If “Barbie” tells us anything, it’s that a movie doesn’t have to be gay to be, well, gay. So what makes a movie gay if it isn’t explicitly? Cast a few top-shelf gay icons in there — your Bette Middlers, your Joan Crawfords, your Faye Dunaways playing Joan Crawford — and especially have them reparteeing bitchy lines tearing each other to pieces, and have an aesthetic that’s outre and unironically camp, and you’ve got the winning-formula starter-pack for something deliciously fabulous and queer, even if not by intentional design.
Some films have gotten swept up into the queer canon by virtue of their unintentional awfulness or arguable quality while others actually push forward the cinematic medium to create something that stands the tests of time and the weathers of queer folks and their mercurial tastes. Robert Zemeckis’ Oscar-winning “Death Becomes Her” boasts the double whammy of Meryl Streep...
Some films have gotten swept up into the queer canon by virtue of their unintentional awfulness or arguable quality while others actually push forward the cinematic medium to create something that stands the tests of time and the weathers of queer folks and their mercurial tastes. Robert Zemeckis’ Oscar-winning “Death Becomes Her” boasts the double whammy of Meryl Streep...
- 7/24/2023
- by Alison Foreman, Ryan Lattanzio and Jude Dry
- Indiewire
Warning: this article contains spoilers for Drag Race Series 5 and All Stars 7
The day Doctor Who announced Jinkx Monsoon was joining the Series 14 cast in ‘a major role’, social media went into an excited meltdown. The official announcement tweet got almost as much engagement as the 60th anniversary trailer and the video of Jodie Whittaker’s shock regeneration twist:
Hi Jinkx! ♥️♥️➕ ⛈️
Award-winning actress, singer and two-time RuPaul’s Drag Race winner, @JinkxMonsoon will appear in a major role in the new series of #DoctorWho pic.twitter.com/CGiqAufHB9
— Doctor Who (@bbcdoctorwho) April 3, 2023
While there’s certainly crossover between their two fandoms, one of the great things about this casting is it will introduce a new audience of fans both to Doctor Who and Jinkx. Frequent visitors to this site probably know a fair bit about the former, but here’s your handy primer to all things Jinkx Monsoon:
Jinkx First...
The day Doctor Who announced Jinkx Monsoon was joining the Series 14 cast in ‘a major role’, social media went into an excited meltdown. The official announcement tweet got almost as much engagement as the 60th anniversary trailer and the video of Jodie Whittaker’s shock regeneration twist:
Hi Jinkx! ♥️♥️➕ ⛈️
Award-winning actress, singer and two-time RuPaul’s Drag Race winner, @JinkxMonsoon will appear in a major role in the new series of #DoctorWho pic.twitter.com/CGiqAufHB9
— Doctor Who (@bbcdoctorwho) April 3, 2023
While there’s certainly crossover between their two fandoms, one of the great things about this casting is it will introduce a new audience of fans both to Doctor Who and Jinkx. Frequent visitors to this site probably know a fair bit about the former, but here’s your handy primer to all things Jinkx Monsoon:
Jinkx First...
- 4/21/2023
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
Exclusive: A film adaptation of the Jerry Torre memoir The Marble Faun of Grey Gardens is in the works by Unger Media. Torre’s story was detailed in the book co-authored by him and Tony Maietta released in 2018.
Torre was nicknamed “The Marble Faun” by Edith Ewing Bouvier Beale and her daughter Edith Bouvier Beale, better known as Big Edie and Little Edie and the aunt and cousin, respectively, of former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. As a teen, Torre appeared in their 1975 documentary, Grey Gardens.
The forthcoming film, also titled The Marble Faun of Grey Gardens, will tell the story of a gay teenage runaway from Brooklyn framing Big Edie and Little Edie as the misguided guardian angels in his life—and beyond.
Leo Geter (Longmire) is penning the script and will also produce; Drew Droege and Unger Media CEO Jonathan Unger will executive produce. Torre is also involved creatively.
Torre was nicknamed “The Marble Faun” by Edith Ewing Bouvier Beale and her daughter Edith Bouvier Beale, better known as Big Edie and Little Edie and the aunt and cousin, respectively, of former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. As a teen, Torre appeared in their 1975 documentary, Grey Gardens.
The forthcoming film, also titled The Marble Faun of Grey Gardens, will tell the story of a gay teenage runaway from Brooklyn framing Big Edie and Little Edie as the misguided guardian angels in his life—and beyond.
Leo Geter (Longmire) is penning the script and will also produce; Drew Droege and Unger Media CEO Jonathan Unger will executive produce. Torre is also involved creatively.
- 3/28/2023
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
Alec Baldwin and Tina Fey's hit comedy 30 Rock is leading the charge for the 2009 Primetime Emmy Awards after landing a whopping 22 nominations.
