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Gays of our Lives (December 1, 2009)

1 December 2009 4:32 AM, PST | AfterElton.com | See recent AfterElton.com news »

Welcome to an all new edition of Gays Of Our Lives. In Gool Theater, it’s Thanksgiving in Llanview and Oakdale, and we’ve got some great clips as As The World Turns’ Luke and Noah and One Life To Live’s Kyle and Oliver celebrate the holidays. In European soaps there’s a shocking secret revealed on the Dutch version of Good Ties, Bad Times and Roman and Deniz realize All That Matters as they deal with a tragic death.

In Gool Scoops And Spoilers, Noah’s anger over his blindness rages out of control, and Luke struggles to find a way to help his boyfriend on As The World Turns. On One Life To Live, Nick Chavez is back, kicking off a new story arc for Kyle, Nick and Oliver. Will Nick's return interfere with Kyle and Oliver’s chance at a real first date? Also, it’s »

- Anthony D. Langford

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The Morning Meme (Tuesday, November 17, 2009)

17 November 2009 5:50 AM, PST | AfterElton.com | See recent AfterElton.com news »

Neil Patrick Harris has joined Twitter. Confirmation has come from that reassuring "Verified Account" logo, and from Felicia Day. An hour after she sent out word that it was actually him, he had 15,000 followers and climbing. Granted, that's only 1% of Felicia's followers, but I have faith in Neil.

It appears that the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (Enda) has been postponed in the House of Representatives, virtually guaranteeing that it's not going to happen until at least 2011. I'd let it bother me more, but 1) If I can get fired from AfterElton.com for being gay, well, that's a trick I'd like to see; and 2) There aren't actually any jobs in the universe anyhow at this point outside efforts to influence/buy Congress.

In news that may make our editor cry a little because he has to cover it again, there's a rumor going around that TheCW intends to show the already filmed episodes of The Beautiful Life. »

- lostinmiami

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Gays of our Lives (November 17, 2009)

16 November 2009 7:30 PM, PST | AfterElton.com | See recent AfterElton.com news »

This week one of our biggest editions of Gays of Our Lives ever includes an interview with One Life to Live head writer Ron Carlivati, responsible for the Kyle/Oliver love story that has had daytime talking and made instant stars out of Brett Claywell, who plays Kyle Lewis, and Scott Evans, who plays Oliver Fish. We talk about the creation of the storyline, how the actors felt when they learned about the plot twist and why Kish has became such a sensation.

Plus, we find out what’s next for Llanview’s gays. Where do Oliver and Kyle go from here? Is Kyle’s ex Nick (Nicholas Rodriguez) out of the picture? And what about that baby that Oliver unknowingly fathered? We cover all of that and more in our interview.

In Gool Theater, we’ve got some rather steamy and romantic clips from One Life to Live as »

- Anthony D. Langford

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Gays of our Lives (November 10, 2009)

9 November 2009 7:02 PM, PST | AfterElton.com | See recent AfterElton.com news »

Welcome to another edition of Gays of Our Lives. In Gool Theater this week all three of the U.S. soaps (As the World Turns, One Life to Live and The Young and the Restless) have clips. Find out which one had me in tears, which one disappointed me and which one put me in a blind rage.

Plus, Simon faces his doppelganger on Doctors, Fer finds out that sleeping with his boyfriend isn’t as fun as he expected on Física o’ Química, and the battle between Lucas and Dex continues on the Dutch version of Good Times, Bad Times.

In Gool Scoops And Spoilers, Luke and Mason go to war over Noah, but it’s Noah who suffers deadly consequences on As the World Turns, things get steamy between Kyle and Oliver on One Life to Live, Ugly Betty battles with her own sister for the new stud »

- Anthony D. Langford

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Best. Gay. Week. Ever. (September 25, 2009)

25 September 2009 5:00 AM, PDT | AfterElton.com | See recent AfterElton.com news »

File this one under "Thanks for nothing, Shrub." That would be the really bulging file I keep on my desk. So what's the issue?

This week Huffington Post blogger Ryan Grim reported that a new book coming out about President George Bush includes the fact that Bush declined to denounce same-sex marriage in his commencement speech at Furman University in 2008 because he wasn't "...going to tell some gay kid in the audience that he can't get married."

No, he was just going to get elected by demonizing the gay kid, and every other 'mo in the country, by allowing henchman Karl Rove to orchestrate two of the most anti-gay presidential campaigns ever run in the U.S. Two campaigns the fueled a wave of constitutional amendments banning same-sex marriage across America.

