mom (CBS)
Orphan Black (BBC America)

The We’re Wilde About You (Rising Star Award)
Adele Exarchopoulos
Dane DeHaan
Laverne Cox
Lupita Nyong’o
Tatiana Maslany

Wilde Wit of the Year
(honoring a performer, writer or commentator whose observations both challenge and amuse)
Rachel Maddow
Bill Maher
Kate McKinnon
Dan Savage
Amy Schumer

Wilde Artist of the Year
(honoring a truly groundbreaking force in the fields of film, theater and/or television)
Alfonso Cuaron
Xavier Dolan
James Franco
Spike Jonze
Steve McQueen

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John Lithgow Hopes New Film Love Is Strange Succeeds So It Can Help With Gay Acceptance

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love-is-strange-pic1John Lithgow has been in Utah at the Sundance Film Festival to help present his latest movie to the world – Love Is Strange – in which he plays one half of a gay couple (the other half is Alfred Molina) who’ve just gotten married. However when their nuptials result in him losing him job, they ironically end up having to live apart. Ira Sachs (Keep The Lights On) directs.

He definitely has a lot of admiration for the movie, and when talking to Huffpo said “I was so excited about doing this film because I wouldn’t have to do any acting,” as his character is so complete and fulfilled.

He also hopes the film becomes a success and can do its bit to create fuller acceptance of gay people. Talking to TheDailyBeast, he says, “Everybody is related to some gay person. Everybody has a gay person who’s a good friend and a lot of people don’t even realize it because, culturally, it’s a covert thing. And that’s wrong. Nobody in society should have to hide who they are, or feel like they’re second class citizens in any way. It makes me feel good that if this film is seen by a lot of people and is successful, it will nudge those people in the direction of acceptance. There’s nothing wrong with accepting people’s homosexuality. It doesn’t do any damage. All it does is treat people with more respect than they’ve culturally been accustomed to.”

Love Is Strange premiered at Sundance on January 18th and should be in cinemas later this year.

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Robert De Niro Presents Documentary About His Gay Dad At Sundance

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robert-de-niroMuch has been written about Robert De Niro over the years, but there’s not been a huge amount of talk about the fact he comes from a family where both his parents were painters. However his father and mother divorced shortly after he was born, as Robert De Niro Sr. had realised he was gay.

Even though this was in the mid 1940s when homosexuality was still illegal, both the actor and his mother stayed close to De Niro Sr. Indeed Robert Jr. helped his dad financially in his later years and dedicated his directorial debut, A Bronx Tale, to his father shortly after he died.

Now Robert has headed to Sundance to help introduce a new documentary about the life and work of his father, which will screen on HBO in June. In a Q&A at the event, he said, “I did this for him. I wanted my younger kids — who were born after he died — to know what their grandfather did. I even kept his painting studio intact so they could see it.”

De Niro Sr. was a successful figurative painter whose work is included in many important collections of American art. However he had trouble keeping with gallery owners and fell out of favour when his art didn’t adapt to the emergence and popularity of pop art in the 1960s. The documentary covers this, as well as revealing more about De Niro Jr’s upbringing and relationship with his dad.

Director Perri Peltz says of the documentary, “Originally, Bob wanted to make the film just for his family. But then we realized it tells the story not just of Robert De Niro’s Sr.’s work — which is amazing — but the entire art world of the time.” (Source: THR)

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The Last Straight Man Trailer – A closeted gay guy and a straight man bond in unexpected ways

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Sexuality can be a complex things, and that seems to be true in the upcoming movie The Last Straight Man, as you can see in this trailer.

In Mark Bessenger’s movie, ‘closeted Lewis (Mark Cirillo) throws a bachelor party for his best friend and secret crush Cooper (Scott Sell), only to have it end with the drunken pair going to bed together. They decide to secretly meet in the same hotel suite on the same night every year to catch up with their lives and further explore their sexual desires. The film shows us five of their meetings over a twelve year period to see how their friendship and relationship changes.’

Mark Cirillo is a bit of a gay movie veteran, as you’ll know if you’ve seen Shut Up And Kiss Me, The Seminarian or The Men Next Door, while Sell is a newcomer to the world of film.

The Last Straight Man will be heading to film festivals this year. [Read more…]

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Yeah, Kowalski! Director Seeks Funding For New Documentary About An LGBT Youth

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Evan Roberts impressed a lot of people with his extremely entertaining short film, Yeah, Kowalski!, about a young LGBT teen who’s desperate to grow armpit hair. Now he’s raising fund for a new movie, a documentary called Arvind.