- 7/16/2009
- WENN
Jessica Lange is expected to leave a hospital today after being treated overnight for injuries she suffered from a fall at her home in Minnesota. Lange's rep confirms that the 59-year-old, two-time Oscar winner broke her collarbone when she took a spill yesterday. "She also bruised her ribs and has a couple of lacerations on her forehead," the rep said. "She's going home today. She's going to be just fine." Lange will next be seen in director Michael Sucsy's Grey Gardens as real-life Jackie O cousin Edie Beale. Drew Barrymore plays her daughter, Little Edie. The film premieres on HBO on April 18.
- 3/18/2009
- E! Online
Drew Barrymore has revealed that she injected a bit of "darkness" into her role in Grey Gardens. The 34-year-old said that she begged to be given the part of "Little Edie" Beale in the HBO drama because she felt she had "more inside" her than her previous body of work suggests. Barrymore told W that she shut out her life and "lived in the monastery of Edie Beale" to give a convincing portrayal of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis's cousin. "I was excited to bring my own pain to something," she said. (more)...
- 3/10/2009
- by By Sarah Rollo
- Digital Spy
Drew Barrymore loved getting dark for new TV movie Grey Gardens - because it allowed her to show fans just how miserable she can be.
The actress insists she isn't always the happy-go-lucky person she portrays in quirky movies and on chat shows, and playing Little Edie Beale in the upcoming showcase gave her the chance to vent her depression.
She tells W magazine, "I was excited to bring my own pain to something. I mean, contrary to my happy-go-luckiness, I have so much darkness in there.
"Playing Edie, I felt like s**t. I thought, 'I’m afraid beyond anything I’ve ever known. I’m miserable; I’m scared; I feel sick all the time.' And I was like, 'Good! At least I have somewhere to put it...' I’m not f**kin’ happy all the time. I like making people feel good, but it was great not to have to please anybody."
Barrymore admits that preparing for the film, which co-stars Jessica Lange and Jeanne Tripplehorn, reminded her of a stint in rehab when she was a teenager.
She became so immersed in the character of real-life recluse Beale, she locked herself away for six months.
The Charlie's Angels star turned her back on friends, newspapers and technology in an effort to get into the mindset of former U.S. First Lady Jackie Kennedy Onassis' odd cousin, who lived with her mother in a sprawling, rundown New York mansion.
The actress explains, "I got institutionalised as a kid, and I felt like I was back there. A lot of times I found myself unhappy and isolated, and the only other time I felt that way was when I was in there. It was absolutely trying to relearn to live. You are learning to become someone else."...
The actress insists she isn't always the happy-go-lucky person she portrays in quirky movies and on chat shows, and playing Little Edie Beale in the upcoming showcase gave her the chance to vent her depression.
She tells W magazine, "I was excited to bring my own pain to something. I mean, contrary to my happy-go-luckiness, I have so much darkness in there.
"Playing Edie, I felt like s**t. I thought, 'I’m afraid beyond anything I’ve ever known. I’m miserable; I’m scared; I feel sick all the time.' And I was like, 'Good! At least I have somewhere to put it...' I’m not f**kin’ happy all the time. I like making people feel good, but it was great not to have to please anybody."
Barrymore admits that preparing for the film, which co-stars Jessica Lange and Jeanne Tripplehorn, reminded her of a stint in rehab when she was a teenager.
She became so immersed in the character of real-life recluse Beale, she locked herself away for six months.
The Charlie's Angels star turned her back on friends, newspapers and technology in an effort to get into the mindset of former U.S. First Lady Jackie Kennedy Onassis' odd cousin, who lived with her mother in a sprawling, rundown New York mansion.
The actress explains, "I got institutionalised as a kid, and I felt like I was back there. A lot of times I found myself unhappy and isolated, and the only other time I felt that way was when I was in there. It was absolutely trying to relearn to live. You are learning to become someone else."...
- 3/10/2009
- WENN
Hundreds of fans wrote to People with burning questions for Drew Barrymore, who stars in and produced the romantic comedy He's Just Not That Into You. Now, the actress has some answers! Barrymore, 33, sounds off on everything from her sunny demeanor and evolving looks to her musical obsessions and taste in guys. You, like me, always seem to be in a good mood. How do you keep such a healthy outlook on life? – Jen Thibodeau, Gardiner, MaineBarrymore: "I like projecting positivity. I believe that we are all fields of energy and you have the choice whether to be a positive or negative field of energy.
- 2/4/2009
- by Alexis Chiu
- PEOPLE.com
Granymede Arts Announces their upcoming productions, starting with After the Garden Edith Beale Live at Reno Sweeney by Gerald Duval, with Jeffrey Johnson as Little Edie Beale. Directed by Rick Hammerly and Jeffrey Johnson. Inaugural performance at Miss Pixie's Backroom Palace - 1626 14th Street Nw Thursday, March 5th at 7:30Pm (the only Thursday in the run) Friday's at 8:00Pm & 10:30Pm Saturdays at 8:00Pm (with viewings of the films Grey Gardens and The Beales of Grey Gardens show alternating Saturdays at 10:15Pm) Sundays at 7:00Pm Performed at Pixies Backroom Palace - located in the back warehouse of Miss Pixies on 14th St. Nw just south of R Street, Nw...
- 2/2/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
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