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Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill & James Franco Team For True Story

February 28, 2012 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

They both got oscar nominations for Moneyball, and now Brad Pitt and Jonah Hill are reuniting once again for True Story, although this time Pitt will only produce, while Hill is set to star. James Franco is also attached to appear in the movie, which gets its title from the fact the plot sounds like it was made up.

Deadline reports that the project is based on the memoir by Michael Finkel, a New York Times Magazine journalist who learned in 2002 that his identity was used by Christian Longo, a fugitive on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted List who was wanted for killing his entire family. Finkel was fired by the magazine shortly after Christian Longo was captured in Mexico (for an unrelated matter), until the fugitive revealed that Michael Finkel was the only person he would talk to. Jonah Hill will play Finkel and James Franco is set to portray Longo.

Brad Pitt is producing True Story through his Plan B production, and won’t be acting opposite his Moneyball co-star in the project. Rupert Goold is directing. A screenwriter is not yet attached to adapt Michael Finkel’s book and there’s no director yet, so it’s early days.

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ACTORS: Jonah Hill, James Franco, Brad Pitt  FILMS: True Story  

Gayby Trailer

February 27, 2012 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment


Set to premiere next month as SxSW in Austin, Texas and based on Jonathan Lisecki’s 2010 Slamdance award-winning short, Gayby is about Jenn and Matt, best friends from college who are now in their thirties. Single by choice, Jenn spends her days teaching hot yoga and running errands for her boss. Matt suffers from comic-book writer’s block and can’t get over his ex-boyfriend. They decide to fulfill a youthful promise to have a child together… the old fashioned way. Can they navigate the serious and unexpected snags they hit as they attempt to get their careers and dating lives back on track in preparation for parenthood? Gayby is an irreverent comedy about friendship growing older, sex, loneliness, and the family you choose. There’s no release set as yet.

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ACTORS: Jenn Harris, Matthew Wilkas, Charlie Barnett  DIRECTORS: Jonathan Lisecki  FILMS: Gayby  

John Carter White Ape Fight Sneak Peek

February 27, 2012 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment


One of the centrepieces of the John Carter marketing push has been a big battle between the title character and what are being referred to as ‘white apes’ (that’s what they were called in Edgar Rice Burroughs original stories), which are impressively ugly, six-limbed behemoths that want to tear Carter to bits. Now an extended sneak peak at the effects filled battle has popped up online, which is well worth a look, and not just for the fight-scene itself, as it also includes a lot of very cool footage from a film that’s starting to get some really strong buzz (not least because it seems to be an entire movie dedicated to keeping Taylor Kitsch as scantily clad as possible). The film hits cinemas on March 9th.

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ACTORS: Taylor Kitsch  DIRECTORS: Andrew Stanton  FILMS: John Carter  

Razzie Nominations Revealed – Adam Sandler sets a new record

February 27, 2012 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Until this year, the Razzies Awards, which are given to the worst of Hollwood, have been handed out the day before the Oscars, but a new setup means that now the Razzie Nominations are released at Oscar time, with the ceremony taking place on April Fools Day.

It certainly isn’t Adam Sandler’s year, as with three critically-panned movies released by his Happy Madison Productions, he now totally dominates the list of contenders for The 32nd Annual Razzie Awards. He’s amassed an incredibly impressive 11 nominations as an actor, writer and/or producer on Jack and Jill, Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star and Just Go with It, more than doubling Eddie Murphy’s old record for the most nominations accrued by an individual in a single year.

Leading the pack for Worst Picture is Sandler’s cross-dressing comedy Jack and Jill, which received 12 nods in all (becoming only the 4th film in the Tacky Trophy’s history ever to get more dings than the awards have categories). Also selected as Worst Picture nominees for 2011 are Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star, New Year’s Eve, Transformers: Dark of the Moon, and Twilight: Breaking Dawn – Part 1. For the first time in Razzie history, all five nominated Worst Pictures are also vying for Worst Director, Worst Screenplay and Worst Screen Ensemble.

