You may remember that actor Richard Chamberlain recently made some comments about gay actors, saying that it would only help their chances of getting casted in leading roles if they stayed in the closet. It was a rude and ignorant statement that was clearly driven by the actor’s irrational fear of becoming irrelevant because of his sexuality. Now Max Mutchnick, a co-creator of Will & Grace, has made a statement in the most recent issue of Entertainment Weekly saying that pretty much everything Chamberlain said is true… if you can’t act for shit.
Mutchnick said:
“I don’t think the audience is as homophobic as the media would have us believe. Neither is Hollywood. I’ve never denied an actor a job because he was gay, but I have denied actors jobs because they suck.”
“There is no blacklist that forbids gay actors from playing straight roles. Convince us you’re in love with her and we’ll hire you. And I promise we won’t care who you’re cuddling up with when you’re off camera.”
Amen!
Shaming gay actors into thinking they already have the odds stacked against them is straight-up wrong, not to mention a complete disservice to everyone on the planet. If good movies are getting made, you wont see anyone complaining about where the actors stick their dicks in their downtime.
I mean, did anyone, even for a second, ever question Doogie’s love for Wanda? I DON’T THINK SO.
From what I can tell, this teenager posted something to his Facebook wall that implied he’s more rough and tumble than he actually is. After his uncle discovered the post, he called him down to the family webcam to get his lashings, as well as a lecture on not making the family seem like they’re from something they’re not.
It doesn’t look like the kid’s hurt (I mean, he’s bigger than the dude delivering the beating), but it does look like he’ll think twice before trying to give the illusion that he’s a gangster again. That said, an angry, shirtless man beating his nephew with a belt over a Facebook wall post IS just about the most gangster thing I’ve ever seen, sooooo….
Pardon the tiny picture, but it’s the best one I could find of Lindsay Lohan’s brand new $25,000 necklace.
The bauble was gifted to her by celebrity jeweler Pascal Mouawad, a friend of the actress’ who’s best known for helping Nicole Richie with her House of Harlow jewelry line.
One would expect that the pricey gift was part of some sort of deal between the two, perhaps a Lohan-designed jewelry line, but a source familiar with the two was told People otherwise saying, “Lindsay is dear to Pascal’s heart, and he thinks she is headed down the right path. He wants to keep her going in that positive direction.”
While it was being reported yesterday that Beastie Boy Adam Yauch had beaten the cancer that he wad diagnosed with last year, he has since updated the group’s Tumblr page with the following message:
Hello My Friends
While I’m grateful for all the positive energy people are sending my way, reports of my being totally cancer free are exaggerated.
I’m continuing treatment, staying optimistic and hoping to be cancer free in the near future.
It’s not as good news as we thought, but “near future” is pretty hopeful. Let’s hope we see a clean report soon.
Ted Casablancas over at E! posted one heck of a Blind Vice the other day and all signs are pointing to Britney Spears for this one:
Poor Princess Powder-Puff, the put-upon young star hasn’t exactly had an easy time of it with the fame game. Drugs have been a staple for the talented girl, let’s be honest. If you had her high-pressured life, you’d probably resort to chemical addiction, too, right?
Well, that combined with your mom screwing your friends, and you probably would…
CircusYep, right after PPP had one of her infamous moody incidents (covered widely by the media), everybody blamed the pretty chick for getting too whacked out on myriad drugs. That’s partly true.
But get this: The main reason Powder-Puff went on that particular bender was because she’d just found out that one of her longtime friends and business associates had been seduced by her own damn mom!
This was a very hard blow for Ms. Powder-Puff. She had always hearted (big-time) this particular dude, who’s sweet, good-looking and—most importantly—truly cares for Princess. And she had also …
This is really dishy shit. So, you know Victoria de Lesseps, Countess LuAnn from Real Housewives of New York’s daughter? Well, yesterday another Real Housewife, Ramona Singer, retweeted a video that was sent to her by a fan. In the five minute clip, Victoria is seen rolling up what appears to be either a joint or a cigarette (but who the hell rolls cigarettes anymore?) and saying the N-word. The video, which has already been removed from YouTube, was a recorded conversation between Victoria and a friend on Skype.
Her friend has since defended Victoria and said that she uses the N-word like one might use the word “pal” and doesn’t view it as a racial slur. As if that really makes any kind of difference.
Ramona’s decision to put her co-star’s teenage daughter on blast is pretty lame (leaving kids out of your adult drama seems like the only classy thing to do,) but Victoria’s offenses are serious. They’ve covered on the show that Victoria attends some fancy schmancy boarding school. I wonder if this behavior is something she picked up there or if maybe that’s the reason she was shipped off in the first place. Now that I think of it, she did have a broken arm at the beginning of season two, allegedly for trying to sneak out of her Hamptons bedroom balcony to meet her friends. Probably to smoke pot, now that I think of it.
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