One of the things many liked about Yeah, Kowalski! is that while the main character is queer, that’s just something that’s there, but isn’t the main subject of the movie. It seems it will be a similar story with the new film, as while the 16-year-old subject is LGBT, it’s his incredible story that’s the movie concentrates on.

Here’s the synopsis from the film’s Kickstarter campaign: ‘Arvind’s mother- a first generation immigrant from India- was diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder (BDP) and depression. During a bitter divorce trial with Arvind’s father, she attempted to poison Arvind, 3, and his older brother, Arjuna, 6, as well as herself.

‘After 12 years Arvind’s mother was released from prison and attempted to contact her sons. The brothers brought her to court and were successful in securing a life-long protective order against her.

‘In response, Arvind wrote a play called MOMMY with his mother as the main character. The documentary ARVIND follows his life during this process.’

The play premieres in the US at the end of this month, and the funding will allow Roberts to complete telling the story.

Robert commented to HuffPo, “LGBT youth, and specifically LGBT youth of color, aren’t represented often in film and media. This lack of representation in the media can make someone feel invisible to the rest of society. I think it’s important that minorities groups, such as queer youth, are depicted in ways that are affirming and aspirational but also authentic and complex. I also want to tell a universal story that many people can find an entry point into, and where sexuality is part of a character’s development, not a defining characteristic. I hope audiences will relate to Arvind and connect with him through his experience of bringing his story to the world — and perhaps be inspired to do the same.”

If you’d like to help fund the film, head over to Kickstarter. [Read more…]

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Stranger By The Lake UK Trailer (NSFW) – New look at the acclaimed gay ‘art-porn noir’

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Stranger By The Lake made major waves at the Cannes Film Festival last year, both for it’s twisting thriller storytelling and the fact it features plenty of ‘art-porn’ style gay sex. The movie arrives in UK cinemas in February, and now distributor Peccadillo Pictures has released a new trailer that gives us a feel for both the movie and the fact it’s not afraid to get sexy – even giving us that rare movie trailer sight, full frontal male nudity!

Here’s the synopsis: ‘Summer time. A cruising spot for gay men, tucked away on the shores of a secluded lake in rural France. Franck falls in love with Michel, an attractive, extremely potent but lethally dangerous man. Franck has witnessed this first hand, but his desire for Michel knows no bounds, this is a relationship he must have – at any cost.’

The film, which should be well worth a look, will arrive in UK cinemas on February 21st 2014. [Read more…]

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Date & Switch Trailer – Nicholas Braun & Hunter Cope plan to lose their viriginities, and then find out one of them is gay

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Date and Switch takes a bit of a high school movie cliché and gives it an interesting twist. As in so many movies, a couple of high school boys, Michael and Matty, who make a pact to lose their virginities before prom. However their friendship is tested when Matty reveals he’s actually hoping to pop his cherry with another guy.

A pre-50 Shades Dakota Johnson stars alongside Nicholas Braun, Hunter Cope and Zach Cregger. Braun and Cope are the longtime best friends, with the latter being the one who reveals he’s gay. Their journey includes heading for a foamy gay club and things get a little complicated when Johnson’s character arrives, who is Matty’s ex but also the girl Michael has eyes for. Cregger plays Matty’s potential love interest.

The likes of Sarah Hyland, Megan Mullally, Nick Offerman, Gary Cole and Wendi McLendon-Covey also star. The film’s out in the US in February. [Read more…]

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American Hustle & Gravity Lead The Oscars Nominations, With LGBT Nods Pretty Thin On The Ground

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Due to the Winter Olympics, the Oscars are a little later than they have been for the past couple of years, but now the competition is in full swing, with the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences announcing the nominations for this year’s gongs.

It’s a bit of a three way race, with American Hustle and Gravity leading the way with ten nominations apiece, while 12 Years a Slave is just behind with nine. Although Hustle and 12 Years are seen by many as the frontrunners for Best Picture, Gravity certainly shouldn’t ruled out.

Hustle also becomes only the 15th film to get nominations in all the acting categories – for Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence – just a year after director David O. Russell did exactly the same with The Silver Linings Playbook. No movie has ever taken all of the acting Oscars, and it would be a surprise if American Hustle changed that.