Take a look below for the full list of nominees for the best of the worst:

WORST PICTURE
Bucky Larson
Jack & Jill
New Year’s Eve
Transformers: Dark Of The Moon
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part I

WORST ACTOR
Russell Brand – Arthur
Nicholas Cage – Drive Angry, Season Of The Witch, Trespass
Taylor Lautner – The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part I, Abduction
Adam Sandler – Jack & Jill, Just go With It
Nick Swardson – Bucky Larson

WORST ACTRESS
Martin Lawrence (As Momma) – Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son
Sarah Palin – Undefeated
Sarah Jessica Parker – I Don’t Know How She Does It, New Year’s Eve
Adam Sandler (As Jill) – Jack & Jill
Kristen Stewart – The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part I

WORST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Patrick Dempsey – Transformers: Dark Of The Moon
James Franco – Your Highness
Ken Jeong – Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son, The Hangover 2, Transformers: Dark Of The Moon
Al Pacino – Jack & Jill
Nick Swardson – Jack & Jill, Just Go With It

WORST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Katie Holmes – Jack & Jill
Brandon T Jackson (as Charmaine) – Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son
Nicole Kidman – Just Go With It
David Spade (As Monica) – Jack & Jill
Rosie Huntington-Whiteley – Transformers: Dark Of The Moon

WORST SCREEN ENSEMBLE
Bucky Larson
Jack & Jill
New Year’s Eve
Transformers: Dark Of The Moon
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part I

WORST DIRECTOR
Michael Bay – Transformers: Dark Of The Moon
Tom Brady – Bucky Larson
Bill Condon – The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part I
Dennis Dugan – Jack & Jill, Just Go With It
Garry Marshall – New Year’s Eve

WORST PREQUEL, REMAKE, RIP-OFF OR SEQUEL
Arthur
Bucky Larson
The Hangover 2
Jack & Jill
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part I

WORST SCREEN COUPLE
Nic Cage & anyone
Shia LaBeouf & Rosie Huntington Whiteley – Transformers: Dark Of The Moon
Adam Sandler & Brooklyn Decker/Jennifer Aniston – Just Go With It
Adam Sandler & Katie Holmes, Al Pacino or Himself – Jack & Jill
Kristen Stewart & Robert Pattinson or Taylor Lautner – The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part I

WORST SCREENPLAY
Bucky Larson
Jack & Jill
New Year’s Eve
Transformers: Dark Of The Moon
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part I

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The Killing Star Joel Kinnaman Offered Robocop Lead

February 27, 2012 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

A remake of Robocop has been in the works for years and was one of the first projects MGM resurrected when it came out of bankruptcy. Now things are moving forward with Elite Squad director Jose Padilha at the helm, and now Deadline reports the lead role has been offered to The Killing and Snabba Cash star, Joel Kinnaman.

Kinnaman would play Murphy, a police officer left for dead while on duty, who is revived via a robotic body and sent back out into the dangerous streets of Detroit, sometime in the very near future. Jose Padilha is directing from a script by Joshua Zetumer.

MGM hopes to shoot the film before the end of the year for a 2013 summer release date. Kinnaman would have been busy playing one of the leads in Warner’s Arthur & Lancelot, but that film was pretty much canned over budget issues (there’s still a chance it’ll get going again, but it’s looking unlikely), leaving Joel’s schedule empty. He’s hot stuff in Hollywood at the moment, and it’s looking likely that Robocop will be the movie that attempts to break him onto the major movie scene.

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ACTORS: Joel Kinnaman  DIRECTORS: Jose Padilha  

Christian Bale to Star in Out of the Furnace

February 27, 2012 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

While many actors like to have loads of films in development, Christian Bale tends not to start lining too many new films up until he’s finished the previous one. With The Dark Knight Rises now in the can, THR reports he’s now in talks to join the Scott Cooper (Crazy Heart) directed drama Out of the Furnace.

Brad Ingelsby penned this thriller (which was originally known as The Low Dweller) about a man who hopes to find peace after being released from a four year jail stint. His plans for a quite life come to a halt when his brother is murdered and he decides he must set out for revenge.

Christian Bale almost joined the project last year, but didn’t come aboard at that point due to scheduling issues. Robert Duvall is also eyeing the film, but has yet to officially sign on. Others being eyed but who are less certain include Viggo Mortensen as the villain, while Casey Affleck, Garrett Hedlund, Taylor Kitsch and Channing Tatum are among the actors said to be circling the part of Bale’s brother.

The current plan is for Bale to shoot Out of the Furnace this spring, before he sets off on a promotional press tour for The Dark Knight Rises, and then goes to work for Terrence Malick on a couple of movies.

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Act Of Valor Tops The US Box Office

February 27, 2012 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

It’s a bit of a seesaw at the US box office at the moment. Some weekends all the big releases massively underperform, while other weeks new movies make loads more than anyone expected. Both were true this week, as while the Top 12 film made 20% than they did on the comparative weekend last year, there were a couple of huge flops.

