No on 8
protesters lined Castro Street, shouting at the top of their
lungs for marriage equality as Hollywood gathered for the
premiere of Gus Van Sant's Harvey Milk biopic. Emile
Hirsch, Josh Brolin, James Franco, Diego Luna, and
Sean Penn were all on hand. Penn, notoriously press-shy,
got out of his car and went over to shake hands and give a
thumbs-up to the protesters. It was a fitting
celebration of a great man's legacy.
Advocate film critic Kyle Buchanan sits down
with director Harmony Korine to discuss his new movie
Mister Lonely about a Michael Jackson
impersonator, dropping mushrooms, and why he loves Southern
gays so much.
The excitement around this year's Sundance Film Festival has been muted by talk of boycott in response to Mormon efforts to pass Proposition 8. Director and Sundance veteran Gregg Araki explains why he thinks turning your back on the film festival is exactly the wrong approach.
Fresh from her
fierce on-screen turn as bisexual painter Frida Kahlo,
Salma Hayek talks about kissing Ashley Judd, seducing
Saffron Burrows, and sharing intimate secrets with
Frida's real-life lesbian love
