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Streep Noms, #6 (1985)
26 June 2009 10:15 AM, PDT | From FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news
A Note: I will be returning to reviewing Streep movies soon but for now let's return to discussing Streep's competitive Oscar fields. I'll try to wrap up the 80s pictures very soon. I knew this month would be Streep heavy I had no idea how mired down in the 80s nostalgia we'd get. See also: Farrah & Michael Jackson.
1985
Six Oscar nominations is a lot for anyone but what is perhaps even more impressive / serendipitous about Meryl Streep's 1985 accomplishment is that Out of Africa, a big hit and Oscar champ, was her third Best Picture winner in seven years. That's quite rare. She would go on to lose Best Actress to Geraldine Page who was, at that time, the most nominated performer (8) never to have won the golden boy (Peter O'Toole now holds the record since he lost on his 8th nomination). Page died a scant 15 months later at 62 years of age.
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Kelly McGillis: Coming Out Was a "Difficult Journey"
29 May 2009 12:17 PM, PDT | From TVGuide - Breaking News | See recent TVGuide.com - Breaking News news
Top Gun star Kelly McGillis says she "tried super hard" to hide that she is a lesbian from the public and herself before coming out last month.
"I tried really hard not to be who I am. I tried super hard," she tells People. "It was a difficult journey for me to come to terms and be whole and happy with who I am."
McGillis, who's been divorced ...
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McGillis: 'Coming out was not easy'
29 May 2009 10:18 AM, PDT | From Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news
Kelly McGillis has admitted that coming out as a lesbian was a difficult experience to go through. The actress, 52, had previously been married twice and has two children, but said that she’s been gay for most of her life, People reports. "I tried really hard not to be who I am. I tried super hard," she said. "It was a difficult journey for me to come to terms and be whole and happy with who I am." The Accused star revealed that she was caught off guard by a journalist's question regarding her sexuality when she made the decision to come clean. She added: "[A reporter] asked me the question and I thought, 'Hmm, (more)
By Tim Parks
Kelly McGillis: Coming Out As A Lesbian Was Hard
28 May 2009 3:09 PM, PDT | From Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news
The woman who made many a male's heart flutter as the sultry flight instructor in Top Gun has been married twice and has two children. But she says she's actually been a lesbian most of her life. "I tried really hard not to be who I am. I tried super hard," she says. "It was a difficult journey for me to come to terms and be whole and happy with who I am." Still McGillis, who stars as Regina Giddens in the play alongside Julia Duffy and Marc Singer, says she was surprised people made a big deal about her revelation. "I got on a cruise ... I thought the whole thing had just disappeared [after the interview], and then I got a phone call: 'Oh my God, Kelly, you can't believe it, it's everywhere.' " ...
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Kelly McGillis: Coming Out as a Lesbian Not Easy
28 May 2009 1:55 PM, PDT | From PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news
Kelly McGillis was relaxing in the Florida sunshine and preparing to go on a cruise last February when a simple question caught her off guard: As a single woman, was she looking to date a man or a woman? "It was like a moment of truth," says the actress, 52, who became a star after appearing with Tom Cruise in Top Gun in 1986. "[A reporter] asked me the question and I thought, Hmm, do I say the truth, or do I just say, It's none of your business, which is my standard answer?" Her Truth"I said you know, I'm just going to say the truth,
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McG cuts topless 'Terminator' scene
14 May 2009 9:24 AM, PDT | From Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news
McG has said that he cut a topless scene of Moon Bloodgood from Terminator Salvation because it felt "gratuitous" when he looked at it during the edit. The director revealed that the scene was originally inspired by a moment of tenderness in Witness starring Kelly McGillis and Harrison Ford, Si Fi Wire reports. McG said: "It just felt like: 'Oh, there's the genre stunt of the good looking girl taking her top off.' It felt counterproductive in the spirit of what we were looking to achieve on a storytelling level. "I suspect (more)
By Mayer Nissim
McG Cuts Topless Shot Out Of Terminator Sequel
13 May 2009 2:55 PM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news
Terminator Salvation director McG cut a "beautiful" topless shot of Moon Bloodgood out of the action blockbuster - even though the stunning actress was thrilled with the scene.
The Charlie's Angels director thought the shot would add a little tenderness and understanding about Bloodgood's character Blair Williams - but it just seemed out of place when McG was cutting the film together in the editing suite.
He tells WENN, "We tried to echo that scene in (film) Witness where Kelly McGillis turns around and says, 'I'm not ashamed. I know that I'm raised in a puritanical fashion and this is who I am but I trust you, Harrison Ford, so let's have a moment' - and they never even touch.
"We had a scene opposite Sam Worthington's character that sort of echoed that but it ended up feeling like, 'Here's the topless scene in a genre picture' - and it felt gratuitous.