But, hey, Bush wouldn't actually deliver the bad news to the gay college kid himself because he's such a stand up guy. »

- michael

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Coroner’s Report: Red Velvet

24 September 2009 8:42 AM, PDT | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »

Long time no see kids. My bad.  We're getting ready to kick off 31 Days of Horror again this year, obviously starting on October 1st.  I'm going to use that as my excuse for taking some time away from the column, rather than just admitting I'm lazy.  This week we're talking Red Velvet, which has very little to do with the delicious, buttery cake and more to do with quasi-experimental horror.  This flick stars Henry Thomas, whose name you probably can't place - he was Elliot in E.T. and is about a weirdo named Aaron who is telling the made up macabre story about how Linda's friends were all killed by a pscyho murderer.  But since this is a horror movie, you're probably wondering just how made up that story is. Kills We'll say that there are nine deaths in the film, though with the story telling aspect of it, we »

- Robert Fure

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Tiff 09: Review of Gaspar Noé's Enter The Void

12 September 2009 2:51 PM, PDT | QuietEarth.us | See recent QuietEarth news »

Year: 2009

Directors: Gaspar Noé

Writers: Gaspar Noé

IMDb: link

Trailer: link

Review by: Rick McGrath

Rating: 9 out of 10

If you’ve ever wanted to see a movie that shows you what a drug trip looks like from the inside, and has a plot based on the Tibetan Book of the Dead, then you’ll very much want to see Gaspar Noé’s incredibly psychedelic, down and (very) dirty Enter The Void.

The storyline is very very cool, but hardly complex, and as everyone in the theatre could guess the ending at least halfway through the movie, I’m not going to really give anything away by telling you the plot is driven by an act of revenge, an almost kinky brother-sister love story, and everything the Tibetans can teach about life after death. I found myself wondering if Tim Leary was really dead or simply outside, looking in. The plot is secondary. »

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Ask the Flying Monkey! (September 7, 2009)

8 September 2009 6:10 AM, PDT | AfterElton.com | See recent AfterElton.com news »

Q: Do you know if any of the contestants on Survivor: Samoa are going to be Glbt? I just checked out their profiles and at least three of the guys list things like "womanizer", "never been rejected", and "a woman's dream." Is CBS trying to overly heteroize the show that has been strategically won by at least two openly gay men (Todd and Hatch)? – Topher, Toronto, Canada

A: There are no gay male contestants that we know of (although it’s always possible someone hasn’t yet come out to the network).

Is CBS trying to “heteroize” the show? Although I love your coining of a new term, I’d strenuously argue that they’re not. In fact, we recently talked with Jeff Probst, and I’m convinced he doesn’t see the show in those terms at all.

“When you look at the long-term of the show, you hopefully have some diversity, »

- Brent Hartinger

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DVD Round Up, Sept. 2, 2009: ‘Boot Camp,’ ‘Red Velvet,’ ‘Homeboy’

2 September 2009 9:09 PM, PDT | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »

Chicago – Time to catch up with the DVD Round-Up, a collection of titles that may have slipped under your radar while you were busy blogging about Inglourious Basterds” or programming your DVR for the new Fall TV season.

This week’s titles are a motley crew of horror, drama, action, and a couple of films clearly tied to bigger theatrical releases. “Like Mila Kunis in “Extract”? Why not check her out in “Boot Camp”?” “Like Kelli Garner in “Taking Woodstock”? Take a look at “Red Velvet””

Plot synopsis, cast, and special features information - what you really want to know - for a half-dozen titles follow. At least one should make your Netflix queue.

“Dark Rising” and “London to Brighton” were released on August 11th, 2009.

“Boot Camp” and “Red Velvet” were released on August 25th, 2009.

“Homeboy” was released on September 1st, 2009.

“Boot Camp”

Photo credit: Fox Synopsis: “Sophie Bauer’s »

- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)

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[DVD Review] Sling Blade

3 August 2009 10:46 PM, PDT | JustPressPlay.net | See recent JustPressPlay news »

With Billy Bob Thornton’s recent trend of starring in piss-poor comedies where he’s nothing but an arrogant and abusive asshole, it’s easy to forget that the man can be an acting giant when he wants to be. Every now and then we get a glimpse of his talent with films like Monster Ball, but one of his most interesting films is by far the 1996 drama Sling Blade. In Sling Blade, Thornton not only proved his acting chops beyond any doubt, but he established himself as an Oscar-worthy screenwriter. If those two things aren’t enough to make you take a second long look at Billy Bob’s career then nothing will. However, for every two steps forward he takes with his writing and acting, his direction of the film suffers from spreading himself too thin.