Unfortunately there aren’t too many LGBT-interest noms. That said, Dallas Buyers Club did pretty well, with nominations for Best Picture, Best Actor (Matthew McConaughey), Best Original Screenplay, Best Editing and Best Makeup. Jared Leto is also by far the frontrunner in the Best Supporting Actor race, for his role as a transgender character in the movie.

The Lesbian-themed Blue Is The Warmest Color was a surprise snub in the Best Foreign Language film category. However Philomena, which includes a gay-themed subplot, scored four nominations, including Best Picture, Best Actress (Judi Dench), Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Original Score.

Take a look below for the full list of Oscar noms:

BEST PICTURE
American Hustle
Captain Phillips
Dallas Buyers Club
Gravity
Her
Nebraska
Philomena
12 Years a Slave
The Wolf of Wall Street

BEST DIRECTOR
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 ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Christian Bale – American Hustle
Bruce Dern – Nebraska
Leonardo DiCaprio – The Wolf of Wall Street
Chiwetel Ejiofor – 12 Years a Slave
Matthew McConaughey – Dallas Buyers Club

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Amy Adams – American Hustle
Cate Blanchett – Blue Jasmine
Sandra Bullock – Gravity
Judi Dench – Philomena
Meryl Streep – August: Osage County

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Barkhad Abdi – Captain Phillips
Bradley Cooper – American Hustle
Michael Fassbender – 12 Years a Slave
Jonah Hill – The Wolf of Wall Street
Jared Leto – Dallas Buyers Club

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Sally Hawkins – Blue Jasmine
Jennifer Lawrence – American Hustle
Lupita Nyong’o – 12 Years a Slave
Julia Roberts – August: Osage County
June Squibb – Nebraska

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

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Before Midnight – Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke and Richard Linklater
Captain Phillips – Billy Ray
Philomena – Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope
12 Years a Slave – John Ridley
The Wolf of Wall Street – Terence Winter

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Belgium, The Broken Circle Breakdown, Felix Van Groeningen, director
Cambodia, The Missing Picture, Rithy Panh, director
Denmark, The Hunt, Thomas Vinterberg, director
Italy, The Great Beauty, Paolo Sorrentino, director
Palestine, Omar, Hany Abu-Assad, director

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
The Croods
Despicable Me 2
Ernest & Celestine
Frozen
The Wind Rises

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
The Act of Killing – Joshua Oppenheimer
Cutie and the Boxer – Zachary Heinzerling
Dirty Wars – Rick Rowley
The Square – Jehane Noujaim
20 Feet from Stardom – Morgan Neville

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Grandmaster – Philippe LeSourd
Gravity – Emmanuel Lubezki
Inside Llewyn Davis – Bruno Delbonnel
Nebraska – Phedon Papamichael
Prisoners – Roger Deakins

BEST EDITING
American Hustle – Jay Cassidy, Crispin Struthers and Alan Baumgarten
Captain Phillips – Christopher Rouse
Dallas Buyers Club – John McMurphy and Martin Pensa
Gravity – Alfonso Cuaró and Mark Sanger12 Years a Slave – Joe Walker

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
American Hustle – Judy Becker & Heather Loeffle
Gravity – Andy Nicholson & Rosie Goodwin
The Great Gatsby – Catherine Martin & Beverly Dunn
Her – K.K. Barrett & Gene Serdena
12 Years a Slave – Adam Stochausen & Alice Baker

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
American Hustle – Michael Wilkinson
The Grandmaster – William Chang Suk Ping
The Great Gatsby – Catherine Martin
The Invisible Woman – Michael O’Connor
12 Years a Slave – Patricia Norris

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
The Book Thief – John Williams
Gravity – Steven Price
Her – William Butler and Owen Pallett
Philomena – Alexandre Desplat
Saving Mr. Banks – Thomas Newman

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
“Alone Yet Not Alone” from Alone Yet Not Alone – Music by Bruce Broughton, Lyrics by Dennis Spiegel
“Happy” from Despicable Me 2 – Music and Lyrics by Pharrell Williams
“Let It Go” from Frozen – Music and Lyric by Robert Lopez, Kristen Anderson-Lopez
“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 VISUAL EFFECTS
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 MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
Dallas Buyers Club – Adruitha Lee and Robin Mathews
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa – Stephen Prouty
The Lone Ranger – Joel Harlow and Gloria Pasqua-Casny