"I didn't want people to have a reason to say, 'I can't take this film that seriously. They're still playing grab ass and the film's made by a bunch of teenagers who just want the boob shot.' So we ultimately left it out.
"Moon would be the first to say she thought it was beautiful. I mean one of the things that the Resistance (in the film) is fighting for is the softness of the flesh. It's the defining characteristic of the difference between us and machines."
Terminator Salvation’s PG-13 Rating
12 May 2009 9:53 AM, PDT | From SciFiCool.com | See recent SciFiCool.com news
In the wake of having debunked the notion that he was under pressure to make the latest installment in the Terminator saga less of a bloodfest than perhaps it ought to be, esteemed film director McG recently came to the defense of the PG-13 rating. “It just became clear that the things that would take it to an R or an Nc-17 would be: There goes the arm, and now the blood is squirting on my face,” McG said in a group interview last Friday in Beverly Hills, Calif. “That wasn’t in service of the character or the story. The elements that would have taken it to R just ended up feeling gratuitous in the editing room. There’s a topless scene with Moon Bloodgood. I was trying to echo that scene in Witness where Kelly McGillis turns and says, ‘I’m not ashamed’ to Harrison Ford. But it just felt like,
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We Talk 'Terminator Salvation' DVD Cut with Christian Bale and McG
8 May 2009 4:00 PM, PDT | From FEARnet | See recent FEARnet news
At the Terminator Salvation junket today in Beverly Hills, we asked the funkily named McG and his star Christian Bale what deleted scenes we can expect to see on their film's eventual DVD release. Find out what the director and actor told us after the jump! "Yeah, [we'll have deleted scenes]," McG said. "But I have a very particular position about that. I always maintain that what is released is indeed the director's cut… There was a topless scene with Moon [Bloodgood]. That was designed to echo the scene with Kelly McGillis and Harrison Ford scene in Witness. But it was very innocent. They're thirty meters away from each other. But at the end of the day we all looked at it and we said,...
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‘Terminator Salvation’ will be rated PG-13
8 May 2009 7:07 AM, PDT | From The Cinema Post | See recent The Cinema Post news
A PG-13 rating for a Terminator movie. Does that make Any sense at all? Uh-oh.
“Terminator Salvation” director McG may have just awakened a very nervous and very cynical group of fans who feared the worst about this film from day one, when it is was first announced he was going to be in the hot seat. As the voice of reason though, I need to remind you (and myself) that we haven’t seen the film yet. It’s not out. We should definitely reserve judgement until we’ve seen the final product. But that doesn’t change the obvious fact that there is something seriously wrong with a PG-13 rating for a film that shouldn’t be anything less than an R if kept in line with it’s narrative.
Cue McG speaking to Sci-Fi Wire, “We shot an R movie, and at the end of the day
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Extended Trailer For Terminator Salvation And McG Addresses The PG-13 Rating
7 May 2009 11:59 PM, PDT | From FilmShaft.com | See recent FilmShaft.com news
A four minute extended trailer for Terminator Salvation has appeared online, courtesy of Apple. The extended sequence confirms the points I made yesterday about the film's plot, and features far more footage of Marcus.
Not only do we have this brilliant clip, but Terminator director has also addressed fans' disappointment over the PG-13 rating that the film has been given:
We shot an R movie, and at the end of the day we found that if we just cut back one shot of the Marcus character stabbing a screwdriver through the shoulder of one of these thugs it would warrant a PG-13. We thought, "Well, that would be ridiculous to make it tough for kids to go see this movie." We were inspired by The Dark Knight getting a PG-13 and being a film without any compromises. So we took the rating we got and ran for it. We never
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Bill O'Reilly calls Kelly McGillis a pinhead
1 May 2009 2:00 PM, PDT | From AfterEllen.com | See recent AfterEllen.com news
Oh, the hilarity: Bill O’Reilly — aka King of the Hypocrites, Right Wing Nut of the Century — has called actress Kelly McGillis a “pinhead” for deciding to come out of the closet. While most of us don’t care what O’Reilly has to say anyway, I feel the need to defend her, or at least mock the commentator of my nightmares.
News Hounds, the site that watches Fox News “so you don’t have to” reported today that O’Reilly was a little disturbed by former Top Gun and LWord actress McGillis’ coming out.
News Hounds reports:
Top Gun star Kelly McGillis got O'Reilly's top billing for saying that 'she's looking for a few good women — she's a lesbian. O'Reilly, clearly in disbelief, quoted her as saying, “I'm done with the man thing.”
