It’ll be one of the most star-studded plays in history! On March 3rd at LA’s Wilshire Ebell Theatre, a special gala reading is taking place of Dustin Lance Black’s play, 8. The cast has now been completed with Chris Colfer (Glee), Kevin Bacon, and John C. Reilly signing on to join the already starry ensemble, all supporting the fight to have Prop 8 – which banned gay marriage in California – repealed.
Colfer, Bacon and Reilly join George Clooney, Jane Lynch, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Matt Bomer, Jamie Lee Curtis, George Takei, Matthew Morrison, Yeardley Smith, Campbell Brown, Rory O’Malley, and activist Cleve Jones in the production, which will be the West Coast premiere of the play. 8 is based on the transcript of the court case that overturned Proposition 8 (a decision that is currently working its ways through the appeals court), as well as interviews with the plaintiffs and their families.
Chris Colfer will play Ryan Kendall, a young man who testified about his experience being sent by his parents to so-called “reparative therapy” as a teenager. John C. Reilly will play United States District Chief Judge Vaughn R. Walker, who found Proposition 8 unconstitutional after presiding over the historic 12-day public trial. Kevin Bacon will play Charles J. Cooper, the lead attorney for the anti-marriage proponents of Proposition 8
It’ll certainly be an interesting evening, although if you want to go, you’re out of luck as tickets for the charity event have long sold out. The one-night-only event is expected to raise $2 million for the American Foundation for Equal Rights.
Although pretty much every dead celebrity has to have a ‘were they gay?’ moment when someone steps forward to claim they were a big ‘mo, it isn’t the first time that it’s been said Ben Hur star Stephen Boyd liked boys more than girls.
Okay, we’ve got good news and bad news. The good news is that Matt Bomer, star of TV’s White Collar and possibly the most effortlessly handsome man in Hollywood, has acknowledged at an awards ceremony that he bats for our team. The bad news for those of you who are already working out how you can profess your love to him, is that he’s already got a longtime partner and even some kids.
After weeks of waiting, the stars gathered at London’s Royal Opera House for the annual BAFTA film awards, with all eyes on leading contenders The Artist and Tinker Tailor to see which would walk off with the most gongs.
It’s not too long now until the 26th BFI London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival opens on March 23rd (running until April 1st), and now the first element of what promises to be a very interesting programme has been announced, with the news the Opening Night movie will be Cloudburst.
The pic above, released by Modern Family star Eric Stonestreet, who appears in the image with gay co-star and on-screen lover Jesse Tyler Ferguson, is perhaps the best argument we’ve heard for allowing gay marriage in California. They’re right – who wouldn’t want to watch Mitchell and Cameron tie the knot on the hit sitcom?
Although the BAFTAs completely ignored it in favour of more commercial but often far less worthy fare, thankfully gay Brit-flick hit Weekend has been getting its dues at the likes of the British Independent Film Awards and the London Critics Circle Film Awards. The latest to honour the movie is the Evening Standard British Film Awards, which last night gave Weekend writer/director Andrew Haigh the Best Screenplay gong.
When it comes to tales of the private lives of old time movie stars, it’s almost impossible to tell the truth from the fiction. The studio created versions of star biographies were so far from the truth that it’s bred an entire industry exposing the supposed foibles of Hollywood’s Golden Age elite, much of which is dubious at best.
Although not the most famous of gongs, many believe the SAG (Screen Actors Guild) Awards are the best indicator for the acting Oscars. That’s mainly because there are more actors who vote for the Oscars than anyone else, and many of them also vote for the SAG awards.