Sling Blade takes a timely look at the issue of imprisoning the »

- Lex Walker

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Meet the other gay actor playing a new gay character on "One Life to Live"

24 June 2009 11:24 AM, PDT | AfterElton.com | See recent AfterElton.com news »

Nicholas Rodriguez (Photo: Walter Retna/BroadwayWorld.com) 

Seriously, did someone set off a gay bomb at One Life to Live? Hot on the tail of out actor (and local favorite, from what I can tell) Scott Evans stepping up the role of gay character Fish opposite Kyle (Brett Claywell) we're getting casting scoop the legacy soap has just cast another gay actor to play another gay role related to the Kyle/Fish storyline.

Meet Nicholas Rodriguez, who will play Nick (starting August 14th), another gay character that will be involved in the budding gay couple's story.

For more spoilery details (and another pic), continue along below...

(Linda Lenzi/BroadwayWorld.com)

From what we hear, Nick will be dating Kyle, which serves to get Fish jealous enough to realize his love for Kyle and get them together. Nick will be a short-term arc aimed at getting the two long-term players into one another's arms. »

- brian

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ABC Renews ‘Castle,’ ‘Scrubs’; Cancels ‘The Unusuals,’ ‘Cupid’

19 May 2009 12:04 PM, PDT | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »

Chicago – ABC is still struggling to find the next big hit to stand next to monsters like “Lost,” “Desperate Housewives,” and “Grey’s Anatomy,” and they decided to give Nathan Fillion & Stana Katic’s “Castle” a shot at hit status, but cancelled several other new shows, including “The Unusuals” and “Cupid”.

ABC announced their fall schedule today and made a few surprise choices, bringing back the increasingly interesting “Castle” and giving another chance to “Better Off Ted” and “True Beauty”.

Perhaps the most surprising move, especially considering the show’s poignant and excellent series finale, has to be the return of “Scrubs,” which will be back for midseason. They also announced 11 new series for fall and midseason.

Castle

Photo credit: ABC

Previously announced returning shows include “America’s Funniest Home Videos,” “The Bachelor,” “Brothers & Sisters,” “Dancing With the Stars,” “Desperate Housewives,” “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition,” “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Lost,” “Private Practice, »

- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)

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ABC Announces Primetime 2009-2010 Programming Slate

19 May 2009 6:23 AM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »

ABC unveiled its 2009-2010 primetime schedule this morning and here is the full press release:

Stephen McPherson, president, ABC Entertainment Group, today outlined ABC's plans for next season and unveiled the network's 2009-10 fall schedule before the advertising and media communities at Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall.

New fall and midseason series include "Cougar Town," "The Deep End," "Eastwick," "Flash Forward," "The Forgotten," "Hank," "Happy Town," "The Middle," "Modern Family," "Shark Tank" and "V."

"Better Off Ted," "Castle," "Scrubs" and "True Beauty" join previously announced returning series "America's Funniest Home Videos," "The Bachelor," "Brothers & Sisters," "Dancing with the Stars," "Desperate Housewives," "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition," "Grey's Anatomy," "Lost," "Private Practice," "Supernanny," "Ugly Betty," "Wife Swap" and 20/20. "Saturday Night College Football" will also return.

"Our focus is always on delivering the best stories with the most memorable characters on TV, whether that's established audience favorites or innovative new shows," said McPherson. »

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L.A. Scene May '09: The GLAAD Awards, an Evening with Women, and The Abbey

13 May 2009 5:56 PM, PDT | AfterEllen.com | See recent AfterEllen.com news »

L.A. Scene is a monthly column that chronicles lesbian nightlife and events of interest in Los Angeles. Sarah Witness, an East Coast transplant and obvious femme, has been navigating the snark infested waters of Hollywood since 2001. Although she's an Nyu trained actress, she prefers sipping vodka and making idle chit-chat at really gay nightclubs.

GLAAD Media Awards

I attended the 20th Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Nokia Center in Los Angeles on on April 18. When I told a number of lesbian friends that I would be going to this, rather than lurking typically around West Hollywood on a Saturday night, they told me this was pointless because GLAAD is mostly for guys. Some of my best friends know guys, so I decided to give it a whirl. 

And guess what? It was a giant sea of gay. Shocking. Actually, I have never seen so many gay people in one room. »

- sarahwarn

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2009 | 2008

14 articles from 2009

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