“As they say, different strokes,” O'Reilly said, “but I still believe that people who put their
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Kelly McGillis Leaves The Closet At 51
30 April 2009 5:40 PM, PDT | From www.actressarchives.com | See recent Actress Archives news
Best known as Tom Cruise's love interest in director Tony Scott's 1986 masterpiece "Top Gun," 51 year-old actress Kelly McGillis has finally decided it's time to leave the closet.Despite it being about 20 years too late to help her career, McGillis revealed today that she has, in fact, always been a lesbian. Announcing her "single" status during an interview with SheWired.com, McGillis went on to reveal what she's now looking for is "definitely a woman.""[I'm] done with the man thing," McGillis tells SheWired's Corday, "[I'm] done with the man thing. I did th ...
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Kelly McGillis Comes Out
30 April 2009 4:26 PM, PDT | From FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news
The Amish will not be pleased.
Not that The Amish ever saw Witness (1985) mind you. Maybe they don't even know who she is. But wasn't she good in that film as the Amish widow who resists falling for Harrison Ford for as long as she can? I still find it a bit odd that she didn't end up in the Best Supporting Actress list that year. Her chemistry with Harrison Ford was crazyhot. Further proof that it's ridiculous that people think gay actors can't pull off romantic leading roles.
But back to Kelly. If you're saying "who?" you're forgiven. She had a very high profile career for five short years (two Oscar winning films with one blockbuster sandwiched inbetween) and then *poof*. Hollywood lost interest... or she did... or the public did. It happens.
It happens a lot. We just never know who it's going to happen to until they're gone.
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Link Time!!!
30 April 2009 1:00 PM, PDT | From Popsugar.com | See recent Popsugar news
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Top Gun's Kelly McGillis 'Done with the Man Thing'
30 April 2009 11:20 AM, PDT | From PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news
Kelly McGillis, best known as Tom Cruise's girlfriend in 1986's Top Gun, has revealed to the Internet show Girl Rock! that she is single but no longer searching for a male companion. Asked if she's looking to date a man or woman, the actress, 51, replied, "Definitely a woman." The twice-divorced mother of two daughters - her movies also include 1985's Witness, with Harrison Ford, and 1988's The Accused, with Jodie Foster - said she's "done with the man thing. I did that. I need to move on in life. It's a part of being true to yourself. That's been a challenge for me.
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Kelly McGillis Says She's a Lesbian
30 April 2009 11:12 AM, PDT | From TVGuide - Breaking News | See recent TVGuide.com - Breaking News news
Tom Cruise's Top Gun girlfriend Kelly McGillis is on the market — and this time she's looking for a lady.
The 51-year-old was asked on the SheWired.com internet show Girl Rock! what kind of partner she's looking for.
"Definitely a woman," McGillis said. "I'm done with the man thing. You need to move on in life.
McGillis, who has been married and divorced twice, has two daughters with second husband Fred Tillman. She described coming out as ...
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Kelly McGillis 'done with the man thing'
30 April 2009 4:50 AM, PDT | From Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news
Kelly McGillis has said that she has come to terms with her sexuality and is no longer interested in dating men. The Top Gun star told SheWired that she found it difficult to accept that that she was gay when she was younger. McGillis said: "I'm done with the man thing. I did that, I need to move on in life. That's another part of being true to yourself and it's been a challenge for me, personally. "I think (more)
By Mayer Nissim
McGillis 'Comes Out As A Lesbian'
30 April 2009 1:10 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news
Top Gun star Kelly McGillis has turned her back on men for good - reportedly confirming persistent rumours she is gay.
The actress been subjected to gossip about her sexuality throughout her career but she repeatedly denied speculation she was a lesbian.
But now McGillis has apparently confirmed she's shunning men in favour of a female lover.
According to Radar Online, she says, "I'm done with the man thing. I did that, I need to move on in life. That's another part of being true to yourself... that's been a challenge for me personally.
"I think that (accepting my homosexuality) was an ongoing process from the time I was about 12. I had a lot of things happened that convinced me that God was punishing me for being gay. That was a hard process."
McGillis has been wed twice and has two daughters from her marriage to Fred Tillman. The couple divorced in 2002.
Kelly McGillis And Julia Duffy Lead The Cast Of The Little Foxes At Pasadena Playhouse, Opens 5/22
29 April 2009 10:25 PM, PDT | From BroadwayWorld.com | See recent BroadwayWorld.com news
Pasadena Playhouse (Sheldon Epps, Artistic Director, Ken Novice, Interim Managing Director, Tom Ware, Producing Director) today announced full casting for the upcoming production of Lillian Hellman?s The Little Foxes, which began rehearsals this week. Dámaso Rodriguez (Pasadena Playhouse Associate Artistic Director), who directed Pasadena Playhouse?s critically-acclaimed production of Orson?s Shadow, directs a cast of ten led by Kelly McGillis as Regina Giddens (Top Gun and Broadway?s Hedda Gabler) and Julia Duffy as Birdie Hubbard (CBS?s ?Newhart?). Preview performances begin May 22 at Pasadena Playhouse (39 South El Molino Avenue, Pasadena).
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