A New Documentary “Boys of Burning Man” Needs your Help!

On August 12, 2010, in Celebrity, Life/Culture, Sex, TV/Reality, by admin

StaunchUSA readers I need your help. A new and exciting documentary is in the works on the great Burning Man Festival and a generous donation on your part would be much appreciated.

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Thanks again…

www.boysofburningman.com

From their website:

We are capturing the radical self-expression of the gay experience at Burning Man. Follow 4 friends to the desert and be a part of the experience at http://www.boysofburningman.com/.

With any donation made to the production of our documentary we will mail you a set of our Burning Man Worry Dolls along with some cool "Boys of Burning Man" schwag. You will also receive an invitation to our screening party in New York City scheduled for December 2010.

Burning Man is about self expression, love, life, and everything between. We plan to capture it all. As a group we are all very passionate about this production and excited to share a genuine documentation of the experience with you.

We have some events in the city coming around to raise awareness of this project as well support from our community. We will keep you updated and look forward for you support.

We will be shooting Boys of Burning Man 2010 from August 28 to September 5 at the Nevada Black Rock Desert. The Directors include Patrick Frost, Yianni Garcia, Sandy Fernandez and Keith Tapper. Our documentary will aim at capturing the gay experience at Burning Man like it has never been documented before. The gay culture at Burning Man has been growing in recent years more than ever before, with thousands of people coming together in gay villages and camps across the playa.

In order to make our documentary the absolute success we know it can be – we need your support. You can donate here. Your support will help make this documentary a reality and bring life to a unique and genuine representation of the Burning Man experience.

Tagged with: boys of buring man • burning man • decembr • documentary • Gay • New York City • Radical • StaunchUSA

Anti-Gay Group wants Ann Coulter to Skip Gay Event

On August 11, 2010, in Celebrity, Political, by admin

Peter LaBarbera, the president of the local anti-gay group Americans for the Truth About Homosexuality ( AFTAH ) , wants controversial right-wing pundit Ann Coulter to reconsider her appearance at HOMOCON 2010, a Sept. 25 event in New York City organized by the gay conservative group GOProud, according to the AFTAH website.

LaBarbera said, “As a fan of Ann Coulter, it pains me to see her cave in to political correctness and lend credibility to the phony homosexual ‘conservatives’ over at GOProud. Worse, Coulter is sending a dangerous message to young Americans that homosexuality is OK.”

Regarding the HOMOCON appearance, Coulter said, “I’m thrilled to be giving a speech to a room full of gay conservatives, because according to every single liberal I’ve ever met, such people don’t even exist! Who’s next on my speaking tour? Conservative unicorns? ( And don’t kid yourself—they’re out there. I get letters from them all the time. ) ,” according to GOProud.org.

Its website also states that “GOProud is committed to a traditional conservative agenda that emphasizes limited government, individual liberty, free markets and a confident foreign policy. GOProud promotes our traditional conservative agenda by influencing politics and policy at the federal level.”

Thanks Windy City Media Group.

Tagged with: aftah • Ann Coulter • goproud • homocon • New York City • peter labarbera

Sharon Stone Almost Relives Basic Instinct

On August 9, 2010, in Celebrity, by admin

Sharon Stone almost pulled a ‘Basic Instinct’ – as she nearly flashed a star-studded audience when an insect flew up her dress.

The screen star was hosting a charity auction in Southampton, New York, when the bug shot inside her white mini-dress.

And she frantically tried to remove it as guests like Alec Baldwin looked on.

An onlooker revealed: ‘She shrieked, ‘Oh, my God, I think a bug just flew up my dress! What an awkward moment for the bug.”[She] started to wiggle to let the bug fly free.’For some in the front row, she nearly repeated her infamous ‘Basic Instinct’ moment.’The 52-year-old screen star, who famously flashed her private parts as bisexual killer Catherine Tramell in 1992 hit movie Basic Instinct, was playing the auctioneer at the Watermill Center Benefit in Southampton on Saturday night.Other guests included Anne Hearst, Nicole Miller, and Allison and Chip Brady.The event raised $1.4 million for the arts centre in the posh Hamptons resort of New York. Thanks M&G

Tagged with: alec baldwin • basic instinct • God • New York • Sharon Stone • southampton

Cheyenne Jackson Going to be on Glee

On August 9, 2010, in Celebrity, TV/Reality, by admin

For the second time, Cheyenne Jackson has been cast in a key role on “Glee.” And he says he’s really looking forward to making his first appearance on the show.

