dvr this Turner Classic Movies, Friday, July 4, 11:15 p.m. The first-ever winner of the Best Picture award at the Academy Awards, Wings, directed by William Wellman, is ostensibly about two men rivalling each other for the affections of a woman, first in a small town and then as World War I flying aces. The…
Actor Jonah Hill told Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon that he lost his cool with a paparazzo and is heartbroken that he used a “disgusting” homophobic slur. Hill then went on to apologize for his comments concluding with, “If someone says something that hurts you or angers you, use me as an example of what…
Walt Disney’s critical and commercial success, Frozen, is coming under fire from right-wing Christianist Kevin Swanson who claims the two-time Academy Award-winning picture is nothing more than agitprop to lure unsuspecting young females into a life of lesbian degeneracy. “Friends, this is evil, just evil,” Swanson said. “I wonder if people are thinking, ‘You know…
In last nights Academy Awards, hosted by Ellen DeGeneres, Jared Leto took home the award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role for his portrayal of Rayon, a trans woman living with AIDS in 1980s Texas, in Focus Feature’s Dallas Buyers Club. While accepting the award, Leto said “This is for the…
A thesis being funded by the Academy of Finland and to be argued Jan. 24 at the Department of History of the European University in Florence, Italy suggests that men engaged in same-sex relations far more frequently and with far less reluctance than originally thought. According to a thesis by Sandra Hagman, “Finnish men were…
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — The Academy launched its Oscar season with a trailer starring show host Ellen DeGeneres and 250 tuxedo-clad men and women dancing to “The Walker” by indie pop band Fitz and The Tantrums. The Oscars® will air Sunday, March 2, 2014, live on ABC. “I had the best time making this,” said…
