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Those lizard-skinned , hamster-eating visitors from another planet are coming back. Variety reports that ABC is planning to reboot V , the classic sci-fi mini-series known for its Nazi-esque subtext (as well as cheesy special effects like that infamous alien baby ) that had teen geeks like ...
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In recognition of National Coming Out Day today, this is the conclusion of Chris' three-part series of influential films that helped him in his coming out . In 1997, a film featuring a gay man’s struggle to come out as its main plotline was released and quickly became one of my favorites. ...
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Coming Out Stories
In honor of the late great Paul Newman , Turner Classic Movies is devoting a whole day of programming tomorrow in tribute to the Academy Award winning screen legend. Films scheduled to be screened during the 24-hour marathon include Alfred Hitchcock's Torn Curtain , Otto Preminger's Exodus ...
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Paul Newman
Idol worship : Stewart Wade , writer/director/producer. - He began as a playwright, and two of his stage plays -- Opening Night and Second Chance -- were produced in Los Angeles. - His screenplay Wish List was sold to German television; renamed Ich Wünsch Dir Liebe (I Wish to Live) , it was ...
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Wilson Cruz
Jasmine Guy
Jane Lynch
Nichelle Nichols
This is the second in a month long Halloween-themed series of On Location posts that will take you "back to the scene of the crime" of some of the greatest horror movies ever made. The calm serenity today of Bodega Bay , California (about an hour north of San Francisco) bears little ...
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Suzanne Pleshette
As Halloween approaches with its goblins, ghosts and ghouls, there’s also an increasing number of horror films geared to the LGBT community being released. This sub-genre in LGBT cinema and literature has been dubbed “homo horror” by some wags. I love a good scary movie but, as may be ...
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Those eyes, the stubble, that hair ... no doubt about it, Dr. Derek "McDreamy" Shepherd (as played by Patrick Dempsey ) can cure whatever ails you -- just by showing his handsome face. No wonder he was named you favorite Grey's Anatomy doctor in the latest MD Poll , easily landing 1/5th of ...
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Grey's Anatomy
Patrick Dempsey
The social and political debate over what or, more accurately, who constitutes a family is reaching its crescendo as Election Day looms. With propositions in both California and Arizona threatening to forever bar same-sex couples from marrying through constitutional amendments, we as LGBT ...
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A thrills and chills heavy slate, with a few bright spots along the way, this week in theaters: Happy-Go-Lucky : Sally Hawkins is Poppy, a peppy Pollyanna in this British dramedy from Academy Award nominated director Mike Leigh. Body of Lies : Russell Crowe and Leonardo DiCaprio star ...
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Mike Leigh
Body of Lies
Russell Crowe
Leonardo DiCaprio
Ridley Scott
On Saturday Night Live this past weekend, Anne Hathaway not only spoofed her Princess Diaries co-star Julie Andrews' Oscar winning role as Mary Poppins , she also revealed the heretofore unknown definition of "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious". Click here to watch. And speaking of Anne ...
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Anne Hathaway
Saturday Night Live
Julie Andrews
Mary Poppins
Tim Burton
Object of our affection : Becki Newton , actress. - As the delicious diva wannabe Amanda Tanen in Ugly Betty , she has taken a role that we have all seen before and made it truly unique ... and truly hilarious. Give this woman an Emmy already! - In addition to playing Amanda, she played her ...
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The Women
Ugly Betty
Cold Case
Guiding Light
August Rush
We've complained about them in the past, but with this latest commercial featuring Poltergeist , DirecTV has certainly crossed the line . Didn't anybody -- MGM, Craig T. Nelson, Heather O'Rourke 's family -- pause to think that this wouldn't be the best way to honor the memory of a little ...
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Poltergeist
Craig T. Nelson
Didn't we already dodge this bullet with Roseanne Barr back in the 90's? Apparently, Fox is going ahead with an Americanized remake of the classic Britcom Absolutely Fabulous . In this incarnation, Edina, Patsy, Saffy, Bubble and the rest of the Ab Fab gang will be relocated to Los Angeles. ...
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Roseanne Barr
Huggable, lovable and filled with real Mercury -- start your My Little Prophecy collection today! Thanks to Kindertrauma for the laughs.
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Although it has been just five years since Disney last awakened her for a two-disc Special Edition DVD ( click here to read my original Toon Talk review of that release), there is a lot to celebrate about the newly released Sleeping Beauty: 50th Anniversary Platinum Edition. First, for ...
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Here's some enigmatic, unusual and just plain creepy Polish movie posters for a trio of Alfred Hitchcock classics. Above, Strangers on a Train ... ... followed by The Birds (yikes!) ... and finally, the master of suspense's final film, Family Plot .
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For cinematic swashbuckling action, one could do no better than The 7th Voyage of Sinbad , available today in a 50th Anniversary Edition DVD and Blu-ray. Despite its title, this was the first of the Sinbad movies, and set the standard for all mythological fantasy epics to follow, from ...
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Hollywood is littered with the shattered careers of comedians who tried to make the ill-advised leap to romantic lead. Look at Mike Myers in So I Married an Axe Murderer or Jim Carrey in The Majestic . We don’t love comedians when they shut off the part of their appeal we most enjoy. ...
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Ghost Town
Ricky Gervais
Crush object : Russell Crowe , actor. - After bursting onto the international cinematic scene with his powerful performance as a racist skinhead in Romper Stomper , he showed his softer side as the gay son of a very excepting father in The Sum of Us . - Hollywood came calling and he starred ...
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Russell Crowe
Yes, the Book of Lists is back, well, from the dead, if the newest volume -- The Book of Lists: Horror -- is any indication. Subtitled "An All-New Collection of Spine-Tingling, Hair-Raising, Blood-Curdling Fun and Facts" and featuring contributions from the likes of Stephen King, Ray ...
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