- FX has reportedly greenlit a pilot for Ryan Murphy's (Nip/Tuck) transgender series 4 oz., which details a married gynecologist who undergoes a sex change over the planned five-season arc (the character was a sportswriter when last we reported on the project). Murphy will direct and co-produce with Brad Pitt. (t/y Josh!)
- Paul Reubens is reportedly joining hype-crazy Pushing Daisies (created by out Bryan Fuller) in a recurring role. Awesome.
- USA Today is running an opinion piece on just how significant the de-wrapping of The Advocate really is.
- I know people are all stoked about Vicky Pollard and Daffyd making the trek across the pond for the much-anticipated US version of Little Britain, but it's duplicitous Fat Fighters taskmaster Marjorie Dawes that I'm really excited to see make the trip. Seeing this unimaginably evil woman in the land of the Super-Size is going to be downright horrifying.
- The trailer for gay filmmaker Todd Haynes' Bob Dylan rumination, I'm Not There, is on the web, and despite not being even a tiny bit a Dylan fan, I'm So There. How crazy is it that of all the actors playing Dylan, Cate Blanchett is the closest fit, looks-wise?
- Ross "the Intern" Mathews is the cover boy for next month's Instinct, and yet he still speaks in non-gender-specific terms regarding his love life, noting in the press release that his "special someone" has been elusive so far. "It would be nice to be swept off my feet. I want to cut through all the rest: the ones that don't work out." It's fine to not discuss your sexuality on The View or Tyra, but the cover of a gay magazine is a bit different, no? Oh, right ... guess not! UPDATE: a friendly reader noted in the comments that the article itself does refer to Mathews as a gay fella.
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Ross Mathews in Instinct
Thanks
It's interesting that the press release doesn't mention the fact and only makes non-gender-specific references, especially given how he has chosen not to address the subject in public appearances (which he of course has every right to). Thanks for the info.
Actually, we've already seen
Actually, we've already seen Marjorie take a class in the US, in the last Christmas special
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3LsEMLNbog
Brian Juergens
Ross is Out
I saw....
Jonathan Taylor Thomas doing the exact same thing on an interview with Jay Leno. Does this mean he is gay or simply uncomfortablr discussing his private life? I am not closeted by any means, tho I don't feel that my personal life is a topic I would care to discuss with strangers. None of their business really.
"It's your will against mine and you will lose." Clint Eastwood - Heartbreak Ridge
Little Britain.
In honor of Marjorie Dawes and Fat Fighters, would anyone like to join me in a nice plate of... dust?
Dust? Anybody? No?
It's very low in fat. You can have as much dust as you like.
Cate Blanchett plays Dylan
It's unfortunate that some people still don't get that it's not OK to evoke negative connotations because some men, gay or otherwise, might be a bit feminine or a lot feminine in their speech, their movement or their bodies. I guess Chris Schonberger from Enterianment Weekly didn't get the memo.
He writes on EW.com in a Thursday, August 23 blog item about the trailer for the new Dylan bio-pic ...
"But what's really got me intrigued and slightly disturbed is this clip of Blanchett playing Dylan in an impromptu exchange with Alan Ginsberg (David Cross). There's something about her appearance and tone that conjures images of Boys Don't Cry, lady boys, and other things that make me feel weird. I mean, I've never found Dylan attractive, just confusing. I guess the same could be said of lady boys."
Did I get this wrong or should we all be offended?