This week Mr. Jackson, the Broadway star-turned-nearly-ubiquitous-television presence, closed a deal to play a recurring role on the second season of “Glee,” the hit Fox musical comedy that has drawn stage actors including Matthew Morrison, Lea Michele, Kristin Chenoweth and Idina Menzel into its orbit.

In a telephone interview on Tuesday night, Mr. Jackson recalled how he, too, was supposed to be part of the freshman class of “Glee” — only to be felled by a horrible case of the flu.

He said he had finished the Broadway run of “Xanadu” and had not yet started on “Finian’s Rainbow” when he was approached by the “Glee” co-creator Ryan Murphy to play a part on the program’s first season. He was supposed to play Dakota Stanley, a crazed choreographer that the McKinley High School glee club tries to steal away from their rival squad, Vocal Adrenaline.

But right before Mr. Jackson was to begin filming he came down with a 103-degree fever and could not go to work, he said, and the role was recast with the actor Whit Hertford.

“I sat in my hotel room for two days in L.A.,” Mr. Jackson said, “just getting better and feeling sorry for myself and watching $22 movies in my room. It was terrible.”

In his new role on “Glee,” which he is to begin filming on Friday, Mr. Jackson is sworn to semisecrecy. “All I’m allowed to say is that I’m going to be the coach of Vocal Adrenaline,” he said.

Fans of the show will recall that position was held by Ms. Menzel’s character, Shelby Corcoran, who quit the job at the end of Season 1. Mr. Jackson said that Ms. Menzel would return for Season 2 but was not allowed to reveal anymore.

Asked how many episodes of “Glee” he would appear in, Mr. Jackson replied, “More than one, less than 22.”

He was able to confirm that he would also continue to appear on the NBC comedy “30 Rock” as the innocently Canadian sketch comedian Danny Baker.

But when asked about his work on the new season of “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” Mr. Jackson had to clam up again.

“All you have to do is Google it,” he said. “There were a hundred photographers that day with me and Wanda Sykes. I think it’s pretty obvious what we’re doing on there.”

Speaking more generally about the experience, in a way that hopefully won’t upset Larry David, Mr. Jackson said: “I didn’t realize that there literally was no script for ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm.’ Literally not one word written down.”

He added: “They say: ‘You’re playing this kind of character, here’s your name. You got it?” I said, ‘Are we going to rehearse?’ They said, “No, we shoot the rehearsal. And: action.’ But that’s the first rule of improv: You say yes. Especially to Wanda Sykes.”

Thanks NY Times.

Tagged with: Broadway • Cheyenne Jackson • Glee • NBC • TV • Xanadu

Father of Madonna’s Adopted Daughter, Mercy Wants to See Her

On August 9, 2010, in Celebrity, by admin

THE BIOLOGICAL father of Madonna’s adopted daughter has begged the superstar to allow him to see a photograph of her.

James Kambewa, 26, who works as a waiter in South Africa, wanted to see the photographs of five year old Mercy who he has never met. Mercy’s mother died during childbirth aged 14.

Now Kambewa has made a public plea for the singer to forward him pictures of Mercy and he plans on being reunited with his biological child one day.

Kambewa told the ‘Daily Mail’, “I would appreciate if Madonna could send me pictures of how she looks like now as I don’t get any pleasure of being with her.

“It’s emotionally painful for me as a father. I’m very happy that Madonna is taking care of her. But as a parent, from the moment I heard that she was still alive, I wanted to meet her and I’m hopeful that I’ll meet her one day.”

According to Kambewa he was unaware that Mercy was still alive and thought she had died with her mother, until his friend revealed to him that she was alive and being brought up in an orphanage.

Madonna and Mercy were pictured yesterday on (August on the set of ‘W.E’ a film, which she will be directing in London.

Thanks The Voice. UK.

Tagged with: daily mail • james kambewa • London • Madonna • Mercy • we

Woody Allen NOT Impressed by Carla Bruni’s Acting

On August 9, 2010, in Celebrity, by admin

France’s First Lady Carla Bruni always struck us as ever-ready for her closeup, but apparently that’s not the case when it comes to acting. Some pretty hilarious reports are coming out of Paris where the stunning wife of Nicolas Sarkozy is doing a bit part as a museum curator in Woody Allen’s new film, “Midnight in Paris.”

