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Wednesday, September 08, 2010 08:05 AM
This season one promotional pic for Bewitched is almost too beautiful to contemplate. It makes my heart ache. I don't remember Elizabeth Montgomery ever being quite so young, and Agnes Moorehead was, well, my god, she WAS BEAUTIFUL. That comes as a revelation to those of us who think of her as a character actress who usually plays old maids and creepy maids and crazy old hags. She was always brilliant, of course, and always fabulous, but rarely PRETTY, much less GORGEOUS. Look at that gently tossled hair, so different from the stiff-looking wigs in later seasons. And the makeup, while slightly more extreme than Elizabeth's, isn't quite the campy clown-fest it was to become. Even her dress is a simple, sweet pastel. I could just stare at this image all day. (via We Had Faces Then)
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Wednesday, September 08, 2010 05:03 AM
Only a paltry 7% of Democratic candidates for Congress address the issue of gay rights on their campaign websites according to The New York Times' Five Thirty Eight blog. And in some ways an even more surprising fact is that many Republicans seem to have lost their desire to continue using gay rights as a political wedge issue. Only 21% of Republican candidates address gay rights on their websites, highlighting the apparent growing trend of tolerance towards gay equality issues within the Republican Party. The JoeMyGod blog reports that acclaimed statistician, Nate Silver, noted that while the vast majority of candidates of both political parties are avoiding gay rights issues, Democrats may be doing so because they are "hamstrung by Mr. Obama, who has taken a series of half-steps on the issue.”
And in a related bit of news, even as the compromise on the repeal of the discriminatory Don’t Ask Don’t Tell policy enjoys broad support, the Army announced Thursday that it launched an online in-box for soldiers to voice their comments and opinions on repealing DADT. According to the Army News Service, the in-box is available only to soldiers through the Army Knowledge Online site and will be available until September 30 or "until leadership decides the inbox has fulfilled its purpose." The comments collected will be sent to the Department of Defense Comprehensive Review Working Group, which is currently evaluating the methodology for repealing DADT. All the while, the discharges of gay and lesbian soldiers continue. (via The Advocate)
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Wednesday, September 08, 2010 05:00 AM
Jonathan Taylor Thomas, 29
Pink, 31
Larenz Tate, 35 David Arquette, 39 Brooke Burke, 39 Neko Case, 40 Aimee Mann, 50 Patsy Cline, 78 (deceased) Peter Sellers, 85 (deceased)
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Tuesday, September 07, 2010 05:11 PM
With the Labor Day weekend over and a summer of "meh" movies behind us – with the exception of JGL and Leo of course...we love you, Christopher Nolan – we now look towards the fall. And what can we expect in theaters this fall besides Jesse Eisenberg in a Harvard sweater? Well for starters, Zach Galifianakis hasn't had any trouble finding work. It's Kind of a Funny Story, which looks like the feel good flick of the year, hits theaters on October 8th, followed by Todd Phillips' Due Date, which also stars Robert Downey, Jr. and Jamie Fox.
Easy A, a romantic comedy starring Emma Stone, makes it way into theaters on September 17th. And with Hollywood wild woman Lindsay Lohan throwing away her career we're going to need a new go to red head. Already having several comedies already under her belt, the raspy voiced Emma Stone just might be the one.
As for drama this fall, it's rather simple. Ryan Reynolds underground, James Franco under a boulder and Joaquin Phoenix under the influence of something. Yes, the long awaited I’m Still Here: The Lost Year of Joaquin Phoenix premiered this week at the Venice Film Festival. Still uncertain whether it is a serious documentary or a mockumentary (we believe the latter), it has been rumored that the film features more male frontal nudity than you’d find in some gay porn films – interesting. The Casey Affleck directed flick hits theaters nationwide on September 17th.
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Tuesday, September 07, 2010 02:35 PM
Cellist Mike Edwards aka Swami Deva Pramada, a founding member of the rock group Electric Light Orchestra and devout follower of Osho, was killed when a giant bale of hay tumbled down a hill and crashed into his van last Friday afternoon, in Devonshire, England. The 62-year-old died instantly. The followers of Osho, of course, believe that the human temporal experience is a kind of dance of cosmic conciousness, and that everything within this playful existence is sacred, has absolute worth, and is an end in itself. Death by a bouncing, 1,300-pound bale of hay certainly makes a convincing argument for all that. Now take a moment of Zen, listen to some ELO classics, and reflect upon the absurdity of life (and death). Mr Blue Sky, Evil Woman, Can't Get it Out of My Head, Turn to Stone, Don't Bring Me Down, and Xanadu (with Olivia Newton-John) will get you started. Also: Read about his strange life here.
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