The chart was topped by an overperforming Act of Valor, which was sold on the fact it starred real Navy SEALS and while the reviews were pretty bad, it’s believed some clever marketing pulled in guys looking for a bit of patriotic action.

In second place was Tyler Perry’s Good Deeds, which took $16 million. It’s the second worst opening ever for Perry, however the film leaned more dramatic than his usual comedy, and was less female skewing than normal, which may account for its lower box office. As Perry’s film cost little to make, it’s still a major win for him.

The other new entries bombed badly though. Despite the presence of Paul Rudd, Jennifer Aniston and producer Judd Apatow, Wanderlust could only manage eight place on the chart wtih $6.6 million. It’s a major failure for all of them, with many blaming Universal’s failure to market the movie properly.

Doing even worse was the Amanda Seyfried thriller Gone, which took just $5 million for ninth place on the chart. Marketing – or the almost total lack thereof – is also being blamed for this one, with some wondering if the distributor knew they had a dud, but were contracted to open nationwide rather than going straight-to-DVD and so pushed it out with absolutely no fanfare.

Take a look below for the US box office top 10 for the weekend of February 24th-26th.

Rank Title Weekend Gross (millions) Total Gross to date (millions)
1 Act Of Valor $24.7 $24.7
2 Tyler Perry’s Good Deeds $16.0 $16.0
3 Journey 2: The Mysterious Island $13.4 $76.7
4 Safe House $11.4 $98.1
5 The Vow $10.0 $103.0
6 Ghost Rider: Spirit Of Vengeance $8.8 $37.8
7 This Means War $8.5 $33.5
8 Wanderlust $6.6 $6.6
9 Gone $5.0 $5.0
10 The Secret World Of Arrietty $4.5 $14.6
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FILMS: Acot Of Valor, Tyler Perry's Good Deeds, Journey 2: The Mysterious Island, Safe House, The Vow, Ghost Rider: Spirit Of Vengeance, This Means War, Wanderlust, Gone, The Secret World Of Arrietty  

The Artist Cleans Up At The Oscars

February 27, 2012 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

As expected, The Artist was the big winner at the Oscars, picking up Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor among its five awards. As it’s a love letter to Hollywood, it’s not surprising the Academy loved the movie.

Hugo also picked up five awards, although they were all in technical categories such as Visual Effects and Sound Mixing. It’s been suggested that this reflects how if it weren’t for The Artist, Hugo would have swept the board.

Other major awards included Meryl Streep picking up her third Oscar for The Iron Lady, while in the Supporting Actor and Actress Category, Christopher Plummer did the LGBT representation at the Oscars proud, winning for playing an elderly gay man in Beginners, while an emotional Octavia Spencer scored a much deserved  award for The Help. Plummer becomes the oldest ever acting Oscar winner at 82, outdoing Jessica Tandy, who picked up her Best Actress Oscar for Driving Miss Daisy when she was 80.

Woody Allen won another Oscar for Best Original Screenplay for Midnight In Paris, while The Descendants picked up the best Adapted Screenplay award.

Take a look below for all the winners in all categories.

84th Annual Academy Awards Winners:

Best Picture
Winner: ‘The Artist’ Thomas Langmann, Producer
‘The Descendants’ Jim Burke, Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor, Producers
‘Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close’ Scott Rudin, Producer
‘The Help’ Brunson Green, Chris Columbus and Michael Barnathan, Producers
‘Hugo’ Graham King and Martin Scorsese, Producers
‘Midnight in Paris’ Letty Aronson and Stephen Tenenbaum, Producers
‘Moneyball’ Michael De Luca, Rachael Horovitz and Brad Pitt, Producers
‘The Tree of Life’ Sarah Green, Bill Pohlad, Dede Gardner, Grant Hill
‘War Horse’ Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy, Producers

Directing
Winner: ‘The Artist’ Michel Hazanavicius
‘The Descendants’ Alexander Payne
‘Hugo’ Martin Scorsese
‘Midnight in Paris’ Woody Allen
‘The Tree of Life’ Terrence Malick

Actor in a Leading Role
Demián Bichir in ‘A Better Life’
George Clooney in ‘The Descendants’
Winner: Jean Dujardin in ‘The Artist’
Gary Oldman in ‘Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy’
Brad Pitt in ‘Moneyball’

Actor in a Supporting Role
Kenneth Branagh in ‘My Week with Marilyn’
Jonah Hill in ‘Moneyball’
Nick Nolte in ‘Warrior’
Winner: Christopher Plummer in ‘Beginners’
Max von Sydow in ‘Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close’