According to London’s Mail Online website, Bruni required at least 35 takes to film a dialogue-free scene that required her to simply walk in and out of a grocery store clutching a baguette.

An onlooker quoted in the story says Bruni sacre-blew it because she was “struggling to avoid looking directly into the camera, which didn’t impress Woody Allen.” The source added: “The baguette scene could not have been simpler, but Carla wanted to make it a big one.” If she gave Allen a big headache instead, the director downplayed it. He reportedly “was very careful to show a lot of respect” to Bruni, “especially since she was surrounded by bodyguards.”

Allen was “particularly low-key” when Sarkozy himself showed up to check out his wife’s performance. According to the Mail, “he did not look particularly enthused by Carla’s acting.”

Thanks NY Daily News.

Tagged with: carla bruni • London • Midnight in Paris • Nicolas Sarkozy • takes • Woody Allen

Bette Midler Turned Down Sister Act, Misery and Chicago?

On August 9, 2010, in Celebrity, by admin

She passed up Oscar-winning roles and is now playing a talking cat. Should life have worked out differently for Bette Midler?

In theory, promoting a film like Cats & Dogs: The Revenge Of Kitty Galore should be the easiest thing in the world. You just have to pitch up, tell everyone that it’s a fun family film, and then go home. You could, if you felt that starring in a film about some talking animals had somehow compromised your artistic credibility, simply admit that your children wanted you to be in it. That’s what Chris O’Donnell said, and nobody thinks any less of him.

What you don’t do, though, is follow Bette Midler’s lead. Midler, who plays the eponymous Kitty Galore character, seems to be intent on promoting Cats And Dogs 2 by listing all the other disastrous career choices she’s ever made in her life. In an interview with Metro this week, she waded through them one by one, saying: “There was Sister Act, which was written for me, but I said: ‘My fans don’t want to see me in a wimple’ … I also didn’t do Misery and Kathy Bates won an Oscar for it.”

In addition, Midler also reportedly rejected Chicago – she was rumoured to have been offered any role she liked – which went on to win six Oscars. And these are just the roles that she turned down. Presumably, she didn’t have enough breath to list all the horrible projects that she did make, like The Women and Nicole Kidman’s remake of The Stepford Wives and The First Wives Club, not to mention her toe-curling sub-Nanny sitcom Bette a decade ago.

But Midler’s honesty does raise an interesting question – what if she hadn’t turned down those roles? Would the films still have gone on to enjoy huge success, or would her involvement have put people off?

Obviously we’ll never know for sure, but Bette’s larger than life persona and vocal ability do seem tailor-made for films like Sister Act and Chicago. Misery, though, is a different beast entirely. You could spend days, maybe even years, trying to form a mental image of Midler done up in Kathy Bates’s dowdy Annie Wilkes outfit, mallet in hand, and never fully picture it.

Even if she had taken up the offers of Sister Act and Chicago, success would not have been guaranteed. Sister Act was Whoopi Goldberg’s last big film before she lapsed into the same funk of voicing funny animals in cartoons that Bette Midler finds herself in now. And Catherine Zeta-Jones may have won an Oscar for Chicago, but have you seen The Rebound? Don’t worry, neither has anyone else.

So maybe Bette Midler should just accept her lot. Everyone makes mistakes, and she hasn’t made nearly as many as other stars. Even the most cursory glance through notstarring.com should tell her that. Geena Davis turned down Jodie Foster’s role in Taxi Driver. Happy Go Lucky’s Sally Hawkins turned down Kate Winslet’s role in Titanic. Brooke Shields turned down Basic Instinct, A Fish Called Wanda and Scarface. And Debra Winger? She turned down American Gigolo, Arthur, Blue Velvet, Ed Wood, Ghost, Indecent Proposal, Raiders of the Lost Ark and Sleepless in Seattle. However bad she feels about her lot, Bette’s still got some way to go before she notches up a portfolio of missed opportunities that vast. Plus, don’t forget she’s in a film about a funny talking cat at the moment, and you’re not – so who are you to judge?

Thanks Guardian UK.