BEST SOUND MIXING
Captain Phillips – Chris Burdon, Mark Taylor, Mike Prestwood Smith and Chris Munro
Gravity – Skip Lievsay, Niv Adiri, Christopher Benstead 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 SOUND EDITING
All Is Lost – Steve Boeddeker and Richard Hymns
Captain Phillips – Oliver Tarney
Gravity – Glenn Freemantle
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug – Brent Burge
Lone Survivor – Wylie Stateman

BEST ANNIMATED SHORT FILM
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)
Mr. Hublot, Laurent Witz, director, and Alexandre Espigares, co-director (Zeilt Productions)
Possessions, Shuhei Morita, director (Sunrise Inc.)
Room on the Broom, Max Lang and Jan Lachauer, directors (Magic Light Pictures)

BEST LIVE-ACTION SHORT FILM
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)
Helium, Anders Walter, director, and Kim Magnusson, producer (M & M 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 DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM
CaveDigger, Jeffrey Karoff
Facing Fear, Jason Cohen
Karama Has No Walls, Sara Ishaq
The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life, Malcolm Clarke
Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall, Edgar Barens

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Gay & Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association Reveal 2013 Dorian Award Nominees

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dorian galecaThe Dorian Awards – the gongs given out by GALECA, the Gay & Lesbian Entertainment Critics  Association – are becoming an increasingly firm fixture of the awards season, especially as they have categories and tastes that often get ignored by the mainstream award ceremonies.

Now the 2013 nominees have been announced. Director Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave is in the running for Film of the Year along with Spike Jonze’s Her, the French lesbian love story Blue is the Warmest Color, the Canadian gender-bending romance Laurence Anyways, and awards-season darlings Gravity, Dallas Buyers Club and American Hustle.

In the more unusual categories, the likes of Jessica Lange, Shirley Bassey, Jane Krakowski, Neil Patrick Harris and Lea Michele are up for TV Musical Performance of the Year, while August: Osage County, The Canyons, Carrie, The Great Gatsby, and I’m So Excited! will compete for Campy Flick Of The Year.

In the specifically LGBT categories, Blue is the Warmest Color, Dallas Buyers Club, Kill Your Darlings, Laurence Anyways and Philomena will duke it out on the film side, while the TV the contenders are Behind the Candelabra, Bridegroom, Modern Family, Orange is the New Black, and RuPaul’s Drag Race.

One category has already been decided, as GALECA has named Lily Tomlin the recipient of its special Timeless star tribute, given to “an actor or performer whose exemplary career is marked by character, wisdom and wit.”

Take a look below for the full list of Dorian nominees:

Film of the Year
American Hustle (Sony)
Blue is the Warmest Color (Sundance Selects)
Dallas Buyers Club (Focus)
Gravity (WB)
Her (WB)
Laurence Anyways (Breaking Glass)
12 Years a Slave (Fox Searchlight)
 
Film Performance of the Year – Actor
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Wolf of Wall Street (Paramount)
Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years a Slave (Fox Searchlight)
James Franco, Spring Breakers (A24)
Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club (Focus)
Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club (Focus)
 
Film Performance of the Year – Actress
Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine (Sony Classics)
Sandra Bullock, Gravity (WB)
Judi Dench, Philomena (Weinstein)
Adele Exarchopoulos, Blue is the Warmest Color (Sundance Selects)
Lupita Nyong’o, 12 Years a Slave (Fox Searchlight)
 
LGBT Film of the Year
Blue is the Warmest Color (Sundance Selects)
Dallas Buyers Club (Focus)
Kill Your Darlings (Sony Classics)
Laurence Anyways (Breaking Glass)
Philomena (Weinstein)
 
Foreign Language Film of the Year
Blue is the Warmest Color (IFC)
The Great Beauty (Janus)
The Hunt (Magnolia)
I’m So Excited! (Sony Classics)
Laurence Anyways (Breaking Glass)
Out in the Dark (Breaking Glass)
 
Documentary of the Year 
(theatrical release, TV airing or DVD release)
The Act of Killing (Drafthouse)
Blackfish (Magnolia, CNN)
Bridegroom (Own, Virgil Films) 
I Am Divine (Automat, Wolfe)
20 Feet from Stardom (Radius-TWC)
 
Campy Flick of the Year
August: Osage County (Weinstein)
The Canyons (Sundance Selects)
Carrie (Screen Gems)
The Great Gatsby (WB)
I’m So Excited! (Sony Classics)
 
Unsung Film of the Year
Frances Ha (Sundance Selects)
In A World . . . (Roadside Attractions)
Kill Your Darlings (Sony Classics)
Short Term 12 (Cinedigm)
The Spectacular Now (A24)
 
