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Matthew Goode to Play 'A Single Man' with Colin Firth and Julianne Moore
Filed under: Drama », Gay & Lesbian », Casting »
Being the replaced man in Imagine Me & You, Matthew Goode (soon-to-be Watchmen) managed to balance the anger and loneliness of being second place while his wife found true love with their wedding florist. Now The Hollywood Reporter posts that he gets to be the dead remembrance of A Single Man along with Colin Firth and Julianne Moore.This is Tom Ford's adaptation of Christopher Isherwood's 1964 novel about a gay Englishman and professor named George (Firth). Over the course of one day, the story follows George as he tries to continue his normal life and routine after the death of his partner Jim (Goode). Moore will play one of his fellow professors.
It'll be nice to see Firth take on an entirely different romantic role, in the wake of his many typical romances. As for the story, being "one of the first and best novels of the modern gay liberation movement," it should come as no surprise that the book was dedicated to friend and fellow writer Gore Vidal. So perhaps Vidal can play an educated cameo once again? We'll know soon enough -- the project is about to head into production.
Vanity Fair cover: What would Betty say?
Filed under: Celebrities and Controversy », Newsstand », Politics »
What would late feminist Betty Friedan think of the recent Vanity
Fair cover with a naked artfully nude Scarlett Johannson and Keira Knightley sprawled out
before a fully clothed Tom Ford? That's the question Anthony Kaufman ponders on his blog today, and it's
a darn good one. Kaufman questions why, in this day and age, we aren't seeing a Vanity Fair cover with naked
male models and a female power figure?
Amen to that, Anthony. I'll take it one step further - why not a naked Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal, "artfully nude"? Why is it always females in Hollywood who are portrayed as sexual objects for men (like the fully-clothed Tom Ford in the cover photo) to leer at? Johansson and Knightley are award-nominated actresses (Johansson for several Golden Globes, Knightley for an Oscar this year); shouldn't the focus be more on their talent on screen, and less on their nude bodies? Maybe they should have followed Rachel McAdam's lead and just said "no" to the nude cover.
Is it demeaning for Vanity Fair to put nude actresses on the cover without giving equal (un)coverage to top actors? I'm not talking about the quality or artsiness of the photo itself here, but the greater issue of inequity in the way women are viewed by Hollywood. What do you think?
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