Tagged with: Bette Midler • Chicago • kathy Bates • misery • Oscar • sister act

Family Guy Creator wants Woody Allen on the Show

On July 27, 2010, in Celebrity, TV/Reality, by admin

Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane has revealed that he would like Woody Allen to lend his voice to the show.

However, MacFarlane – who also voices Peter Griffin, Stewie, Quagmire and other characters – admitted that the star is unlikely to make an appearance.

He told The Hollywood Reporter: “Woody Allen would be kind of cool, but I don’t think he’d ever do the show.”

The writer also confessed that he had been unable to secure actor William Shatner for a guest role.

“We’ve tried to get Shatner in the past and not had a whole lot of luck,” he said. “We’ve probably poked a little too much fun at him!”

However, MacFarlane explained that he is delighted with the high calibre of guest stars that the show has managed to attract.

“We’ve had so many people that we wanted to get,” he added. “That list of people we want but can’t get is dwindling!”

The ninth season of Family Guy will premiere on September 26 on Fox.

Thanks DS.

Tagged with: family guy • Hollywood Reporter • seth macfarlane • william shatner • Woody Allen

Bette Milder is the Villain in “Cats and Dogs 2″

On July 27, 2010, in Celebrity, by admin

If you need a dramatic villain to take over the world, who better than Bette Midler to play her. Even as an English-speaking animal, Midler can rule in diva style. She plays the title character in the subtitle of Cats and Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore.

Bette Midler Talks Cats and Dogs: Revenge of Kitty Galore

“Kitty Galore is an Egyptian sphinx cat,” Midler said. “She’s hairless except for a little hair on her tail. She’s very cranky because she’s been rejected by her beloved human family and she’s determined to rule the world. I came in for a number of sessions and it was really curious because when I first started it was just a sketch. As the time went on, the backgrounds of the other characters got more and more filled in. That was very, very exciting to watch. I’ve never experienced that before.”

As a professional singer, the recording sessions were a bit easier for Midler. “There are some parts of it that are quite musical. The timing is very important in this kind of work because the phrasing works with the mouth of the character. Once the mouth of the character is moving, you have to phrase along with the character that’s drawn. That is musical and if you listen to that, you can hear where the beats are skipped and where you drop a beat or when you rush and catch up a little bit. I will say that the fact that I’ve sung for a long time has really helped a lot with that. Yeah, really, really helped a lot. I don’t think it helped the character but it helped me get through the sessions.”

Many actors lament the loneliness of voiceover work. That wasn’t the hardest part for Midler. “Actually it’s not just isolating. It’s a little bit lonely because it’s just you in a dark room with a sketch of a character or sometimes a filled in scene, but still you don’t work with the other actors. It’s like one long looping session, I said. It’s like oh my God, ADR for days. The real thrill I think comes from seeing the finished product.”

Director Brad Peyton wins Midler’s admiration for puling it all off. “The fact that he could keep all these balls in the air and make all these [elements] that would form into one movie, it was absolutely staggering to me. I couldn’t imagine. I couldn’t imagine how you did it because he was working with live actors, he was working with animals. There’s nothing harder than working with animals. Those animals really looked like they knew what they were doing but honestly, they’re animals. Stay, stay, stay. I worked with animals before and it’s like oh god. So the fact that he was working with live actors, live animals, they’re actually quite similar. And then the robots and the cartoons, and it all melds together and you say, ‘Well, I can’t tell which part is drawn and which part is a robot and which part is a real animal.’ I couldn’t get over it. I think it’s really an extraordinary achievement.”

Midler did not get to see her former Down and Out in Beverly Hills costar Nick Nolte, who provides the voice of a dog. “I was looking forward to seeing Nick. I really was. I haven’t seen him in a long time. He’s so sensational in this movie. He’s so wonderful, isn’t he? He is that dog. Whatever it is, he is it. He was so brilliant. He was wonderful. We all feel the same way. We have yet to meet him. If he was a dog, he would be that dog. He was wonderful.”

Red opens to theaters on October 15th.

Thanks Can Mag!

Tagged with: Bette Midler • brad peyton • cats and dogs 2 • English • God • kitty galore • villain

Madonna’s Daughter Works for Her!

On July 27, 2010, in Celebrity, by admin

Popstar Madonna has admitted to getting her daughter to work for her in the past. The 51-year-old and Lourdes, 13, are currently promoting their fashion line Material Girl.

