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Lohan and Bening set to be Wilde women
Oscar Wilde's
self-declared
genius lives on, as
another one of the
gay writer's plays
hits the big screen:
Annette Bening
and Lindsay Lohan
will star in a new
adaptation of
Wilde's "A Woman
of No Importance''
for director Bruce Beresford, who showed a
sure hand with actresses in "Driving Miss
Daisy" and "Crimes of the Heart."
These two leading ladies seem to dig gay
writers — Bening just starred in Ryan Murphy's
movie version of Augusten Burroughs'
memoir "Running with Scissors,"
while, as previously reported,
Lohan will appear in "The Loss
of a Teardrop Diamond," based
on an unproduced screenplay
by Tennessee Williams.
"A Woman of No
Importance," which
deals with old secrets,
new flames and ille-
gitimate children,
should scandalize its
way into theaters
before the end of /
Chamberlain's 'Strength and Honor'
Could it be that coming out of the closet was
Richard Chamberlain's shrewdest career move?
On the heels of
his come-clean
memoir, it looks
like the "Shogun"
star is more in
demand than he's
been in decades.
Chamberlain will
next be seen in one
of 2007's most
eagerly anticipated
gay titles, the com-
edy "I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry,"
starring Adam Sandler and Kevin
James as two hetero fire-
men who get civil-
unionized for
the bene-
fits.
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He'll follow that up with the Irish boxing
drama "Strength and Honor," starring Vinnie
Jones and Michael Madsen.
After Chamberlain's guest shots on
"Nip Tuck"' and "Will & Grace," we would like
to see the actor revive his Dr. Kildare character
and go toe-to-toe with Hugh Laurie on
"House."
John August dressed to 'The Nines'
What with the shoddy way show business
treats its writers, it's conceivable that John
August's name will mean nothing to you.
Would it help to point out that this talented,
openly gay man wrote "Go," "Charlie's
Angels," "Corpse Bride" and "Charlie and the
Chocolate Factory"?
Perhaps now that he's stepping into the direc-
tor's chair, August will get the household-name
status he deserves. His filmmaking debut, "The
Nines," stars Ryan Reynolds, Hope Davis,
Melissa McCarthy ("Gilmore Girls") and Elle
Fanning, and deals with the intersecting lives of
a troubled actor, a TV-show runner and a video-
game designer. Produced by gay moguls Dan
Jinks and Bruce Cohen ("American Beauty")
— who previously collaborated with August on
"Big Fish" — "The Nines" will have its world
premiere at this month's Sundance Film
Festival.
'Brideshead Revisited,' revisited
One of TV's first non-hysterical explorations
of a gay relationship came in the early 1980s
with the British miniseries adaptation of Evelyn
Waugh's novel "Brideshead Revisited."
A new generation will get a big-screen ver-
sion of the Waugh classic from writers Jeremy
Brock ("The Last King of Scotland") and
Andrew Davies ("Bridget Jones' Diary"). The
two leads — originally played by Jeremy Irons
and Anthony Andrews — have yet to be cast,
but Graham Norton has been lined up to play
the exceedingly queeny Anthony Blanche,
while Coen Brothers regular Jon Polito will be
Mr. Samgrass.
Original 'Dreamgirl' appearing at awards
Broadway's origi-
nal "Dreamgirls"
star and award-win-
ning actress and
vocalist Jennifer
Holliday will be the
featured entertain-
ment for Equality
California's 2007
San Francisco
Equality Awards on
Feb. 10, organizers
announced this week.
Geoff Kors, Equality California's executive
director, said the organization is thrilled to have
Holliday in the line-up for the event.
"Her spectacular presence will undoubtedly
make for a remarkable evening as we celebrate
the community leaders and honorees that have
joined us in fighting for equality for the LGBT
community this past year," he said.
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By Beth Freed
What are the odds that a gay man will
be elected Dallas mayor next year?
"I'm not sure. I think
there's the best odds,
but I don't know who
the other candidates
are. If there's a lot of
other candidates, it
probably won't bode
well. That's an ongo-
ing guess right now."
David Livingston
Attorney
"Slim to none. That's
just the way people Elizabeth Cormack
are." Disabled
"I doubt it will hap-
pen. I just don't think
there's enough people
that will vote for a
gay mayor. In the
past I've seen our
gay population not
come out very much
to vote."
Larry Carter
Sales
"I think it's very like-
ly. I think the running
candidate is a good
candidate for the
position and the job.
I think he's got a
good chance."
"I think, the way
things are going
right now, there's a
good 50 percent
chance. There are so
many gay people
doing good stuff.
Soon there will be
one, and why not?
That's hot. I love it."
Dave Richardson
Owner, TapeLenders
Alfonso Izcander
Student/employee
Have a suggestion for a question you'd like us to ask?
E-mail it to staff writer Beth Freed at
freed @ da Has voice, com
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