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Super trouper Streep to star in Mamma Mia!
She was hilarious as a washed-up Broadway
diva in "Death Becomes Her" and was poignant
singing country songs in "Prairie Home
Companion" and "Postcards from the Edge,"
But now Meryl Streep will sink her teeth into
ABBA with the upcoming screen version of the
hit stage musical "Mamma Mia!"
Streep stars as an ex-bohemian mom who
comes face-to-face with three old boyfriends —
one of whom now identifies as gay — when her
daughter decides she wants to meet her real dad
before she gets married.
The "Devil Wears Prada" star has a busy
schedule, with "Lions for Lambs" (opposite
Robert Redford and Tom Cruise) and
"Rendition" (co-starring Jake Gyllenhaal and
Reese Witherspoon) on the horizon.
No start date announced yet, but Streep has
probably already memorized the lyrics to
"Dancing Queen."
'Naked Boys' sing on screen
It's one
of off-
Broadway's
longest-run-
ning shows,
and local
productions
have
incurred the
wrath of
authorities
from
Atlanta to
Milwaukee
to Puerto
Rico.
But now ''Naked Boys Singing!" makes it to
the big screen
in a new movie
The title pretty much tells you what you're
getting — 10 unclothed gentlemen doing a
revue featuring songs like "The Bliss of a Bris"
and "Gratuitous Nudity."
Stage director Bob Schrock is performing
similar duties on the movie for Funny Boy
Films — the company behind "Latter Days"
and "Adam & Steve" — and he hopes to cap-
ture the flavor of the stage show by shooting the
performances inside a theater.
Cameras began rolling at the end of 2006, so
don't be surprised if the Naked Boys start pop-
ping up on this summer's queer film festival cir-
cuit.
'Jackass' crew gets 'Hosed'
The many queer
fans of "Jackass"
love the MTV
show and the
movies for their
rampant male nudi-
ty and sexy outra-
geousness.
And while we
wait to see if the
boys can handle
making "Jackass
Number Three," a quartet of the show's stars
will be appearing in the fireman comedy
"Hosed" for FIBO Films and Madonna's
Maverick Films.
Chris Pontius — who enjoys
dancing in a G-string in his
"Party Boy" persona, and
who has said (perhaps
in jest, perhaps not)
that it makes no dif-
ference to him if
he's with a man or (
a woman — will
star alongside
Steve "Steve-O"
Glover, zaftig fun-
nyman Preston
Lacy and Jason
"Wee Man" Acuna
as misfit firefighters
from the wrong
side of the tracks.
"Hosed" is in the
early stages of
development, so it
may not set theater
screens ablaze until 2008.
Coen brother creates 'Drive-Away Dykes'
If you've seen the trailers for "Grindhouse"
or "Black Snake Moan," you know that '70s
exploitation is all the rage among American
indie filmmakers.
And now the
genre is getting
queered up, but by
an unlikely source
— Ethan Coen
(half of the leg-
endary Coen
Brothers) and his
wife Tricia Cooke,
whose script for
"Drive-Away
Dykes" is already
generating deafening buzz.
Alison Anders ("Grace of My Heart," "Mi
Vida Loca") has been attached to direct
the sexy road comedy, perhaps best
described by its tagline: "Women on
the road. All kinds of action."
While these folks are all
straight, Anders has frequent-
ly presented compassionate
and funny queer characters
in her films, and "Dykes"
> promises to deliver a Russ
I Meyer-esque blend of thrills,
laughs, and smokin' babes.
The filmmakers hope to begin
production this year.
version.
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By Beth Freed
What are you doing out in the cold
today? (My answer: The boss made us
do it, but at least I had Lisa Rainey
from DVtv to keep me warm!)
"I'm waiting for the
bus to visit a sick
friend. I'm taking
him some snack
food. That's a legit
reason."
"My boss. I'm out
here because I work
for Green Mountain
Energy. I'm trying to
sign people up for
pollution-free elec-
tricity that's a little
cheaper than TXU,
but there's not many
people out here."
"It's not that cold
out! I'm a northern
boy. This is warm to
me. Twenty below -
that's cold. This is
warm. Get me on the
ski slope with a pair
of shorts, in this kind
of weather, and you'd
be nice and warm."
"Shopping. My room-
mate and I woke up
this morning and just
decided to take off
work. The shops are
a lot of fun. I've been
getting some neat
things."
"She (Leslie) had
never been down to
these shops, so I
wanted to show her
around. It's a snow
day!"
Jeff Knaub
Caretaker
Andrew Pruett
Sr. Sales Agent
Paul Walker
Message Therapist
Si
Leslie Jolly
Bartender
Brandon Cook
Equity Residential
Have a suggestion for a question you'd like us to ask?
E-mail it to staff writer Beth Freed at
freed@dailasvoice.com.
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