And Madge has revealed that Lourdes has been working with her in the entertainment industry from a young age.

She told USA Today: “She’s been to enough photo sessions, video shoots and seen me put my tours together to have developed a great eye. “She’s worked in the wardrobe department on some of my tours.” The Material Girl range includes clothes, shoes, jewellery and handbags.

Thanks Peace FM.

Tagged with: Lourdes • MADGE • Madonna • material girl • USA TODAY

Sharon Stone Replacing Kim Cattrall in “Sweet Baby Jesus.”

On July 27, 2010, in Celebrity, by admin

Sharon Stone has never shied away from controversy, either on screen (see ‘Basic Instinct’ ) or off (see her comments on China’s earthquake being “karma”).

Now, according to DeadlineHollywood, the actress is joining the cast of the sure-to-be-protested comedy ‘Sweet Baby Jesus,’ which transplants the nativity story to ’70s-era Bethlehem, Maryland. Since the events play out at Christmas time, the locals begin expecting a Second Coming.

Stone will play the mother of pregnant hippie chick Mary, a role once reportedly offered to another 50-something sex symbol, Kim Cattrall.

In yet more cast changes, Adrien Brody is now in final negotiations to play Mary’s boyfriend Joseph, instead of Sam Rockwell. The lead role of Mary was once going to be played by Britney Spears; instead, 19-year-old British singer Pixie Lott — her hits include ‘Mama Do (Uh Oh, Uh Oh)’ and ‘Boys and Girls’ — was announced for the part in May.

Peter Hewitt, who gave the world ‘Garfield’ and ‘Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey,’ will direct. Filming begins in Maryland and Ireland next month.

Stone recently did a four-episode guest arc on ‘Law & Order: Special Victims Unit’ as A.D.A. Jo Marlowe.

Thanks Moviephone.

Tagged with: adrien brody • basic instinct • China • christmas • Kim Cattrall • maryland • Sharon Stone • sweet baby jesus

Barbra Streisand and Seth Rogen Staring in New Movie?

On July 20, 2010, in Celebrity, by admin

Barbra Streisand and Seth Rogen have been offered roles in comedy My Mother’s Curse. Rogen would play Streisand’s son, an inventor who convinces his mother to accompany him on a road trip in order to reunite her with an old flame. Anne Fletcher of 27 Dresses is attached to direct the film, with a script from Dan Fogelman of Cars and Bolt.

My Mother’s Curse would be Barbra Streisand’s first film appearance since 2004’s Meet The Fockers, while Seth Rogen is downright ubiquitous, appearing in upcoming action flick The Green Hornet and cancer comedy Live With It. It’s hard to doubt the pair’s comedy chops, but Streisand is as divisive as Rogen is likable. It may be hard for the filmmakers to overcome the knee-jerk reaction that Seth Rogen’s target young, male audience has to the middle-aged singer (not having her sing would be a good start). Still, casting like this would lend the film some solid chick-flick appeal, and when was the last time you saw a woman-oriented comedy that was actually funny? There’s a gap in the market to be filled for sure.

Here’s the official summary of the film, from Production Weekly

”The young inventor of a new organic cleaning product invites his mother on a cross-country road trip as he tries to sell his product to marketing outlets. His ulterior motive is to reunite her with a man she loved when she was young, and her motive is to help him overcome his ‘curse’ of non-commitment in relationships, for which she blames herself.”

Thanks Hollywood.

Tagged with: Barbra Streisand • Cancer • green hornet • meet the fockers • my mothers curse • seth rogen

A New Documentary “Boys of Burning Man” Needs your Help!

Anti-Gay Group wants Ann Coulter to Skip Gay Event

Sharon Stone Almost Relives Basic Instinct

Cheyenne Jackson Going to be on Glee

Father of Madonna’s Adopted Daughter, Mercy Wants to See Her

Woody Allen NOT Impressed by Carla Bruni’s Acting

Bette Midler Turned Down Sister Act, Misery and Chicago?

Family Guy Creator wants Woody Allen on the Show

Bette Milder is the Villain in “Cats and Dogs 2″

Bette Midler Talks Cats and Dogs: Revenge of Kitty Galore

Madonna’s Daughter Works for Her!

Sharon Stone Replacing Kim Cattrall in “Sweet Baby Jesus.”

Barbra Streisand and Seth Rogen Staring in New Movie?

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