Visually Striking Film of the Year 
(honoring a production of stunning beauty, from art direction to cinematography)
Frozen (Disney)
Gravity (WB)
Inside Llewyn Davis (CBS Films)
Laurence Anyways (Breaking Glass)
The Great Gatsby (WB)
 
TV Drama of the Year
American Horror Story: Coven (FX)
Behind the Candelabra (HBO)
Breaking Bad (AMC)
Mad Men (AMC)
Orange is the New Black (Netflix)
 
TV Comedy of the Year
The Big Bang Theory (CBS)
Getting On (HBO)
Girls (HBO)
Ja’mie: Private School Girl (HBO)
Modern Family (ABC)
Veep (HBO)
 
TV Performance of the Year – Actor
Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad (AMC)
Michael Douglas, Behind the Candelabra (HBO)
Jon Hamm, Mad Men (AMC)
Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory (CBS)
Kevin Spacey, House of Cards (Netflix)
 
TV Performance of the Year – Actress
Vera Farmiga, Bates Motel (A&E)
Jessica Lange, American Horror Story: Coven (FX)
Tatiana Maslany, Orphan Black (BBC America)
Taylor Schilling, Orange is the New Black (Netflix)
Kerry Washington, Scandal (ABC)
Robin Wright, House of Cards (Netflix)
 
TV Musical Performance of the Year
Shirley Bassey, “Goldfinger,” 82nd Academy Awards (CBS)
Neil Patrick Harris, “Bigger,” 67th Annual Tony Awards (CBS)
Jane Krakowski, “Theme from Rural Juror,” 30 Rock (NBC)
Jessica Lange and cast, “The Name Game,” American Horror Story: Asylum (FX)
Lea Michele, “To Make You Feel My Love,” Glee (Fox)

LGBT TV Show of the Year
Behind the Candelabra (HBO)
Bridegroom (Own)
Modern Family (ABC)
Orange is the New Black (Netflix)
RuPaul’s Drag Race (Logo)
 
Campy TV Show of the Year
American Horror Story: Coven (FX)
Behind the Candelabra (HBO)
House of Versace (Lifetime)
Sharknado (Syfy)
Smash (NBC)
 
Unsung TV Show of the Year
Broadchurch (BBC America)
The Carrie Diaries (CW)
Cougar Town (TBS)
Getting On (HBO)
Mom (CBS)
Orphan Black (BBC America)
 
The We’re Wilde About You (Rising Star Award)
Adele Exarchopoulos
Dane DeHaan
Laverne Cox
Lupita Nyong’o
Tatiana Maslany


Wilde Wit of the Year
(honoring a performer, writer or commentator whose observations both challenge and amuse)
Rachel Maddow
Bill Maher
Kate McKinnon
Dan Savage
Amy Schumer

Wilde Artist of the Year
(honoring a truly groundbreaking force in the fields of film, theater and/or television)
Alfonso Cuaron
Xavier Dolan
James Franco
Spike Jonze
Steve McQueen

Timeless Award 
(to an actor or performer whose exemplary career is marked by character, wisdom and wit)
Lily Tomlin
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Chris Pine Describes Russia’s Anti-Gay Laws As ‘Extraordinary And Awful’

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Jack-Ryan-First-OfficialOne more celeb has stepped up to the plate to speak out against Russia’s increasingly strict anti-gay laws. Although the laws are officially just to ban the promotion of ‘non-traditional’ sexual relationships, they have resulted in an increase in anti-gay attacks and over-zealous government official trying to destroy anything pro-gay.

Now Star Trek actor Chris Pine has decided to speak out, as he feels the US government should have done more to protect the anti-gay laws in the run-up to the Sochi Olympics. He calls the laws “clearly awful, archaic, hostile nonsense.”

While promoting Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit, he said, “I think we should do more than just send gay Olympians there. What’s happening there in terms of gay rights or the lack of it is extraordinary and awful.”

Pine may have been particularly keen to say something as his new film has a Russian element, as his character has thwart a terror attack on the US that originates in Russia. While Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit did shoot in the country, it did so before the anti-gay laws were enacted.

The actor’s comments come on the same day as the Russian Foreign Ministry launched a report on human rights in the EU, which criticises the “aggressive propaganda of homosexual love”. It adds the EU is trying to force an “alien view of homosexuality and same-sex marriages as a norm of life.”

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