Two-time Oscar winner Cate Blanchett stunned the ecstatic audience at a benefit performance at the Stonewall Inn in NY this week with her take on Dusty Springfield’s rendition of “You Don’t Own Me” which she lip-synced for her life. Carol has finally come out of the closet.
Seemingly every gay activist has been nosily jumping on the band to condemn the new fictionalised movie ‘Stonewall’ based on the evidence of one short trailer and a lot of rumors. Well, not completely everyone, Larry Kramer the veteran activist and distinguished author of ‘The Normal Heart’ has responded to the controversy over the new movie in a … Continue reading
With perfect timing with so much of our focus right now on the 50 Anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, the Albert Merola Gallery in Ptown has mounted an exhibit of the work of Peter Hujar who was a witness to the events in the West Village. Although Hujar is now recognized posthumously as “one … Continue reading
Roadside Attractions have just released the first trailer of the much-anticipated movie STONEWALL that is set for a general release in US theaters on 25th September 2015. The movie written by Jon Robin Baitz (TV’s ‘Brother and Sisters’) and directed Roland Emmerich (‘Independence Day’ “The Day After Tommorrow’) who is openly gay, is a fictional narrative that … Continue reading
Out gay director Roland Emmerich was on the receiving end of some very nasty vitriolic abuse by people condemning his new movie outright purely on the first sight of a trailer. A petition was even drawn up urging people to boycott the movie even though no-one had still actually seen it yet to judge it … Continue reading