Actress in a Leading Role
Glenn Close in ‘Albert Nobbs’
Viola Davis in ‘The Help’
Rooney Mara in ‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’
Winner: Meryl Streep in ‘The Iron Lady’
Michelle Williams in ‘My Week with Marilyn’

Actress in a Supporting Role
Bérénice Bejo in ‘The Artist’
Jessica Chastain in ‘The Help’
Melissa McCarthy in ‘Bridesmaids’
Janet McTeer in ‘Albert Nobbs’
Winner: Octavia Spencer in ‘The Help’

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
Winner: ‘The Descendants’ Screenplay by Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash
‘Hugo’ Screenplay by John Logan
‘The Ides of March’ Screenplay by George Clooney & Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon
‘Moneyball’ Screenplay by Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin Story by Stan Chervin
‘Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy’ Screenplay by Bridget O’Connor & Peter Straughan

Writing (Original Screenplay)
‘The Artist’ Written by Michel Hazanavicius
‘Bridesmaids’ Written by Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig
‘Margin Call’ Written by J.C. Chandor
Winner: ‘Midnight in Paris’ Written by Woody Allen
‘A Separation’ Written by Asghar Farhadi

Animated Feature Film
‘A Cat in Paris’ Alain Gagnol and Jean-Loup Felicioli
‘Chico & Rita’ Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal
‘Kung Fu Panda 2’ Jennifer Yuh Nelson
‘Puss in Boots’ Chris Miller
Winner: ‘Rango’ Gore Verbinski

Art Direction
‘The Artist’ Production Design: Laurence Bennett; Set Decoration: Robert Gould
‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2’ Production Design: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan
Winner: ‘Hugo’ Production Design: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo
‘Midnight in Paris’ Production Design: Anne Seibel; Set Decoration: Hélène Dubreuil
‘War Horse’ Production Design: Rick Carter; Set Decoration: Lee Sandales

Cinematography
‘The Artist’ Guillaume Schiffman
‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’ Jeff Cronenweth
Winner: ‘Hugo’ Robert Richardson
‘The Tree of Life’ Emmanuel Lubezki
‘War Horse’ Janusz Kaminski

Costume Design
‘Anonymous’ Lisy Christl
Winner: ‘The Artist’ Mark Bridges
‘Hugo’ Sandy Powell
‘Jane Eyre’ Michael O’Connor
‘W.E.’ Arianne Phillips

Documentary (Feature)
‘Hell and Back Again’ Danfung Dennis and Mike Lerner
‘If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front’ Marshall Curry and Sam Cullman
‘Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory’ Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs
‘Pina’ Wim Wenders and Gian-Piero Ringel
Winner: ‘Undefeated’ TJ Martin, Dan Lindsay and Richard Middlemas

Documentary (Short Subject)
‘The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement’ Robin Fryday and Gail Dolgin
‘God Is the Bigger Elvis’ Rebecca Cammisa and Julie Anderson
‘Incident in New Baghdad’ James Spione
Winner: ‘Saving Face’ Daniel Junge and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
‘The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom’ Lucy Walker and Kira Carstensen

Film Editing
‘The Artist’ Anne-Sophie Bion and Michel Hazanavicius
‘The Descendants’ Kevin Tent
Winner: ‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’ Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall
‘Hugo’ Thelma Schoonmaker
‘Moneyball’ Christopher Tellefsen

Foreign Language Film
‘Bullhead’ Belgium
‘Footnote’ Israel
‘In Darkness’ Poland
‘Monsieur Lazhar’ Canada
Winner: ‘A Separation’ Iran

Makeup
‘Albert Nobbs’ Martial Corneville, Lynn Johnston and Matthew W. Mungle
‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2’ Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng
Winner: ‘The Iron Lady’ Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland

Music (Original Score)
‘The Adventures of Tintin’ John Williams
Winner: ‘The Artist’ Ludovic Bource
‘Hugo’ Howard Shore
‘Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy’ Alberto Iglesias
‘War Horse’ John Williams

Music (Original Song)
Winner: ‘Man or Muppet’ from ‘The Muppets’ Music and Lyric by Bret McKenzie
‘Real in Rio’ from ‘Rio’ Music by Sergio Mendes and Carlinhos Brown Lyric by Siedah Garrett

Short Film (Animated)
‘Dimanche/Sunday’ Patrick Doyon
Winner: ‘The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore’ William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg
‘La Luna’ Enrico Casarosa
‘A Morning Stroll’ Grant Orchard and Sue Goffe
‘Wild Life’ Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby

Short Film (Live Action)
‘Pentecost’ Peter McDonald and Eimear O’Kane
‘Raju’ Max Zähle and Stefan Gieren
Winner: ‘The Shore’ Terry George and Oorlagh George
‘Time Freak’ Andrew Bowler and Gigi Causey
‘Tuba Atlantic’ Hallvar Witzø

Sound Editing
‘Drive’ Lon Bender and Victor Ray Ennis
‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’ Ren Klyce
Winner: ‘Hugo’ Philip Stockton and Eugene Gearty
‘Transformers: Dark of the Moon’ Ethan Van der Ryn and Erik Aadahl
‘War Horse’ Richard Hymns and Gary Rydstrom

Sound Mixing
‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’ David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Bo Persson
Winner: ‘Hugo’ Tom Fleischman and John Midgley
‘Moneyball’ Deb Adair, Ron Bochar, Dave Giammarco and Ed Novick
‘Transformers: Dark of the Moon’ Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers, Jeffrey J. Haboush and Peter J. Devlin
‘War Horse’ Gary Rydstrom, Andy Nelson, Tom Johnson and Stuart Wilson

Visual Effects
‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2’ Tim Burke, David Vickery, Greg Butler and John Richardson
Winner: ‘Hugo’ Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossman and Alex Henning
‘Real Steel’ Erik Nash, John Rosengrant, Dan Taylor and Swen Gillberg
‘Rise of the Planet of the Apes’ Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White and Daniel Barrett
‘Transformers: Dark of the Moon’ Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Matthew Butler and John Frazier

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ACTORS: Jean DuJardin, Octavia Spencer, Christopher Plummer, Meryl Streep  DIRECTORS: Michel Hazanavicius  FILMS: The Artist, The Help, Hugo  

2012 London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival Programme Announced

February 26, 2012 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

North Sea Texas

After revealing a couple of weeks ago that the BFI London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival would open with Cloudburst, starring Oscar-winners Olympia Dukakis and Brenda Fricker, the British Film Institute has now revealed the full festival line-up.

The festival runs from from 23rd March-1st April and will offer a varied programme of feature films, special events, shorts, archive classics, experimental and erotic works. While it will open with Cloudburst, it’s now been revealed that the Festival will close with Bavo Defurne’s North Sea Texas, a compelling tale of teenage longing set in a Belgian coastal town.

There are also two centrepiece screenings of powerful, award-winning dramas. Circumstance is an affecting account of a lesbian coming-of-age in contemporary Tehran, which won the Audience Award at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, while Absent is the unpredictable tale of a 16-year-old’s attempt to get close to his teacher, which won the Teddy Award at the 2011 Berlin Film Festival.

Other highlights on the programme include The Perfect Family, starring Kathleen Turner as a Catholic woman coming to terms with her daughter’s sexuality, while Gun Hill Road tells the story of an ex-con struggling to accept that his teenage son is transitioning to female, and features a strong performance by young trans actor Harmony Santana.

There’ll also be an eclectic programme of special events, such as Brian Lobel and Aaron Wright’s Cruising for Art, which is a film-themed participatory theatre project. Transgender Representation – Are We Nearly There Yet? will look at the last five years of trans film and television, while Families Like Ours features films that discuss LGBT parenting from the point of view of parents, pupils and teachers.

After budget cuts last year, a wave of popular and industry support has ensured a renewed commitment to the festival’s future, with the 2012 programme 30% larger than the 2011 event, consisting of 53 features and 67 shorts.

You can find the full programme here (click for PDF), which also includes screening of the much praised lesbian drama Pariah, as well as classics with gay themes such as Spartacus and Suddenly Last Summer.

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FILMS: North Sea Texas, Cloudburst, Circumstance, Absent  

Daniel Radcliffe Debuts A PSA For The Trevor Project

February 24, 2012 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment


Having known a lot of gay people all his life, Harry Potter (who for some reason now insists on being called Daniel Radcliffe) has always been pro-gay, and in the last few year has become one of the most vocal straight allies of the gay community, being active with various LGBT organisations that try to make an difference in the lives of lesbian & gay people.

He’s now made a Public Service Announcement for The Trevor Project, a crisis intervention and suicide prevention service for LGBT and questioning youth, which Radcliffe has supported for the last three years. The PSA debuted after an episode of Glee in the US, which focused on the attempted suicide of one of the characters who is dealing with their sexuality.

Radcliffe has said that working with The Trevor Project has taught him the importance of being a straight ally. “‘When we let someone know that we accept them for who they are and that we are safe to talk to, we can help save lives. It’s as simple as that,” he says.

Take a look at the 30 second PSA above.

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